PMS 2.0 1493 - NFL Conference Championship Weekend Preview/Picks, Adam Schefter, Bill Cowher, Shams Charania, Jim Cantore, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.9 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 132 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk & the boys preview the NFL's Conference Championship weekend and cover everything around the NFL, NBA, world of sports, and weather. In the first hour, ESPN Senior Insider joins us to talk about the Baltimore Ravens hiring Chargers DC Jesse Minter as their new Head Coach, the Buffalo Bills potentially becoming the Buffalo Phils after the announcement they are interviewing Philip Rivers for their Head Coaching position, where the Cleveland Browns may land on their coaching search, and more. Also in the first hour, Hall of Fame Head Coach Bill Cowher joins the progrum to talk about his experience in building a staff and being Head Coach of the Steelers at the age of 34, coaching Hall of Fame players, the New England Patriots turnaround, Sean Payton's gameplan around back up QB Jarrett Stidham, and more. In the second hour, ESPN Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania stops by to tell us everything that's going on in the NBA, including an update on where Giannis Antetokounmpo stands with the Milwaukee Bucks, the relationship between the Los Angeles Lakers & LeBron James, and more. To close out the show, we get a winter storm update from Weather Channel Legend Jim Cantore, and Pat and AJ make their picks for the Conference Championship games. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN's YouTube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We will be back LIVE from the ThunderDome for Overreaction Monday. Have a great weekend. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our Hubble to Boat, the Thunderdome.
0:04.7	On this championship weekend Eve, Feel Good Friday, January 23rd, 2026.
0:09.7	This program begins now.
0:13.3	Football!
0:16.0	He didn't play it safe.
0:17.1	Are you kidding me?
0:17.9	It is championship weekend even.
0:20.1	Due to a illness in Ty
0:22.1	Schmidt's family. He is not able to make it here today and we appreciate him in Godspeed to his
0:27.2	family as they battle. I think the flu hitting their house for something along those lines. So we appreciate
0:31.7	that. So today's show on this championship weekend Eve and I know this show is going to be
0:37.1	spectacular because what we're doing this weekend is we're crowning champions.
0:40.3	We're hanging banners in some buildings.
0:42.3	We are seeing who will be representing in the Super Bowl.
0:46.3	Now, the New England Patriots way ahead of schedule in a rebuild with Mike Vrable as the head coach.
0:52.3	The chosen son maybe coming back to New England to restore glory to a team that had
0:58.0	the greatest dynasty in the history of sports taking on the Denver Broncos, number one seed
1:03.6	in the AFC.
1:04.9	Sean Payton has a backup quarterback who used to run rough shot on all of high school football
1:10.3	in the state of Texas.
1:11.5	And now his first actions in the AFC championship game.
1:15.0	Go back to the second preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals, though, in Stuttham,
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