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The Pat McAfee Show

PMS 2.0 1496 - Bill Belichick Not Elected to the Hall of Fame, Brock Lesnar, JJ Watt, Jimmy Johnson, Mike Tirico, AQ Shipley, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.919.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 169 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Pat, AQ Shipley, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys react to the news that Bill Belichick was somehow not elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, calling into question whether or not it matters if you’re a first ballot Hall of Famer, and why there needs to be a change to the system. AQ also breaks down the trenches in the Super Bowl and why he thinks whoever is more dominant on the defensive line will win the game. The boys are also joined by several incredible guests including Brock Lesnar who announces his intentions to enter the Royal Rumble, JJ Watt, Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson to talk about his disgust of Bill Belichick not being a first ballot Hall of Famer, and lastly, Mike Tirico to chat about calling the Super Bowl, the Olympics, his conversation with Michael Jordan, and more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you, we’ll see you tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Beautiful people and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome.

0:04.0

On this Super Bowl season, watch Wednesday, January 20th,

0:08.0

20th, 26. This program begins now.

0:12.0

Football!

0:13.0

It's the greatest and there's so much drama surrounding our great sport at this exact moment.

0:18.0

We have coaches getting hired in places.

0:20.9

Congratulations to Todd Munkin,

0:23.7

the new head coach of the Cleveland Brown.

0:27.3

Now, there was a conversation about Schwartz, Jim,

0:30.0

the defensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns,

0:31.8

being a package deal with the Cleveland Browns

0:33.9

if you become the head coach.

0:35.0

So if Todd Munkin is running the offense,

0:37.1

which we know he is an incredibly elite offensive play design, play caller, you name it. He was with the Cleveland Browns in 2019. Then he goes to University of Georgia, wins back-to-back national championships, comes back to the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens, leads Lamar Jackson to an MVP-like season. And some people would say, greatest season season Lamar Jackson has had. Now this past year, obviously, the defense was what it was in Baltimore, but now he takes over in Cleveland with a place with a question mark of quarterback, I think a lot of people would say, have a pro bowler though. That's right. Shador Sanders, that's a massive topic of conversation. What's the future look like for him in Cleveland Browns. Todd Monkin, though, if he's got Schwartz as a D.C. or a good defense coordinator with who's stacked up over there, maybe the Browns get themselves back in the big dance. And you talk about the AFC North as a whole. Coach Mike McCarthy was just introduced as the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach yesterday. Had a press conference, they didn't get a word out before he started crying. Didn't even get a word up.

1:27.9

Here's Coach Mike McCarthy, the new head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday at his press conference before he even starts speaking.

1:33.8

This is his first time he is about to speak as Pittsburgh Steelers head coach.

1:37.3

All right, here we go.

1:40.3

Thank you, Hart.

1:41.3

I think I thought at least be able to get started.

1:48.6

Oftentimes, coaches and players, you know, you put on new team colors,

1:53.3

and it takes a minute to feel comfortable in those new colors.

1:58.1

But to be blessed beyond any measure one day to put on the colors you wore

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