PMS 2.0 1505 - Live from the Lahd Hahse for the NFL Combine, Daniel Jeremiah, Pete Schrager, Jack Hughes, Megan Keller, Matt Patricia

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.9 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 179 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk & the boys are LIVE from the Lahd Hahse, Lucas Oil Stadium for the NFL Combine. In the first hour, NFL Network's draft expert, host of the Move The Sticks podcast, & color commentator for the NFL Combine, Daniel Jeremiah joins the progrum to talk about how he views Fernando Mendoza in the NFL, AJ Hawk's combine prowess, what DBs stand out to him for Day 2 of the Combine, what he learned about the linebacker class on Day 1, and much more. After DJ, ESPN NFL Analyst Peter Schrager jumps on to tell us what he is hearing arahnd tahn for free agency, including where Malik Willis may land, and more. In the second hour, the American hero that scored the Golden Goal against Canada to deliver USA Men's Hockey it's first Olympic Gold since the Miracle on Ice, NJ Devils Forward Jack Hughes joins the show live in Indy to talk about the camaraderie of Team USA, the bond they will share forever, what was going through his mind the night before the Gold Medal Game, how he scored the Golden Goal, the team mantra of American Swagger, his family's relationship with the Tkachuks, his plan to head to the dentist, and more. In the third hour, we are joined by PWHL Boston Fleet's Megan Keller, who scored the Golden Goal against Canada for the USA Women's Hockeyteam to cap a DOMINANT run that saw the USA Women's Hockey team concede just 2 goals all tournament to chat about the whirlwind three days after winning Gold, USA Hockey's rivalry with Canada, the team's chemistry, what we should know about the PWHL, and much more. To close the show, we are joined on stage by Ohio State Defensive Coordinator Matt Patricia who tells us about his transition from the NFL to College Football, his perspective facing Fernando Mendoza & Cignetti, and more. We will be live on Monday from Arizona for USA Baseball training camp before the World Baseball Classic. 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, 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 back to Lucas Oil Stadium, the Loddhaas, the host of the NFL Combine for the 39th straight year.
0:09.4	This particular sports program begins now.
0:13.6	Football!
0:14.9	It's amazing, but they don't give these out in football, do they?
0:17.8	This is actually a feel-good golden Friday here on this February 27th.
0:23.3	We have American hero and legend, Jackie Hughes, currently in Lucas Oil Stadium.
0:28.6	Last night played in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Penguins fans, the great Yinzers gave him
0:33.0	a massive ovation before the game started with a USA chant and everything in between. You know, how that's going to go because Sidney Crosby is our guy. Now, at Big Night Out about a year ago, I asked Sidney Crosby if he wanted to join Team America because of how long he has lived in Pittsburgh. He turned me down. A lot of people felt like that was incredibly disrespectful to ask the question. But is it now?
0:56.1	Is it now? We still love Sid.
0:58.0	Thank you for everything you've done for our entire city.
1:00.1	We absolutely love you. But Jack Hughes,
1:02.1	obviously getting the respect that he
1:04.0	earned in the biggest stage
1:06.1	that hockey has. 26 million
1:08.3	people were watching in a morning game.
1:10.3	5 a.m. Pacific, 8 a.m. Eastern. The entire
1:13.6	country was tuned in as the boys on the ice did what nobody thought was possible.
1:19.1	Topled. Stupid. I don't mean, I'm talking sports-wise. I'm not talking about your whole country
1:25.2	here. Stupid Canada with an incredible finish from Jack Hughes in overtime.
1:31.4	He ate a stick earlier in the game, lost a tooth, looked like a legend,
1:36.0	became one immediately as he goes five whole.
1:38.8	He is in the building as he travels to St. Louis for his game tomorrow.
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