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The Pat McAfee Show

PMS 2.0 216 - Maybe The Best Show We've Ever Done. The Undertaker, Bill Polian, James Connor, & Legend, AJ Hawk Stop By. Let's Go.

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.919.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

On today's show Pat is joined by Hall of Famer, Super Bowl Champion, 6x Executive of the Year, former GM of the Bills, Panthers, and Colts, the man who drafted Pat, Bill Polian. Pat and Bill chat about what the most important ingredient in building a winning culture is and how things can start to go sideways if teams don't have that, Bill walks Pat through the moments leading up to finding out Peyton Manning would need season ending spinal fusion surgery, the perception that the Colts were "sucking for Luck," despite the fact that Bill was fired after the season, and where he thinks Colin Kaepernick and Cam Newton could potentially end up (:41-28:58). Next, on another installment of McAfee & Hawk Sports Talk, Pat and AJ are joined by 7x World Champion, the longest tenured wrestler in the history of the WWE, holder of one of the most impressive streaks in the history of sports with 21 consecutive wins at Wrestlemania, one of the greatest wrestlers to ever live, The Undertaker. Pat, AJ, and Taker discuss what it's been like finally peeling back the curtain after all these years of avoiding media to support the character, how the wrestling business has changed before his eyes, his presence in the locker room, his relationship with Vince McMahon, and he tells a few legendary drinking stories from his earlier days in a can't miss interview (31:51-1:11:25). Pat and AJ also discuss AJ's apparent hatred for Aussie Rules Football, and they judge the breakdown of best conferences by QB in the NFL, and everything else happening in the sports world (31:12-1:41:46). Lastly, Pro Bowler, current starting Running Back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and now author, James Conner joins the program. Pat and James discuss his new book, "Fear Is A Choice," which chronicles his battle with cancer and ultimately defeating it, and staying and playing for his hometown team in the Steelers. James also details his workouts this offseason that has him looking like the Hulk, and gives Steelers fans some hope as he gives an outlook on Big Ben's progress through his Tommy John injury (1:44:57-1:58:55). As always, don't forget to send in the hashtag #ThisIsWhereImAtPat with a picture of where you're listening to the show for the chance to win some free merch. Have an incredible weekend, we appreciate you guys. Come and laugh with us, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, it is June 19th also an unofficial holiday in this country, June 10th.

0:09.5

A day that should be celebrated a lot more. I think we're all realizing that. A day that

0:12.8

should be an official holiday. Look it up, look into it big day in this country's history of

0:17.2

becoming a better place. It wasn't perfect, but it was a step forward, which I think we're all

0:21.2

taking currently. And I'm happy to see what we become after all this. Look into June 19th, June 19th,

0:29.8

1865. It'll be well worth it for you. Today's show is a good one. Let's have a hell of a June

0:36.9

10th year. Let's get after this. Cheers.

0:41.8

Being joined now by a man that I owe a lot to. Not only did he choose to draft me in the seventh

0:48.4

round and trade with the Eagles for the 220 second pick of the 2009 NFL draft to put me in a position

0:53.6

that neither of us were 100% sure I was going to be able to figure out a NFL punner. But also after

0:59.3

I got in trouble and I got arrested for a public intoxication for an alleged swim. The conversation

1:05.4

that he had with me the next day whenever he was informing me that he was going to suspend me

1:09.5

was one that kind site changed my entire life, my entire perspective and kind of changed my life

1:15.6

for the better. A man that I owe a lot to. Hall of Fame General Manager Bill Paulie.

1:21.4

Yeah!

1:26.1

Thank you Patrick. Nice to be with you. Hey, Mr. Paulie and I can't thank you enough for joining

1:31.6

us inside football with Bill Paulie and his podcast. I think a lot of people are going to enjoy.

1:36.2

I've said it on numerous occasions. You have forgotten more about football than most people know and

1:41.0

I'm excited that you're getting into the podcast game. How'd you decide to dive into this?

1:45.1

Well, I talked to some people that had suggested it to me. I didn't know much about it. As you know,

1:50.0

I'm technologically challenged. So they said, you know, give it a try. You've got so much experience,

1:58.3

so much history. You've done so many things in the National Football League that by explaining

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