Hour 2 – Penn State Loses to 0-4 UCLA, Chase Daniel

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Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox Sports.

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Speaker 2: Radio Hour two on this Monday, Best and Worst of the weekend? Which you saw that you liked you didn't like. We'll talk to Chase Daniel, the ESPN and former quarterback analyst, and he'll break down some of the things we saw over the weekend. Do the Eagles have a problem with their offense? I think that's a rhetorical question. They do is are I should say, are the Colts legitimate what we saw? Even you know, the Cowboys against the Jets. It's easy to go, well, the Cowboys beat the Jets. But you know, Chase has been talking about just how great Dak Prescott has been playing. And I think that's interesting because we look at the Cowboys and I don't know if they're playoff worthy. I think, you know, at the start of the season, I thought that they were going to be, and then of course, you know, you had the big trade with Micah, but you know, offensively with Dak and they don't have CD Lamb in there either. The Jets are mess. They're still trying to figure out, you know who there. I thought they were going to be a really good defensive team. I thought that, but I thought that last year as well. So there's certain teams that how many teams do you know who they are?

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Speaker 3: Like?

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Speaker 2: Are the Colts going to be this team? Is Tampa going to be this team? Is Denver going to be this team? And you could even you know, like the Commanders beating the Chargers. It feels like after five weeks we should kind of know who these teams are or get a pretty strong indication. I do like the Patriots. I do like them as a playoff worthy team. Was a surprise they won. Yes, I thought that they were going to keep it close. I didn't think they were going to win. But that's an impressive performance to go up to Buffalo and win. Eight seven seven three DP show email address DP at Danpatrick dot com, Twitter handle a DP show. We'll come up with the poll question for hour two. Your phone calls always welcome. Eight seven to seven three DP Show operator Tyler sitting by and we say good morning if you're watching on Peacock. That is our streaming partner. Jayden Daniels has one thousand yards rushing and over four thousand yards passing. He's the first player in NFL history to have those numbers through his first twenty games. Steat of the days, Stad of the day, that beast Dad of the day.

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Speaker 4: Stat of the day here comes that what what out of the day?

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Speaker 2: By the way, thank you Ron Burgundy. Stat of the Day brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the program. If you want to look at production. How about Western Carolina's Tarren dick Dickens. He completed his first forty six passes in a win against Wafford. So the previous record was twenty nine set by a Princeton quarterback in twenty thirteen. Dickens completed fifty consecutive passes over his last two games. He was fifty three of fifty six for three seventy eight three touchdowns against Wafford. Yeah, Pauling, what happened to your Wafford terriers? Dan?

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Speaker 5: That defense is a mess.

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Speaker 2: I thought they had a good pass defense. You know, I was sadly, sadly mistaken speaking of defense or lack thereof. Who are the Ravens? Because you didn't have your quarterback? But you still you've got a defense that is being historically bad. They're giving up an average of forty points in their losses. Here and you know what, you don't think a Ravens team would be last in the NFL and defense, but here they are. And as great as Lamar Jackson can be is going to have to be. Somebody has to win that division. And when you think about when the season started, we thought Ravens, then you probably thought Bengals, then Steelers and then Browns. Well by default, it feels like there's only one good team in the division. That's the Pittsburgh Steelers, which they'll be happy to take. It's like, hey, we're sorry, you don't have your quarterback, or you don't have your quarterback, or you don't have a good defense there. I don't think we've seen Pittsburgh play great football yet. The Browns, Dylan Gabriel looked pretty good. I was, you know, being on the road. You're in London, your first start, you're going against the Vikings, had a couple of touchdown passes. I like what I saw. You know, it wasn't where you go all right, we got our franchise quarterback. I do think you have somebody who keeps you competitive.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 2: One of the other surprises, I thought the Raiders were going to be good. I did. I thought Okay, Gino, Pete Carroll reunited, Max Crosby, Ashton gent Bauers. Okay, we got something here. Weether one in four Gino Smith as he had two interceptions against the Colts, so he is nine. He leads the league in that. I don't know what happened here, because I thought this was going to be a all right, Pete, you're coming back, and uh, maybe you'll be a maybe you'll be like the Denver Broncos were last year. That has not been the case. All right, Uh Seaton poll question for hour two, and uh, let's recap what we did in hour one. All right, our one we got up there. Who had the worst weekend?

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Speaker 7: Your options are Amar de Mercado, James Franklin, the New York Yankees, or the Texas Longhorns. Right now, James Franklin has almost sixty percent of that vote.

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Speaker 5: They gotta win.

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Speaker 2: Wait, we singled out James Franklin, not didn State.

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Speaker 7: No, No, that feels like it's a it's a James fran Every week is a referendum on James Franklin and not Penn State football.

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, that's the truth. Yeah, yeah, yep, yep, man do I hear from Penn State alum, like, what do you got against us? You know, you're a Ohios You're a closet at Ohio State fan. I go, I'm not if if Ohio State win, if they don't win, I mean, it doesn't matter to me, truly does not matter to me. Growing up in Ohio. It doesn't matter to me. I love Penn State, you know. And Todd Blackledge was there, you know, but you're watching a team that we always think they're going to be there at the end. Yeah, this is the year. Great atmosphere, got to see a game there, loved it. But you can't lose to UCLA. Yeah, Paul.

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Speaker 8: Also, Ryan Day was in this situation just a couple short years ago. A lot of wins during the regular season. When are you going to close out a season? Then he finally did it. Once you get it, you're in the hall pass.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, but James Franklin's been there a long time. Yeah, right, Ryan Day wouldn't have lasted if he did what James Franklin's doing at Penn State. I've said this, he wouldn't have kept his job. There's certain places in America you don't keep your job with those results and losing do U c l A. UCLA was oh and four? What are the number? Let's see UCLA is the first zero to four team to beat a top ten team since nineteen eighty five.

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Speaker 9: Who now, stead of a day start of a day, start outa day, start out to day.

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Speaker 1: This is the stele of the Dame.

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Speaker 2: All right, see what's the poll question for hour two on this program? Hour two?

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Speaker 4: Uh?

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Speaker 7: Well, I also put up there a local broadcaster should be a homer or down the middle. Results are pending on that one.

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Speaker 2: Okay, this came up because Dave Simms, the Yankee announcer. Uh he wasn't. He was less than enthusiastic when Vlad Guerrero Junior the third did this? Do you want pitt?

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Speaker 1: He did? Did drive left bail France?

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Speaker 2: See the thing that you've got to have it in context too, But it felt like Dave Simms and his partner Susan Waldman might have been talking about the possibility with they can't get Lad Guerrero out and here he is with the bases loaded, and it almost felt that like that was a carryover and Dave goes, yep, he did it, or Susan says and it's just it's gone, like we were talking about it and had a premonition and then it's gone. Mark and Saint Cloud. Hey, Mark, what's on your mind today?

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Speaker 1: Dooing?

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Speaker 3: Hey, hey Dan, how are you doing good?

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Speaker 2: Mark?

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Speaker 1: Good?

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Speaker 3: You know I am a local broadcaster, and I got to take issue with what Fritzie said. I do a small college here in Minnesota. I'm the biggest homer in our league, and I know it because I broadcast from my fans. Those are the people I'm going to be talking to. Those are the people I have to face after the games. Saturday, we lost a tough game in Conference seventeen to ten. We turned it over twice inside the twenty. I got my coaches next to me. I was supposed to be excited because Bethel made big plays. No, I can't do that. I got a broadcast for my people. That's just not going to work. And the highlight of the weekend was we're traveling to the Twin Cities, about an hour drive on nine ninety four. We get behind slow moving traffic in the left lane and my color man goes, must be get passo up there. You're absolutely right.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Mark, Yes, Todd, I.

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Speaker 10: Think we should using the words enthusiastic and excitement though those That's not what I'm getting at.

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Speaker 11: I'm not supposed to say. And it's a grand slam of the eggs are getting killed the worst. That's not what I'm saying. Just that you're calling it to Still Grants. That's a big moment in a playoff game. I just want to make that clear. I'm not expecting a local annountion to take be excited.

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Speaker 2: Here you go, hold on, I'm gonna have you and Vlad Guerrero at the plate with the bases loaded, and here's the pitch, and then.

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Speaker 10: You here's a long drive and he's done it again, and it's another home run, and the Yankees are looking like they're going to be down two to Oh Susan.

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Speaker 7: See, Philip Rivers just threw an eighty yard bomb against the Broncos.

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Speaker 2: Todd be happy.

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Speaker 11: I think in a playoff.

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Speaker 10: All I'm saying is in a playoff game, that not enthusiasm, not excitement, that's not the right word.

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Speaker 2: Philip Rivers has just thrown a touchdown pass against the Broncos in the playoffs, and so third and seven and here's Rivers, his team needing a touchdown on KOA the Denver Sports Leader.

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Speaker 11: River's back to pass and he gets behind the coverage.

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Speaker 1: And it's going to be a touchdown for.

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Speaker 10: The Chargers, and the Broncos find themselves in a deep hole with six twelve left in the fourth quarter. This his Broncos football on KOA.

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Speaker 8: I think I know what Fritzy is saying here in the moment of the hit the grand Slam. You say that was something, and you have a little energy, and then you low it down with what the situation.

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Speaker 12: Is for your home team. Based off Fritzy's tone here, Yeah, but I still don't agree with him. The guy hit a home run, a grand Slam that was a no doubter, and he just gave you that. You didn't have to dress it up. If Aaron Judge hit this, then he would have had verbal bouquets. But that wasn't the case. Vlad Guerrero.

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Speaker 2: They probably were talking about how dangerous he is, we can't get him out, and here's the pitch and he did it. That's gone Grand Slam and you're down what nine to nothing? I get it. If this was the ninth inning, bottom of the ninth then maybe there's a little more excitement, but yeah, I'm not. I got pinstripes on. I don't care about the Toronto Blue Jays. Do you want the last word?

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Speaker 10: Ton it's a Grand Slam for the Mariners, of lad does it again?

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Speaker 11: And it looks like the yank is gonna have to win three straight. Susan Well, and that's how.

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Speaker 5: We did it.

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Speaker 2: He did it for the Mariners. Huh he plays for the Blue Jays.

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Speaker 11: You know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 2: No, No, I didn't.

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Speaker 11: That's why I'm sitting here at him on the broadcast.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you've never done play by play, But the.

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Speaker 11: Words enthusiasmic excitement, that is not what I'm getting it. There's got to be.

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Speaker 2: Another Sean in Kansas. Hi, Sean, what's on your mind?

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Speaker 4: Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call once again.

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Speaker 5: Bess.

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Speaker 4: I just like watching AFC West teams outside the Chiefs lose because I'm Chiefs fans, So watching the Chargers lose Raiders lose, that was great. The worst in the Case State game. Case State had a chance to win the game. They threw a long touchdown pass, but our wide receiver's helmet was ripped off at the twenty yard line, and then the play was called dead even though we walked into the touch into the end zone, and so then we only ended up getting three points, so we ended up losing. And now I'm just wondering how many kids are gonna rip a player's helmet off when they know they're about to give up a touchdown rather than just give up a touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Uh, well, we'll keep an eye on that.

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Speaker 8: I don't think there's gonna be an act an epidemic of that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I don't. I don't think so. But you know, you never can tell. It's like punching the ball out, you know, forcing these fumbles Zach and Knoxville. Hey, Zach, what's on your mind?

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Speaker 13: Adip? Thanks for taking my call. I just love the banter between you and Todd. You guys sound like a husband and wife that are just staying together until the youngest goes.

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Speaker 4: Off to college.

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Speaker 13: And I want to know if the DP or the Danets are they the kids in this situation? Is it the Brgs? And if you have time to ask, Chase Daniels, if you and I also want to get your opinion, do you think the Commanders are a legit Super Bowl contender going forward.

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Speaker 2: All right, thank you, Zach. Yeah, sometimes we argue in front of the kids, and uh, I'm not proud of that. But you know, Todd and I try to air out our grievances. We try to talk through it. We don't let things build up.

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Speaker 11: We don't want to divorce or anything, but we could use a little counseling.

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Speaker 2: Now in two and a half years, I'm divorcing you very I'm just giving you a head start to tell you. I'm going to tell you the date that I'm going to divorce you. That'll be that that Friday in Atlanta at the super Bowl.

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Speaker 11: I don't like to talk about that stuff.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Paul and Todd, you don't get half.

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Speaker 11: I do not.

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Speaker 10: I'm gonna keep my Dan Patrick cap and T shirt and exit stage right.

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Speaker 14: Yes, so it's not the Monday after the super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know that. I know that's a big day that Monday after the super Bowl. And do we want to do we want to call it quits, coming back to the man Cave. I'm toying with that idea because even though I started my career in Atlanta and was going to end my career in Atlanta, you know, do I come back and we wrap up the Super Bowl. I mean, I think America wants to hear my review of Bad Bunny. You know just what I've had random people go, what do you think of the halftime guest? I go, I couldn't care less. I truly couldn't. Well, what about a guy who's not from America? I said, Puerto Rico is part of the United States, And I said, I couldn't care less about this. You know, I didn't understand all the words the rappers were singing. So it's not like somebody said, hey, we should have closed caption or that. I go, I don't care. I truly, truly do not care the halftime show.

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Speaker 14: Yes, mart, I don't think people realize that the halftime show isn't for the football fans. It's for the non football fans. It's for your wives, your girlfriends, the people that don't care about football so they can watch the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: Also, yes, I truly the commercials sometimes, you know, I might stumble upon and I just don't. I don't consume it the way most people probably do. Oh, you got to watch for the commercials in the halftime show, No, you don't, And I don't think the commercials have been very good the last few years. And the halftime show. I told somebody, I said, give me the last five halftime performers, and they couldn't. They got two of the five. I said, See, it doesn't matter. It only matters when somebody tells you this is supposed to matter. You know, speak English. I couldn't care less, yes, Todd.

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Speaker 10: At the risk of getting ridiculed again, I go to a friend's house up the road for the super Bowl. He throws a super Bowl party, and as soon as it hits halftime, I drive home. When during I guess the maybe I'll catch the back end of the performance. I just want to get back by the start of the second half, and if something really wacky or interesting happens, I can see clips of it. I don't need to see the live performance. That's when I'm driving back home for the second half.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we used to have up with people who did a halftime show. It wasn't a big deal, and then all of a sudden it became, you know, like you had to play, and then you had to pay to play the halftime show. That artist had to pay to have that exposure I'm like, once again, if you want to watch watch that. If I want to see somebody, I would want to see them in concerts, not a halftime show and probably lip syncing. Like you know. It truly does not matter to me. So save your comments for somebody else, because I don't care. Let's take a break. Let's take a break. Our good buddy, Chase Daniel. He's an expert breaking down quarterbacks. We'll talk to him about the Eagles situation. Is this a real problem there? We're back after this in The Dan Patrick Show.

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Speaker 5: It's Cardinals, right, It's got to be the Cardinals.

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Speaker 6: I mean you you have a chance to go up twenty eight to six on probably the worst team in the.

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Speaker 5: NFL at home and Dan, look, this is one of my.

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Speaker 6: Pet peeves, and I'm sure it's one of yours. Two How many times do we need to have something like this happen where they dropped the football before they reached the goal and like carry it in with two hands.

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Speaker 5: We've already had a couple times this year.

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Speaker 6: Carry it in with two hands, hand it to the ref like you're in grade school, and celebrate your team instead, it's just it's just air after air after air. And looked at last three games the Cardinals have lost by I combine five points and three walk off field goals, and I mean the cam Ward, the cam Mord interception turned touchdown to it was just a litany of airs.

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Speaker 5: But there's no doubt in my mind it's got to be the Cardinals.

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Speaker 2: Yesterday, Eagles lose to the Broncos, and it feels like there's been some issues there. I touched on this three weeks ago. It felt like something was off. They were winning, but they were it was taking some you know, some spectacular plays, and all of a sudden that offense isn't clicking like we thought it was going to what what are you seeing?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, look, the defenses are stacking the box against Jalen Hurts and they're they're definitely not letting Saquon Barkley get to two thousand yards like they did last year. And at times in the season when that has happened and defenses has dared throw Jalen Hurts to throw the football down the field, he hasn't been accurate at all. Now times there, yes, like yesterday's game, he's been extremely accurate and it's looked really really good. That's sort of the issue here. And look, they're they're four and one, right, and they've beaten three of the teams that I think are like top five in the NFL. Beating the Chiefs, they've beating the Rams, and they've beaten the Bucks, like those teams are really elite teams. They've done it defensively, and they've done it in spurts of offensive prowess. They're not motioning as much as they were last year with Kellen Moore. I'm not sure. I'm still trying to get a beat on their offense. It just there's no consistency there. And they have ten of eleven starters back, they should be a lot better. And look, I've been one of the bigger critics on Jalen Hurts, and when he looks good, he looks good, and when he looks bad, it just isn't clicking. And he's a very streaky type player. I'm not gonna say this season reminds me of two years ago. I think when they started ten to zero then really faltered down the stretch. But there are some signs offensively to what it was like two years ago where they faltered down the stretch. But I just I think they still have the best team.

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Speaker 5: In the NFL. I still think they have the best roster in the NFL.

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Speaker 6: I would just go more so a signature win for Sean Payton, more so than like damning loss to the Eagles.

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Speaker 2: You got Drake May going into Buffalo and pulling out a win. And I know that you break down these quarterbacks, but I'm curious is what we're seeing what Drake May real.

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Speaker 5: It's absolutely real. And look, I've broken him down quite a bit last year, quite a bit this year.

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Speaker 6: It was about halfway through him starting last year, once he actually got onto the field, that he started playing really well and then get with Josh McDaniels and and the offense.

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Speaker 5: Has looked really, really good.

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Speaker 6: Look, if you're not following him from a national standpoint, you are now because this is what Drake May has done every single game. But it's now on for the national audience and twenty five million people to see. So he's gonna start getting his flowers nationally.

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Speaker 5: But it's looked this good.

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Speaker 6: And he did some and this is sort of crazy to say, but he did some Josh Allen type stuff playing Josh Allen and he's not quite the runner that Josh Allen is, but when he escapes the pocket like I don't know if I've seen a better quarterback this year escaping pocket and making some stuff happen like he did. And so I just think the national audience is sort of waking up for it. But he's been playing. He's been playing this good all season long.

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Speaker 2: The Chargers game, the Commanders were the better team. That wasn't a fluke. But I'm it feels like I'm always critical of the Chargers. But yeah, I'm sorry, I'm always critical of the Chargers.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean.

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Speaker 6: Look the jayde Daniels coming back, I think it really helped him. And that's a really good defense at home with the Chargers, and you know, the first two games of the year, man, I thought I was on the Chargers bandwagon. I played for the charge I know Justin Herbert personally, and he's playing like an MVP through two games.

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Speaker 5: And then you.

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Speaker 6: Sort of come back down to Earth. You lose to the Giants and you lose to the Commanders, back to back NFC East losses, and it just doesn't look good. I still think their defense is really good, but there's a play and a stretch that really sort of lost them the game, and it was Justin Herbert. He had a guy open, Quentin Johnson in the end zone on a crossing route, missed it. He ends up throwing a Keenan Allen back gets like, you know, knocked away, and then the very next play it's an interception.

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Speaker 5: And it just seems like that.

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Speaker 6: Offensive line, with multiple injuries, just cannot stand up. And they really want to be and it's crazy to say this, but they really want to be a throwing team with harball, and if they can't hold up in the pocket and if they get from behind, that's really difficult for them to come from behind and win. But I thought the Commanders, I mean, I didn't think the Commanders were going to go in there and win.

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Speaker 5: But you know, it is what it is. Any given Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Chase Daniel ESPN, NFL and college football analyst. I know you've been very excited Dak Prescott, You've very well, But you were talking about how great he's been playing. Yeah, and that, granted it's against the Jets, but still, what are you seeing that it is? And he doesn't even have CD Lamb in there, So what is it about Dak's performance that you've seen that you expect to continue.

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Speaker 5: I think bullish would be the word right.

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Speaker 6: And the one thing for me is I'm a technician when it comes to quarterback plays, so I don't really look at box scores. I like to watch the film and I like to try and pick out certain plays or moments within the game that you are controlling the football. Game stats are misleading sometimes, Oh, let me throw the football down the field.

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Speaker 5: We can do this.

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Speaker 6: The way Dak's doing and playing right now, it's at an extremely high level. It's really at a level I've never seen him play. Because Brian Schottenheimer, who's calling plays, and also the head coach.

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Speaker 5: He puts a lot on him at the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 6: So Dak is consistently and constantly changing plays to get into a new play that's working. And I just haven't seen do a lot this offense the way they're sequencing plays. Meaning, hey, they're calling twenty one personnel, but that makes it look like eleven personnel. They're in twenty two personnel down the goal line, but they're throwing it. It just makes sense on what an NFL type offense looks. They're using motion at an extremely high rate. There's a lot of shifts, there's a lot of motions, and at every single turn, Dak Prescott's been in control. And look, he's missing his four starting offensive lineman, he's missing his number one receiver, and he's missing his.

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Speaker 5: Number three receiver.

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Speaker 6: Like, I don't think this Dallas team is a good team. Do I think they can make the playoffs and win ten games? Maybe the defense is improving, but it was against the Jets. I give you that, But if you just really look more than the stats and the box score, I just like the way he's playing the position of quarterback, and he's.

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Speaker 5: Been doing it all year.

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Speaker 2: Long the Baker Mayfield resurgence here from last year and this year. And I don't know, since you played the position, the importance of the quarterback in the final two minutes or the coach if you were going to say, I'm gonna give a little bit more credibility to a coach or the quarterback. Because Baker and Tampa Bay again in the final drive, final two minutes, you're winning games. And that's not a coincidence.

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Speaker 5: No, And he's only thrown one interception.

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Speaker 6: He's thrown ten touchdowns this year, thrown for a ton of yards. I think he's second or third in the NFL in passing yards. But it's got to be the quarterback in two minute drives because I've been with some really good quarterbacks, and I've been with some not so good quarterbacks. The good quarterbacks and two minute drills they called their own plays. Like I remember when I was with Breeze and two minute drills. He's one of the best of all time. And just watching him operate two minutes and Sean's like, go, Drew's like running out to the field for a two minute drive and Sean's like, hey, you got it, meaning you're calling the whole series. Now, I'm not sure if Baker's doing it of that, but it's the coach has the easy job. It's like, hey, one play, and there's a set amount of plays that you run in two minutes unless you're huddling on third down or red zone. So there's a there's a menu of ten plays and Baker has just owned those and all four wins have come in two minute drives.

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Speaker 5: And I do think.

00:28:10
Speaker 6: That that sort of callous is a team that that that that gets a team sort of rolling in the right direction. And I just think in general, like you have to start talking Baker Mayfield for MVP. Just look at his stats, look at what he's done, look at what he's meant to this team. And they have not been fully healthy either. I just think it's been an extremely cool situation for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

00:28:35
Speaker 2: And he has that personality that you know, it's almost like he invites that drama, like he wants it. That nothing seems to be too big for him. And yeah, I think that has to go, like you can't go out there and go like, uh, I don't know, you know, good luck, guys, you need that guy gets in the huddle takes charge and that's certainly Baker. The Chiefs getting you know, Xavier Worthy back seem like that unlocked a lot of different things options for them. Is that the only thing with the Chiefs that you're seeing offensively that is changing them, making them a little more threatening.

00:29:12
Speaker 6: Well, they got under center, they ran the football, they're in twelve personnel, they're in twenty one personnel, and that's.

00:29:16
Speaker 5: Something they really haven't tried to do this year.

00:29:19
Speaker 6: And then I do think though the catalyst is Exavier Worthy. I do think what he's doing is opening up the field. And look, they haven't had a snap and I know it's been talked about, they haven't had a snap with she Rice Hollywood Brown and xavier' Worthy on the field at all.

00:29:35
Speaker 5: And so my whole thing was like, Hey, if the Chiefs.

00:29:37
Speaker 6: Can just get to three and three, if they can get to three and three through six games, because they have some tough games coming up, they're gonna be just fine.

00:29:44
Speaker 5: But I just have never really understood.

00:29:46
Speaker 6: Like, hey, especially early this season, Hey the Chiefs they suck. They're not that good, And there's been that I'm like, Okay, you still have the best quarterback in the entire world.

00:29:56
Speaker 5: You still have Travis Kelsey who can do it.

00:29:58
Speaker 6: I think that offensive line has short up a little bit more.

00:30:01
Speaker 5: But Xavier Worthy.

00:30:02
Speaker 6: When you have a weapon like that, it's not Tyreek Kill esque for the Chiefs, but it does open up the.

00:30:09
Speaker 5: Short pass game.

00:30:10
Speaker 6: It does open up the run game because when you saw Xavier Worthy last week, the defense was in two ICE safeties and Dan, you know you're really smart, but if you're in two I safeties, there's one less guy in the box, you're gonna run the football. And look, I just don't want Patrick Mahomes to continue to be the leading rusher on the team.

00:30:27
Speaker 5: So someone else has to step up for that. But it definitely helps.

00:30:31
Speaker 2: I'm gonna be the guy who says, can you explain the twenty two personnel and the twenty one personnel and the twelve personnel and the eleven personnel?

00:30:41
Speaker 5: Yeah? Absolutely so, Dan.

00:30:42
Speaker 6: When we're saying twelve personnel, the first or any personnels, the first digit talks to the amount of running backs in the game, so twelve personnel want the one one running back. The second digit always talks to the amount of tight ends in your group, So twelve personnel is one back, two tight ends, and you need five skill players dan, so how many receivers is that two?

00:31:09
Speaker 5: Right? And then so if you go twenty two.

00:31:11
Speaker 6: Personnel, which is like it just means heavy personnel, it's two running backs, two tight ends, and only one receiver. There's also thirteen personnel, which I think the Chiefs do a good bit of one back, three tight ends. And I think you're sort of seeing a resurgence of these heavier personnels just talking about trends overall in the National Football League, because so many teams play just nickel defense, so they have five defensive backs on the field at all times rather than four defensive linemen three linebackers.

00:31:42
Speaker 5: And so when teams are.

00:31:43
Speaker 6: Playing nickel personnel five dbs even to twenty two personnel, two backs, two tight ends, you're seeing teams run the football a lot more because teams are so sick and tired of guys just sitting back in two high safety looks and saying, hey, try to throw the ball over ahead. They're just like, we can't do it. And that's why I think you're seeing a resurgence of the play action pass under center game as well. So these are the trends I'm seeing. I hope I explained it good enough.

00:32:10
Speaker 2: You did. And I've been saying this for years that eventually you're going to have an offense that's gonna be all power. They're gonna go, they're gonna run it down your throat because everybody's playing that prevent defense. And you got, you know, quicker guys, not beefier guys up front. And now you're seeing that with Sakwon Barkley. I mean, you're seeing the resurgence in running the football there. So thank you for that explanation, I think, yeah, of course. Yeah, and when you do games on TV, just make sure that you speak our language, not your language.

00:32:41
Speaker 6: Yes, you know, you guys are really smart, and so I just figured that the.

00:32:47
Speaker 5: Audience of the Dan Patrick Show knew that.

00:32:49
Speaker 6: But yeah, that's good advice on TV because I do try to. You know, the best advice I got so far was from Kirk Kirchry. He's like, hey, call game like your mother in law's watching, Like, oh okay, Like if you want to say cover two, that's great, just explain what cover two means.

00:33:04
Speaker 5: And so that's been great advice. But you guys, come.

00:33:07
Speaker 2: On, you know that, no, no, we're not good because I could have gone through this entire segment and acted like I knew what the twelve person.

00:33:15
Speaker 6: I saw you laughing when I said that, But I'm glad like I have. Like that's sort of what I try to do on my YouTube page too. I try to like explain some stuff like that for the average football fan.

00:33:26
Speaker 2: Well, you know when we throw out a gap and all of that stuff, and you know, just.

00:33:30
Speaker 6: That's a little that's a little much the a gap that was the gap between the center and the guard.

00:33:34
Speaker 2: Just so you know, oh yeah, I know that. I was when I was running the quarterback sneak. I went a gap all the time, all the time. Have fun on Wednesday night, and remember just explaining you don't don't you don't have to talk wall to wall, tick your spots, be your brilliant self and enlighten people on something. I will.

00:33:59
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I I've actually I like to talk a little bit, but I've I felt like they're in the broadcast that if you let it breathe a little bit, the the atmosphere and you don't have to fill every single spot.

00:34:12
Speaker 2: You do those words and so do not go wall to wall. Make sure that you don't talk too much because you're play by play guy still has to do his job. It's just you're punching. You're just hitting, hitting, hitting. You know that that's what you do. Hit and then get out hit.

00:34:30
Speaker 6: Who do you think the best analyst is in the NFL right now?

00:34:36
Speaker 5: Or who do you enjoy listening to? You know?

00:34:41
Speaker 2: I like Olson a Loant. Yeah, Herbie has kind of opened my eyes and ears a little bit more because he I'm still amazed when the play happens and then you come back and then you have to you have to, you know, basically decide this is what happened. You're gonna describe it. I'm like goll Lee, I never saw that, and I think that's what's amazing when you see you know, if Romo went at his peak or Collinsworth Herbie. I mean, there's a lot of good analysts, but the great ones, the great ones give you enthusiasm nuggets. They're smart, they're to the point, they get out and it makes it a crisper broadcast. So that's gonna that would be this one's yes, Yes, I'll be more happy to critique you on.

00:35:31
Speaker 6: It, please, I need you know what here's the thing too. I know, you guys gotta go, but old ex players at play, we like to be coached, and so much of the fact that, at least what I've heard from broadcast analysts.

00:35:45
Speaker 5: We don't get coached because it's so.

00:35:47
Speaker 6: Subjective, Like you can think something's awesome and then my boss thinks something stinks. But overall, I feel like there's a good feel for what a broadcast should look and feel like. And so I think that's the hard thing about being an analyst is like everyone likesing different, but I'm just gonna be true to myself at the end.

00:36:02
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think Aikman got to this point where he didn't give a bleep, like he's just gonna call the game, and I think that changed with Troy. He's just like, hey, this is it. And I love that because I don't want you to be holding to anybody playing favorites. I just want you to call the game. But yeah, Wednesday night, all right. I didn't expect that I would be watching Middle Tennessee State and Missouri State, but now I am. Now I am Chase. There you go.

00:36:30
Speaker 5: I love it, Thanks man.

00:36:31
Speaker 2: Thank you buddy. All Right, when we come back, we will give you our best and worst to the weekend.

00:36:38
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00:36:50
Speaker 2: Let's go around the room best and Worst of the weekend. Todd lead us off.

00:36:54
Speaker 11: Best of the weekend.

00:36:55
Speaker 10: Previously winless Ucla with new offensive coordinator Jerry new Heisel takedown Number seven Pence at the Rose Bowl by a score of forty two to thirty seven.

00:37:02
Speaker 11: The Bruins led twenty seven to seven at.

00:37:04
Speaker 10: The break worst as he potentially coaches himself out of the Hall of Fame, Bill Belichick and North Carolina are humiliated in Chapel Hill by a very average Clemson team. The Tigers had four passing touchdowns on the opening quarter alone.

00:37:15
Speaker 11: The targ Hills have given up.

00:37:17
Speaker 10: Forty eight, thirty four, and thirty eight points on their three losses so far this season.

00:37:22
Speaker 2: Okay, I don't think it's a legitimate topic. I laughed when you said, is Belichick coaching his way out of the Hall of Fame?

00:37:29
Speaker 11: His tongue in Jacob little bit, it is.

00:37:32
Speaker 2: But it is the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He's not getting into the college Football Hall of Fame, but the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He's already very very secure. Satan Best and worst of the weekend.

00:37:44
Speaker 7: My best of the weekend as in Sacramento this weekend for the USL Jaegermeister Cup.

00:37:49
Speaker 2: That was awesome.

00:37:49
Speaker 7: There's twelve thousand people there in Sacramento for the game, a really great organization. The people there themselves that run Sacramento Republic are really awesome. The league is great too. And my heart for that aletic one, So I'm very pumped about that. My worst of the weekend is Penn State losing to UCLA. That is just a punishing loss.

00:38:11
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, you get the score is not really reflective of how good Ucla was or how bad Penn State was and you're running the football Marvin. Best and worst of the weekend.

00:38:25
Speaker 14: My best at the weekend Stefan Diggs returning to Buffalo and receptions one hundred and forty six yards. He was ready to play from the opening tip. Worst of the weekend I watched the Commanders was that Chargers Sofi Stadium easily the worst home field advantage in the NFL. Bar none. Anytime I watch a game there, when it's a Rams game or a Chargers game, it feels like a neutral site game.

00:38:49
Speaker 2: The worst, Paul, Best and worst.

00:38:51
Speaker 8: I'm going to get Best of the Weekend to the Florida Gators football team for beating Texas. They could have packed it in. They lost to South Florida LSU Miami this month, and then they take down Texas. So it's weird because the fans there may want a new coach, but this guy's got a lot of lives napier. And then the worst of the Weekend, it's obvious. Amari Demarcado, the running back of the Cardinals. You're an average NFL running back and this is going to be your level of fame and you're probably not going to do a lot more after this, and you'll be a you know, cautionary tale, embarrassing.

00:39:23
Speaker 1: Yeah.

00:39:24
Speaker 2: And you would think for a guy who scored four touchdowns, you would be saving every football exactly, every single one of them. And I would make it mandatory if I'm a head coach, you hand the ball to the official when you score a touchdown, hand the ball to the official. If you want to celebrate, you can do that. But we're going to find all of our players when you score, and granted it might be just a ceremonial one hundred dollars, we're going to find you. You put it in the tip jar, you know, for stupid things at the end of the year, and we'll have a party. But I mean, you have to You shouldn't have to tell your players to do this. But if you want to simplify it, just say, every single touchdown you score, bring the football to the sidelines. I will pay for that football, Okay, Yeah, Marvin Deshaun Jackson.

00:40:17
Speaker 14: Deshaun Jackson did this on Monday Night Football about fifteen years ago, and people still haven't learned yet. He did it on National TV primetime and people still haven't learned.

00:40:27
Speaker 2: I just I don't understand that you get to the goal line and you have to get rid of the ball. The greatest touchdown celebration ever was Isaac Curtis of the Cincinnati Bengals. He would score a touchdown and he would drop the ball behind him when he got into the end zone, so that dB was running trying to get him and he just drops it right in front of you. Yeah, Paul, it's a home game.

00:40:51
Speaker 5: Walk into the stands and give it to a kid. You want some good publicity.

00:40:54
Speaker 8: Once you get your name out there in a positive way, head to a kid.

00:40:59
Speaker 2: Kids can't get to him, you know, I try, Yan Marvin.

00:41:05
Speaker 14: It doesn't even look that cool either.

00:41:07
Speaker 2: There wasn't anything cool about it. And then he got down on his knees and he started celebrating like praist Jesus, and I go, dude, that's not a touchdown. You better say your prayers, you better have somebody answer your prayers.