The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 896 - Pat's Birthday Celebration With Peyton Manning, Jim Furyk, Lord Stanley's Cup, Michael Cole, Aaron Rodgers, Pacman Jones, Mike Rupp, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: May 2, 2023

On today’s show, Pat, Pacman Jones, Mike Rupp, AJ Hawk, and the boys welcome several surprise guests on the show to celebrate Pat’s birthday including Peyton Manning (30:27-53:45), Lord Stanley’s Cup, Jim Furyk (55:32-1:06:44), Michael Cole (1:37:50-1:49:32), and Aaron Rodgers (1:49:34-2:10:36). Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, beautiful people. Welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome. On this, people are being way too nice to me. Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023, the program starts now. Happy birthday! Okay. Ha ha ha! Come on! Very nice of you guys.

Okay, everybody's being way too kind on the internet and in real life. I do appreciate it. I have just completed another trip around the sun. I'm very thankful, very grateful in this upcoming year. Um, hopefully, obviously, uh, will be the year that I meet my baby girl daughter. So like everything's awesome. My wife's kicking ass. You people that I get to work with every single day are the greatest people on earth. And, uh, I get to do the coolest thing of all time for a living. And that is speaking to a microphone and say dumb stuff about sports. So I didn't plan on leading the show with this,

but let's get it out of the way. Thank you all so much for being so kind to me. Let's fucking enjoy this life. And thank you for everything. Everybody. We have some surprises today that are coming surprises to me. People behind the scenes have been cooking things up. One surprise that happened to me. People behind the scenes have been cooking things up. One surprise

that happened to me and I believe some others here. The Toxic Table at Boston Corner and at Ty Schmitter here. You boys look awesome. Oh, you do too, Pat. All black today. Looks fantastic. Oh, thank you. Yeah, put the boots on for the birthday. Look one year younger. Yeah, well, I don't know if that's the case. People are saying I'm aging like a goddamn

president, but this does make me about three inches taller and that's not a bad thing to have. No, not at all. Especially on your birthday, you know if that's the case. People are saying I'm aging like a goddamn president, but this does make me about three inches taller, and that's not a bad thing to have. No, not at all. Especially on your birthday, you know what I mean? Yeah. Just feel a little bit taller, chest out a little bit, peacock. And hey, why is the birthday better than every other day? Well, it's just your mindset.

It's a good day. This has been a fantastic one. Everybody's been far too kind, including one half of the Hammer. Done. Cowboys, Tone Diggs. Tone, you look great, pal. Thank you. Tone posted a picture of me and him getting ready for prom,

his junior year, my senior year. Sweet. That was awesome to go back down there. That was right outside of Diggs Paradise, which is his backyard. Paradise Diggs, sorry. And it was a cool time. How about the all white? That was Jersey Shore time.

Those were looking really cool. Your hair was sweet. Yeah, it's been a lot of nostalgia trips here with a lot of the pictures that have been posted. CFO Phil Maines is in the house. That means any giveaway that's about to take place is going to have a little bit more pressure on it. That's right. Because CFO Phil is not going to be pumped. He posted a picture of this one time when we were trying to go to a Pirates game and a storm happened.

And for some reason, it was like 25 degrees, raining, and there was really nothing to do. So we just got hammered in the parking lot because it was really our only day together. And that led to me meeting Pittsburgh Elvis apparently and buying a McCutcheon hoodie. That was the first time Cutch was on the team. I bought that hoodie just strictly because it was so fucking cold. At one point I was wearing socks on my hands. That's how cold it was out there. But we had a blast. It's a lot of fun um reading and seeing all the people that i've met throughout my life texting me reaching out to me birthday's fucking cool at some point we're gonna have to move on to do that let's talk about a man who was fly by

nature oh yeah talk about a man who is a guy who spent four how many years? 14. 14 years at corner in the NFL. He's a rapper, too. Got bangers out. He's also, too, incredibly kind of a man to me. Today and every other day, Pac-Man Jones. Pac, good to see you, pal. Man, happy birthday, man. All right.

Well, can I start the show without saying this? I know we're going to have to do it again when AJ come on. Let's go, guys. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We are not. We are not. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We are not. We are not. No, no, no, no, no. This ain't.

What? What are you singing? Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Pat. Happy birthday, dear Pat. Happy birthday to you. Hell yeah.

Thank you, guys. That was a good idea. Let's go. Yeah. Thank you, guys. That was really nice. Everybody wanted to hear that. Everybody wanted to hear that. Winner, winner.

That's what everybody wanted to do. So thank you for doing that. Thank you for coming. Also, surprise of the fucking day. Hell yeah. Stanley Cup champion from NHL Network, That's Hockey Talk, and the MSG Network, which is a network that covers the Islanders, the Devils, and this man's New York Rangers. Ladies and gentlemen, Ruppers.

Yeah, Ruppers! Thank you. Hey, happy birthday. We just sung it to you. Yeah, you said it enough. It. We just sung it to you. Yeah, you said it enough. It's going to be a great day. Glad to be a part of it. You gave me stick taps over there, too.

Yeah, stick taps. Boys passed out the Twiggies. Rub, great to see you. Thank you for coming out here. I did not know Rubber was coming out here. I guess there's going to be maybe another one of those types of situations happening. But as soon as I saw you, I was so incredibly pumped. We have a thing over the table so you can't see it.

He's got these teal chucks on right now. Standing at 6'5". This dude's fucking hilarious. There we are. Damn. Great vibes to the office, bro. Thank you for coming. Now, before we dive into hockey, which we will definitely need your advice on and insight on because you've played there.

You've won the Stanley Cup championship, which is not easy. I mean, Lord, it's not easy. No, it is not. But speaking of another sport that's in the middle of their playoff run, we got a chance to take a trip down memory lane last night. Ladies and gentlemen, Houston Harden is back. James Harden is back to being Houston Harden, the guy that was so electrifying that he could literally show up 65 pounds overweight, fresh out of a Las

Vegas strip club, documented publicly and say, I don't want to be here and get traded. Boom, no problem. And go be a superstar at another place and then say, this ain't working for me either. Boom, go another place. The reason why that can happen is because how fucking good he is at basketball.

If James Harden wasn't an absolute dog on the court, none of this shit could happen. And then he talked about how he led the NBA in assists this year. Did anybody know that about James Harden? When you're talking about the people who lead the NBA in assists, go look it up. You're talking about, oh, these people are the ultimate teammate. These people are so selfless. These teams are setting people up. This dude led the NBA in assists this year because he knew that Joel Embiid was the guy. And then

last night, prime time. No Embiid. What do you need? Step back three. James Harden was back in Houston last night. It was amazing to watch and what he wore into the arena, almost better than the whole thing itself, Pac. Oh, love the outfit. I think I should have pulled

that one off. That was a pretty dope outfit. Sweet. But coming into the season, we was talking about how James Hardy was slowing the game down, and it didn't match up with Embiid. Kenny played with Embiid. Willie scored the same amount of points that he'd been scoring. James Hardy did nothing but come through for the 76ers. What about this guy?

No, Embiid been out. Last night, he reminded us he's one of the best scoring guards that's in the game. Of all time. And it was a clinic last night. And I enjoyed remembering that Harden's hilarious. Yeah. Like, if you just look back at how he has handled situations,

he is hysterical. Oh, he retweeted that one from France a couple years ago. And a little baby, I believe, at the fashion show, walking. Toasted way too high. Holy fuck. There's a lot of people. There it is. There's a lot years ago. And a little baby, I believe, at the fashion show, walking. Toasted. Way too high. Holy fuck. There's a lot of people. There it is. There's a lot of people.

Let's go back. Did we know all these people were going to be out here? Let's go back. We didn't. Oh, baby. Oh, shit. Well, the...

Did you call these people? We kind of got to go. All right. So... Hey, what's up, guys? Hey, how y'all doing? So hot. James Harden's up, guys? Hey, how y'all doing? So hot. James Harden's a dog, though.

The NBA playoffs have been a lot of fun to watch, and obviously you just back-to-back nights of Boston just getting their hearts ripped off. Those fans have shown up in the garden. They have. They continue to do it. They've shown up in the garden. Absolutely. They've gone crazy.

They had a zoom in of the most Boston kid I've ever seen. He was doing a whole. He was walking. Going nuts. So like the most Boston thing I've seen. Yeah. Loved everything about it. Bullshit chance.

The whole thing. Teams just haven't shown up back to back. What's morale up there? Got to be pretty low. Is everything okay? Is everything going to work out? Are the Celtics going to be able to come back? So coming off a game seven overtime loss, you really don't think it can get worse.

Then when the team's up by 12 with about four minutes left and they blow that lead, it does get worse. If you think you're at bottom, do you think that your sports... Hold on, hold on. I didn't plan on doing this, but you think you're at the bottom? Can we run that Bill Belichick video real quick talking about Mac Jones? Just because it does seem like it has been a rough couple days here for Boston let's just get it all out of the way this is him talking about the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots I wanted to give you an opportunity to if you wanted to

to clarify sort of your feelings about Mac Jones there have been some well-published reports that you were shopping him that you know weren't refuted by anyone from the Patriots. And also, Cam Newton, when he started in 2020, you declared him your quarterback. After you drafted Mac Jones, you declared him your quarterback. At the league meetings, you didn't even mention Mac by name. I'm just wondering, how do you feel about Mac? Is he your quarterback right now? How do you view him going into year three?

Well, I'm not going to respond to the anonymous quotes, Greg. Hell yeah. So, I mean, would you like to – is Mack your quarterback as of right now? Yeah, I mean, look, Mac's been our quarterback for two years. Hell yeah. As I tell the team every year, each player, each coach,

we all have to reestablish and prove ourselves every year. That's what this league is. That's for all of us. 2023 is 23. We'll see how 23 goes. You're very complimentary of him going into last season and the last training camp.

I'm still what? Do you still view him the same way? Absolutely. Okay. So we got the Bruins game seven loss, Celtics loss without him being on the floor. And then you got basically Bill Belichick saying, quarterback position, we'll see. Is Boston okay right now?

I mean, that Mac thing was a reach. I think you can admit that. I think you can admit that. The guy hates him. Belichick said, absolutely. He's still praising him. And when he asked, is he the quarterback? He said, yeah, I mean.

And then went on to explain how guess what okay good so things are looking up here we go things with the Patriots are looking great but okay so Boston's good yeah we're okay but it's May you know everything's looking with you yeah that's a good question once again that's the question like I just said Patriots are

great Pac-Man Boston Bruins yeah they're dead I'm just asking about my buddy man I'm just trying to make sure you're all right. I completely understand. I do. I am making sure you wasn't going to jump off a bridge a night ago. Thank you very much, Pac-Man. That was another jersey.

You wore a Celtics jersey here last night. Thank you very much. You know what happened in that situation. I'm just trying to make sure my buddy's okay. I appreciate that, Greg. Check on your friends. And I do. Absolutely.

You should check on your friends more. Thank you for doing that, Pac-Man. That is great. I mean, you're saying that here, but you haven't called me since Saturday. But once again, I don't take that personally. I understand what you're saying to the public. I didn't text you? Nope.

Actually, you only texted me when you realized yesterday around 1 o'clock that the Bruins lost. He's been busy. He's got journeys. He's kids racing. Once again, I did not bring that up. I think I texted you, were you okay after the loss, man? I'll pull my phone out, Pac, man. I can guarantee you didn't.

It's okay. He cares. He just checked on you. I know he cares. I know he cares. Anyways, the Boston Bruins losing was a heartbreaker, but not your fault. Not the city of Boston. We will always remember, at least for as long as Posta's jersey is up there,

it was the greatest regular season in NHL history. Yes. So that's positive. Celtics got nothing but time to make this whole thing up. Of course. I mean, it feels like time's good. And B's got a tear in his knee. So absolutely, Houston, James Harden is back.

Let's see it five times, and let's see us get bounced, and then we'll be worried. Okay, and the NBA Joker on the west side over there is a bully. He is rude whenever he's playing basketball. He gave a guy an elbow. It was fantastic. I mean, fantastic for me watching, not the person who has to receive that. That would suck

to play against that guy. You play a little pickup in here with A.Q. Shipley. Just play the two or the three or something like that. He's just going elbow spinning, body backing you up just immediately. You play pickup with some people, they're going to try to get by you, wiggle by you,

shake you a little bit. They're looking for content. They are immediately trying to run into you. Joker is like a football player that is incredibly skilled and ready to body. He's going. that'd be tough for a seven game series to beat that fucking guy yeah especially if jamal murray's gonna play anyway like he does he is he is mean and i think that's why everybody loves watching him play so much

because they don't have like a no pass over his fucking head he's electrifying on the basketball court he's just relentless too like i think last night jamal murray only had like So it's like, you know, he was the star of the show in game one, and then he basically, you know, he plays not great in game two, and they still, like, it's, you know. Win by 10, 95-85, or 97-87 or something. Exactly. So it's like, if these guys both put it together on the same night, like, it's just, I mean, granted, I know how good the Suns are with the rant.

Do you hear what the conversation is right now? Do you hear what it is? What? Packers probably as well. With this series or the other one? This particular Phoenix Suns team. I'm Kevin Durant fan. Big fan. Enjoy the Suns. I'm actually hot right now, he said to David

Lester. I respected that. I appreciate that. And I respect everything he does on the basketball court. Love Devin Booker. Love Chris Paul. I appreciate that. And I respect everything he does on the basketball court. Love Devin Booker. Okay. Love Chris Paul. Love the team. Love Ishpa, I believe is the owner.

Ishpia. Ishpia. Matt Ishpia. He's very nice. They're saying that when you just get rid of your entire like role players, you're in trouble. Yeah. And I think that's starting to like, I think me as a casual fan watching more, I'm seeing people I've never fucking heard of doing things.

Oh, yeah. Like, on a regular basis. For sure. And I think sitting at that Suns-Clippers game, there was, like, six, seven guys that were going into the game that I had no fucking idea who they were. No clue. And they were pretty important pieces of the entire thing, whether it was picks and movements on the defensive side of the ball,

doing whatever. And you don't even talk about that. People were saying that the Phoenix Suns deal to get Kevin Durant got rid of a team that could potentially win. Are they only saying that because the Joker's right there? Or is that like the real deal? Are they going to have to reshape that entire thing over there? Well, and then Chris Ball, you know, he hurts his groin last night. What? No way.

He might not be 100% healthy. He's a floor general, man. He is a floor general. He's a floor general. Who occasionally He is a floor general. He's a floor general. Who occasionally gets groin injuries and hamstring injuries. Well, yeah, when you're playing a professional sport. That's going to happen. You watched it live, though, and you saw

the amount of intensity and the energy every possession takes. It's very hard to do that for 40 minutes when you're not getting any spells, and the other team has got guys who they can rely on coming off the bench the suns have superstars they don't have a fucking roster like this is what the lakers were early on in the season when they had all these names and now the lakers have

a roster they got guys that can play role plays know how to play defense calling out switches shoot only time they shooting the fucking ball is in the corner when LeBron attacks him. Oh, you got the Lakers going to state then? Oh, yeah. We'll talk about that later because I'm quite sure we're going to get to that before the end of the show. Yeah, LeBron and Steph. Yeah.

Legacy. Yeah. Who's the GOAT? This is the conversation. And I was wrong. Last time I was talking shit about the Warriors, they won game five that they had to win, and they fucking won game seven that they had to win. On the road. On the road. And I was talking shit about the Warriors, they won game five that they had to win. And they fucking won game seven that they had to win.

On the road. On the road. And I was talking shit. And he put 50 up. Yeah. In other people's rims. Hey, what size are these hoops? Oh, no, they're not mine.

But that shit ain't happened with LeBron. LeBron, he's way too smart of a basketball player. Caruso called him a genius. He did. To let things facilitate like that. Like, they just gave up, man. That was shit. It was over with.

One step, da-da-da. 50. Yeah, 50 pieces. In your grill. Seems like they didn't want to play no more. Speaking of da-da-da, saw Juney da-da-da. Yeah. Like a good 10, 15-yard win.

Yeah. In 100 meters. Yeah. He's going to be a track star or what? Yeah, probably something. He got in his junior. You're talking about him probably being able to kick the hell out of a soccer ball. Yeah, I'm worried about my wife right now, actually. She's getting to be a track star or what? Yeah, probably something. He got in his gym. You're probably going to be able to kick the hell out of a soccer ball. Yeah, I'm worried about my wife right now, actually.

She's getting kicked from the inside. I'm like, honestly, I have no idea what, like, I don't know science well enough, but, like, I don't know if, like, my kid is necessarily the best to just be kicking you. Yeah, it might hurt, man. You know what I mean? It might be a little bit different. But Junie's flying, dude. Remember, Dad ran 4-2-8.

Yeah. He did good, man. He got to finish all the way through. Yeah, you ran 4.28. Yeah. You did good, man. You got to finish all the way through. Yeah, you're yelling at the finish. Move your ass. Move your ass. Hurry up. I love the coaching.

It gets real intense. There's a lot of yelling out here. A lot of yelling out here. Yeah, this was fun, man. How old? How old? This was kindergarten for six and seven-year-olds in this race right here. I think Junie ran 18 18 nine or something like that or

he's a second and a half from doing really really really really really what do you mean second and a half from doing a second and a half so i googled uh what the six-year-old ran last year in aau junior olympics smart down in orlando and i put it with Junie time, it was a second, and like, what did I tell you, it was 1.5 or something like that, 1.3. So I'm like, shit, we ain't that far off. This was a cold-ass morning. It was raining. Ohio. Just woke him up.

Slow track, slow track. Where are we at? You know, slobbing shit everywhere. So, yeah, he did an unbelievable job. Yeah, I think so, too. I'm pumped for him. Looks like he's got work. I think, too, you have his ass running hills. He's got his ass running fucking job. Yeah, I think so, too. I'm pumped for him. Looks like he's got work. I think, too, you have his ass running hills.

He's got his ass running fucking hills. Yeah. And he's smiling. But he enjoyed doing it, man. Which is great. He got a chance to see me play ball. He see all the other ones in the house playing ball. Like, he don't stop, bro.

Every two seconds, he run around the house with a fucking headband or something saying he's somebody. That's awesome. I love everything about it. He's going to go win that thing. 100%. Second and a half? Come on. Hey, he won't race in pittsburgh though i was told yeah yeah no chance no i'm gonna race in pittsburgh heard he's a little worried about the thugs in pittsburgh y'all it's too many thugs in pittsburgh is such an interesting place dude we were back there obviously you had a great time i think right i did i had an unbelievable time in pittsburgh that's probably one of the best time i ever – well, the best time I ever had.

Shout out to my boy. Appreciate it, Nick. I enjoyed myself. Frankie getting married also in Pittsburgh that day, joining us on stage. And now it's time to talk about the other sport that is lighting it up. Two game sevens back-to-back evenings. Now, last night, the Rangers got knocked out by the Devils. Oh, boy.

So many khaki pants got grumpy, Dan. That's a shame that the Rangers got knocked out in the firstils. So many khaki pants got grumpy to end life. That's a shame that the Rangers got knocked out in the first round. Same with the Bruins. That's a shame. Penguins haven't even – we didn't even get to play four more games. You know what I mean? So you guys definitely beat us, you know? What about Go Boats?

Oh, yeah, we did. Go Boats. Go Boats got a limit. Go Boats is out. I don't know. Let's dive into it. Joining us now, Stanley Cup champion, Ruppert. Ruppert, you work at the NHL Network.

Obviously, you cover this inside out. You know the game. You look so fantastic on TV, too. Oh, my gosh. Suited, booted. Cleaned. Cleaned up, dude. You crush it.

When we're thinking about this particular playoff series, who should we be thinking about going? And in the East, it seems like underdogs are winning here. Is that our actual thought or no? Yeah. So, I mean, like you said, it's supposed to be my job kind of talking about this stuff. I went 0 for 4 in first round. What's this guy here for?

Yeah. So, tough go. Tough go. So, it just shows you. We can't have everybody listening to everything you say. You just want to force. That's in the middle of the coldest streak of all time. And this is sport on ice.

So, 0 for 4 in the Eastern Conference, picking winners in round one. No, no, you're due. You're due. But I think that shows you, though. It shows you what crazy shit has happened in hockey, man. It's nuts. I honestly, sorry, Connor. Whatever.

There is room up there for other jerseys in the near future, I'm just saying, because they left some room up there, so I don't know if the Celts are going to be joining it soon. Oh, jeez. I'm just saying. Just get on with the fucking hockey. All I'm going to say, though, is I am shocked. And I remember, here's the thing.

We're sitting there, and, Pack, you're at the table, and AQ is at the table, and I had D-Butt next to me. And he leans in, because he's a Panthers fan, right? Okay. And he goes, This guy doesn't watch hockey. No, he goes uh yes my heart doesn't watch hockey no he is the fucking guy he loves the hockey i don't want to hear about him being a panther he says to me and i just met him right so he goes my my panthers have a have a chance here and i'm

thinking and i i don't want to come across as being a dick but i was just like just met him honestly from ohio no they don't, dude. They have zero chance. That's how off-sided this was. You know what I mean? And I love that team. Matthew Kachuk's one of my favorite players, if not the Kachuk,

the best, great Twitter handle, too. Hey, to Chuckie Cheese. Pretty good. How do you just get out of the fucking hockey! It's a Chuck E. Cheese. That's a good one. Pretty good, right? Hey, you know that guy in the back there, since we have been doing a lot of look back?

That dude was actually Chester. Yeah, he was. That's sick. Join us right now, diehard Panthers fan, Darius J. Butler. D-Butt, D-Butt, how high are you flying right now, pal? You're on the golf course, obviously. Hey, Panthers.

Can you hear me or what? Yeah, can you hear us? Yeah, loud and clear. How we doing over there? Hey, great. I'm happy to see that you're watching Florida Panthers film. Yeah, clearly. It kind of showcases how big of a Florida Panthers fan you are.

We're talking to Rupert here about the Bruins getting upset. Maybe the biggest upset in the history of hockey is what they're saying. How do you feel about your team, D-Butt? You know what? I go back a few weeks ago at Nick's royal wedding. I mean, unbelievable. And the table I had, me, Pac-Man, Ruggs, AQ,

Billy. I mean, unbelievable table. I asked, hey, Ruggs, my Panthers got a chance? Do we got a shot? D-Butt, I'm going to be honest with you. Hell no. Bruins could lose their top four guys. They did. Verbatim is what he said.

They could lose their top four guys and still win this thing in a runaway. But, you know, Panthers, we're underdogs. You know, big cats. This is what we do. Haven't won a playoff series in a long, long time. But here we go. We got Pasta's jersey up in the rafters. Yeah, that's good for you guys.

Great regular season. But here we go. We got Pasta's jersey up in the rafters. That's good for you guys. Great regular season. But here we go. We're rolling, baby. And by the way, Phil hates the Maple Leafs, so we're rolling hard, baby. Okay, Phil does hate the Maple Leafs. I learned, actually, which we're about to dive into. How's the golf game going today? Hey, shot my best round

ever. 89. There we go. That's nice. Hell yeah. What's up, Brad? Hey, shot my best round ever. 89. There we go. Hell yeah. Brad out here. What's up, Brad? How you doing? Pat McAfee.

How you doing, pal? What's your name? Brad? Yeah, Brad. Did you wash your pants? I had to work that night. Oh, you don't say. He doesn't even know how many nights there were. That's a shame.

It's all right. Brad's okay. He's a golfer. Guy's got it in. He's good. He's a good golfer. Connor has something to say to you back about the games, I believe. Yeah, D, there were. That's a shame. It's all right. Brad's okay. He's a golfer. Guy's got it in. He's good. He's a good golfer. Connor has something to say to you back about the games, I believe. Yeah, D, but hats off to your Miami Heat.

Who's the captain of the Florida Panthers? Who cares? They're all captains. We know Swaggy's a dog. Absolutely. Two, three. We don't care about captains. We don't even have C's on our chairs. These are goddamn players. They do. Let's go, three. We don't care about captains. We don't even have C's in our

chairs. These are goddamn players. They do. Let's go, cat! That's right. All right. We appreciate you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, buddy. That's right. An 89. Exactly what you were saying. So that goes to the lopsidedness. He even bought in. He was like, well, this is the guy that I go to that knows hockey. That's an interesting thing that we have around here. We have people

like, we have a question for offensive line shit. Okay. Let's go to AQ. We have people like, we have a question for like offensive line shit. Okay, it's got to ache you. We got a question about anything. Let's go to this person. Like we got Chomps, who's normally our basketball person. Our hockey person has become you on

That's Hockey Talk. So I don't know if you know this, but when you're talking, you're basically shaping like our thoughts on how hockey's going. It's gospel. To hear you went over for four last year is not necessarily fantastic,

but everybody had Bruins by a lot, right? Oh, yeah. So that upset is historic or no? Yeah, no, it is. I mean, you're talking about, I guess the only one thing you could throw in there is that the Florida Panthers won the President's Trophy for the best record in the NHL last year.

The President's Cup Trophy. Yeah, the President's Cup Trophy. So the fact that they were kind of fighting to get in the playoffs this year, yeah, I mean, it wasn't a great season for them, but they also have that pedigree of being the top team in the league last year, right? So you've got to take that into effect as well. But, man, I didn't see it. I would have bet the farm.

I would have bet everything on the Bruins there, and it's crazy. Let's go to the West. The Kraken got sweet uniforms. Yes, they do. Great colors. They're only in their second year, right? Everyone's doing crack out there. Dude. It's hard not to watch them be like, sick uniforms. I'm at night, too. That's how big that game

was. Then you had game seven following up with Colorado-Seattle. Everyone on Twitter's not even talking about it. You've got Colorado, who won the Cup last year. This is a huge upset, but no one's talking about it because of the Bruins getting knocked out. We don't know what the

Kraken are going to become. They might become the greatest hockey organization and program ever. The Seattle Kraken Junior Leagues might be the best ever. The Little Kraks. The Little Kraks. They have a chance going to be great, but their jerseys and them The Seattle Crocs in junior leagues might be the best ever. The Little Cracks. Yeah, the Little Cracks. Little Crack Cracks. You know what I mean? They have a chance going to be great. But their jerseys and them winning early is a great combination to build fans.

Yeah. My wife likes the Crocs. Now she's a Penguins fan, obviously. Sure. Well, that probably won't last, you know, once Crosby hangs it up. I think that's what Rupert was referring to as far as jerseys in the rafters. That's not. That was not what he was talking about.

We're talking about the greatest regular season of all time. Thank you. Yeah, you're right. Crosby can't go up there. He doesn't have it. Exactly. Now, if that happened, Crosby, no way Crosby's letting the boys lose in a round. You think Sidney Crosby is going to let them always lose in the first round. It's hard to win in the first round.

Not if we won the most regular season games in history. We'd be going in as a wagon. You don't even make it to the first round. all right? It's hard to win. It is. Not if we won the most regular season games in history. We'd be going in as a wagon. You don't even make it to the first round. Shut the fuck up, dude. Everyone wants to be hockey town. I get it. Every time the Pens win as a wagon, they won the cup. Bingo.

Yeah, just never the President's Cup. Actually, the one time the Wings win as a wagon, the Pens won the cup. Oh, yeah, I remember that. Remember? Remember that one time the Wings beat the Pens? No. Yeah, that one time.

Yep. Take a hike, dude. Hey, in all fairness, in all fairness. The Pens are dead. I know, Rob. Jesus. No, no, no, no. The hockey world's talking about if this is the biggest upset,

and it's going back to 93, 94 season. Don't talk about that. It was San Jose knocking out Detroit, which was, that's deemed the biggest upset. Oh, no. I wasn't even alive for that, so it doesn't count. You always talk about the things that happened when you weren't alive, when you're talking about the Red Wings.

So this is certainly something that we're going to have to remember. I didn't know this little piece of hockey history. I heard the Wings coach is a scumbag, too. Vasilevsky. No, you're talking to Gumpy too much. That doesn't count. Hold on. So I want some opinions on this. And, Pac, I want to ask you this.

So assistant coach in Tampa, they win back-to-back Stanley Cups, go to three straight Stanley Cup finals. He gets hired. The assistant coach gets hired as the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings. Okay? Detroit doesn't make the playoffs. Tampa's in round one. So the Canadian broadcasts hire and bring him on set.

And they're asking him to break it down as a coach in the league. He starts letting out state secrets about independent studies that they did in their franchise in Tampa about what their goalie struggled with. That guy won you two Stanley Cups. Is that dirty pool? You good with that? Like, where are you at with that? On media, though?

Like, on a network? You can't do it, like, publicly. Now, if it was my team that I'm on right now and I'm doing it, hey, look, guys, these are the things I think that can help us win. But publicly saying, hey, look, this is what he was doing? No, you can't fucking do that. I feel the same way. I would be pissed.

I think my natural reaction. Yeah, I think that's fucked up. No, you can't fucking do that. I feel the same way. I would be pissed. I think my natural reaction. Yeah, I think that's fucked up. And that sounds like it's out of a movie, by the way. So as you were saying that, I was like, yes, this sounds out of a movie. This sounds fake. This happened recently? Yeah. When?

So just the other day before game six. Oh, this is with him last week? And he came out and he said, Derek Lalonde, he's the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings. And he said, well, because Vasilev the head coach uh of the detroit red wings and and he said well uh because vasilevsky's been struggling with long shots right and not seeing him uh almost like a ricky vaughn situation what's he short side got to get some glasses or something you know and so he said we actually ran independent studies when we were in tampa and he was the bottom four goaltenders or starting goaltenders league with battling through screens on long shots.

So I, it just, that was an independent study they did inside the team. So I think a lot of people in the hockey world are like, why are you letting that out now? It's not like you're playing, they're playing against you. You're just offering this up to the media. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The media thing is my, you know, like that's. Rupert, shouldn't every team know that though? Shouldn't everyone do their film and actually know that that's the case?

Yeah, no, that's a good point. And everybody would notice that we know from watching Bassy, if there's a way to be scumbag, Red Wings, if there's a way to be Vasilevsky, it's long shots in traffic,

but you can say that about any goal is getting traffic. But I think the point is, I feel like it's a little bit embarrassing that you basically were saying, we, we did a study about our player and oh and sorry the kicker he said because of this we changed our defensive situation the way we format our defense so that's kind of like and the guys in the middle of the playoffs and they're like my team had to change defensive coverage like come on man i wasn't i didn't like

that uh unless he's got a little bit of a gripe or something, which it doesn't seem like he should. He's got a ring for both. He's got a ring for each hand right now. So maybe he's just not good in the media. Maybe he didn't know he shouldn't have said that. Do you think that's the case? Or do you think he did it on purpose?

Yeah, and A.O. Gump was having fun with it too because then as soon as round one ended, he's going overseas to coach in the, you know, world championships or whatever. So it was like he was like brought in. I think he's coach. Is he team Canada? I don't even know if he's team Canada.

Oh, Tom, look. But Gump says, like, he was a hired gun. Came in round one, just saw through that Tampa got eliminated, and then he's out, you know, not even doing the rest of the playoffs. Oh, this is his only duty, which is just kind of give out all the secrets from Tampa. That's out. Not even doing the rest of the playoffs. Oh, this is his only duty. Which is to kind of give out all the same secrets from Tampa. That's crazy. In my ears, you would have just told me you have a surprise guest on the line.

Oh, wow. I've been told it's from the football world. Excited to see who this particular person is on this. Holy shit! Happy birthday, Pat! Dude, so cool. I remember when you were just a young baby in 2009 when the Colts drafted you.

And now look at you now. Man. Grown, adult, wearing tank tops. Proud of you, buddy. Thank you, man. If I made you proud, I know I did something. You know, these tank tops have really become pretty simple to shop for. This is really cool to see you, man.

How are you doing? How's life? You're always cooking. You're always you, man. How are you doing? How's life? You're always cooking. You're always up to something. What are we doing right now? Well, it's funny you ask. I just left Disney World. I was with Phil Simms.

Pat, I think you'll like this. Phil Simms was the first Super Bowl MVP to say, I'm going to Disney World after the game, right? The most famous Super Bowl commercial ever, yet he never got to go to Disney World. He never had his parade. So I met Phil today for Peyton's Places, and we gave him his parade 36 years later. So I had my Colts jersey, which I'm not going to lie, Pat, is an aggressive way to walk through Disney World because some people look at you and go,

that looks like Manning, but why would he wear his own jersey? So they kind of leave you alone. Now, it's aggressive, but it's actually pretty effective. There's no way that guy, Peyton, would be wearing his own jersey at Disney World. There's no way he would do that. It's like, look, I like the guy. I'm a fan of Manning. I'm not him. He's a good-looking guy, but

clearly, I'm not him. Like, you sign it, you know, it kind of adds to the disguise, but I think the long neck and the big forehead kind of give it away in the end. Now, there's a lot of doppelgangers out there. I'm assuming that you've got a... You remember Aaron had that guy. Aaron Rodgers had that guy from

Germany or whatever that looked exactly like him. He was on Sunday night football for like 45 minutes. Yeah. He had an absolute crush. That Peyton's places is remarkable. I was very lucky to be on one with Jeff Saturday at the Indy 500. Seems like you're just doing incredibly cool things. Is this what you just assumed you would do when you retire?

All right. I want to go do awesome shit. Well, what's awesome? Well, what was the first ever helmet that was used? I want to go tell that story. Is, what's awesome? Well, what was the first ever helmet that was used? I want to go tell that story. Is that what you're doing? Is that how we got to Peyton's places? It's incredible, it seems like.

Is that what you aim to do? I mean, I never knew exactly what I was going to do. While I was playing, as you know, I was kind of all in on the football thing. But it's been fun to stay close to the game. And the NFL and NFL Films, Pat, they had so many stories that they wanted to tell about the history of the game, but never got to do it. And so this is kind of a way to do it. So, you know, spending the day with Sims, hearing about Parcells and hearing about,

you know, he was 22 for 25 in that Super Bowl. I'm like, Phil, what the hell happened on those three incompletions, right? Explain yourself. There's no excuse for that. So just fun talking about football history with some of the greats that have been a part of the game. But more importantly, Pat, how do you feel? Do you feel 30?

What are you? Three, four? Six. Six. 36. I'm fucking old, Peyton. Yeah, dude. You're old as fuck now too, pal.

I got to not get fat, Peyton. I get fat, dude. You're old as fuck now, too, pal. I got to not get fat, Peyton. I get fat, dude. This is what happens. I get so comfortable eating, and then I don't focus on cardio. Growing up, you know this. I mean, but you are. This dude used to be running sprints during punt period, this fucking guy. It was awesome.

We're talking about right across the field holding the ball like this. Up, full form, sprinting right across the field in an indoor facility and I'm supposed to punt balls. Okay, this hits the roof, hits Peyton Manning. I'm fucking gone. Is that what we're doing? But cardio has always been like a punishment for me

in my eyes. So it's hard for me to do that. I'm going to get fat. I don't want to get fat this year. Peyton, that's goal for 36. I think that's the only, the only difference that I feel, you know what I mean? Yeah. I mean, the fact that you put my name and Sprint's in the same sentence as a reach, but, uh, I would encourage you to do a little running, you know, let's not get fat. Let's stay fit. I mean, I need to be able to play golf with you. Um, you know, Pat, let's stay fit. I mean, I need to be able to play golf with you.

You know, me and somebody owe you and some, me and a partner owe you and Eli a rematch, if I recall. So we got to get that done. So don't get fat on me, Pat. Stay liquid. Stay lean. All right. Because I got to be able to walk that particular nice course, too. That is, you know, hey, there's a lot. I didn't expect that much.

I don't think whatever I was looking at it from beforehand. Your golf game's phenomenal, though. You are. Yeah, you're a player. Eli is too, though. Eli's better. Eli's improved since he retired. I'm the same.

You know, Eli's a true New Yorker now. I mean, you know, he summers in the Hamptons. I'm like, Eli, the fact that you're using a season as a verb, I don't even know you anymore. Southern New Orleans and now you're summering in the Hamptons playing golf.

He's taking a big step up since he stopped playing. I'm dead average as always. No, dead average is like a four or 5 handicap, obviously, able to do his thing. I'm a 5A, Pat. It's a 5 at altitude, which is a handicap that I'm trying to establish. It doesn't really carry to sea level. So, anyway, that's what I'm saying. Hey, you love Denver.

I'm happy you found a a home out there it seems like that you've really enjoyed and taken in as your own you had a lot of success there very quickly this nuggets team's the real deal joker's a bully dude he's a fucking bully he's elbowing people in the face every single series do you go to those games? Yeah, I went Saturday night. Went to the abs Sunday night, unfortunately, for a great run last year. I came up short on Sunday, but no.

Look, the Nuggets are angry. I like angry teams. I don't like playing against angry teams. Guys that are mad, that are frustrated from the year before, and they're using that. they're channeling that. So watch out. Watch out for the Nuggets.

I think they're for real. Do you own any, like, soccer teams or anything like J.J. Watt? Do not, no. I mean, but I am willing to learn, I guess. How about him? That was big news yesterday. Huge news. Hey, that was worldwide news. They were covering that everywhere. Oh, yeah. Huge news. Hey, that was worldwide news.

They were covering that everywhere. Oh, yeah. Hey, JJ, good kid from Wisconsin. Yeah. Owns a fucking – I'm excited for JJ in his next chapter. I've been talking to him, and, God, what a run. What a player.

I mean, he hit me in Houston one time. I'm telling you, I still feel it. And he's like – he's kind i still feel it and he's like he's kind of polite afterwards but he's like i mean like he knew he got me good and he's like that was a good one huh i'm like yes that was a very good one so don't do it again but uh i'm excited for him in this next chapter he's gonna do some cool things and he's an absolute stud anybody talk shit to you after they hit you i assume you were were a picture that they would want on their mantle. You know what I mean?

Like sacking Peyton Manning. Anybody talk shit or is everybody like real cordial? No, you know, I mean, I didn't really engage anything. I wasn't good at it. Like my dad never taught me how to talk trash, so I sucked at it. So I wasn't going to start it. taught me how to talk trash so I sucked at it so I wasn't going to start it um you know um the one big hit I remember we played the Dolphins one time and I think like Taylor hit me from the front in this defensive end I want to say is Bromel hit me from the uh uh no Taylor hit me

from the back Bromel hit me from the front broke my jaw so you know he got fined like 2,500 bucks which like back then like he had that in cash in his pants he like pays the theft right then and like you know he's cleared on the fine I'm like yeah yeah that's gonna do a lot to him anyway the story is he appealed his fine he didn't agree with the fine and he wanted to know via his agent if i would call in on his appeal to the nfl to try to get his fine reduced i'm like well i can't speak my mouth yeah i'll i'll call in i like to increase that fine to like 200 grand buddy thanks a lot for the shot oh the thought of you actually having to go right through the wire you know to roger goodell to explain the case what a time how many of those shots you take broken jaw how many games you missed none yeah i didn't miss any i mean uh the what's your problem

dude hey hey seriously let's talk about this. Because the Iron Man thing gets brought up. You're super cerebral. People have seen you avoid hits. They're like, oh, look at him avoid hits. It's like, how many games have you missed? None. Ever. But you've taken a lot of shots through the whole thing. Did you just feel like you had to play through a broken fucking

jaw? Why is that? Do you think that's just how you've always been? Because it's vastly different nowadays, I think. I think it's just how you've always been or because it's vastly different nowadays i think i think it's like doctors won't even let you do things you know what i mean yeah i mean obviously i mean with the draft uh you know just the other day um it's funny i was thinking thinking back a lot uh to my rookie year 98 25 years ago uh was not very good that year pat um uh Through 28 interceptions, which we talk about still,

is a record that I would like to get broken. I feel like this might be the year. You know, I mean, my advice to these coaches, play Young, play Stroud, play Richardson, let them learn. But if they throw 29 picks, that's not the worst thing in the world. Yeah, yeah.

You have to put them as the new rookie record holder. But anyway, the one thing I did do well that year is I took every snap. And I learned a lot, and I kind of hung in there. So that just kind of became something that I wanted to do. I wanted to be in there. You know, I wanted my linemen in there for me. I wanted to be in there for them. You know, my dad got hit a lot. You know, didn't have, you know, great protection, but he was tough, and he hung in there for me. I wanted to be in there for them. My dad got hit a lot. Didn't have great

protection, but he was tough and he hung in there. So I guess he kind of passed that on to me. He didn't pass on any of his speed, unfortunately. But yeah, when I got injured in my 14th season with the Colts and not being able to play that whole season. That was the hardest part because you want to be in there for your teammates. And I remember being in my hospital bed in California, watching the Colts play the Texans. You were in that game, and I don't get too emotional, but I kind of cried for the first time just because I wasn't out there playing.

So that was a tough deal. Yeah, you were fully invested, man. We were very lucky to be your teammate. I think everybody that's ever played with you thinks that. So we appreciate your commitment to the game. And also, like, I saw Kenny Pickett the other day with shotgun and beers with Luke Combs on the stage. He had a suite with a bunch of his teammates and offensive linemen

drinking beers with him. I'm like, that's fucking, that's like it being a teammate right there. Like that is building camaraderie. That's building trust. Like you were always a guy that like wanted to be a good teammate too, which you didn't have to be ever. So you did good. You did good. Big forehead.

You did good. I still think about, I mean, that golf tournament, that golf trip to French Lick. I still think about, I mean, that golf tournament, that golf trip to French Lick. I mean, who knew then that story would get so much coverage with you spreading the gospel of the Red 18. I'm telling you, I saw some college kids the other day. You know, they don't ask me one question about football, about commercials. All they want to say is the Red 18 story true. Just tell me it's true.

I'm like, McAfee, he has added a few bells and whistles, but the facts are the facts. Now, I've tried that 20 other times, and I missed, but the one time I hit, McAfee was there to spread the word, so they were so fired up to hear it. Yeah, I've withheld some stuff. I've, you know, done some other stuff. It is, man, it was remarkable. It was my first time, like, fucking hanging out.

I didn't know why I was invited. I didn't even have golf clubs. I had to borrow golf clubs from somebody. I had to borrow golf clubs to go do this. It was like, well, I'm not saying no to this. It was like one of the first weekends I was in town. Hey, do you want to go golf? Yeah.

How does this work? We'll just have a bus. We'll do the whole thing. I like yeah this is awesome thank you for this i'm gonna do my thing and then it was a blast like from literally beginning to the end it was a great time we're on this bus go down have fun golf it's all set up this dude sets up everything he's like literally you are the fucking you're you are a superhuman i think because how hands-on he is with everything like omaha right now omaha just created some new collectibles king of collectibles i think drake's on there i think like everybody is on there yeah it's this guy's fucking company that's doing it and i assume he's a massive part of the entire thing incredible uh everything you do we go down

there and then that's how the night ends was like the round like this dude yeah it's a move this dude is a fucking superhero. So it was just hard to ever forget. And you've always been incredibly cool. Can I talk about how much time do you have? I didn't know you were coming on. How much time do you have? I'm good.

I'm good. I'm heading to the airport from Disney World. I'm going to wear my jersey in the Orlando airport. See if I can just cruise right through it. You need not be going through that Orlando airport. See if I can just cruise right through it. You need not. You need not be going through that Orlando airport. That is one of the worst airports on earth. I think we know which airport you're heading to.

I think we know. We've potentially been there as well. We've got a few more minutes. When you were talking about playing every snap and gathering more information and learning and learning, I thought immediately about Aaron Rodgers, and I'm excited to get your take on Aaron going to the Jets around that young team and how good they can be, especially if Aaron can play pissed off, which it seems like what is happening.

But he broke down one time where he said on this one play he saw a defense and he remembered the way the team was aligned from like 2008 or something like that. And this was like 2018 maybe or 2019. And he said, oh, I remember this from like my first or second year and that guy's gonna come here and do that is that like something that you is that what you had as well and is that something where only a few people have that or is that just kind of a part of being a quarterback there well I mean somebody like Aaron who has played as long and has had so many reps I I mean, his recall is going to be incredible. Yeah, I feel like I could remember just, you know, kind of random,

unique plays, a third and five against Baltimore, you know, in the second quarter that, you know, something happened. They double-covered Marvin, and they kind of had him bracketed. So, same deal. Like, you know, eight years later, I'm like, Marvin, you know, Buffalo's playing that same coverage that Baltimore did eight years ago. Oh, yeah, yeah, I remember. And Marvin was the same way.

So it's nice when a quarterback and receiver can speak the same language without having to draw it up. I'm excited for Aaron and the Jets. Let me tell you why I think it's going to work. The fact that he has the same system that he ran in Green Bay with Hackett calling the plays, he's going to be able to play so much faster. I mean, Pat, having to learn a new offense in your 18th, 19th year, it's almost impossible because you have to unlearn your old offense, right?

You saw it with Brady. He goes to Tampa. They're kind of making him learn some different language. All of a sudden, week six, they're like, hey, maybe we should just call the plays that Tom used to run in New England. You know, okay, let's try that. Boom, they go to the Super Bowl, right? Favre went to the Jets.

He had to learn a new system. He struggled early. He goes to Minnesota. Same system in Green Bay, plays fast. When I went to Denver, they took my playbook and said, hey, we'll run all the plays that you like. We'll add some new work together. So the fact that Aaron doesn't have to learn a new offense, a new snap count, a new formation, he's going to play fast. He can use his incredible athletic ability. I see him playing well early next year and it should be fun to watch. Okay, so they said we'll learn your playbook

when you went to Denver. I remember it was like the rumors were, hey, they kind of gave Peyton the key to the building over there and nobody really understood what that meant outside of our building. It's like Peyton's brain is a great one. The fact that they chose to use it, was that a piece of the deciding factor to go to Denver?

Because wasn't there a couple other teams that were in the play? Because we cut Peyton Manning, by the way. You need to remember that. That was an eye-opener. I'll tell you. That was a real eye-opener. Peyton Manning just got cut from the team?

Holy fuck. That was a big deal. That's what Eli asked Draymond Green this last year on a Monday night show. He said, Draymond, how would you talk crap to Peyton? He said, I wouldn't have to say anything. I'd just say, Peyton, you got cut. I'm like, wow.

That's a good... Thanks for the reminder, Draymond. Eli enjoyed that. I think the fact that Denver was very collaborative and understood that, right? And I think Elway understood that. Like, I'm telling you, the longer you play, the harder

it is to unlearn your system, right? Brady, New England, right? Charlie Weiss, McDaniels, O'Brien, it doesn't matter. Same system. Indianapolis with me, Tom Moore, same system, same language. You want to screw a young quarterback up, change coordinators every year. Three times.

Just completely screw them up. But, I mean, and so, you know, if you have the same system, it's hard to unlearn it. So, Aaron, the fact that he doesn't have to learn a new system, it's going to work. But Denver met me halfway. They said, Peyton, we'll put in the plays you want. You circle the plays you want. We're going to add some plays that we think will be good at this point in your career, which I appreciated, right? Coming off an injury. So it was a collaborative hybrid offense.

And I think that's the key. Being stubborn and hardheaded and saying, no, no, no. These are the plays you've got to learn. If you don't want to learn it, get out. It's not going to work. So I think the Jets have a good setup with Hackett there. Good credit to Robert for kind of allowing that to happen. Yeah, Sala looks awesome. He has his hoodie on in the back.

He's got to be pumped. Joe Douglas is pumped. Woody Johnson, nice fresh dap up on his way into the building. When he walked into that building, he had those sunglasses on. Woody Johnson was there. Some guy we don't know. Not sure. We don't know who the second guy was. Pretty powerful, though. Pretty powerful up there with Woody. He was

dapping him up. And then it was, I think, Salah, Hackett, Joe Douglas, I think, was the way it all went. But that was just like five people in the building that he had to meet. Let's see if we got this. Woody first. Hey, pal.

Shoulder. Hey. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Johnson and Johnson. I'm not taking the Vax. Still hate you, but. This guy.

We don't know who he is. He looks awesome. Sala. Big dap. Big dap. That was a good dap. And then who else we got here? Hackett.

Oh, no. We missed a guy. This guy. Hackett's in the back there. There he is. Dayball looking. Big hug. dap that was a good dap and then who else we got here hackett oh no we missed it this guy hackett's in the back there day ball looking big hug and then joe doug that's how we're doing yeah all right but those are just like six people yeah the building is equipment room trainers chefs doctors ticket sales people business people an nfl building has so much range from profession inside of it production crew crew, content crew, now social media crew, you name it. There's people everywhere. Did you feel, and I thought about this when Aaron was throwing his first pass that they put on social media in slow motion. Did you feel like even though you're paying money, you had to reprove yourself to like everybody? Like, hey, this is their first time seeing how you operate, you know? Oh, yeah. No, absolutely. And look, I think Aaron will feel that way just because, you know, you did something somewhere else.

It doesn't carry over automatically. And you want to, I mean, I think Aaron wants to be the player that they think he's going to be or that they saw, right? But you feel compelled to do that. I mean, for me, you know, I come to, I get to Denver, I'm coming off this injury and I'm trying to tell people like, Hey, I just don't feel the exact same. And like, nobody wanted to hear it. I mean, Von Miller, you know, tags this PFM. I'm like, you know, I mean, my middle name's Williams, you know, it's Peyton Williams. Like, no, it's PFM. I'm like, Oh, okay. I got it. And so all of a sudden

you feel like this pressure to like be the player that Vaughn thinks you're going to be. And so, yeah, I imagine Aaron feels that, but I imagine that he'll be able to follow through on that as well. It makes him better, I think, don't you? For sure. No. Look, I mean, look, being uncomfortable at this point in your career is a good thing, right?

I mean, getting out of your comfort zone. And, I mean, Tom did it in Tampa, went down there and, you know, changed that, you know, got that culture going right and, you know, kicked butt right away. And so I think the Jets are doing their part to make them as comfortable as they can. But, look, he's wearing a different number. It's a different uniform. I mean, the first time I put that Broncos uniform on, it was weird. I'm like, these are not the colors that I'm used to. And you just feel different, right?

And so he'll feel all that. But I think, you know, going back to the same system and the same language, being able to know the offense, Pat, as well as anybody else in that huddle is such an advantage right there's nothing worse as the quarterback when you're having to ask somebody hey uh what route are you running here like that's a bad feeling and and your receivers don't want to see that aaron's going to be the master of that offense starting now and he's going to be able to help the young players so uh that's a real positive, I have to admit. All right.

Well, I appreciate the hell out of you for taking time and chatting with me here on this day where, you know, I came into the world, you know, Peyton, and it's been a dumb life ever since, I'll promise you that. This is the proof of it, actually. Well, I'm honored to be asked to FaceTime in on your birthday. I don't know who else is on the list, but I'm honored and I appreciate your friendship,

pal, and hope you have a great birthday. Hey, wait till you see my golf game next time, dude. Wait till you see it. I'm getting hot. I'm getting hot out here. These clubs are working now. You're the man. The question is, have you learned to tie a tie since that trip we took down in South Carolina

or it was down in uh florida florida yeah south have you have you learned to tie a tie yet no yeah so that's a problem and at that one place not really a lot just like use phone you know wherever too said a really nice course i didn't want to in the moment to keep the phone just away just live you know you don't get to do that much anymore. So not even like a chance to just like, let me YouTube the shit out of this thing real quick. I was left for dead out there. I had no shot. That thing would have been a bow tie as in like a bow on a wrapper. If I would have had a chance, Eli was a gentleman, absolute scholar, just like you, Archie seemed to have done a great

job alongside mama Manning. I appreciate you ladies and gentlemen, Peyton Manning. to have done a great job alongside Mama Manning. I appreciate you, ladies and gentlemen, Peyton Manning. Yay! And joining us live from Manatee, Ohio, is a college football national champion, a Super Bowl champion. He's not a Ryder Cup champion. We will be talking about the President's Cup here

in a mere few moments. He is the champion of Ohio, though. Ohio's finest father of 10, COVID survivor, all-time leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers, A.J. Hawkins. A.J., how you doing, pal? Great, man. Happy birthday. Let me get out of the way so you don't get pissed.

Yes, absolutely. Happy birthday. You deserve it. Thank you. You deserve all the warm wishes and all the nice notes you've been getting. Should we sing with A.J.? No, we are not singing. A.J., we have somebody on with us.

We have somebody on with us. We cannot do this to you. The person is waiting. This is me, the Ruppers. I do appreciate it. Ruppers in the back. I believe there's another surprise coming this hour. Is what I've been told.

Wayno? Potentially in the hockey world is what I was told. Wayno? Wayno? I don't know if Wayno is going to be here, boys. Wayno is walking? I don't know. Fucking Sid's coming?

I don't know. Maybe Mario. Anyways, Ruppers here. Everybody's here. Everybody's being too kind. You are always too awesome. We appreciate you. Thank you Ruppers here. Everybody's here. Everybody's being too kind. You are always too awesome. We appreciate you. Thank you for the kind words.

I thought, you know, just because I did not know Peyton was going to be on the other side there in the first hour. Actual surprise. Planned by Phil and boys. Put in show together. Appreciate everybody for everything right now, including this sweet new fat scooter. That thing is a golf cart on two wheels. Goes up to 28 miles an hour. Put the bag in the back.

Sit on the incredible, comfortable hammock seat style. And go 28 miles an hour around the course with a cooler, with a divot thing on the other side. Replacer. Speaker. Speaker. This thing is awesome. I don't know how many courses are going to allow me to have this,

but I'm pulling up with a trailer, not just a golf bag. Okay? That's right. This thing is going to be making rounds on some courses this particular golf season and i'm very thankful for everybody being far too nice that is awesome joining us now is a man who uh very recently news broke i think today we're not 100 sure when but we think today that he is the brand new copton of the 2024 president's cup team. Hell yeah. He's a legend, U.S. Open champion. Ladies and gentlemen, Jim Furyk. Yeah, Jim!

How are you, pal? I'm doing great. How you doing? Okay, you're obviously a man that knows your way around a golf course. How many courses am I allowed to just show up with that thing and actually get it onto the course? This is a gift from the boys, and it might just have to be a little Ron the Haas front yard, backyard type thing.

Or will this work if I go to a golf course? You got me on that one. I'm guessing they're going to make you sign a waiver just so, you know. Fair enough. Crash, hurt yourself. You know, it's not going to be on them. So you're saying I show up with this with a waiver. I won't sue. Maybe. That would help. And then, boom, we pass it over. not going to be on them. So you're saying I show up with this with a waiver. I won't sue.

Maybe. That would help. And then, boom, we pass it over. We're out. Good deal. Okay, Jim, thank you for that. Also, congratulations, new captain of the President's Championship. It's a big deal.

It's a big deal. Congratulations. I feel like I should be, like, rolling up my sleeves or something here. You know, like, you don't want to see a golfer's arm. Oh, the golf tan. Hi-oh. I actually get a tank top tan when I'm out and about, Jim. It's a little awkward, a little uncomfortable.

But, you know, I wish I could get a golf tan, but I'm just not good enough at the sport. You are, though. And we got a team of 12. Let's learn about the President's Cup a little bit. I think we all know about the Ryder Cup immensely. Oh, yeah. Because it is America versus Europe.

The President's Cup is the United States versus every other continent, I guess. Every other country outside of Europe, absolutely. We take on the rest of the world. Okay, how many teams in total, and how long has this been happening? And we're winning it, obviously. We're winning? This is going to be, I think, the 15th playing, or close to it.

And the U.S. has had a pretty good lead. I think we're like 13-1-1 or 12-1-1. Welcome to the Thunderdome, world. Welcome to the Thunderdome. Suck it. I like that. Okay, how's it play with, like, who are some of the golfers that we're going to have? Obviously, Jordan Spieth is going to be on the squad.

The boys, do we have a, is it one of those events where all the stars are out? Yes, absolutely. We're still 15 months out, so the team won't kind of round into shape until about next summer you'll start to get a good feel for who the team is i get to put some guys on the team as a captain's pick uh which is fun but also extremely stressful uh and yes you're going to have the uh the 12 best american players uh on the pga tour in this event next year so uh i get the honor of actually captaining the best players, which is a lot of fun.

Hell yeah. You get two best friends and everybody else hates you. Boom. That's good. Go ahead, AJ. Sorry about it. Jim, you mentioned that. So you get two captains' picks.

How does that process work here for the next 15 months? Are you used to having guys reach out to you a little more than they might? And who, I guess, is it just your discretion, whoever you think deserves to be on the team? Meals, wives? Yeah, I think you look at it from a lot whoever you think deserves to be on the team? Meals, watches? Yeah, I think you look at it from a lot of different ways. Who's in great form presently? You look at the golf course and how it'll be set up.

You know, horses for courses, trying to pick guys that'll play well. There's a number. You know, you look at your pairings. You know, is there someone here that I need a good partner for that, you know, this guy's going to be perfect? And we haven't really quite decided the format yet. It'll be more than two picks. I'll get at least four, most likely, of the 12 will be captain's picks. So this year at the Ryder Cup, Zach Johnson's got six.

It's six qualifies, six captain's picks. So really, you kind of round it all out. I don't know if you're an unpopular person, but it definitely is a little stressful because you affect at least a third of the team. You cut promos here the night before the matches, morning of. What all is the role of the captain? Are we saying, hey, listen, boys,

we need to make good wood today. All right, we need to find our greens today. Wind is howling. Okay, let's play conservative. Let's play smart. We got to lead. Do you have those types of roles, or are you just along for the ride

when you get to Montreal after piecing the team together? Once you get to montreal really it's you know really i'll be up there i'll look at the golf course i'll get an idea for a setup but once the team rounds out it's really putting pairings together um when you're looking at captain's picks you're you're kind of you're relying on the guys that have already qualified for your team hey you're out there every week which guys do you want to see? Which guys do you trust? Who do you want on your team to round that out? I ask a lot of opinions from the assistant captains.

But more than anything, one of the cool things about the President's Cup that you don't see in the Ryder Cup is you get the matchup pairings. So the other captain is going to be Mike Weir. Maybe the first day Mike starts out, hey, I'm going to put out this guy in the first spot. I get the match. Okay, well, I'm going to match that with Jordan Spieth. Oh, what's the plan? You go good versus good there? Or what would your plan be? And then I'll put number two down and Mike gets to match it. So as players, we were always looking at, all right, who had first pick? And you were trying to see, all right, did my captain match me up against him? Or,

oh, wow, that other captain thinks that guy can beat me? Like, everyone's got a little chip on their shoulder and on the pairing. So that's kind of a cool thing about the President's Cup. Okay, so I think we just heard your strategy there. We're going best-first-best, second-best-first-second-best, third-best-first- third-best. Is it? What is? I like that, by the way. How are you? That's good for TV, too. Actually, we do the pairings live on TV after every golf channel have it. After the matches end in the evening, you go back into the room, you get there, and you go back and forth pairings. It happens really fast, but it's a cool process,

and I think it's one of the things about the President's Cup that really separates it from other events. It's up in Montreal in 2024. We can't wait to see the United States team kind of do their thing. When you're talking about building the team, I believe the elephant that is in the golf course that could not fit on my new golf scooter. No, it couldn't. Thank you, guys.

Could carry it, though. Thank you, guys. Maybe. The elephant in the golf community is obviously Live Golf. Is that involved in the President's Cup, or is this just a PGA event? Well, this event's run by the PGA Tour. Okay. And so both teams, international team and the U.S. team,

if you're not qualified to play on the PGA Tour, you won't be qualified to play in the President's Cup. Okay, hey. That's probably going to eliminate your questioning there. Yeah, well, that's what I'm saying is, like, I think that's good business by the PGA, by the way. If this is a good idea marketing wise, it is. 15 years they've been doing it successful.

That's bringing more money for the players, which we all want. Right, Jim? Absolutely. I'm a player. Absolutely. How's that whole thing working out, though? I think it has become like over the last year or so, these, what are they, heightened events or? Yeah, elevated.

Elevated events or whatever? Designated. Designated. Designated events. what are they heightened events or yeah elevated elevated events or whatever designated designated but as a watcher as a person that like on a sunday or saturday when i'm at home and i'm turning on like i like the thought that i'm gonna see the guys golfing on those things these designated events with more money and everything like this is all good golf is in a great spot it feels like jim i agree with you i agree with you i think uh you know competition's always good right so uh you know the live tour came out they paid a bunch they paid a few players to go you know a bunch of money to go and the tour uh you know they they elevated their game as well

and so uh the money that these young players are playing for is amazing and uh and i think as a fan you want to see the best players playing against each other as often as possible. So the designated events allow the best players on the PGA Tour to play against each other more often and for more money. And if you're not yet qualified for the designated events, you have that opportunity. It's a big motivator. You have the ability to play well during the year and hopefully elevate your status and get in those events it's good business by the pga i appreciate it because it's good business it just seems like a good idea and the fans will benefit from it so i love it let's talk about your game a little bit jim tiger

all right yeah jim this isn't exactly a president uh question about the president's cup but i've i've got to ask since we got you here i absolutely love watching you swing a golf club. Did you ever have a swing coach growing up? How did you kind of come about? Out of the pocket. Yeah, your swing is so much different than most guys you see on tour. My father was a golf pro and a teaching pro, and so he's still, to this day, he's my teacher. And so my dad realized early on, I'm not very mechanically inclined.

Like, I can't fix a damn thing around the house. Just not the way my brain functions. I play golf by feel and trying to see shots. And dad realized that early. So he didn't try to really change my swing. It was just naturally very upright and rerouted on the way down. And he didn't want to change it, but we tried to refine it, tried to perfect it.

We really worked on my fundamentals. And I was lucky, I think, to have a teacher that recognized that about me. I think a bad teacher is one that takes every pupil and tries to make them swing the same way. Amen. Preach. A good teacher realizes your natural talents and tries to make those better.

Go ahead, AJ. Do you have any cool or unique team-building activities you're thinking of implementing? I know you guys are always big on ping pong and everything in the team room with Ryder Cups and President's Cups. Do you have anything unique you think you're going to bring to kind of bring the guys together? You know what? I just found out I was going to be captain,

so those will be coming up in the future. Oh, it's just a brainstorm. It's just a brainstorm. We've got some ideas. We've got got some ideas i'll bend your ear what did the packers do to uh to team bond there we go man i'll play paintball that's a whole situation nfl teams do skeet shoot a little bit you should do some trust falls ropes courses i don't know yeah underwater situation somewhere do something scuba dive with them adversity maybe go to japan together because they don't speak any of our language. So I did a USO tour with like six guys on a team.

It was great. We became, you're literally all you got. You got no other language. You can't even read the signs to know where the fuck to go. Like you are all you got. So you've got to be around each other. And you show up in some situations

where it's like, hey, train's leaving in five. Okay. And we are nowhere near train and we might be stuck here overnight. This train done. And you got to really battle through some adversity. Easiest way, if you want to, Jim, I think we all – it's all kind of sitting here. We don't want to say it.

Need to get the boys hammered together, right? You know what we need to do? Need to get an open bar. That'll work. Get the families in there. Kind of learn a little bit more about each other. A little music. Oh, that would be the camaraderie you need.

Perfect. Why not? The unique thing for us is our team doesn't really round out. each other a little music oh that would be the camaraderie you need perfect why not the unique thing unique thing for us is our team doesn't really round out we don't have all 12 players qualified for the team until about three weeks before the event so it's a quick uh it's a quick deal to try to get everyone together maybe go you know hopefully go out play some practice rounds uh beforehand kind of get the guys together have some fun some team building but uh you know these guys know each other pretty well to start with.

Could you imagine Hootie, though, playing? It would be pretty cool. Hootie playing. What a time. What a time that would be. Three weeks, tough to put the whole group together. United States, though, taking on the world. Let's win that.

Yeah. Let's go. Love it. Let's win that. We appreciate you so much. Good luck out there, pal. Thanks for having me, guys. Appreciate it.

Hey, Tone wanted to ask about Tiger. Let's win that. We appreciate you so much. Good luck out there, pal. Thanks for having me, guys. Appreciate it. Hey, Tone wanted to ask about Tiger. Well, I was going to say, if he's healthy, does he always consider a potential captain's pick? We have to ask that. That's a great question, Tone. I'm still on? We're still asking this question?

No. Ladies and gentlemen, Jim Farrakhan. Yeah, Jim! What was that all about? What happened? What was that all about? What happened? Was that a note? I sent him on the way out there. That's on me.

Well, Tiger's usually like that, doesn't he? He's like an assistant captain a lot for these things. He was at the last Ryder Cup because I don't think he was healthy enough to play. I don't think people are expecting Tiger to make the President's Cup, are they? That's what I'm saying. He's just doing that. He's 24, Montreal. That's what I'm saying.

Captain's pick. Yeah, he'd have to be a captain's pick unless he won the US Open. Yeah he's not making it Is he still going to do it? He's not even playing he says he's only going to

play a certain amount of events a year like he can't make it. Yeah well watching him at the Masters Yeah but he loves playing for his country. Yes he does.

So do I. I'm not going to make the team. Yeah but we got Tiger like we got he's just having him there. Captain's pick you don't have to make the team. They pick you to be on the team no matter

how you play. Do all of them have to play, or can you ride the bench out there? You can be an assistant captain. I know in the rider, and I'm pretty sure it's the same in the President's Cup, on the first couple days when you play as pairs, you don't have to. Some people go out in the morning and the afternoon, or some people just go out

in the morning, but on the last day when it's singles, yeah, everyone plays. Yeah, we do apologize. Did not do enough research on the President's Cup. No. Yeah. Riders is the big one. I didn't realize what it was. Felt like we learned a lot.

We were very confused. Definitely. But, hey, big deal. 15 years. Let's go. We're 13-1-1. Going to be an awesome event. Should maybe be called the United States President's Cup.

That's a good idea. You know what I mean? Yeah. Well, those other countries, they don't have presidents. They got prime ministers. They got, you know. Chancellors. Yeah, exactly.

Did we create this? Sounds like it if the PGA is running it. Oh. Suck it, world. Who the hell did we lose to? That's a great question. That's the world. It was here at the, it was at the, at Muirfield.

Close to, you know know Where the memorial is I don't know how many years ago But not too long ago Did you go? No but I heard it's kind of weird Because there's It's 12 on 12 They're like the courses

There's not a whole lot of guys Playing golf on the course So they said it's It's cool I guess But it's just There's not a lot of golf being played Compared to a normal tournament Oh they have to love that

That's probably a good thing to go to actually Yeah But you're telling me We lost the President's Cup Trophy In Ohio Are you shitting me? That's where we lost? Did go to, actually. Yeah. You're telling me we lost the President's Cup trophy in Ohio. Are you shitting me? That's where we lost? Did we lose?

I don't know. I have no idea. I thought that was what you were saying. Did you go? Support America? Citizen? I did not go, no. Wow.

Sorry. That's why you didn't win Face of Ohio that year. Yeah, I guess so. I can't believe you still won, actually. True. I'm kidding. Without going and showing support for the United States. We don't get this opportunity a lot.

We don't, ever. Where in sports, we're allowed to say, our country's better than yours is. Yeah. I enjoy it. A lot better, too. Boom. 13-1-1. Those were a lot of fun.

Yeah. Killing them. Especially whenever you've got friends in Canada. That's right. Around the world. Yeah. It's like, hey, sorry about it. What's that, pal?

Ryder Cup. Who are we playing against in Ryder Cup before the president? Europe. So it's United States and Europe at the Ryder Cup, and then the President's Cup is United States and everybody else but Europe. And they're every other year. So like Ryder Cup this year, President's Cup next year. Okay.

Okay, let's go. Like Jason Day can't play for the Ryder Cup because he's not an American citizen, or he wasn't born here, President's Cup next year. Okay. Okay. Yeah, let's go. Like Jason Day can't play for the Ryder Cup because he's not an American citizen, or he wasn't born here, he's Australian, so he has to play President's Cup. Correct. Yeah. Yeah, got it.

How do we tie one of the Cups? Huh? For 13-1-1, how do we tie? They don't have a winner. So I believe... I'm going based off a Ryder Cup again. If you have the Ryder Cup, like if you are the team that has the Cup going into the next one you have to beat so i could be like 14 and a half to 12 and

a half and if it's like 14 to 13 you still retain the cup like or you tie type situation you have to beat him by more points than to take the cup you got to beat him by more points yeah you gotta earn it so basically i beat him by more points than they beat you by the last year. No, it's hard. It's just confusion. I don't think I fully understand it, but I know it's us versus the world, and we're going to win. Sorry about it. Again.

He had a cool hat, too. 14 times in 16 attempts after this one's over in 2024. Yep. How many? He said 15 months out. What did he say? How many months did he say? Yeah.

Next summer, we're going to find out. Happy we had this announcement. Yeah. It's a big deal. It's a big deal. It's a big deal. Thank you. The boys are buzzing about it. That is kind of crazy, though, because there could be a guy who wins, like, I don't know, four events this

year, and then just plays, like, complete hammered dog shit next year. Not even on team. It doesn't make the team. Like, Jon Rahm right now could somehow... No, he'll be on team. He's on the other team. Oh, no, he's not. He's not even in this one. He's in the Ryder Cup.

Finau just won one. Yeah. He'll be on. He was on the last President's Cup team. Finau's a dog, dude. I'm a big fan of old Finau. Is he going to be on the Ryder Cup team? Yeah, I believe so.

He just won in a tournament with no fans. They played a COVID tournament in Mexico this weekend. There was nobody there. Why was no one there? What happened? I have no idea, dude. Is that a new tournament? Have we seen that?

I don't know if I've ever seen that before for a PGA Sunday. Nothing. That was a nap. Jon Rahm is there. Jon Rahm is the number one player in the world, isn't he? 100% nap, that one. Oh, yeah. There was no shot.

Tony would not be on the team right now as we're speaking. Tony Fino? No, it's Sky Scheffler, Homa, Spieth, Cantlay, Morikawa. Cantlay? It's based on points so far this year. We got a whole year. I'm being told right now

we have a hockey guest that has shown up. Who's got the dangles? I'm very excited for this. I'm very excited for this. I'm very pumped for this. Lights are down. Zito just took the lights down. CFO Phil's got his phone out in the back. Bill's pacing pretty quickly.

Lordo! Lordo's here! Fucking Lordo! And Mike God. Lordo's here! Fucking Lordo! And Mike. And Mike. Good hair, Mike. What up, dude? Oh.

No way. Fucking love. How's it feel to be back in your hands, pal? Beautiful. Yeah. Been too long. Been too long. Hey.

Nice. Can you booze out of it? Wow! Can you booze out? Did you hear AJ? He said, can you booze out of it, rapper? I'll booze out? Did you hear AJ? He said, can you booze out of it, Robert? I'll get the mic. Can you hear me or no?

Yeah. Yeah, you can. All right. So I just learned that since I'm here and won the cup, that I can hold it and you could drink out of it. Would you like to? Hell yeah. Have a drink out of it?

What? Yes. We'd like to do that. Yeah, we'd like to do that. All right, let's do it. Yeah. We'd like to do that. Let's go. Happy birthday to me, dude. Happy birthday. Happy birthday to you guys do that. Let's go.

Happy birthday to me, dude. Happy birthday to you guys, too. Happy birthday to everybody right here. So since you won it, you're allowed to pour it in people's mouths? Are we boozing in this thing? Yeah, I put tequila. Give me Jack and Coke. Jack and Diet.

Put a whole bottle of booze in there. Is he pouring or is he scooping? He's pouring. Oh, nice. It's concoction. All right, so he pouring or is he scooping? He's pouring. He's pouring. Oh, nice. It's concoction. All right. So how's this?

It's going to be a bit of a mess, huh? We're going to have a little bit of a. Remember when Bobby was slurping it like a dog? You could do that. Yeah. You think maybe I get a spoon too? Maybe I. This is sweet. Hey, thank you for the Lord, pal.

With the camera, we're going to get this on the right shot. I think right yonder. Right here. Right yonder. Hey, hell yeah Hey this is incredible far too kind Stand the cup Chompy and Ruppert here Huh tipping up a Lordo stand here

Drink it in my friend Come on Oh yeah Wow What Sweet neck from Lordo Oh yeah Goes down smooth.

Let's go. That was ice cold. That was awesome. You only get it once. You only get it once. That was awesome. We have to do that. That was unbelievable.

Damn, Chackerville's clean there. Hey, thank you for the Lorto. Blood, sweat, and tears. That's what's clean. Mike's handling it. Hey, man. Me, Sid, you know, all the boys. No big deal. This is what we do, you know, all the boys. No big deal.

This is what we do, you know? Birthday, just chug beers out of Lourdes. You know what I mean? Just all of us hockey aficionados, all of us hockey historians, just chug some beers out of Lourdes. This is awesome. Thank you, Mike. Hell yeah.

And I believe that's the, is that another one? That's another handler? That's the handler of Mike. And Mike's the handler. That's Mike's handler. Yeah. Okay. Matt and Mike.

Matt and Mike. Matt is the other handler of the Lordo, I believe, right? He just has never come to our particular places. No, never. But they're a tag team, I do believe. Yeah. Oh, shit. He was here, everybody's saying.

Jeez Louise. Matt was? Happy birthday, Matt. Happy Oh, shit. He was here, everybody's saying. Jeez Louise. Matt was? Happy birthday, Matt. Happy birthday, Matt. Mike was on the show. Mike was in the show. Mike was in stew. Matt didn't say a word, that's why.

No, Matt was a good guy. I remember Matt. He was a great guy. Matt was a good guy. AJ, ain't that right, AJ? Great guy. Unbelievable guy. Are you kidding me?

Was he there when you drank out of it last summer? I'll let him answer that one. What's happening? He was, Matt. You guys. Big Mike was there. Hey, when AJ was chugging the beers out of there. No, Matt was not.

Matt was not. You were there? Yeah. How about how nice his house is, dude? Yeah, that's the thing. Yeah, five overall, bro. Jack and Matt are right next door to each other. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. They got a whole compound. And Wexy. Don't forget Wexy. Uncle Wexy. Uncle Wexy across the street. See his name on every other. Yeah. Oh, yeah. They got a whole compound. And Wexy. Don't forget Wexy. Yeah. Uncle Wexy. Uncle Wexy across the street. See his name on every sign out there. That's right.

Hey, thank you, boys. Thank you for the Lord of. Thank you, Lord of. All right. Let's take a break. I think we should maybe answer some phone calls on the other side. 1-833-432-3663 or 1-833-4-DADO. We got to get you guys some beers.

This is fucked up. Okay. This is fucked up that you did this to Connor the day after. Well, Boston Bruins put together the greatest regular season in hockey history. Yes, we did. They were hoping. Thanks, AJ. To hold one ace.

Mm-hmm. But instead, they got the President's Cup trophy that people drink out of and nobody cares. Yeah. Plus, there was two days after. You drink out of this one, though. Everybody cares. Sorry. Sorry.

Sorry. My bad. That's all right. Two days. Not one day after Penns weren't in it either Okay we're dead Yeah exactly

I thought there was a chance When I heard Hockey Surprise With Peyton Manning showing up Like Lordo obviously I mean Yeah Can't top it No

Yeah And plus who would I be If I didn't want to see Lordo here I wouldn't be a hockey fan True I'd just be a big fat prick You're not fat, dude. Come on, dude.

No, no. If that were the case, I would be a big, fat... Some people would say cunt. I wouldn't. There's no reason to say it with Lordo here. In England, that's what we're doing. Yeah, and Australia and everything. Right.

You're talking... In England. I wouldn't say it, though. What's that? Another Lordo? I wouldn't say it, though. What's happening? Another Lourdes? The unification. Oh, yes. You're the father.

You are the father. Okay, Lourdes. That was child support. It's your baby Lourdes here. Got your number. Yep, that'll stay. It will. This is smart.

All right, let's get to a break. Let's get some beers out of Lorto for the boys. And then let's return to people being way too nice to me. Hopefully not that much more of this, but it is a good time. A lot happening in the sports world. Hey, fifth-year option in the NFL, deadline, 4 p.m. NFL executives get a little perturbed about the conversations happening around draft. That's right.

We'll talk about that and more on the other side. This is the Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023. This is the coolest day in a long time. And that's Baby Lardo. And that's the OG. Hell yeah. I just drank beer. What?

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And I just got to do it. And you got Rupp. Rupp was the one assisting you. That's another. That's another. Check that off the list. Yeah. Just a man who would absolutely dummy you.

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A little bit, bro. A little bit, bro. A little bit, bro. A little bit, bro. A little bit, bro. That was cool, man. Thank those guys. That's going into the Twitter bio, probably. 100%. House beer out of Lourdeau. Yeah.

That was more than one beer, bud. Oh, yeah. Didn't spill any of it either. Not a drop on the floor, not a drop on you. That was impressive. Hell, yeah. We had good teamwork. Still got it, man.

He still got it. Come on. Let's go. 36. That's right. 36. 36. 36.

AJ, did you hear about what some NFL executives were telling insiders about Howie Roseman? They said, all right, everybody fucking relax. Peter Schrager had the breaking news that some NFL executives around the NFL are a little bit overhearing the praise that's being heaped upon Howie Roseman for what the Eagles were able to do by drafting pretty much the entire Georgia Bulldogs team, trading for another Georgia Bulldog, making their team so much better, seemingly. We don't have a clue if any of these guys are going to be able to be great

in the NFL or not. Overnight, after making the Super Bowl, with all the moves that Howie's made, this guy's a fucking genius. Remember just a couple years ago, he was just a guy who does taxes that's running the team. We need to get him the hell out of here. Joe Douglas was the guy that did

all the shit here. Why do we have this guy doing this thing? He now is the cock of the walk. He is the talk of the town. The bell of the ball. And some NFL executives aren't happy about it, AJ. Do you agree with them? Are we overhyping?

Are we? Or are these NFL executives a little bit jealous that maybe another team is getting to do whatever the fuck they want because of the way they set up their roster and the way they've done everything with ownership that they're able to do what maybe they dream of? What do you think this is, AJ? What do you think this is?

Well, I mean, I think jealousy plays a role in a lot of things. No. Envy, jealousy. But also, didn't Schrags have to come on and give some context to it or did he clarify his statements? Didn't he say, like, oh, this is getting blown out of proportion no what he said the first time we know that's the truth that's right it's not like it's like anything you don't if something happens that you are like you say you i don't know it's just not your thing but then you see the reaction other

people have that's what pisses you off is the reaction other people love something that you think is so stupid agree almost like that completely and there's always going to be ripple effects to every single thing that's said, but Howie Roseman's getting praised, Pac-Man. What are you thinking about it, pal? The Eagles did a hell of a job, bro. I know. You can't get mad at what the Eagles did.

Last year, they went and spent all this fucking money to see if it would work. It worked. This year, they went and got two guys that could have been top five draft picks, and it's going to make them better, regardless of what anybody's talking about. The Eagles have done a hell of a job these last two years. Do you think all the other NFL executives are just jealous of how good they've done?

Of course. These professionals in the NFL, they don't get jealous of other people. No, they wouldn't be that petty. Why we ain't talking about C.J. Scrouse? Why we ain't talking about the kid from Alabama? Why we all got to talk about what the Eagles doing, the Eagles doing, the Eagles doing? Because the Eagles, what they have done the last two years,

have been working. Yeah, it's crazy. They're like the team in the NFC. The Niners are there, but what are they doing at quarterback? Brock Purdy coming out of his surgery. We think he's going to be good. If he's good, Niners are a problem. We absolutely agree.

And who knows how that championship game between the Niners and the Eagles goes if literally 15 unfortunate things don't happen to the Niners in the first quarter. What is unfortunate? Quarterback can't throw a football anymore. Devontae Smith caught a ball, but he didn't catch it. Oh, Bosa got like a tendon snatched or bruised, literally from a punt play. Fred Warner blew his shoulder out. No, that all

happened. In like five minutes. In the first quarter. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. That's a tough thing to happen in a championship game, but it's not the Eagles' fault that that happened. So we have to praise the Eagles, but in the NFC, they're the team. They've seemingly got better and paid their quarterback. Maybe this tax man over there is what everybody should be doing, AJ.

Yeah, but the Eagles now, we know the expectations. We obviously know the Super Bowl with Doug Peterson and Foles. But now, let's say you go two more years and Jalen doesn't get a ring. We're going to be asking what's wrong. Everyone assumes they're the next Chiefs, I feel like. Especially in the NFC. That is kind of to AJ's point. I think we can all

agree, especially with the 49ers quarterback situation, the Eagles should go to the Super Bowl, definitely this year. What did the Patriots do? How many championship games or something? They went to 11 or 10 straight AFC championship games. That's the standard.

That's the gold standard. That is the top of the top. The Goldman standard. The S2, C2 standard. That's right. Cognitive test. Let's be honest. NFC conferences, it's not like the AFC.

It's trash. It's trash. You can say it stinks. They should win. I'm sorry to say, but you never go into NFL season like, this team should dominate. Yeah, they should dominate their side. Yeah, I agree they should.

And on the AFC side, we're talking about a lot of teams being great. None of them being the Cleveland Browns, though, Rupp. Never. Never, never happens. I apologize if that's how our show operates, too. That's a damn shame. But I feel like you're a pretty big NFL fan, right, Rupp? Yeah, yeah.

I mean, even with that statement you said, being a Browns fan, I'm a Browns fan. Oh, Rob, you don't know shit about football if you're going to say you're the Browns, Rob. Come on. But you told me at Nick's wedding, I said, who's the team? If I'm a free agent, what team are you? You told me I should jump on the Cincinnati.

It's in Ohio, right? Which I guess isn't Ohio. I can't do that one. Okay. So you can't jump ship in the state? I don't know. When they have a season... Do you follow the NFL, right? Which I guess isn't Ohio. Yeah, but I can't do that one. Okay. So you can't jump ship in the state. But yeah, I don't know. I mean, hey, when they have a season. Do you follow the NFL, though? Yeah, I do. Please don't go with the Browns.

I have to. I've been with the Browns my whole life. It's like my longest memories as a kid going. They might get good, too. Yeah. I mean, hey, that's in my blood, you know? They just paid a quarterback more money than they paid anybody. Yeah. They got Nick Chubb and Amari Cooper.

Nick Chubb is good. Dog. Amari Cooper. Sounds like Pac-12. Doesn't like Amari Cooper. Okay. Good to know. What is this all about? Yeah, you have beat the Amari Cooper.

Fly line and shit, Connor. What? No, I didn't say. Hey, I play hard, and we had a good game. We won the game. Oh, so you think he's trash. I'm just saying, when I played against him, I didn't say. Hey, I play hard, and we had a good game. We won the game. Oh, so you think he's trash. I'm just saying, when I played against him, he didn't have over, I think, 30 yards. What's your problem, Connor?

You talking Oakland? I'm just asking. Yeah. How did I do him, AJ? You was on my team. Well, first off, Pat. I dogged him that game, didn't I? What's your – whoa, whoa.

That sounds like a little – That sounds like a little – Hey, Pat, you need to get some footage of Pat in that game. He was on top of Amari Cooper. So I got punched in the face by one of their big linemen That sounds like a lot of shit. Hey, Pat, you need to get some footage of Pac in that game. He was on top of Amari Cooper. So I got punched in the face by one of their big linemen trying to run down and see what was happening. Oh, it was amazing. I remember seeing the whole situation now, like running down,

Pac's on top of Amari Cooper, kind of like about to slam his head down to the ground. And I remember afterwards, Pac telling Marvin, everybody's like, no, you don't get it. I let up. I stopped myself. Like, you got to, no, you don't get it. I let up. I stopped myself. Like, you got to, I'm serious. Wait till you see it. And if you see it, Pac, it's somehow like,

you guys started, you run down the field. I don't know how it got chippy or whatever. And then somehow you're on top of him on the ground and you started to like slam him and his helmet came off and you actually stopped. Like you, it was honestly, it was very impressive restraint that Pac showed. I fucking love you, AJ.

The film made up for your excuse. That's good. Yeah, and great teammates like AJ. And we end up fucking, we were supposed to lose that game, and they was talking about Derek Carr and all that shit, that game, and we end up winning it. Was that a playoff? No, it was deep in the head.

It was week one. How did it lead to that, though? You didn't just fall on top of Marty Cooper. The play was already gone. Like, the play was already down the field. He was so frustrated because I was on his ass that game. It's middle of work. Like, he turned back and fucking come at me.

I'm like, yo, what the fuck is wrong with you? Like, he tried to hit me again. I'm like, oh. So I take off running. Like, he tried to catch up with me and hit me again. I'm like, all right, two times. Okay. This third time, I got to show you what's really going on.

So, you know, I smacked the shit out of his ass. Which quarter? Which quarter was this? Which quarter? I don't even remember what quarter it was. I got a picture somewhere of myself. There's a great picture of that. Pac, I think, is on the ground.

There's a big line. It's like, hey, you better chill the fuck out, bro. It was awesome. AJ, you said there's a poster of it? Oh, here it is. Oh, yeah. I had a picture of the guy's big left a poster of it? Oh, here it is. Oh, yeah. I had a picture of the guy's big left paw punching me in the head when I came down here.

Look, he stopped. See? That's impressive. Can you go back to the rest of the play? Yeah, we need the rest. He could have slammed his head against the ground. What year was this? Oh, this was Pro Bowl year.

This is like Vine year? Yeah. Is this Cooper's rookie year? 2015's Vine? Was that Vine going on at that time? Probably around there, yeah. That's like the perfect length. Yeah.

It's a great Vine. That thing would go viral. Holy shit, look at what Pac-Man did. Ain't nobody going to see what led up to that. No. Nobody's ever going to see what led up to that. Ever. No.

That's a great fucking clip right there. Yeah, it's literally. Yeah, that's what we're saying. just play i remember though pack i remember in the moment he packed like no you don't know mark you were telling everybody like no you should have seen what i could have done honestly and we're like oh okay i don't know let's see i don't and then we saw like wow you were telling the truth man i'm already have made up since then though yes goodness hey dude do you initiate it? No, he initiated it. No, I'm just saying in general.

Like, when you got that matchup all day, are you in your position? Like, I want to know in football, do you initiate it? Or you just, if he's going to act off, you're going to act off. I'm with whatever, how the game go. But I'm trying my best to make you uncomfortable.

He's talking shit. I'm talking shit 90% of the time I get off the board. I was on a Zoom. I was on a Zoom, okay, with some of his college teammates, and they were telling the story. I had not heard this story. That, like, before the game, there was a very solid chance a fight was going to happen, and it was a part of the plan.

Like, hey, this is just a part of the plan. We are going to go talk shit to this team. He used the mental warfare. I have another good one about Pac for that. If you remember Pac, I believe I'm correct here. team he used the mental warfare yeah another good one i have another good one about pack for that if you know if you remember pack i believe i'm i'm correct here you we got in a somewhat of a almost a brawl pre-game against the steelers at home and pack was out there leading the charge and i don't i believe you weren't dressed that day and you were in street trying to fight their whole team

he's trying to fight their whole team in street clothes always been like that always always been like that like i'm running for who I'm running for. But, yeah, I used to take the game magazines in college and just look through the starters. I was like, ah, let me check his background and, like, read about him, see where he's from. I'm like, all right, this is my guy. I'm going to fuck with him the whole game.

That's awesome. 90% of the time, it worked. It worked. And I had some guys that poked back. But I was always up to whatever it led to. I signed up for it. You don't have a lot of guys up there just mossing you either

in college. You're number six overall for a reason. It's much different now. I feel like this doesn't happen much anymore. Ever. It's a lost art. Miami was Kevin Winslow game. I was fucking with him the whole game and he couldn't take it. Kevin Winslow. Big Kevin. What's he doing? Miami was Kevin Winslow game. I was fucking with him the whole game, and he couldn't take it. Kevin? Yeah.

Hey, Kevin. What's he doing? Kevin. What is Kevin doing? Kevin? I think you know. Kevin Winslow? Is that who we're talking about?

Yeah. Yep. Is that the dad from that show with Steve Urkel? What happened? Carl Winslow. Jesus. That's great. Hey, happy we got that cleared up, though.

That's why I saw a factoid that we just dropped into everybody's brain right there. What, you and him got into it? Oh, yeah. That was West Virginia. Smacked shit out of him, too, in the game. Yeah. He deserved it, though, after all the shit that everybody's thinking. Yeah, yeah.

He deserves a lot. Me and Mark, cool, but fuck this guy right here. Totally. Albert Hainsworth. Yeah, fuck him, too. There's no reason to do all this. I'm just saying. You want to keep going?

Mike Kellenwood. Let's move on. All right, anyway, so that's what NFL executives were saying about Howie Roosevelt. They were upset about it. Somehow, we have found a couple million more viewers of the Super Bowl this past year. Nielsen did a re-audit, a re-review, a recount, and found two million more average viewers. And we have a big question here. Now, them doing this is so interesting. For just, for two million or whatever, or a few million,

in the grand scheme of things, was it worth even opening up the discussion of how accurate Nielsen ever is and how numbers right now are in such an interesting place whenever it comes to media and views and what matters, what doesn't, impressions, everything like that. Everything's kind of being made up. But now you've got streaming services, numerous ones. And unless Nielsen has the in to their streaming service, how do you have any clue what number of people are watching

that on the streaming service? It's like the amount of connections that they would have to have. And I would assume maybe they do. But then all those people would have to be telling the truth too. And they're the only people that know because they own the platform. You go through this entire modern digital age pretty much. There's been platforms lying

about the numbers since the beginning massive fraudulent lawsuits coming to different platforms through the podcasting area through the the video era everything like that because whenever you're charging these companies a price for them to advertise and what they're getting for what they think they're getting being completely different like that became a big deal. This has been the digital stage kind of biggest nemesis, I think. And now it's kind of hitting into the mainstream because the mainstream is becoming much more digital.

How will they be able to keep track of how many people are watching Thursday night football on Amazon? Cause Amazon had self-reported numbers. Right. And then Nielsen had reported numbers. It's like, how the fuck do you know? Cause Amazon, they have the tech. Don't they have the tech now that they can see exactly how many people are watching?

They could, yeah. But then, well, those people, are they together? Are those people with two, three people? I'm saying not Nielsen. I'm saying like YouTube TV has the ticket this year. If you can see exactly how many people are watching on YouTube TV. Bingo. And I'm not saying YouTube TV will do this.

I'm not saying anybody will do this. I'm just saying this has been said to be done potentially in places. Well, here's the people watching, right? We have the digital numbers right here. How many people are with them while they're watching? Probably two to three people, right? At least. Five Xs.

And then what did the social media accounts do? How many videos were watched? How many impressions were on that? How much did YouTube do? You can't believe anything. Can't. Because the amount of things you can pull from to be a potential number is vast. More vast than it's ever been.

So I think them even announcing this, I appreciate them correcting it. I'm sure it's 100% right. Yeah, definitely now it is. I'm sure it's 100% right. What took three months? A re-audit, I guess. I wonder if they actually invented an AI to go and count them.

Because that feels like the most accurate way to do it now. Honestly? Legitimately, yeah. So what happened to Google engineer who was a part of the... Godfather of AI who invented the Google... Not Sweet Blake. Not Sweet Blake. Different.

Possibly Sweet Blake's brother or son or father. But this guy quit Google because he said AI was actually just too much now. And he's the guy basically that infected me. I've been trying to find him, too. You've been trying to find AI? Yeah. I heard you've been trying to employ him. Mm-hmm.

You've been trying to buy him. Real estate. I kind of know who it is. He keeping it up on his shirt. I do know where and who AI is. But I can't share that. AI told me not to. AI said don't call Pat.

Can I invest in AI? He's like, where do I meet AI? How do I get to him? It's a real deal. I feel like they do have personalities. Yes. Because they do have flavors. We've listened to the bangers they've put out

we listen to AI Drake all morning it's my favorite fucking song right now is the AI Drake song Drake needs to immediately rip that and just put it out and say you guys thought that was AI that was me motherfuckers that should be the title of the song

and just put it out there but I guess it is going to become quite a problem because it seems to be great at everything graphic designers oh yeah you need something ai whip it up for you real quick heartbeat dirty i don't love it dirty it's gonna miss it's gonna miss that human human uh element yeah which is like the soul of something or like a mistake maybe or a little indifference here. That will definitely be out. But God damn it, it made great designs for those cities at the NFL draft. Also, the amount of time it takes. It's like a lot of things like, hey, we need this graphic designer to build this whole thing for us.

Okay, yeah, it'll probably take three weeks to a month. Well, let's pop that into AI. It can get me this whole thing done in 15 minutes. Hey, Darnie, want to let you know? You always have a place with us, pal. Yeah. Okay? Appreciate you, boss. But I do feel like your profession is going to have some stiff competition.

Oh, yeah. Good run, Gertie. In the next couple generations, I think there's going to be some stiff comp out there. Honestly. It'll never be as good as the real thing. I don't stop you. That's the problem. This thing came up in like a minute and a half.

It's not bad. It's not bad. It's not bad at all. Dallas is cool. We should find out how long it took them to make these. That's the big thing. Right. I don't think it takes very long. I think they upload, yeah.

How do we know they weren't made previous? Because the NFL actually. Who the fuck owned this? Yeah. I don't know who owned this shit. Did anybody use these pictures or what? NFL. Anyone.

NFL put all the rookie first-round picks in front of these. So there's an AI bot in Discord where you just send, like, a description of what you want. Yeah. And they will just give it to you in, like, under, like, five minutes. Like, it's insane. Is that chat GPT? Oh, my God. GPT.

Whatever it is. GPT. Oi! Oi! Oi! How! Oi! How about it, though? They got it all, man. They're going to have to wait until their sports show comes out.

Oh, man. So much better than ours. Well, that's what we need to – we should just start asking AI, like, hey, what should we talk about today, AI? Hey, what do you think the world would like to hear about from sports newbies today, AI? Boom. Boom, boom, boom, boom.

So technically, we'd be employing an AI. We win. Right. Boom. Technically, we'd be employing an AI. We win. Now there's an AI in Massachusetts that can tell you if you have... An AI in Massachusetts? Yeah, they invented it in Mass General Hospital and it can tell you it's between 86 and 94% accurate.

They can tell you if you're going to have lung cancer within the next year. That seems easy. How do we get that? You just got to download it? It's up there. How does this work? Is it in do we get that? You just got to download it? What the fuck do we? It's up there. How does this work? Is it in a cloud?

I got to fly up to a cloud? It's got to be cloud-based. Yeah, I believe you have to use it in Massachusetts. Oh, so you guys put a geolocation on AI? How does that even work? Wherever the hell they created it in the lab in Mass General, I think it's just still there, but I assume because it's kind of new, this will hopefully lead to a lot of different types of cancers.

This is that Today Show clip where they go, what is the internet? Yeah. That's what we're doing right now. Yeah. This thing's moving pretty quick. Oh, too quick. Making bangers. So you say they tell you if you have cancer.

Lung cancer, specifically. Only lung cancer. What are you going to do? You just going to look at it? It's looking at you? It is going to say what? Like, all right, in 10 years, you're about to die, motherfucker. No lung cancer. What are you going to do? You're just going to look at it? It's looking at you? It is going to say, what? You're about to die, motherfucker.

We don't need that negativity out of these aliens. That would be a fucking mental wreck. Yeah, that's what we're saying. We don't need that. Hey, stay away from the AI. I'm not sure if it's body scans or blood, but no, it's very, very new, but apparently it's legit. Well, hopefully AI will make the world better, right? That's they it's very very new but apparently it's all right well hopefully ai

will make the world better right that's what's gonna do yeah oh yeah keep it going that's what's gonna do ladies and gentlemen joining us now is a surprise guest from the wwe world really i don't know who the hell it is uh in the first hour it was uh peyton manning is a surprise facetime pop-up here 207 eastern standard time t Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023. Lordo, OG. Yeah. Baby Lordo. Baby of OG Lordo.

Right. Drank a beer out of here earlier. Right. It is Michael Cole. Boo! Connor. It's not Peyton Manning. Sorry to burst your bubble, and it's not Stone Cold Steve Austin, but I guess you'll have to be stuck with me for your birthday. No, it's the Peyton Manning. Sorry to burst your bubble, and it's not Stone Cold Steve Austin, but I guess you're going to be stuck with me for my birthday.

No, it's the Peyton Manning of commentary in WWE. Here's WWE's history, pal. It's great to see you. I'm pumped about this. Hey, happy birthday. What are you, 55 now? Oh! This fucking guy.

Guy's got jokes. Relax, guy. Okay. I'm 36, though. I am 36. Hey, Connor, by the way, hockey Okay. I'm 36, though. I am 36. Hey, Connor, by the way, hockey team. Just shut up, Cole. I thought it was Sam Roberts.

I was pumped. It turned out it was just Cole. Hey, Connor, by the way, nice basketball team. Oh! Cool soul patch, prick. No, it's gone. It's gone. I'm a new image. Why'd you get rid of that? Yeah. That's gone. I'm a new image.

Why'd you get rid of that? Realized it was 2023? Whoa. Come on. I was asking. It was his look. The honest to God truth is the lady that was shaving my face one day just shaved it off. Did you favor it?

Didn't leave it there. So I didn't grow it back. Well, that happened to our CFO. CFO Phil had a mustache and a full flavor saver. So thick. And the barber was like, oh, we're going to cut it off. And we're like, no, please do not leave that. Leave that thing on there.

And then it somehow got shaved. And we believe the barber was looking out for the bride. Oh, but I don't think that doesn't. I don't think a barber understood what was sitting right in front of his fucking eyes, though. That was one of the greatest mouth decorations I've ever seen in my entire life. We're talking thick. It was a great mouth decoration he had.

How are you, pal? I appreciate you, man. I'm great. What are you doing? Sorry for the internet. I'm up at my property and we really don't have much internet or anything up here for that matter i think we're still use landlines for our telephones okay so let's talk about that you bought a property um this was goal i don't want to tell too much of your life story i'll let you do that someday this was goal though have been working in the wwe has missed like one

week or two weeks or something like that. Jeez. In like 26 or 27. How many years? 26 years. 26 years straight. Yeah. 52 weeks a year. Jeez. Okay.

Shows on the road. Has missed like two. 26 years. Okay. Think about that. This guy's one of the greatest workers of all time. So he wants to dream, you know, to get away, to get a piece of property. You ain't going to be able to fucking go out there, dude.

There's no way you're going to be able to stop ever. Are you realizing that? You're not going to be able to stop ever, pal. Well, I'm going to have to stop or else I'm going to be married 30 years. So if I want it to last longer than that, I'm probably going to have to stop at some point. But no, it won't be anytime soon. I still got a lot of work to do with this company. There's i mean there's still a lot of stuff to do it you know still a lot of shows to call um i just told somebody um that i would you know i'm 56 now so 60 sounds like a pretty good uh age to maybe slow down a little bit okay four years but when he comes

60 oh yeah oh i've still got it you're in better shape right now than i think you've been long you look very good aj go ahead pal yeah yeah oh sorry mike i know you're gonna go on but you do look great but i want to know what you're gonna do when you're done you don't seem like a guy that's just gonna go hang out at your property you've you've lived such an exciting life up to now there's no way you can just go hang out can you oh i think, I think it's going to be pretty easy to sit on a chair and watch the sunset with a bottle of Jack Daniels. I think I'll be in good shape with my dog next to me. I'll be in good shape.

Yeah, well, I think I've had this thought too, Cole. And, you know, anytime you get older, you start to think about things, no matter how old you are. And now, granted, you don't do that whenever you're teens, 20s, I don't think. You start doing it. Once you hit 30, you feel old. Right. I didn't think I whenever you're teens, 20s, I don't think. You start doing it. Once you hit 30, you feel old. I didn't think I was going to make it past that, honestly. I was living awesome.

I was having a good time all the time. And I didn't think I was going to make it. If I die, cool. We accomplished a lot of good stuff. And now I'm like 36, baby on the way. I'm thinking about everything and what I want to do, what I don't want to do. And then I think about my dream was to get to an island and just fucking disappear. Like I'm just going to go to an Island out of nowhere, disappear. Nobody ever sees me again for like 10, 15 years. And I drop it out of nowhere

just because I think that would be hilarious. Like that is, I think that's a hilarious thing to do. And then I started thinking like, well, I'd be able to do that. I go on vacation to Hawaii. I'm like four or five days in. I love the time with my wife. If I can figure out how to work and hang out with my wife at a very nice place, I'll be back in there. You won't be able to disappear. The more and more I've thought about it won't be able to happen. I don't think Cole, I fear that. Pat, you're, you know, you're about 20 years older than you. Um, I've been on the road nonstop for 26 years. I mean, 52 weeks, every week on an airplane, away from home, away from seeing the kids grow. I've got a couple of grandkids now that

I want to spend some time with as they get older. That's awesome. Your priorities change as you get older. I know a lot of people have said this to you, but your life is going to change drastically in a couple of weeks. And, AJ, you can speak to this. You know, those little ones come and they really change a lot of perspective in your life. And, you know, I raised two great sons and I was really happy at the way they turned out. But, you know, in retrospect, I wish I had spent a little bit more time at home with them. So now the fact that I have some grandkids, I want to be able to spend some time with them, bring them out to the ranch, you know, have a good time with them. And I want to be able to do that. And I think now at this

point in my life and everything that I've accomplished, it's a little bit easier, you know, seeing the, you know, seeing the end of the road as it might've been when I was in my mid thirties enjoying life30s uh enjoying life it's just it's just a different perspective on everything we gotta work together again though don't we i mean at some point we gotta do that you know that was fun dude hey cole that was fun man i want to let you know because this is a shit show anyways i mean they've said happy birthday to me too many times they fucking sang it earlier it's disgusting it has been an absolutely terrible program today i'll never do that you know that i sang happy birthday to this man what was that

every week so every week every week it was awesome every week during the commercial breaks it would go viral yeah it was awesome i enjoyed i enjoyed the hell out of work you're you're awesome at what you do you've been a great person for me, man. Honestly, you need to know that. And not just for me, but for a lot of people. We need to work together before you retire, but you got 10 years, 50. At least. You got so much left. Hey, Pat, I'll make

a promise to you. I won't get out of this full time until you and I can at least have a little bit of a run left. Okay. Now, if you're going to push that off until I'm 75, well, we're going to have to re-talk. Whoa, whoa, whoa. We made a deal.

Tone has a question for you, Cole. Yeah, I was going to say, you'll be busy, right, because you bought the Branch Davidians property and you're turning that around. That's the ranch that you bought? Yeah, that's what I did. I missed it so much when I was there. Hey, if you go back and look at that Netflix documentary that just came out,

there's actually a scene of a press conference where if you pause it, you can actually see a young Michael Cole in the middle of the group with my mullet and mustache. Hell yeah. Didn't you talk to him? You talked to Koresh, right? It was an audio, it was a radio interview? Radio interview with him.

I asked him one question and he went on for 45 minutes. So I wouldn't really, I don't toot my own horn about that because it wasn't really an interview. What was your question? So. Yeah. What's it like? Is that what you did? Honest to honest to god pat i don't even remember what i asked him it was on national tv on a national radio on a sunday night i asked him the question and he went on for 45 minutes

did you even give up oh wow whoa okay hey great performance got everything you needed out of him. That's right. Got everything you needed out of him. But this man goes from Bosnia war to interviewing David Koresh to a fire river. He was on a river that was on fire. That's worst case scenario. Drowning and burning to death?

Okay. No thanks. That sounds like a blast. Things drop right into the attitude era of the WWF at the time, and then they become the WWE. And I appreciate the hell out of you, man. You've become a great friend of mine and very, very cool. I can't thank you enough.

Hey, I love all you guys. You know that. Pat, have a great birthday. I'm sure I'll talk to you during the week, but obviously good luck to you and your wife on everything that's coming over the next couple of weeks. Your life is about to drastically change in an unbelievable way, and hopefully you and I

can do business together at some point. Yeah, you're damn right. I can't wait for it as well. Connor has something on the way out. As you said, you love everybody over here. Yeah, Cole, love you too. Not even pulling any chains here, but how pumped are you about Rogers? I'm excited. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Hold on.

What was that? Are you high? Is this guy high? What was the pause? Are you high right now? Was there a technical glitch right there? What happened? You're at the ranch? Yeah, I think it cut out. You guys didn't hear me say that I'm really, really excited about this opportunity for the Jets. Hell yeah.

There we go. Hopefully it comes to fruition. You mean? You know? You mean fruition. It's already coming. Are you throwing it? He's already throwing it.

He's been out on the ranch. He's there. He's already there. Number eight. Dude, it's May 1st. I've been a New York Jets fan for 50 years. This guy doesn't even know what day it is. I was trying to think he was not excited.

This guy's doped up. I was three years old when they won the Super Bowl. All right. I have lived through the butt fumble, the Rich Kocayki, the Brett Favre situation. Allegedly. Allegedly. Allegedly. Allegedly.

Allegedly. Allegedly. So I've lived through all that um aaron rogers is one of the greatest ever and i hope that uh he can pull a brady and what did in tampa um but you have to understand something guys as as a jet fan and as a mets fan which i am as well um it is me too weekly tour yeah theets fandom is certainly one that's been tough for a long time, had some playoff runs there yeah, Rats and Sanchez

were able to do it, just never seen it and then the Giants win a bunch, which is tough to kind of experience throughout the whole thing but the Jets are back, I believe they're going to do very well, I heard a little optimism out of this normally pessimistic guy did you hear that a little bit, that was great cautiously optimistic that they're going to turn things around, I really are Optimism out of this normally pessimistic guy. Yeah. Did you hear that a little bit? That was great.

Cautiously optimistic that they're going to turn things around. I really are. They've got the talent. There's no reason that they can't do it. So we'll see what happens. But again, being a Jets fan, you're just waiting for the other shoe to drop. All right. Well, let's hope it doesn't happen.

I'm very thankful you joined us. I'll talk to you soon. You're the fucking man. Happy birthday, guys. Or Pat. Guys. You're the fucking man. Happy birthday, guys. Or Pat. Guys. Happy birthday, you too. Happy birthday, everybody.

Happy birthday, Michael Cole. Happy birthday, everybody. We have another surprise guest, I've been told. Oh, my God. Football world. Hold on now. Football world. Okay. Peyton Manning stopped by.

Goat. Michael Cole stopped by. Goat. Two people that I hold near and dear to my heart who I haven't seen in a bit. Who will it be here? Who could it be? An hour and three. Do they like psychedelics?

I don't know. Who is it? No way! They do! Wow! It's a plant, not a drug. What's up, dude? Great to see you, man.

Happy birthday, Pat. Dude. 36 years young, buddy. Never looked better. Thank you. Well, I'm sorry to get a little fat because I've been enjoying life here for a good four or five days celebrating the birthday. Putting on a baby weight. Yeah, you're right.

You're right. I'm prepping alongside the wife for the baby. But, you know, they're saying you're what, how old are you right now? 39. People are saying you're looking younger and better than ever whenever you're blowing the roof off of MSG. Do you know that? That was the internet comments.

I know you try to stay away from that type of stuff. They show you, I think at the Rangers game, you're doing that whole thing. The internet's like, look how young, healthy, and happy Aaron looks. Then at the Knicks game the next day, you're sitting courtside. Jack Harlow's too done. Alan Lazard's here. You go on the big screen. There's stars everywhere. That place popped louder

for you than everybody else. Has it been awesome over there, dude? Congratulations on a fucking great first week, seemingly, in New York. Pat, I'm having a blast. I am having an absolute blast. It's been so fun. I got here Tuesday night and so today's like a week and it's been a blast it really has to go the hockey

game basketball game meet all my guys just get to know the facility you know I'm starting to look for some places to stay because they got me in the hotel right now which is great. It's like literally two minutes from the facility. But, man, it's been a great week. It really is. Hell, yeah. Hey, how did it feel the first time putting on?

I know it's a practice jersey, and you're back to your college number. Was it weird at all? Everything's been weird. Everything's been different. Everything that's been changed in one spot for 18 years, and now you've got a different commute in the morning, a different facility. I'm getting lost in the facility trying to figure out where I'm supposed to go.

But, man, everybody's been so great. I'm just trying to remember names and get to know everybody. But strength staff has been great, training staff, coaching staff, meeting everybody upstairs. It's been so much fun getting to go to to the game, you know, with Brees and Tim and Allen, the hockey game, then with Allen the next night to MSG. Going tonight with Sauce to the Knicks game. So I'm enjoying it, man.

It's been so much fun. I can't even tell you. Like, you know, just joking with some friends. Going to the Knicks game the other night, I met Spike Lee, Martha Stewart, and Patrick Ewing, among others. And then I'm sitting next to Jack, you know, a couple of seats down. So it's so much fun, man, just having a ball. Could you have fathomed that this was what it was going to be like in New York City just like, I don't know, three years ago?

Think about that, honestly. And then now, literally the bell of the ball. You're providing hope for a lot of these people. New York City just like, I don't know, three years ago? Think about that, honestly. And then now, literally the bell of the ball. You're providing hope for a lot of these people, like, for the first time in a long time in the football world. I'm happy you're getting to experience it. I truly am happy that you're experiencing it all. What do you think whenever you go into the facility, though? Do you have to restart everything now?

Because, like, training people, equipment people, I saw the clothes you had on. That's a full conversation that has to happen with the equipment staff. What helmet, what pads, everything like that. How has it been there? And do you feel like it's like another start fresh moment for you? And who knows where you're going to go? And how's that been? Yeah, it's been great.

I mean, everything is new. It's like the first day of school every single day. There's new people to meet and got to figure out your routine and, you know, where the laundry loops go and, you know, mail and cleats and weight room shoes and all this stuff. Everything's new and exciting and fun. I'm just pinching myself a lot of days. I can't

believe uh you know it's real sometimes so it's been it's been a dream for sure uh just to be here definitely feel energized uh to be in the building that takes nothing away from the 18 beautiful years i spent in green bay i mean that was like how can you ask for any anything better than that and just such a special place to play? But, you know, 18 years at the same spot, you also get used to everything, and everything is just kind of the same old, same old in a lot of ways, which has its beauty for sure. But with everything being new and embracing the change

and just the things that maybe aren't as comfortable as they used to be has been a lot of fun. And I think everybody's excited to have me here, and it's been fun to meet all the guys. As guys start to trickle in and get to spend some time with C.J. Uzama today, who's an awesome guy, and me, Cole, and got my locker next to Alan, so that's some familiarity there. But it's been fun to get to know the guys, start working with my cadence,

and just kind of easing into it all has been a blast. And all the other things that the city has to offer. Everything's new and different and exciting, and I'm just enjoying it, man. I really am. Yeah, you're going to be the king of that place, bro. You win, and it seems like everything's going to work out. You are. And you said it seems like they're excited you're here.

The owner was the first person that was sitting at the door, bro. You are beloved over there right now, and I think you're going to continue to crush it. I think a lot of people are saying this. You don't have to answer because you come from a place of love. I get it. It feels like a lot of people are like, hey, we got a motivated fucking Aaron Rodgers. We got a young team that's ready to go. Seems like it's going to work perfect.

We are. We've already hammered. Yeah. I mean, we've already. We but we're believers. Just know that. And obviously people are going to say perfect we are we've already hammered yeah i mean we've already we but we're believers just know that and obviously people say of course we are but peyton manning talked to us he said the big issue that happens with some veteran quarterbacks that go to a new home is they try to change the cadence or change the plays change the offense and the quarterback has to learn it all and by learning it all you have to unlearn all the shit that you basically

had before and you have to adjust when he went to denver they said hey what is payton's offense and then they make some of theirs in so it was an easier transition for him with nathaniel hackett being the offensive coordinator we all just assume that you know the playbook inside and out you know the game and everything is that an accurate assessment and how has that been just kind of picking up right from day one there with garrett the offense as a whole well listen that's the off season so we're easing into it for sure but I obviously have a deep familiarity with uh coach hack's offense and everything he wants to do so there's a few new terms he's changed actually for the better honestly just some simplification of some formations and

change some verbiage around that makes more sense to him so it's learning little things like that but cadence is going to be my cadence that i've used my entire career um so it'll be fun to you know i was doing it today in some of the qb center exchanges testing those guys with different inflections and long counts and short counts and and that stuff. So it's fun to be here and be a part of it. Obviously, Garrett, you know, he's a talented guy. And it threw him a pass today and just kind of turned and was like, wow. That was his ability to kind of get in and out of his breaks. There's another 17 I've played with for a long time who does it better than anybody.

But the explosiveness in and out of the breaks the 17th year is pretty similar. Hell yeah. Go ahead, AJ. What's been the coolest thing so far? I know courtside, everything. What's the coolest thing out of the whole experience? I don't know.

I mean, there's been so many. It's hard to just pick one. When we went to the hockey game, Tim and I – well, Tim was at Wicked, actually. He was watching the Broadway play. But Alan Brees and I went over and did a little shopping beforehand and saw a bunch of people out. It was a rainy day. But just the comments from the fans just on the street was pretty awesome.

Just people excited. I mean, they wouldn't let me pay for my pizza, you know, little things like that, which is cool. But just the kind words. Obviously, New York is a great sports city. They expect winning as well. So as long as you're winning, you're going to be in a good grade, which we expect to. But just those are fun interactions for sure. The excitement of just kind of everything being new and their excitement with me coming to town. It's been fun. But, you know, I get to go to work with Zach, and Zach and I have become good friends the last couple years,

and Tim and Tim and I are really, really close. And Chris is also in the room, was a great dude, and Hackett, and Rob, the quarterback coach, who's a dead ringer for Evan Moore. Age, you probably remember Evan Moore, tight end. So that's kind of funny. I look over sometimes i'm like evan no that's rob um but just the communication has been great you know i was actually just in joe's office before before i came over here so i had to push it back a little bit

but just the relationship with him has been great and rob sala and old brick who age you know who's awesome guy and just kind of getting to know everybody and enjoying it. Mike Nicolini, the strength coach, has been great to work with. He's been helping me out in the weight room. We work. Tell you what to pack on some muscle? You want to put on 15,

20 pounds of muscle maybe? You squatting, dude? We running a little bit this year more? I wasn't here. I was under the bar today, man. Any day that I squat is, it's a good day. Hell yeah. Building back up, though. Building back up. Not to four plays yet.

Just building back up. Well, we saw you throw a little bit the other day, and it was a May ball. And I don't think we've seen a May ball out of Aaron Rodgers. Looks like the ball's spinning pretty good. Was there any offseason this year? Did you take a break? Have you been training? Like, is this year different than other years? And how has it been, I guess, experiencing and learning here through OTAs?

Listen, I think I'll be able to throw pretty good, too. I'm about 60 or 70. I think that's just what I'm saying. See those mountains over there, Paul? Hell yeah. I mean, I bet you Dan Marino could pick up a ball right now and sling that thing around a little bit. So I think I'll still be able to throw for a long time. That's not a problem. You know, with Ryan, my trainer out west, we really focused a lot of the off-season work on single-leg stuff. And we do some testing as well to kind of check those numbers. And the numbers definitely improved this year.

So I'm thankful for him and his staff for all the work we put in. But, you know, I want to make sure I was ready to go once this started. Obviously, I've spent a lot of time out west over the last few years in the offseason, which has honestly been incredible for me because those workouts there, my body work guy Tommy out there, the structure is so incredible. I feel like that's what puts me in the best shape to be successful once the season starts. But I knew with a new team that I'm going to have to be here a little bit more just to get to know the guys, let them feel the cadence and start to, you know, step into the leadership role that is, you know,

is going to be open for my seamless transition there as a quarterback. So definitely want to be here a little bit more. But I'm still, you know, going to take some time and get back out west at some point. But I'll, you know, definitely be here for probably, you know, more than half of the remaining days. But I really wanted to be here the first week to get to know the guys and to go through the workouts

and be around and then, you know, I have some things planned. I got to miss a few days, but it's been good to be out here with all the guys and i think you know guys feel the energy that uh that i've been bringing and that i kind of bring on a daily basis and i think there's a lot of excitement around here i think so too and the relationship building is the biggest part of this whole thing for you i'd assume and getting to do that you just listing off all the people you were hanging with got a chance to do this earlier today cj uzama and i were just i was in joe douglas's office before

we came here like it seems like you got to expedite that all pretty quickly so that when the season comes we're already there you're doing a fit it seems like a home run here the first week everybody except for packers fans are viewing it that way ty has a question for you aaron yeah unfortunately aaron i mean i i knew it happen. Obviously, you came on the show and told us that, you know, your intention was going to be to play for the Jets, and I kind of saw the writing on the wall.

But goddamn, when I saw you wearing eight in that Jets, you know, practice jersey, it just feels like a piece of my heart's missing. It's not easy to process. It's not easy to swallow. It's a lot harder than I thought it would actually be. It's going to be okay.

But I am jacked to hear that you're excited out there, It's not easy to swallow. It's a lot harder than I thought it would actually be. It's going to be okay. But I am jacked to hear that you're excited out there, and I'm very excited to watch you play this year. Now listen, one thing I would ask is, you know, Rangers games are nice. Knicks games are nice. Could you maybe run it up the ladder to someone and be like, hey, I'd love to throw out a first pitch at Yankee Stadium and turn the fucking juju around there because the Yankees are in the basement right now and I think if you know you bring some of that positive energy that you've already been bringing to the field some of that yeah that great mana that that would

really kind of put things over the top for me so I mean is there has there been any discussions about getting you out to Yankee Stadium and having you fucking burn one down the middle for the first pitch listen I would love to. I really would. Ty, good to see you, by the way. Let me just say, I'm sorry I couldn't be on the draft spectacular, but I saw some clips. You were fucking incredible.

Appreciate it. Thank you. The fact that you battled through a double ear infection is pretty incredible. So kudos to you. Everybody was great. All the clips I saw looked like it was a lot of fun and you guys had some entertainment there as well with the woman on the unicycle. That was pretty incredible.

Escape hero. It seems to get better every year. But listen, the Mets actually reached out. Don't do it. Don't do it. Hell yeah. Have them play the trumpets. Haven't heard from the Yankees yet, though. I don't know if they tried

to do that or not, but I would love to do that at some point. I want to go to Yankee Stadium and Citi Field as well, both of them, but I haven't thrown a first pitch out in a while, so I'm not sure what it would be,

but I'd be definitely trying to throw that tank pretty hard. Remember, you've got to throw it through the catcher, right? A lot of people are skipping it because they think they've got to throw it down. You've got to throw it through the catcher, Aaron, just so you know. You need to know. Do you have to throw it from the mound? You have to throw it. What are we talking about?

Yes. What are the rules here? Is. I know what the rule is. What are the rules here? Is everything okay? What just happened? Is your arm hurt? Are you okay? He's on second base.

I think Fouts even went up to the rubber. He did. Fouts went to second base, actually. Your guy. Yeah. And he holds his nose when he jumps in the holes. Does he remember doing that or not? Because I feel like his memory's been lost.

Oh! Yeah! Oh! Yeah! Oh! Of course. You and Woody have any conversations on a daily basis or how's that whole thing? How is Woody? Seems like he loves you, bro.

We've had a lot of conversations. I think he's back. I think he's not here right now, but we had plenty of conversations, and he's obviously excited, and I'm excited and appreciate him believing in me and bringing me in. And he's been great. His brother Christopher is an awesome dude and we've had some great

conversations as well and had some dinner the other night together, a bunch of us. It's been great. I mean, everybody's been fantastic and it's been fun to meet, to meet everybody and feel them out and see the personalities and how they fit in. And like I said, it's been a dream.

I've just been pinching myself every day, just how special this opportunity is. It's fun. I mean, change can be great. Change can be great. It's difficult for sure. I mean, there's some weird, bittersweet moments. Driving into one Jets drive is a little different than driving into 1265 Lombardi every day. But I'm enjoying it and just really happy to be here.

All right. I can't thank you enough for joining us on this particular day. What do you got the rest of the day? Anything? Yeah, I'm going to the Knicks game tonight. Oh, yeah, with sauce. With sauce. You going to stop by Wicked too, like old Tim?

I'd like to. I'd like to, definitely. I'd like to see some Broadway stuff. I've seen Book of Mormon and Hamilton a couple times over the years, but I'd definitely like to see Wicked at some point. What about you? It's your birthday. What are you doing for your birthday?

Right here. You're looking at it, Paul. Doing a program. Well, you guys are almost done. What are you doing? Well, I'm going to piss for sure, and then I hammered a couple beers out of Lourdes. I don't know know we'll probably have a good time vibes will be high i assume a couple vitamins maybe maybe some vitamins in the house that jesus built here maybe yeah i mean who knows aaron we might do it i enjoy though i've gotten into it i don't know

about you the nhl playoffs in the nba have been awesome. I've really enjoyed it. Have you been in that hotel? Are you watching that tonight or are you out and about? One of the things I love about the West Coast is that all these games are on early. The first game is on at 4. The second game is on at 6.30 or 7.30, maybe the latest. When those get done, you still don't have

to go to bed. Out here, the Lakers game is starting at 10.30 Eastern. It's a little hard to commit to staying up that late. I i'm loving it except for the bucks heat series in the first round that was a rough one for the bucks jimmy butler just went absolutely crazy i mean what an animal that guy is but uh disappointed for the bucks but i love i love playoff hockey and and uh been been enjoying watching the other series. I mean, how can you not love basketball, watching Steph Curry play? I mean, that guy is just incredible.

What he did, breaking the game seven points record and 50 points. And what a great series that was. And excited to see, you know, the NBA is better when the stars are playing and having the Lakers in it and the Knicks in it. And obviously the Golden State Warriors playing so good is great for the NBA, obviously great for the Radians. And I can't wait to see this seven-game series with L.A. and Golden State.

It's going to be pretty awesome. Yeah, you think they're definitely going to have that happen, the NBA? Yeah. They're excited about it. Is that what you're saying? I think there is. That feels like one of the easiest projections of all time. And also, not only the NBA.

You think LeBron or Stafford are going to budge an inch? No way. No way. Draymond. No way. Uh-oh. Won't let it happen. Hey, they told Dylan Brooks, you're not being brought back to the Grizzlies ever.

Under any circumstances. Under any circumstances. You know, they kind of poked the bear there a little bit. That's what happens to, like, you guys that get up into the goat conversation. They're like, don't piss him off. Listen, we just need to not piss him off. Happened to Bron Bron. Happened to Bron Bron here.

Yeah, there's some guys, you know, like LeBron, there's not a whole lot you can say to him because he's done it all. The same thing with Steph. You start talking a little bit crazy, you're asking for a clutch performance. Now, Braun, you know, I mean, he might score 50 this series. He hasn't scored 50 in a while, I don't think, but he dominates in other ways ball control passing rebounding both ends you're watching them like blocking shots on

one end starting to break and seems like their team has really come together after the trade and then with the warriors you know getting uh getting wiggins back was obviously huge and then the way that uh cave on looney i'm sure you're a big fan of fact. Dog. 22 rebounds. By the way, you know who our punter is, right? Oh. Loves you. Thomas Morstead.

Yeah. He's a dog. He's a big McAfee fan. He taught me how to punt my rookie year. That's what he said. That's what he said. He helped you. He didn't say he taught you.

He said he helped you. Well, I'll fix what he said. He taught me how to punt. I had no idea. He figured it out, which led to Tim Mastay being your guys' punter. Hey, he's got some pipes on him, too. Good boy. He enjoys working out.

Bro, he'll do these hanging things in the rack where he'll just post them. And I'm like, hey, you don't have to do like 100 of those. People do like 20 of those for like an exercise. He's doing like 100. He's become an absolute. He's just post them. And I'm like, hey, you don't have to do like 100 of those. Like people do like 20 of those for like an exercise. He's doing like 100. He's become an absolute. He was just a nerd. Like he was a long-legged, super intelligent, could bomb balls like nerd. And then he started working out.

He's a specimen, Aaron. Thomas Morstead. How's our you, pal? He said that you back then were talking about parlaying your career into a WWE career. He said he talked about it way back when. Look at us now. It's pretty impressive. Pretty impressive.

You're manifesting things. Look at you. Hell yeah. You just got to say it publicly. 36 years gone. You just manifested your whole life, man. I'm an old man. I'm an old man now, and I'm lucky to have people like you inside of it.

I appreciate you so, so much. And thank you for stopping by, brother. Keep killing it in New York happy birthday buddy let me know next time you want me to come on I miss you guys we miss you too man Aaron Rodgers

I was about to win some money for some people here but let's answer some phone calls and then let's get out of here I've got a big night ahead with my bride and my dog. You guys watching Avatar? What's that? You guys watching Avatar?

Oh, smart. Maybe we finish Avatar. Oh, yeah. Run it back and just watch Top Gun for the third day in a row. Yeah, you should do that. Two nights in a row. Yeah. I've got the last 40 minutes of Top Gun Maverick.

Just understand. Oh, good story to get here. Boom. Super serious. Super emotional. Great story to get here. Boom. Super serious. Super emotional. Great story has been built. Pop in with 40 minutes left. Yeah.

And strap up. Yeah. Think about buying a seatbelt and then actually on your couch putting on that fucking seatbelt. Fight's on, bro. Yep. It is awesome.

It's two different movies, too. You know, it's the mission. Then it's the, oh, fuckery. And then that's really, even watching 40 Minutes, you tear up a little bit. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Multiple times. There's a lot of different situations in that movie where you could get emotional, I feel like. Even in the last 40 minutes.

I mean, there is. So maybe you're right. What am I even thinking watching anything else? Run it back and again. Not broken. Don't fix it. Hey, Miles Tuller, good actor. Oh, yeah.

Great. You missed his shimmy, though, if you only watch the final 40 minutes. Yeah, you don't get the rooster shuffle. Anyways, the wife and I are probably going to watch that and some other stuff. You know, and just wait. Maybe the end of Avatar. Maybe. I mean, what's on tonight, sports-wise?

Lakers. Oh, I'll be watching LeBron and Steph. That'll be a preview. So everything will be leading up to. She'll fall asleep. Sheron and Steph That'll be a preview So everything will be Leading up to She'll fall asleep She is pregnant That game's at 10 So then I will

End my birthday with A gummy A couple yeah Bud Bud Just one Yeah we're gonna go To a state where it's legal

We're gonna drive Illinois for a night Yep that's right Got a house right on border I was gonna say Your house is right there So who cares Yeah we just gotta

Head right over there And uh Yeah it should be a great night. I thank you all for being so incredibly kind. Let's go to the phones and then let's get the hell out of here. 5RNG phone line has provided some incredible times on this particular program. It's made it onto TMZ, the 5RNG phone line. Just the other day, we had an incredible caller named Bob that led to a singing of a song that none of us had heard in probably 20, 30 years.

Long time. What will the 5 Energy phone line bring today? Trent! In. He spelled Oklahoma O-A-K. Sweet. Oklahoma. What's going on, pal?

Sound it out. Hey, I'm in Stillwater. Shout out, Oklahoma State. Shout out. Hey, go Pokes. Hey, go Pokes. Yep, go Pokes. Go Pokes. Go Pokes.

Hey, I got two things for you guys. Okay. So my buddy's 21st birthday is tonight. Hell yeah. So smash a few whiskeys. All right. Can I get a birthday, Jake? I don't want to feel a shine from you, Pat.

All right. Yeah, so this is an interesting situation because I have a big time can't be doing shout outs to people on the thing because then that's what every single call turns into but it is a birthday shout out and is my birthday and he said don't want to take the shine away from you it's an interesting this guy really put me in a in a yeah i will say happy birthday to this particular guy happy birthday to to Jake. Over there in Stillwater. Turn 21.

Mix in some waters. That's right. Have the time of your life, pal. And some boobs. We're pumped for you. Sure. Can't have calls becoming shout-outs to other people, though. You will get run.

Quickly. But because it was a birthday, and it is a birthday, it's a good day. It's a good day. Happy birthday, Jake. Happy birthday, Jake. Did not see that coming from Oak, Oklahoma. Yeah, OAK.. It's a good day. Happy birthday, Jake. Happy birthday, Jake. Did not see that coming from Oak, Oklahoma. Yeah, OAK. Mitt knew something was awry.

Let's go to Justin in Connecticut, the great state. What's going on, pal? Hey, fellas. How you doing? Keep it moving. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hey, Pat. So we share a birthday today, so I want to wish you a happy birthday. The guy before me ruined for the shout-out, but it's all good. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you, pal.

I didn't know it was your birthday. It's my birthday, too. Happy birthday. I appreciate it. It's not my birthday. One other thing. I got a question for Roper, but before, I just want to say, very looking much forward to the type of dad that you're going to be. I'm very happy for you and the wife.

Thank you. Looking forward to that. Very good. And you're going to be a fantastic dad. Hell yeah. I hope so. Roper, wanted to quickly talk about Rangers-Devils. What the fuck happened to the Rangers?

You know, first two games, put the beat down on the Devils, and then completely turned it around. What did the Devils do to neutralize the Rangers and basically kick their ass for the rest of the series? Yeah. Oh. Oh, no. Baby.

Hey. Oh, baby. We had a little... Mike, come. Hey. Oh, baby. We had a little. Mike, come grab the real one, Mike. Oh, my God. Hey, get Mike over here. Y'all could have seen that dude face over there with the hair. It was the right one.

It was the right one. Oh, my God. It was the right cup. Oh, shit. Baby, Lordo. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Lordo's child has been murdered.

It was such a good birthday. Oh, no. Still a good birthday. Still a good birthday. been murdered. It was such a good birthday. Oh, no. Still a good birthday. Still a good birthday. Still a good birthday. Still a good birthday. Oh, my God. He's over there.

What the hell kind of throw was that? I think he held on to it because I looked away probably. Yeah, bingo. It's classic miscommunication. It was. Hey, we still had a reception. Yeah. Still made a catch.

Yeah, still a catch. Capitation. There it is. Jeez. Hey, Lordo. Get a glue gun or something. Oh, nice. Reception yeah, still made a catch Capitation there it is Get a glue gun or something Snaps right on such a big hole still baby child. Yeah, what a moment jeez There you go sick taps on that one Like shit his pants as it should you should see what I did you saw a silver thing breaking in two pieces

You know what it was coming from. Could you imagine his eyes? That's a little smaller than What the hell? He was ducking like he was getting punched. I started, my mouth started sweating. Yeah. As it was all kind of like happening, you know. Yeah. I could do anything but sit and watch as it just kind of took place.

Hey, I think on that one we gotta have better communication. My fault too. Well, I mean, I went to go take the earbuds out to just go hand it to Ruppert or toss it to him. And then you said, no, give it to me. And then you looked at Ruppert. Well, that's because they said he's mic'd up. So as soon as I saw that, I didn't even. Then I look away.

We're in a scene there. Microphone's already headed towards Lordo. Direct shot towards Lordo. What a moment moment i couldn't even imagine from your angle i know that's a that's an odd object to throw too it you know very top heavy tough control balls we're gonna need it though we're gonna need it so it was not okay no yeah everything's good baby lordo took a bullet for thank you baby lordo thank you lordo you never know what'll happen when the moment comes this Baby Lordo took a bullet for the big guy. Thank you, Baby Lordo.

Thank you, Lordo. You never know what will happen when the moment comes. This baby here showed up for OG. That's right. Hell yeah. Sorry, Mike. I do believe it was my arm that, boom, panged that thing. Oh, okay.

While I was catching, boom, pow, almost did it again. Right to the kisser. Because, you know, the got your number book. Right. Had that son of a bitch sitting high. Propped up. Chevy riding high. Yeah.

Baby. Baby Lordo was riding high, and I banged that thing. Yeah. Pretty good little bruise here, probably. Sorry about it, Mike. That's hockey. Sorry about it, Mike. Sorry, Mike. Mike, a new pair of pants.

Sorry about it, Mike. Sorry, Mike. Nothing touched Lordo, though, if it means anything. It was perfectly placed. It actually. I dodged it. That thing bent around you, almost. What a time. That's the type of aura, though. Yeah was perfectly placed. It actually – Dodged it. The thing bent around you almost. What a time.

That's the type of aura, though. Yeah, that's right. That Lorto gives off. And that's why the NHL playoffs are so damn good because people are willing to do anything to get close to this thing. Exactly right. And with that being said, Rangers just got cooked by the Devils. They did.

Oh, my God, Robert. Not good. Not good for anybody. No, it was – Hey, so I want to answer your question. I don't God, Robert. Not good. Not good for anybody. No, it was. Hey, so I want to answer your question. I don't know, man. This is where it gets tough because how much do you – you guys got me, right? Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Perfect. So I don't know how much you can give to – I don't want to discredit the Devils by saying that the Rangers kind of didn't show up for a few of the games. Oh, took a snooze. No, but I think that's due to the Devils, man. They were a buzzsaw. I mean, their speed is an issue.

It has been an issue for the Rangers. And I don't know. It just felt like that Rangers, when they live and die on that power play, when the power play is not clicking, it's lights out. And I give a ton of credit to the Devils. They earned that through and through. They were the better team throughout that series, without a doubt. I appreciate you wearing the bucket, Paul. Yeah. Always safe. We should put the bucket on the cup. It's that through and through. They were the better team throughout that series, without a doubt. I appreciate you wearing the bucket, Paul.

Always safe. We should put the bucket on the cup. Here's the replay. Let's see how close Lordo got. Here is the replay. Play. Yep, throw that thing. Oh, I'm going to look away immediately upon you throwing it. What's that? Oh, he's got a...

Oh, we're good. The delayed head of the cup flying over there is... I thought Lourdes was cracking there. I saw things moving. I like that you were praying to Joe. Yeah, well, Joe was looking out. Yeah. Because the Doppler had some storms ahead while it was all kind of...

And then the DiNardo-D Doppler clear skies for the beautiful time. Lord, I was not touched. I mean, Ty threw that thing like a floater in Rookie of the Year. That was unbelievable. I didn't even watch you there. Can we run that back one more game? Yeah, dude. Did you shot put it?

I don't know if I'm still on the line, but Ruppert, thank you. Justin, great call. We appreciate that. See, I was trying to say he's mic'd up. Nah, it was like a fucking off the pitch. It got there. Good pitch relationship. You made that pitch, Coach.

Yeah, hard step. Read the tackle. Make the pitch. All right, let's get out of here on this ridiculous Tuesday. There was a scooter gifted earlier by the boys. There was a Lordo presence. There was Peyton Manning. There was Aaron Rodgers. There was a scooter gifted earlier by the boys. There was a Lordo presence. There was Peyton Manning. There was Aaron Rodgers.

There was Michael Cole. There's been so many magical moments. My dog came out, my wife, my parents. Everything is really popping off on this Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023. Baby Lordo's head popped off. Everything's popping here on this beautiful Tuesday in the Thunderdome. Only one way to end it. That's right.

Let's give away some money. How about it? To do that, there's going to be Stanley Cup champion Mike Ruppert. Hell yeah. Come on, Ruppert. He's got a bucket on. Obviously, this man won a cup with the Devils, played with the Rangers and the Pittsburgh Penguins. I assume other teams as well.

I should know that. I'm a bad person. He hosts that talky talk with Nick Morado and Gumpy every single Wednesday night. Has kept us informed on the NHL season all year. That's right. Now, if he makes one of these pickle balls into one of those holes right over there, we'll give 10 people $500. If he makes two of them, 20 people $500.

If he makes all three of his shots, 30 people $500 on this Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023. Let's go. Ruppers from Ohio. Let's go. Oh, he is mic'd up. We can hear a sweet shot. You can, too. Dangles, dangles. Top chop. What?

10 people, $500. That's all you need. Do I have to go a different one or the same one? You tell me, hot shot. I I got to go a different one or same one? You tell me, hot shot. I like to go the same one. Go ahead. Yeah, but a guy who maybe want to stay in the cup will probably go for all three. All right, fuck it. Let's go.

Just saying. It's for pasta. There you go. It's for pasta. You know what, Ruff? You know what, Ruff? Or the same. It's the same one, too. I'm calibrated to hit the net. That's the same I'm calibrated to hit the net

that's it not picking corners hey it doesn't matter I mean that's a win alright I'll go alright good effort alright 20 people $500

same hole though I mean yeah same hole had a full thing made 15 but 20 people $500 all you gotta do

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It has been a fantastic day. I'm thankful for everything and everybody. Honestly, every time you turn another year older, you should probably think about where you are, where you thought you would be, what the last year was like. And I've had some moments where I've been alone here on planes and in other situations. So I've had a lot of me time.

A lot of my thoughts. Thinking about what life is about to be like when my baby girl arrives in a few weeks alongside my beautifully pregnant wife right now. She's super pregnant. Yeah, she is. She's super, super pregnant wife right now. She's super pregnant. She's super, super pregnant. So beautiful. There's a human in there inside of her.

There's three of us in bed at night. Crazy. With the dogs. My life is going to change. I never thought I would be at this stage, honestly, either alive or in everything else that's going on. So I look back and I am so incredibly thankful for fucking every human that I going on. So I look back and I am so incredibly thankful for fucking every human that I've ever encountered.

I feel like I have good relationships in every single stage of my life, every single chapter of my life, every single city of my life. I have people that have reached out to me today to send me a lot of love and everything like that. It has been so dumb. I am very, very grateful

that I get to live the dumbest life of all time. I have no idea why I get to do it. I'm very thankful that I have a crew of people around me that are the best in the world at what they do, the coolest people in the world. But this next year, I'm really going to try, you know, to enjoy every moment. Hell yeah. I think that is what I've always thought about. I like to be where my feet are. I like to enjoy life when I'm at things.

I try not to have my phone out, which is weird because I'm a content creator on my phone normally, so it's an interesting dilemma. But I think if I could say anything to a younger version of me as a 36-year-old fucking human now, which is so old, dude, it would just be like, let's enjoy this shit. You know? Could die literally at any time.

We have no clue what's coming tomorrow. I just want to try to keep enjoying it and I'm thankful that everybody's allowing me to do as such. You all are the greatest humans on earth. We'll be back tomorrow with a much better show than the shit it was today. Okay? Too many happy birthdays, too many celebrations. The guests were fantastic.

But know that I love you all, I'm thankful for you all and I'll see you tomorrow be a friend, tell a friend something nice goodbye