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Speaker 1:
[00:00] You are listening to The Dan Patrick Show on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2:
[00:05] We did it. We made it to Pittsburgh. Got a great crowd here. We're at the distillery complex. We're in the shadows of downtown Pittsburgh. Everybody's here. This might be the best studio audience we've had this week.
Speaker 3:
[00:21] Wow.
Speaker 2:
[00:22] I'm going to guess.
Speaker 3:
[00:23] Wow, already?
Speaker 2:
[00:23] Go out on a limb and say might be the best studio audience here. Great guest list, Jerome Bettis. The bus will stop by momentarily. We'll talk to the number one pick in this year's draft, Fernando Mendoza, the great comedian. Frank Caliendo is in town. He text Fritzy last night, and Frank's going to hold off going to Cleveland for a couple hours to join us here a little bit later on. Gang's all here, the back row, Fritzy. Dylan wearing his Ravens hat.
Speaker 4:
[00:51] Backwards, though. So no one can see it.
Speaker 2:
[00:53] Except for the people behind you. All right.
Speaker 4:
[00:56] Hey, guys.
Speaker 2:
[00:58] Paulie's here, Marvin's here, Fritzy wearing the same thing he wore last night to dinner. I say, why don't you do that all week? The rest of the week, just wear that.
Speaker 3:
[01:07] I always overpack, so I decided to just wear exactly what I needed. And then all of a sudden, you were nice enough to take us out to dinner last night, which I didn't know about till I got to Pittsburgh. So now this had to be my outfit today and yesterday.
Speaker 2:
[01:17] Okay.
Speaker 3:
[01:18] That's all.
Speaker 2:
[01:18] All right. Somebody showed up with a suck at back row. And when you consider that we've had McLovin in the back row with you, we've had Seton in the back row. Now we have Dylan in the back row. So the one common denominator is you. So it's basically suck at Fritzy.
Speaker 3:
[01:34] It really is.
Speaker 2:
[01:35] Okay.
Speaker 3:
[01:35] That's fine.
Speaker 2:
[01:36] That's all right. So we're at the Distillery Complex in Pittsburgh all week long. Rooftop views, great food, cocktails, great cigar lounge, as I've sampled the last two nights. Yes, Paulie.
Speaker 5:
[01:47] This is one of the top five backdrops for this show that we may have ever had. We could see the whole skyline of Pittsburgh. I didn't know it was so expansive. The river is right behind us. There's actually guys doing gravel and trucking behind us.
Speaker 2:
[01:59] Yeah.
Speaker 5:
[01:59] Trains going by on the bridges. This is awesome.
Speaker 2:
[02:01] I mean, there's construction going on. I mean, this is Pittsburgh. They're working here. I like that. Trains going by. Beautiful backdrop here. Weather's supposed to be great if you're coming to the draft, of course, which will be outside. I don't know what the numbers are of how many people they expected, but it's probably a half a million that you would have coming in for the draft. All right, we have a poll question. Play of the day, stat of the day, stat of the day brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the program, and all our guests this week receive a gift bag provided by RecTech. Did you see the grills? The RecTech grills are fired up, and one of the chefs opened up one of the grills. Tomahawk Steaks in there. RecTech, Panini, Penske, and Dude Wipes, good morning if you're watching on Peacock. Thank you for downloading the app. We say good morning to our radio affiliates around the country. Let me run down some of the headlines here. NBA Playoffs, Sixers surprised the Celtics, the Blazers beat the Spurs, but Wembe got injured in the second period with a concussion. And Brian Windhorst of the mothership is going to join us top of next hour because I don't know what the concussion protocol is for the NBA as opposed to the NFL. The NFL you would say probably six days. I don't know what it is for the NBA. But the Spurs had the second best odds to win the NBA title behind OKC. Yes, Paulie.
Speaker 5:
[03:22] The NBA is a little murky compared to the NBA NFL. But if you're declared to have a concussion, the protocol is mandatory 48 hours, no activity. If you're declared to have a concussion. As of right now, I don't know if he's been declared to have a concussion.
Speaker 2:
[03:37] Well, he looked like he had something. He hit his head pretty hard. Lakers over the Rockets, Billy Donovan out for the Bulls. And there's mixed messages here of, did he won out, was he forced out? Is there another job that he might be in play for? Steve Kerr's situation with Golden State. It feels like, and it's felt like this for a couple of months for me, that he was done in Golden State. So we'll have Wemby, or I should say, we'll have Wendy here to talk about Wemby. What about the Wemby A? Can we change the name Wemby A?
Speaker 6:
[04:14] Love that. They need to.
Speaker 2:
[04:15] Yeah. Would it help if he didn't get hurt and they won last night and he had a big game, then I could have said that. Yes, Paul?
Speaker 5:
[04:20] I think Commissioner Silver would get a concussion to make Wemby healthy. They need him for TV ratings.
Speaker 2:
[04:25] First Hour brought to you by, well, Miller Lite. That's America. They've been around for 50 years. What, Paul?
Speaker 5:
[04:32] The bar is open, I heard.
Speaker 2:
[04:33] It is. Oh yeah, yeah, they said they were going to open up the bar. All right, see you guys. Yeah. No, no, you can't go. Draft Night isn't just about who gets called. It's about who shows up. So grab your crew, crack a Miller Lite, and for every big moment, Miller Lite, legendary moments start with a light beer. When we talk about the draft, there's usually a lot of names there, recognizable names, and there isn't much buzz here because we know Mendoza is going number one to the Raiders. And then after that, maybe the most interesting name is Jeremiah Love, maybe Ty Simpson, but other than that. But I go back to last year. There wasn't a lot of buzz other than Travis Hunter, and where was he going to go? Well, there was the Draft Day trade. He, of course, goes to Jacksonville. Cleveland gets some picks. And we thought, you know, boy, that could be a great deal for Cleveland because you get a defensive lineman from Michigan who played well this year, and then you're going to get a first-round pick from Jacksonville. And we thought that might be a top-10 pick. Now I think they're getting the 24th pick in the Draft, and now Jacksonville just said Travis Hunter is probably going to be a cornerback, predominately a cornerback. This is what I said from the beginning. My source said he's going to be a corner, and then you'll sprinkle him in with offensive packages. Well, it turned out it was the opposite there. But I'm trying to think if you're going to have a long career, do you want a long career as a defensive back or a wide receiver? And I think they're going to make him a full-time defensive back with the potential of being a first-team all-pro talent, where he wouldn't be a first-team. I think he's got the talent to be a wide receiver, but not a number one or number two wide receiver. Certainly not now, but DB-wise, he could step in and get ready to go. Also, when you think about the trades that have happened, the Eagles and the Chiefs and the Bills are the most active teams in the last 10 years. They're always trading up into the first round. Anywhere between five and nine first round picks were traded for 2022, 2023 and 2024. You go back to 2022, there were 18 picks traded before or during the draft. I don't know if you're gonna get that this year. I still think Jeremiah Love might be that guy that somebody takes a chance and goes up and he's not getting past five. I had somebody last night say, don't rule out the Giants if he's there at five. I went, okay, haven't the Giants done this before with Saquon Barkley and then he ended up with Philadelphia? Once again, this was what was said to me last night, that everybody thinks they got, you know, Scadaboo is their starting running back and I was told not so fast. He's a great guy to have for you as a change up. I don't know if he's Mike Alstott. Oh, how about that one?
Speaker 5:
[07:30] Nice, ref.
Speaker 6:
[07:31] I was going to say Peyton Hillis, but go ahead.
Speaker 2:
[07:33] Oh, okay. I'll give you that.
Speaker 4:
[07:34] Blue, blue.
Speaker 2:
[07:36] Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4:
[07:37] I was going to say it would be kind of perfect if Jeremiah Love went to the Giants, had a couple good years and then they ship him off to Philly.
Speaker 2:
[07:45] But it feels like the Giants are going to go defense. They're talking about Sonny Stiles. How did Ohio State not win the national title? Aren't they going to have five guys in the top 15 here?
Speaker 6:
[07:59] They're like Kentucky basketball.
Speaker 2:
[08:00] Yeah. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5:
[08:03] I did see, I was watching NFL Live yesterday and Orlovsky was talking about, they were debating whether you help Jackson Dart by taking two offensive players or defense players. He goes, you want to help him take two defensive players so he doesn't have to score 30 a game. That will help.
Speaker 2:
[08:17] Yeah. Or your field position is going to be a whole lot better for him. We could really help him by teaching him how to slide. I think that's where I would start. That doesn't cost you any draft picks there. But the Giants at five, I think, will be interesting. And then they have the 10th pick as well. But all signs indicate Jeremiah Love. Notre Dame running back would go to the Titans at four. I love him. I'm not afraid to take a running back that high. And I might look at this as a five year window. I don't want to be stupid like the Cowboys and re-sign Zeke Elliott. I got five years. I'm good. Then I move on. You know, unless it's somebody truly, truly special where it's a McCaffrey, that you go, that's a ten year guy at that position. But how they're being used now, there's so many more touches. It might not be carries, but it's touches. And if I can, you know, B. John Robinson is one of those guys where you say, we're just going to get the ball to him. And if that's Jeremiah Love, he's the one guy who can win a game single-handedly. It's not Fernando Mendoza. It's Jeremiah Love and he's a home run hitter. And I would I would swing for the fences with him. Yes, Paulie.
Speaker 5:
[09:28] Kansas City weirdly has the ninth pick of the draft. That means they're kind of out of the Jeremiah Love window. But could you see them making that jump four spots up and surrounding the back half of Mahomes career with that guy?
Speaker 2:
[09:40] No, because they got Walker from Seattle. They got their running back. You don't want to know. Kansas City is in a good place. They're going to be smart again. They'll draft well again. And they'll be back in the mix again. I also had odds. I don't know if you guys will find this surprising. Best odds to make the playoffs. Best NFL odds to make the playoffs. Just got this from DraftKings. Who do you think is number one on that list? Paul?
Speaker 5:
[10:09] The LA Rams?
Speaker 2:
[10:09] LA Rams. Third on the list. Marvin? The Lions? The Lions are fifth on the list. Todd?
Speaker 3:
[10:20] Seattle, running it back.
Speaker 2:
[10:22] Seattle, fourth on the list. Dylan?
Speaker 4:
[10:26] My Baltimore Ravens.
Speaker 7:
[10:28] Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop.
Speaker 2:
[10:29] Yep. The Ravens, number one, followed by the Bills, Rams, Seahawks, Lions, Chiefs, Patriots, Niners, Chargers. Steelers didn't make the list here. Yeah. Yeah, I know. Sorry about that. Speaking of the Patriots, Mike Vrabel had a press conference yesterday. Weren't allowed to ask any questions. But here's a little bit of what he had to say.
Speaker 8:
[10:57] I've had some difficult conversations with people that I care about, with my family, the organization, the coaches, the players. Those have been positive and productive. We believe in order to be successful on and off the field, you have to make good decisions. That includes me, that starts with me. We never want our actions to negatively affect the team. We never want to be the cause of a distraction. Those are comments and questions that I've answered for the team and with the team, we'll keep those private and to ourselves. Care deeply about this football team and I'm excited to coach them.
Speaker 2:
[11:31] You kept it vague and didn't have any questions being asked, but if you had one question, if you were allowed to have one question, what would you ask? Dylan, I'll start with you. What's the one question you would ask Mike Frabel?
Speaker 4:
[11:50] Was it worth it?
Speaker 2:
[11:51] Wow. Worth it.
Speaker 4:
[11:56] I did not.
Speaker 2:
[11:57] Okay. Todd, what would you ask?
Speaker 3:
[12:02] Was it your spouse or the other that hired the private investigator to get those shots right at the right moment hiding in the bushes with the zoom lens?
Speaker 2:
[12:07] Okay. All right. Kind of wordy, but okay.
Speaker 5:
[12:10] Paulie, did you and Diana Rossini conspire to lie initially when this investigation started?
Speaker 2:
[12:17] Okay. Marvin?
Speaker 6:
[12:19] How long has this alleged relationship been going on?
Speaker 2:
[12:22] Okay. How about, why did you have to have difficult discussions if nothing happened? I think we're doing okay here.
Speaker 6:
[12:33] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[12:34] We're almost like journalists or something.
Speaker 6:
[12:35] Almost.
Speaker 2:
[12:36] Yeah. Yeah. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4:
[12:38] To play devil's advocate a little bit, you could still have difficult conversations if someone thinks you did something and be like, I swear I didn't do it. That's still, your wife's probably going to be like, mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:
[12:48] No, it might be awkward, not difficult. All right. Like, the way they came together there, they've known each other. Now, I don't know if their wives and husbands know their relationship.
Speaker 5:
[13:03] They do now.
Speaker 2:
[13:04] They, yes. But this is one of those situations where moving forward, it didn't cost Mike Brable anything, you know, well, maybe at home, but, you know, it cost Diana Racini her job here because Mike didn't do anything that was a violation of any NFL policy. And Diana, if is guilty in this losing her job, it's almost, you know, the ethics of journalism were in play here.
Speaker 5:
[13:33] It's pretty classic move by the Patriots and Brable to give a vague statement, no questions, and then the next time he's up in front of the podium, he could say, this was already addressed. We've already addressed this, isn't that the move?
Speaker 2:
[13:44] Well, if you're dealing with friendly fire locally, I don't know how many of those reporters are going to go, hey, this is where you get a news reporter who comes in, a rogue reporter, and then they want to ask questions. But you could say to Mike, no, you didn't really answer anything here, but I would feel like if this was a Super Bowl and Mike Vrabel was in front of the media, then you're going to get more questions asked. But you're going to have PR saying, hey, we've answered this, we're not going to answer it anymore. Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 6:
[14:19] The funny thing about the Patriots is they're as well known for their scandals as they are for winning Super Bowls.
Speaker 2:
[14:25] Look at you on fire today.
Speaker 6:
[14:27] Come on, I'm in Pittsburgh. Come on, I'm here.
Speaker 2:
[14:29] Okay, let's go. Wearing a Montreal Expos hat.
Speaker 6:
[14:33] I need to wear a shirt that says, I like the hat, not the team. Because somebody's like, oh, Expos? Yeah, I love Moises Alou. I swear.
Speaker 2:
[14:41] Moises Alou.
Speaker 6:
[14:44] I didn't bring my hat. I had to bring my Pittsburgh hat and Fritz is giving me trouble about it.
Speaker 2:
[14:48] Why don't you pick up one here? By the way, you know what I love? There's a lot of things to love about Pittsburgh. But I love that their colors for all their teams are the same. So I could go to a Pirates game and wear a Steeler jersey or Penguins. Now is there any other team, any other city, where all the colors with their teams are the same? Yes Todd?
Speaker 3:
[15:11] Not all, but Mets, Nixon, I wonder if they have that blue and orange, but obviously it's not every team, but that comes to mind as like a second place kind of finish.
Speaker 2:
[15:17] By the way, the Mets just lost again. Twelve in a row. That's twelve in a row.
Speaker 4:
[15:20] What are you doing? They're just getting started.
Speaker 2:
[15:23] Okay, but this is what's going to happen. Mark my words. We're going to be late August and all of a sudden here come the Mets. Now it won't be enough, but it will be just enough where you go, where were you earlier in the season? It's going to happen. Yeah. Yes, Pauli.
Speaker 5:
[15:37] Do you think there's a bit of a gentleman's agreement between all the owners in Pittsburgh who never go rogue? Or is it an official agreement?
Speaker 2:
[15:46] Oh, I don't know. But you know, they've been around a long, long, long time. It's not like they're the mammoth. By the way, my mammoth won last night.
Speaker 5:
[15:55] My mammoth.
Speaker 4:
[15:56] They're still the Utah Hockey Club to me.
Speaker 2:
[15:58] I know. You're not going down without a fight with that. The mammoth. Yes, Todd.
Speaker 3:
[16:05] I think the black and yellow thing is a big coincidence. Like when women show up to a party and they're wearing the exact same dress, they all just showed up the same day. Really? I guess they were all wearing black and yellow today and they just stuck with it. How do you think you're doing today?
Speaker 2:
[16:16] I don't know. Like you got silence in the audience.
Speaker 3:
[16:22] Which actually is worse than like getting booed and having stuff thrown at you.
Speaker 2:
[16:25] Yes. But you'll get that too.
Speaker 3:
[16:27] I will get it.
Speaker 2:
[16:27] Yeah, you will.
Speaker 3:
[16:28] I thought the dude wipes out.
Speaker 2:
[16:29] All right. Let me take a break. Dylan's going to come up with a poll question. We'll get to phone calls. Best and worst of the week. We're full. Tyler, sitting by, he'll take your phone calls. Right now we got a full slate of phone calls. We'll get to those. Best and worst of the weekend. It's a great start, great city. It's beautiful here today. Sunny, we're at the Distillery Complex in Pittsburgh for the draft. Jerome Bettis will join us next year. Dan Patrick Show.
Speaker 1:
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Speaker 2:
[17:34] Betta's set to join us. I mentioned this last week that, you know, people in Pittsburgh aren't quite sure what's going to happen. I feel like Aaron Rodgers is going to play again. And then I have a source who actually works at the Polo Lounge and said that on April 1st, Aaron Rodgers came in with a hoodie. The hoodie was over his head, and he met with Mike McCarthy. And I'm going to guess it wasn't just socially, but probably planned that they would be, oh, hey, we're both at the Polo Lounge singing show tunes. Hi, Mike. But from what I was told, they came in and Aaron came in, had his hoodie on, met with Mike McCarthy. I'm assuming that he is going to be coming back. And, but it still goes back to what we said before. You're kind of kicking the can down the road here. You got to have stability of all the positions in all the sports. It's the most important one and having continuity. And here's Pittsburgh in this situation again with Aaron Rodgers. And Rodgers had good numbers. But you know, if you're a Pittsburgh fan, nine and eight, I mean, how many nine and eights can you take? I mean, do you feel like a contender if you're nine and eight? I'll ask the Pittsburgh fans here.
Speaker 5:
[18:51] The communal grown.
Speaker 2:
[18:52] Would you rather be bad to get better or stay at nine and eight? So you're cheering for badness to get better. Is that right? Okay. All right. It wasn't like full throated that they were like, yeah, let's be crappy so we can be better. But if you're stuck in that nine and eight, you're not really going to get that draft pick. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5:
[19:16] Yeah, they had the 21st pick of the draft at Steelers as of now.
Speaker 2:
[19:19] Yeah. And I don't know if they trade up, but you still hear this with Ty Simpson be in play depending on where. I wouldn't take him in the first round. But if I can get him maybe in the second round, there's going to be a couple of teams. I still think Arizona and the Jets are going to be interested in Ty Simpson. I still think that. Yes, Martin.
Speaker 6:
[19:39] It feels like the Steelers are going to reach for Ty Simpson like they did Kenny Pickett.
Speaker 2:
[19:42] Oh.
Speaker 6:
[19:42] Like, you know what? We just got to pick a quarterback of some sort.
Speaker 2:
[19:46] Yeah, but you don't have to. That's the problem.
Speaker 6:
[19:48] Well, I know you don't have to, but I'm...
Speaker 2:
[19:51] Every year we say this where somebody, you'll go, you guys wait all year, patience. Don't reach. And the one position we reach is the quarterback. And if you go back to last year, you can't find Fernando Mendoza's name on a mock draft. Nowhere. And now he's going to be the number one pick in the draft. Next year's draft class is always the best draft class. It's like, man, wait till next year. Okay, here we are next year and there's one quarterback. Yes, Paul?
Speaker 5:
[20:21] I had the early mock draft from this time last year. It's Arch Manning, Caleb Nussmeyer, the LSU quarterback, Club Nick from Clemson, Lenora Sellers from South Carolina. Those are the top four picks. None of them are around the top four.
Speaker 2:
[20:35] Yeah. Well, wait till next year, though. Wait till next year's draft. All right, he's Jerome Bettis, Hall of Famer, won a Super Bowl with the Steelers. He's got a welcome party in town called the Inside the Draft Community on the Clot to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of America's Cyberbus, traveling all across western Pennsylvania. I want to know if he's gone through intercourse Pennsylvania. Like, I have. Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation Initiative. Lee, say hello to the bus. Let's see. Have you traveled through Intercourse, Pennsylvania?
Speaker 9:
[21:25] I can't say that I have.
Speaker 2:
[21:26] Oh, yeah, I was in Lancaster last weekend, and then my son said, have you been to Intercourse? And I said, that's inappropriate. He goes, no. I mean, I have four kids, but still, it's kind of personal. But yeah, I was told about Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
Speaker 9:
[21:44] Yeah. No, I haven't been there.
Speaker 2:
[21:45] Okay. All right. It's good to see you. You too. I was wondering if you would stay to St. Louis Ram. Okay. What kind of career do you think you would have had?
Speaker 9:
[21:54] Oh, that's a great one. I don't think it's good for sure. I think I wasn't built for the type of offense that they wanted to have. So, it would have been a square. Trying to stick it into that round hole just wouldn't work. I was built for Pittsburgh. So, in St. Louis, it was just a struggle to find my way. It was just difficult. Now, with the old regime, Chuck Knox, when he was there, he was ground chuck. So, it fit perfect and it was great. But when they changed over, everything changed.
Speaker 2:
[22:42] But you looked faster in the Rams uniform than you did the Steelers uniform, Bussy. I was going to say, you looked more powerful, but you looked a little slower.
Speaker 9:
[22:54] But that's okay. It was the offense. The offense was designed to be a pounding offense. It wasn't designed for me to run 40, 50 yards. I mean, I did some of that.
Speaker 3:
[23:06] You just didn't see it.
Speaker 9:
[23:07] You missed those games.
Speaker 2:
[23:08] Were you allowed to ask for the ball in the huddle?
Speaker 9:
[23:12] No, they don't give me the ball.
Speaker 2:
[23:13] Oh, okay.
Speaker 9:
[23:15] I didn't have to ask for it.
Speaker 2:
[23:17] I didn't know if there'd be a goal line thing.
Speaker 9:
[23:19] No, no, no. What you had to understand was Bill Cower, he wanted to run the football and play great defense. And he wasn't about throwing the football all over the place. So I didn't have to really worry about getting the football. I knew I was going to get it 20, 30 times. If I was upright and I was still breathing, I was getting the ball. So I didn't have to worry about, hey man, I need the ball more. Now, later in my career, when they started throwing a little bit more, I started kind of looking around like, hey guys, what are we doing? Third and one, and there was, I'll never forget it, I was pissed one time. There was a third and one, and we were playing, I think Jacksonville or somebody. They didn't give me the ball, and then they fumbled, the quarterback fumbled the ball, and I was so mad because you should have gave me the ball, I would have gotten the first down, and we would have kept going. They tried to do something cute, turn the football over, and we lost the game, and I was irate in the locker room.
Speaker 2:
[24:31] How would you have felt if you were Marshawn Lynch at the one-yard line in the Super Bowl? You just ran for five, Hightower has a great tackle, you almost score, the Super Bowl can be in your hands, and you get in the huddle, and you hear Russell Wilson call that play.
Speaker 9:
[24:52] Yeah, that one would have hurt. That one would have hurt, because at that point, you're like, this is the biggest moment. What are we doing?
Speaker 2:
[25:02] You couldn't have said anything. Would you have said something?
Speaker 9:
[25:05] I couldn't have said anything because it was so fast. You get the call. You want to look out of the huddle like, but if you do, you tell him the defense. He's pissed.
Speaker 2:
[25:19] It wouldn't have mattered. Marshawn Lynch could have said, I'm going to get it, and I'm coming right there.
Speaker 9:
[25:25] Oh, but still, you hit a call, you're like... Right? And so, because he, you know, that was awful, right? From a running back perspective, it was awful. And the thing is, you prepare for situations like that. We'll make a call that really dictates, hey, we're going to try to get two plays out of this. So that means we're going to run, but we're going to run, and that means we got to get back to the huddle, get back to the line of scrimmage, and we're going to run a second play. So you have those moments, you're prepared for that. So all you had to do is make that call, and you go right into that sequence. And for them not to do something like that, it was disappointing. And then to see the play happen, then everybody melts, and you're like, oh my God, you just can't believe it. And that's the moment you want to go choke.
Speaker 2:
[26:26] Your offensive coordinator. Your offensive coordinator, yes.
Speaker 9:
[26:28] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[26:29] Daryl Bevel. Jerome Bettis, Hall of Famer, joining us on the program. Here we are again, kicking the can down the road with the quarterbacking situation.
Speaker 9:
[26:36] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[26:38] What do you think is going to happen?
Speaker 9:
[26:42] I think they're going to, they're going to, I think Aaron Rodgers is going to come back, and they'll have a fairly successful season.
Speaker 2:
[26:54] Like nine and eight?
Speaker 9:
[26:56] I'm hoping for more than that. I think the plan is for more than that.
Speaker 2:
[27:02] I would hope it would be. You know what? We just want to be nine and eight this year.
Speaker 9:
[27:06] No, I believe the logic is Aaron Rodgers gives them the best chance for success, right? And have an opportunity to get to the playoffs. Once you get to the playoffs, anything can happen, right?
Speaker 2:
[27:21] Usually a first round exit, though.
Speaker 9:
[27:24] Well, it's been that way for a while, unfortunately. And you hope that you go deeper in and you have an opportunity to play for a championship. That's the plan. I think, though, if it does not come to fruition, then you have to put together a package and have a plan that you're going to say, you know what, we're going to have to give up some assets, right? And the Steelers historically have not been willing to trade, make these big trades. They've done it in the past, but not in a big way, to go and get a player. They're going to have to package maybe two first round picks or something like that and go and get a quarterback in the draft so that they can rebuild. Now, you know, this is not the year, obviously, I heard you talking about that earlier.
Speaker 2:
[28:22] Yeah, but Pittsburgh doesn't rebuild.
Speaker 9:
[28:24] That's right.
Speaker 2:
[28:25] But should Pittsburgh rebuild?
Speaker 9:
[28:28] Here's the problem. We don't believe in tanking, right? That's not that's not in the vocabulary in this in this town. So because that's not the case, you've got to do other things, right? And that means you're going to have to mortgage the future to a degree in the sense that maybe it's two first round picks to go and get in position to get one of the quarterbacks in next year's draft. But you cannot keep doing what we're doing in the sense that not addressing that position. You need a 10 to 15 year starter in that position. In order for your organization to really flourish.
Speaker 2:
[29:16] When's the last time a fan wanted to tackle you?
Speaker 9:
[29:21] Well it's funny. I have some friends, one of my friends Pickle, just funny. We were just on the golf course and he kind of ran at me and I told him, I said, you don't want me to have a flashback. You don't want me to have a flashback. But yeah, it was so funny. It shocked me. He went low and I'm like, I just, that shoulder, it can happen real quick. Go to sleep.
Speaker 2:
[29:53] Did you knock out players?
Speaker 9:
[29:54] I did. I didn't. You don't realize it until afterwards and guys tell you, man, you knocked our guy out. We stuck him off the field, we dragged him off the field. The thing is, they didn't want me to know that I was punishing their guys like that. So I turned my back, they're dragging them, picking them up, doing all the things they have to do to make sure they don't, because once I get going and I start dancing and bouncing, they're like, oh, we don't want them to dance. So they made sure that guys would hide it. And then they go over there and fall out a little bit.
Speaker 2:
[30:35] But could you imagine like Derrick Henry having that size but that speed? Yeah. I mean, that's not fair.
Speaker 9:
[30:42] It's not, it's not. And the game is changing because now they're going to a faster, smaller player, right? And then the defensive tackles are smaller guys, right? And the linebackers are smaller guys. So all of a sudden, now you got this big 250 pound running back and he's got it ahead of steam, who's going to stop him, right? And it is unfair to a degree because somebody's going to get hurt. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5:
[31:08] Bussie, whenever we have Brian Erlacher on, Dan will go, I got to ask you about this play. He goes, is it the Brady play or is it the Jerome Bettis play? Which one are you going to ask me about?
Speaker 9:
[31:18] I hate that for him, that it's a play that he's got to remember. Unfortunately, at the goal line, yeah, it was a play. We call it the play.
Speaker 2:
[31:35] Oh, you do?
Speaker 9:
[31:36] He doesn't.
Speaker 10:
[31:37] No, he doesn't want the play.
Speaker 9:
[31:39] So the funny part about that play is they've got a picture, and I signed this picture with me running them over, and he won't sign it. But it's the most popular picture you can imagine. So everybody's getting me to sign it, and everybody wants him to sign it, and he won't sign it. I think he's going to cave pretty soon to start signing.
Speaker 2:
[32:02] Okay, but is it Bo Jackson when he's at the goal line with Ryan Bosworth?
Speaker 9:
[32:10] Is it that bad?
Speaker 2:
[32:11] Yeah.
Speaker 9:
[32:13] Unfortunately, it is, because he's, you know, you're like this, going backwards, you know? And the funny part about that is, we, I went in the locker room after that game and we traded shoes. So he has the shoes, the cleats.
Speaker 2:
[32:28] Were those shoes on his chest, though, that you stepped on him?
Speaker 9:
[32:31] He can match them up. I'm just joking. I'm just joking. I'm just joking. I'm just joking. He's going to kill me.
Speaker 2:
[32:38] Inside the draft, community on the clock. So you got to party. You want to get details on that?
Speaker 9:
[32:44] It's an event that we're doing and really showcasing the players, because a lot of times, obviously, we get a bad rap about what's going on. So we've got a couple, man of the year, Cam Hayward is coming, Thomas Davis, he'll be there. And we'll have a couple local guys that have done tremendous work in the community. And really want to showcase what it's all about. And we're going to have some young guys, some high school players, some of the top high school players in the state, and some potential draft picks there in the building. And we just want to show the meaning of service, what it is to be of service in your community, and what that actually looks like, and how the benefits happen. And so this is all going to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania. So that's what this is all about. We want to try to take a little bit of time to be of service and to show what that actually looks like.
Speaker 2:
[33:47] Yeah, we were on Celebrity Family Feud, and I was playing for the Boys and Girls Club of Milford, Connecticut, and ended up winning. And they're all watching as you're winning $25,000 for them. So we've, my wife and I have been active with Boys and Girls Club for a long, long time. So it's great to see you as always. Thanks for sharing. And Jerome Bettis, everybody. Let's take a break. Play of the Day, up next, The Dan Patrick Show.
Speaker 1:
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Speaker 8:
[34:31] This is crazy. I can't believe it.
Speaker 1:
[34:33] From the picks to the breakdowns. Weird covering all of it.
Speaker 10:
[34:37] Because in the NFL, I put myself in a position to be here.
Speaker 1:
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Speaker 6:
[34:55] That's what I'm doing for a man.
Speaker 1:
[34:56] On Fox Sports Radio. The play of the day.
Speaker 10:
[35:08] Check this out. Turns it back on. Doubleday puts it up. Spinning lap gun. A remarkable shot. And Maxey bellows to the Boston crowd. Right in front of the Celtics man, and one of his old mentors, Sam Gesell. Maxey with a spinning reverse and a foul. And that should do it. The Sixers have taken a 15 point lead.
Speaker 2:
[35:30] Sixers over the Celtics, that's courtesy of the Sixers Radio Network. Tyrese Maxey went for 29 and nine assists. VJ Edgcombe added 30 and 10 rebounds. Sixers win without Joel Embiid for the fifth consecutive game. It's a meat Wednesday. We brought our Rectech Grills here. So it's reverse seared tomahawks with truffle butter, maple brined pork tenderloin sliders with peach barbecue sauce, sweet potato pie hash, ribeye steaks. Who has it better than we do?
Speaker 10:
[36:06] Nobody!
Speaker 2:
[36:08] All our meat this week provided by Heartland Steak Co. Great stuff there with the Rectech Grills. Let me see. What, Pauli?
Speaker 5:
[36:19] Great to have better. Every time we have Jerome Bettis on set, I think to myself, why would you ever want to tackle that?
Speaker 2:
[36:26] Well, you get paid to tackle him. It's not one of those you're on the street and you got an option of do I or don't I?
Speaker 5:
[36:32] But it's like I could see defensive backs going, no.
Speaker 2:
[36:35] Oh, you make a business decision on some of these guys. I remember Leonard Fornette when he was in college. And I remember there were guys making business decisions that they were not going to try to tackle him. They were going to give effort, but they were not, they were just going to be slow enough to not get him. Or he'd be just fast enough that I couldn't get him. Yes, Marv.
Speaker 6:
[36:57] There's no NIL back then, so there's no way I'm tackling him. You mean for free?
Speaker 7:
[37:01] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[37:02] Chris in Syracuse leads us off. Hi, Chris. What's on your mind? Best and worst of the weekend.
Speaker 7:
[37:07] Hey, thanks. Yeah, I actually got a couple of comments on the draft and a comment on the great city of Pittsburgh. Yeah, I wonder with only eight minutes on the clock between picks in the first round, if some teams are going to be forced to make some trades before they go on the clock. And Chase Daniels on The Dan Patrick Show talked about this. I wonder as the draft approaches, since the Vikings have Kyle Murray and Carson Wentz, both in the fold, if maybe they may try to move off of JJ. McCarthy if any teams are interested and willing to give up a low round draft pick for a quarterback still on a rookie contract. And Dan, you guys are in one of the greatest cities in sports. And when I think of Pittsburgh, I think of maybe its greatest and worst moments in sports eight days apart. The Immaculate Reception and I don't know if you were interviewing him, Dan, but I remember Franco was asked once, why the heck were you all the way down the field where Frenchie got hit? And he said, two words I got for you, Joe Paterno, he taught us run to wherever the ball is. That's where you go, whether in offensive linemen or whoever. And that's really the only reason he was in a position to make that play. And then only eight days later, the worst moment in Pittsburgh sports history when for a lot of us, Kurt Gowdy during the Rose Bowl informed us that Roberto Clemente had perished at seeing a plane crash. I was only nine, but I remember that like it was yesterday.
Speaker 2:
[38:25] Yeah, I remember his 3000th hit. I believe it was a double off John Matlack, the Mets left-handed pitcher, but he died with 3000 hits. Tony Dungy will always tell me the story that Franco in practice and Tony was a defensive back for the Steelers. And he said that Franco would run out every play all the way to the goal line. So if he had a run against the defense in scrimmage, he'd run all the way to the goal line. He ran every play out and because of that, the greatest play in Pittsburgh history was because Franco or one of the greatest plays. San Antonio Homes, that won a Super Bowl. That's a more important, it's not iconic, but important because that throw, that catch won you a Super Bowl. Steelers didn't win the Super Bowl. Yeah, Paul.
Speaker 5:
[39:19] Yeah, this is very semantics-esque here. If you said the most legendary play in Steelers history, Immaculate Reception, hands down, but important, it has to be Super Bowl.
Speaker 2:
[39:28] Yeah, you won the Super Bowl. I still don't know why Ben wasn't the MVP. Like just that two minute drill, it was unbelievable to watch what he was doing. And I've said this before, I'm with Steve Young on the sidelines because I'm going to be up on the podium handing out the trophy. Steve Young's just on the sidelines and he's doing kind of play-by-play in color of Ben moving the Steelers down the field. So through the eyes of one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, watching Ben, still one of my favorite moments I've ever had in my career. Yes, Mark.
Speaker 6:
[40:00] And probably the second greatest play, second greatest defensive play in Super Bowl history, the James Harrison interception in the same exact game.
Speaker 2:
[40:08] Doesn't get enough credit because it was at the end of the first half. I mean, Malcolm Butler won the Super Bowl with his defensive play. Hattie in Pittsburgh. Good morning, Hattie.
Speaker 11:
[40:20] Good morning, Dan. Five, six. And I just had a baby a month ago, so I won't be sharing my weight this morning. I'm here with my newborn, Hanley, and my husband is in the audience. And he texted me this morning that he was standing in line with a woman who planned to go to the show with her husband, who he unfortunately passed away a couple of months ago. So I just wanted to say thank you for bringing so many families together and so many people together and just keep doing what you're doing. We love it. Please don't retire.
Speaker 2:
[40:52] I hear Hanley in the background.
Speaker 11:
[40:55] Yes. Yes.
Speaker 2:
[40:57] Okay. Well, thank you for calling. Very sweet of you to call. Yes, Paulie.
Speaker 5:
[41:01] I met a few kids in the back who are not going to school today. Excuse the absence. I thought they were closing schools tomorrow, not today.
Speaker 2:
[41:08] I will sign a note if you want to give it to your teacher or your principal. Now, I will. I will do that for you. That you'll have a note for me in excused absence. Dylan, do we have poll questions today?
Speaker 4:
[41:24] We do, Dan. Paul actually sent me a couple of juicy ones, and I'm going to start with the juicier too.
Speaker 2:
[41:31] Do we have time? We don't have time. It's teasable after the break. Yeah. Brian Windhorst will join us. We'll talk about the Steve Kerr future, the concussion with Wembe, Billy Donovan's future as well, a little bit of NBA. Fernando Mendoza will join us as well. Final hour, the great comedian Frank Caliendo. One hour in the books in this great city of Pittsburgh. We're back after this.