On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys recap being live on the sidelines from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena yesterday to watch Michigan defeat Alabama in overtime to earn a spot in the National Championship, as well as Washington’s massive win over Texas to cement their spot in the National Championship as well, before overreacting to everything that happened in a crazy week 17 of the NFL season and looking at all the different playoff scenarios going into the last week of the season before going around the internet and checking in on some of the overreactions from different fan bases around the league. Joining the progrum to chat about Jim Harbaugh restoring Michigan to greatness, if he’s likely headed to the NFL after this season, and some of the biggest injury news around the league as we head into week 18 is ESPN NFL Senior Insider and Michigan man, Adam Schefter (31:43-56:22). Next, 4x NFL MVP, Super Bowl Champion/MVP, and Quarterback of the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers chats about 2023 as a whole, his thoughts on resting players when teams have already clinched a playoff berth, what he thinks about the whole Russell Wilson situation, the whole reporting eligible scandal in the Lions/Cowboys game, and much more (1:04:24-2:10:13). Next, rookie WR sensation for the Los Angeles Rams, 5th round pick out of BYU, Puka Nacua joins the show to chat about his historic rookie season, his relationship with Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, and Sean McVay, what the locker room in LA is like, his thoughts on soaking, and much more (2:12:08-2:27:06). Later, 12 year NFL veteran at QB, ESPN NFL QB guru and co-host of NFL Live, Dan Orlovsky joins the show to chat about smelling Molly Qerim’s shoe on the First Take this morning, Mason Rudolph and the Steelers chances in the playoffs, what’s going on with the Eagles, and which teams it might be joever for (2:30:44-3:04:16). Make sure you subscribe to YouTube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. Or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow, cheers.
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