The Pat McAfee Show

Today’s show is a great one. First, Pro Bowler, 2001 AFC Offensive Player of the Year, former 2nd round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers out of Colorado, Kordell “Slash” Stewart joins the program. Pat and Kordell chat about if he ever thinks he was before his time as a quarterback when he see’s what the current NFL QB’s are doing, why the stigma of being an athletic quarterback always bothered him,...

On today's show Pat is joined by Hall of Famer, Super Bowl Champion, 6x Executive of the Year, former GM of the Bills, Panthers, and Colts, the man who drafted Pat, Bill Polian. Pat and Bill chat about what the most important ingredient in building a winning culture is and how things can start to go sideways if teams don't have that, Bill walks Pat through the moments leading up to finding out Pey...

Today’s show is absolutely LOADED. First, NBA Insider for The Athletic and friend of the show, Shams Charania joins the program to discuss the memo sent to NBA teams about returning to play. Pat and Shams discuss what it all means, what the quarantining will look like, who has issues with it, and what repercussions (if any) there will be if some players decide they don’t want to go play in the bub...

On today’s show, Pat is joined by 3x Super Bowl Champion, 2x Pro Bowler, member of the Denver Broncos 50th Anniversary Team, and good friend of the program, Mark “Stink” Schlereth joins the show. Pat and Mark discuss his thoughts on the Broncos upcoming season and he tempers expectations as the Broncos have a nucleus of young players still finding their footing in the NFL. They also chat about why...

On today's show, Pat is joined by former Tennessee Titan safety, Rhodes Scholar, and current neurosurgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Myron Rolle. Pat and Dr. Rolle chat about what things are currently like with the coronavirus and if we are in a better position now then we were when Pat and Dr. Rolle first spoke to one another a couple of months ago. Dr. Roll...

Today's show is headlined by a couple more great interviews. First, 2x World Series Champion, 3x All-Star, Gold Glover, and member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, Kevin Youkilis joins the program. Pat and Youk chat about his career and how he landed on his unique batting stance, why a 48 game season isn't really baseball in his opinion and why he thinks most players will agree, his thoughts on...

Today's show is highlighted by a couple of incredible conversations. First, 9x MMA Journalist of the Year at the World MMA Awards, ESPN MMA Insider, Ariel Helwani joins the program. Pat and Ariel chat about some of the top fighters in the UFC not being happy and whether a union is possible after Conor McGregor announced his retirement for the third time in three years, they cover what he has heard...

On today's show, Pat sits down with 2x Super Bowl Champion, former Coach and Ring of Honor member of both the Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and current NBC Sports Analyst, Tony Dungy. Pat and Tony discuss the fallout from Drew Brees' comments about kneeling for the national anthem and why his teammates were so disappointed by it, and Tony outlines what he thinks needs to be done in...

On today's show, Pat addresses everything going on in our country and why PMI decided to observe the #BlackoutTuesday movement and not release any type of content on social media. Pat also welcomes All-Star Pitcher and current Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Trevor Bauer. Pat and Trevor discuss his point of view on whether or not there will be a baseball season and his answer might surprise you....

Today's show features an interview being clipped and quoted nearly everywhere right now. Pat sits down with NBA Champion, former 6th Man of the Year, and 16 Year NBA Veteran, JR Smith. Pat and JR discuss everything that has happened in the last week or so with the protests and the riots and JR sheds some light on his feelings and where he thinks we can go from here, discusses the altercation he go...

On today's show, Pat is joined by a slew of great guests. First, the only man to be a 4x World Heavyweight Champion, bronze medalist at the 1984 Olympic Games, one of the greatest boxers of all-time, Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield joins the show. Pat and Evander talk about him coming out of retirement for an exhibition fight for his charity Unite4OurFight.org, and what all of that entails. They...

On today’s show, Pat is joined by NBC Sports NHL analyst, a guy who knows just about everything about every hockey player on earth, Pierre McGuire. Pat and Pierre chat about the path to hockey coming back, what he has heard about the playoff format, what road blocks still stand in the way, his thoughts on what the two potential hub cities could be, and who the greatest hockey player of all-time is...

Today’s show features an exclusive interview from McAfee & Hawk Sports Talk with Super Bowl Champion, Pro Bowler, and All-Pro, Jordy Nelson. Pat and AJ chat with Jordy about leaving Green Bay to go play for the Raiders and how difficult that was, his thoughts on Derek Carr and why he gets a bad wrap from the media, whether or not he would come out of retirement to play for the Packers, his relatio...

Today’s show is highlighted by an incredible interview with arguably the most successful person to ever come on the show as billionaire, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and one of the main characters of Shark Tank, Mark Cuban joins the program. Pat and Mark chat about the NBA continuing its season, what he’s heard on the conference calls about opening sports back up and when he anticipates fans ret...

On today’s show, Pat is joined by former Packers VP of Finance, Executive VP at Vayner Sports, and host of the Business of Sports Podcast, Andrew Brandt. Pat and Andrew discuss how a potential salary cap reduction of 30-$80 million dollars would change the NFL, what the situations are like for the MLB and NBA to come back, and Andrew also breaks down the debt ceiling being raised as well what he t...

Today’s show is a loaded one. First, Pat welcomes Buffalo Bills General Manager Brandon Beane to the program. Pat and Brandon discuss the Bills attempting to trade for a WR last year, and why they eventually made a move to bring in Stefon Diggs, deciding to empower Josh Allen as their starting QB by not bringing in someone like Cam Newton, establishing the type of culture he desired in Buffalo and...

Today’s show is the definition of a Feel Good Friday as Pat sits down with a couple of great guests. First, ESPN MLB Insider, Jeff Passan joins the program. Pat and Jeff chat about the MLB’s plans to start the season and what they look like, Jeff reacts to Rays pitcher Blake Snell saying that he won’t play for a reduced salary, what opening Arizona and Florida for professional teams could mean for...

Today’s show is highlighted by a couple of incredible interviews. First, NBA Insider for the Athletic, the man who knows things you don’t, friend of the show Shams Charania joins the program to discuss when the NBA may potentially be coming back, if he knows which host city they’re going to land on, what was said on the conference call with some of the owners and top players in the league, and wha...

On today's show, Pat is joined by Super Bowl Champion, 8x Pro Bowler, 7x All-Pro, member of 2010's All-Decade Team, surefire 1st ballot Hall of Famer, Marshal Yanda. Pat and Marshal talk about how much weight he's dropped since he retired, and how he understands that he was essentially forcing himself to stay as big as he was, they look back on his career as a whole, look at what he wants to do ne...

Today's show is highlighted by a couple of incredible interviews. First, friend of the show, and current Head Coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bruce Arians joins the show. Pat and Bruce chat about the state of his golf game currently, how it was actually Tom Brady's idea to bring Gronk to Tampa Bay, at what point Bruce realized that getting Tom Brady was a real possibility, and whether or not he...

On today's show, Pat is joined by recently retired 13 year NFL veteran, 2x Pro Bowler, All-Pro, and friend of the show, Lorenzo Alexander. Pat and Lorenzo chat about the rumors floating around that the Bills are interested in bringing in Cam Newton, and whether or not he finds any truth in that, Pat chats with Lorenzo about his lifting weights now that he's retired, what he thinks the NFLPA will d...

On today's show, 3x Pro Bowler, 17 year NFL veteran at QB, current ESPN analyst and friend of the program, Matt Hasselbeck, joins the show. Pat and Matt discuss Andy Dalton signing with the Cowboys and what he thinks this means for Dak Prescott, and if he thinks he had suitors elsewhere. They also discuss Alex Smith's Project 11 and how remarkable of a story it is, and Matt gives his take on the A...

We've got a PACKED show today. First, SB Champion, Pro Bowler, and 6th pick of the 1994 NFL Draft, Trent Dilfer joins the show. Pat and Trent put to rest some disparaging comments Trent has made about The Brand in the past, Trent walks us through his training with Tua and why he knew he was going to be successful, what kind of involvement he had in pitching Tua to prospective NFL teams, and whethe...

On today's show, Los Angeles Chargers GM, the man who was instrumental in drafting Pat to the Colts, Tom Telesco joins the show. Pat and Tom chat about how he thinks the draft went given all the potential for failure, how the Chargers liked both Justin Herbert and Tua and were more than happy to take whoever was available, whether or not Cam Newton was ever potentially apart of the plan for the Ch...

On today's show, Pat sits down with the most interesting man in sports, Andrew Brandt, who was the Vice President of Finance for the Green Bay Packers and formerly an agent working with David Falk, and who represented several NFL stars. Pat and Andrew chat about his career path and what made him want to get into the business, he chats about repping Adam Vinatieri and how he nearly got him to the P...