PMS 2.0 1284 - AFC/NFC Championship Preview & Picks, Pete Caroll Named Head Coach of the Raiders, Liam Coen Named Head Coach of the Jaguars, Adam Schefter, Bill Belichick, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 121 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys preview both Conference Championships and make their picks against the spread, and also chat about the breaking news that Pete Carroll has officially been named the Head Coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, and Liam Coen has officially been named the Head Coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars in a drama filled situation. They also discuss the ratings from the National Championship and Divisional weekend, as well as some of the transfer portal news that has been floating around since the end of the college football season. Joining the show to give some updates on Pete Carroll, Liam Coen, and the other coaching openings that are left is ESPN Senior NFL Insider, Adam Schefter. Later, 8x Super Bowl Champion, the GOAT, and current Head Coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, Bill Belichick joins the show to chat about being on the recruiting trail, and he previews the Conference Championship games. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. We’ll see you on Monday. Enjoy the games. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our Humble the Boat, the Thunderdow, on this
0:07.5	Feel Good Friday, January 24th, 2025. This program starts now. Football! It is wonderful,
0:16.6	and we are just hours away from championship weekend of the NFL season as the
0:21.6	AFC will crown their champion.
0:23.6	And the NFC will crown their champion.
0:25.6	Then those two will do battle down in New Orleans to see who is the world champion.
0:31.6	Obviously the NFC has the Washington Commanders, which is obviously a surprise with a rookie quarterback,
0:36.6	a rookie head coach.
0:38.4	Not, well, it's not his first time being head coach.
0:40.0	But first year there, new ownership, new offense coordinator, brand new vibes all over the
0:45.1	place taking on the Philadelphia Eagles, who are six point favorites at home?
0:49.6	How are they going to be able to adjust to Jalen Hertz's knee injury?
0:52.6	Uh-oh.
0:53.0	You know, a little hip-drop tackle potentially last week
0:55.0	whenever he got rolled up on how healthy will he be?
0:57.8	How will that Eagles' offense look?
0:59.2	And will Sequin Barclay be able to run his way and his team to a Super Bowl,
1:03.5	we shall see?
1:04.5	And then the Buffalo Bills look to do something that they've never been able to do, which has beat Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City Chiefs into playoffs on the biggest stage, the AFC Championship. Two teams operating as buzz saws in the AFC with
1:16.1	history and legacy and titles on the line. It is going to be an absolutely phenomenal Sunday,
1:22.4	kicking off at 3 o'clock on Fox, and then obviously the CBS game for the AFC Championship
1:27.4	taps it off Saturday
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