PMS 2.0 1300 - Franchise Tag Deadline Day, Kirk Herbstreit, Shams Charania, Adam Schefter, Dan Orlovsky, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 195 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys look ahead to today’s franchise tag deadline and react to what players are signing deals, which players are getting released, and Pat breaks the news that Saquon Barkley is officially signing a two year extension with the Eagles with a whole bunch of guaranteed money up front. Joining the progrum to chat about the biggest NFL offseason stories, his thoughts on the combine as a whole, and the stadium series game that he went to between the Blue Jackets and the Red Wings, is the voice of College Football and Thursday Night Football color commentator, Kirk Herbstreit. Next, NBA Senior Insider, Shams Charania hops on quick to break down Kyrie Irving tearing his ACL, and the other biggest stories around the Association. Next, ESPN Senior NFL Insider, Adam Schefter joins the show to chat about who he sees being franchise tagged, what trades we might see here soon, and what free agency is going to bring. Later, 12 year NFL veteran at QB, and ESPN NFL analyst, Dan Orlovsky joins the show to chat about his future plans, how he thinks this class of free agent QB’s will shake out and where they’ll wind up, and his thoughts on the incoming QB draft class, plus much more. 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. See you tomorrow. 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 abode, the Thunderdode.
0:06.9	On this franchise tag deadline Tuesday, March 4th, 2025, this program starts now.
0:14.1	Sport!
0:15.0	Our happening all around us, and the NFL has a massive deadline today at 4 o'clock.
0:19.0	We'll have Adam Schaefter join us in the next hour
0:21.5	to get the up-to-date information around the league on who's getting franchise tag. What player
0:26.6	has played through their contract, thought they were going to hit a massive payday for longevity
0:30.5	and maybe long-term security for their family, and is actually getting told by their team,
0:35.3	you ain't going nowhere. You're with us for another year, brother.
0:39.1	That's how this is going to go.
0:40.2	Now, the franchise tags have already been out this particular cycle.
0:43.7	T. Higgins gets it for the second straight year, which means there was a bump in pay of what
0:47.7	the normal wide receiver franchise tag is by 25%, I do believe, because he was already
0:52.9	franchise tag once.
0:53.9	This is a second time in a row
0:55.1	getting franchise tag. This is the last time they can franchise tag. Back in the day, they used to be able to franchise tag people one time, two times, three times, I think even four times. Julie's Pepper's got franchise tag three times. Adam Venetary got franchise tag three different times. They've made a rule that you can only do it twice.
1:11.0	T. Higgins is in the second year of that.
1:13.7	Osa.
1:14.9	Oda. Oda. Osa O.
1:17.4	Franchise tagged by the Dallas Cowboys dog as a defensive tackle.
1:22.1	Excited to see how that works out.
1:23.1	And then Trey Smith, obviously offensive alignment for the chiefs.
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