On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about last night’s abysmal Monday Night Football game between the Bears and Vikings, David Tepper’s press conference today detailing the firing of Frank Reich and the Panthers initially planned to trade for the #2 pick and CJ Stroud, but ended up getting Bryce Young instead, and they chat about the budding rivalry between the Eagles and the 49ers ahead of this week’s showdown. Joining the show is 3x Super Bowl Champion, former GM of the Cleveland Browns, host of the Lombardi Line and GM Shuffle podcast, Michael Lombardi joins the show to chat about the David Tepper situation and how they get that right, which other coaches he think might be getting let go, the importance of a team liking their Quarterback, the Eagles v. 49ers matchup, and everything else happening around the NFL (19:42-54:10). Next, 4x MVP, Super Bowl Champion/MVP, the Quarterback of the New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers joins the show to chat about his recovery and rehab process, the evolution of cadences in the NFL, if there is still a plan in place to come back this year if the Jets are in playoff contention, reflections on everything as his 40th birthday approaches, his thoughts on the college football landscape, and much more (58:38-2:03:34). 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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