On today’s show, Pat, Pacman Jones, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the tonight’s Stanley Cup Playoffs game between the Golden Knights and the Stars, the NBA playoffs game between the Celtics and Heat, and all the NFL stories percolating around the internet. Joining the progrum to break some news about LeBron, the Eastern Conference finals, and Ja Morant is NBA Insider for Stadium, The Athletic, and co-host of Run It Back on FanduelTV, Shams Charania (36:09-1:01:35). Next, de facto GM of the Cincinnati Bengals, Duke Tobin joins the show to talk about constructing the Bengals roster, how they’re always in win now mode with Joe Burrow, how he’s going to pay everybody, replacing guys on the defensive side of the ball, his process when selecting players in the NFL Draft, and much more (1:05:47-1:42:01). Later, owner of Pro Football Talk, Mike Florio joins the show to chat about the NFL kickoff rule being changed, the process of finding a new commissioner after Goodell is allegedly up in 2027, who he thinks could potentially be the next commissioner, whose deal gets done first, Joe Burrow or Justin Herbert, Jimmy G’s foot surgery, and more (2:06:55-2:46:07). Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow, cheers.

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