“The Pat McAfee Show” didn’t really try to avoid tipping the Dolphins’ first-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
After Miami submitted its pick at No. 21 on Thursday, McAfee — whose “The Pat McAfee Show Draft Spectacular” aired on ESPN+, the ESPN app, YouTube and TikTok that night — immediately revealed he knew who the Dolphins planned to select, and his co-hosts then dropped hints connecting to Penn State rusher Chop Robinson.
And at one point, former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, a guest on the McAfee show Thursday, even said Robinson’s name.
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However, before Belichick’s comment, McAfee initially said he couldn’t reveal Miami’s selection on the show because there had been “a little bit of feathers ruffled.”
Ty Schmit, another McAfee show member on set, then said, “F-k’em,” followed by Connor Campbell – who goes by Boston Connor on the show – asking McAfee what he Had eaten for dinner Wednesday night.
“Have you had a steak?” asked Campbell. “Have you eaten chicken? Did you eat a pork chop, perhaps? »
McAfee then said he preferred the pork chop ending – with another person on set describing this as the “edge” area – before Anthony DiGuilio, who goes by Tone Digs, added another layer to conversation.
“I think Mr. Robinson served it to us,” he said before the group began singing the Simon & Garfunkel song.
When Belichick, about 10 seconds later, predicted that Robinson would be the pick, McAfee jokingly responded, “Don’t do that, Bill.” »
“I was guessing,” Belichick said in defense. “I guessed.”
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Belichick received plenty of rave reviews for his appearance on McAfee’s show Thursday, and based on an exchange both men shared at the end, as well as the reality of the 72-year-old entering the 2024 season without a coaching position, that seems to be the case. whether he will also be a guest in the future.
At one point Thursday, he even criticized Drake Maye’s footwork before the Patriots selected the quarterback.
The Dolphins’ addition of Robinson adds to their pass rush under new defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver, with the 21-year-old joining Bradley Chubb, Shaquil Barrett, Jaelan Phillips and others.
“He was considered one of the best players in this draft for us,” Dolphins general manager Chris Grier told reporters, according to ESPN, “so adding him, especially rushing the passer in this league with all the great quarterbacks and the skills, the ability to rush with four and not have to blitz every down and all that, it creates an advantage for the defense.
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