The Pat McAfee Show Live | Monday March 16th 2026

Justin Fields, after stints with the Bears, Steelers, and Jets, was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs for a sixth-round pick. This move is seen as an opportunity for Fields, potentially to fill in for Patrick Mahomes, who sustained an ACL injury in Week 15.

Justin Fields... now traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. That happened this morning for a sixth-round dur. Okay. Patrick Mahomes to ACL in week 15. As we all remember, Justin Fields being brought into Kansas City potentially fill in for Patrick if he's not back by week one.

The traditional strategy of blindly betting underdog money lines in March Madness is becoming less viable. The influence of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals and the transfer portal has created wider spreads, favoring power conference teams who can attract and retain top talent, making "Cinderella stories" harder to predict.

People are saying those days might be over... People are saying the spreads are bigger than they've ever been for some of these schools... I don't think you can do that anymore to your point. I think it's probably smarter to bet on the spreads rather than the actual money line of these underdogs.

Penn State's wrestling program, led by coach Cael Sanderson, is so dominant that sportsbooks often don't even offer betting lines for them. They have won 13 out of the last 15 national championships, with seven of their ten individual tournament one-seeds coming from Penn State.

Penn State, hey, can't even bet on them... If they win this year, it would be their fifth in a row in 13 out of 15... They have seven of the 10 weight classes basically just locked out.

Cam Young won The Players Championship, considered golf's "fifth major," with a remarkable performance, including the longest recorded drive (374 yards) on the 18th hole at TPC Sawgrass. His calm demeanor and powerful play in high-pressure moments solidified his status as a rising star.

Cam Young clutch in the chaos becomes the players champion... Hit the ball 374 yards... the longest drive recorded in the history of hole 18 at TPC Sawgrass.

Team USA achieved a historic "triple crown" in Olympic hockey by winning gold medals in men's, women's, and sled hockey. The sled hockey team, in particular, secured their fifth consecutive Olympic gold, showcasing incredible athleticism and team cohesion against rivals like Canada.

A team has won the gold in women's hockey, men's hockey and sled hockey in the Parolympics, which we just accomplished... The boys won their fifth straight Olympic gold medal.

The USA vs. Dominican Republic semi-final game in the World Baseball Classic ended controversially with a low strike call on the final pitch, leading to a USA victory. This sparked a debate among fans and analysts about the role of human umpires versus potential robot umpiring, with data showing the pitch was lower than any previously called strike in WBC history.

In the ninth inning when I see the same two inches lower they're saying than any other pitch in the history of baseball. That's what they're saying. To ever be called a strike and it's called a strike... The umpire called it strike, it's a strike.

Coach K, former Duke and Team USA basketball coach, advocates for players bringing their egos to the team, but unifying them under a collective "USA" identity to achieve victory. He emphasizes that elite players desire to be coached and that the "will to prepare to win" is paramount, a lesson learned from Bob Knight.

I love managing egos if it's matched by the same level of talent... if you can all put your egos under one ego umbrella and call it USA, we'll kick everyone's ass... The number one thing I learned from him [Bob Knight] was preparation... the will to prepare to win is more important than to will the will to win.

The college basketball landscape is significantly altered by an influx of international professional players and NIL deals. Many international players choose US colleges because NIL opportunities offer more money than European leagues, leading to older, more experienced freshmen and a growing disparity between "haves" and "have-nots" among programs.

The biggest change right now to college is the influx uh of international pros... they make more money with NIL here than they do in the Euro League... there's some freshmen who are 22 and 23 and they've played for four or five years in Spain or Italy or or wherever.