PMS 2.0 1247 - Thursday Night Football Preview, ESPN 300 #2 Recruit Julian Lewis, Michael Lombardi, Shams Charania, Vikings Head Coach Kevin O'Connell, Chuck Pagano, & AJ Hawk

On today’s show, Pat, Coach Chuck Pagano, AJ Hawk, and the boys preview tonight’s Thursday Night Football matchup between the Steelers and the Browns before making their picks against the spread. Joining the progrum to announce which college he will be attending is ESPN 300 #2 Recruit, Quarterback from Carrollton, Georgia, Julian Lewis. Next, 3x Super Bowl Champion, former NFL GM, NY Times best-selling author, and host of the Lombardi Line and GM Shuffle podcast, Michael Lombardi joins the show to chat about the week 12 slate, and tonight’s Thursday Night Football game as well. Next, ESPN Senior NBA Insider, Shams Charania joins the progrum to chat about some of the changes being made to the NBA All-Star format, give an update on Luka Dončić’s injury, and clean up some of the stories he broke earlier in the week. Later, Head Coach of the Minnesota Vikings, Kevin O’Connell joins the show to chat about the Vikings 8-2 start, his motivation style in team meetings, how impression Brian Flores’ defense has been this year, how Aaron Jones and Sam Arnold have changed the offense, why you have to be prepared to play week in and week out in the NFC North, the challenges they’ll face with Chicago’s new offense coordinator this week, and 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. We’ll see you on overreaction Monday, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices