On today's show, Pat, Pacman Jones, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the different contracts around the NFL that still haven't been resolved, Travis Kelce hyperextending his knee in practice leaving his status in jeopardy for Thursday's game, and everything else happening around the NFL as we close in on the start of the season. Joining the show is former GM of the Cleveland Browns, host of the GM Shuffle and Lombardi Line, NY Times best selling author (his new book "Football Done Right," is available today), Michael Lombardi joins the show to chat about everything going on in the NFL as we approach the start of the season, and announce that he'll be on the show every Friday for the entire football season (14:56-51:16). Next, the voice of College Football, Kirk Herbstreit joins the show to chat about whether or not Clemson is dead, an incredible week 1 in college football, and what he's excited about for the NFL season (59:55-1:38:45). Later, Duke Football Head Coach Mike Elko joins the show fresh off a massive win against #9 ranked Clemson, turning Duke around in such a short time, his philosophy, if it's difficult recruiting at Duke with the academic standards, and much more (1:38:47-1:55:09). Lastly, WWE Superstar, Mike The Miz joins the show briefly to talk about his masterclass work in the ring last night on Raw against John Cena (2:02:50-2:06:16). Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. We'll see you on Thursday on ESPN, ⁠youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow⁠ , and ESPN's Youtube.

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