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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Hour 1: The Greatest Redemption

09 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: Can Sam Darnold become the greatest QB redemption story?

1.01 - 20.688 Chris Cote

Folks, I'm getting hungry. And you know my favorite part of any meal, snack, or game day app? That's right. The GOAT, or should I say the greatest of all time, Frank's Red Hot. It's got the perfect blend of flavor and heat that elevates all foods from wings to buffalo chicken dip to even ice cream. That's right. I said ice cream.

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20.968 - 30.797 Chris Cote

And with a roster of flavors from OG to sweet chili, you can put that shit on everything. So make every dish the greatest and eat the GOAT.

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I think it's a great opportunity for a new face of the league to ascend in Drake May.

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39.737 - 55.08 Stugatz

When I say that we may be seeing the beginning of Patriots Dynasty 2.0, it's because of Drake May. I think he's that good. I'm not comparing to Brady. That's five years from now that you even dare do that. But I think Drake May is that good right now.

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55.06 - 74.858 Unknown

I think Denver and Houston were the single worst matchups that Drake May could have seen. I think he should fear Seattle less than those two. Drake May having this stage against this defense, I actually think he's going to kill it because I think he's that kind of guy. I think he's like Josh Allen. And no matter how good your defense is, he's going to rise to the occasion.

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Are the Seahawks better than the Rams? I'm a proud day one stock owner of Drake Maystock. You're not shook by the last two games he's had to play against great defenses?

85.815 - 93.808 Stugatz

Bad weather. I just think New England is really being underrated going into this game. And maybe that Seattle's being a little bit overrated.

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If I ask America right now, hey, do you think Seattle's defense was better than Houston's or Denver's? Because you saw what Houston's and Denver's did in weather to Drake May. I just think that Drake May might be about to show everybody in the country that that defense is not as good as you think it is, even though the metrics say that it is. It's the heat.

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I believe that Sam Darnold will throw interceptions. Yes, I do too. I'm on four and a half. I'll take it.

Chapter 2: What makes Drake May a promising QB for the NFL?

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And it's Vrabel as an underdog. This one's easy. Does feel easy to bet. Give me the points. And if you even want to take the Seahawks, why don't you hedge against that and cook up a little Drake Mays Superman parlay with like rushing yards or what have you. The Rams, that offense is better at offense than Seattle is at defense.

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Do you have an opinion given how close the games were between the Rams and Seattle when it is that you look at Seattle in the Super Bowl? Do you see an appreciable difference between who's better between those two teams? Between the Rams and Seattle? Yes. Well, of course, Seattle's better because they won that game. That's Fred Warner.

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So Dan Arlovsky says of Sam Darnold, it's the greatest redemption story the NFL has ever seen. Darnold is the first player in NFL history to lose his first playoff game by double digits and then come back and win the Super Bowl the very next year. I don't think any of us, anybody, anybody had... Geno Smith being replaced by Sam Darnold and it turning into this. What have the Seahawks won?

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Is it 10 straight games? Seven of them by 10 plus points and their three losses by a total of nine points. They lost one game by four points. That's their worst loss of the season. That team was dominant and took on all comers being dominant.

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Jeremy, when we say that Drake May was sacked six times yesterday, but 21 this postseason, does that mean that that's the least that he was sacked in a postseason game? It must, mathematically, right? Because I don't think anybody had 10 sacks on him. Like, the game we just saw is the least pressured. that Drake May was when he played Denver and when he played Houston.

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If he took 21 sacks in three games and there were only six of them yesterday.

239.655 - 255.438 Chris Cote

He played four games. Remember, he played the Chargers to stop to start this one. So he was sacked five times against the Chargers. He was sacked five times against Houston. Five times against Denver. And then six times against Seattle.

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So it's the opposite of what I was saying. To stop. Stop, moron. It was very different from all the words that came out of your mouth. Right, right. It's the opposite of what it is that I was saying.

Chapter 3: Why is the Seahawks' defense considered underrated?

266.693 - 278.106 Unknown

He was sacked more in this game than any of the others. Poor assholes, man. We just love it when people misspeak. Yeah, that happens sometimes around here.

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278.247 - 299.346 Chris Cote

I've started feeling that pressure when I'm on game broadcasts. I never had any nerves going to game broadcasts ever. I knew reading ads, I'm good. Reading my stories, speaking without having any script in front of me, I'm great. I'm good at this. And now because of working here, I find myself hesitating every time I speak. If you think you're family. That's why.

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Put it on the poll, please. Who should have been Super Bowl MVP? Go ahead and do Kenneth Walker, do Sam Darnold, put the kicker in there, put the punter in there, and also put Seattle's general manager in there, John Schneider, because I want to put all five of those up there.

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Because the biases in this sport are such that they give it to Ken Walker, Kenneth Walker, and I understand, but he's not the reason they won that game. Like, he's just not. They won that game because of what the defense did to the number two offense in the league. Kenneth Walker contributed to that, but five field goals, get out of here.

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They won that game because of the defense, and we've just got offensive biases where we have to give that trophy to somebody who's an offensive player. Why do you refuse to give Jason Myers any credit? He was five for five. most field goals without a miss in Super Bowl history. I said the kicker and the punter. I put them on there.

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I didn't name either one of them, but I put the kicker and the punter. He's got a name. Yeah, well, Myers scored more points this season than anyone. It's Jason. Speak his name. I got your back. He just said Jason Myers. I'm not that forgetful.

363.991 - 365.173 Dan Le Batard

It's all right.

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Jason Myers and Michael Dixon are the kicker and the punter. And Jason Myers just scored more points in a season than anyone ever has. That's right. LaDainian Tomlinson was before him. They played one more game than LaDainian Tomlinson did. But regardless, I'm not giving the MVP to a kicker, though I'm willing to consider the punter. Do you think a single person had the balls to vote him?

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I'm guessing there's probably a vote. Yes, I'm guessing there is. I mean, one of the things that we love around here is that in 1981, Mark Mosley won the MVP in football as the kicker for the then Washington Redskins. Mark Mosley won the MVP of American football in 1981. That can't be true.

Chapter 4: How does Sam Darnold compare to Kurt Warner's redemption story?

491.228 - 500.404 Chris Cote

When Bunyama, like that was terrible. If you like Coinbase, you have no whimsy. I don't have whimsy. No whimsy. I am proudly zero whimsy. That's ridiculous. Put it on the poll.

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You don't want to be a silly goose? At Levitard Show, do you have any whimsy if you hated the Neil Diamond commercial? Jeremy, make me a parody song before the end of the show, please.

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511.381 - 515.107 Chris Cote

Okay, I can do that. You want to pick Miller Lite as the sponsor?

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I can make any of our sponsors. I want you to go away. I want you to go away. I want you and your whimsy to go away and be alone together and see what it births creatively here before the end of the show, por favor. Getting back to the placement of Sam Darnold as Dan Orlovsky calls him the greatest redemption story in the history of the NFL. It is a little difficult.

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to reconcile that he now has more titles than the combination of josh allen lamar jackson and dan marino it's it's a bit disorienting that he's now got as many titles as aaron rogers josh allen i know and sam darnold because i've seen them do golf content before like they're legit friends and this just has to bother josh allen like oh come on i'm josh allen he gets one

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The part, though, that doesn't make a lot of sense to me, led the league in turnovers, no turnovers the entire postseason. He didn't learn something in the last three games. Like, that's not what happened. You guys are going to take the last three games as proof that he now learned something? He led the league in turnovers with 20. Now he learned something in the last three games?

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That's how you have it? Yeah, because they're champs, and he didn't have a turnover. Well, can we play it the other way as well? You know, because last year, he was great all season. And then he got his ass kicked in Weeks 18 and then got his ass kicked in the wildcard round. Like, he didn't all of a sudden become crappy, right? Well, but he's always been someone who turns the ball over.

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He's always been someone who goes gunslinger. And over the last three games, he was doing none of that.

618.567 - 627.839 Chris Cote

I think it's a great testament to Clint Kubiak and his offense and what they were able to establish. Like, make safe throws, right? We're going to spread the field. We're going to put you in really good positions to win.

Chapter 5: What parody songs were featured in this year's Super Bowl commercials?

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They made a movie about it. Of course we are. Because it's a great story. They're not making a movie about Sam Darnold. They're not making a movie about Sam Darnold. They may. They may. I feel confident in this. No movie. Maybe a documentary. Gingers are never the lead. They're not giving Sam Darnold the lead. He's got to be way more interesting.

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1380.157 - 1381.239 Chris Cote

Not a real ginger, by the way.

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1381.259 - 1381.58 Unknown

Why not?

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1381.701 - 1382.322 Chris Cote

Not a purebred.

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1382.482 - 1390.225 Unknown

What do you mean? You don't get to make the decision. I do. I know what he means. Thank you. His skin is fine. What is that? Hold on. Can you elaborate?

1390.285 - 1394.811 Chris Cote

He doesn't need the same kind of sunblock. He's got an orange. These orange beard guys, they're not gingers.

1394.891 - 1413.236 Unknown

Yeah, he's just a redhead. He's not a ginger. I get him. I know what you mean. Can you elaborate, though? I just did. He did. Number one rule is, you don't get to decide. I do. He does. It's the freckles. It's the SPF on your face. It's, when I go outside, I need a long-sleeved shirt. That's what he's talking about. He takes his shirt off very confidently. No, he's pretty pale, though.

1413.336 - 1423.515 Unknown

I'm telling you. He's just a white with red hair. Yeah, mm-hmm. All right, put it on the poll. He's a half. At Levitard Show, is Sam Darnold a true ginger or is he just a white with red hair?

1423.575 - 1429.287 Chris Cote

Were you arguing this yesterday at your party? You don't want to know. Who were you arguing against?

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