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The Big Suey: Nick Wright's Highly Rate and Very Successful Television Show
17 Sep 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main theme of Nick Wright's television show?
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Mike Ryan wasn't here yesterday. We'll get to Nick Wright in a second. He's the host of What's Right with Nick Wright and FS1's First Things First. He is the hottest thing in sports gasbagging these days. Mike, did you object to anything that I did or the show did yesterday when you were off? Because I suspect that you probably didn't like anything I had to say about the Chiefs.
Three things I took issue with. Tom Brady conversation. I think there's more meat on that bone. We can revisit that later. The phrase Rex Grossman dragged the Bears to the Super Bowl was uttered yesterday and Dan went unchecked when it was quite literally the other way around.
Totally fair.
And Dan's obsession with calling Patrick Mahomes a dink and dunk quarterback, even invoking Baker Mayfield. When you look at yards per attempt, Patrick Mahomes has a better yards per attempt than Baker Mayfield. If there is one person in the NFL that I am sure of...
that wants to go deep ball hunting it's patrick mahomes and i think he will do that until we put dirt on his grave he doesn't have two important receivers that loss is entirely on travis kelsey and another thing stop looking at yards per attempt especially two weeks into the season you know who is last place by a wide margin in the league in yards per attempt at 4.7 cam ward what do you know about cam ward that suggests he is all of a sudden alex smith
I'm looking at, since Tyreek Hill left, Patrick Mahomes, I think, is 39-12 and average yard per attempt. The only one lower in the entire league over that stretch is Daniel Jones. Hold on. Am I invited in? And Daniel Jones, by the way, first in yards per attempt right now in the league.
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Chapter 2: How did Rex Grossman influence the 2006 Chicago Bears' Super Bowl run?
And then someone's like, no, he won six. They're like, actually, you're wrong. Fake news. And then we're just arguing about what happened. Like that. So sports luckily has avoided that. But if we're, but I saw this slippery slope, Dan, you're trying to walk down with this, you know, Patrick Mahomes post Tyree kill. How good is he? Patrick Mahomes post Tyree kill won an MVP.
Well, I already explained it. I'm going to give the same stat I gave yesterday. Sweet Christ. Since 2023, games with 320-plus passing yards. Patrick Mahomes has three. Jake Browning has three. Well, and listen, that takes me aback a bit because I know ā And I'm sure the shipping container does as well.
That when we fell in love with sports and when we got into sports media, there were some hallowed statistical markers. Be it Hank Aaron's home run record before Bonds broke it. Be it batting 400. And 320-yard passing games has just always been how I've weighed quarterbacks. And it's not at all an arbitrary marking to fit your exact narrative. Fine. Let me do it another way then.
The first two weeks of the season, because you're talking about what Mahomes was after Hill left, and you're right, that one season. But that Chiefs offense that was always going to score 30 is dead. And 2018 to 2022, his passing stats, Nick, in the first two weeks of the season, 35 touchdowns. Oh, yeah. Zero interceptions. Hold on a second.
It's been different.
The last two years, nine touchdowns, six interceptions. He's become a dink and dunk quarterback. There are reasons for that. I don't think it's his fault. I think it's a lot of offensive pieces he's missing. But you can't deny that that's not the same offense. You can't deny that. I didn't deny that at all. I never denied that.
What Patrick Mahomes, what you're saying he's become is what he's always been, which is I will be the perfect quarterback for the exact team I have. And when I walk into the league, and we have the league's worst defense, and we have the fastest and best receiver in the league, I will fire it downfield. And last year,
or two years ago when we have maybe the league's best defense, all I need to do is not screw it up. And last year when they had an okay but not great defense and they had the most injured receiving core and running back room and left tackle spot in football, I will do whatever it takes to make sure we are within reaching distance in the fourth quarter, when then I will go Superman mode.
He is a chameleon to winning. Now, two weeks into the year, the Chiefs have not been good enough. The offense hasn't been good enough. Pat hasn't been good enough. The fact that he is, right now he's on pace for a thousand yards, Rushing which is horrifying He is having to activate the Patrick Mahomes hero mode scramble mode like that He keeps saves for the playoffs early.
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Chapter 3: What are the criticisms of Patrick Mahomes' playing style?
You don't have to abide those things. You can simply could see that the Chiefs over the last four years have gone from being an elite offensive team to an elite defensive team. And that's just not hold on. Last year, they were not an elite defense. Last year, call Mina Kimes and have her tell you about DVOA or EPA or any of those fancy stats that you can't sort on ESPN.
And you'll see they were roughly the 10th best defense. And last year, how did they go 17-2 in games Patrick played if we throw out the meaningless Week 18 game? It was because he made every play when it mattered late. And I know the new age sports math is clutch doesn't exist. Actually, when you think about it, Lamar's career and Patrick's career are very similar, but
In our bones, we know that's not true. And so, it's just not accurate that last year they were carried by the defense. Not when he was the best fourth quarter, the best third down, and the best fourth down quarterback in the league. This year, the defense has been far better than the offense. Now, two games is two games, and there are things that go into it, but they're...
There's no defending what they've been this season. What is so irritating and what is so frustrating is we have done this now for four years where there is, and I'll try to be quick because I know we don't have as much time as we normally do.
they get they get blasted in the super bowl by the bucks and we do the whole narrative of uh-oh are the chiefs in trouble they nobody remembers this but me they start the next year three and four including a 27-3 loss to ryan tannahill and the chiefs are dead and they end up in overtime of the afc championship game but they lose it and they trade tyree kill and the narrative is okay
Now we're going to see, you know, what Patrick Mahomes is really made of. He has the year that I said where he wins league MVP, they win the Super Bowl, and everyone says, all right, we're done doubting Patrick Mahomes this year for real. But then the next year, they lose the opener to Detroit. They have all the drops. They have to go on the road in the playoffs.
And people going into that postseason are like, you know what? The Cleveland Browns with that defense might be scarier than the Chiefs. The Miami Dolphins might be able to go into Arrowhead and win. They've never won a road playoff game. And then he beats Lamar, he beats Josh, he beats the Niners, and everyone swears, all right, this time for real, we're serious, we're done. And then last year,
They have the best record in football every single day of the season. And the narrative is, yeah, but they don't make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. And this is the Bills year. And then once again, they play the AFC championship game. He outplays Josh. He beats Josh. Josh has the ball in his hands with a chance to go win the game, get 17 yards. And everyone swears. We're done doubting him.
He's proven it. And that lasted three games of football. and now we're back here. It's just, it's, I expected, honestly, the gist of this is I'm disappointed in you, Dan.
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Chapter 4: How has the Chiefs' offense changed since Tyreek Hill's departure?
And I'll take the slings and arrows for it. What is also true is, as I mentioned here at the beginning of our interview, what is today? Patrick Mahomes' 30th birthday. What do you get, the man who has everything? My answer was motivation. And I decided what better present to give Patrick than when they play the Giants this week and then who comes to town 10 days from now.
Oh, is that Lamar Jackson? Is that the guy that all of a sudden I'm looking up at on Mahomes Mountain? Is that potentially, possibly the thing the Chiefs need to snap out of their funk? Maybe. Also, Lamar's been great. And nobody's ever doubted that Lamar is an all-time great regular season quarterback. Nobody's ever doubted that. And he's earned it. That's a great gift.
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Greater truth teller, Nick Wright or Pablo Torre? Oh, sweet Christ. Do you put motivation in a box and wrap it? How do you present someone motivation? Why does your hair look like Razor Ramon's? Oh, thanks. Hi, Mike. I missed you, buddy. Present day Razor Ramon. Yeah, I mean, is he Nash or Hall? I don't remember.
I apologize.
Did he pass? Yeah, he did. That's why Billy did that. Billy's mean. I am going for that look, by the way. The jewelry, the hair. It's a good look. He needs a toothpick. Can I? Yeah, for sure. What was I going to say? Oh, yeah, Dan, or Mike, by the way, Team Baker, let's go, buddy. He's streaking towards the one seed as predicted by me, the Super Bowl as predicted by me, and maybe an MVP.
He was the best third-down quarterback last year, not Patrick. He was the best third-down quarterback. Tampa was. Nick Wright is always right about quarterbacks. He's always maintained his support for Baker Mayfield, and he does deserve to be in the MVP conversation. Of course.
Nick, can you believe that Dan, as Patrick Mahomes of all people, be the quarterback that's looking for the four-yard drag route? As if he's not the guy that is always going to be looking for the deep shot.
He's not looking for it.
He's just throwing that one. That's what he's throwing the last two years. I mean, he made it to a Super Bowl. He's doing what... He needs to do... Oh, wow. What a look. I like that. It's awesome. If I took my shirt off, it probably looked the same.
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Chapter 5: What insights does Nick Wright provide about sports discourse?
That's a good one. I was about to tell you guys something. Pablo. Pablo. Pablo. No, it definitely was not about Pablo. Motivation boxes. Motivation. The only thing I'm going to say... I don't want to do the Pablo thing. It's just...
I him him tweeting to Mark Cuban oh you have time to tweet but not have time to come on my podcast this is that is fruit of the same poisonous tree as to why I'm banned from his podcast Pablo and Pablo's doing great work here um but Pablo somehow got in his head that Everyone has some type of odd obligation to his podcast.
Like Mark Cuban, you want to opine on this and you won't do it on my podcast where I make money, where my main source, like, how dare you? Like, it's just... A meaner person would call it entitlement. I wouldn't do that. It's just odd to me. Imagine if I texted you, Dan, after hearing your chief's nonsense yesterday. And I was like, how dare you talk about that not with me?
Not on my platform where I can monetize it. So that part to me is interesting. But listen, he's doing a good job. Hey, Jeremy, happy holidays. Happy Chinooka. I want to toast you. Actually, I don't. I will toast with you. Okay. We're co-workers. Friends, you could say. No, we cannot say that, but we both enjoy an ice-cold Miller Lite. That's true. Especially around the holidays.
You know, it's the 50th anniversary of Miller Lite. It's really amazing. Every time we say that, I can't believe it. Well, it's crazy because they've basically been partners with the Dan Levitard Show for half of their existence. Wow. When I put it to you that way, we got an old-ass show. Yeah, we do. That's crazy.
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Chapter 6: How does Nick Wright view the comparison between Mahomes and other quarterbacks?
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The work that Pablo Torre is doing is extraordinary, but the funny part of that particular exchange that did have some entitlement in it is that Mark Cuban is answering questions from Channing Frye and Kendrick Perkins about something that he doesn't have actual knowledge on, instead of talking to the person who actually can rebut some of the things that he's saying.
Well, yeah, I understand that, but I also, it's not a congressional subpoena. It's a podcast in lower Manhattan. Cuban can do whatever the hell he wants. It's a free-form conversation. I don't know how much time we have. Can I say something about Tua? Have you guys talked about this? Yeah, I got one more. Before you get into Tua, I got one more.
We have a total of four minutes left with you here. Mike's got a question. No, we'll do Mike's question and then Tua. Real quick, is Travis Kelsey, is he kind of skating on this? Because Patrick Mahomes probably beats the reigning Super Bowl champions without his two leading wide receivers if Travis Kelsey just holds on to a touchdown pass that ended up turning into an interception.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of the Chiefs' current performance?
That's true. Gronk retired for the first time six years ago. Gronk retired six years ago and then retired again for good three years ago. And Travis is still out here, you know, churning out 1,000-yard or near 1,000-yard seasons. Tua can't say he's not good. We'll get to two in a second, but to expect Travis Kelsey at, what is it, 36, 35? 36.
To expect a 1,000-yard season from him at 36 would be to expect something from a 36-year-old tight end that 36-year-old tight ends historically simply can't do. He's done it, but not at 36. No, that's correct. And I mean, last year he had, I think, you know, almost 900. The year before he had 980. This year he's actually on pace, you know, yardage-wise for 1,000.
But listen, he has broken all those types of tight end records. I think Tony Gonzalez is the only old tight end to have, you know, really prolific seasons like that. But right now they need him. And they're going to need him until they get their guys back. And they're going to need to. When your guy's season fully goes to hell, you think we can trade for A-chan? I'd like that. More than Hill?
You don't want Hill back?
Honest to God, only because I don't want to further your narrative. I would otherwise. So you don't want 30-point games anymore? Because you don't want the 30-point offense anymore that's always going over 30 points. That's not for you. You'd rather win. In four years with Tyreek Hill on this team, the Chiefs won one Super Bowl, went to two.
In three years without him, they went to three Super Bowls and won two. They've been just fine. And what they need right now is a running game. To be totally honest. But I know that's not all sexy for you. Yeah, Prashard Smith in there. You do have HN. It's Prashard Smith, baby. Jalen Wright's available. You guys don't like Pacheco? We're done with Pacheco?
Pacheco broke his leg and sadly hasn't been the same since then. Can I say my one-two a take? Yes. He can't. He's got to stop doing press conferences, man. So bad. He's so bad at them consistently. And he can't be like, listen, you can't say about the quarterback you're about to play, obviously he runs it and throws it better than me. I'm half the quarterback he is. I'm not anything close.
That guy, man. How much fun would it be to have a quarterback that good? Bro, you make almost as much money as him. You're in the same division. You can't say, you then have to at least add in, be like, but he can't do what I can do. But the problem is, the answer to that is nothing. There's nothing DeWitt can do that Josh can't do. So that's a bad press conference. It's a bad one. Bad, bad, bad.
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Chapter 8: What does Nick Wright predict for the future of the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes?
Host of What's Right with Nick Wright and FS1's First Things First. You can watch him, as I said, First Things First weekdays at 3 p.m. Eastern on FS1. But I would recommend more strongly the podcast he does with his son. Just because I love your father-son dynamic and I love that you're showing that side of yourself to people. I appreciate that. Listen, I learned from the best.
as far as doing, you know, bring your family into your sports media orbit. So I appreciate that. I would apologize for my tone at the beginning of this and for implying that you drank too much tequila and yelling at you.
but not an insult this is dumb you said we were done with this and i don't have the full screen up but did you guys have this picture as like a lower bottom corner maybe all the whole time nick we're out of time i'm sorry we're out of time we'll see you We'll see you soon.
It seems as though the Kansas City Chiefs legacy is on the line, headed into Sunday Night Football against the New York Giants, where you have a dink and dunk quarterback such as Patrick Mahomes going up against a yards-per-attempt juggernaut in Russell Wilson just two weeks into the season. Great stat. Great stat.
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You get $20 off when you use that promo code DAN on your first purchase. You get zone deals. You get panoramic seat views. Trust me, I use Game Time all the time. It is the absolute best. Terms apply. Swipe, tap, ticket, go. I'm going to betray Nick Wright right now because of how we began that interview and read a text exchange that Nick Wright and I had.
I texted him simply last week the word Pablo with an exclamation point. And this was the day that he had the second Kawhi Leonard story, which I'm not going to assume is the last of the Kawhi Leonard stories. And Nick's response to that was, what about him? And I'm like, well, he's unspooling seven month investigations while you fart clicks. And his response was counterpoint.
I'm providing content that is helping provide hundreds of thousands, if not millions of sports fans a fun respite in this interminable hellscape we currently live in. While he is getting applause from the absolute most boring people in the world about a story that even the most diehard NBA fans can only pretend to kind of care about. Bonus counterpoint.
My farted out Mahomes takes will result in the exact same number of real sanctions as his seven months of Kauai reporting. Zero.
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