Dan Patrick Show

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford joined the show to talk about his season and the Super Bowl matchup. — Stafford said that he improved this season because he got to play 16 straight games with the same guys because he was healthy. — Stafford talked about the big play when the Cowboys didn’t double-team Calvin…

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton joined the show to talk about his incredible rookie season. Newton said that he was going through the season and he tried to ask a lot of people how they dealt with the scrutiny.Newton said nothing about the Auburn coverage bothered him. Newton said that his rookie season was challenging.…

NFL Network analyst Kurt Warner joined the show to talk about the Super Bowl and more. Dan asked Warner the difference between Eli Manning now and Eli back when he played with him. “Astronomical,” Warner said. “When I played with him it was some of the worst quarterback play I’ve ever seen.” But Warner said…

Hall of Famer Joe Montana joined the show to talk about the Super Bowl matchup and more. Montana said that he had a similar surgery to the one Peyton Manning had on his neck. Dan asked if he can imagine playing again after that. Montana said yes, “we’re pretty stupid as athletes.” Montana said that…

Seton and McLovin went toe-to-toe playing hoops late at night at the Indianapolis ManCave.

Indiana Pacer president Larry Bird joined the show to talk about his season and more. Bird said he can’t come down to the mobile ManCave because he’s trading for Kobe Bryant and LeBron James today. Dan asked Bird if he expects to the make playoffs. “If I don’t make the playoffs, they should fire me,”…

Patriots owner Robert Kraft joined the show to talk about the Super Bowl and the experience this week. Kraft talked about how crazy the Pats fans are. He said before he bought the team, they were blacked out locally. Now it’s been a long time since they didn’t have a sell-out. Kraft said he bought…

NBC broadcaster Al Michaels joined the show to talk about calling the Super Bowl. Michaels said he’s called some lopsided Super Bowls. “You only get to do a Super Bowl every few seasons,” Michaels said, “so you want the game to be really great.” Michaels said that the Giants are “the flavor of the month”…

NBC’s Bob Costas called in to clarify his comments on Ryan Braun on yesterday’s show. Costas said yesterday he’s OK with a re-vote for NL MVP. But he said that he’s thought about it, and they can’t change the rules now and re-do it. But Costas thinks that they should add a rule. “They should…

SI.com’s Andy Staples joined the show to talk about National Signing Day. Staples said that Dorial Green-Beckham — a Calvin Johnson-like receiver — is the biggest name out there right now, but at the time Staples came on he was 20 minutes away from deciding. Staples also commented on Penn State. Staples said that the…