AJ Hawk & Pacman Jones On How TERRIBLE Bengals Facilities Were When They Played | Pat McAfee Show

This is a conversation from The Pat McAfee Show LIVE from Noon-3PM EST Mon-Fri.
Become a #McAfeeMafia member! / @thepatmcafeeshow
SUBSCRIBE:
/ @thepatmcafeeshow
MERCH: store.patmcafe...
Subscribe to the Pat McAfee Show(s)!
@Hammer Dahn
@Thats Hockey Talk
@The Pod
@The Pat McAfee Show
MERCH: store.patmcafe...
SPONSOR THE SHOW: www.patmcafees...
#PatMcAfee #NFL

[@colearmbruster]

One thing I love about pat being gone is we hear all the aj hawk stories🤣

[@danieldelcarpio5446]

And no one gets interrupted, and there’s no one on the show to suck off the players/the guests

[@AllegedlyAlec]

@@danieldelcarpio5446 Sounds like you aren't a fan of Pat, so why are you here?

[@sentz1239]

@@AllegedlyAlec Didnt realize Pat was a one man show. I imagine hes hear because he likes the whole team vs just one guy.

[@MasterMoose04]

Real

[@erikedwards2550]

@@danieldelcarpio5446 🤓

[@JayT89277]

Lmao when AJ asked Pac how many years he was in Cincy and he said 9, I immediately said “damn”. Everybody was thinking the same thing 😂

[@dashoot99]

They made the playoffs 5 of his 8 seasons there (he said 9 but it was 8 seasons). They just lost all 5 playoff games.

[@lesliefields6816]

Agree, it was nice to see them again!

[@lesliefields6816]

​@dashoot99 it prolly felt like nine after all those play-off losses. 😂

[@toddage83]

Yep I’m a bengals fan and that surprised me

[@joelvervoort1849]

Kinda nice having Pat away for a bit. Love hearing AJ and Pac chat amongst themselves. Pat would never let the happen without cutting in 12 times 😅

[@XRTRACING]

Yea that’s began to steer me away from the show tbh

[@thenflwithajl]

LMAO

[@bobbyfaller5239]

Hey, shut up

[@cr9279]

ABSOLUTE FACTS LOL

[@Iog0ut]

hes becoming a personality and not just a dude now@@XRTRACING

[@xConceptz1]

Imagine you sit down after a full practice for lunch and they bring out some lunchables for the team 😂 Pac sitting there spreading the sauce pack on the pizzas or stacking ham and crackers

[@The_Rebeliate]

I can’t unsee it now 😂

[@TheAustinKendall]

lol this concept could make for a hilarious sketch for a team to make.

[@lesliefields6816]

​@TheAustinKendall they do those in the end-zone if they can find time. Remember after Buffalo and they did snow-angels in the end-zone! Our guys are so fun to watch..

[@JohnSmith-ls3um]

The whole NFLPA report card thing reminds me of something my dad used to tell me: never underestimate the power of public embarrassment to make things happen.

[@kylemann4918]

They should have someone like Fitzpatrick who has played in a bunch of different facilities for a bunch of different teams to talk more about this

[@tyavemercy16]

Lol

[@Vnz23]

Him and Josh McCown

[@insaniam_convertunt_scientiam]

Someone should ask him to design one. He’s seen enough to see what works and what doesn’t better than some professionals.

[@mydogsbestfren]

ya or Dontae Johnson. dude has signed like 20 contracts lol

[@dashoot99]

“I felt very confident in our team, especially in our defense. If someone wanted to fight us, we’re OK.” 😂

[@andrewesau51]

He was thinking about Burfect, I guarantee it

[@MusMasi]

PacMan is one CB I would not want to mess with, hes like the Steve Smith of CornerBacks.

[@TommyRibs]

It’s one of the reasons the Bengals were willing to take guys with character concerns. Bengals management were concerned for years about having to match the toughness/meanness of the Steelers and the Ravens. They wanted guys that would not back down from either of those teams.

[@alexloughrey9790]

He wasn’t wrong either lol

[@jackashmore]

Long time bengals fan and I loved hearing them finally talk about their time there. I was hyped when we signed Aj Hawk and to see him and pac man talking about it is amazing

[@gackleballsg2034]

Couldn’t imagine growing up to be disappointed week after week

[@jackashmore]

@@gackleballsg2034 well just ask your parents after they gave birth to you

[@darnellwilliams8783]

​@@jackashmoreAJ Hawk was past his prime when he signed with the Bengals 😊

[@adammcallister5773]

@@jackashmore nah that was uncalled for💀💀

[@shanesamuels5706]

Why is pac leg darker than the bottom part

[@ILikeCheesecakes]

0:58 No way AJ predicted it

[@xConceptz1]

DeShaun Watson heard Denver has massages and is pissed he chose Cleveland now 😂

[@answeris4217]

But did they let players bring their own towels...

[@Raider870]

The last 20 minutes of the show was incredible.

[@rod3183]

This segment was so good, I didn't even notice Pat wasn't in it lol

[@nickpillow5692]

Facts

[@ryderlewis1056]

hearing pac talk about denver made me so happy. i’ve always known we were a world class organization but i feel like it doesn’t get talked about enough that after that super bowl win, our owner died, peyton retired, and kubiak resigned as head coach. that would kill any franchise and we’re just now barely recovering from that. but before that we were world class at every level and it honestly doesn’t surprise me hearing pac man praise denver the way that he did.

[@ryanloane6588]

uniforms are dogshit though

[@owen730]

Marvin paved the way for the position that the Bengals are in today. Lifelong fans know 🐅

[@Eugenepanels]

As a packers fan how abour trading us that joe burrow? Heard the kid sucks off the field.

[@Ranger.TomGunna]

@@Eugenepanels Na yall got Jordan Love now, youll be ok lmao

[@neubianx]

Owen 💯 . Marvin is still the 3rd most winning Bengals coach of all time. Stephen A Smith did Marvin's reputation dirty.

[@jharp08]

@@neubianx I think he's number one fr. Edit: winning percentage it's forrest Gregg which is close but Marvin has the most wins and it's 3rd overall in winning percentage and is over .500

[@kenyatta5ttconjohnsoentcr589]

@@neubianx Marvin’s the number 1 winning coach in Cincinnati

[@andrewnoble3298]

AJ was actually smiling and laughing today it was awesome

[@brianj4090]

I mean, most of us not getting paid millions and paying for our own lunch.

[@jmc3461]

It’s pretty typical for investment bankers, consultants etc to have their meals comped while on the job. So kind of a normal expectation for someone in a high paying field, nevermind one where there’s an outsized importance on the person’s physical health.

[@wilhelmheinrich7502]

The Bengals have changed so much since Katie Blackburn took over.

[@fr0stb1ght34]

Hey, her, Tobin, and Katie's husband have really been stepping the Bengals profile up these last few years. I'm sooo happy Brown entrusted the team to her and them.

[@wilhelmheinrich7502]

@@fr0stb1ght34 it’s like night and day.

[@justtony21]

but they have done nothing to try to win. They are slow to victory.

[@BallisticBerry]

@@justtony21they were one TD stop away from a super bowl win what are you talking about lol. Much better than their performances before

[@justtony21]

@@BallisticBerry almost won. almost won ? 1 td away? right because that breeds a winning atmosphere. again this is a team slow to victory.

[@carrite]

Nice being able to hear Pac and AJ communicate without Pat racing around at 400 mph.

[@victorfranca85]

Its the Pacman show now Pat. You have been drafted to be on team dad.

[@dd45jags67]

😂😂

[@KCMedia33]

AJ was there for the 2015 season. One of our better seasons as a franchise going 12-4. That the playoff game Burfict was out of control and Jeremy Hill fumbled in the red zone late in the fourth where we would have secured the win with a score. Out of all the playoff losses that one stung the most.

[@TheJeferka]

I went to the next game where the broncos beat the steelers. Prime AB still ate even though that defense was stout

[@JAS0N_M00RE]

Being a Ohio State fan and a Bengals fan having AJ Hawk on the team for a year was good

[@UpstateGamer]

As a lifetime bengals fan, I need more back stories from these guys

[@FrankGallagher-OG]

This was actually a calm dope ass segment

[@user-ij6xs4ut7j]

Never realized Pac was so deep, nice addition to the show!

[@chaselewis100]

Media displayed him as a thug with the gold teeth and the charges

[@Evnmcphrsn]

Who Dey say dey need sanitary and safe working conditions.

[@boomboxmartian]

Love the AJ/Pac stories. Theyre great. Well done boys.

[@dd45jags67]

Whoever chose to have Pac-Man as a regular needs a promotion or some I fw bro

[@edwardknight8577]

Pat and Pac have been close since their days together at WVU.

[@jharp08]

Long time Bengals fan and insider and I gotta say Marvin Lewis would of been regarded as a great coach or better perception at least. He put up with way much more than he should have

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

Marvin Lewis was TRASH as a head coach. You don't go 0-7 in the playoffs without being a crappy coach. If Joe Gibbs was the coach during that time period they would have won at least four super bowls.

[@jharp08]

@@CRAZYHORSE19682003 is that you mike??

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

@@jharp08 LOL No.

[@nickolascaldarera7182]

The Saints in the 80’s and 90’s practice facilities were trailers.

[@phishtix452]

In Metairie at that

[@MusMasi]

Dome Patrol Operated out of Trailers? Damn.

[@orangecounty2033]

Cardinals still charge the players for lunch but on Tuesday they get 1 free refill on iced tea

[@pcharl01]

I never realized AJ hawk was a Bengal. I thought he'd spend his whole career as a packer

[@XGhost937X]

The last year in the nfl he signed with the bengals. He actually retired a bengal. But everyone associates him with the packers for obvious reasons.

[@PeterSedesse]

now do franco harris and the seahawks....

[@dashoot99]

@@XGhost937X he played 1 game as a Falcon before retiring

[@sthao1733]

I don't remember who he went to but I remember him leaving the Packers because he sucked for us LOL

[@andrewnoble3298]

I like when all the boys are involved like this

[@314cstaff]

Just start watching this show this week, and I love it!!! Very authentic and real. Also love the topics!

[@ReferMadness]

After the David Klingler and Akili Smith years we Bengals fans deserve this come up!

[@NoThisIsPatrick87]

Doesn’t every corporation/company/real world job have their employees pay for lunch or provide options (restaurants/food joints) but not for free? While the employees aren’t getting paid anywhere near as much as professional athletes?

[@aprilp660]

But most corporations/companies don't dictate which food you need to eat to do your job which with nutrition and health requirements NFL teams basically do. They have full teams designing meals specifically for them to have the right fuel for their job. At that point the special diet should be free because it's equivalent to a workers equipment bag and tools, it's a requirement and tool needed to succeed

[@w0ykj]

Yes, I don't get the complaints either. Especially because the people complaining aren't saying that companies in general should pay for lunch but rather NFL players are for some reason a unique example exempt from having to pay for their own lunch.

[@eyehatemyjob2314]

I think the point was that 31 teams feed their guys and the Cardinals were the only ones charging.

[@marcusrudolph5961]

@matth3708 nfl players paying for food when there on specific meal plans for work is the equivalent of getting a work from home job and having to buy the laptop

[@Ivansports95]

Pacman talkin bout Denver top class facilities and we still suck 🤣

[@imanoldurango8213]

Well the training camp is far asf from the stadium lol the training camp is in a much nicer area

[@ryanschipf5612]

AJ is a solid host

[@gregjohnston9410]

This is so disrespectful to the millions of Americans that work everyday and have to take their own lunch to work. We are talking about millionaires who are crying needing to pay for lunch. Every single traditional employee in the country pays for their own lunch and their own childcare. Nobody provided at work for them. This just shows how disconnected from reality some people can get!!!!

[@seanhopkins8412]

It's relative.. When every other team has daily catering, you buck up for lunch

[@darthtrabia]

I work for a giant construction company…. I’m gonna demand free lunches, and a weight room

[@leftyferrdead]

Sorry. Ain't gonna feel bad for them having to pay for their lunch. I pay for my lunch while I'm at work 🤷

[@seanferguson8]

I will always have love for Marvin Lewis and the PAC Man. Who Dey

[@humbertomartinez5438]

Loved this. Great info

[@AJ-bi6ns]

Wait till these guys hear almost every job requires you to provide your own lunch.

[@b2g121795]

When it's just 1 team out of 32 that don't pay for food, it makes sense why the athletes would be upset

[@texasscifi3431]

College University Power 5 locker rooms are Palaces. Going from Alabama to Cincinnati must feel like going backwards in your standard of living but getting a bigger paycheck.

[@OttawaRocks]

Fantastic topic selected and great insight from Pacman and AJ. Learnt a lot of how organizations in the NFL run their operations and how varied they are.

[@davidwhite7162]

Joey B going to Katie Bs office like “yeah Kate, we need outlets in our lockers” Katie be getting it done!

[@reliablethreat23]

It’s crazy to think that colleges have much, much better facilities than professional teams! That’s wild to me!

[@josephcarter6055]

connor killed driving this convo.

[@VorchaKali]

The Seahawks have the reputation of treating their players, staff, and coaches the best.

[@JasonB808]

Never knew some NFL facilities could be so bad considering they make so much money. Heck many big named college football team has state of the art facilities. I bet Joe Burrow invited the Cincinnati Bengals owners to see LSU facilities. They probably was like 🤯.

[@offroad8055]

Pacman is outstanding! Could most likely have his own show🤘

[@paulmccarthy2032]

I'm impressed w PacMan..sharp guy,conversationalist..I had him pegged wrong

[@thetruthonly2259]

Pacman just made bad decisions. If I’m not mistaken, I think he got at least a 1200 or higher on the SAT was on the honor roll the whole time he was in college. He just made a LOT of dumb personal decisions. But he’s smart

[@Crispy44652]

“We were a player away from being really good.” Damn Pac, you didn’t have to Andy Dalton that way.

[@YeaYea1k]

What’s crazy is hearing millionaires complain about paying for lunch. I work for a multi billion dollar company and they don’t pay for my lunches

[@sbaker9479]

PAC is such a cool interesting new voice to the show.

[@jbjoker18]

Thanks pat for making changes for the Bengals Org !

[@DesignRhythm]

It's probably the 7 kids with 7 different baby mamas, why the owners didn't want a Jerry Springer show in the stadium every game day.

[@jesusthemezziuggh]

Really?

[@tribalism_is_toxic1989]

PAC MAN Brings a different dynamic to every discussion. I like D-But, but Pac Man is quick and 100% REAL & knowledgeable.. no sugar coating. 💪

[@gkneppy6474]

PacMan....Steeler country loves you man! Lol 🤟🏼🤟🏼

[@michaelmaas5544]

The Lions have finally put together that family type of organization in my opinion. I think that’s why this years draft surprised a lot of people, they took players they felt would fit in with the team. Even if they weren’t the so called best available at their position they were the what the team was looking for. MCDC and the guys aren’t going to be biting they’re going to be eating kneecaps this year.

[@ltltraffic5409]

AJ'S baby sitter comment was epic

[@Subie_OffXroad]

I love Pac-Man and AJs stories

[@Johnny_Dregs]

It's cool getting to know Pacman's true personality and not just what the media showed. I had a feeling he was more down to earth than they led on for the headlines.

[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It Pat The Pat McAfee Show Bro

[@MattyPrograms]

7:30 Concussion Connor with the most CTE phrasing of a question, ever.

[@augustusanderson6949]

Rich athletes crying, work a 9to5 paying for your lunch.

[@DavidHurst91]

I’m hoping players unions in other sports start doing these evaluations too

[@Manderenn]

Im at my job 12 hours a day and they dont pay for my lunch. Im not a millionare though so I guess I cant complain

[@brandonkrueger6331]

Those poor multimillionaires had to pay for lunch. Tsss get real

[@andyd9116]

Hey now AJ, I made sure my boys held traffic for you all. We ain’t gonna let our dudes get hit by no cars crossing Central 😉 Pac, it was good seeing you over at TQL a couple months ago man

[@i_i8924]

Don't forget Ochocinco lived in the facilities for 2 years 😃

[@Pyrowith2os]

Love listening to pac man talk.

[@jbeezy-ty3em]

I feel like aj is naturally a better host than pat. Dont get me wrong i love pat but this was one of the most interesting eps in a while

[@austincherry7325]

A lot of people work for 12 hrs or more a day and have to bring their own food.

[@lamarcusguiton3007]

Well in Hospitals and other places there is a law where you have to charge for facilities food because of a liability of getting food poisoning or sick.... The person can sue the team. Paying for it makes the person liable.

[@rayday007]

AJ Hawk look like woody Harrelson in his 30s

[@CosmicFreedoms]

Glad to hear from TNA tag team champion Pacman Jones

[@Mvproszn]

I don't like anyone bad mouthing my organization even people who used to work for them. But if you want to hear somebody talk about how bad the Bengals facilities was back in the day you should listen to Corey Dillon. The Bengals play in the Nasty Naty next to the Yucky Kentucky.

[@MusMasi]

he was probably happy to escape to New England?

[@thatdude1528]

By all accounts the cincy team facilities are still garbage today

[@pmarlier]

Shout out the the audio guy who figured out how to mike Pac right.

[@StonksGoMoonPodcast]

Very nice change of pace on the show - miss ya Pat, enjoy the baby!

[@MrLarge303]

Pac cool as hell man

[@kobymorris6463]

I feel so sorry for these millionaires

[@1989jumpman]

Had Cedric Benson come out in front of me on the "main road" Aj mentions. I was coming to a full stop but Cedric threw some funny jukes just in case 😂

[@91_C4_FL]

Up until the mid 90s, the Buccaneers weight room was outside lol.

[@PhilosophicalThumbs]

Its hilarious hearing millionaire athletes complain about paying for lunch. Meanwhile, im packing my lunch to work a 9-5 😂

[@shhmichael8986]

to think pacman was a tailback until his freshman year in college an then he left early for the draft.. top ten pick.. so awesome

[@incognitomosquito3120]

2:58 Oh no millionaires having to pay for their lunch, how cruel

[@trossrunnin]

“Hopefully Nashville gets a new stadium”… About that… the stadium ends up being largely paid for by tax dollars. While yes, the NFL does drive people to local businesses, but that doesn’t necessarily help the common everyday worker. I find that to be a sticky topic. As society wants more government funding for public facilities and such, the NFL gets a chunk in terms of stadium funding. Priorities.

[@kevinbragg4303]

Aj hawk looks like one of those boxing mannequins

[@qarcon3247]

Cincinnati seem like a cool place. Wouldn’t mind visiting but it sucks that it in Ohio

[@qarcon3247]

@@_E_Pluribus_Unum_ yeah but I would still have to smell Ohio air....id rather die

[@CbusLowRider]

On a real note, Cincinnati is a cool place. I grew up on the East side.

[@Loquacious_Jackson]

These poor professional athletes 😢😢😢

[@joeyisamazing1091]

Those report cards work cuz it’s makes the owner look bad to their friends, to the fans, and to free agents and players and coaches thinking of coming to the organization

[@ScubaDiverPicker]

Everyone I know laughed at players getting mad for having to pay for lunches. Millionaires bitching about paying for food like all us poor folk.

[@arcblades4030]

“Biggest league in the world” 😭😭

[@BadNews44]

Always be the bunglas aka dingleberrys we all know kids

[@davej.meister5421]

AJ Hawk and his ex-Buckeye LB teammate Jim "Animal Jr." Lauranaitis (sp?) ought to reform the Road Warriors in WWE.

[@jeffrichards1537]

I love Pac-Man. But born and raised in West Virginia. Any ex mountaineer will always have my love. Lets goooo Mountaineers. Blue and gold all day.

[@RIPhussle]

I work masonry, obviously don’t get paid handsomely, and STILL pay for lunch. I can’t sympathize with

[@jinkerGM]

I want to know what AJ and Pac think about Mike Brown.

[@RR-sz8wl]

Players seem to like him as a person. As an owner might be different lol.