Our long national nightmare is over: Pat McAfee will attend the NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The saga between McAfee and the NFL has unfolded during the 2025 NFL Draft season, tracing back to an incident at the combine in Indianapolis where, while doing The Pat McAfee Show live on site, he revealed that things didn’t go as planned behind the scenes with the NFL’s “middle management.” This led him to declare he would not broadcast live from the NFL Draft.
However, McAfee indicated that his issues with the NFL were more serious than a few individuals complicating his ability to broadcast at the combine. Fortunately, cooler heads have prevailed; bygones have been made bygones, and a truce has been reached. Pat McAfee announced on his show this past Tuesday that he will once again take his show on the road to the NFL Draft.
We will be LIVE from the NFL Draft in Green Bay #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/BXi1OwmfCB
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) April 15, 2025
“Full chaos next Thursday night at the NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which we will be at,” McAfee shared. “Shout out to the NFL folks—let’s go shake their hand and try to make something positive out of this entire situation, which we will always aim to do. While there might be moments when it doesn’t feel that way, we will inevitably strive to contribute positively. Full chaos is potentially looming for this NFL Draft.” This is particularly exciting as McAfee’s draft show was notably colorful last year featuring Bill Belichick, who, despite likely being busy in North Carolina, has set an interesting precedent for an engaging evening with McAfee and his crew.
