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NFL news: Is Pat McAfee as powerful as Donald Trump? LeSean McCoy seems to think so
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Former NFL star LeSean McCoy believes Pat McAfee has accumulated an unusual amount of power in sports media, comparing the ESPN personality's influence to that of President Donald Trump .
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McCoy made the comparison during a recent episode of "Speakeasy" after a clip from "The Pat McAfee Show" went viral. The clip appeared to show McAfee putting out a lit object in an ashtray during Thursday's ESPN broadcast, prompting speculation on social media that he was smoking marijuana. McAfee later joked on X that it was "sage." Reports have not independently established that the object was a joint.
"Pat is a kicker and he's more popular than any quarterback that's retired other than Tom Brady , for one. For two, he's probably the most powerful person other than Donald Trump," McCoy said. "He's the only dude that I know that can smoke weed on the show and nothing happens. Call out his boss and then get a raise. He do whatever he wants."
McCoy continued by praising the former Indianapolis Colts punter's rise in sports media .
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"So listen, I'm a fan of Pat, I've always been a fan of Pat, bro. The stuff he's doing right now, nobody's done. He's great on TV, a great personality… Imagine a kicker doing these types of things. I root for Pat like I said before, ain't nobody more powerful than him other than the President."
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McAfee has developed one of sports media's largest platforms since retiring from the NFL. ESPN reported in October 2025 that "The Pat McAfee Show" had surpassed 1 billion monthly social media views for the first time while averaging 447,000 live viewers across ESPN and YouTube that September.
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