The Best in Sports News and Analysis, from Danielle McCartan · Danielle McCartan

WFAN August 17 2024

·2 hr 45 min·5 clips

Danielle McCartney comes on the air on a Saturday evening and sets up a live New York sports show that invites listeners to call in and take part. She welcomes everyone from the Mike Francesa Studio in Lower Manhattan and sends them to 888-808-1019. The show opens with a Giants highlight and a loud touchdown call, which gives the night its sports-radio energy right away. Danielle makes it clear the show is live, runs through midnight, and depends on the audience being part of it. She also teases a surprise guest for later: Dillon Patantis, a four-time All-Star and former Yankee and Met. Danielle says she ran into him at her Women's League softball playoff game on Wednesday night and asked him to come on, and he said yes. From there, the talk turns into a long Giants debate. The question is not whether the Giants can sneak into the playoffs or win 10 or 11 games. It is whether they can win a Super Bowl with Daniel Jones at quarterback. Danielle and Paul Rosenberg widen the discussion to quarterbacks around the league. The point is that only a small group of quarterbacks can truly win a Super Bowl, and if the Giants do not believe Jones belongs there, then they should stop putting off the decision. That brings Tommy DeVito into the picture. Danielle is not saying DeVito is definitely better. She is saying the Giants should test what they have instead of pretending they already know the answer. Paul pushes back by pointing to Jones's track record, including the playoff berth and road win before he got hurt last season. Danielle does not wave that away, but she keeps coming back to the present. If Jones stays healthy and is still struggling halfway through this season, then it may be time to move on and give DeVito the rest of the year. The exchange stays tied to football reality rather than slogans, and the callers keep the back-and-forth moving in the way live radio does best. The ending keeps the same local, personal feel. Danielle mentions school, the end of summer, and the fact that there is no paycheck coming in from school right now, so that may have to wait until September. She thanks the callers, gives credit to Paulie Rosenberg behind the glass and Dexter Henry on updates, mentions Odyssey Rewind for anyone who missed the show, and notes that she is having surgery on Monday. By the close, the listener has gotten a full New York sports-night argument, a guest tease, a quarterback referendum, and the kind of loose live banter that makes the show feel immediate.

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A fast New York sports argument that keeps returning to the Giants question until it lands.

Danielle McCartney keeps the discussion pinned to the Giants quarterback question, with caller energy and quick back-and-forth doing most of the work.

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Press play if you want the Giants quarterback debate without the polite padding.

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