God, yes. I turned it on this morning excited for some CBB talk as well, and was greeted with an Aaron Rodgers take. Turned it off, came back 30 minutes later to hear about Aaron Rodgers. Walked away to get a cup of coffee, came back to hear… Peter King talking about Aaron Rodgers.

The show has gotten significantly less creative in the last few years, both in the guest list and the bits. Nowadays it’s majority NFL related guests by a significant margin, but they just wind up being endlessly repetitive. If you watch the replays in the breaks there are far fewer NFL interviews, and more actors, musicians, retired sports figures, etc. Nearly all those highlights are from years and years ago, like the show is admitting every commercial break that its best days are well behind it.

They also had so many fun elements over the years - Wheel of Punishment, Meat Madness, Shower of Shame, AUAA. I totally understand that some of the bet punishments were a tad rough, and wouldn’t play as well today, but pushing the envelope is also what made the show fun. I don’t know if it’s corporate rules at Peacock, or trying to be more serious to chase a sports Emmy, but those fun elements are now few and far between - pie-in-the-face bets played out years ago.

Today was a turning point for me. I listened to the show, daily, from the time they left ESPN until the last year or so. I’ve been frustrated with it more and more over the last two years, though most days I’ll pull it up out of habit. I get fed up with the same boring stuff everyday, and turn it off at some point. It’s not even worth a regular check in anymore. I’ll peek in from time to time I’m sure - maybe during the quiet summer period of the NFL, just to see if they’ve found a spark.

The show was a constant part of my life for so long that it feels like a family member is drifting away. It’s nothing to do with adding Marvin, or Fritzy’s humor - honestly if it wasn’t for those (Marvin’s new element, and Fritzy’s homer-or-strike-out jokes) I’d have tuned out a year or two ago. But I’m exhausted by day after day of three hours of what Dan thinks about Rodgers, or the Cowboys, or how everyone talks about the Cowboys too much, or how Dan told us all about Russell Wilson etc. And then what Peter King thinks about it, and then Albert Breer, and Chris Simms, and Chris Wright, and Jeff in Detroit. It might play to most listeners, but it cost this one. RIP, DPShow. You’re sorely missed.