"One afternoon, McAfee wanted Schefter on his program," Marchand reports. "Schefter was appearing on an ESPN2 free agency special and was unable to make it. Schefter, formerly a McAfee Show regular, has been banished ever since."

The sports media star's stratospheric rise has been built on unpredictability paired with a showman's sense of their audience.

Adam Schefter hasn't appeared on The Pat McAfee Show since early March. While that will change today when Schefter joins the progrum, The Athletic's Andrew Marchand reported Thursday that ESPN's most high-profile NFL insider had been banned from McAfee since the beginning of free agency in March.