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The Herd with Colin Cowherd
3 & Out - Massive Mailbag, Sanders on the trade block, Favorites in the AFC/NFC
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Colin Coward
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John Middelkopf
What is going on, everybody? John Middelkopf three and Out Podcast. All of our content is brought to you by our friends, our partners, Zone Pouches Little weekend Mailbag at John Middelkoff is the Instagram firing those DMS questions answered here on the show? Typically, we don't do anything on the weekends or at least on Saturday, but I took like Tuesday, Wednesday off. I took Tuesday, which would have been Wednesday's podcast. We didn't have one. So I was like, you know what, let's throw out a couple mailbag questions for the weekend. That's what we're doing. Little Weekend Mailbag at John Middlekopf. You guys know the drill. Firing those dms. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast. Make sure you subscribe to the YouTube page. Never miss a thing. Let's just, let's just dive right in. Congrats on having a baby. I appreciate it. I just had my son, Kyrie, the first in November, the first of November. Congratulations. There's gonna be some pressure on your son to be a Hooper. If Shador Sanders has a good game, great game Sunday and potentially the rest of the year. If he starts, can he be the next quarterback that is traded this off season, depending on the quarterback class this upcoming draft? Well, I think there are a lot of different variables here. First, is there and we'll find out like after the game and early next week, is there pressure on him to play well? So if Dylan Gabriel passes concussion protocol on Monday or Tuesday, is he just inserted back in the starting lineup? That's what we don't know yet. If Shador plays well, regardless what happens to Gabriel, he will continue to play. And to me, if he plays, let's say he starts, what's a record, two and eight or something? Let's say he starts seven, eight games, right? And he plays well in four or five of them. I think that would bring into play, depending on the quarterback class, especially if there's no one to draft high, that he would be their quarterback next year and they would just use their draft capital to help build the team. And Shador would get an opportunity to start this offseason. I think the owner has shown that, you know, he likes the headlines. He's like a, I don't know, Midwest version of Jerry Jones, who loses a lot more than Jerry. I mean, Jerry's way better at his job than Jimmy Haslam. But I do think if Shador plays well, assuming that he continues to start, that he would get an opportunity to be the quarterback next year. Maybe they would sign some version of Flacco, veteran type, Kenny Pickett type guy. And obviously they still have Gabriel on the roster. Maybe they have an off season competition. I mean, Dylan Gabriel's not very good, but we're going to find out about Shador. What up, Middlekop? In 2023, do you think the Bills would have been better off missing the playoffs instead of winning five straight to get the number two seed? This would have meant that McDermott would have gotten fired, and I believe his replacement would have been Jim Harbaugh. Would the Bills be in a better position today if they had got rid of McDermott in 23? I like Sean McDermott. I'm not rooting for him to get fired. But to be objective, I'd have to admit that Jim Harbaugh is a much better coach. If you could choose, who would you want as your head coach, Jim Harbaugh or Sean McDermott? You would take Jim Harbaugh. And the one thing which is kind of ironic because Sean McDermott is like a defensive tough guy. Like, that's the defense is his baby, yet their defense, part of it might be the GM2. There's a softness to the organization. Now I'm recording this podcast. I know it's coming out on Saturday before the Thursday night game, but regardless, like one thing with Jim, obviously the Chargers have a bunch of injuries. There is a toughness element to his teams, and I just think you would add the toughness element with the talent at quarterback. I think the sky would be the limit now. Yeah, I mean, I think that you never want to miss the playoffs, but in your scenario, I think you could make an argument you would have been better off. John, have a different kind of question. Assuming the Broncos and Eagles both get the one seed, who would you trust to come out on top and win in the following wild card matchups? In addition to covering a hypothetical spread for said matchup, Chiefs and the Colts. Jags at the Pats, Bills at the Ravens in the nfc, Niners at the Rams. Seattle at the Packers. Bears at the Bucks. I think the Niners just given that they have played very well against the Rams defense, that would be a Niner home game. The defense for the Niners is terrible. But that would be a. An unlucky matchup for the Rams. I think the Rams would do anything to get the Panthers or the Bears in that spot. I would say the Chiefs at the Colts. That would be a shitty spot for the Colts. Now we'll see that matchup in Arrowhead. Obviously it would be different in Indianapolis. Jags of the Patriots. You know the Jags have a pretty good pass rush. It just come down to how well Trevor Lawrence played on the road in the cold. Don't love that. Bills at the Ravens. You know the Ravens. Lamar's been banged up this year. I think I would like the Bills in that spot. But Seattle at the packers would have upset written all over it. Question. Yesterday had Colin had the Broncos going to the Super Bowl a week and a half ago, he was saying Bo Nix wasn't any good. Listen, I'm going to defend him this way. Like that's the biggest game of Bo Nixon's career. It just was. And he outplayed Patrick Mahomes. There's not a soul who would have said that. Over the course of the last two months, he had been pretty bad. Now he had made some plays down the stretch. But I do think it was fair to be like, this is. We saw him Thursday night. I get it. Short week. But at home against the Raiders, that's one of the worst games I've ever seen for a team that's like competing to win the Super Bowl. And the other thing is like this is not an old player with a bad game. It's like if Jared Goff has a bad game, like he's proven he's a pretty good player now he. You don't want him outside. But look, I expect Jared Goff to bounce back this week. Bonycks. I don't know what I'm getting week to week. So basically the question is curious your take on the notoriety they've been getting in the reality come playoff time because the defense is awesome and you can put some clamps. I think we could see a lopsided game for Denver in the playoffs. I just think Bo Nix is one of the biggest wild cards in the league. If he plays well, they can win the Super Bowl. If you tell me he Plays like he did on last Sunday and they have home field advantage. They are going to be a legit super bowl contender. When you have an elite defense, it's why my take on the Ole Miss Rebels, it's like, well, Lane Kiffin could win a championship this year. When's the last time a team with a terrible defense won a championship? In college of the pros, it does not happen. So I think a lot of people are like, I don't know about the Bills. I think it's fair. I don't know either. Right. It's like, well, I can't quit the packers. Because when you have a fantastic defense, it's why the Eagles are kind of hitting their stride. Yeah, their offense is kind of shitty. Who cares if you're allowing 10, 13 points a game, you're going to win a lot of games. You just are. So I think defense really, really matters. I have no clue on a weekly basis though what to make of Bonix. As a former scout, can you help me understand the reasoning behind drafting a guy like Gabriel in the third round? He's way undersized. Mediocre physical traits. When the Browns were evaluating, did they think he could be an elite quarterback? Even if they surround him with weapons and an awesome offensive coach, his ceiling would be someone like tua, which you're never winning big with anyway. I understand taking a flyer on Brock Purdy, but he was at the very end of the draft, not the top of the third round. My question is, do you think the Browns drafted him thinking he could eventually be a top five quarterback? When you draft a guy in the third round, you don't think he's going to be a top five quarterback. If you think a guy's gonna be top five quarterback, you draft him in the first round. If they thought he was going to be a superstar, they would have taken him two or five. So once you get to the third round, like, you just need a quarterback. So I, I don't know what they personally think of as ceiling. There's no way they could think a ceiling is that high. Now in their offense, if you can distribute the ball, in theory, you have a good running game, you can make an average quarterback, or an average quarterback can make your offense go. I'm with you though. Based on his traits. To me he would be an end of the draft flyer at best. I bet a lot of teams had him as an undrafted free agent. Fantastic college player, good guy. But when you have limited physical traits too, and you play in a division like the AFC North In a city like Cleveland, kind of need a big arm, you know, you kind of. It's Deshaun Watson didn't have a big arm. Now they got the shittiest version of him. But like, do you know what works in the AFC North? Big Ben, Joe Flacco, Lamar Jackson, you know, Joe Burrow. Like, you kind of got to be able to pierce the wind ideally, you know, none of those guys are Marino. Flacco's got a huge arm, but you can't have a peace shooter like Dylan Gabriel. And I feel bad because everyone's shitting on him. But the draft is a marketplace, right? So when you draft him in the third round, you're placing a value on the guy. And to me, the value you're placing on that guy, it'd be like, I'm making an offer for the house and I offer $500,000, and then the guy that got the house paid a million dollars. It's like, we value that house. You were both in different worlds, right? And to me, when they took him in the third round, I think a lot of people looked around like, what is going on? It's. It's why I theorized that they just drafted them so their owner didn't force Shador Sanders, who was plummeting in the draft, which is ironic because they ended up drafting him a couple rounds later. So I, I've been saying over and over, the Rams, or excuse me, the Browns, it's a clown show. And I, and I do think they get a pretty big pass. Now maybe Andrew Barry would tell me my owner is nuts. He forces me to do all this stuff and there probably be some validity to it, but he always comes out and says like, that was my choice. That was my choice. If he does get fired, I hope he doesn't tell all because I would like to know the truth if the truth is not what we know. But right now, they're an embarrassment with an all time great pass rusher and a promising looking running back. My question is, if you were the GM of the Raiders, what do you do this off season? I'd imagine you have to cut Gino, but that is an 18 million dead cap hit. And this quarterback class is not promising. We probably won't even get a top five pick. Do you keep Pete? I would highly think about firing everybody. Not, not Spy Tech. Like, I would keep Spy Tech. And I would think about like getting a young coach, maybe even a college guy. Like, could I convince Sark to come to Vegas? Could I convince Lane to come to Vegas and we just tear this thing down in the studs and build it up. I think I might have said on Monday, like everything should be on the table, Brock Bowers included. Obviously he's only in his second year and next year third. But you could argue, you know, guys of his caliber sometimes get paid after their third year. To me, if you wanted to keep Bowers, I mean, they're going to keep Bowers, but I'm not promoting trading them if they did. I wouldn't say it's the craziest thing ever. If they got two ones for him and two ones for Crosby and just started over. Now what I think they will do is I do think Max Crosby will be on the trade block this off season. And the one thing with Geno is like, he's a good guy, he can get along with quarterback. You could draft a guy and keep Gino. I wouldn't get rid of Geno at this point. No point in eating the money. So to me, it's probably time for Crosby to go. And it's like Crosby's on the block. It's pretty clear who'd be after him, right? The Lions, the Eagles. I would imagine the Cowboys would sniff around. There'd be a lot. His mark would be fantastic. But that would be the number one thing I think. Pete Carroll, Chip Kelly, the staff. Adios. You're a finance guy. Well, kinda. I trade stocks. Well, I invest in stocks. I'm not a day trader. So you understand present value of money. And the trade deadline had me thinking. In a lot of cases, wouldn't you rather have a proven, productive player now than a potentially productive player? If you're lucky in the draft Example, Breece hall for a third round pick. If you're extremely lucky, you'll get a guy in the third that's as good as hall has proven to be good. If there is something to be said about the present value of production versus the hope of a player you haven't met yet, works out a season from now. Here's the problem. You're not factoring into that variable is Breece Hall. Let's say you don't resign them so you get them for eight games and maybe a playoff game. Let's say you're the Chiefs. It's like, why didn't the Chiefs give a third round pick? Well, financially I'm not going to play Breeze Hall. 12, $13 million a year, right. So I'm renting him for the rest of the year, which is important. But you'd say, well, I've made five of the last six Super Bowls. If that third round pick just becomes a random starter, not even a good starter, but just a starter on my team. I pay that guy a million dollars for the next four years and I have a team that is very high price. This is the knock on the Lions. Now if you want to say hey, why didn't you guys trade for Jalen Phillips, that's fair. But when you use the Breece hall example, it's like he's a rent a player and most of the teams that would have been interested, the cap is pretty important to them. So that third round pick, you look around the league like a lot of third round picks start. And the other thing in your example, I think you should have removed Breece hall and used Jalen Phillips in that spot. Because when you use Breece hall, look how many running backs are all over the league who are good that are drafted in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh round. You know Sean Tucker was even drafted on the Buccaneers. Is he an undressed free agent? Breece hall was not a top 10 pick. So the guy was drafted in the second round and I'm buying him for a third round pick. So I'm not even getting a discount. Like the Eagles didn't have to pay anything to acquire Saquon Barkley. You can just find running backs. I'd argue like why don't you find the best running back on a practice squad and go claim him over giving a third round pick for Breeze Hall. But I hear what you're saying. Today's show is brought to you by our new presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Bet. We talk a lot of football here on three and out, but there's always something to bet on. 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Colin Coward
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Colin Coward
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John Middelkopf
Why are the Chargers so inconsistent? They crush the Steelers and a week later get crushed by the Jags. I had some Jags fans that Were like middle cuff. You haven't mentioned anything. They killed. It's like guys, once they were blowing them out, I stopped paying attention. Like, I. I'm sorry. No, hate. I. I really like Liam Cohen. If. If the NFL was college football, the Giants would be all over Liam Cohen. He's been impressive. So I'm impressed with Liam Cohen. But like, the Chargers are going to have some games with their. Justin Herbert got hit on over half the Dropbacks. Their offensive line sucks. I think the Chargers could lose anybody any given week at this point in time with their offensive line. Lifelong Tampa Bay Bucks fan and a season ticket holder. So you're very valuable commodity. The Glazers like you. I love Baker and hate Todd. You don't hate Todd personally. He's a good guy, but I know what you mean. My question is, do you think Baker has what it takes to win a Super bowl with Todd as head coach? Fans blame Todd for most issues, but Baker's turnovers need to come down. You think Todd. I would be. I would be a little stunned. And I do think, depending on what happens this weekend, there's a lot of pressure on the Rams. It's not Todd's fault. They have had a bunch of injuries. I think Todd's solid. I think the hard part is, is, you know, that. That Liam connection was pretty special. And the power of keeping an offensive coordinator who's your head coach. There was a reason they were trying to pay him a lot of money. That one could be a regret. It's like, God, I wish we just would have kept Liam Cohen as our head coach. But I. Depending on how the season ends, I could see Todd. But who are your options? The problem is, here's the thing with Todd, and this is a little Sean McDermott. Now, Sean's had much more success than Todd Bowles, but same type deal. The quarterbacks can get a little out of control. Obviously, Josh, much better than Baker. Part of Baker turning the ball over one. You kind of depend on him sometimes. I mean, when you guys get injured, your defense is getting shredded, he feels like he has to make plays. So I, I don't. I don't put the turnovers on Todd for Baker, and neither did you, I guess. But, yeah, I don't have a great solution. I don't. I. You guys are kind of in that weird predicament. It's not like your coach is bad where you're going to fire him. You kind of feel stuck with them. You're probably going to win 10 games. Your GM's pretty good. He. He likes them. Kind of a weird spot. I'm 25 years old. I was born into being a Jets fan and have been my whole life. Am I and is the franchise. At what point can I bail? It's tough, man. It sucks because it. It doesn't even look bright on the horizon. It's like, okay, we have a bunch of picks. It's like, guys, this is what you would probably say. We just had a bunch of picks and we nailed like 90% of them. You know those guys we just traded for a bunch of draft capital. Those were players we drafted. They were good. Quinn and Williams, like 27 years old. Been in the league for a while now. You know, he's. He's got one or two more years till his second contract is up. And we just traded him first. First and second round pick Sauce Gardner. We just traded for two ones. Breece hall, like, was valued as like a third or fourth rounder on the market. That's not even counting Garrett Wilson. That definitely, if healthy, would have gone for a one and a two. So it's like we, we hit on picks. It doesn't even matter. It sucks. I don't. I don't know what to tell you. There is something special if you ever get out of the mud, but there does come to a point where it's like, this, this is not fun to watch. It does feel. Aaron Glenn was so likable, and then he immediately becomes the jets coach and starts arguing with everybody. It's like, bro, this is not. And I get it. Like, if you had people asking you questions and you sucked, it just. It's a miserable way to be as a coach, but you're not going to win that when you're losing in New York. It's only going to get uglier. And you know, you guys pay Justin Fields so you can get mad all you want. Like, that's on you guys. And Aaron Glenn early on was like in the off season, singing his praises. It's. It could get really ugly. It really could. Full disclosure, huge Broncos fan. I think Knicks is going to be a poor man's Josh Allen. You're clearly biased and agree you have to get him on the move. Wonder if Peyton is saving that in some design runs for some playoff games. Keep up the great work. Grass on getting married. Side note, what were your favorite golf courses to play when you work in Philly? He's got a long way to go to become Josh Allen. Okay, let's just, let's pump the brakes on that. I Do think it's very fair to be really excited after Sunday. You outplayed Patrick Mahomes in the biggest Denver Bronco game in a decade. That was what a badass environment. 29 million people watched. That's cool that. That was a cool moment for you as a fan. Let's just see him play. Back to back, good games, golf courses. I played some public courses in Westchester. The one thing about Philly, the outskirts, some beautiful hills, great terrain, great topography. I would say the best course I went to was ironic. I didn't play it, but Tiger used to host an event in like 10 and 11. My brother flew out and we just went. We followed, like, Justin Leonard. Nick Watney's from where I live, so we kind of followed him. Badass course, which I think is hosting the PGA Championship or they're hosting a major in the next couple of years. But that was probably the best course that I was around. We used to have. We used to play golf at this course in New Jersey that used to let. We had some deal with the Eagles, but I don't even remember the name, but I remember playing some nice courses in Westchester. Love the show. Never miss an episode. Since you've been watching sports for a few decades now, I was wondering, what are your top five or 10 sports moments of all time? Okay, we're gonna end on this. I would say being there live, the best things I've ever seen live. I was at Game 7 of the NBA Finals in 2016. Shout out to your Dev's son, Kyrie. That was a pretty surreal moment to watch the block for LeBron had on Andre Iguodala. I. I'll just. It's a regret of mine. I drank a little too much. But I. I do vividly remember the game ending. And just looking at the Cav sideline and the eruption, I was like, this is pretty historic moment. Obviously. The warriors had won 73 games. They had just come back against the Thunder in seven games in the Western Conference finals, which, obviously that loss led to Kevin Durant, but you just knew that something was big. I remember seeing the Dominican sue at the game, Jared Goff at the game. A lot of celebrities at the game. The other live moment, I was at Monday Night Football, the last game at Candlestick. The San Francisco 49ers were playing the Atlanta Falcons, and Navarro Bowman picked off a ball. I think it was Roddy White. Bounced off Roddy White. Matt Ryan kind of threw it behind him, and Navarro Bowman took it to the house and leaped into the end zone and It's. It like clinched a playoff berth for the 49ers. I remember looking up. It's the loudest stadium I've ever seen. The place, it was like an earthquake. Place was shaking. And then they had like an after party. All the famous 49ers were there. Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Eddie DeBartolo, Boyz II Men. It was like, it was like a football celebration. But that moment, Navarro, Bowman, pick it off. I remember watching Jim Harbaugh because I was on the field, because you used to be able to go on the field with five minutes left in the game, standing next to Chris Berman. Just a moment I'll never forget. And then I did, like, local TV after. It was just really cool. I. I do remember I used to host a college radio show when I first got into radio on Saturdays. So I would be in the office on Saturdays in downtown San Francisco. And I remember watching the, the Kick six, Alabama, Auburn. I, I do think that's one of the crazier moments in my life. Obviously, it's Saban dynasty, but just watching, I think Chris Davis, who ended up being an undrafted free agent for the 49ers, I just remember my jaw hitting the floor. I couldn't even believe it was happening. And clearly looking back, anytime you try something like that, you're such a disadvantage if you know the DB returns it because how many guys on your unit? One. It's long snapper, holder, kicker, maybe a couple tight ends, but it's just offensive tackles, guards and centers. So you don't have the ability to make an open field tackle. It's not like there are linebackers and safeties on the field for you. I just. That was, that's one moment that's just like, entrenched into my brain. Yeah, I mean, there's. I mean, I've been lucky. I've lived through a lot of. I've watched every major sporting event the last, I don't know, 30 years. I, I mean, Tiger woods is, you know, I would say Tiger woods and Michael Jordan are my favorite athletes. I was so young. You know, you're early 90s. I'm 8, 9, 10 years old. And then Michael 96 through 98. I'm 12, 13, 14. See, you know, it's. It's really cool, but you don't quite have the sports expertise. I do think watching Tiger, I remember in College in 2008 when he, when he won the US Open against Rocco on a torn ACL and broken leg. It's any. They used to play 18 holes on Monday. I don't even think they do that anymore. But it was just him hitting that putt in San Diego at Torrey pines. And then 2019 when he won the Masters. I had so much more, like, perspective as a sports fan, understanding of, like, sports history. You know, like when Tom Brady. As his career went, you could really. You kind of understood, like, every. The legacy and what was on the line in 2019. Tigers, is he gonna win the Masters? Like, everyone who had been watching this guy since the 90s just knew, like, this is pretty crazy. And then when he wins it, that walk up the hill with Charlie, that's probably my personal favorite of my adult life is Tiger 2019 winning the Masters. And I do think we were robbed a little bit. His car accident in 2020, when he flips the Genesis and fucks up his leg and kind of ends his career. He was playing really good in 18 and 19. Now, was he going to go on the same level of run? And he didn't know, but I do think he would have had a couple more majors, and he definitely would have won a lot of tournaments. He would have been one of the better American players because technology, he could hit fairways. Mentally, he was so much more superior. Every game was a home game for him. I am GLAD we got 18 and 19. He won the Tour Championship in 18. He almost won the British Open in 18. He almost won the PGA Championship against Koepka in 18. But winning that Masters against just a crew of, like, DJ Koepka, Tony Finau Molinari hits it in the water on 15. That was just badass. That. That was it. Just as a huge fan, it was cool. Like, his. Charlie kind of got to take it in, but then we were just kind of robbed. Like, his career basically ends, whatever, eight months later in the ditch in Los Angeles. So what are you gonna do? But, yeah, that would probably be my personal favorite. Tiger Woods 2019.
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