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But what about all the content you can listen to on Amazon? Music? Music to podcast fast shipping? What is not to love about this membership I'm in? Prime fuels your passions, makes everything easier. So whatever you're into, it's on Prime. Visit Amazon.comprime now. Thanks for listening to the Best of the Herd podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday on Fox sports radio and noon to 3 EAs, 9am to noon Pacific. Find your local station for the herd@foxsportsradio.com or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. This is the Best of the Herd with Colin Cowher on Fox Sports Radio. Welcome into the Crescent City live in New Orleans. A perfect setting for a Super bowl for the ages. J. Mac to my side, our guest list, Philip Up. We are in New Orleans and this is the hurdle. We have a great show and we're going to be here in New Orleans for a couple of days and we're going to make it and we're going to make it count. J. Mac Now, I was going to leave with the Lakers who made another move last night, but the last time I did a show that led with the Lakers, things got really fuzzy really fast. So I'm going to make that the second story. I'm a little superstitious on that. What I want to leave with is this. I thought about this last night. What is this super bowl going to look like? And you know what I think it is? And I think it's a pretty good comp. This is going to be the New England Seahawks Super Bowl. Remember that the Seahawks, like the Eagles, had the stacked roster. In fact, when people talk about Philadelphia's roster, they say it's the best since Seattle. You talk to Tom Brady about that Seahawk roster. I've talked to him on this show and he's like there were no weaknesses. Everybody was great. Safeties, corners, edge, rushers, defensive tackles. There were no weaknesses, there were no flaws. That's Philadelphia. But the quarterback, Russell Wilson, Jalen hurts little small, mobile. Is he an all timer? No. New England is Kansas City iconic coach, maybe the greatest quarterback of all time. Second best roster. But they always win close games. Anytime a game is close, anytime it can go either way, anytime it's a big third down. It was Brady and the Patriots. It's Mahomes in Kansas City to win that game. And I, and I want to talk about this because I think this is going to be a chess match and I think one of the chess matches is going to be between Mahomes and Vic Fangio, the defensive coordinator for Philadelphia, who by the way, Mahomes is 8 and oh against every quarterback in the league struggles with Vic Fangio, except maybe Josh Allen and except maybe Patrick Mahomes. And I do think we have to consider this and I don't think this is hyperbolic. If Patrick Mahomes wins and the first team, now the packers did it, but the first team in what we consider modern football to win three in a row, he is the NFL's MJ and I think there are real similarities. MJ 6 for 6 in the finals six MVPs. But we saw his struggles and I'll get to that in a second. Mahomes is almost relentless. Like mj. He didn't look great in the regular season. Michael had off nights, but they both kind of shift gears. And what I've always noticed about Mahomes, much like Michael, they're not burdened with pressure. It's almost like they get bored in the regular season. And Michael would put his arms around these moments like, okay, this stuff counts. It was Tiger in his prime. Oh, we're finally to Sunday final nine holes. That's Mahomes. The way he shrinks. Lamar Jackson, an all time great. The way he shrinks. Josh Allen, maybe the most physically gifted quarterback since Marino or Elway, makes me think Mahomes sometimes like MJ is bored with a regular season. He's that gifted. And when I watched MJ and I remember this well, sitting on a couch watching the Suns Bulls final. And Barkley was amazing, but he made Barkley look okay. And MJ wasn't the best shooter, he wasn't the biggest player, he wasn't the strongest player, he wasn't the best ball handler. None of that stuff, none of it with Michael. But he was 6 foot 6 of relentless. Mahomes isn't as big as Alan. He doesn't move like Lamar Jackson. He doesn't have the best arm, although he throws kind of quirky sidearm. But there's just something about him. There's an it. And it's why remember now, Michael wasn't the number one pick. Mahomes wasn't the number one pick. That was LeBron. LeBron was on the COVID of Sports Illustrated at 16. LeBron was the prodigy. LeBron was the overwhelming number one pick. But that's not the way it was with Michael and Mahomes. Mahomes had a losing record in the Big 12. There's one year he led the conference in interceptions. I saw him play one college game that I remember. He was really skinny, wild. It was a shootout like all Big 12 games. And I thought that doesn't translate to the NFL. He's out of control. And people forget this about MJ. It's as if the archives of MJ losing have been lost. They went Bermuda Triangle. Where did they go? Nobody knows. Michael Jordan 1 is a freshman. You saw the movie Air. He hits the big shot. Remember that? Do you realize that Michael stayed in college for two more years, didn't win a title. In fact, there is a 10 year gap if you ever want to come down to the Bourbon street and win a free cocktail and oysters. Bet people this. From his title as a freshman at UNC to his first NBA championship, Michael Jordan had a Grand Canyon sized 10 year gap before he won a title. And it's like there's no footage of it. It's like the tape disappeared. So I watched Michael get beat up by the Celtics in the Pistons. I watched Mahomes be wild lead the Big 12 interceptions. And because of that, they're not prodigies. They weren't on the COVID they weren't Bryce Harper, they weren't Tiger Woods. Because of that, I've watched them stumble, get beaten up, get tackled by the Pistons and the Celtics get rolled by Oklahoma. And I think it makes them incredibly likable. But I do think this is going to look like New England. Brady with a little less talent around him though. Good with an iconic coach against the stacked roster and a very good coach, Pete Carroll. And a very good quarterback in his prime, Russell Wilson. And my, my guess is it ends the same way with the iconic all time quarterback on one play late winning the game. And here's Mahomes talking about the matchup with Vic Fangio. Every time I've played coach Fangio there's been different change ups and different things he's thrown at us. And I think that's what makes him so great is he's not going to just do exactly what you saw the last time. And so I'm sure there'll be blitzes in the game, I'm sure there'll be times they play coverage. It's going to be a chess match and you want to go up against the best and he's one of the best defensive coordinators in the NFL and it'll be a great challenge for us as an offense and as a football team. Okay, now I'll talk Lakers. Take a deep breath. I'll be fine. So the Lakers made a couple of moves, but they made another one last night to get a really talented kid that I didn't watch him in the NBA, just highlights. But I saw him at Duke. Named Mark Williams, big, athletic shot blocker, more defense than offense, has a nice little soft touch around the rim. That's what the Lakers needed, that's what the Lakers acquired. 23 years old, great future. And the warriors got Jimmy Butler. Get to that in a second. But I don't know if the Laker or Warrior moves make them championship teams. Feels more possible with the Lakers, but the new CBA in 2023 put up this Wall of fear. And a lot of teams didn't want to make moves, but who, who did? Last year the Celtics drew Holiday and Porzingis and the Mavs with Gafford and they went out and got PJ Washington and who ended up in the Finals? The Mavs and the Celtics. So this year, trading deadline, if you're not making moves, you feel like you're not, you're not progressive, you're not competitive, you're asleep at the wheel. I mean, Rob Polinka, let's be honest about this, got himself a five year new deal getting Luka without giving up Austin Reaves or a second number one pick and getting Mark Williams and again, not giving up Austin Reaves. And I don't know long term what Austin Reaves is going to provide with Luka and LeBron James, but I know this. Dallas was 29 and 23 last year at the trading deadline and then went 219 and ended up in the finals. So everybody was really, really with a new cba, a little self conscious, a little rigid, a little fearful on making big moves. Mav Celtics did and were rewarded. And I think the Lakers and the warriors did and will be rewarded. I think between Luka, Austin Reaves, a rim protector. The Lakers and Luka, I think, I think they went from old to young, athletic, they're still not great as a perimeter defensive team. They probably need another three point shooter. But the Lakers have literally changed the feel and the reality of their roster. Old to young and more dynamic. And that's a real thing in Los Angeles. Now in terms of Jimmy Butler, the Warriors, I said this, I think a month ago on the air, I said they got to make a move. If Steph's not on the floor, they're boring. And the one thing with the warriors, you didn't have to love them. They were never boring. And it's like he needs a number two star and he got it. And yes, they gave up Andrew Wiggins. They've been looking to move him for years. Yeah, they move, but you know what? They keep cominga they got Draymond. It's Steph. It's Jimmy Butler. Now, I don't know if this takes him to a new level, but the NBA's television ratings for the last three years have had a interesting problem. And this solves the interesting problem for the warriors and the Lakers, who by the way, every time they play on Christmas, every time Steph and LeBron play, it's the highest rated game in the regular season and it was this year. So Far. And now they both got more interesting. And whereas, you know, the NBA is doing a lot of things right, but it's getting more European. It's less reliant on familiar college basketball players.
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Jason McIntyre
So.
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Colin Cowherd
So it does matter where the players play in la, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, it matters. That's why baseball ratings. Dodgers, great. Yankees, great. Mets, interesting. Bryce Harper, Phillies, good. In the NFL, it doesn't matter. Buffalo could face Tampa Bay in the Super Bowl. You get a number. Baseball in the NBA, there can be interesting problems. So you need the right stars to end up in the right place. So I look at this. I am much more interested in the NBA today than I was three days ago. That's all I know. I cannot wait to watch Jimmy Butler, Stephen Draymond and luka. Mark Williams, LeBron, Austin, Reaves, I don't know. That feels like a team that can get to the Finals. Mark Williams is one of those guys. He's young, he's had injuries, but when he's on the floor and I saw him at Duke, not a lot of NBA knowledge, but I saw him at Duke. And he is a force. He is an athletic force. So, J. Mac, here we are. Matt Hasselbeck's going to be on set in 20 minutes. Drew Brees, Mark Sanchez. I will do what I always do for the biggest games of the year. I take out my yellow pad and I rate all the players, Chiefs and Eagles. Who's got the more. Generally, whoever's got the more good players wins. I will tell you, it is tough. There are. There are 16 guys. I'll just tell you right now, Travis Kelsey didn't make it. That's not that hard of a take. Come on. He's not top 10 in this game. Not in his age. He's pretty good. By the way, you see money coming in on the Eagles here. Lines coming down a little bit. Probably going to head toward Pickham this weekend. All right, well, people make mistakes all the time. They do not. They do. The public dominant at the Crescent City of Bourbon Street. Beautiful place. This place is called Mason Bourbon. It's a. It's a jazz home, which, as you know, in New Orleans is something extra special. Coming up next, among our other thoughts is there is a secret sauce and a familiarity with the Eagles and Chiefs that isn't getting discussed much. We'll talk about that next. Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd, weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, FS1 and the iHeartradio with Amex Platinum. You can really be in the now Access to resy priority notify yes 4pm checkout with fine hotels and resorts booked through Amex Travel. We needed this and dedicated card Member entrances at select events. Let's go. Means you can focus on the present moment. That's the powerful backing of American Express. Terms apply. Learn more@americanexpress.com withAMX card member entrance access not limited to Amex Platinum Card all right, let's talk about Amazon prime for a minute. I've got mine. Do you have yours? Not just about one thing. It's a whole collection of services that help you get the most out of whatever you're into. If you're passionate about a hobby, a sport, or all sports in my case. Or you just need to get things done fast. Prime, Amazon Prime's got your back. You can watch content, order supplies, listen on Amazon Music. It's all included under one prime membership. Of course we can all agree one of the best things about prime is the fast, free delivery. With prime, you can have what you need delivered the same day. But it's more than that. Prime is a collection of excellent services. I love it. Amazon Music Listen to the tunes that keep you in the zone. Or this podcast. Whatever you're doing, working out on the road, prime doesn't just help you get closer to the things you care about, it helps you discover new things too. Prime's always there to fuel your passion, make it just a little bit easier. So whatever you're into, it's on Prime. Visit Amazon.comprime now you can count on T Mobile to help keep you connected from big cities to small towns on America's largest 5G network. 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So of the great philosophers and quotable philosophers of our time or any generation, there's Shakespeare, there's Aristotle, and of course, Tony Soprano. And that Tony Soprano said one time, remember when is the lowest form of communication. Or in other words, look through the windshield, not the rear view mirror. Remember when? I got to be honest, there's a lot of talk about Brady and Mahomes. Goat talk. I think it's stupid. I think football in my life has always been the one sport that is constantly changing. There's an old saying in sports. The NBA thinks of it. Baseball makes the most money from it, and football gets it right. They tweak, they change, they alter. Even during games, during the playoffs, they'll change a rule to make it better for the fans. You cannot complain. Compare Brady and Patrick Mahomes. You can't compare them. I mean, Brady had a defensive conservative coach who could not draft wide receivers. Mahomes has the greatest offensive coach, maybe next to Bill Walsh, ever. And he has a surplus of almost everything. Now. They had to get rid of one wide receiver, but they always find talent. They always find creative play design. They're different players in different eras. You go back to when Brady broke into the league. What you could do to wide receivers, jamming them, what you could do to quarterbacks, how you could hit people upstairs. None of that's allowed. That gets you thrown out of games. Now, that is not a knock at Mahomes. It is the reality of a sport that is constantly fluctuating and constantly changing. It's different. Bob Gibson, the great St. Louis Cardinal pitcher, he would get people out if he was pitching today. So it's Andy Koufax. It's pitcher against hitter. You can make changes to the rules. That goofy defensive shift that was implemented, then retracted. And some stuff changes, like analytics, where now ground balls are trouble, strikeouts are okay. They talk, launch, angle and stuff nobody really outside of baseball cares about. Football is just changing all the time. Overtime rules, regulation rules. The kickoff is different, the pat is different. And you can't do nearly what you could do as a defender that you could do 20 years ago when Tom Brady broke into this league. Stylistically, they're two different players, Mahomes and Brady. The coaching is different. And I think to me, all the great quarterbacks in my life, you can go to Bradshaw, to Stabler, to Aikman, to Marino, to Elway, to Mahomes, to Brady, like all of them, I feel like the all time greats have two things in common. Franchise stability. Like he kind of had the same people in the building mostly for a long time. And you had a really strong coach. It could be Chuck Noll, it could be a Madden, a Belichick, an Andy Reid, Shula Shanahan, that's it. A strong coach who in his era is among the top two or three. And stability in the organization. So comparing Brady and Mahomes, it's, it's a little bit like comparing currency to cryptocurrency. Like I know you can pay for stuff with both, but one I don't know what to do with and the other I know exactly what to do with. And Mahomes is just entering his prime. I don't know what it's going to become and I think I need the goat. Talk to me. Are we just filling content? Are we filling sections? Are we filling space? It's like in college football when a writer's in October, early October are talking Heisman talk about the games. Nobody cares about an award that's regional at best. Here's Mahomes on the go. Top.
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Jason McIntyre
I'm trying to be the greatest Patrick.
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Colin Cowherd
Mahomes that I can be. I mean that's obviously a goal of anyone's, is to be the greatest of their profession.
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Jason McIntyre
But in order to do that you have to be the greatest that you.
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Colin Cowherd
Can be every single day. And if that's on the field and the work ethic I put in or off the field, and the father and then the husband that I am, I'm gonna try to be the greatest in that way. And whenever I'm done with football, if I leave everything out there the way that I feel like I have so far as far as effort and mentality, I'll be happy with the results and I'll let others talk about who the greatest is of whatever profession that is. All right, don't forget, 35 minutes from now, I'm going to give you the top 10 players. I do this for every championship, the biggest games of the year. I'll give you who I think are the 10 best players in order. Yamaholmes is probably number one. Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific. Hey, it's Steve Covino. And I'm Rich Davis and together we're Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. You can catch us weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And of course, the iHeartRadio app. Why should you listen to Covino and Rich? We talk about everything.
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Jason McIntyre
Life, sports, relationships, what's going on in the world.
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Colin Cowherd
We have a lot of fun talking about the stories behind the stories in the world of sports and pop culture. Stories that, well, other shows don't seem to have the time to discuss. And the fact that we've been friends for the last 20 years and still.
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Jason McIntyre
Work together, I mean, that says something, right?
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Colin Cowherd
So check us out. We like to get you involved, too. Take your phone calls, chop it up, as they say.
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Jason McIntyre
I'd say the most interactive show on.
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Colin Cowherd
Fox Sports Radio, maybe the most interactive show on planet Earth. Be sure to check out Covino and Rich live on Fox Sports radio and the iHeartradio app from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific. And if you miss any of the live show, just search Covino and Rich wherever you get your podcast. And of course, on social media, that's Covino and Rich with AMEX Platinum. Welcome to the Centurion Lounge. You get access to the Centurion Lounge, so the sounds of vacation start before you get there. That's the powerful backing of American Express. Terms apply. Learn more@american express.com with Amex. All right, let's talk about Amazon prime for a minute. I've got mine. Do you have yours? Not just about one thing. It's a whole collection of services that help you get the most most out of whatever you're into. If you're passionate about a hobby, a sport, or all sports in my case, or you just need to get things done fast. Prime. Amazon Prime's got your back. You can watch content, order supplies, listen on Amazon Music. It's all included under one prime membership. Of course, we can all agree one of the best things about prime is the fast, free delivery. With prime, you can have what you need delivered the same day. But it's more than that. Prime is a collection of excellent services. I love it. Amazon Music. Listen to the tunes that keep you in the zone. Or this podcast. Whatever you're doing, working out on the road, prime doesn't just help you get closer to the things you care about. It helps you discover new things, too. Prime's always there to fuel your passion, make it just a little bit easier. So whatever you're into, it's on Prime. Visit Amazon.com prime now. You can count on T Mobile to help keep you connected from big cities, big to small towns on America's largest 5G network. Switch the T Mobile, keep your phone and they'll pay it off up to 800 bucks per line via prepaid card. Learn more@t mobile.com heap and switch up to four lines via virtual prepaid card. Allow 15 days qualifying unlock device credit service port in 90 plus days with device and eligible carrier and timely redemption required. Card has no cash access and expires in six months Whether you're ordering wings for the game, whipping up a seven layer dip, or ordering pizza, there's something about football that makes me want to eat. And this football season, Uber Eats has the best deals for me on game day food no matter what I'm craving from two for one pizza. To buy one get one Wings. Uber Eats will be dropping new deals each week all season long. I'm in Uber Eats, the official on demand delivery partner of the NFL. Order now for game day. Terms and conditions apply. See app for details so because the desean Watson situation in Cleveland such a mess and because ownership's been chaotic, Myles Garrett is now available on the market. Myles Garrett's like, I don't want to be a Cleveland Brown. And by the way, they had some success with him, just not last year. So Miles Garrett is a once the Cleveland Browns will never draft another pass rusher as good as Myles Garrett and the Giants will never have another lt. And that's just the reality of it. Miles Garrett to me is one of six, maybe five defensive players in the league. Max Crosby is probably one that I would pay for. Chris Jones of Kansas City is one. I think Jalen Carter is probably one. I would just open the checkbook. I don't care what he costs. There are two teams that need to go make aggressive runs at Miles Garrett, the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers. So let's think about Buffalo with a good defense and Sean McDermott. I've watched this thing over and over with Mahomes. You can't stop him. He's dropping 35 plus. It doesn't work. You have a defensive coach, Josh Allen and defensive culture. You can't stop Mahomes. You're not going to find him in the draft. There's nobody sniffing Myles Garrett in this draft. There's nobody close to his gun. There's about six, six to eight first round players that scouts think are really, really elite. It is a very watered down mostly second and third and fourth round picks. Go get him Green Bay. You're facing the best offensive line arguably in football in Detroit and if you get past them, the next great offensive line is Philadelphia. The only way to beat a Philadelphia or Detroit with those old lines. If you're Green Bay Because Jordan Love is going to make mistakes is an unblockable rush in. And so I look at Buffalo and I look at Green Bay, guys, I'm look at what you're surrounded by. You're not beating Mahomes unless you buy a disruptor. And you're not getting through Detroit and Philadelphia's old lines with Green Bay's current pass rush. And because Buffalo and Green Bay are the two smallest markets, markets, you know, the media is more supportive. That doesn't mean it doesn't have any bite. But the Buffalo media and the Green Bay media, it's a little bit like New Orleans. They're kind of on your side a little bit. If the New York Giants are, the jets, for instance, New York teams with an angry, loud New York media, if they were this far from the super bowl, radio stations, newspapers, the media and fans in New York would be demanding. You get Myles Garrett. But Green Bay and Buffalo, and I've been reading some of the local articles there on the Miles Garrett thing. It's like, well, it'd be a pretty decent fit. No, no, no, you're not beating Mahomes. You can't stop Mahomes. Von Miller's getting older. Like, it's, it's over. You're not beating Mahomes and Green Bay. You got to take a big swing on this because Jordan Love is good, but he can be reckless. You're going to be in close games with Detroit, Philadelphia, the improving Rams, the Niners are still around. Who knows what Washington is. So to me, you get one Miles Garrett. In a franchise history, he is an outcome changer. And there's maybe six guys in pro football today. And there's a lot of great players. There's maybe six. Two of them, Jared Verse and Jalen Carter. I'm not there yet, but I think I'm close. That I would pay for Max Crosby's one. Whatever, give me the checkbook. But like Miles Garrett, there are two teams, Buffalo and Green Bay. You really got to think long and hard about your future. Do you want to change outcomes? Listen, when you had Favre and Rodgers, you got one Super Bowl. You're not a free agent hub. Like players don't go and think Buffalo and Green Bay on average, not sexy markets. You gotta make it happen. And you're by a guy like Myles Garrett may never show up in the market for the next five years. Guys like him just don't show up on the market teams. Don't let him go. Go get him. Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd Weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific. J. Mac every, every time we have a big game, I take out the yellow pad and I give you my favorite 10 players in the game, the 10 best players. And it's tough because I'll just tell you, Travis Kelce doesn't make it. It's not because he couldn't be the mvp, but I just don't see it happening. So here we go. Here's who I believe are the 10 best players in this game. And number one is not a big shock. I think it's Patrick Mahomes, who was not necessarily great against Houston. But I've said this with mj. There are certain players in these big moments that are not burdened by pressure. It's almost as if Mahomes needs the playoff intensity to elevate himself. Nine consecutive postseason wins. He's number one, I think. Number two, it's the historic Saquon Barkley. When he went to Philadelphia with that old line, we said, folks, the Giants have just made a franchise mistake that is egregious. 14 games this year with 100 plus rush yards. Now, obviously, some of that is the offensive line. He's just different. He's just a different player. You know, running backs are hard to describe because all the great ones have had stylistically kind of a different bent speed, ability to make you miss, jump over through Saquon Barkley at two. I would put Chris Jones number three. When you're a defensive lineman and can move anywhere on the defensive line and you're unblockable on the end, you're unblockable on the interior. He was the highest graded interior defensive lineman this season, including the playoffs. You know, remember when they weren't sure if they were going to pay Chris Jones? And I believe the future of the NFL, you're seeing this a lot, is teams will pay one great defensive lineman but pay most of the money on offense. Chris is number three for me. Number four is. I think Jalen Carter is virtually unblockable. He's not Chris Jones in terms of consistency yet, but he led the team in pressures, tackles for loss, quarterback hits, and he's got an Aaron Donald vibe, which you have to start your offensive game plan with. Okay, how do we get Jalen Carter out of the picture? I'd put him at four. Jordan Malata, the highest graded offensive tackle. I would put him at five. We'll get to tuning in a second. I would put Jordan melodic, who was the highest graded tackle in the regular season. Now listen, Philadelphia's offensive line, they do offensive lines really, really well. And so you could do multiple players on this, including Lane Johnson. But I think, you know, only two sacks allowed this year and only one during the regular season and 500 opportunities to pass block. So. And you remember you're blocking the best athlete, some would say on the defense. Number six, Joe Tuney. He's the best pass blocking left guard in football. Again, when Kansas City went and spent that money in New England, right, And they went and bought him, everybody said, whoa, that is a lot for a guard. Well, they move this guy due to injuries out to left tackle. He's elite at left tackle as well. And I do believe that Tuney and the ability to protect Mahomes. Mahomes has only lost one game ugly in his life in the playoffs when he didn't get protection against Tom Brady in Tampa. I think number seven is A.J. brown. Again, you sometimes forget how good Phillies wide receivers are because there's such a power run game. But he was top 10 in missed tackles. And I think his physicality is really important because I think Kansas City is the best tackling team in the league. That's just an eye test. I don't have data to back that up. But A.J. brown is number seven. Eight, Trent McDuffie, Kansas City, tremendous corner, second highest graded cornerback during the regular season. Again, they're going to put him, they're going to put him on A.J. brown and say, I mean I think you have to with Devontae Smith, AJ Brown, Dallas Goddard, gonna have to have some one on one matchups and that's one Kansas City has to win. I would put Zach Vaughn at 9. The guy's unbelievable. He was a special teams player. He's tremendous in coverage. I think he's one of the surprise players of the year in pass coverage this year. This is such a great stat. He's allowed a 69 passer rating. That's about as good as a linebacker can do. And number 10, Jalen hurts again. When you put pressure on Jalen hurts, he regresses significantly. But here's the thing, it's hard to get pressure on. Jalen hurts because of the O line in the run game. So there you have my top 10. I think it comes out to four Chiefs and six Philadelphia Eagles. Dallas Goddard. I mean there's a lot of people I'm leaving out unbelievable corners for Philadelphia Mitchell. I mean again there's 16 guys here who should make the list. But a couple years ago I did this with San Francisco and Kansas City and I got the same dilemma there's hall of Famers that may not make the list. Travis Kelce could be the MVP of the game or he could have two catches, one more herd. The herd streams 24 hours a day, seven days a week within the iHeartRadio app. Search herd to listen live or on demand, whenever you'd like. Drew Brees, 20 years in the NFL, 15 years here, New Orleans. That is interesting. You have an encyclopedic memory and knowledge of this stuff. But go back to your super bowl week. You obviously you have extra time. You have Sean Payton, you put stuff in, did you take stuff out or did you go into your super bowl drew with just more plays than you'd ever had in your life?
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Jason McIntyre
No, I don't remember the volume being an issue of that week because, you know, quite honestly, the Colts, the Colts defense, which wasn't that complicated, you know, that was, that was back in, in at the time when they were very much like Tampa 2. And we're just going to allow our pass rushers, Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis to get after you, right? And man, we've got, we've got good players in the secondary that are just going to keep it in front of them and we're just going to kind of manage the game because we know we have a high scoring offense, you know, on the other side. So I don't remember the volume being an issue necessarily as far as the volume of plays in the game plan. It was more so I think for us, like our success, we knew was number one, we need to steal a possession in this game, right, which we did at the start of the, of the second half, right, with that onside kick that we called ambush. But it was, it was really more so like, how do we create a rhythm, you know, with our offense against these guys and, and a level of patience because look, we were a big play offense too. We were used to, you know, kind of those, you know, big play shots down the field. And I think we just recognized, hey, these guys don't really give that to us. So we're going to have to run the ball effectively. We're going to hit him with the screen game to try to slow down the pass rush and then we're just going to be methodical with the passing game, which we were super efficient, the passing game. And oh, by the way, what that does is it also chews up the clock and it keeps one of the best players in the world off the field on the other side and Peyton Manning. So quite honestly, like I see that Very much like what Philadelphia's game plan should be against the Chiefs this week, which is run the ball, possess the ball, chew up the clock, wear down that defense and keep the best player in the world, Patrick Mahomes, off the field on the other side.
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Colin Cowherd
You know, it's interesting because I would think a guy like you, and you mentioned Peyton Manning, both of you, very cerebral, I would think short weeks would drive you crazy and you would love an extra day or a buy or super bowl because you could just fill your brain with more information. So to you, extra time, like to you, was it a kid in a candy store? It's like, hey, I got more time to like, exercise efficiency. How did you look at it?
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Jason McIntyre
Well, sometimes too much time results in over analysis. Right, right. And then it's an. And then it's paralysis by over analysis. Right. So, like, honestly, I. I felt like we had a great plan, which was, hey, two weeks prior to the Super Bowl. So the first week, honestly, was a lot of just good on good competition with our team. Like, we really didn't get into a lot of the game planning for the Indianapolis Colts. Yes, we were watching film and yes, we were starting to have an idea of, you know, how we were going to attack them. But we did not install our game plan against the Colts in the week prior to the Super Bowl. We waited until we actually got to Miami, which is where we played it. And we. Because we wanted to. We wanted to have as normal a work week as possible.
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Colin Cowherd
Right?
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Jason McIntyre
Like, that's the. That's the toughest thing about the super bowl is how do you make the Super Bowl a normal work week? You're in a foreign place practicing in a different facility that you have to bust to. You're in a hotel where there's all kinds of chaos going on. Like, how do you order the chaos? How do you create some normaly in a routine? And so we did like, good on, good competitive, man weight room. That was like our first week, right? And then the minute we arrived in Miami, it was like, all right, here we go. Flip the switch. Game plan. Wednesday's base, Thursday's third down. Friday's red zone. Short yardage goes line. Saturday, Hayes in the barn, man, quick walk through, jog through, boom. We got it in our mind. Let's go win a football game.
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Colin Cowherd
You know, it's interesting, Brady and Hasselbeck both talked about this on the show, and this is what has always been fascinating, is that you guys watch so much film and Hasselbeck talked about Holmgren adding something Late in the week, Brady came on and said, we added, we placed that Seahawk team that had no weaknesses. We came up with three new plays the night before just because he was. I didn't trust our red zone packages. Did Sean with you Drew, say, listen, I found something on tape or did you say, you know, Sean, we got to clean something up. Anything Saturday night happen?
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Jason McIntyre
Yeah, it would from time to time. And a lot of that was just, you know, Sean and my routine of I would always go back on Saturday morning morning, which was again our, our just kind of walk through day, you know, walk through the game plan the first 15 plays of the game, you know, kind of hit some red zone, third down thoughts. I would watch a couple games on Saturday morning more so just to kind of go back and just like feel the flow and the rhythm of a game and maybe how some other teams that attacked them. And again, it was just, it was very relaxed, but it was. And in that moment you would just kind of be looking at it through a different lens at that point because you were kind of, you know, past what you thought was the game planning thing. But all of a sudden you would see something like just a little like, oh wow, I feel like, you know, this may be a good opportunity or off of this look, may be a great opportunity to run a little stutter and go on that corner or a double move on this linebacker with the running back or you know, just something. And it, at that point though, it had to be like a game changing thing. Like we didn't need another play that was going to get us a 5 to 10 yard completion. We wanted a play that was like, oh no, this is a shot opportunity, this is a big play opportunity, a game winner opportunity. So yeah, we had a couple of those. In fact, we were playing Monday Night Football against The Miami Dolphins 2013. Night before the game, we had this little H choice with Darren Sproul where he's just going to kind of run up five yards. He's got a three way go. But I'm like, man, this backer is just so aggressive like on film, time after time. And he's going to see that and he's just going to be sitting all over it. It's like, hey Sean, what if we just double move this guy like right off the bat, you know, and just like set the tone early? Sure enough, second play of the game, we run this, we put it in literally the night before and man, it works like a charm. 40 yard completion. And that's when you're kind of that's when you're kind of looking to the sideline like, yeah, we got them.
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Colin Cowherd
You know, I read a survey, it must have been 15 years ago, and they were talking about the most unique cities in the country, and New Orleans was number one. They said the vibe, the food, the people. To be the Saints quarterback here for 15 years, it's not like being a quarterback. Nothing against Seattle or Baltimore, but, I mean, what is it like? This is such a simple question, but in one of the most unique American cities, what is it like? What do you remember about being the Saints quarterback for 15 years? What. What. What sticks to you?
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Jason McIntyre
Well, I. I think. I think the thing that sticks out most to me is that the. The community of New Orleans, they were more fans of New Orleans than they. They even were, or they were first fans of New Orleans than they were fans of the Saints. Like, in other words, when you walked around town, it wasn't like, go Saints or thanks for what you do for the team. It was like, man, thanks for loving this city. So it just. It just gave you this feeling that, man, we were all in this whole effort together. And, like, people appreciate the fact that my wife Brittany and I lived right in the heart of the city, like, right in uptown New Orleans, and that we'd be walking the dog in the park just like everybody else, but we'd be, you know, having gumbo down at, you know, the. The local spot. You're just like everybody else, right? Like, there was just this feeling of, man, they're just. They're just like us, you know, and they want to be just like us, and they're just part of this community and part of this society. And, like, that was what was so unique about. About this place.
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Colin Cowherd
Finally, where do I get one of those sweet Crown Royal jackets you're wearing? Can you get me one of those, Drew?
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Jason McIntyre
You know what? I'm glad you asked, Colin. Really, buddy? I got one here. I got one here, right? Look at this. Sat a satin starter jacket. We got NFL Crown Royal. And this is incredible partnership with Crown Royal. They've been a huge benefactor to our foundation, helping us with all of our efforts here in New Orleans, helping to build affordable housing, job skills training, build healthcare facilities around. Around the. The state. And they're doing a ton of things here during super bowl week, donating a lot of money to the foundation for Louisiana. They've got a pop up down in the quarter, selling the jackets, all the proceeds going to the foundation. They got the Crown Royal rig in town that people can go check out and pack bags for for military to be able to send overseas. So Crown Roy is doing a ton of great stuff. They've been what, four years the official whiskey of the NFL. So really appreciate their support of the foundation, supported New Orleans.
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Colin Cowherd
And I really appreciate that jacket, buddy. I really, you know, one for the team.
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Jason McIntyre
It's a sharp. It's a sharp jacket. It's got The Super Bowl 59 logo on the back. So have you looking clean.
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Colin Cowherd
All right. Drew, great seeing you as always, man. I really appreciate your insight this year, bud.
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Jason McIntyre
Yeah, yeah. Love this year spending time with you. Thanks, Colin.
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Colin Cowherd
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