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Colin Cowherd Podcast - INSTANT REACTION: Bears Walk Off Commanders, Falcons STUN Bills, Blake Snell Powers Dodgers To Win
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The Bears offensive line did a great job tonight creating massive running lanes for DeAndre Swift. DeAndre Swift was the star of the show. Had over 160 total yards, could have been about 170 and a touchdown. You know, Caleb Williams was good enough. Still misses too many throws you got to make in the NFL consistently, he's not as accurate as Jaden Daniels, but he didn't make that big mistake or two that Jaden Daniels did, including that late fumble where Washington was going for the win. And you know what I mean? That's the NFL. You can't make mistakes. These three, four, five minute left, these big drives, that's the game. Justin Herbert makes a big play or Baker Mayfield makes a big play and you win these games. When a quarterback like Jaden Daniels gets a bad handle, you lose those games. And the Bears defense pounced on it. Montez Sweatt created a fumble early, getting a big hand in there and punching the ball out. So I thought overall there were so many positives. Again, this is a franchise that can't win on the road, that hasn't had a quarterback throw for 4,000 yards and to go on the road. The Bears had much better energy in this game, especially in the first half. I mean, Chicago came out 13 nothing, lead totally dialed in. You know, you're disappointed because you're settling for field goals. You go on the road, big spot, standalone game, Bears don't win these games. That's not a game the Bears win. So you just take it. You take the 25, 24 win. You know, Jake Moody has a kick blocked, otherwise you'd have kind of thought it was, you know, most of the time, 38 yards, you're like, it's good. But you know, he kicked the ball low, very low directory and it got blocked. And Jake Moody's history in San Francisco was at best spotty. So there's a lot of drama at the end, but there's so many good things to take out of this. The run game, there were huge, huge holes all night. I thought Ben Johnson's play calling, a couple of really nice screens dialed up in crucial situations. Bears had too many penalties. Bears weren't great on third down, but it's the road, you know, again, Ben and Caleb have played together, you know, have six games together. You're winning, I mean, just. You won the game. And, you know, it was Washington that made the crucial mistakes, the crucial, you know, red zone pick, the fumble. It was Washington making those mistakes. Jaden Daniels almost pulled it out. He's a tremendous player. Accurate, you know, he's just kind of a naturally accurate. Drake May's got that. Drake May is just a n accurate thrower of the football. Justin Herbert has that and some guys do, and some guys labor over it a little bit more. Mahomes is largely very accurate. Not everybody is. It takes work for some guys. They got to get their mechanics cleaned up. But you just get so much horsepower and so much talent with Caleb that you know he's going to be a 64% completion guy. Maybe he's not going to be a 68% completion guy, but he made some nice throws over the middle of the field, which is tough for young quarterbacks. But I was just kind of blown away by the first half energy of the Bears, three turnovers advantage, really aggressive defense. And what can you say about the offensive line? That's about as good an effort on the road for the Bears offensive line. I mean, it just. They haven't had a lot of them, but, you know, they went and got Tuney and Drew Dullman and Jonah Jackson and it felt like it's starting to pay dividends. It feels like that offensive line, they spent some real money on it, you know, and my rule in the NFL is find your quarterback, hire a great coach, find your quarterback and protect your quarterback. Then eventually go get a defensive lineman that disrupts theirs. Overall, I just thought you just, you can't gripe too much. Road win, Bears better energy, better consistent run game, fewer mistakes. You can live with the penalties again, some of the operational stuff, it was. It was better. How about that? I've used that word a lot. You just take it, you don't. You don't worry about the margins too much. You know, you watch the NFL, I watch the NFL. They're just those games like Denver was awful against the Jets. They won Fly Home from London. Great. Now you get to go home and play the New York Giants. You just take that. Seattle should have wrapped up their game with Jacksonville earlier. They didn't. They won. Five hour flight home. Thanks for flying United. So that's going to be a nice Bears flight home. The other thing about Chicago this year, you know, with Matt Eberfluss, they just couldn't score in the first quarter. And I think, I think now and like if you take a lead in the NFL, I don't know what number is. I think it's like 63%, 65%. The team that scores first wins. And you know, they're just a much better opening drive team. They're a much better first quarter team. They're not playing from behind. And I felt like this entire game Chicago deserved to win. I mean what was that hokey call where the left tackle, he, he was lined up too far back. I mean that felt. That's a weak call. I mean to me when it comes to officiating, stuff is either clear and definitive or don't blow the whistle. It's absolute, it's clear, it's definitive or don't blow it. When you're looking at a still shot or a replay and the replay official for ESPN can't decipher it, can't figure it out, just save it, just get out of the way of the game. So I think you, you know, I'm looking over all my notes here for the Bears. I'd like to see a little bit more Loveland and Luther Burden. I kind of feel like they're lost in the offense. DJ Moore got looks but he got banged up. You know, it's just one of those things, you know, Burden and Loveland, Young and Caleb's knows, you know, he knows his guys. You know, he's familiar with some of these older players. So there's a lot of moving parts here. You got a couple of rookies, you got new offensive linemen, you got a new coach. You know, I think we just have to, you got to kind of accept like there's just a lot of moving parts for the Bears. The bye week helped. I mean, I think you saw the bye week, the advantage of it with an offensive coach, just big, big Bears energy. I mean they really give Ben Johnson and the staff credit. They came out hair on fire, helmets on fire. And The Bears win 25 to 24. Jake Moody, who knew? So the Atlanta Falcons in the game finish before the Bears commanders game was finished, beat Buffalo 24 to 14. You know, my Takeaway is Buffalo's defense doesn't have a playmaker. Michael Penix looked comfortable. I mean 20 of 32, 250 yards. Bijan Robinson averaged nine yards a carry. Drake London had 10 catches, a touchdown, 16 yards a catch. Bottom line, when you come into a game and you were looking for Pennocks to be comfortable, was Drake London to have a big night? Was Bijan Robinson to deliver a couple big plays? Did. Buffalo's got two problems. Mike Vrabel has been coaching the Patriots in six games, he's already in first place. What does that tell you? Sean McDermott has had Josh Allen for all these years and there's always a hole in the team. I mean McDermott's solid, but I mean Mike Vrabel with Drake May, who's still sort of refining his craft, walk in, they're already in first place. And I just feel like Michael Pennix was comfortable. Drake May back to back losses, he was comfortable. So. And you know when you pay the quarterback big money, you're going to have weaknesses. But Andy Reid tends to solve and find ways to solve the weaknesses. I mean Sean McDermott, you know, outside of the opening drive, they don't have enough of a receiving arsenal. You know, they just don't. Again, I want they fall behind after the opening drive, the offense sputters. Josh Allen has a couple of turnovers. They're not generating things on the perimeter. Their pass rush is hit and miss. Michael Penix looks like another hit for a young quarterback. He throws a beautiful ball. I always said he was a bigger, stronger tua, just a bigger, stronger arm. Helps that he's playing in a dome. I mean it's easier to quarterback for a young quarterback to be in dome weather or warm weather than cold weather. But Pennix with time to throw, dialed it up tonight. I mean, Drake London was doing whatever he wanted to do. Bijan Robinson had that huge longest run from scrimmage this year. So I just, I mean, listen, I always have a rule. Turn the sound off and watch the game. Buffalo outside of Josh Allen does not look intimidating. Their perimeter weapons average, the secondary average pass rush is kind of hit and miss. And you know, I'm watching guys like Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan, like Kyle Shanahan's lost almost all his major weapons and they're winning or going toe to toe with Tampa. And I'm watching Jim Harbaugh with a third string running back and three offensive linemen go on the road and win late. And here's Sean McDermott going down to quirky, inconsistent Atlanta. And the Falcons offensively kind of did what they wanted to. I mean, you know, the game plan was get it to Drake London and let's get Bijan Robinson cooking. Let me look at the total yards for the Falcons here. The Falcons had 443 yards, 6.7 yards of play, 22 first downs, win time of possession. I mean, it's, it's. I mean, even Josh Allen and the Bills had more penalties than young Michael Pennix. So, I mean, I think there's these markets that, you know, like a Pittsburgh or a Buffalo, they don't like firing their coaches. You know, they're loyal sometimes to a fault, but, you know, it creates continuity and that's always a pretty good thing. You don't want to be the jets and the giants running through GMs and coaches, I guess. But I watch Buffalo after watching Kansas City the last couple of weeks. Buffalo's not competing with Kansas City. Kansas City's offense, once they get Rasheed Rice back, I mean, they're scoring 31 a game now against, you know, competition. I mean, Detroit is a really good football team up and down the field. Buffalo's not stopping that. I mean, just turn the sound down and watch Buffalo take out Josh Allen. You just. There's not enough weapons and now they're, they're losing the good teams. New England's a good team. New England feels like a playoff team lost at home. You know, Atlanta may not be a playoff team almost at 500 yards, totally. Michael Penix was totally comfortable. So, I mean, these windows, you know, there was about a two or three year window with Buffalo when they were, you know, they were paying Josh, but they still had a pretty good secondary. And maybe it's closed, but they, they just, they don't look like Kansas City. They don't have the roster, Detroit or Philadelphia. I don't know if I was a Buffalo Bills fan. New stadium will be cool, but it feels like Mike Vrabel and the Patriots in six games have taken back the division. I mean, that's discouraging, is it not? And again, Sean McDermott's capable, but I just kind of feel like Andy Reid does a much better job to solve the offensive line issues or the run game issues or the wide receiver issues. The entire league is about solving problems because of the salary cap. Nobody's got a perfect team. And when you get a perfect roster like Philadelphia, you don't get the offensive coordinator. Right? I mean, there is no perfect team in this league. You know, the 70 Steelers were a perfect team. Joe Montana's Niners, not a lot of holes. Everybody's got an issue. Everybody does. Buffalo just. I mean, are they a top 10 team right now? I'm not sure if they are. I'm really not sure if they are. So the Dodgers hold on for a 21 win over Milwaukee. First of all, there was a play, a base running error by the Dodgers in the fourth inning. That is hard to describe. You have to watch the highlights on YouTube. So the Dodgers did almost everything to give this thing away. Blake Snell, if you didn't watch, went eight innings, faced the minimum 24 batters, 10 strikeouts. He was sensational. Milwaukee was completely bewildered, totally baffled. They just weren't even. They weren't getting good contact. And here were the Dodgers, base running blunder in the fourth bullpen. You know, Roki Sasaki struggled, he struggled with control. So they go to Blake Tiernan and you know, bases loaded. Thank God the Brewers swung in a pitch way out of the strike zone to seal the 2 to 1 win. But we've talked about this with the Dodgers is. I was thinking about this. LA's depth is absolutely insane. Shohei Ohtani is 1 for 20 since the start of the National League divisional series against the Phillies and now the Brewers. So the Phillies and Brewers are really good teams. I mean, you got, Freddie Freeman had a night tonight, Blake Snell had a night. So those were really important. Dodgers tonight, Freddie Freeman who has such a great postseason history, and then Blake Snell who was masterful. I mean, that's as good as you can pitch on the road. Game 1. Shohei Ohtani is 1 for 20 against the Phillies and the Brewers. How many teams can take their $700 million star who goes 1 for 20 and be 4 and 1 against the brewers and the Phillies? It just, it shows you there in just absolutely incredible depth. And Roki Sasaki is a sensational. Is it 23 or 24 year old right hander for the Dodgers. He came in, he was going to be a starter. They moved him to the bullpen, had an injury and throws absolute gas. But he just couldn't really get. He just didn't have great control. He didn't have as great stuff tonight. And he got in big trouble. So they yank him and they go to the bullpen again for the second time to just get three outs. Blake Snell's perfect for eight. They need two pitchers in the ninth and they escape. I mean, that's how it feels like I tweeted this. There's not a screenwriter In LA that could create more drama than the Dodgers bullpen. Every, you got to go in with two and three run leads. It's just always, always a white knuckler. But you know, the Dodgers like tonight, it was Blake Snell and Freddie Freeman, you know, and that's what you have to do in the postseason. You can't rely on one guy. That's what the, that's the Yankees issue where it's very much about Aaron Judge. You know, can Max Freed win a couple of games? I mean, they're very dependent on a couple of guys, very dependent on the home run. Dodgers aren't. And it's going to be a great series. Milwaukee's, I mean, Milwaukee, I think they use six different pitchers tonight. You know, they, they Dodgers were getting contact all night. I mean, Dodgers felt like you were waiting for the Dodgers to break this thing open, you know, and to the credit of the brewers, they just kept holding on, sent out different arms, would escape innings. Base running blunder by the Dodgers. So a great sports night in review. Buffalo does not look like a team capable of even getting to a conference championship. The Dodgers, all their games were dramatic on a night that Blake Snell was as good as any pitcher since Don Larson. It was dramatic. It came down to the final out and Chicago won a road game. I mean, you can't even criticize it. It wasn't pretty. The Bears won a road game, a primetime road game. And they score first and they take leads and they ran the ball and they're running lanes and they made big, big defensive plays. 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