THE HERD - Hour 1 - Belichick gets destroyed, Parsons getting traded to the Packers, Ryan Day

Summary

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The Herd with Colin Cowherd

Episode: THE HERD - Hour 1 - Belichick gets destroyed, Parsons getting traded to the Packers, Ryan Day
Date: September 2, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this hour of "The Herd," Colin Cowherd delivers his signature sharp takes on major football stories, headlining the episode with a critique of Bill Belichick's declining coaching approach, the Dallas Cowboys’ high-profile trade of Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers, and an in-depth interview with Ohio State coach Ryan Day on the Buckeyes’ opening victory. Colin also breaks down quarterback performances around the NFL and college football and discusses the changing landscape of both games, focusing on coaching staff choices, team culture, and player development.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Bill Belichick’s Outdated Coaching and Recent Defeat

[03:02–08:28]

• Colin dissects Belichick’s latest embarrassing loss with Carolina, drawing comparisons to his late-Patriots era and identifying a familiar pattern: hiring family and friends over top coaching talent.

• He critiques Belichick for clinging to comfort instead of evolving, in contrast to Nick Saban’s willingness to hire offensive minds like Lane Kiffin.

• The offense looked uninspired post-scripted first drive, especially under Freddy Kitchens, who was promoted internally rather than being the best OC candidate.

• Memorable Quote:

  “Young Bill Belichick would have fired this Bill Belichick. He’s seeking comfort. You can’t coach in a gated community.” (Colin Cowherd, 04:52)

• Colin likens the transfer portal’s heavy use to “bitcoin”—all hype, little substance—echoing his skepticism over quick fixes.

• Belichick’s own words after the loss:

  “They out coached us. They just did a lot more things right than we did...We’re better than what we were tonight. But we have to go out there and show that, and prove it. So nobody's going to do it for us. We'll have to do it ourselves.” (Belichick via Ryan Day, 08:27)

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2. Micah Parsons Trade: Cowboys vs. Packers

[08:28–14:16; 35:34–38:33]

• Colin examines the Cowboys’ blockbuster trade sending Micah Parsons to Green Bay, noting the flurry of “leaks” aimed at justifying Dallas’ move by smearing Parsons’ character and locker-room presence.

• He defends the trade from both sides:

  • Dallas gets future flexibility (multiple first-round picks, cap relief) necessary for a soft reboot and potential coaching change.
  • Green Bay gets a “game-wrecker,” perfect for their Super Bowl window.

• Highlights that not every star needs to be universally beloved, comparing Parsons to personalities like Peyton Manning and Jalen Hurts.

• On franchise philosophy:

  “This insistence that Dallas got hosed... I’ve seen Dak, CeeDee Lamb and Micah in the playoffs. Yeah, I saw those guys get housed by the Green Bay Packers in Dallas, and that was the youngest playoff team since 1970.” (Colin, 12:57)

• Suggests Dallas should consider drafting a quarterback and leverage their draft capital for a new foundation.

• On Packers’ side, Parsons is a luxury icing on an already strong cake, supported by a proven developmental culture.

• Parsons quote after trade:

  "Winning is everything to me... I haven't been [to the Super Bowl] and I don't know what it takes. But I got a funny feeling that, you know, this program does." (Micah Parsons, 13:44)

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3. Quarterback Storylines: Arch Manning, Jalen Hurts, NFL Previews

Arch Manning’s Struggles at Texas [21:37–24:54; 51:31–52:38]

• Colin critiques Arch Manning's poor opening performance against Ohio State, noting mechanical issues, inability to handle pressure, and lack of sharpness despite being three years in Steve Sarkisian’s system.
• He points out the difference between “just jitters” and true readiness, and notes the pressure of being football royalty.
• Empathizes by recalling rocky starts of legends (Joe Burrow, Nick Saban, Matt Stafford).
• Arch Manning after the loss:

  “Yeah, ultimately not good enough. Obviously you don’t want to start off the season 0-1. They’re a good team, but I thought we beat ourselves a lot and that starts with me...” (Arch Manning via Ryan Day, 24:35)

• Panel discusses how the loss of key receivers and a new offensive line may have impacted Arch's performance.

Jalen Hurts and the Eagles Outlook [30:06–33:36]

• Colin and Ben Johnson discuss why Jalen Hurts is uniquely suited to handle expectations and noise, emphasizing his inner calm and self-confidence.

• They note that, surprisingly, Hurts isn’t the most popular in the Eagles locker room but is the most respected.

• Reflect on the relative lack of chatter about the Eagles repeating and credit the team's construction and leadership.

• Notable Jalen Hurts take:

  “He’s got a real strong sense of self. Jalen Hurts is one of those unique athletes—the heartbeat doesn’t change. Win or lose, you get the same guy... It’s the opposite of a guy... like Baker Mayfield; Jalen hears nothing.” (Colin, 31:15, 32:22)

NFL Previews: Vikings-Bears, Rams Week One [26:50–29:59; 33:36–35:34]

• Chicago vs. Minnesota: Spotlight on Caleb Williams’ debut against Brian Flores’ aggressive Vikings defense, with both hosts intrigued by the ‘mystery’ of the new QB matchups and the offensive weapons on display.
• Quick takes on Rams’ injury concerns (Stafford, left tackle) and a potentially low-scoring opener.

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4. Interview: Ohio State Head Coach Ryan Day

[42:51–50:43]

• Colin hosts Ryan Day following the Buckeyes’ win over Texas, praising Day’s bold hiring of Matt Patricia, whose defensive schemes rattled Arch Manning.
• Day discusses adapting the offensive approach to game flow (conservative play calls due to bad field position), building the team’s physical identity, and evolving tactics as young quarterback Julian Sayin matures.
• On NFL coaches now thriving in college, Day notes the shrinking gap between the two games (rules, tempo, coaching/player communications, NIL and staff expansion).
• Day reveals the team’s challenge—16 new starters, much less returning experience than last year—yet credits a strong physical foundation and notes it’s all about building toward championships, not early flash.
• Colin compliments Julian Sayin’s poised debut and asks about his development.
  • Day emphasizes Sayin’s strong fundamentals and mental sharpness.
• Ryan Day insights:

  “You always have to build an identity with every team that you have, and we wanted to build that identity early on, is that we were going to play physical... finish around the ball.” (Ryan Day, 46:41)
  “[Julian Sayin] was accurate with the ball. He made a couple off-schedule plays and then he threw the ball away and took care of it when he needed to. All good starts, long way to go, but we could work with that.” (Ryan Day, 50:18)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "The transfer portal feels a little like bitcoin. Everybody thinks they're gonna get rich, and it's a lot of nonsense and hope and hype." — Colin Cowherd (06:31)
• "Young Bill Belichick would have fired this Bill Belichick. He's seeking comfort." — Colin Cowherd (04:52)
• "I've never understood this... this idea that you just can't let go of stars. I don't get it. Everybody's got different windows. Dallas is in a reboot." — Colin Cowherd (14:16)
• "[Jalen Hurts]—the heartbeat doesn't change. Win or lose, you get the same guy and he's not really concerned... what the media thinks of him." — Colin Cowherd (31:15)
• "You always have to build an identity. We want to be physical. We want to win championships down the road, not just win the first game." — Ryan Day (46:41)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Belichick Critique & “Comfort” Coaching: 03:02–08:28
• Cowboys-Packers Trade Analysis: 08:28–14:16, 35:34–38:33
• Arch Manning Debut and Quarterback Discourse: 21:37–24:54, 51:31–52:38
• Jalen Hurts, Eagles, and NFL Previews: 30:06–33:36
• Ryan Day Interview (Ohio State Insight): 42:51–50:43

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Episode Takeaways

• Bill Belichick’s decline is tied to an unwillingness to evolve, both in coaching hires and football philosophy. Young Belichick thrived on discomfort and new ideas; today’s version favors familiar faces and conventional approaches, to his team’s detriment.
• Micah Parsons’ trade symbolizes the Cowboys’ need for a cultural reset and flexibility, even as the Packers hope he’s the “missing piece” in a contending core.
• Quarterbacks young and old are under the spotlight—from Arch Manning’s generational expectations to Jalen Hurts’ stoic excellence and the NFL’s fresh debutants.
• The line between college and pro football continues to blur, with coaching styles, roster structures, and even game tempo coalescing; success increasingly hinges on adaptability, culture, and leadership, not pedigree or tradition.

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For listeners who missed the episode, this hour offers a sharp, context-driven breakdown of football’s shifting landscape, with pointed analysis and behind-the-scenes insight from both the studio and the sideline.

Transcript

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[Ryan Day]

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[Ryan Day]

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[Colin Cowherd]

All right, here we go. It is a Tuesday summer over football and the Herd officially back. It is great to be here with our fancy new set live in la. It's the Herd. Wherever you may be, however you may be listening. Ryan Day, Buckeyes Head Coach stops by Nick Wright Albert Breer Our final Herd hot hierarchy moving into the season. We're all a little tan, ready to roll. J. Mac so that was about as bad last night. I knew what today's lead was going to be and for at least five to seven minutes it was a masterpiece for unc, Michael Jordan and Roy Williams that ended up being an all time clunker. I mean that is as bad 29 to 10 first downs. So there was a lot of hope. Even TCU's social team is mocking Carolina football today. So of all the discussion about Bill Belichick, the big concern I had was, remember I Talked about this, 40 transfers. It's like a friends and family coaching staff. There's three Belichicks and Mike Lombardi and his son. And then there's Belichick's girlfriend. And then there's Jamie Collins, who's never been a coach, but he played with Belichick. It kind of feels like a friends and family staff. And I saw that with Bill Belichick at the end of New England. He didn't hire the best coaches available. He hired the guys he was most comfortable with. Young Bill Belichick would have fired. This Bill Belichick. He's seeking comfort. You can't coach in a gated community. Nick Saban goes out and hires Lane Kiffin as the oc. They were at each other's throats. Saban was not seeking the most comfortable guy to hire. He brought in Lane. Lane's ego. But Lane's a great coach and Saban continually would go get the best coach available. After the first drive, they had a really nice scripted first drive. After that, six drives without completing a pass. Because the game has changed, you have to take offense seriously. Freddy Kitchens is The oc, he was already on staff, you know, so why put any effort into going out and getting the best OC on the market? We'll just move up Freddy Kitchens. Was Freddy Kitchens up for EL coordinator jobs in the NFL or college? He wasn't, but he was on staff. You know, let's. This is like what they did in New England where they made the DC the offensive coordinator. We'll worry about offense tomorrow. This offense isn't good. This is when Belichick interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons. Remember, he laid out his plan and one of the reports or two of the reports were, well, he wanted to hire his guys. McVeigh, McVeigh coaches, his guys. Then they go on and become good head coaches. Andy Reid, he'll coach his guys. Then they leave. You ever notice with Belichick, it's a lot of the people that stick around, they may leave. They always come back. So I watched last night. Sonny Dykes, by the way, the coach at tcu. His dad was a legendary coach. You know what? They never worked together. They didn't want the nepotism. They didn't work together. So as I watched the game unfold, the longer it went, you could see the gap in coaching. And some of this is 40 transfers. I mean, I gotta be honest, the transfer portal feels a little like bitcoin. Everybody thinks they're gonna get rich, and it's a lot of nonsense and hope and hype, and I'm not really sure you're ever going to be able to buy a really nice house with it. But hey, it sounds great. Let's bring in all these new players. But I. But I think Belichick has become the chef that won't change the menu. Bill, in his career, if you count the Browns, the Patriots and Carolina last night without Tom Brady, has averaged 19 points in his career. Forget the record, which is unimpressive. Sub 500. He doesn't move the ball. He doesn't take offense seriously enough. Change the menu. Update the wait staff to new menu. It's a new area of town and they're all the hipsters around. You are taking offense seriously. So I watched tcu. I watched their quarterback, I watched their offense. They dabbled just a little in the transfer portal. That was a well coached team. And the longer the game went, the more they pulled away. But, you know, this is. Again, it feels like Bill has moved into a time in his life where he just wants to work with coaches he's comfortable with and people he's comfortable with. You know, there was a Years and years ago on this show, I think it was Urban Meyer had said he had talked to Bill, you know, and at one point, Bill had said, you know, there's certain players I'm just not going to coach anymore. That is the opposite of the early Bill Belichick. You took guys that could be a little crazy. You took guys that didn't make you comfortable. You had to be a mentor to some of the coaches. They didn't know your system, but that's okay. That is how you grow in life. With a little discomfort. You have to bark occasionally. Things go a little sideways. I just. I had concerns coming into this. Thing is that TCU came in with a staff that'd been around. They knew college football. But this was way worse than I thought. At its worst, it could be. And here's Bill after they just outplayed.

[Ryan Day]

Us, they out coached us.

[Colin Cowherd]

I mean, they were just better than we were tonight. That's all there was to it. They controlled both sides of the line of scrimmage. Their skilled players played well. And, you know, they. They just. They did a lot more things right than we did. We're better than what we were tonight. So. But we have to go out there and. And show that, improve it. So nobody's going to do it for us. We'll have to do it ourselves. And that's what we're going to do. All right, so the second story, and this happened several days ago, but ESPN threw a slew of reporters at it. It's a very interesting read. It's inside the Cowboys decision to trade Micah Parsons. And so I'm always a little. And I think all the reporters on this. Don Van not is very good. Seth Wickersham, it's a lot of good reporters. Jeremy Fowler, these are really talented people. I'm always a little gun shy about crushing the player because I know where the leaks come from. There's a lot of leaks from the Cowboys side, you know, protecting the enterprise and protecting the brand. And there's stories here that he wasn't good in the weight room. He didn't get treatment regularly. He participated in walkthroughs, but his behavior could be odd. And, you know, in the locker room, he was kind of a deflating energy. A lot of this stuff I don't want to get into because I know where it's coming from. The Cowboys got crushed for this move, and now they want to make it look like, well, the packers are getting damaged goods here. The packers are getting a playmaker, but I still support the move. Now, I don't think I talked to somebody over the weekend. I don't think Micah was the most popular guy in the locker room. Albert Breer reported that Zach Martin, CD Lam and Dak are more popular. That's okay. Not, by the way. Galen hurts, believe it or not, is not the most beloved player in the Eagles locker room. Saquon Barkley is loved in that locker room. Jalen hurts a little. Hit and miss, does his own thing. Not everybody loved Peyton Manning. He would bark at his friends. Jeff, Saturday, I don't care if the quarterback, Troy Aikman, legendary. Barking at coaches, barking at players. So I don't, I don't care if you're the most loved guy. But I will say this. When you pay a guy 47 million and that's what, that's what he wanted. You got to have the cake made, right? Like you. Like, like they needed in Dallas, because they're not Green Bay. They don't have the culture right now or the leadership. They needed Micah Parsons to be more than just C ball. Go get it. And that's largely what he was. He's just going to go wreck a play. The problem is they have a weak coaching staff right now in Dallas. It's not a great roster. It may not be a great culture. And here's the thing. When you're going to give 47 million to a guy and you're still kind of, you're kind of in a soft rebuild, you need him more than just have IG followers and some sacks. And Dallas now, to me, has flexibility. And Jerry Jones has always played himself off as a big deal maker. And he's an oil catter, kind of a maverick. Right? He was a pushback guy. If you watch the documentary on Netflix, he's a wildcatter, they called it. So he was a deal maker. The problem is the last two years, they can't make any deals. They have no flexibility. They had the worst running back room in the league and they couldn't go buy Derek Henry for $8 million, which we kept pounding the table on this show and Baltimore did. So they couldn't make any deals. That was only going to get worse, paying Micah 47 million. And so now they've got four first round picks in the next couple of years and they have real flexibility. That's what Dallas needs. Because in this sport right now, is there any greater dealmaker than Howie Roseman in their division twice a year with the Eagles? No. I mean, Philadelphia is tweaking, they're doing chess. Dallas's Checkers and they couldn't even make moves on checkers over the last couple of years in free agency. So it gives them flexibility, it gives them multiple first round picks. I would certainly look at drafting another quarterback next year in the first round if I could. I know you're all in love with Dakota, but this insistence that Dallas got hosed, folks, I've seen Dak, CD Lamb and Micah in the playoffs. Yeah, I saw those guys get housed by the Green Bay packers in Dallas and that was the youngest playoff team since 1970. Buffalo Bills, remember Green Bay walked in that thing. About three series in was over. The packers came with a bunch of 23 year old kids, blew them out. Jordan Love blew them out. So I've seen this. I don't get the rinse and repeat factor or this insistence. I mean the thing about Micah, he's a really good fit for what Green Bay needs now. But Dallas needs flexibility more than an edge rusher who disappears at times against the best left tackles he goes up against. He's never been a guy with great instincts or great eyes. That's why you can't use him in a stack linebacker, inside space. You need him to just go and wreck plays. I'd have trouble paying 47 million. So I, I think it two things can be true. I think he works right now for Green Bay. But this idea that, that I've seen CD Dak and Micah, I got one playoff win, that's it. And this coaching staff in my opinion is worse than that coaching staff that got housed by the Packers. Here's Micah.

[Ryan Day]

Winning is everything to me. I, I don't think you're going to find a more competitive person on the team or anywhere in NFL when it comes to anything we do. So when you talk about winning and the stage of what it takes, I haven't been there and I don't know what it takes. But I, I got a funny feeling that, you know, a lot of this history this program does, you know, they went further than us and obviously they had a big one against us. And I trust coach Lafayette Floor and you know, I really feel like, you know, we can do it and like I said, I really want to win real bad.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah. Coach LaFleur and the youngest playoff team since the 1970 Buffalo Bills had a 27 nothing lead on Dallas and Dallas. So I, I, I've never understood this. I know to a fault I'm a non traditionalist but this have to this idea that I just can't let go of stars. I don't get it. They, they're. Everybody's got different windows. Dallas is in a reboot. Dallas may have a new coaching staff by next year. I'd seen Micah in big games against the best left tackles and he could be grabbed and became kind of invisible in big spots. He served you well. You got a lot of plays out of him. But it's a different time and I think Dallas the ability to have some self awareness and acknowledge Green Bay's a Super bowl team. We're not let's get first round picks. I totally support with Dallas. I've been banging on this team for years. You need more good players. Not a 47 million dollar edge rusher. You already overpaid for Dak you paid CD about what he deserves. You don't need to pay an edge rusher. 47 million. You have two first rounders next year. Get a quarterback later first round go get another edge rusher. He'll be a lot cheaper. Jmac, we have got in one hour from now our final herd hierarchy in to the regular season. Plus Nick Wright, Ryan Day of the Buckeyes. That was a very impressive start by them.

[Ben Johnson]

Well listen, I thought so they 200 yards of offense.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah but I see I contend that Ryan Day in Ohio State watched the first two series and they saw how much trouble Matt Patricia, NFL guy was giving Arch Manning and I believe Ryan Day got on a headset and looked at it. I mean I can see this from tv. That was one of those guys, let's just play field position. We're going to be okay here. Now you could argue if they score in the tush push. Maybe it's a different environment but I thought, I thought if there was any criticism of Ohio State they played it a little safe but if you were on that field and you're Ryan Day and I am here to you the distance me and Arch Manning and I'm watching his feet, his arm mechanics, the slotting like he was off.

[Ben Johnson]

Yeah, I kind of crushed him yesterday and people were coming after me on Texas. Hey, take a deep breath. It's one game. Come on. Arch sat for two years. He knows this system well. He couldn't do anything against the Buckeye. That surprised me big time.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah, I'll have some thoughts on that.

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I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the Psychology Podcast. Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation about exploring human potential. I was going to schools to try to teach kids these skills, and I get eye rolling from teachers or I get students who would be like, it's easier to punch someone in the face. When you think about emotion regulation, like, you're not going to choose an adaptive strategy which is more effortful to use unless you think there's a good outcome as a result of it, if it's going to be beneficial to you because it's easy to say like, like you go blank yourself, right? It's easy. It's easy to just drink the extra beer. It's easy to ignore, to suppress. Seeing a colleague who's bothering you and just, like, walk the other way. Avoidance is easier. Ignoring is easier. Denial is easier. Drinking is easier. Yelling, screaming is easy. Complex problem solving, meditating, you know, takes effort. Listen to the Psychology podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Colin Cowherd]

I've said this before. When you start a new show, me and McIntyre have been doing this forever. We can move all over the country. It doesn't matter. We know each other's speed and tempo and what we talk about. But I always think whenever critics, you know, go after a show on its first show, I'm like, folks, it takes about six months to let this stuff bake. And my take is with Arch Manning. I don't want to go overboard. It was his first big start. It's in Columbus against Ohio State against Matt Patricia, an NFL elite NFL defensive coordinator. You maybe have heard of Ohio State. They bulldozed the country last year in our last three or four games. So it was not exactly. It's like opening on Broadway. You didn't get any local theater. It was a rough open, but I didn't want it to look like that. The mechanics were off. Sometimes he waded into pressure, sometimes he didn't feel real pressure. I didn't like the arm slotting. He sidearmed a couple, he skipped open guys. He missed a lot of layups. So people say, well, he's only been at Texas two years. He was an early enrollee. If you go from that day until today, it's about three years. And Sark is known as a great offensive quarterback's coach. So I did not like the way it looked. My takeaway during the game was, you know what? This kid needs the Manning passing academy. He needs the family's own academy. He just looked off. I also did not love the multiple TV commercials. Like a little more self awareness. I want more touchdown passes than ad campaigns, please. And I've been critical of a lot of quarterbacks, not just Arch Manning. I understand nerves, I understand jitters. The schedule, I looked at it this morning. Let's just say there's a three game winning streak coming. So it was a brutal opening. He will not face a defensive coordinator. Even Sark admitted after the game he goes, that was the elite coverage. These NFL coordinators, they're all very good against the pass or they get fired. You have to be good as an NFL defensive coordinator, as a pat against the pass. In college football, stop the run. Because you very rarely face an elite quarterback. Stop the run. In college as a coordinator, you're mostly good in the NFL. You got to make sure that Josh Allen or burrow don't go 33 of 37. So Matt Patricia is going to be the best defensive coordinator he ever faces. It was the Buckeyes. It was Columbus. It is a Buzz Sue Buzzsaw on. On big games at the Shoe. So I'm going to give him a little pass, but it shouldn't look like that. That wasn't just jitters. That's three years with Sark. The mechanics didn't understand or feel pressure sometimes moved into it. I was sitting with people who have been in football for a long time and it was a little jaw dropping. It was a little daunting to watch. So here is Arch after.

[Ryan Day]

Yeah, ultimately not good enough. Obviously you don't want to start off the season 01. They're a good team, but I thought we beat ourselves a lot and that starts with me and I got to play better for us to win. Can't wait till the second half to kind of get things going. I thought we could have played better and I could have played a lot better. So. Just bummed we couldn't execute.

[Colin Cowherd]

Now, remember Joe Burrow with LSU's talent his first year transferring to LSU? Completed 57% of his throws. He had some rocky ones. You know, Nick Saban's first year at Bama, he lost at home to Louisiana Monroe. Matt Stafford, second year at Georgia completed like 55% of his throws. So it's a game and the schedule gets cupcake soft. But it's. I talk about this all the time. I've always defended. I've seen Brady throw pick sixes in Super Bowls, breeze overshoot a guy down the sideline by 20 yards. There's a big energy. That's not what I saw. I saw layups, I saw easy stuff skipped. And that's. That is troubling. Tom Brady talked about there may be some good that comes out of a humiliating performance.

[Ryan Day]

There's a blessing and a curse in some of it. The curse is a lot of people pile on. The blessing is I don't believe a quarterback. There needs to be resilience built up in the quarterback as well. So even though he didn't have his best game today and they lost, if he uses this to his advantage, Arch, he's going to be tougher for it and he's going to have a better next game because of it.

[Colin Cowherd]

And. And again, people are saying, hey, don't crush the kid. Nobody's crushing him. But the Manning family is different. We. We. This is not just a kid in the bright lights. I said this couple weeks ago, like, Manning family dinners are events. Like, it's the Manning family. It's American football royalty. So I think it's fair to say, wow, that doesn't look close to being where he should be at after two and a half, three years with Sark and Texas talent. I think that is fair. I don't think that's mean. I think that is fair today to say. J. Mac with the news. No, no, no. Turn on the news.

[Ben Johnson]

This is the Herd line news. All right, Colin, let's go right to Chicago, the Windy City. Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams are from first regular season game. Monday Night Football. Vikings are favored in Chicago.

[Colin Cowherd]

Well, they have the better roster. We would admit. Minnesota's probably got a better composition.

[Ben Johnson]

Yeah. But still, Chicago at home under the bright lights. In a recent interview, Ben Johnson says one of the biggest challenges will be getting all their weapons to football.

[Ryan Day]

It's completely different personnel, so we're going to do what our guys do best. And I think we've got weapons in every room. You know, running back, tight end, receiver. And so it's going to be. It's going to be hard on us coaches to make sure that we're getting everybody the ball.

[Ben Johnson]

So two ways to look at this. One is, hey, we got. We got a lot of guys. The other is, hey, Caleb, we've got weapons. You better deliver.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah, it is.

[Ben Johnson]

No pressure, no pressure.

[Colin Cowherd]

Caleb, I got to tell you, I looked at this schedule. This is maybe the most fascinating game. It's not just the Caleb Williams story. We do not know what J.J. mcCarthy is. I @ least have seen Caleb Williams. I mean, he only had six picks last year. We saw his dynamic athletic ability. I have no idea. Now I love Minnesota's O line. Left tackles back Justin Jefferson. I think you know how Matt Patricia was the secret sauce in the Buckeyes Longhorns game. Brian Flores. Caleb Williams against Brian Flores is the secret sauce in this. The defensive coordinators.

[Ben Johnson]

Yeah.

[Colin Cowherd]

I gotta tell you, my early lean is. I like Minnesota here.

[Ben Johnson]

Yeah. I would look at the under. I'm with you. Brian Flores.

[Colin Cowherd]

Good.

[Ben Johnson]

But Brian Flores was employed last year by the Vikings and Awesome. Patricia was unemployed. He was doing podcasts last year. Now he's in dominating in Ohio State. And I look at these weapons at Colin. Honestly, they're good. Swift is very good. We like DJ more Roma. Dunze is a fantasy breakout guy. A lot of people think he's going to pop. Colston Loveland is an exceptional tight end. I think if. Maybe I'm being too negative, but if you read between the lines on this comment by Ben, we just got to get. We don't have any quarterback problems. We Got to get everybody the ball. It's like, I don't know this, that, that Bajan contract surprised me. I don't want to be too negative, but, like, I think more pressure on Caleb in this game than J.J. mcCarthy in his debut.

[Colin Cowherd]

There's no question. And Chicago's, you know, they call it Minnesota. Nice. Minnesota doesn't get hostile. Chicago gets hostile fast. It's a big, loud. Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, they have expectations. I. I am fascinated, and I just don't know. I mean, that if you told me I get to watch one game this weekend. It's Bears, Vikings. And for both quarterbacks, I know I have two brilliant offensive coaches.

[Ben Johnson]

Chargers, Chiefs, Eagles, Cowboys.

[Colin Cowherd]

Without games over in the second quarter.

[Ben Johnson]

I think going up, by the way.

[Colin Cowherd]

Just, I mean, just the coaches. Chicago, Minnesota. Those two teams have so many elite offensive weapons.

[Ben Johnson]

That's your number one game of the week.

[Colin Cowherd]

Oh, I think it's fascinating because there's such a mystery behind the quarterbacks.

[Ben Johnson]

Jet Steelers.

[Colin Cowherd]

Not remotely interested.

[Ben Johnson]

All right, let's move on to Jalen Hurts and the defending super bowl champion Eagles. There will not be a Super bowl hangover. Look at that line. You see that eight and a half. It opened at seven.

[Colin Cowherd]

I know all the numbers are at seven. It was the bet of the weekend. Philadelphia.

[Ben Johnson]

This could be a beatdown. Let's just go to the. Diana Rossini believes Jalen hurts mentality will be the key to the team's success this year.

[Colin Cowherd]

Jalen views this season so differently than he has every other year because now that he has the ring, it's a completely different mentality. The pressure's off, right? He's done it now. So now it almost feeds into the.

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[Colin Cowherd]

He knows how to do it. He knows how to win in the big moments. You know my favorite part about Jalen Hurts. And I was talking with somebody, I was gone for about nine, 10 days, and I was talking to somebody about nine or 10 days ago, and they said people would be surprised to know that Jalen's not the most popular player in the locker room, but he may be the most respected, is that Jalen really goes to the beat to his own drummer. You know, he's got the. His management team, it's all women. He does his own thing. He's got his own view of it. And I think he's one of those athletes that will be totally unaffected by winning. I think he's got a very, I think, good parents. Strong parents. He's got a real strong sense of self. I. I Think Jalen Hurts is one of those unique athletes that he just. The. The heartbeat doesn't change. Win or lose, you get the same guy and he's not really concerned. They call it inner scoreboard. He's not really concerned what I think of him. The media thinks of him. The fans think of him.

[Ben Johnson]

Good.

[Colin Cowherd]

He's not necessarily always concerned what his teammates think of him. I've heard. He's just. He's got. I've said before at the podium, he's the best I've ever seen. That is a noisy team and a noisy town and a noisy fan base and a noisy media. His personality, you would never know. On the Wednesday presser if they won by 30 or lost. You would never know.

[Ben Johnson]

So he was at Alabama, thriving. Then gets benched. Very humbling. Goes to Oklahoma. What happened right back in the playoff. This guy's. You can't stop him. He's really. And I like your point. He tunes out the outside.

[Colin Cowherd]

He does.

[Ben Johnson]

He does not give a crap.

[Colin Cowherd]

He really does it. It's. It's. It's the opposite of a guy. Now that I like Baker Mayfield. Remember Baker's first two years in Cleveland? That's right. He heard everything. Jalen hears nothing.

[Ben Johnson]

Yeah. He's not favoriting tweets that are negative about him.

[Colin Cowherd]

He doesn't care. He's in his own zone. He is. He is. If you're there, If. If you're talking intangibles, his are as good as anybody's I've seen.

[Ben Johnson]

Are you surprised there's not more chatter about the Eagles? Repeating. I have not heard any. It was Chiefs. Hey, can they three peak. Can the Chiefs do it? There's, like, nothing about the Eagles. You like the Rams. A lot of people talking, 49ers schedule, Green Bay adds Micah. I almost feel like the Eagles are undervalued. Colin, I don't want to say I unloaded on the Eagles here in this game. If they smash Dallas and I'm talking like another 34, 7 because they beat him badly twice.

[Colin Cowherd]

Twice last year.

[Ben Johnson]

I just wonder if people are like, maybe that. I don't want to say Dynasty. They've been to two Super Bowls with Jalen Hurz.

[Colin Cowherd]

They have the best composition of elite older players, prime players, young players.

[Ben Johnson]

They get the best young players in the league.

[Colin Cowherd]

They also have multiple guys in their prime. They're all on the offensive line.

[Ben Johnson]

Yeah.

[Colin Cowherd]

So they. They. And they. They tend to be. They move off guys a year early than late. They're never afraid to move off guys.

[Ben Johnson]

Good older Players final story is your guy Matthew Stafford. Now we were texting about this yesterday. There is some concern about Stafford and his back despite him starting in week one. McVeigh says he's expected to start. I mean, come on. They're not going to hold Stafford out. But the key story here is left tackle Alaric Jackson.

[Colin Cowherd]

He had blood clots.

[Ben Johnson]

He just started practicing, participated in Yesterday's practice and McVeigh says the plan is for him to shoot up. Now maybe there's some gamesmanship. Hey, Stafford's back. Jackson with the blood clot or.

[Colin Cowherd]

And I throw. This is the upset of the weekend potentially. So I have Will Anderson, one of the best young rush ends.

[Ben Johnson]

He's bad.

[Colin Cowherd]

I have a left tackle that hasn't practiced until this week and a quarterback that. By the way, he's D.B. cooper all camp. Where is he? Like, honestly this game, if you're a Rams staff, this game has to terrify you. If there's one thing you want to have ready to go when you play Houston, your left tackle, your. Your offensive tackles. And I think Havenstein. Did he have another shoulder surgery? He's had a couple of them this game. If I'm the Rams is. Is now devonte Adams I think is real juice. But when I'm. When I'm reading the story on their left tackle, I'm like this is not the team to have a under practice left tackle.

[Ben Johnson]

But at the same time, what about the Rams defense? You love them, how they improve, improved end of last season they were nasty.

[Colin Cowherd]

Is an under game under.

[Ben Johnson]

And I'm not. I don't have a side bet at. At all. I mean listen Texas whole new offensive line basically and. And against the Rams front with your boy Verse who people are betting him to win defensive player of the year. Like that's how much hype there is.

[Colin Cowherd]

He was sensational. He was excellent and he got better first quadrant of the season.

[Ben Johnson]

Our guys have a stat here. Stafford has struggled in week one. Remember, no preseason back. So maybe the Rams come out sluggish. A heavy Kyron Williams game perhaps. But yeah, I'm with you. I like the. I like low scoring here.

[Colin Cowherd]

J. Mac with the news. Well, that's the news and thanks for stopping by the Herd lie news. Now I want to touch on this again. So there's a story at espn. They put all their best reporters on it. And listen, I'm not blaming the reporters, but Dallas is getting a little chirpy and chippy because Dallas is getting crushed for the trade to Micah and I would have Made them the move a year ago. But I do think the draft picks Dallas accumulated next year are, are better than the ones in this draft because this was a weak draft and next year is an unbelievable draft. But here's the difference. Green Bay has a great coach. Dallas doesn't. Green Bay has winning momentum. Dallas doesn't. Green Bay has their culture set. Dallas doesn't. Green Bay is a Super bowl capable team. Dallas isn't. So you need Micah. You need Micah to be the cake and the icing in Dallas. Green Bay just needs him to be the icing. They've got the coach, coach, the culture, the offense, a team first mentality. They don't need much. They need a game record. And Green Bay is in a division with Kevin o', Connell, Ben Johnson, Dan Campbell and that great offensive weaponry in Detroit. They got to get to the quarterback. And Green Bay does almost everything well, except find game records on defense. They did it with Charles Woodson, they did it with Reggie White. And I think that history and that success of taking a huge swing, which Green Bay doesn't do a lot, I think they look at this and they think, this is our Charles Woodson, this is our Reggie White. So I think everybody's got different windows. I think it works. Micah isn't for everybody. I tend to think he's, he wanted 47 million. But for Green Bay, everybody's windows are different. Green Bay is, is, is. They needed a disruptor, they need a distraction, they need a playmaker because they're in a division with some of the smartest offensive people in the league and they got to get the ball back to their offense. So I thought Green Bay, it was the time, the place. It's a little more than I want to pay, but you know, they're paying, they're paying Jordan Love and they're paying Micah and quarterback and game record. And they also are a team that drafts and develops exceedingly well over the last 30 years. They're a team that gets third, fourth, fifth round players to perform quickly and for long stretches. So I'm always like Philadelphia does, I'm always going to say teams like that can take bigger swings because they get so many inexpensive players in the second, third, fourth and fifth rounds. And Green Bay has been doing that forever. They've had great offensive lines the last 30 years. They almost never draft offensive linemen in the first round. So I like it for Green Bay, I like it for Dallas and Ryan Day of the Buckeyes next. Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd weekdays at noon Eastern 9:00am.

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[Colin Cowherd]

Who cares about truth when the lies more entertaining.

[Angela Rye]

Hey everybody, I'm Angela Rai, co host of Native Lamp with Tiffany Cross and Andrew Gillum. Through the lens of politics and culture, we talk with you every week to make sense of this madness. I've been telling Angela I don't even know how to fight back right now. So what I'm focused on is just looking out for ourselves. That's the truth.

[Colin Cowherd]

We're having the same debates that American households are having all over the country.

[Angela Rye]

Rest is certainly a form of self care, but if you are watching your full neighbors starve, not be able to pay bills, your rest is selfish. But the thing is, Angela, this is not the mess we created. So I do understand black folks feeling like, you know what, y' all got it.

[Ben Johnson]

We're like family, but we disagree all the time and we love when our listeners chime in.

[Angela Rye]

What would happen if we built our own little Wakandan communities in the rural South?

[Jacob Schick]

Tiffany, do not run to no rural South. I don't know what you're on.

[Angela Rye]

What our audience is asking is. Okay, fine, you want me to stop resting? What specifically are you asking me to do? Stay informed and take action.

[Colin Cowherd]

Listen to Nativeland Pod on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Welcome. Welcome home y'. All.

[Jacob Schick]

I had this like overwhelming sensation that I had to call a right thing and I just hit call said, you know, hey, I'm Jacob Schick. I'm the CEO of One Tribe foundation and I just wanted to call and let her know there's a lot of people battling some of the very same things you're battling and there is help out there.

[Ashley Schick]

The Good Stuff Podcast Season two takes a deep look into One Tribe Foundation, a non profit fighting suicide in the veteran community. September is National Suicide Prevention Month, so join hosts Jacob and Ashley Schick as they bring you to the front lines of of One Tribe's mission.

[Angela Rye]

I was married to a combat army veteran and he actually took his own life to suicide. One Tribe saved my life twice.

[Ryan Day]

There's a lot of love that flows.

[Colin Cowherd]

Through this place and it's sincere now.

[Angela Rye]

It's a personal mission. Don't have to go to any more funerals.

[Jacob Schick]

You know, I got blown up on a react mission. I ended up having amputation below the knee of my right leg and a traumatic brain injury because I landed on my head.

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[Ashley Schick]

Listen to the Good Stuff podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman]

I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the Psychology Podcast. Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation about exploring human potential. I was going to schools to try to teach kids these skills and I get eye rolling from teachers or I get students who would be like, it's easier to punch someone in the face. When you think about emotion regulation, like you're not going to choose an adaptive strategy which is more effort helpful to use unless you think there's a good outcome as a result of it, if it's going to be beneficial to you because it's easy to say like go blank yourself, right? It's easy. It's easy to just drink the extra beer. It's easy to ignore, to suppress seeing a colleague who's bothering you and just like walk the other way. Avoidance is easier. Ignoring is easier. Denial is easier. Drinking is easier. Yelling, screaming is easy. Complex problem solving, meditating, you know, takes effort. Listen to the Psychology podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Colin Cowherd]

Well, college football delivered in a big way. Notre Dame, Miami, Clemson, lsu, Ohio State beats Texas. Ryan Day's a busy guy. He always takes time for our show and I've told him how much I appreciate that seventh season at Ohio State. By the way, he's the only, only active coach with a natty and has won over 85% of his games. So when you hired Matt Patricia, he wasn't the. The bell of the ball. And then not everybody was going, hey, brilliant hire. Chip Kelly was different. Everybody's like, that's going to work. But what did you see with Matt Patricia, who'd had a little coaching turbulence? What did you see? Ryan, because he clearly was a problem for Arch and that Texas offense.

[Ryan Day]

Yeah, it's always great to be on your show, Colin. Thanks for having me. First off, I've known Matt for a while. I know the type of person he is. He's a great man. He's a great husband, great father. And he really early on built relationships and trust within the building in a short period of time with the staff. And they, you know, Tim Walton, Macareri, Larry Johnson, James Laurinaitis and the players deserve a ton of the credit. But that being said, you know, Matt put it all together and it's only a start. We got a long way to go. But certainly, you know, for our first game of the year with an inexperienced group going on the field, it was a good start.

[Colin Cowherd]

You know, it was a weird early start for you. You got pin deep a couple of times and some Buckeye fans are like, we gained a couple of hundred yards. But my takeaway was, and I said this from the television set, I could see how uncomfortable Arch Manning was. And I said, if I was Ryan Day, I would have just, I would have gotten on my headset and said, guys, this is bad field position. Get out of here. Let's not take big swings. Did you find yourself because of the situation you were in offensively that yet that maybe you did get a little bit more conservative with Julian, say in your quarterback just because you were pinned? But Patricia was giving Arch and Texas fits. Did you find yourself, you know, changing things in game?

[Ryan Day]

Yes. We had a large call sheet and on that call sheet was a bunch of different contingency plans. You know, if, if, you know, it's a high scoring game, if we go up by a score, if we go down by a score, we felt like, you know, there was a point where we were fairly, you know, in control of the game. We had that long drive. I think we had over eight minutes. We scored. I felt like the defense was playing well and we were pinned. We got to do a better job of that, you know, in field position, you know, we, we have to find ways not to get pinned inside our 10 yard line. Now, different situation as, you know, Julian matures, you know, we'll start, you know, opening it up, but we didn't want to turn the ball over down there. And put our defense in a bad spot. And that's one of the first things in our plan to win, is play great defense. And a part of playing great defense is sometimes making sure you play the field position game. Now, we don't love that, you know, in terms of, you know, we want to be explosive, we want to open this thing up, we want to score a ton of points, which, you know, but. But at the end of the day, the number one goal in a game like this was to win.

[Colin Cowherd]

You know, I think when you have a player like Jeremiah Smith, who is so sensational, and I've said this about the NFL sometimes that young quarterbacks, you know, Dak Prescott goes to the Cowboys with DEZ Bryant and you want to get him the ball, you feel almost guilty if you don't. And when you have a player like, you guys are basically wide receiver, university in America is Ohio State. And you have so many gifted receivers and you have such a gifted quarterback. Do you find yourself. Because I thought your team was very physical. And to me, Ohio State football is physical football. How do you balance the. You know, we can do fast and finesse. We can be really pretty. But that's not necessarily what won this weekend. This weekend was toughness and physicality. Is that a tough balance for you with the quality of perimeter stars you have?

[Ryan Day]

Well, I think you always have to build an identity with every team that you have, and we wanted to build that identity early on, is that we were going to play physical, we were going to play downhill, the running backs were going to get downhill, and guys were going to finish around the ball. I think you saw a lot of that. Can we get better? Absolutely. Do we have a long way to go? For sure. But I think once you build that foundation with the type of receivers and skill that we have, and as the quarterback continues to build confidence, that's where. When you can do both, when you can get ugly fours and you can get dirty and you can score in the red zone and convert on short yardage, because it was a short yardage situation. We didn't. We didn't convert on early in the game, like we got to do that. But then you also can spread it out and get the ball to your playmakers and play in an open game, that's when you have a chance to win championships. And that's the goal. The goal isn't just to win the first game. It's to win championships down the road.

[Colin Cowherd]

And build what is. You know, when you hire Chip Kelly, who was your longtime friend and you know, he brings some NFL, but college is different. We saw Belichick struggle last night. Is it when you listen because you're. You're the CEO of this program, is this going to be a trend? I like the idea that years ago I felt like college and pro football Ryan, were totally different sports, and I don't feel like that now. I kind of feel like Chip works either way. I'm watching Matt. Patricia, that clearly worked. Is. Do you think this will start a trend? Because I was always kind of cynical on these NFL guys coming to college. They'd be impatient. I don't know. It feels like it kind of works to me.

[Ryan Day]

I think there's a lot of things that come into play, and I agree with you. I think that's absolutely the case. I think the game first off is much more similar to the NFL now. You know, the hash marks are different, and that is significant. But the way the clock moves now, after every first down, the clock used to stop. Now that only happens inside of two minutes, so the games go quicker. Second thing that's different is now that we can go coach to player communication, you're seeing the huddle more so the games and the number of plays has shrunk way down. And then when it used to be tempo where there was 85, 90 plays, that. That was a different style of game where everything was spread out. I don't think you're seeing it as spread out as it used to be. And then when you take all the things that are going on off the field with salary caps and I nil in terms of, you know, the way you. You structure your staff, unlimited coaches. That's why I think you're seeing a lot more similarities. Oh, and then also the playoffs. I mean, that's different. You know, when you go to the playoffs now that. That's. That you have to be playing your best football at the end of the season, where in the past when it was just, you know, a 14 playoff or even before that, that was a whole different dynamic.

[Colin Cowherd]

Well, that was fun to watch, I got to tell you that. It's 16 news. I think you have 16 new starters, don't you? Was it 16?

[Ryan Day]

Yeah, yeah. We, we.

[Ben Johnson]

We.

[Ryan Day]

Last year, when we finished the season, I think there was just under 700 starts. With the 22 that. That started, like, under their belt. I think going into this game, we were under 200. So it was. It was significant.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah. Hey, congrats. That was fun. It's always fun to win, but that was really fun. That was a Big stage coach. Congrats.

[Ryan Day]

Well, it was good for college football, you know, open up the season like that. The stadium, the atmosphere was tremendous.

[Colin Cowherd]

Unbelievable. All the, all the big dogs delivered. Ryan Day, Ohio State. Congratulation. Oh, by the way, Julian saying one more question because he's a young kid and I'd only watched him on YouTube, I thought, you know, I, I, I love the quarterback position, the feet, the mechanics. What was your takeaway when it was over? When you're walking back to the locker room, you put your arm around him. What do you say about his opening performance?

[Ryan Day]

I think the first thing is when you have young quarterbacks, you ask them what did you see and when they can come over and tell you what they saw. And then you watch the iPad after that drive and it is exactly what he saw. That's a heck of a, that's a, that's a great start. Like you said, I thought his feet moved. Well, I thought he was accurate with the ball. He made a couple off schedule plays and then he threw the ball away and took care of it. We needed to. Again, all good starts, long way to go, but we could work with that.

[Colin Cowherd]

Thanks, Ryan. Appreciate it.

[Ryan Day]

You got to call and take care, man.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah. By the way, of all the young quarterbacks, I would say Julian sand now he was at home, but I thought he looked really comfortable. I thought car CJ Carr for Notre Dame had some moments. He made a throw out in the flat with a Miami Hurricane standing there that eventually got bounced around and intercepted. Garrett Nussmeier, again, lot of snaps. He looked good. So experience matters. Yeah, I thought last night Hoover, the quarterback for TCU goes on the road. He's a third year starter. I don't think he's a great NFL prospect. He's got a lot of snaps, a familiar coaching staff. So I thought Julian saying in a way it benefited him. The whole discussion was Arch Manning and he could just go out and play with a more experienced O line. And I thought, I thought he looked really comfortable.

[Ben Johnson]

Not to be negative, but who was more disappointing, Cade Klubnick or Arch Manning? Because Kate Kubnick's been around the block and for him to just do nothing, I mean he missing guys wide open.

[Colin Cowherd]

You know, I thought was, I thought Garrett Nussmeier had, I thought he was excellent.

[Ben Johnson]

He looks like a pro now. We, we know the lineage. Obviously he's good. Albert Breers hyped him up, but club Nick was just extremely disappointing. Colin, I'll say this. Carson Beck looks like a totally different.

[Colin Cowherd]

Player for the record. Mario Cristobal, Miami's coach, is an offensive line guy. Miami has built an O line. Yeah, that is Penn State and Miami may have the two best O lines in the country because Notre Dame, they they're four man, they're four down linemen. They didn't get any rush. All Carson Becks was totally in a groove.

[Ben Johnson]

One other thing on Arch, I totally missed this. I don't remember anybody talking about this. They lost golden to the draft and Bond to the draft. Two great receivers. Remember when Beck at Georgia lost brock Bowers and lad McConkey came back and was like, oh what is this? That maybe hurt Arch Manning and I didn't really play that in in the preseason.

[Colin Cowherd]

Also four new offensive linemen cohesion, that's a tough unit on the road. I mean go look at Texas schedule. Three blowout wins coming. Yes, they got some confidence building around the corner in Austin.

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[Ryan Day]

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