THE HERD - Hour 1 - Buccs have lost 5 of their last 6, Bills are taking Josh Allen for granted

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The Herd with Colin Cowherd

Episode: THE HERD - Hour 1 - Buccs have lost 5 of their last 6, Bills are taking Josh Allen for granted
Date: December 12, 2025
Host: Colin Cowherd (with Jason McIntyre)

Episode Overview

This episode delves into the struggles of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after another tough loss under head coach Todd Bowles, highlighting the decline of their offense and the pitfalls of “in-house” coaching hires. Colin examines the Buffalo Bills’ disappointing roster construction and laments how the organization is possibly wasting Josh Allen’s prime. The episode features broader reflections on quarterback salaries, team-building challenges, and key matchups for the upcoming NFL weekend—including insight on the Cowboys, Lions, Rams, and quarterback Joe Burrow’s situation in Cincinnati.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Decline and Coaching Issues

Timestamp: 04:02–08:54

• Losing Streak: The Bucs have lost five out of their last six games (04:02).
• Todd Bowles’ Candid Criticism: Bowles called out his players for a lack of accountability and energy following the loss to the Falcons, who had 19 penalties yet still beat Tampa Bay (08:02).
• Coordinator Carousel: Colin emphasizes how hiring “the guy down the hall” as a replacement for departed offensive coordinators rarely works, as seen with the Bucs, Eagles, Lions, and even Michigan football (07:30).
  • “The NFL is too big of a business to hire proximity. Sometimes it works. But if you lose Ben Johnson… the guy down the hallway is not the best candidate 99% of the times.” – Colin (07:40)
• Baker Mayfield’s Limitations: Mayfield excels with strong coordinators but struggles when the support staff is lacking. He’s streaky and 1-9 in prime-time games. The Bucs’ offensive metrics have fallen dramatically (06:13).
  • “Baker’s not a great quarterback. He gets hot, he’s a streaky quarterback, but he is very reliant on a sharp young coordinator.” – Colin (07:12)

Notable Quote:

“You can't lose a game when the other team has 19 penalties… Sometimes it’s the players’ fault.” – Colin (04:18)

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2. Buffalo Bills: Wasting Josh Allen’s Prime?

Timestamp: 08:57–15:55

• GM & Coach on the Hot Seat: If Buffalo loses to New England (coached by Mike Vrabel), especially with a rookie QB, it could spell the end for GM Brandon Beane and head coach Sean McDermott (09:23).
• Receiving Corps Woes: Buffalo is criticized as having the “worst receiving room in the league” (10:22).
  • “Last week, Josh Allen completed 22 passes. Fifteen were to tight ends and running backs. It’s the weakest wide receiver room in the league.” – Colin (10:52)
• Roster Construction Critique: Colin argues the Bills should have been more aggressive at the trade deadline (Jacoby Myers, Davante Adams were available).
• Brandon Beane’s Defensive Stance: Beane lashed out at local media about WR criticism instead of addressing the issue.
• Comparisons: Mark Schlereth and Greg Cosell (football analysts) are cited to highlight that Buffalo is a one-man show – there’s Allen, but little elite talent elsewhere.
• Quarterback Salary Cap Dilemma: As with Dallas (Dak) and KC (Mahomes), high QB salaries make it harder to build a strong roster.
  • “You can’t have the best quarterback in the league and be awful at receiver.” – Colin (14:49)

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3. On Quarterback Value and Team Construction

Timestamp: 15:16–16:34, 44:16–46:22

• QB Salaries and Roster Challenges: Jason and Colin discuss the difficulties roster-building with a large QB cap hit.
• Draft and Scouting Is Hard: Football talent is harder to identify than in basketball due to position complexity and intangibles.
  • "It's really hard to draft. Especially positions like wide receiver. You're asking young people to come into a sport, travel cross country, different total offenses. It's hard." – Colin (44:24)
• Chiefs vs. Rams: Chiefs’ lack of depth versus the Rams’ strong roster despite both paying QBs large sums is contrasted.
• Brady’s Team-Friendly Deals: Historically, Tom Brady made life easier for the Pats through favorable contracts, setting a high bar.

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4. Shadur Sanders and Quarterback Draft Assessment

Timestamp: 19:47–27:37

• Sanders’ Overachievement: Despite being drafted late (fifth round), he’s performed as the best rookie quarterback given a terrible supporting cast (“worst WR room, third-worst O-line” per PFF). (20:30)
  • “Since becoming a starter, Shadur is the best rookie quarterback in the league… and it’s not like he has much around him.” – Colin (21:18)
• NFL ‘Message’ Drafting: Colin theorizes teams deliberately drafted Sanders late to “send a message” about his attitude, even though he possesses elite attributes (accuracy, playmaking).
• NFL Teams May Regret It: With college QBs staying longer due to NIL, passing on a “talented as Shadur” type looks increasingly risky.

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5. Other Noteworthy Topics and Memorable Moments

Cowboys’ Playoff Hopes and Dak Prescott’s Maturity

Timestamp: 27:37–29:38

• Dallas has only an 11% chance at the playoffs—must win out (27:42).
• The effect of big contracts and the future draft strategies.
  • “You gotta give Dak credit. It's a noisy operation... This is not the easiest place to be an NFL quarterback.” – Colin (29:09)

Lions-Rams Trade Success

Timestamp: 30:42–33:42

• Both teams benefited: Rams got experience, Lions gained picks and a young core.
  • “It’s the best trade for both teams in the NFL in a long time. Everybody won with that deal.” – Colin (31:19)
• Detroit’s woes on third/fourth down linked to coordinator loss, not Goff.

Joe Burrow’s Challenges and Franchise Limitations

Timestamp: 34:06–38:34

• Burrow’s career hampered by injuries and poor offensive line protection.
• Suggestion that top college talent often goes to dysfunctional organizations.
  • “Joe Burrow got a Carson Palmer… Burrow got a bad break. Goff got a good one.” – Colin (36:59)
• NBA/NFL parallels on franchise control over star players.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• On coaching hires:

  “The guy down the hallway is not the best candidate 99% of the time.”
  — Colin Cowherd (07:40)

• On Buffalo’s roster:

  “22 completions, 15 tight ends and running backs. The local radio guys probably right.”
  — Colin Cowherd (12:41)

• On QB salaries:

  “It's onerous—how do you build a team?”
  — Jason McIntyre (15:21)

• On Shadur Sanders:

  “He’s the most accurate college quarterback in the sport’s history… not much around him.”
  — Colin Cowherd (21:02)

• On Dak:

  “He seems so with it at the podium. I… he just seems like a grown up, very relaxed. I like him.”
  — Jason McIntyre (28:28)

• On Lions-Rams trade:

  “It’s the best trade for both teams… Everybody won with that deal.”
  — Colin Cowherd (31:19)

• On Burrow & draft system:

  “The better you are as an athlete in college, generally you’ll get picked by the worst organization.”
  — Colin Cowherd (36:59)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Buccaneers and coaching hires: 04:02 – 08:54
• Bills' roster analysis & Allen’s predicament: 08:57 – 15:49
• QB salary/roster build discussions: 15:16 – 16:34, 44:16 – 46:22
• Shadur Sanders debate: 19:47 – 27:37
• Cowboys, contracts, and draft: 27:37 – 29:38
• Lions/Rams, coordinator value: 30:42 – 33:42
• Joe Burrow as cautionary tale: 34:06 – 38:34

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Tone and Style

Colin Cowherd’s tone is direct, analytical, and occasionally exasperated about teams repeating the same mistakes. He values sharp, systemic thinking (e.g., coaching hires, roster construction), dislikes excuses, and zeroes in on management accountability. Jason McIntyre provides quick stats, challenges, and adds context. Both balance insight with friendly banter.

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Summary and Takeaways

• The episode is a critique of NFL management and coaching—especially the pitfalls of comfort-based hiring (“the guy down the hall”) and the challenges in maximizing generational quarterback talent under roster constraints.
• Standout segments: Tampa Bay’s decline; Buffalo’s GM and coach under scrutiny for letting Allen down; discussion on the value of QB contracts vs. roster-building.
• Listeners come away with a deeper understanding of how NFL success is not just about star quarterbacks, but the full organizational effort—including offensive coordinators, ownership decisiveness, and aggressive roster moves.

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Transcript

[Jason McIntyre]

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[Colin Cowherd]

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[Richard Sherman]

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[Colin Cowherd]

You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. All right, it is a Friday. Let's wrap up the week with a strong one, the blazing five off another winning week in one hour from now. Like the numbers, J. Mac, likes the dogs. This week week I'm going with some flavor favorite. Great to be here. So I mean I know the Bucks and the Falcons, not that fascinating. But there's a bigger picture here that I'm watching all over. I saw it at Michigan and I'm seeing it all over the NFL. So I love the fact, first of all, that Todd Bowles ripped the players after the game. Sometimes it's the players fault. You can't lose a game when the other team has 19 penalties like Atlanta did and you lost. Brutal. Now I'm not sure Todd Bowles is a great head coach. He's a great defensive coordinator. So got fired with the Jets. They've lost five of six. Third straight season in Tampa where they start strong and they fade fast. I don't know if he's a great coach, but the Baker Mayfield component here is interesting. So Baker lost two great offensive coordinators last couple years Liam Cohen, he's in first place with the Jags and Dave Canales, first place with the Panthers. So Baker's always been a great comeback story, but BAKER Mayfield is 1 in 9 in primetime games. He's not Mahomes Allen, he's not Stafford. He's not that kind of talent. He's very dependent on his coordinator. And what did Tampa do when they lost Liam Cohen? You know what I don't like? They hired a guy who was in house. Now the offense stinks. Baker didn't get worse. They added Emuka, the receiver from wide. Ohio State. They should be a better offense. They should be a better offense. They're worse. Far worse. What did the Eagles do when they lost Kellen Moore? They hired in house. The Eagles offense broken. What did the Lions do when Ben Johnson left? Well, let's just hire the guy down the hall. Lions offense is not the same. Tampa Bay did it. Michigan football. Let's replace Harbaugh with a guy down two doors down in the facility. Stop. The NFL is too big of a business to hire proximity. Sometimes it works. But if you lose Ben Johnson, if you're losing Liam Cohen and Dave Canals who are head coaches, is the guy you give the job to, the in house guy, is he going to be an NFL head coach someday? So Baker, Last year top five red zone offense in the NFL. Now they're 22nd. How they added a great wide receiver last year they were first in the league on third downs. Now they're 18th. Everything has dropped off a mat. They were a top five offense. Last year. They had a star receiver out of Ohio State and now they're a bottom feeder. So I know everybody thinks I'm crazy on this offensive defensive coach. I think you should hire offensive coaches. I think there are exceptions and I don't know if Todd Bowles is a great coach. The problem being if you hire a defensive coach and he does nail it with the oc, the OC within a year or two leaves, then you've got to nail it again. And Todd Bowles went, oh, he nailed it again. And then that guy leads. Who's going to go 3 for 3 on hiring brilliant offensive coordinators? So Shanahan, Andy Reid, McVeigh, Sean Payton, they don't have to worry about that as offensive coaches. They know the scheme, they're offensive guys. So that's the danger in a defensive head coach. I like Baker, but Baker's not a great quarterback. He gets hot, he's a streaky quarterback, but he is very reliant on A sharp young coordinator. The Eagles did it, the Buccaneers have done it, the Lions did it. Michigan football. Whole different issues there, but Michigan football did it. The greater the candidate who leaves, the greater the candidate you've got to replace. The wider the search has to be. The NFL is a massive business. The guy down the hallway is not the best candidate. 99% of the times here's a very angry Todd Bowles after It's inexcusable. You don't make excuses. You gotta care enough where the hurts. You gotta care enough where the hurts. It gotta mean something to you. It's more than a job. It's your livelihood. How well do you know your job? How well can you do your job? Well, you can't sugarcoat that it was in the excusable and there's no answer for it. As for no excuse for it, that's what you tell them in a lot.

[Jason McIntyre]

Look in the mirror.

[Colin Cowherd]

Can you imagine an NBA coach doing that? So sometimes it is on the players. So now I see a headline this morning. Well, Todd Bowles, he is officially on the hot seat and maybe he should be. Can I offer another GM and a coach who could be it's up in Buffalo. Buffalo's playing the Patriots this weekend. Let's say the Patriots beat the Bills again this season and at the very brisk business by the way Herd herald the headline is Patriots clinch division in Vrabel's first year MVP Allen falls short again. How's that going to play in Buffalo? Okay, how's that going to play? Worst receiving room in the league for a star quarterback. Matt Stafford has. Sean McVay has an array of weapons. Devonte Adams and Puka. By the way, you could have traded for Devonte Adams. He was on the market. Greg Cosell, truth bomb Yesterday on our show about the Bill's current roster, you'd be hard pressed to name an impact player that they have on the defensive side of the ball. They certainly don't have a receiving core. If we look at Shakir and say he's their best receiver, he's clearly a number three type. He's very good at that. But he's a number three type. So they're really not that good a football team. And I know that there's been a lot of talk about, well, this is Josh Alingier and if he doesn't make it, you know, that is so silly. They're just not that good overall from a talent perspective. Last week Josh Allen completed 22 passes. Fifteen were to tight ends and running backs. It's the weakest wide receiver room in the league. And the general manager, Brandon Bean, when he was called out by local media instead of owning it because this is an awful receiving room. They don't have a number one or a number two. Brandon Bean went after the local Buffalo radio hosts. You guys were bitching in 2018 about Josh Allen. You guys wanted Josh Rosen, and now you guys are bitching that we don't have a receiver. I don't get it. You got to have a show and you got to. You got to have something to bitch about. But bitching about wide receiver is one of the dumbest arguments I've heard. Really. Worst receiving room in the league. Josh Allen's the quarterback. Best deep ball thrower in the league. By the way, Brandon Beane brought back 20 of 22 starters. He's. He thinks this group's good. They're not. They've got a handful of really good players at the trade deadline. By the way, Jacoby Myers was available. They talked to him, didn't land him. You know where he went? Jacksonville. Three straight games with a touchdown. Jacoby Myers, Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean both. They need a win and they are favored. And they may match up very well with the Patriots, but they have the world's best football player at the most important position. I had Mark Slayer with on this week and I asked Mark, I said, you know, you've. You've been around the Bills. And his quote was, I was thoroughly unimpressed with Buffalo as a football team. Blown away by their quarterback, unimpressed with everything else. Greg Cosell watches the film. You watch the games. I do, too. So Todd Bowles may not be a head coach, and I think Sean McDermott is more than capable. And Brandon Bean has hit on some really good players. But when he's barking at local radio hosts, my take is last week is a prime example of why this team feels out of the Super bowl bubble. 22 completions, 15 tight ends and running backs. The local radio guys probably right. Jacoby Myers on the market. Devonte Adams again. I'm watching the Rams go out, land Nate Landman, Devonte Adams, Emmanuel Forbes, and nail every draft pick defensively for three years. I just don't think Buffalo's that good. And what if New England in Mike Vrabel's first year and the kid quarterback Drake may sweep him in Vrabel's first year? Maybe that's not. That's. You're not going to pull the trigger. Like Todd Bowles getting fired after the season. I think this game is huge for the GM and the head coach because Buffalo's got the owner. He's a good owner, New stadium, star quarterback. Everything else to me on the table. Everything. All right. J. Mac blazing five in one hour. A lot of interesting stuff today.

[Jason McIntyre]

Yeah, I'm just looking at this Bills Patriots game. Interesting. It sounds like you like the Patriots too. Sweet Buffalo.

[Colin Cowherd]

I think a rested team at home that does pretty much everything well against the Buffalo team with a superstar quarterback who's now turning the ball over.

[Jason McIntyre]

Yeah.

[Colin Cowherd]

Has no deep threat. I think I get the better coach in New England. I. I like home better. Coach well, rested, healthier, and oh, by the way, doesn't really have a bad unit.

[Jason McIntyre]

That's fair. I'm looking at the last meeting. So Buffalo fumbled inside their own 20, handing the Patriots.

[Colin Cowherd]

They did that last week, too.

[Jason McIntyre]

Josh Allen interception in the red zone. Josh Allen fumbled near midfield. Like they. They made a lot of mistakes. 11 penalties. Weren't really buttoned up early in the season. I think we get a max effort from the Bills.

[Colin Cowherd]

Oh, I do, too. I'm just saying, if they lose, that is a bad Monday in Buffalo. Oh, yeah.

[Jason McIntyre]

I think you're spot on, McDermott. They want to find a real estate agent.

[Colin Cowherd]

I got nothing against the general manager, but it's like, you can't have the best quarterback in the league and be awful at receiver.

[Jason McIntyre]

Well, you know, Baltimore is dealing with that, too, right? Better than anything Buffalo.

[Colin Cowherd]

Anything Buffalo has.

[Jason McIntyre]

But, you know, Kincaid is good, Knox is good.

[Colin Cowherd]

I like them both. But Dalton kid game got hurt earlier this year, and the offense is like, really? It's like you can't reel because a tight end. By the way, the Rams have four tight ends. They can all play four.

[Jason McIntyre]

When do we have a reckoning with quarterback salaries? Because the Josh Allen salary is.

[Colin Cowherd]

It's onerous.

[Jason McIntyre]

Like, I mean, I don't know how you build a team.

[Colin Cowherd]

I'm not saying it's. I'm not saying it's not harder, but it seems to me the Rams hit on all their draft picks, therefore, they can go get devonte Adams and steal Nate Landman. I mean, Howie Roseman stole a linebacker last year, became a Pro Bowler. You got to find some value on the market. I keep saying this. I never understood what the Patriots like. Go with Jacoby Myers. I don't get what the Raiders did. He goes to Jacksonville, He's a touchdown machine.

[Jason McIntyre]

Maybe he's a problem in the locker room.

[Colin Cowherd]

I don't think that's the case. Trevor Lawrence loves him.

[Jason McIntyre]

I mean, he's throwing to him all the time.

[Colin Cowherd]

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[Colin Cowherd]

Mmm.

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I said I thought he was like a mid to late first round guy, maybe top of the second, and he dropped to the fifth round. But I was thinking about this. He's looked pretty good. I mean, Greg Cosell this week came on and said, yeah, it's early, but those are, those are big time throws. So let's just say Shador Sanders does become a franchise quarterback and through three starts with the weakest receiving room in the NFL, 32nd worst receiving room in the NFL. Pff. 32nd, third worst offensive line. Pff. He's got nothing to work with. Five touchdowns, two picks, 94 passer rating. Should also be noted that Shador Sanders did not get any work with the ones before he started. Right? It was Dylan Gabriel getting all of it because Dylan Gabriel was a rookie. So he's got the third worst O line in the league. The worst wide receiving room in the league did not work with number ones. And yet eight of the top 12 teams drafting currently in the NFL at the top of the draft board are desperate for a quarterback and people thought Shedeur NFL GM said he's a little immature. I agree. He's not serious enough for my taste. So I think the NFL wanted to send sort of a message. Straighten up young man. I'll say it again, fifth round. Every team in this league passed on him at least four times. Do you realize with the worst receiving core in the league and the third worst offensive line since becoming a starter, Shedeur is the best rookie quarterback in the league. Total yards, total touchdowns, big plays, passing yards and attempts. He's the best rookie quarterback since he got the start. Again, not much around him. So some of these NFL teams I think said we're just going to send a message. He thinks he's a celebrity. I kept saying he's the most accurate college quarterback in the sports history. He moves pretty well. He's a big play guy and I don't know if he's going to be a franchise quarterback, I don't know. But I know what I'm watching and I know what he has to work with Now. I like Stefanski a lot, but it is interesting anytime. Go look at the draft order right now. Eight of the 12 teams at the top could use a quarterback and everybody passed on him. And it's not like they passed on him. Like you could say, whoa, Brock Purdy. Brock Purdy was reckless and small. He was not viewed by a single GM I talked to was a top four round quarterback. Some liked him late. Fifth six. There's a reason he dropped. And if he didn't have Shanahan and Kittle and McCaffrey, my guess is we wouldn't be talking about Brock Purdy every Sunday or every other Sunday. Shador's got nothing to work with. Shanahan is viewed as a higher grade coach than Stefanski. I like both a lot, but it is pretty fascinating in a league desperate for a certain position. Eight teams minimum need one, if not this year, in two years. And he dropped to the fifth round as the most accurate college quarterback ever. Not playing with a lot of NFL guys in college. That's one of the things I said. Dylan Gabriel, he played with pros at Oregon. Those guys get more open than Colorado guys on average. I mean he was running for his life at Colorado as a 2, 3 year starter. He was running for his life. So here is Stefanski on the improving Shedeur Sanders. There's a lot of quarterbacks that have always made plays outside the structure of their offense from when they were young to when they get to the pros. And you never want to take that away from a player. And Shadour has a ability to make plays off schedule. So that's something that you certainly want to promote and enhance and get the team playing to that style as well. You also, you learn that from playing. You learn that from being in these games. And I think he's making progress there. Yeah. And I, I had said J Mac is my witness in all the years I've been doing this show, which is about 20, did some local for a while but the syndicated stuff, I never projected a quarterback to be a first rounder and they fell to the fifth like I had sourcing people I trusted. I trusted my eyes. Fifth like I, I get it. Top of the third. Little immature. He's a little immature. He's not serious enough for me. But I'll also argue he's pretty good at the podium. But it, it's really interesting that I think the NFL wanted to send a message. They did. Yeah. We should have drafted him because we need one now in this draft. And oh, by the way, with nil, many of the teams that need a quarterback, I don't think people thought about this. Dante Moore is probably going to stay in college. Ty Simpson may stay in college. More and more quarterbacks are going to stay another year in college. So if you get the opportunity to draft somebody as talented as Shador, you may want to get out of the message business. Right. Like it used to be. Guys would rush maybe a year early to the NFL with the nil outside of Mendoza. If Dante Moore, Ty Simpson, Sellers, they all, all stay in college. The supply doesn't meet the demand. So it just, the NFL kind of got into the message business when you should probably, probably worry more about drafting the best players available, that business. J. Mack with the news. No, no, no, no, no. Turn on the news. This is the Herd line news.

[Jason McIntyre]

All right, let's go to that Cowboys Vikings game. Colin, very good.

[Colin Cowherd]

I stay away at miss my blazing five. Yeah.

[Jason McIntyre]

Dallas obviously needs it badly at 6, 6 and 1. They are unlikely to make the playoffs. Just an 11% chance to make the postseason. So it's basically you gotta win out. Dallas needs to win out. And here's Dak Prescott talking about it.

[Colin Cowherd]

Just gotta go win every game. I mean, that's all I can control. Gonna root against them regardless. So. So whether we are in this position or not. So I gotta control what I can control and go in games on my hand. Yeah. This is last week. You did this too. You talked me out of this game.

[Jason McIntyre]

Well, them being the Eagles obviously in the division, they want to catch them. I'm sorry for talking you out of games. I'll just say this. I think Dak became a father. Is it this year. You know, he had the birth. He seems so with it at the podium. I. Every time he's talking to the media, he just, he just seems like a.

[Colin Cowherd]

Grown up, very relaxed.

[Jason McIntyre]

I like him, man. I like this guy.

[Colin Cowherd]

I think he's a hard guy. Not to lie.

[Jason McIntyre]

The problem, you know, the tough part is, is the contract they gave him, you know, the richest contract in the league.

[Colin Cowherd]

Well, this is for the record. This is Buffalo's would be their primary issue, which is we're paying, you know, Josh Allen's the second biggest cap, Dax the biggest cap hit. So it's it. I'm not saying it makes it easier, but Dallas is making all sorts of deals.

[Jason McIntyre]

Well, they're trying to.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah.

[Jason McIntyre]

Are they shuffling the Deck chairs on the Titanic or they make a deal.

[Colin Cowherd]

To get into the place back 20 or 22 players. So they're like, we're satisfied. Jerry's like, we're not so. And I also think you got to give Dak credit. It's a noisy operation. It's a family business. This is not the easiest place to be an NFL quarterback. Yeah.

[Jason McIntyre]

Cowboys five and a half. So even if they win, we know the Eagles are not losing to the Raiders.

[Colin Cowherd]

Right.

[Jason McIntyre]

That's not happening.

[Colin Cowherd]

Right.

[Jason McIntyre]

So I just don't see a world where they catch them.

[Colin Cowherd]

I agree.

[Jason McIntyre]

It just feels. And then you go into the offseason, we got the pick and stuff and then we're paying up. Three defensive tackles, a ton of money.

[Colin Cowherd]

Two first round picks, which you can very easily because you don't need a quarterback and you're getting a pass rush without Micah. You don't have to get an edge. I would get a right tackle. My, my guess is Dallas goes right tackle, offensive tackle in the draft in the first round with one of their picks and then tries to trade down the other one and get a bevy of picks. I'll argue this all day. I like Dallas's future if they move those picks because they've been a very good first round picking team. Yeah, I think Dallas is pretty stocked if they. If they can nail the first two picks at the right positions. Right tackle, absolutely.

[Jason McIntyre]

I just. You'd like to talk about roster strength. There's at least seven teams with better rosters in the NFC than Doubt. At least seven. And then you start looking at salary cap stuff. It feels like a big mountain to climb. Like, look at the Lions have way better players than the Cowboys. It's not even close. I mean, I don't know. I don't want to suit town sound too down on Dallas, but let's get positive. Let's talk Lions, Rams. Huge matchup on Fox Sunday. Obviously big history between McVay, Goff and Stafford.

[Richard Sherman]

Both.

[Jason McIntyre]

Both teams have profited. Obviously, the Rams have the super bowl win. But ahead of this weekend's matchup, McVay spoke to the growth he's seen in his former quarterback, Jared Goff. Unbelievable accuracy and anticipation.

[Colin Cowherd]

Jared's played really great, you know, and I've been truly happy to see, you know, what he's done and how he's really put that team on his back and done such a great job of being able to build. You know, I've been very open and very clear about. I had a lot of growing up to do. You Know, back when that thing went down, there was a lot of great memories, a lot of really good balls that he did here that I'll always cherish and I'm truly happy for him. It's the, it's the best trade for both teams in the NFL in a long time. Like I, I mean, you can go to any sport. Everybody won with that deal. The Lions needed a little younger quarterback and lots of draft capital. And their GM nailed the picks and the Rams said, we need, we need a little better in the pocket, little more experience, little bigger arm. Both hit it out of the park.

[Jason McIntyre]

Yeah, where are you on this game? Because 6 is a big number for a Lions team. They can come in the back door easily.

[Colin Cowherd]

Lions defense is struggling, but more problematic, their offense is not good on third or fourth down. And if you go on the road against the high powered offense, you got to pick up first downs. Okay? And they're in. Detroit is punting more and not moving the chains. The problem with Detroit is are they going to get the Rams. Rams are going to get 13, 14 possessions because they, they're struggling to extend drives. It's not a lack of talent, it's a lack of third down conversions.

[Jason McIntyre]

It's almost like you're looking at my screen. So remember, Dan Campbell couldn't get a fourth down to save his life. Back to back weeks. He didn't go for fourth down once against Dallas. Is he in his own head? I don't know. Because like you said, extending drives are going to be huge. Colin, I, I'll just add this 54 chance for the Lions to make the playoffs. Gambler Dan Campbell, he's gonna probably go for a few fourth downs here, right? This is gonna be one of these games where it's like, oh my gosh, we need that. We gotta have it.

[Colin Cowherd]

This has been the year in the NFL, the year of coordinator value. Eagles, Lions, Bucks, all these high powered offense, all these just juggernauts. Go look at Tampa's numbers last year in Detroit and they didn't go big, broad wide search on replacing excellent coordinators who became excellent head coaches. That is not a knock on the guys who got the jobs. But when you lose Ben Johnson and Liam Cohen, those guys are, those guys are great, great offensive guys. So I mean to me, I start looking around this league, we always think, oh, it's, it's just quarterback with Jared Goff didn't get worse. They can't pick up first downs on third or fourth. That's not a Jared Goff issue.

[Jason McIntyre]

And Ben Johnson, currently in the playoffs. Liam Cohen, currently in the playoffs.

[Colin Cowherd]

Dave Canales.

[Jason McIntyre]

Dave Canalis in the mix. Kellen Moore. Well, the Saints aren't good, but he. They've been plucky for the last month.

[Colin Cowherd]

That's a.

[Jason McIntyre]

That's an interesting theory. All right, final story. Colin. Let's go to Joe Burrow. Obviously, the inflammatory comments Wednesday, Cincinnati this week. Okay, that's. That's a bit of a shocker. They are facing the Ravens. They are home dogs. But interestingly, after Burrow's comments about not having fun, Jamar Chase chimed in and he seems just stunned that these are real comments.

[Colin Cowherd]

How much do you think Joe Burrow loves football? I thought this was an AI. I'm not. Did this really happen, though? That's real today.

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[Colin Cowherd]

Nothing's wrong with a little emotion at the end of the day. It's especially coming back from injury. The man. The man loves the game. I think he loves the game from what I. What I've learned from him also at the end of the day, you know what I'm saying? So I can't really say what he feels at the end of the day, but from what I see, man, he seems the same every day. Yeah, Joe Burrow this week, it had a little Andrew Luck vibe, little Trevor Lawrence vibe. I don't. But I'm going to defend Burrow because Burrows had to go into rehab multiple times. Rehab is really hard for all pro athletes. It's a grind and there's no payoff. So rehab is brutal if you have to do it once in your career. I think Burrow's done it three to four times. Secondly is the organization has failed to protect him. We talk about it on this show all the time. The offensive line is the insurance policy. The quarterbacks, the Bentley. You'd never own a Bentley without an insurance policy. The Bengals have failed Burrow on the offensive line. Atrocious six years in a row. So this league is not that complimentary, not that confusing, not that confounding, not that complicated. Get a great quarterback, protect great quarterback, and then draft people who get the other team's quarterback. They have failed at number two miserably in Cincinnati.

[Jason McIntyre]

This is crazy. So I'm looking at his career arc. He's played six seasons, three of them, he's played 10 or fewer games. Like, if we would call him Zion Williamson if he had not gone to a Super Bowl. I mean, Joe Burrow went to the super bowl in year two, then he went to the AFC Championship, and then nothing. I don't Know when he's going to get back to the playoffs. Colin, like I'm not saying it's over for Burrow in Cincinnati, but think about this. What's their path to success?

[Colin Cowherd]

He is 18 of his last nine starts. That's why I love the Bengals this weekend. Everybody's staring at the record. He wins every time he starts. He's an incredible winning quarterback. Baltimore's offense is completely broken. Cincinnati last week, if not for kind of a fluky pick six, that one that was batted. That's a fluky play. You maybe have one of those in your career. They beat Buffalo at Buffalo in a snowstorm.

[Jason McIntyre]

It's a different discussion.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah.

[Jason McIntyre]

I will ask you. Obviously, the Bengals aren't going to want to entertain a borough trait, right? But could anybody make it moderately interesting? A sweetened a sick pot of picks, players and Bengals.

[Colin Cowherd]

He's an Ohio kid. I don't think the Brown family would listen.

[Jason McIntyre]

What if he went to them? Because we know he went to the team and was unhappy last season. Remember meeting with Zach Taylor after the game? He's pissed. What if he does something like that? This in the off season? Guys, this is not working. We're not going anywhere.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah.

[Jason McIntyre]

What's your game plan?

[Colin Cowherd]

I've said this before. If you come out of college and let's say you're a very talented attorney, you go to Yale, you go to Cal, you go to Virginia, great schools, Michigan. And you, you're an attorney, you can pick the city you want to go to in the law firm. The better you are as an athlete in college. Generally, you'll get picked by the worst organization. Joe Burrow got a Carson Palmer. Joe Burrow got a bad break. Goff got a good one, Right? Not the first year, but Goff got a good one.

[Jason McIntyre]

I mean, you start Mahomes, Mahomes is unbelievably good.

[Colin Cowherd]

And by the way, Lamar Jordan, Love, sometimes you get the break.

[Jason McIntyre]

Yeah. And then other times you're like LeBron, Kevin Durant, Joe Burrow. You get crap franchises and it stinks. Because in the NFL, you're kind of locked in. They get double franchise tag.

[Colin Cowherd]

Well, even in the NBA. Now, I was talking to Danny Parkins about this. In the NBA, they make it unfair. Like you have to give up hundreds of millions of dollars if you leave now the team that drafted you, right? So they think, well, it'll keep players in a local market. But what if that local market has a lousy owner, sagging attendance, a bad coach and a cheap billionaire owner? So you're trapped because the NBA says, well, if you stay, we'll pay us so much more.

[Jason McIntyre]

300 million.

[Colin Cowherd]

And that's supposed to be a players league. Let players go where they want to go. I understand a team drafting them, but you should allow players Stop worrying about protecting billionaires. Protecting your talent.

[Jason McIntyre]

Yeah, the billionaires have it as socialism. Basically. Everybody's going to get their guy, they get to keep him, and you're kind of screwed. If you're Joe Burrow, I feel bad for the guy.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah, that's where I think NBA players get hosed. I mean, you'd have to give up $100 million.

[Jason McIntyre]

You could kind of make up for that in other areas. Marketing, not 100 million.

[Colin Cowherd]

A lot of guys sell shoes.

[Jason McIntyre]

You want to win and have fun and enjoy your life for 150 million or just get paid 300 million to hate life.

[Colin Cowherd]

Again, it's relative to their industry. Nobody wants to hear this, but anyway, J Mac with the News well, that's the news and thanks for stopping by. The herd lie news blazing five off a winning week in 30 minutes. Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific.

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[Colin Cowherd]

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[Jason McIntyre]

We got a huge SEC Big east battle on fox. College hoops Friday as Texas takes on solo ball and fifth ranked UConn. It all tips off tonight at 8 Eastern on Fox.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah, J. Mac and I have talked about this. When you pay your quarterback what you're paying Josh Allen or you know, you know, you know that you know the drill. Mahomes Josh Allen. It's harder to construct a roster. It's very hard to draft. You know, all the anonymous trolls on the Internet, they're brilliant drafters. I know these guys. It's hard. It's really hard to draft. You just don't know, especially positions like wide receiver. There were some ego and a big personality at wide receiver. And you know, some guys just, it doesn't work. You're asking young people to, you know, come into a sport, travel cross country, different total offense. It's hard. I think it's much harder than drafting in basketball because you can spot basketball talent. I, I always tell the story. I was in Hartford, Connecticut watching my daughter play in a tournament and, and there was seven, eight teams playing at once. I sit down next to a coach and I said, who's that girl like four courts away? And he goes, oh yeah, she's the best player, like seventh, eighth grade girls. He's like, she's already getting a Talk from Division 1 schools. You can spot basketball talent in one second. Football, it's maturity. It's, it's not the biggest, the strongest. It's heart, it's, it's intangibles. So I think it's hard. And I, and I understand. And Brett Veach is really good with the Chiefs. But Kansas City can be officially eliminated this weekend. Should be noted Tom Brady when Healthy, made the playoffs 19 straight years. Tom took very favorable team deals. So last week was the home game against Texans. It was must win and they got worked. And I said on the time, at the time, Houston's got better players, so Kansas City just doesn't look the part. And this morning I was saying this to the team, I said name the top 10 Chiefs players not on resume or legacy guys who are playing at a high level right now. Number one is Mahomes. Number two is a center, Creed Humphrey. And number three is a corner, Trent McDuffie. By the time you get to the fourth best player, you're saying, well, I mean Chris Jones is having a down year or maybe he's old. Well, Trey Smith is usually good. He's taken a small step back. You know, Travis Kelce's had some drops but he's been reasonably. I don't know who their fourth best player is. They have an offensive tackle issue. Conversely, let's go to a team that also has an expensive quarterback but a more team friendly deal. Matt Stafford, Rams. Let's go to their 10 best players, folks. They're all having great years. Stafford, Pukinakua, Jared Verse, Devonte Adams, Kevin Dotson, Steve Avila. The guards are great. Kyron Williams, Puna Ford has been unbelievable. Byron Young, Nate Landman. I didn't, I didn't mention any of their good tight ends. They've got safeties I like. I didn't mention any of their safeties. They got two really good safeties. So my point is trust your eyes. I don't know who the Chief's fourth best player is. I think Carloftis a little overpaid. Big salary cap next year. I don't know if I'd be comfortable with it. So this is not anti Kansas City. Kareem Hunt, isn't he their leading rusher? He was putting me out of the league a couple years ago. Like I just don't think to me the Rams and the Eagles and the packers and the Lions, a lot of these teams who are also paying their quarterback, Jared Goff and Matt Stafford, Jalen hurts, you can get around it, but I just don't like. I trust my eyes. I don't like what I see with Kansas City. So this is an interesting player. So this weekend is a. This is one of my blazing five picks. I won't tell you what side Denver hosts. Green Bay and Denver's going to win this division. Kansas City is now third behind Denver and the Chargers. I think it's fascinating with Bo Nicks. So the Broncos quarterback is Bo Nix. He's on a rookie deal. So the Broncos roster, especially defense, it's pretty stacked. But it's interesting about Bo Nix. He is 219 as a starter and you could say, well, it's the defense. Well, he's taken the fewest sacks during these last two years. That's a skill. He leads the NFL in game winning drives. Yes. Leads the NFL last two seasons. That's a skill. Okay. He has the second most fourth quarter touchdown since he entered the league. That's a skill. And by the way, this is where I will defend him. Outside of Mahomes, he also has the most pass attempts. Sean Payton's hard on his quarterbacks. He's incredibly demanding. It's a thick playbook. This is not Big Ben. When he came into the NFL out of Miami, Ohio, went to the Steelers and they were babysitting him for two years and letting a dominating defense control the games. You know, Ben would make 17, 18, 19 throws. They were kind of babysitting him. That's not what this is. This is, here's the playbook, kid. Memorize it. We're going to use all of it Sunday so there's no babysitting with this kid. They're asking him to do more. And I'm going to defend those quarterbacks who have to throw it 45 times a game. And I feel like with Bo Nix and people do this, everybody's made up their mind on Bo Nix because you saw a lot of them at Oregon and you've seen enough of them here and nobody wants just to acknowledge he's really good in the fourth. He's got all those things I love. He's durable, he's coachable, he's athletic, he's productive. In the fourth quarter, he's a winner. He doesn't listen to the noise. You know, he's not on social media, he's 100% team guy. But and I've said if you love Caleb Williams in Chicago, you got to like Bo Nix. Both have good rosters, both have excellent O lines, both have brilliant offensive coaches, both have nice weapons. I like Denver's receivers. I don't care what anybody says. I love Cortland Sutton. So if you like Caleb, you gotta like Bo Nix. Both are uneven, both are very, very good in the fourth quarter. Yeah, I hear that. Oh, Caleb's a superstar. Bonix. I'm out on so far. Great offensive coach, great online defenses that take the ball away. Right? One's leading a division, one's battling Green Bay to Lead a division. Here's Bo Nix on being underdogs. Actually at home to Green Bay seems to be a playoff game. So this will be a intense game on the field. It'll be an intense environment. I don't, don't really care. My mom thinks we'll win, so that's all that matters. You know, you can tell he's. His dad was a coach, he doesn't take sacks. Totally coachable. And again, Sean Payton's not easy shot. You know, it's funny about this Sean Payton. That's why I say Caleb and Bo Nix to this point, very comparable. Both now are in their second year. Both can struggle early in games, but both usually win and deliver late. Both throw occasional interceptions, but not that many really. But Caleb's got this kind of fandom behind him. I think Bo Nicks is really good. I think Bo Nix is way more athletic than anybody gives him credit for. And in that draft class, Drake May has been the absolute inarguable star. Nobody can, nobody can push back on that. But if you like Caleb, it feels like you gotta like Bo Nicks. To me, in fact, Bo Nicks has actually been more accurate as a thrower. Blazing five, Top of the hour. The NFL schedule for the weekend. It is a very important weekend. Even the games that don't have playoff implications. Minnesota, Dallas is fascinating because what are we going to see from J.J. mcCarthy? He just had his best game as a pro. They need to watch him the next four weeks to make a decision. What are they going to do with J.J. mcCarthy? The Dallas defense doesn't let you run, so he's going to have to throw to beat the Cowboys on the road. So even a game without playoff implications, Dallas hosting Minnesota, to me is a very interesting game. Atlanta one last night. Bucks are reeling. I think it's not a blazing 5 pick. I think Chicago wins this weekend, but I think it's an entertaining game. I want to see Shador and Caleb Williams, I really do. J. Mac, I ask you every week, where's the upset on the board? There's going to be a couple of them.

[Jason McIntyre]

Five double digit spreads.

[Colin Cowherd]

There's, there's going to be an upset on the board.

[Jason McIntyre]

I mean, there was one last night. Falcons were what, five, six, something like that? I was looking at the Browns, but I don't think I can do it. I mean, the weather's bad. Shador's down his start, both tackles right now, and his starting center. I don't see that happening. I guess if you're begging me to take a dog. I I would kick the tires with the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday Night Football. I mean, listen, I I know you're smiling. You don't like JJ McCarthy.

[Colin Cowherd]

I stop with the I don't like JJ McCarthy. The current data leads me to believe he's not a franchise quarterback. Can we restate that?

[Jason McIntyre]

We can restate that. That being said, they won 31 nothing. He lit the world on fire. We didn't even mention the guy all week. Practically like he had a good game. I know it's Washington.

[Colin Cowherd]

Very busy show. Yeah. There no time to mention it.

[Jason McIntyre]

I think they'll be frisky. I like the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football.

[Colin Cowherd]

Yeah.

[Jason McIntyre]

Getting three and a half. I don't love the three.

[Colin Cowherd]

We got to give Miami credit. We bailed on everything. They have played their butt off.

[Jason McIntyre]

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[Colin Cowherd]

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[Colin Cowherd]

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[Colin Cowherd]

You?

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[Colin Cowherd]

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[Jason McIntyre]

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[Colin Cowherd]

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[Jason McIntyre]

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[Colin Cowherd]

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