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The Herd with Colin Cowherd
THE HERD - Hour 1 - Dodgers on the brink, what's good for MLB, Lakers might need more help
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Lamar Jackson returns tonight to the NFL. Austin Reed. What to make of that? Dodgers J's we know what to make of it. LA is in big trouble. Live in Chicago. It's the Herd. Wherever you may be, however you may be listening, thanks for making us part of your day. A Halloween Eve show Tip of the cap again to the people in our company that make our set look the way it does. We always appreciate that. One hour from now, Greg Cosell stops by. You know when they were beating the Reds and the Phillies and they were beating the Brewers. J Mac the Dodgers bats had a way of making teams, pitching staffs and bullpens uncomfortable. That is exactly now what is happening to the Dodgers bullpen and the Dodgers starting staff. So here's where we start today. How about Trey? That was unbelievable. The best thing for baseball, honestly, privately, is the Dodgers struggling, being on the brink because last year when they dominated the Yankees in the World Series, a minute later it's like the sport's uneven. This is not fair. They there's a massive financial gap. It's just not fair. It felt like KD to the warriors first year they go 16 and one in the playoffs. So the Big Ten winning a natty or the Chiefs getting blown out in Super Bowls. Big picture gives everybody else hope. This Dodger team was flawed all season long. We talked about it. They blew 26 saves. Mookie Betts, who had a great September not hitting now, didn't hit until September. He had an injury or an illness early. He's been off all season. Blake Snell opens the game with a couple of fastballs. Both get Jacked out. So from the very beginning, it was the Blue Jays bats making the Dodgers uncomfortable. Blake Snell, after giving up two bombs in the first inning, had to abandon his fastball. So again, what the Dodgers did for three series is what the Jays are doing to the Dodgers now. And Trey Savage. Amazing. Another amazing story. This kid wasn't in Major League Baseball when the season started. He was in single A ball. There used to be low, a high A, it's now just single A ball. It's basically like really slightly better than great high school baseball. You don't stay in a hotel, you have a host family. Last night, struck out 12. Only one Dodger got into scoring position. For the record, Ohtani bets and Freeman held hitless. In fact, the last two games, the Dodgers as a team are hitting a buck 64. Their MVPs are MIA. And here is Trey. You Savage finishing off his night in the seventh right here. Chopper to third. Clementa second over to first. Double play. A World Series masterpiece from 22 year old Trey. Yes, Savage. He struck out every Dodger at least once. We thought the Dodgers would hit their way to a title, yet they've scored 64 total runs in the playoffs. The Jays are at 100 and counting. And no baseball team has repeated since the Derek Jeter Yankees. And there's a reason for it. It's exceptionally hard, more than any sport. I mean, you got to get your starting pitching in sync. You got to get your timely hits at the perfect time. You've got to fix your batting order. Right guys in front of the right guys. Top tier pitching, bullpen's got to be good enough. So the Dodgers may have built the perfect Major League Baseball machine, but maybe they forgot to put in the clutch because the team right now, that is making the other team uncomfortable, it's Toronto. And here is Dave Roberts on making Game 6 adjustments in Canada. I'm not sure if it's Mookie in the two, mooking the three, Freddie in the three, I'm not sure. But at the end of the day, regardless of, you know, who we run out there or what construct, we still got to take good at bats, all of us, you know, and so that's what I'm betting on. Yeah, the Dodgers had a lot of bad at bats last night, but when you got one guy in scoring position, is it just the Jays pitching is part of it. Pressure, whatever it is, it's working. First inning on when you force Blake Snell to abandon his fastball, you're officially in the Dodgers wheelhouse you're in the Dodgers head. Okay, he did it again. No Luca, no LeBron. In fact, no Ant Edwards. And the star of the show buzzer beater was Austin Reeves of the Lakers. 28 points and 16 assists. What are we to make of him? Well, first of all, he's a great American sports story. First year in the NBA he averaged 7, then 13, then 16, then 20. Suddenly he's averaging 34. My guess is it's going to go down a little bit. It is the best case scenario for the Lakers. They can show him off to the NBA. He's getting to the free throw line 12 times. He's always created contact. The issue isn't is he a good player? It's a very good player. Right. The question is, can you maximize his game with the Lakers? He needs the ball in his hands. You should see his numbers playing with LeBron and without him, he's a different player entirely. C plus to A minus. So what do you do with him? He's showing the league. Maybe Houston, the Celtics, Miami. No, I can initiate offense. I'll get to the free throw line. I'm physical. I'll work hard on the defensive end, albeit won't be great. Is he too good to trade or is he the perfect trade piece? Again, Luca needs the ball to dominate. And Luke is arguably the second best player in the world. Some nights the very best. Maybe Austin Reaves is thinking, I want the ball. I want this to continue. So watching him last night, here's what I kept thinking. Watching Austin Reeves are the new owners. This is not the bus family. The bus family needed LeBron for six and a half years. They needed him. He was selling tickets. They were a mess pre LeBron. Remember end of the Kobe days? They weren't very good. They were bad all the time. Right? We remember Kobe's last game, 60 points. A lot of forgettable years are the new Laker owners who have a lot of money and it's about the long term. Not selling tickets, necessarily thinking to themselves, you know, maybe it's LeBron we don't need. I mean, LeBron reportedly in his fields because he hasn't gotten the contract extension. My take is the only two absolutes going forward are Luca and JJ Redick. This is no longer a league of a big three, It's a duo league. But maybe the Lakers are a big three. Luca, J.J. redick and Austin Reeves. I mean, this is what happens. You're given opportunities. Somebody takes a day off work, somebody's sick, you step in with no LUCA. And no LeBron. JJ Redick is landing on him. He gets the free throw line, always has initiates contact, always has. Hitting his shots, usually does. So this is one of those moments. The new owners are looking at this. And my take last night was, God, the kids first or second in the league. Now nobody plays defense early in the season, so everybody's numbers are a little glossy. A lot of guys shooting 55%, I get it. But it's impossible not to pay attention, right? And these new owners, they're still assessing the situation. They made it very clear. JJ Redick, and with a contract extension, Luca, they're the future. But it's not a big three league. It's now a duo league. And Austin Reaves, when you compare him to Lauren, is much cheaper, younger, healthier, and let's be honest, less maintenance. Here's JJ Redick on Austin Reeves last night. That guy is going to show up in the big moments. Not surprised. He's done that many times in his career. He's done that many times since I've been his coach. Feel very comfortable with him making decisions at late game. And Austin Reeves scored half of his points against Jaden McDaniels, who's a elite defensive player. So it's been very, very impressive. And it's just opportunities. You know, somebody misses work, somebody misses a game, you step in. But if it was the old owners, the bus family, I don't think this would be as significant. They love Austin Reeves. They've paid him nothing, and he's. He's very productive. But the new owners look at the world differently. When somebody buys a company, they see the world differently. They don't cling to stuff usually. They don't want old and higher maintenance. They like young, cheaper, healthier, coachable. Austin Reeves is a very attractive player to any new ownership group. That's what I saw last night. And JMac, I know how much you love Austin Reeves, but it. It is interesting. As I'm watching it, I'm thinking about the new ownership group, how they view him. And it's like cost, dependability, health, maintenance. I mean, there is something about LeBron. The downside to being an older star athlete is you can suck the oxygen out of a room a little bit, Right. Austin Reaves is like, it wasn't for the headband. You never pick him up. And that. There. There is something to be said about a new coach, a young player. It's just. It's fascinating. Yeah. You know, I don't know if I said this to you on air. Or off. But I look at Austin Reaves next to Luka Doncic, and I'm like, why can't Austin be Kyrie Irving? Kyrie and Luca went to the NBA Finals two years ago, and I'm not saying Austin Reeves is Kyrie Irving, so he can be that type of player, but you're missing the big part of that. Why did Luca and Kyrie work? Because they had a long, devastating front line. They're both bad. That's not. Oh, yeah, that's a, that's why. Well, you can move off LeBron. You bring it. You bring in bigs, right? Well, again, Luca and Austin Reeves are not Kyrie and Luka. With Dallas's front line in size, deandre Ayton's a bad defensive player. Okay, so that, that it, it works only because of what Dallas can provide in rim protection. Having Luka and Austin Reeves is fun. It's not beating the best teams in the west, who mostly all do have rim protection and better wings. Again, it's the first week of the NBA season. The first two weeks, nobody's playing defense. It's a lot of fun. You can't overreact. Yes, but you, I guarantee you, the new owners, just anybody out there that's ever bought a new business or you're part of a new company, you view it differently than how the old people viewed it in the bus family. They felt kind of tied at the hip with LeBron, right? Like, they had sacrifices. They brought him in. These new guys are like, hey, we like him. We have no connection to him. Yeah, I, I, I love Austin Reeves. You know, I've been on that bandwagon for a while. Everybody's saying, oh, we could ship him for Giannis. Doesn't seem realistic. Colin, the team I heard last night that is interested in Austin Reeves, keep an eye on the Utah Jazz. Lori Markkanen is a budding star. He's younger than Reese. He's a big, I think he had 50 points earlier this week, was outstanding in the summer. Markkanen's been a great scorer since he walked into the league. Big guy that can run the floor. I would keep an eye. You know, you get you pair a couple euros. L. Lowry Marketing. I know he's not an awesome defender, but I would just keep an eye on that going forward. Again, I'm not trying to trade Austin Reeves, but I just put that on your radar. All right, One hour from now. Greg Cosell. Very interesting NFL Weekend. Bill's Chiefs highlights it. Lamar plays tonight. Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, FS1 and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, is Cavino and Rich from Fox Sports Radio. Now, in addition to hearing us live weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, we're excited to announce a brand new YouTube channel for the show. Yup, that's right. You can now watch Kovino and rich live on YouTube every day. 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Yeah, that, that's just not going to go over that well. Listen, I want my GM grinding tape and studying the, the cap sheet. Howie Roseman trade deadline just picked up a slot corner yesterday. Less need. A couple of days earlier they got a corner. Jerry was checking out natural gas locations in the Pacific. And this is why a lot of billionaires, for the record, end up on boards instead of running a singular company. They're distracted, they're busy. So. But I mean the, the way the Cowboys are, strangely, they're very good at making big deals. I like the Micah deal, I like the George Picken deal. George Pickens deal is excellent. They're also very good on their first and usually second round picks. But I would argue if you look at the super bowl favorites right now, it's Green Bay, it's a, you know, Kansas City or a Detroit, they're very good. Fourth round, fifth round, sixth round and getting their number one picks right. So Puka Nua less need. He's not talking about oil reserves. Gets Puka Nua in the fifth, he's a star. Kyron Williams running back in the fifth, he's a star. Undrafted left tackle. Not a lot of those exist. Higsby, the tight end, fourth rounder. That's why they can go pay for Devonte Adams, because Puka Nuku is free for three or four years. So I think, I think this league, there's a lot of minutiae to be a good general manager in this league. A ton of minutia. The Cowboys do a very good job on the big stuff. I will defend the Micah trade forever. In fact, I would say the best draft pick the Cowboys have made is not a first round draft pick. It's Dak Prescott and they got Dak Prescott in the fourth round. And the reason they were able to extend and pay that O line for all those years is they were paying Dak nothing for four years. Nothing. He was free and he was winning double digit games. So of all the draft picks, it's not getting Tyron Smith or Zach Martin or Micah Dax. Their best draft pick as a fourth rounder, Brock Purdy. I don't think he saved the Niners, but after the Trey Lance fiasco, they were desperate to get a quarterback that they could monetize at a beneficial level. And there's no more beneficial level than getting the last player picked to be Your starting quarterback for four or five years, then you can go pay for a Mac Jones to be a backup. So so much of this league is minutia. And when I read that, I think, you know, is Jerry really the general manager? Is he really the acting general manager? I don't know. But running several billion dollar companies simultaneously that aren't related at all does not feel ideal. Again, Kansas City, Detroit and Green Bay, teams that draft and developed and find gems, fine gems are super bowl favorites. So the big stuff, I don't worry about, they got their quarterback, they got that right. They get their first round picks right. George Pickens, Micah trade, they get that stuff right. It's the stuff in the middle nobody talks about that's helped build the Rams. I mean, Trey Smith, Tyreek Hill, late rounder for Kansas City. Trey Smith, J. Mack with the news. No, no, no, turn on the news. This is the Herd line news. Think about what the Chiefs did with Tyreek Hill. Later round pick didn't pay anything. And instead of paying in the bid, Buck, big Buck, shipped him off and get five more picks. Tyreek Hill, not Mahomes, is their best draft pick ever. Second is Tyreek Hill, who got great production, never had to pay him, then moved him and got five or six more picks. That's the way to play the chess game in the NFL. I like it. I like it. All right, let's get started with those Chiefs. Colin. They have the biggest game of week nine. They are going to Buffalo. We talked about it yesterday. The Bills kind of own them in the regular season with a 41 record. We won't talk about the playoffs. You already know the answer. Mahomes talked about that rivalry and the thin margin, saying every single game comes down to one play here or there and that they have made them. I think it comes down to players making plays in big moments. So some illuminating stuff there from Patrick Mahomes. You want the real story here? Here it is, Colin. In the high leverage games, Josh Allen carries the team. Okay? Against the Chiefs, he averages over 10 carries per game by far. More carries than he does in any other game. So you remember that Ravens game in week one? Josh Allen had 14 carries. Big game. They needed it. He hasn't sniffed that since against the Patriots. Rivalry in the division, nine carries. Last week. Against the Panthers, three. Yeah. Expect Josh Allen to put the team on his back and try to take them to victory like he did last year in Buffalo. Yeah, listen, it's. It's an interesting line based on what we've seen from the two teams. There are two lines this week that are fascinating. How are the Colts only a three point favorite? They have been the most efficient offense. The two best teams I've watched the Steelers play the Seahawks and the packers pulled away and dominated the second half. The Pittsburgh Steelers against good teams have about a half in them. I could argue the Colts right now are playing better than Seahawks and Green Bay. And so that line I don't get and I don't get this one. Kansas City has the much better defense situationally. We love this coach. The weather is not a factor and offensively they got so many more weapons for Mahomes to throw to. I like Kansas City by a touchdown. By a touchdown. I think there's a lot of scoring. Wow. So the Bills with Josh Allen. I'm looking back in the archives here. They haven't lost a game as a home underdog in like five years. Colin. This is a rare spot for them now as a favorite against the Patriots. You know they lost, they'll lose as a favorite but as a dog. I don't know, man. This. You don't think McDermott's going to be yelling at the team, hey, nobody respects you, okay. You lost to the Falcons. It's so easy for him to get this team amped up. I know. No Ed Oliver, that's big. I think the amped up stuff is great for about a series, you know what I mean? Tomlin has thrived off that for years. That's right. For about a half. And then watch the Steelers in the second half of seasons. They've been terrible down the stretch last. And they've been terrible in the second half this year against good teams. I think all that rah rah stuff, you see it in college teams run through the smoke. It's good for about a series. Then you got to kick butt, then you got to have better players. So I just, I, I, I so by the way, you got one of their primary defenders is not playing. I think Kansas, Kansas City. It is Kansas City in these spots. I just trust the coach, the quarterback, the schemes, spags. I like Kansas City. Have you heard anybody taking Buffalo here or is everybody and their mom on Kansas City at two and a half. I would say Kansas City. Yeah. Everybody's loaded up on the Chiefs here. I just want to remind people, I know Kansas City beat Detroit and they hammered the Raiders and they beat Marcus Mariota. They went to Jacksonville, looked kind of good but not great. Let the Jags move up and down the field against him at will and they Lost that game to Jacksonville. Okay. The idea that they're going into Buffalo and winning by a touchdown. Hey, listen, how's this? How's this? We'll make a fun bet. If the Chiefs win this game, I will stop bashing them for the rest of the regular season. Deal? Sure. I will not say anything negative about the Chiefs the rest of the season. If they go in and win this game. I don't know how I'm gonna hold. How I'm gonna hold myself to that, but I'll try. All right, let's move on, Kyle. Pittsburgh Steelers. You are hot on these Steelers. They're four and three, a little fugazi of a record. You know, they got a big one this week. And interestingly, Mike Tomlin, I. I know we don't want to use the word hot seat, but this is strange. So a writer at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette was doing one of those, like, answer fan question deals, and apparently owner Art Rooney is frustrated and growing impatient. He should. With Mike Tomlin's lack of recent playoff success, with the last playoff win coming in 2017 now. So I'm gonna. Let me ask you, why would you drop this in the middle of the season when they're 4 and 3? How come you weren't saying this when they were leading the division in four and two and riding high? Why now? What's going on here? I think the thing that hurts Tomlin is there. You know, he has a saying that I think is a great saying. Mike Tomlin always says two is a trend. Well, what's seven, seven years when you can't get your own line right? So Mike Tomlin held to his own standards where he says two is a trend. We have four years now where they've been the most expensive defense and have not been great in big spots. Four, seven years, they can't get the run game consistent. It. So Mike Tomlin's own own words is by. If you do something twice, it is a trend. The trend is Pittsburgh cannot beat good teams. They don't win playoff games. They spend a fortune on their defense, and it's not good. And the other trend that I see is where, you know, you watch Green Bay and Pittsburgh last week, small market. Green Bay has totally embraced what the NFL is, creative offensive head coach, drafting very high receivers, tight ends, weapons, buying a very expensive pass rusher. Steelers. What are you doing? They just went and got another safety a couple days ago at the trade deadline. It's not about your defense. I mean, I. I'll say this again. Aaron is doing Tom on a solid if they had Trubisky, if they had Kenny Pickett, what would this team be? Aaron is keeping them interesting and viable. They're very good in the red zone now only because of Aaron Rodgers. So Aaron sort of he's makeup for a lot of the blemishes here. Aaron is. That's why I've been defending Aaron. Pff and others are like, well, he doesn't throw the ball down the field. You take Aaron out of this and you give them their previous four or five quarterbacks. Idiot. Never forget what they looked like at the end of last year. In the last five games it was unwatchable on offense. So I will just say 1 for 10 on third down against the packers they just could big spots. Rogers could not come up. Now he should have a lot of success against the Colts. Their back end is not great. This Colts defense is not outstanding. I mean, listen, I don't care what they do against the Titans. I do think their offense is going to move up and down the field against this overpriced defense. I I It's a tough one, Colin. Is it making blazing five? It's being strongly considered. Yeah. I At some point the Steelers defense is going to show up. Right? We would agree on that. They can't continue to get lambasted every weekend. Right. And so and maybe this is the spot. Daniel Jones outside. Does he eventually does it does the milk carton expire on Daniel? We're waiting for him to go to turn into the regular Daniel Jones. Final story Colin this is not great for one of your picks, Brock Purdy. He's missed four straight games and he's coming back from that toe injury. Here we got audio of Kyle Shanahan. It doesn't sound like Purdy is a lock to play. Take a listen to Kyle Shanahan on his quarterback that he feels confident he's ready to go based off how his toe feels. I mean, I mean he's going to look that way most likely from getting out there. He's not going to. If he gets out there and he's hobbling around and stuff, he won't be out there. So he's got to go out there and go through the practices and stuff and really let us know how good he feels because it's hard to know what's going on with the toe and they're really iffy things. I really like San Francisco this weekend. They come off a clunker. Shanahan's been barking and I also think Mac Jones is in the argument for the best backup in the league. I thought actually last week they didn't play well at all. I thought he had a couple of un. Unbelievable throws. I think Mack throws a again, not a big mover, not a huge arm but sit in the pocket, give him a 22003 beat. He throws a pretty good ball. He does, yeah. I'm slowly backing away like that Homer Simpson meme where he backs away into the shrubbery. I'm slowly backing off the Niners. Colin. I, I mean I think they win this but you know, Jackson dart is. Is that scrambling quarterback. Those guys have given Saleh's defense a lot of problems. And the Niners offensive line did not look great against the Texans. It kind of folded a little bit there. I mean Mac Jones, I know you love him. He was not great. I mean they had zero first downs with like two minutes left in the half. Colin, that's anemic. So be careful my friend J Mac with the news. Well, that's the news and thanks for stopping by the herd lie news. So I was thinking about this watching the Dodgers last night. Is that there And I've said this before, there are two sports that you have a lot of downtime and a lot of time to think. And for men who think, they often overthink and I guess women too. Golf and baseball. And I've seen great golfers collapse. I mean go Back to Rory McElroy, you know, double bogeys, you know it, it Masters, right? He struggling on Sunday at his 17th Masters. I think, I think a little bit of this is the Dodgers are in their head. A lot of it's Toronto pitching but I think they're suffering from Jay's pitching and intense pressure. LA is hitting 201 against Toronto. I mean give me a break. Freddie Freeman, Betts, Max Muncie, Ohtani 1 Dodger in scoring position all night. So the Dodgers, they hear, they see and they read everything written about them going into this series. And first, I think it motivated Toronto. I think, I think really good teams are motivated but the fact is they don't even have George Springer and they're beating the Dodgers up. And the other thing, the Blue Jays are 4 no in the playoffs when they trail. So they're built for this, that 18 inning game. They're kind of built for it. Reportedly their clubhouse had Joe Davis was talking about it's like spring training now. They're playing music, they're laughing, they're having fun. And the Dodgers are a little bit tight. That is the downside to hearing and seeing and reading how great you are. And the. But, you know, the Dodgers went into this season. I mean, just think about this. They went into this season. Mookie Betts wasn't available in September. Bullpen was a bit of a mess. Starting pitchers had injuries. They were a flawed baseball team. But I've seen great golfers collapse in majors. I've seen great hitters in a World Series go belly up. I saw LeBron freeze, literally freeze against Dallas in the NBA Finals. LeBron James. So, I mean, Rory McElroy shooting one over Sunday at the Masters. Two bogeys and a double. That's not because he forgot how to golf. I think that a little bit of this is the Dodgers came in as a favorite. And there is. There is so much media now. There are so many platforms. You can't avoid it. I mean, I put my phone down for hours at a time and just watch sports. I just want to watch sports. Generationally, I didn't grow up with a phone. That's probably easier to me than if you're 28 or 38. But you can't avoid stuff. You just. I mean, I have people coming up to me all the time. Oh, I saw you on TikTok or Instagram or. Doesn't have to be on TV or radio all the time. So the Dodgers are obviously sitting around waiting for the game, seeing stuff, and I think a bit of it's in their head. Never forget this. The Dodgers over under was 103 in Vegas. We looked up this morning, the Jays was 78 and a half. So one team is coming into this World Series. 78 and a half wins. Yankees picked to win the division, maybe Boston second. Yeah, Toronto will scrap around, you know, at the bottom, just fighting hopefully to get into the wild card. So I think. I think a lot of what the Dodgers are facing, to hit this poorly, a guy that was in single A to start the season looks like Verlander in his prime against you. I'm not saying the kid's not excellent. He's not Verlander in his prime. Some of this is. It's in the Dodgers head. Treya Savage, here's the starter after taking a 3:2 lead in the series. I treat every hitter to hitter the same. All at this level, every hitter can do damage. So, I mean, it was just another strikeout. It's a crazy world. Crazy world. Hollywood couldn't have made it this good. So just being a part of this, I'm just very blessed. I mean, it is remarkable. He started the year in single A baseball. I mean that is several notches before below the G League in the NBA. And he had just handcuffed the Dodgers bad at bats, bad swings by star players. It goes and heads to Canada now. Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd, weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific. On the latest episode of Next Question with me, Katie Couric. I sat down with Bernie Sanders, who is 84 years old, has spent 34 years in Congress and he can still pack a rally with people a quarter of his age, then book 34,000 people come out Salt Lake City, 20,000 people. You know, huge turnouts. People are really dissatisfied about the status quo. His Fighting oligarchy tour with AOC and other young progressives has become a movement. But is his message too far to the left? Well, he certainly doesn't think so. Does that sound like a radical idea, Katie? 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At one point with the Raiders, he got fired. He got his perfect job at USC fired again, this time on the tarmac of an airport. How'd that work out? I think Lane Kiffin, in my opinion, is best suited for Ole Miss because I think he says what he thinks without much of a filter. Can't do that at the big jobs, you can absolutely do it. You can absolutely do it at Ole Miss. Big fish, small pond, you can say whatever you want. The other thing is like Kurt Signetti is revered at Indiana. You put the same coach at Alabama and all he would hear is, well, you're not saving. So here's the LSU job. Literally, the governor yesterday is Talking about the $54 million contract they have to write for Brian Kelly. And he's basically said, now the AD at lsu, we're taking you out of the next coaching signing. Here it is. We are not going down a failed path. And I wanted to tell you something. This is a pattern. The guy that's here now, that road dead contract cost Texas A and M70 something million dollars. Right now we got a 53 million dollar liability. We are not doing that again. No, I can tell you right now, Scott Woolworth is not selecting the next coach. Hell, I'll let Donald Trump select it before I let him do it. I don't know. But the board of supervisors is going to come up with a committee and they're going to go find us a coach. You want to enter that hornet's nest? Hard pass like. No, thank you. Penn State. I think Lane likes the southern weather, played at Fresno State. Southern California guy, I think he likes the warm weather. I've said the Florida job maybe works because he likes Florida, but it's a lot of kiss in the ring when you go to the big jobs. And Lane is a great play caller. I do not think he's a politician. And you gotta be a little of both in these biggest jobs. It's a lot of kiss in the ring. And I said yesterday I talked about the kind of the food chain, the pyramid of the best jobs in the country, the top 10 jobs for a lot of different reasons. And I think Texas, between the money, the boosters, the city is the best job. LSU and Florida, to me, we can put it up, are both great jobs, but they come with different pressure and different boosters. I think, I think the best jobs to me, Texas, Ohio State, Georgia, LSU, Florida, Oregon. Phil Knight's given just shy of $3 billion to Oregon. As long as he's around, that's a great job. Alabama, sc, Michigan, Notre Dame, you can tell me about Texas A and M. I've been told for 40 years how great Texas A and M is going to be. Just we'll see. I mean Indiana last year, Indiana this year could be better than Texas A and M. And that's a basketball school historically. So I think Those big jobs, they're not for everybody and they're not for somebody who's kind of loose, who's kind of raw, who's kind of outspoken, who can be kind of snarky. I think Ole Miss is great. And by the way, Ole Miss is now going to pay him whatever he wants. So you tell me, in your current job where you have reign, control and are respected, is it better making 11, 12% less than the high pressure job? All I know is I heard that governor of Louisiana yesterday. I'm like, no, thank you. I am Seacrest out on that job. And LSU may be the best job in the country, but the governor's now Talon. I mean, it's now literally a political football job. Literally. I wouldn't take it. Nope, wouldn't take it. All right, so Lamar Jackson is back in action tonight against Miami. I'll tell you, Kansas City was three and three. It's all good. Why Mahomes, Buffalo, two game losing streak. It's all good. Why Josh Allen? That's the great thing about having a star quarterback is you always have a way to very quickly dig yourself out of a hole. I was looking at Baltimore schedule today. Think about this. The Raiders are 2 and 5 and the Ravens are 2 and 5. And the wise guys in the desert, they like one of those two and five teams. And it's not the home team, it's the Ravens. Everybody loves the Ravens. Look at their next seven games. Miami, Minnesota, Cleveland, Jets, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh. Cincinnati. That, that, that feels like a seven game, eight game winning streak to me. But it's must win tonight. Here's Lamar Jackson. Coach pretty much touched on that. Talking about that with us in a team meeting, you know, each and every game gonna be like a win or go home game. You know, we started off first season ever starting off like this low, so we're gonna have to just do a die right now each and every week. You know, it's for years. I remember years ago there was a story that Aaron Rodgers playing or the backup playing in Green Bay and at the time it was like the highest number that Aaron was worth. Like I think the number was 11 points. And I think to myself all the time we undervalue quarterbacks. I mean Anthony Richardson, the Colts stink last year just getting Daniel Jones. They could be the second, third, fourth best team in the league from bad to super bowl worthy. And that's just with Daniel Jones. So I mean it was kind of interesting watching Tyler Huntley last week pick apart the Bears and I'm like this is Tyler Huntley, who's by all means a serviceable, studious pro. He's excellent backup. But, I mean, it's just. That's why it was so confounding to me that at the beginning of June when the Steelers and Mike Tomlin were sort of slow playing the quarterback position, I'm like, guys, it's June. Unless there's something working with the back channels, how do you not have a quarterback all lined up? And I've said this before, the offensive coaches in this league take quarterback. It feels like much more seriously. But the Ravens right now are 2 and 5. And if you go back and look at their next seven games, what is the only reason you like them to be favored in all seven games? It's not the O line. It's not their secondary. It's not Derrick Henry. Derrick Henry's around with Tyler Huntley. Right. Like, why do you like them for the next seven games? And I always think about this too, with quarterbacks like Lamar Jackson. When you have a great quarterback, it allows you to call plays and make throws that a backup can't. I mean, Joe Burrow can make throws, Jake Browning can't. Right. Lamar Jackson can give you certain, a certain identity offensively. And you can take risks. You can't. Right? I'll never have a problem dropping Josh Allen, Justin Herbert, Patrick Mahomes, like in the end zone, throwing from their own end zone. But you ever think about this when you're watching the game and your team doesn't have a star quarterback? Don't you ever watch a football game? You're at your like 3 or 4 yard line and your quarterback drops in the end zone and you're, you can feel your shoulders tighten up like, oh, this isn't good. Andy Reed will drop Patrick Mahomes in that end zone 10 out of 10 times. And so Lamar Jackson back tonight. I think it looks different. I think it feels different. And I think the Ravens are going to go on a long winning streak. And I don't know what's happening with the numbers, but I can tell you this, blowouts, the last two weeks have been a common occurrence. And if this got ugly, I don't think it's Miami trouncing the Ravens. All right, Greg Cosell is joining us around the corner. We are giving out, by the way, NFL quarterback Halloween candy. Next hour, we'll explain that, too. Hour one down. Hour two next on the latest episode of Next Question with me, Katie Couric. I sat down with Bernie Sanders and we've talked many times over the years, and today he even throws a few questions my way. All right, are you ready for another question? Go ahead, hit me, Bernie. We talk about the billionaire class, the cost of living, and of course, the government shutdown. Listen to next question. With me, Katie Couric on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Kyle McLaughlin. You might know me as that guy from Twin Peaks, Sex and the City, or just the Internet stand. I have a new podcast called what Are We Even Doing? Where I embark on a noble quest to understand the brilliant chaos of youth culture. Each week I invite someone fascinating to join me to talk about navigating this high speed rollercoaster we call reality. Join me and my delightful guests every Thursday and let's get weird together in a good way. Listen to what Are We Even doing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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