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THE HERD - Hour 2 - The Blazing 5 picks for the weekend, Dave Wannstedt
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Sophie Cunningham
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Colin Cowherd
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Dave Wannstedt
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Colin Cowherd
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Guest Analyst
He's hot. He's hot.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah.
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Guest Analyst
Listen, you needed carbs last night after the beating I put down on you in that Austin Reed Reeves discussion. That was fun yesterday. You love that. But I don't. 58 is kind of sort of hot. You want to Vegas this weekend or what?
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Colin Cowherd
I want to save some money for the kids. I. I don't want to. I don't want to be a ball hog and take all the wins. But let's not waste any time. We're hot. We're hungry. Here's the Blazing five.
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Dave Wannstedt
That's a hot one.
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Colin Cowherd
Let's blaze it up. Fire it up. It's Collins Blazing fire Buccaneers at Bills I like Buffalo at home minus five and a half from a hundred degrees in Miami counting humidity. Now they get a warm weather team up in Buffalo where the weather's 40 and windy. They are the number one rushing offense that matters in bad weather. Outgained opponents in three straight games. In their last five wins they've won by at least a touchdown. So when Buffalo wins they tend to play downhill and win big. Tampa Bucky Irving not playing. Mike Evans not playing. Chris Godwin probably not playing. Their offense has dried up in Tampa. Outgained in five straight games they're averaging 18 points. Are the Bucks in their last three? They're too beat up. They're asking too much of Baker Mayfield. I like the Bills to win an ugly weather 30 to 23 and cover Seahawks and Rams. Wise guys may not agree with me. I'll take Seattle plus three 10 straight road wins so that's not an issue. Tied for the fewest sacks allowed and the second most sacks. That's very Denver like. It's easy to win games when your quarterback is the more comfortable averaging six and a half yards a play. So they extend drives, keep Sam Darnold JSN on the field and not a small note. Great special teams number one Pff that matters because the Rams special teams have been wonky all season. Also the Rams three of their four wins have been against backups on this winning streak they're a little overvalued. To me this is a pick them game. I like Seattle getting a field goal. Keep your eye on special teams edge for the Hawks 28:27 Seattle wins outright 49ers and Cardinals Ah Brock Purdy's playing. I like the Niners minus two and a half. They're coming off their worst loss of the season. They will be in a bad move. Brock Purdy, of all the teams he's ever played, has owned Arizona. The Cardinals have lost six of seven James Conner, Marvin Harrison out so they don't have most of their weapons. They've been outscored badly in the fourth quarter. They don't have much to begin with. I know J Mac loved him in the preseason, but they got no juice, no energy and they're missing stars. They do not get to the quarterback. Niners O line's been better than I've given it credit for. Brock Purdy has time to throw. His team's getting healthier. Niners win and they cover 28 to 23. Ravens and Browns I like the Browns plus 8 1/2 have not lost by more than one score at home against the division opponent since 2023. They always play tough at home against their division. Dylan Gabriel has been stabilized. No interceptions in four of his five starts. Multiple touchdowns in the last couple. He's been stabilized by a great coach and he's getting that rookie running back quinch on. Judkins is now on fire and in a groove so they can do some ball control in cold weather. The Ravens third straight road game. Play a lot of close games against divisional opponents. And the other thing is that defense on the road is not very good for Baltimore. It's not the same. It's much better at home. I think Baltimore wins eight and a half. Way, way too many points. Ugly, low scoring game. Third straight road game for the Ravens. A little fatigue. 24, 20 take the points. Lions and Eagles. I like Philadelphia. They're a step UP team. They're 41 this year against teams with winning records. They often play better in the bigger games. Packers, Bucks, Chiefs, Rams beat them all. Their offense never turns it over. Four giveaways all season. They don't beat themselves and they're great in the red zone. Nobody's better, not even the Chiefs. So if they can move the ball, and I think they will, they will score in the red zone. The Lions defense on the road, not the same. Jared goff playing under 50 degrees. Everything moves down, regression takes place. Panay Sewell's banged up, Sam Laporte is banged up. Detroit, cold weather worries me and I think Philadelphia knows what they are. I think they're going to win this game and cover 28, 24. Two of the best rosters in the NFL. So I like a clear dog in the Cleveland Browns, but I like favored Buffalo, favored 49ers, favored Eagles, Seahawks, Rams. Line doesn't make a lot of sense to me. That, that, that should be a pick them to one point. Now that Seattle gets a field goal, I really like him. Again, keep your eye on special teams because the Seahawks excellent and the Rams I think they're using now another kicker. A game I did not put in the blazing five. And Dave Wtat, the former Bears coach, going to be here in 10 minutes to talk about it. I didn't put the Bears Minnesota game in. I just want to watch it. The lines I don't know is, are the Bears overvalued? Here's the interesting thing. I don't need my young quarterbacks to be perfect. I need progress. I'm not looking for perfection. The Vikings are bad on third down. They're giving the ball up pre snap penalties, I'm not getting progress. So the interesting thing is J.J. mcCarthy and Justin Jefferson are not working. He's averaging four catches a game. So you can go back to 2023 when the Vikings had Kirk Cousins and Josh Dobs and Nick Mullen and a Jiren Hall. Nobody was talking about Justin Jefferson quitting. There's a lot of talk now. Justin Jefferson's body language is bad. So that tells me the belief in the building practice is not great. That's what it tells me. So I don't think J.J. mcCarthy has to beat the Bears. I think the Bears are pretty good. I was just asked this morning by somebody, Scott, what do you make of the Bears? And I said they're exactly what you see on tv. They're good enough to beat average teams narrowly. They got to clean some stuff up. They need DeAndre Swift back, but they're a good, solid playoff feeling team that just needs to keep getting 7, 8, 9% better every weekend. It's really interesting. What also doesn't help JJ McCarthy. Let's be honest about this. You ever worked at a place and you have this employee that everybody loves and the company's better with the employee and then the company does not pay. That employee goes across the street and he crushes it. And the guy that replaces him in your company and not very good. Everybody's watching Daniel Jones and Sam Darnold, they were both in the building and they're both having MVP years. So that doesn't help JJ McCarthy because the two guys that everybody liked in the building left and they're crushing it. So it just adds a dimension of pressure on him. So I, I, I, I don't need him to beat the Bears. I don't need him to be perfect. But you got to pick up first downs on third. You can't have the giveaways. You got to get out of the pre snap operational stuff. I said that about Caleb Williams. First three weeks I'm like, you got to get the operational stuff down because I've just seen too many quarterbacks with this coaching staff. I mean this, this, this is a good tool belt. This is a good tool belt. I get Kevin o', Connell, a great left tackle, Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison and the Vikings in the off season, they spent money on the O line, the D line, the running back room and the secondary. And we just saw him win what, 13, 14 games last couple of years. So yeah, everybody knows it can be done with this group of guys that have all been upgraded in the off season. So there's no question there's pressure. Here's Kevin O' Connell on his young quarterback, J.J. mcCarthy.
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Dave Wannstedt
Most importantly, what I look for is the consistency of being able to put some routine things in that category of I can expect them every time and it becomes second nature. And, you know, sometimes when a guy's making his third or fourth start now or fifth start this week, it's a lot to ask in the midst of games, especially how they've kind of played out. But that doesn't change the fact that we're, you know, in a business of, you know, trying to go 10 this week. There's been a lot of encouraging things to go along with some things that, you know, we, we can improve on and he knows that we know that.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah, the false starts, I think they had seven or eight penalties last week. It was ugly. That was like the most in 25 years. That was ugly. That's what the road team is supposed to do in Minnesota. So I. This is not a game I'm going to pick. I'm going to watch it. It's a weird line to me. I think Chicago's the better team. I also think Caleb Williams and Ben feel like they, they get a field goal better every week. They just get a little tighter every week. So I don't, I don't have a strong feel for it, but I, I am. I'm fascinated by the JJ McCarthy angle that I think is interesting. Former Bears coach Dave Wanstadt joining us in Studio. Next, one more herd. The herd streams 24 hours a day, seven days a week within the iHeartRadio app. Search heard to listen live or on demand whenever you'd like. Fox Sports Radio is taking over YouTube and you can be a part of it.
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Dave Wannstedt
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Colin Cowherd
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Dave Wannstedt
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Dave Wannstedt
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Guest Analyst
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Colin Cowherd
They want to look you in the eye.
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Dave Wannstedt
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Colin Cowherd
I was talking to ChatGPT.
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Sophie Cunningham
She like you. Really?
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Dave Wannstedt
The first lady to have a Gangster Girls tape in Atlanta, Georgia. Like that's what separates you from a lot of people. And I was like, you know what?
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Guest Analyst
You right.
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Dave Wannstedt
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Colin Cowherd
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Sophie Cunningham
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Dave Wannstedt
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Colin Cowherd
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Guest Analyst
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Sophie Cunningham
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Colin Cowherd
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Sophie Cunningham
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Colin Cowherd
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Sophie Cunningham
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Colin Cowherd
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Sophie Cunningham
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Colin Cowherd
Well, I coached the Chicago Bears, still beloved by the plumbers union in town and every Italian joint. Dave Wanstadt joining me in studio. The I mean, listen, you thought you were going to go to Naples. You're going to be up here doing bear playoff shows for the next month. So the Caleb Williams thing, somebody asked me today and you know, a fan of the Bears, what do you think of them? I said they are what they look like on tv. They're good enough to beat average teams. Let's see if they can beat good teams. But, and you know, you've been here, you've coached in the NFL. They are getting better. Like the operations are cleaned up. And the one thing I'll say about, there's two things about Caleb coach I always liked. He doesn't get hurt. A lot of these young guys get banged out. He doesn't get hurt and he doesn't throw picks. What do you see?
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Dave Wannstedt
Right on. I mean he's about 225, 230 pounds. So he does, he's not the six four Josh Allen, height Wise but he is physical runner like that. So you're correct there. He doesn't throw picks. And you know the biggest improvement on this Bears football team and they have improved is the offensive line. They signed three new guys, a center of two guards. They hasn't, they haven't missed it down. They've been healthy and obviously Darnell Wright is heading to the Pro Bowl. Their right tackle and then they finally got a left tackle, you know, stabilized. Yeah, kind of stabilized. So. And Ben will not hesitate to bring in an extra lineman as a blocker in situations. He'll keep a tight end in if he has to as a blocker. So he's going to do the things smart to, to protect.
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Colin Cowherd
No question. The offense is better with Ben. You can see the coaching well and.
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Dave Wannstedt
I tell you I was thinking about this up under center, up under the first two or three passes in last week's game up under center back play action pass. And you know, he so when your play action passes, that's timing. So the ball is going to come out quicker. You don't have to stand back there and try and find your first, second, third receiver. So the things he does with the quarterback and the running game, don't lose sight. I mean last week DeAndre Swift had 13 carries. Kalmanunga, the rookie from Russia, seventh rounder coach, seven carries last week too. So they have evolved their running game from just a wide stretch play the outside zone to they're running some Don Hill stuff now which is monongai but.
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Colin Cowherd
Also using their tight end better. The kid from Michigan better. I yeah, I'll argue all day. I like their personal. I think off they got more talent on offense than defense. I think if you took their 10 best players, eight are offensive guys. But I don't know if they're an elite team but I, I've watched them now they feel like a playoff team.
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Dave Wannstedt
Yeah, this is, this is a huge game for them this week. You know, going to Minnesota, Minnesota physical in the first time they couldn't get the running game going, you know. So this game here, I think with the, with a variation the offensive line is better in the running game. This can be a little different game. But this is the real, this is the litmus, this is the test this week.
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Colin Cowherd
So I love Mike Vrabel. Everybody's saying well who gets more credit, Vrabel or Drake May? And I said to me in the NFL winning and losing games comes down to about seven plays by a quarterback. They may be pre snap a sideline throw last night he had a jump pass, a big throw down the seam. Is that there's. And that's the difference between Andy Reid in Philly and Andy Reid in Kansas city. It's not 50 plays, it's seven by Mahomes. And he's so good in big moments. I watched Drake May. I mean, on first down, he's completing 78% of his throws. They're never behind the chains. They're. It's always second and four. They look pretty well oiled to me. I don't think it's a mirage. This looks like a really elite team.
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Dave Wannstedt
You know what I think? And Mike Vrabel, number one, obviously, he's had success, so he had a blueprint. We know that. But he brings in Josh McDaniels, okay? And Josh McDaniels is a guy that you don't have to coach your coaches. Vrael and him were together. They work together. They. They. If somebody jumps offside, they both know how the other side is going to respond and when you can hire guys that, you know, I did that with Jimmy brought us all from Miami. We've all. We were all together. If you don't have to waste time coaching coaches on how you want to run a operation and what's important to you and what's a point of emphasis. You can make a lot of progress and don't lose. And then you walk in and you've got five or six. How many they got of these things? Super bowl rings, Instant credibility. So Brable brings instant credibility. He brings coaches that they don't have to waste time coaching coaches. And the third thing they did hit on these draft picks.
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Colin Cowherd
Oh, yeah, yeah, right.
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Dave Wannstedt
I mean, heavy on.
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Colin Cowherd
Henderson is the real deal.
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Dave Wannstedt
Henderson is the real deal. Obviously you.
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Colin Cowherd
Campbell, the left tackle.
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Dave Wannstedt
Campbell is the real deal. People at him is the first offensive tackle in there. And then they hit Drake Mesa. They have hit on their draft picks in addition to it.
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Colin Cowherd
We were talking about Seattle playing the Rams. Probably the best game of the year. You know, John Snyder, the GM, wanted. Everybody wants their McVeigh. And I would argue they found him. He's just a defensive coach. Is that he took that Pete Carroll defense and next year they were noticeably better. Another draft class. Now they're even better. They got four or five guys rotating up front. They. They just. That's a bunch of. It could be Murphy, it can be DeMarcus Lawrence. It's a bunch of different guys. They're not dependent on like a Bosa or a Khalil Mack or a Von Miller. What do you make of the defense and what he's doing?
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Dave Wannstedt
Well, I love it. It's a style that I ran everywhere I coached. Okay, we were. They're blitzing right now. First, let's go back before he got that Seattle job when he was at Baltimore as the coordinator. They were first, second or third every year that he was there in defense. So he, he, he obviously had a foundation for what he wanted to do. And you know what's amazing? When he gets the job. When I first got the Bears job, I went out and played golf with Coach Noel Chuck.
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Sophie Cunningham
No.
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Dave Wannstedt
And on every hole I was asking him a question. And at the end of the day, we were sitting there having a beer and he said, you know, keep this in mind. Why did you get this job? And I said, because of my defensive expertise. And he said, when you go in there, there's going to be a lot of holes in the dam. The first thing you do, you spend time and get the defense right.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah. Get your side right.
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Dave Wannstedt
Get your side right while you were hired. And that's what Mike has done. And people talk about him not pressuring. I used to have a guy in the press box, I was only pressuring 12% of the time. He's around 15%. But I used to have a coach tell me it's time to blitz, just to keep the offense honest so they know that you had some. And we get into the super bowl, that first super bowl, and it was the same thing the coach said. My young guy was saying to me, coach, you haven't blitzed. You haven't blitzed. And I said, well, okay. And I call a blitz that we ran the first game of the season. Nothing new. We just ran one all year and ran it and sacked Jim Kelly. So my point was that I really appreciate what he's done. And you can, you can do it a lot of different ways. You might get somebody up here that's a blitz maniac. And he's going to see it completely different. You can win and win Super Bowls doing a lot of different ways.
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Colin Cowherd
So I'm not a fan of firing coaches. Mid season, Brian Dabel and Jackson Dart got along great. What's going to happen is Kafka is not explosive. So the media is going to like him, the players are going to like him. I call it the substitute teacher rule. Everybody loves him, right? But what happens is, if you look at the Giant schedule at the end of the year, a lot of winnable games, you go on a three game winning streak, the players like you, the Media likes you. Jackson. Darts. Like, man, this guy played in the NFL. I like him. And then you're stuck hiring the interim guy. I like Mike McCarthy because I think he's a proven. I said this about New York. Joe Tory, Pat Riley, Tibbs, Bill Parcells, Coughlin. I don't like Inter. I don't want interim guys getting jobs. Coordinators in New York getting jobs. What do you make about how they're dealing with it with Kafka, the interim and Dable?
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Dave Wannstedt
Yeah, I like Mike McCarthy. I'd love to see Mike get that job. Where's he from?
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Colin Cowherd
Chicago? Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh guy.
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Sophie Cunningham
You're right.
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Colin Cowherd
Pittsburgh guy.
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Dave Wannstedt
No, but seriously, Mike would do a fantastic job there. But, yeah, you're correct, because what happens is the guy takes over. He wants him to play hard. He's saying, oh, no, I'm just the interim. But deep down, he wants. He's going to eliminate. No more equipment, no pads in practice. No, I'm serious. You know, pads. What do you got? Dress code's gone. Forget the dress. No, there's no dress code anymore. Everybody loves him, Coach. Everybody loves. But I'll tell you what it does do. It kind of gives, I guess, you more time. It gives the general manager, owner. Even though there's rules in the contract, you can't talk to people formally. I get that. But we all know that people are talking behind the scenes to agents. If you want a college coach, I mean, maybe it's Lane Kiffin they're interested in. I think Lane would do a great job. They get the agent to call Lane's guy and just to find out, would you be interested. And if he says absolutely not, then they won't waste time on him. So it does give you a little bit of a jump that way. Yeah.
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Colin Cowherd
I want to ask you about. Because you do a lot of college football and I thought Mendoza last week kind of separated from all the other quarterbacks. I like Dante Moore, but he's 20. And when Sam Darnold came to New York at 21, he was too young. 20 is too young to play in the NFL. So I like Mendoza's 22. He's going to be 23, 6 5. He's got a big arm. I thought that Penn State road win, the way he was throwing balls down. But if I told you so, we had a list earlier today of the teams that have to draft a quarterback with their first pick. There's about five and four others that should consider drafting a quarterback. Maybe second or third pick. But like the Rams, Stafford's Old, maybe your second or third pick. Go get somebody. Would you take a Mac Jones who's had a hell of a year in San Francisco. You can get him for a very Baker Mayfield level price or go with a rookie. If, if you're Cleveland, for instance, Stefanski, who's got a really good defense, you bring in Mac, he's not going to, not going to make a lot of turnovers. He's seen every NFL defense and I look at all these teams and I think, well, if Dante Moore doesn't come out, if Sellers in South Carolina, who I like, doesn't come out, would you go with the rookie or Mac Jones?
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Dave Wannstedt
Wow. You know what? I would have, I'm going to be honest with you, I would have to really deep dive into these guys. Mendoza is a guy that I think because of maturity, I think the quarterback position, that's what held Sandono. Sam should have stayed there at usc.
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Colin Cowherd
He was just a kid.
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Dave Wannstedt
He was a kid. So I think maturity at the quarterback position has a lot to do with it. A lot of these guys that they're talking about, these quarterbacks are just juniors, transfer guys, one year wonder type guys, you know, you'd like to see a little bit of history about them. I might go with Mac Jones or something, to be honest with you. Just because I know, I know what I'm getting. I know what I'm getting as compared to taking a chance on a first round pick and losing it.
- [30:21]
Colin Cowherd
Dave Wad is joining us. 39 seasons coaching. Let's go back to the NFL. It used to be that you gave quarterbacks three years, that's over now. These college kids, they got private coaches, seven on seven, summer, I always say Thanksgiving, year two. You and the GM got to go upstairs quietly, privately and make a decision. So J.J. mcCarthy has struggled. He's been very good on script, pretty bad off it. My take is just give me the rest of the starts. He was hurt last year. If you're in that room, you're J.J. mcCarthy. You won with Sam Darnold, you won with Kirk Cousins. Hell, Josh Dobbs. Without a practice one, you've got a good, you've got a good roster. What do you, what, what does Kevin o' Connell or you would you need to see the rest of the way to go? Okay, we're not going to draft the quarterback. He's the guy.
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Dave Wannstedt
This is his fourth NFL start, right? We all know that. Fourth start coming up this week against the Bears. And I'm a JJ fan, I'm a fan of his and I would go back to. He's a young quarterback. What can I do to help him? I just think that they got to do you see what the Bears are doing? The Bears are up under center. They're going play action pass. They're running the ball. And then a lot of the touchdown to win the game. Caleb Williams. That was a fake run or pass option, play runner, pass option. The tight end and receiver coming across the field. You know, Cole Comet made a great block. My point is, JJ Is a good enough athlete that you can do some things. In my opinion, I would. To protect him a little bit more. I mean, you got to try to keep him out of harm's way until he gained some confidence. Because right now, I mean, he doesn't have any confidence. He got no confidence. Coach, when you complete 40% of your passes in the second half or whatever he did last week, that doesn't give you much confidence. I don't care what you say at a press conference.
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Colin Cowherd
Is there a team like. Like for instance, Seattle Rams. I actually like Seattle better. Special teams, they run the ball really consistently. They're a great road team, strangely. Is there. Do you have a feel on that? I think it's the best Fox game and the best game of the year. Seattle Rams. What's your. What's your gut on that?
- [32:38]
Dave Wannstedt
Wow. I. I just. I. I kind of like the Rams because I think the Rams are a little more complete team.
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Colin Cowherd
They're older.
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Dave Wannstedt
Yeah, they're older. But we're talking about one game. Right?
- [32:49]
Sophie Cunningham
Right.
- [32:50]
Dave Wannstedt
One game for three hours. Who. Who for three hours? I like the Rams. Young, aggressive defense. Okay. And obviously they got the quarterback and the explosion of. So I like the Rams. I just think they're a more complete team.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah. I mean, there's. It's. It's hard to argue.
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Sophie Cunningham
They.
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Colin Cowherd
They've been using three tight ends in the middle of a season. They change their offense. It's. It's very impressive. So right now, you had Charles Haley in Dallas, and he could be a little disruptive. So in Philadelphia, they have AJ Brown and wants the ball. And just like with Haley, you were winning games, and that mostly soothes friction. What do you do when you have a great player? A.J. brown, Charles Haley, they're a little disruptive and they're verbal. You're winning. But a coach told me this years ago, the only thing that gets in the way of a great roster is cluster injuries or drama, nothing else. You can even be average at quarterback. You'll win games. What do you do with A.J. brown?
- [33:58]
Dave Wannstedt
The quickest way to be defeated is to be distracted. Right. And you gotta just be careful. I don't know. I think they're doing the right thing. You know, they know how good he is. I think he likes winning. He just wants the ball. I mean, I would love to know what the one on one conversations are between Nick Ceriani and A.J. brown. You know, I think it comes down to sitting down and just having a.
- [34:26]
Colin Cowherd
Did you sit down with Haley?
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Dave Wannstedt
Oh, God, yes.
- [34:28]
Colin Cowherd
You did?
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Dave Wannstedt
Yeah, he threatened to beat me up a couple times, but I. No, but I did. Oh, Charles. Every day I would go out of my way to try to talk with him, you know, and just. And just have a relationship with him. I think that goes a long way. And I'm sure that Nick does. I assume, I assume he does, but I think that's the best way. And then other guys on the team, you know, what's the relationship with other players on the team? With the player? You know, I had a couple of Tony Casillas and a couple of defensive linemen that were veteran guys, big time players, and they would talk with Charles, you know, and so I think communication in that situation is the number one key.
- [35:13]
Colin Cowherd
There's never a perfect locker room.
- [35:15]
Dave Wannstedt
No.
- [35:15]
Colin Cowherd
Even the Cowboys, when you were winning Super Bowls.
- [35:17]
Dave Wannstedt
Oh, God, no. Are you kidding me, right? Oh, no, it. There. There's not. There's not. And as long as guys are working hard and showing up on time now this carries over to practice or it carries over to meetings, then you got a problem.
- [35:33]
Colin Cowherd
Did you ever have a great player who's a bad practice player?
- [35:37]
Dave Wannstedt
No, not, not. I have a few guys that at the end of the careers, my. When I was at the Bears my first year, Richard Dent, hall of Famer. Right. Richard came out and he wanted to play. Played another year, did a fabulous job for me. Fabulous job. But he, you know, he was just an older guy and his being able to run and do the things.
- [35:59]
Colin Cowherd
Did he come to you and just say, can I get a few of these off?
- [36:01]
Dave Wannstedt
No, I just didn't. I just said, take some place off now. The fridge came to me the first practice I ever had. Wait now, think of this. I'm the first time head coach and we go out to Mesa, Arizona to get out of the weather because I wanted to evaluate the team before the draft. And I said, guys, after we. I told him, after we stretch. And Cubs are in the spring training. Thousands of people, right?
- [36:25]
Sophie Cunningham
Yeah.
- [36:25]
Dave Wannstedt
Out there, Chicago fans. So this is important to get off on the right foot. Your first time. And I said, after we kind of talk to you, we're going to run a half a lap and go to our drills. So we do it. I blow the whistle, everybody takes off running. The Fridge starts walking over to the bicycles. I said, fridge, come here. I said, we got to take a lap. He looks at me and says, coach, I can't run anymore. And I said, you can't run anymore? I said, well, we'll go over on the bikes and we'll talk about this when we get home. So I called in and I said, fridge, this isn't going to work. And I said, if he can't run and our scheme, he says, well, Coach, you know, I gotta work. I need a job. I'm building a house in South Carolina. And I said, I'll tell you what, back then, if you stayed eight weeks, you got your full salary as a. As a coach, as a player. So I said, I'll be right back. Don't move. So I get on to McCaskey's office and I said, we got to keep the Fridge. I'm going to keep him eight weeks and one day, okay? But he needs to be on this team. He will help us. So McCaskey said, fine, if that's what you want to do. I go back. I said, fridge, eight weeks in one day. But I need you as a short yardage guy. I need you to help the young players coach. I'll do whatever you need. And he was fantastic. We kept him. Eight weeks in one day. It was unbelievable. Yeah. So did I ever have a player that couldn't run? Yes. To answer your question, Dave Wanstadt.
- [37:56]
Colin Cowherd
Nobody better. J. Mac around the corner. It's the Herd. Be sure to catch live editions of.
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Dave Wannstedt
The Herd, Weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am.
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Colin Cowherd
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Sophie Cunningham
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Dave Wannstedt
Yo yo, can we get a Thanksgiving first?
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Sophie Cunningham
I'm hungry.
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Colin Cowherd
Hey y', all, it's Kadeen and Deval.
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Sophie Cunningham
The hosts of Ella's Ever after podcast.
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Dave Wannstedt
This holiday season, whether you're cooking for the family, out buying gifts for the.
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Sophie Cunningham
Kids, or crowded in holiday traffic, tune out the noise and tune in to Ellis Ever After.
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Dave Wannstedt
On Ellis Ever after, we get real with our crew about family. If you feeling like you feeling that's probably because you a good parent.
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Sophie Cunningham
Friendship.
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Colin Cowherd
Be careful what you put in your body.
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Dave Wannstedt
Move your body and love it the.
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Colin Cowherd
Way you love them cars that house, them clothes, them shoes, love yourself, them.
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Dave Wannstedt
Brunches, love and marriage.
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Sophie Cunningham
You know what's become attractive to me and it's because I've self corrected and I guess I detoxified myself. Accountability like it has become so attractive to me and everything else in between. I've told my most embarrassing moment on this podcast before which was me taking a Ziploc bag.
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Colin Cowherd
So listen to Ellis Ever after on.
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Dave Wannstedt
The iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.
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Sophie Cunningham
Jenna World Jenna Jameson Vivid Video and the Valley is a new podcast about the history of the adult film industry. History. I'm Molly Lambert, host of Heidi the Heidi Fly Story, and I'll be your tour guide on a wild ride through adult films. We get paid more than the men. We call the shots. In what way is that degrading? That's us taking hold of our Life. In the 1990s, actress Jenna Jameson crossed over into mainstream culture, redefined stardom, then left it all behind. I'm a powerful woman. I think that's Intimidating to a man. With a cast of hundreds of actors and comedians playing key figures, we'll take a look at how adult films became legal in the 70s, hugely profitable in the 80s and 90s, and fell off a financial cliff in the 2000s. Listen to Genaworld on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Dave Wannstedt
You know the shade is always shadiest right here.
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Colin Cowherd
Season six of the podcast Reasonably Shady with Gisele Bryant and Robyn Dixon is here dropping every Monday as two of.
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Dave Wannstedt
The founding members of the Real Housewives Potomac.
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Colin Cowherd
We're giving you all the laughs, drama.
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Guest Analyst
And reality news you can handle.
- [42:19]
Colin Cowherd
And, you know, we don't hold back. So come be reasonable or shady with.
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Sophie Cunningham
Us each and every Monday. I was going through a walk in my neighborhood. Out of the blue, I see this huge sign next to somebody's house. Okay, the sign says, my neighbor is a Karen.
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Dave Wannstedt
No way.
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Sophie Cunningham
I died laughing.
- [42:47]
Colin Cowherd
I'm like, I have to know.
- [42:49]
Dave Wannstedt
You are lying. Humongous, y'. All. They had some time on their hands. Listen to Reasonably Shady from the Black.
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Guest Analyst
Effect podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Play the Fox super six NFL Challenge. Download the Fox Sports app and enter for a free shot to win your share of $10,000. One of the questions is, which QB will have the most passing yards? Patrick Mahomes, Jordan Love, Caleb Williams, or Michael Penix Jr. Who you got? Coward.
- [43:28]
Colin Cowherd
Jordan Love against the Giants. Rebounds? I don't think the Giants.
- [43:33]
Guest Analyst
The problem is the Giants run defense is the worst in the league, so this should be a Jacobs heavy game.
- [43:39]
Colin Cowherd
And I also think Giants won't accept extend drives they don't have. They're on their third quarterback.
- [43:46]
Guest Analyst
Well, they have Jameis Winston. What are you talking about?
- [43:47]
Dave Wannstedt
He'll he. Yeah.
- [43:51]
Colin Cowherd
All right, J. Mac with the news.
- [43:53]
Dave Wannstedt
No, no, no, no. Turn on the news. This is the Herd line news.
- [43:59]
Guest Analyst
All right, you'd like some good new head coaching odds. So we got the New York Giants, obviously. Brian Dable was canned. Earlier this week, I saw a report he may surface at Penn State. That's super spicy. However, what are the Giants going to do? GM Joe Shane, who somehow magically kept his job. You know, he's got a tough decision to make, and we've got some odds. According to Giants legend Tiki Barber, he thinks that the Giants should go instead of going after a young stud. There's a name that's very obvious that you and I have mentioned here on the show.
- [44:31]
Dave Wannstedt
As much as I would love to go the the young whippersnapper who's going to be an offensive genius, I do think that they need someone who's done it before. And the obvious answer is Mike McCarthy. That's who I think it's going to be.
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Guest Analyst
Yeah, he must be watching the show. I mean, I. Heck, I mentioned him like in September when The jets were 0 and 4. Here's the weird thing. I don't know that the Giants job is that attractive, Colin. I mean, again, we're talking Jackson Dart, a lame duck gm, skill position players I don't know. The current odds have McCarthy at plus 700.
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Colin Cowherd
I would, I would take the Giants job over the jets job because I have Abdul Carter and Scatterboo and Jackson Dart and Andrew Thomas and neighbors. The jets just gave other two best players.
- [45:21]
Guest Analyst
They've got a billion draft picks at the top of the draft the next year.
- [45:25]
Colin Cowherd
They haven't shown an ability to hit on those.
- [45:27]
Guest Analyst
Well, that's what the new coach can do. Hey, I'm here. I know what going on. You know, listen, if they reach out to me for advice on this one, the Jets. Yeah, I will chime in and let them know. I don't. I just. I think the jets job is better than the Giants. I don't see McCarthy taking this. Who's your backup option? Let's say McCarthy says no, thank you.
- [45:46]
Colin Cowherd
I take the jets job. I got to deal with Drake May and Josh Allen for the next decade.
- [45:51]
Dave Wannstedt
I got to do it.
- [45:52]
Guest Analyst
Jaden Jalen Hurts and Jaden Daniels and Dak Prescott.
- [45:55]
Colin Cowherd
Yeah, I'll take that every day of the week. Josh Allen's the most talented quarterback in the league. Second or third? Maybe Drake May. No, thanks.
- [46:03]
Dave Wannstedt
Oh, my God.
- [46:04]
Guest Analyst
Second or second or third? Patrick Mahomes. Can we check? Is he breathing? Is he alive?
- [46:09]
Colin Cowherd
Is Aaron Glenn who can't even figure out defense. Is he going to be some draft maven? He can't even figure out his side of the ball. They have one takeaway all year.
- [46:18]
Guest Analyst
He was in Detroit when they drafted all these good players. And now have a juggernaut. Have some faith. Give me a spicy name for Giants. Come on outside the box. Give me. What do you got? It's real.
- [46:30]
Colin Cowherd
Mike McCarthy's the. If I'm Mike McCarthy, I take the Giants. I got Jackson Dart. I got no idea who the jets quarterback is. I think the Giants job is. I don't think it was close.
- [46:40]
Guest Analyst
I like a blank slate over Jackson Dart. All right, let's move on to the Detroit Lions, we love Dan Campbell on this show. Listen, man. Jared Goff, 74% completions, 20 touchdowns. Campbell has taken over play calling and was asked if Goff is playing the best football of his career.
- [46:59]
Dave Wannstedt
I just feel like he's gotten better every year. That's me. I mean, so, yeah, I, I guess to answer that question, yes, I do. I, I think he's, he's settled into his own. To where he, he's, you know, he's, he just continues to, to take it another notch and, you know, and just continues to, to get more better. It's unbelievable. You know, what he's able to grasp, retain, get us into the right play and we, we literally just gave it to him. You don't have time to digest you running out on the field and now.
- [47:27]
Colin Cowherd
You'Re going through it.
- [47:28]
Dave Wannstedt
He's not a guy who's going to be able to, you know, he's not Lamar Jackson.
- [47:34]
Guest Analyst
Yeah, listen, that's, that's a great trading insight. He's not Lamar Jackson.
- [47:38]
Colin Cowherd
Well, he's going to, it's going to be a great standalone game. I think we both like Philadelphia, but you got to say this about Dan Campbell. From the very beginning, there were two things Dan Campbell did to create the culture. First of all, they went for it on fourth down at an absurd rate. Like, they went for it constantly, sometimes to their peril, their demise. So he, so he, basically his identity was, we're going to be crazy aggressive. The second thing was the team played so hard. That's what I'm saying is Dan doesn't have to be a scheme guru. What he's done and what he's shown, Harbaugh's done it. John, Jim Vrabel, build a culture. The Lions have an identity. And that has to me, when you have a two game losing streak or you kind of lose your way. That's my knock on Green Bay. I know Matt LaFleur, smart. What's their identity? I don't know what Green Bay's identity is.
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Guest Analyst
So just to rewind and turn back the clock, Dan Campbell, first year, three and 13.
- [48:36]
Colin Cowherd
That's right. But wildly aggressive and played their butt off. 61 possession losses with an atrocious defense they played. So I remember saying on the air, I don't think I've ever seen a bad team play this hard for the entire season.
- [48:50]
Guest Analyst
And then the next season they started at 1 and 6. Remember, he was like on the hot seat and then they peeled off a bunch of late wins. So we got to have patience or Campbell would Be on the street if they fired him after a year and a half. We gotta have some patience.
- [49:02]
Colin Cowherd
I.
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Guest Analyst
You know, I think Campbell's turned it around. I was wrong about him.
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Sophie Cunningham
Although.
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Guest Analyst
If I asked you, will the Lions get to a Super bowl with Dan Campbell as head coach, you would say coin flip 50.
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Colin Cowherd
50.
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Guest Analyst
No, I'd say, I need a yes or no, Colin.
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Colin Cowherd
I'd say the odds are no because of everybody else in the nfc. But I think they've got a. I think they're. They've. They're one of six teams that I would say is at least 50. 50. Seattle Rams, Detroit, Philadelphia Packers. I don't know what they are right now. I don't love what I see.
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Guest Analyst
Oh, dear. All right, final story. Let's go to the NBA. We haven't talked in the NBA yet. How about this story? Steph Curry and Under Armour. The marriage is over. They have mutually agreed to end their partnership after 13 years. The Curry brand will branch off. The Curry brand is strong, man. I mean, Steph Curry, one of the strongest brands in individual sports. I mean, as an NBA player, do.
- [49:54]
Colin Cowherd
You have any of his shoes?
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Guest Analyst
Yeah, I have. I have his first pair.
- [49:57]
Colin Cowherd
The.
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Guest Analyst
You know, they. The Curry ones.
- [50:00]
Colin Cowherd
Remember?
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Guest Analyst
The ones that everybody made fun of. I don't. I don't really care. I'm a Curry fan. You know. What do I care if people don't like them? I don't care what the masses think. I like the Curry brand. I'm all in on Curry, and I will continue to support him. Under Armour shares have fallen significant this year. Now everything outside of the magnificent 10 is down in the stock market, so.
- [50:18]
Colin Cowherd
Well, I mean, in the shoe space, having a celebrity matter. I mean, it does.
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Guest Analyst
I mean, yeah, he hasn't moved shoes like. Like LeBron or Jordan, but.
- [50:27]
Colin Cowherd
I mean. I mean, but Gronk had Wolf and shepherd and you've had guys at Nike. The reality is, in that space, the shoe space, athletes work because a lot of shoe buying is cool. What's cool? What's hot? And that matters. Like, MJ is still cooler than LeBron.
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Sophie Cunningham
Yeah.
- [50:45]
Colin Cowherd
Like, LeBron's not. LeBron's not considered cool. LeBron's great. Michael's cool. The late Kobe was cool.
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Guest Analyst
You know who moved shoes in the NBA? John Morant moved shoes.
- [50:53]
Colin Cowherd
Yeah.
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Dave Wannstedt
Yeah.
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Guest Analyst
Where's he. So Curry's more of a nice brand. Like, your mom knows him. Your grandma might know Steph Curry. John Moran's cool among the kids.
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Colin Cowherd
What's Curry's big shoe like? What was his.
- [51:05]
Guest Analyst
He hasn't had one. He's not moving merch shoes. But does it matter?
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Colin Cowherd
No, it, I mean I think I'm not a big fan of the cool athletes. I like the mature guys and Curry's a grown up and he wins give me WINS over and LeBron I don't think is cool. I think he's great. I think he's pretty mature. I Michael Jordan had an edge and it was a different time but there, there are certain players that you understand why they sell shoes.
- [51:30]
Guest Analyst
But here's the weird thing. Nobody, well, not many people wear Michael Jordan shoes to play basketball. They're more cool because they're, you know, 40, 50 years old. Like what shoes do you wear when you play basketball?
- [51:41]
Colin Cowherd
I don't play basketball. Just kidding. I, I, I, I, I lift weights.
- [51:46]
Guest Analyst
Yeah, I'm a Dwyane Wade guy. His shoes are just super comfortable. I like them.
- [51:51]
Colin Cowherd
What company does he have?
- [51:53]
Guest Analyst
I think it's leaning. It's an Asian company. Yeah, but I just go for comfort.
- [51:57]
Dave Wannstedt
I don't go for cool.
- [51:58]
Guest Analyst
I used to wear Dame Lillard's, Carmelo Anthony's. I wear whatever feels great on these puppies because these dogs are barking.
- [52:07]
Colin Cowherd
Okay, J. Mac with a new well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by the herd lie news. It's an interesting week in college football. I'm going to take Georgia over Texas, Alabama over Oklahoma in the rain. I'll take USC to beat Iowa. I'm not sure if Iowa can throw the ball down the field, score enough points. I think, I think they're all close competitive games in the NFL. Let's put up the schedule. Our week 11 schedule. I think it's probably the best week of the year. I think Denver, Kansas City, Detroit, Philadelphia Rams, Seattle. I actually think Chicago Vikings is really, really good. I think it's an excellent week of NFL games. I think the numbers I already have my blazing five picks. I think the numbers are pretty interesting. Even the games like Baltimore, Cleveland that you don't think is going to be good. Keep your eye on Cleveland giving Baltimore trouble. It's a huge game for the Chargers at Jacksonville. I stayed away from that game. I think the numbers right. I think the one game that I look at that if it's an upset, we're going to have a massive inferno on our hands. If Baker and the Bucks can go to cold weather Buffalo and win the Sean McDermott hot seat gets ratcheted up. That one is a really interesting game. I like Buffalo. I think it's comfortable. Last week I read Two different players complained about the heat in Miami. They don't practice in it. They weren't prepared for it. That, that one, that, that's a game that may end up being a blowout and Buffalo controls. But all these games on the board, if you had an upset, none. I mean, again, if Baltimore lost, obviously it would be somewhat shocking. If Baker can beat Buffalo, you're going to have. We got major heat on Sean McDermott.
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Guest Analyst
Well, we have this game in headlines. I just looked up the weather report. 40 mile an hour winds, Colin. Rain and snow, temperatures in the 30s.
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Colin Cowherd
That's why I like, that's why I like Buffalo. Buffalo's the number one rush team. James Cook, Bucky Irvin still hurt. So Buffalo is built. The old Buffalo teams weren't. This Buffalo team is built for crappy weather. They're just going to run James Cook 26 times.
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Guest Analyst
Real quick. Steelers, Bengals, anything? You haven't really touched that game this week. Bengals off a by.
- [54:28]
Colin Cowherd
It was one of the games I considered didn't take. I think Pittsburgh wins. I don't trust their offense, but I think they win semi comfortably. Yep. She works for barstool college football. Casey Smith, rock star, gonna be joining us next hour.
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Sophie Cunningham
This is Sophie Cunningham from Show Me Something. Do you know the symptoms of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA in adults with obesity? They may be happening to you without you knowing. If anyone has ever said you snored loudly or if you spend your days fighting off excessive tiredness, irritability and concentration issues, it may be due to osa. OSA is a serious condition where your airway partially or completely collapses during sleep, which may cause breathing interruptions and oxygen deprivation. Learn more at. Don't sleep on OSA.com this information is provided by Lilly A Medicine company. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
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Dave Wannstedt
Can we get a Thanksgiving first? I'm hungry.
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Sophie Cunningham
What's up, y'? All?
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Dave Wannstedt
It's Kadeen and Deval, the hosts of the Ellis Ever after podcast.
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Sophie Cunningham
This holiday season, tune out the noise.
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Dave Wannstedt
And tune in to Ellis Ever After.
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Sophie Cunningham
On Ellis Ever after, we get real with our crew about family, love and.
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Colin Cowherd
Marriage and everything else in between.
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Sophie Cunningham
Listen to Ellis Ever after on America's number one podcast network, iHeart. Follow Ellis ever after and start listening on the free iHeartRadio app today.
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Dave Wannstedt
Join me, Danny Trejo in Tales from the Shadow, an anthology of modern day horror stories inspired by the legends and lore of Latin America. Listen to nocturnal tales from the shadows on the iHeartRadio app. Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Eva Longoria.
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Sophie Cunningham
And I'm Maite Gomez Rejuan. And this week on our podcast, Hungry for History, we talk oysters with plus the Miami chief stops by.
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Dave Wannstedt
If you are not an oyster lover, don't even talk to me.
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Sophie Cunningham
Ancient Athenians used to scratch names onto oyster shells to vote politicians into exile. So our word ostracize is related to the word oyster.
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Colin Cowherd
No way. Bring back the ostrichon.
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Sophie Cunningham
Listen to Hungry for history on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Jenna World, Jenna Jameson, Vivid Video and the Valley is a new podcast about the history of the adult film industry. I'm Molly Lambert and I'll be your tour guide on a wild trip through adult films. We get paid more than the men. We call the shots. In what way is that degrading? That's us taking hold of our Life. Listen to GentleWorld on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart podcast.