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Colin Cowherd
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Colin Cowherd
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Just one of those days where there's a lot of interesting NFL stories. Monday morning quarterback Albert Brier, senior NFL reporter, is joining us live. So listen, when a longtime reporter comes out with something and the coach completely refutes it, I get why a coach refutes it. I don't get why a reporter would just make it up when he's got to be in that locker room six days a week. What do you make about the Lamar Jackson stories? I mean, it's, it's, it's been a weird year. Practices, doesn't practice. What, what do you make of the story?
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Albert Breer
A couple things. Like, I think, number one, Colin, there's, there's obviously a lot of water under the bridge between the Ravens and Lamar. You want to go back to the contract negotiation, you can. He's obviously had his issues staying healthy the last couple of years, and you do have to wonder if that's something bigger, like, if there's something there that, like his body's breaking down because of the historic amount of damage he's taken on as a quarterback that's starting to catch up with him. So you have that piece of it, the other piece of it that, like, he's a little inside baseball but he doesn't have an agent. And so when he does get hurt, a lot of times the full information on what his injury is, how severe it is. Like, a lot of times that doesn't really fully come to light, which raises a lot of other questions, both publicly and maybe even in some corners of the locker room on, well, what's actually wrong with Lamar? And I think that's one reason why, like, John Harbaugh came out and was so transparent. He's usually not, but was so transparent about Lamar Jackson's injury and that it was worse than just a normal bruise. Earlier in the week, I think he was taking up form. Like, my experience has been that John Harbaugh has been one of the most ardent defenders of Lamar. So I don't know that anything's broken there, but things have certainly gotten wonky and we are at a point now where we're going to be talking about these things. Contractually, his cap hits the next two years are $74.5 million. He's got two years left on his deal. They had talked about going back in and giving him a correction to his previous contract after Josh Allen got one last offseason. That's obviously going to be on the table again this off season. And if all the injury stuff is the backdrop to that, well, then, you know, we're talking about having to answer some pretty significant questions going forward. So, you know, I think Lamar Jackson is a Baltimore Raven in 2026, but this definitely feels like after the expectation they had internally for where the team was going to be going into the year, that there could be some pretty big changes coming in Baltimore. I could just tell you I, I've talked to people there who felt like this is the best roster they'd had in decades and to not make the playoffs obviously is going to get the owner's attention and could lead to some changes. Whether, you know, it's, it's. It's some level of wholesale change or more cosmetic changes, we'll see.
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Oh, they want Jared Goff out. You know, they're all worked up, which is, you know, he's a very successful guy. Been to a Super Bowl. Where, where do they stand today on their coaching staff in Detroit? I mean, it's a really loaded team on golf, where are they at and all that stuff.
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Albert Breer
I, you know, I think this is so interesting about this one, to me, at least. Colin is like, we always talk, like, whenever a team like this loses and doesn't make the playoffs, it's like, all right, is their window closed? And I don't think people take the time to look at. The roster is still, like you said, a ton of really good young talent on that roster. I mean, maybe Taylor Decker's aged out at left tackle, but you could flip Panay Sewell, who's one of the best players in all football at any position over there, a receiver, you got Jameson Williams and you've got Amon Ross St. Brown. @ running back, you got Jamir Gibbs. Goff is a good quarterback. Whether you think he's great or not, obviously that's a question. And then on defense, they have holes, but they also have building blocks and Aiden Hutchinson and Lee McNeil and Jack Campbell and Brian Branch. And so I, I sort of look at this team and I say, the window is not closed. But do they have to sort of shift up in gear now and say, okay, like, we do feel like this is a core, we can win A championship with. And there's a general manager who was with and was in Los Angeles when they were being hyper aggressive like the F them picks era. Does their GM say, okay, this is our pivot point, and we're going to be really aggressive about upgrading our offensive line and finding an edge to play opposite Aiden Hutchinson. And maybe adding a corner like this feels like maybe that's the point where that happens. But I don't think this is about any sort of window closing. Jared Goff is a, Is a. Is a really good quarterback and I don't know, maybe you can show me his replacement that they're going to get at the bottom of the first round. I just. I just don't see a way to upgrade at that position where you've gotten really good play over the last five.
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Years. So Sean McDermott's been in a good mood recently, but it's not a great look that Vrabel comes in and with Drake May wins the division. Not great. I said, if he doesn't get to the conference championship in a year in which Drake may Bo Nix, no Burrow, no Lamar, no Mahomes, it kind of feels like they got to get to the conference championship or there's a big, big discussion after that playoff loss.
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Albert Breer
Right? Yeah, I mean, I think at least the public's gonna have that discussion now. I haven't gotten, like, the sense talking to people internally, that's a big discussion point yet. But they are going into a new stadium, and Josh Allen is turning 30 this off season. And so, like, you kind of look at where they're at and how they've been consistently on the doorstep. And I think, like last month I brought this example up to you. I mean, you, Tony Dungy in, in the 90s in Tampa, and how Tony Dungy likes Sean McDermott was basically at the tip of the spear as far as turning a program around and changing the face of an organization. Sean's done that just as Tony Dungy did all those years ago in the 90s in Tampa. And they had this historic defense and having Derek Brooks and Warren Sapp and John lynch and Ronde Barber put pressure on everybody. And eventually it got to the point was we need a spark. We're sort of stuck. And can we, can we. Can we push this to the next level while we still have the. This historic defense? And they move on from, from, from Tony Dungey. Initially, they tried to get Bill Parcells. They trade for John Gruden, they win a Super Bowl. I. I don't know if they're at that point yet. I don't think it's really been a big discussion point internally, but I do think like that sort of thing could hover over them a little bit where you eventually get to that point and you eventually start to ask those questions. And I think it's interesting for a few teams now too. So Patrick Mahomes is, is, is, is not in the playoffs this year. He's hurt. Joe Burrow gets hurt again. That opens a door for, for everybody in the AFC as well. And so like these teams like Pittsburgh and Baltimore and Buffalo, who've had coaches in place for a long time, if they don't advance in the playoffs, if in the case of Baltimore, they don't make the playoffs, these big picture questions are going to.
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Come. I know it's a ways off. I know it's the drafts in April, but I wonder how talent evaluators. I've been told Mendoza is a better prospect than Jackson Dart. There's a lot of ways to go. You could keep Dart, trade down the pick, get a bevy of picks. You could go with Mendoza, trade Dart. You could do both. Wouldn't, wouldn't recommend that with New York media. But I think you have to consider, I mean, Mendoza, two years at Cal, wanted Indiana. That's not Ohio State or Notre Dame or Oklahoma. 68% completion percent. He got sacked almost 50 times at Cal one year. Big, accurate, strong, humble. What would be your guess.
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Albert Breer
Today? Well, I, I don't think it's over as far as the first quarterbacks taken. Taken, by the way. I think Dante Moore, like over the next months could play himself into that discussion. Like Dante Moore is somebody at least that has the attention of NFL scouts. Now. I, like Phil Knight, may pay him 5 million, $10 million, whatever it is, to stay another year at Oregon. So maybe that point is moot. But, you know, he's somebody that's at least gotten the attention of people. Mendoza, I think, is in that conversation as well. Mendoza has a lot of the qualities that, you know, interestingly enough, another Cal quarterback, Jared Goff, had coming out. And I think that's the comp for at least some NFL teams. Here's the thing, though, like, that's only really happened once, at least as long as I've been covering the league. And really, I think in my lifetime where a team took a quarterback in the first round and then came back the next year and did it again, and that was the Arizona Cardinals who took Josh Rosen, if you remember, in 18, and Kyler Murray in 19 and Cliff Kingsbury and Steve Kahn basically came to the determination that the gap between those two was wide enough and they knew enough about Josh Rosen at that point where yes, like we can do that. And here's why the gap needs to be big. Because what you can get for the number one overall pick is significantly more than you'd be able to trade Jackson Dart for right now. Like, it's basically like driving a car off the lot. Right. Like once you drive the car off the lot, it's devalued to some degree. Right. So once Jackson Dart is in the league, same thing as Josh Rosen, if somebody else is giving up on him, he's going to be devalued to some degree and you're not going to be able to get what you would be able to get for the first overall pick. So it's not just Mendoza versus Dart. You look at those two guys and you say if it's close, you stick with Dart and you trade the number one overall pick because you're going to be able to get so much for the first overall pick. With teams like the Raiders and Browns in close quarters there Inside the top 10 if the gap is huge, well, there's nothing more important than having a great quarterback. So that's the determination the Giants would have to have to come to. Is that Fernando Mendoza or Dante Moore, they are so much better than Jackson Dart that we feel like we need to make this pick and trade Jackson Dart. Otherwise I think they stick with Dart who, who they like quite a bit, would trade that.
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Pick. Yeah, it's, you know, that I want, I want to circle back to the Lamar Jackson story. I, I just threw this out there. I said if I was the jets two first round picks, I've not proven the ability to develop a quarterback. That's not, yeah, that's, that's not.
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Crazy.
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Right? I'm.
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Albert Breer
Not. I mean, but part of that too, Colin, what you're getting at is like people sometimes like operate as if like the Ravens need to start shopping him. If someone else thinks there's trouble in paradise, they're going to pick up the phone.
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Call.
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Albert Breer
Right. You know what I mean? Like, right. Like if the Raiders think there's trouble in paradise, if the jets think there's trouble in paradise, like there's nothing preventing those teams from picking up the phone and making that phone call, you know, especially when you're a team like the jets or the Raiders that doesn't have an established quarterback, starting quarterback, that's going to be offended if they find out you do it, you know. So like I do think like if they don't make the playoffs and some of this lingers into the off season, like a trade is naturally going to become part of the equation for the Ravens because people are going to call. It doesn't mean he's getting traded. It doesn't mean the Ravens have any intention to trade him. But I do think like some teams are going to look back at what this looked like three years ago and say, man, we wish we would have called on Lamar Jackson. You know, he still had a lot of good football left. And so that's something that you'd have to consider if you're one of these teams that's out there looking, maybe a team that can't get in position to draft the quarterback that you want. So I think all of that becomes part of the equation as long as this seems to be Mercury murky or uncertain between, between the Ravens and.
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Lamar, by the way, as a Buckeye. Kyle Winningham, can I say this? For Michigan, that's a pretty solid get. I mean he took three star guys and over his era at Utah he had the number one defense in the Pack 12 and may have been the sixth best recruiting coach or staff. I mean Utah got good players, not a lot of five and four star guys. That's a pretty good late get for Michigan, is it.
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Albert Breer
Not? Well, can I point one thing out really quick? Sure. So our friend Urban Meyer now is not only 7 and O in the rivalry, but he has his former assistance running both programs. How about that? Right? So I think that's a, that's a pretty interesting piece of all of this. But yeah, like I, I, I, I won't change my opinion on, on Kyle Whittingham because I don't like the colors that he's wearing now. He's been a rock solid coach, you know, over the course of the last 20 years. Urban obviously elevated that program when he got there with Alex Smith. And I think like what's just as, as difficult as elevating a program like that is maintaining it. And he not only maintained it, I mean that was a, a group of five. I don't think we would have called him group of five back then, but a mid major type of program back then. Urban elevated them to the point where they would be attractive to the Pac 12 and then the Big 12 and he was able to maintain that level and, and they had a real identity and I think the identity that he built and you talk about like the players that have come out of Utah over the years and wound up becoming really good NFL players. They're all tough, they're all physical, so they very much fit what, what, what Jim Harbaugh built there and what Michigan's always prided themselves on being. So I think it's a really solid hire. Do I think it's the type of hire that's going to knock Ohio State and Oregon off the top of the Big Ten? Maybe not, but this is exactly what Michigan needs right now after what they've been through the last couple of.
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Weeks. Yeah, he's only 18 months older than Kurt Signetti and I guarantee he's a better skier because he lived right by the mountains in.
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Albert Breer
Utah. And I know, I know I would be. I'll tell you what I like, if I had that sort of access to the mountains up there, I would be like Olympic.
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Level. Great seeing you.
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Albert Breer
Buddy. I'd also probably be fired because I'd be spending way too much time there. But that's not a.
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Story. Makes two of us. All right.
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Albert Breer
Albert. All right. Thanks.
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Colin. Yeah, I've had a couple conversations through the years with Kyle. He's just a really good guy. He and his wife, they just, you know, Utah University of Utah is right downtown in Salt Lake City and they had beautiful condo downtown and, and lived a life and active. He's not 66. If you've ever been in a room with Kyle Whittingham, he's got like 50 year old energy and good guy, great.
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Colin Cowherd
Wife.
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Yeah. Just an easy guy to root for. And a lot of people, you know, it's like he stayed at Utah forever. But I do think you get at a crossroads when Utah had this very, very good coordinator under him. And it's kind of like Kyle, he's a, you know, in shape. Tough going to be able to keep that, maintain that Utah tough culture. And you're sitting there and you're like 66 and you're like, you know, I eat well. I'm pretty intentional. I work out. I'm not going to bingo parlors. I want to do stuff. And so what are you going to do? He's a college guy, not a pro guy. It's like, okay, Michigan's open. Whittingham beat Nick saban in the 2009 Sugar Bowl. You guys remember that? Yeah, Saban didn't schedule Utah after that. Not that I.
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Announcer/Producer
Remember. Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd, weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, FS1 and the iHeartradio.
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Albert Breer
Applause. Paulie Fusco here with Tony Fusco. Yo, as everybody knows, we're the hosts of the award winning Paulie and Tony Fusco show. Yeah, but instead of us telling you how great we are, here's how Dan Patrick described us when he came on our.
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Show. Quick, knowledgeable and funny. Opinionated. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Colin Cowherd
Whoa. What are you.
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Albert Breer
Doing? You're interrupting our.
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Colin Cowherd
Promo. Yeah, he wasn't talking about you. You took those clips totally out of.
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Albert Breer
Context. Oh, yeah? Well, after this promo, I'm gonna take you out and beat.
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Colin Cowherd
You. Let me put this into context. Shut.
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Albert Breer
Up. Yeah. Anyway, just listen to the Paulie.
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Colin Cowherd
And Tony Fusco show on iHeartRadio, Apple.
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Albert Breer
Podcasts or wherever you get your.
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Dan Morgan
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Dan Morgan
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Dan Morgan
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Dan Morgan
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Dan Morgan
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Dan Morgan
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Albert Breer
The news. No.
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No, no. Turn on.
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Albert Breer
The news. This is the Herd.
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Colin Cowherd
Line news. Now let's go back to the Chief's demise of the dynasty. It's over, baby. It's done. It's going to be an uphill climb, and they're probably going to have to do it without Travis Kelce. He's been skipping all media sessions recently, but went to the podium yesterday to address.
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Albert Breer
His future. The only time it ever.
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Crossed my mind, as I was driving in the other day and I saw how much the Powerball was and I.
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Albert Breer
Was like, man, if I could just win that, I wouldn't have to work another day of my life. Nah, man, Honestly, I've been.
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Just focused on trying to win football.
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Albert Breer
Games, man. I let that be a.
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Decision that I make with my family.
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Albert Breer
Friends, the Chiefs organization when the.
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Time comes. Yeah, well, I don't think he's gonna have to work a day in his life going.
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Colin Cowherd
Forward either. I mean, didn't he win the Powerball when he met Taylor Swift? I mean, they're engaged, you know, Come on. I don't know. Listen, Kelsey, great career. Seems like a really good dude. Congrats.
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Enjoy podcasting. You know, he's best tight.
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Colin Cowherd
Ends ever. He's on the short list for sure. No doubt.
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About it. Yeah, he's Tony Gonzalez, Shannon Sharpe, Travis Kelce. Gronk's absolutely there. Kellen Winslow, primer top.
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Colin Cowherd
Five ever. I'm not going to quibble with that list. Let's move on to, oh, the big game this Saturday. Chargers, Texans. This is an interesting matchup. Colin Justin Herbert's last game against the Texans. I don't know if you remember it, it was in the playoffs, wildcard round last season. He threw a career worth four picks. They lost. I think I was on the Chargers in that game and it was close. And then they just had no weapons, no line. Basically, it was the Lad McConkey.
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Show.
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Colin Cowherd
Remember? Yeah. I don't know if Quinton Johnson played. I don't think he did, but they have. They have weapons now. Anyways, Herbert talked about learning from those mistakes ahead of this.
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Albert Breer
Weekend'S matchup. No one felt worse than I did after.
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That game. And I think it's important.
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Albert Breer
To continue to move forward and realize that it's what happened. And it would be crazy of me to deny the truth of.
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What happened and to live in this.
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Albert Breer
Reality where if I tried to block.
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It out, I don't think that's doing any good. And so I think just.
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Albert Breer
Moving on and understanding what it was.
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And just attack the next game like, like you've always prepared for, always says the right thing. Quarterbacks these days are so good at the podium. Don't light fires, just go up, say the.
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Albert Breer
Right thing. I.
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Like that. I like the Texans in this one. I think that defense and that Charger offense, Charger offense been struggling. You know, the O line, not, not a big push. Their points are few and.
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Colin Cowherd
Far between. So I'm looking at the injury report now and I mean, if this is accurate on the Chargers website, they've ruled out Sailor. The left tackle who had been filling in admirably got hurt last week. It didn't really show up against the Cowboys because we know they traded Micah. They have no edge rushers. That's not great. Colin. This is the Hunter Will Anderson show. I'm nervous for Herbert. He's been tremendous. I just don't love this spot. And this was two and a half earlier. I think there's going to be money on the Texans all weekend. So you're going against Houston. I know they look like garbage last week and everybody who bet them against.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
The Raiders. No, I took the Texans. I like the Texans here. Oh.
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Colin Cowherd
You'Re on. Texans here. Okay, my bad. I think that's a good bet for you. I just like Herbert, man. I'm. I'm workshopping a, a theory here. As we head into next season, I think you have to have Herbert ahead of Mahomes and.
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Lamar Jackson.
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Colin Cowherd
Well, let's. As a better. He's been so good this.
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Year, right? You can.
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Colin Cowherd
Put it. He doesn't have his left tack or.
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Right tack. You can put him ahead of Lamar because he's healthier. I can't put him ahead of Mahomes. But he's. He's up there. I mean, there's a lot of us that have thought he's a top five six quarterback since he broke into.
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Colin Cowherd
The league. Well, he'll be healthier than Mahomes, who's going to miss like at least a month this whole Mahomes week one stop. I mean, Herbert, he might be the man. Colin. I like Herbert. Final story. All right, let's go to Michigan. And you were just talking about this situation with Albert Breer. So Michigan is expected to complete negotiations today and land Kyle Whittingham, the terrific Utah coach. Whittingham recently Announced he's stepping down after 21 years in charge of the Utes. Though he made it necessarily clear he wasn't retiring from coaching. Everybody knows what's up. 101 wins is right up there among coaches without a.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
CFP appearance. Well, he, he does. He creates an identity. And I think Albert Brear said that when you think of Utah football, you ask any GM in the NFL. I, I was talking to Steve Keim one time about this. He's like you Utah guys. He goes, those tight ends block those running backs. He goes, those are tough guys. Utah creates tough guys. And, and so you get a guy who very much fits into the mold of Big Ten football. It'll be like Iowa with.
- [28:32]
Colin Cowherd
Better players. So I don't know how to say this delicately. I like Whittingham a lot. He's a great against the spread coach. But Colin, in the last calendar year we've seen some of the older gentlemen, more guys in their 70s really stumble right in the NFL. And in college football, Whittingham.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
Is 66. Yeah, but Belichick wasn't a college guy. Of course it was rough. You know Pete Carroll, that's NFL. Kyle Whittingham is successful and he's transitioning to a better program with more money, with better recruits. This will be the best roster Kyle Winningham's.
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Colin Cowherd
Ever had. Well, say that. Let me ask if Mish. If do you think Michigan went to their star quarterback, Bryce Underwood, future star, supposedly number one high school player, got all the nil money. Do you think they said, hey, we're bringing in Kyle winning him just to gauge his reaction or no, quarterbacks don't rule.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
The show. No, I don't think they went to.
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Colin Cowherd
A player. What would you say the percentage is he turns up in the.
- [29:31]
Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
Transfer portal? I have no idea. But he. I think you can win a lot of games at Michigan with Kyle Winningham immediately. There's no two, three year next year. That's a ten win.
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Colin Cowherd
Program. Absolutely. Michigan not even looking at who the.
- [29:45]
Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
Opponents are. Well, if Underwood stays it, it is a.
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Colin Cowherd
Playoff program. Okay, I listen I like the higher I think.
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It'S.
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Colin Cowherd
Great. I. We'll see that. They've been through a lot. The Sharon Moore story. I'm sure you've been reading the details. Oh.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
My God. Yeah, it's a lot. J. Mac with.
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Announcer/Producer
The news. Well, that's the news and thanks for stopping by the Herd.
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Lie news. He's been red hot. J. Max NFL.
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Dan Morgan
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Announcer/Producer
Going today? It's going.
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Dan Morgan
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Dan Morgan
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Dan Morgan
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Albert Breer
The.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
Volume Podcast Network all right, let's let's end this week on a bright spot. I see some of the games you have here as Christmas is in the books. Now it's about seeds, eating pride, Jets Giants still terrible. All right, J Mac, you ready to go? Tomorrow's headlines today. Let's start with a game I like the over in this one. Tomorrow's headlines today Cardinals.
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Colin Cowherd
Bengals on Fox. It should be a good fun game, especially if you're a Bengals fan. The headline for Bengals victory will the Frosty the Joe man was a swaggy, happy qb. Give me Joe Burrow going off in this one against the hapless Cardinals. Colin, if you've seen the Arizona injury report these last few weeks, they just shutting everybody down. This is a soft tank without a doubt and Burrows should put another 30, 40 points on.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
The board.
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Colin Cowherd
Easily. All right. I watched his team last week, the Cardinals try to fight early and then they just didn't have it. They don't have the dudes to get to. They couldn't pressure Cousins last week. How they going to get to Burrow? I think Burrow goes off big game. The only redeeming quality here is my fantasy team needs big points from Trey McBride. The Bengals, Colin, once again are the worst team in the league. Defending tight ends, they give up the most receptions, yards and touchdowns. Trey McBride, he could, I mean he could go for like 15 catches for 200 yards. Seriously, he's having a great season. Underrated, but give me the.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
Bengals big here. Toro's headlines Today, I like the Seahawks to win. I think the Panthers are playing much better than people want to admit because nobody watches the Panthers outside of the state. What.
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Colin Cowherd
Do you say? Well, listen, this is a good game. It actually means a lot. I know people are saying it doesn't mean much because you need this momentum. Carolina's alternated wins and losses since like October. The headline for Panthers hosting the Seahawks will be Sugar and Bryce make everything nice. Panthers turn Sam into ham. Yes, I'm rolling with you, Colin, on this one. I think this is a fun one. Dave Canales, by the way, head coach of the Carolina, spent about a decade in Seattle, spent a lot of time there. People thought maybe he would be one of their future coaches. Now he obviously is leading Carolina to glory in Carolina and I think Seattle go. We've got a little bit of data on these west coast teams traveling east late in the season. Yeah, okay. You're worn down. You know, it's holiday, holiday stuff going on and this is a game out of, out of division. It's like, oh man, all we got to do is work, worry about week 18. I think Seattle slips up here. I've got some Carolina moneyline final stat. Colin, if you really want to get interesting and you think both teams are going to play cautious so nobody gets hurt. Take a look at the under in this game. Remember, by the way, the Rams went to Carolina recently and lost outright. So Carolina can be plucky with.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
That run game. Also, the Seahawks were in a wild, wild game with the Rams 90 defensive snaps. So it's you know, Seahawks to be a bit dinged up. All right, tomorrow's headlines today. Oh, Lord. Actually has ramifications here. It's like the best awful game of the year. Giants.
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Colin Cowherd
At the Raiders. This is big, especially if you're a draft. Nick, I know you and I both like the draft a lot. This is a huge swing game. It's on in the late window. There's only two games in the late window. The headline for Raiders Giants will be Mary Blitzmas. G men get binged by Crosby. Obviously, we need Max Crosby to play. That would be huge. He is a very tough cookie coming off the edge. He had a good game last week against Houston. I think the Raiders win this outright. Colin, we got two teams with nine straight losses, but one of them the Giants. I've seen a lot of quit in that team recently. Okay. I know a couple players made some nice plays last week against the Vikings. Colin, like you said, J.J. what's the name? Jackson Dart didn't throw a pass for like the first 15 plays. They're worried about him.
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Albert Breer
Getting.
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Colin Cowherd
Hurt again. Yeah. And offensively they can't do anything. I think the Raiders show up here at home. By the way, Pete Carroll, he's a prideful guy. He's an old guy. He ain't going out soft and not trying. He's got these guys amped up. I think the Raiders want a.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
Close one here. All right, tomorrow's headlines today. This is a really good game. Eagles at the Bills on Fox. I the world loves Buffalo. I worry about that run defense and Saquon Barkley three straight weeks looks a little like last year. Saquon.
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Colin Cowherd
What say you? Well, I think part of the reason everybody loves the Bills is because Josh Allen getting points or under a field goal favored, he's like automatic. However, the headline for Bills hosting the Eagles will be.
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Announcer/Producer
Jingle. Ls.
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Colin Cowherd
Jingle. Ls jingle. Allen.
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Lays an egg.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah, I got. Now listen, the big one here is Jalen Carter, that beast in the middle probably, but the best defensive tackle in the league. So the two game, two of the games he missed. Colin Jackson dart ran wild against him and Justin Herbert ran wild. Both over 50 yards rushing. Where you're like, oh, Josh Allen can do that. However, Carter is back practicing. They expect him to play Carter and Jordan Davis in the middle. You're not moving those guys, man. It's really tough to run up the middle against this Philadelphia defense. And oh, by the way, you watched that game last week. Josh Allen.
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Turned.
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Colin Cowherd
An ankle. Yes. Against the Browns that they Couldn't do anything. He didn't scribble once in the second half. They took X rays. Now, he was a full participant in practice today moments ago. So they are expecting him to be fine. I don't expect them to jeopardize their playoff run by getting another ankle injury. I don't expect many runs from him. I think the Eagles can win this. And Colin, I know you watch them against the Raider or Raiders in Washington. It's like, who cares? Those teams stink. But they're looking different. Empty sets, right? And then a lot of play action under center. Jalen hurts a lot of shotgun this season. He's moved under center a lot now and it's throwing the defense off. Are they going to run or are they going to pass the play action? So I like the wrinkles the Eagles have done here. And I think Monday we'll be talking about can the Bills really win the super bowl after they lose.
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Albert Breer
To the.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
Eagles? All right. You and I have never had a segment where we agreed on three picks. This could be a historic moment to cap the 2025 season. Actual agreement. Tomorrow's headlines today, Bears at the Niners. I mean the Niners. McCaffrey wobbling into the game off a 27 touch affair. What do you.
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Colin Cowherd
Got for me? So is there. Is there homerism? You. You like the Bears here, right? Big game. The headline for Bears 49ers will be brocking around the Christmas tree. Have a happy be Sunday night. Give me Brock Purdy in the Niners. Colin. I know short week. They were just on Monday Night Football. But I love me some Brock Purdy and I do think that Robert Sala's defense will do just enough here to slow down Caleb. I'm going to remind you guys, Brock Purdy's offense, by the way, hasn't punted in I believe.
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It'S four weeks. Yeah. And the secondary has had. Hasn't had many sacks in.
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Colin Cowherd
The same period. That's a great point. They are last in.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
The league and the D line just does not generate the secondaries. I shouldn't. Boso Warner, their front sevens just doesn't generate.
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Colin Cowherd
Pass rushes. Yeah. So they're second to last in pressure rate. Second dead last in sacks. They're just not getting to the quarterback. So you're thinking, oh, Caleb will have success but Salah's tweaking where he. What he's doing on the back end. They're mixing up coverages and quarterbacks are kind of struggling now. Rivers did not struggle for much of that game until the End when he threw the pick six. So I'm, I'm guessing we see some points here, but I'm going to bet on Brock Purdy in that offense. By the way, last year in this spot, 38, 13, Niners put it on him. And the Niners were good last year. They didn't have McCaffrey, Brock Purdy and Joanne Jennings cooked final set. Roma Dunz just ruled out moments ago. He will not play. Luther Burden is back. That's a good get back. He could beat the 49ers deep. But I got to rock with a better quarterback and I gotta rock with a better head coach.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
In this one. In the Niners, imagine you think those.
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Colin Cowherd
Are wide margins. I mean, you know, Brock Purdy is a proven winner, okay? And Kyle Shanahan is one of the best coaches in the league. I like Ben a lot. Caleb's got some upside, but just check.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
The weather forecast. It's been.
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Colin Cowherd
Cloudy in California. By the way, if San Fran wins this, that sets up for week eight. We need San Fran to win this. So there's some drama. There's no drama around the league. If San Fran faces Seattle next week, week 18 and they win, they're.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
The number one. How lucky are we at Fox? We got the Bills Eagles game. I mean, that one, that's a, that's a great game. Albert Brewer earlier today. Let's just give you an update. John Harbaugh denies the riff that the story reported out of the Baltimore sun with Lamar Jackson. Here's Albert on.
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Albert Breer
Lamar looking ahead. My experience has been that John Harbaugh has been one of the most ardent defenders of Lamar. So I don't know that anything's broken there, but things have certainly gotten wonky and we are at a point now where we're going to be talking about these things. Contractually, his cap hits the next two years are 74 and a half million dollars. He's got two years left on his deal. I think Lamar Jackson is a Baltimore Raven in 2026. But. But this definitely feels like after the expectation they had internally for where the team was going to be going into the year, that there could be some pretty big changes.
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Co-host (possibly a sports analyst or commentator)
Coming in Baltimore. Well, it'll be interesting either way. Good week. Next week we've got New Year's, we got bowl games. Well, the College Football Playoff. You know, it's so funny to watch college football now. The bowl games now suddenly irrelevant. The conference championship games under some real debate. Usc, Notre Dame. USC is like, we'll play week zero. We're not going to play and everybody's freaking out. Yet the ratings in the attendance every time I turn on a big college game. Packed stadium tickets aren't cheap. Ratings going through the roof. College football Wall Street Journal had a story on it this week. It's a mess. It's. It's chaos. But it's a beautiful mess. And a popular mess, and an ascending mess, but a mess. Be safe. First.
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Announcer/Producer
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Colin Cowherd
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