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THE HERD - Hour 3 - The Ravens could go on a run, thoughts on Broncos-Cowboys, Tomorrow's Headlines Today, Albert Breer
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Colin Cowherd
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Katie Couric
Of Next Question with Me, Katie Couric. I sat down with Bernie Sanders. We've talked many times over the years, and today he even throws a few questions my way.
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Albert Breer
All right, are you ready for another question?
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Colin Cowherd
Go ahead, hit me, Bernie.
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Katie Couric
We talk about the billionaire class, the cost of living, and of course, the government shutdown. Listen to Next Question with me, Katie Couric on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Colin Cowherd
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Snax
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Colin Cowherd
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Snax
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Albert Breer
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Snax
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Albert Breer
Thanks for listening to the Heard podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday on Fox Sports Radio and noon to 3 Eastern, 9am to noon Pacific. Find your local station for the herd@foxsportsradio.com or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. Now, let's get this party started. You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.
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Colin Cowherd
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Albert Breer
I like James Cook. They're going to get some possessions. You know, when you take a good team up, a couple of stinging losses, they play mad. I think Buffalo is going to play well this weekend. Albert Brear, covering the NFL Monday morning quarterback for over 20 years. Hey, let's the Ravens suddenly. I mean, we saw last night Albert just getting Joe Alt back at left tackle. The Chargers could run the ball to the left side and Herbert was magic. The Ravens are bringing back the band this weekend at home. I think they're going to go in a heater. What do you think?
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Snax
Yeah, I mean, I think there's been a lot of those narratives out there. Colin, what's wrong with the Ravens? Look at the inactive list. You'll see exactly what's wrong with the Ravens. Lamar Jackson was out, Kyle Hamilton was out, Roquan Smith was out. And now, you know, they've got a chance to lock in now. They've dealt themselves. They, they, they dug themselves quite a hole to dig out of at 1 and 5. But I'm going to read the schedule D. I have it in front of me. They play the Bears this week, then they're at Miami, at Minnesota, at Cleveland, and then they play the Jets. There's a shot, and I'm not saying it's the layup, but there's a pretty good shot. You can get through that at five and oh, yep. And then on Thanksgiving night, you're gonna have the Bengals coming in, who could be playing really well at that point, too, with Joe Flacco at quarterback with a 6 and 5 record. And then they go into a critical stretch where they play the Bengals, the Steelers, then the Bengals again, then the Patriots and the Packers. So the schedule does stiffen down the stretch, but they've got a real chance here to build some momentum to get Lamar Jackson back in the groove. Yeah, have Roquan Smith and Kyle Hamilton back in the middle of that defense. You have Ronnie Stanley getting healthier left tackle. I would not dismiss the Ravens as a contender again. I think most of their issues just stemmed to what was on the inactive list over the last month. That's why they haven't played as well. And I think they've got a real chance here to, to, to go on a run based on how their schedule.
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Albert Breer
Sets up you and I agree. So I think one of the real fascinating games, Dallas, it's a true serum game against Denver. So they beat the Giants and the jets and they tied the packers and almost beat Philly and then they get shelled by the Bears and lose a fourth quarter lead to the Panthers. So we don't know what they are. Denver's got their own issues. They can't hit the long ball. They trail all the time. So it's funny. The two best rosters in the NFL I would argue are Eagles, Denver, maybe Detroit. And both the Eagles and the Broncos don't feel good right now about their offense. All your sourcing. I know that Sean loves Bo Nicks, but it has been really much like Jalen, really uneven for the Broncos offense. Why do you think? What do you hear?
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Snax
Yeah, I mean, I think there's a year tape on him and I think that's definitely a factor in how they're deploying Bo Nix and teams have a better handle on how to deal with him now. You know, certainly I think, you know, you look at the roster and I think their skill, position, talent is good, not great. Cortland Sutton, Marvin Mims are good players. Are they great players? I don't know. You know what they've got in the backfield with J.K. dobbins and R.J. harvey. You know, they, they really need P.O. next to go out there and play point guard at a high level because they're balanced, they don't have superstars. And you know, I think the, the encouraging thing is down the stretch of some of these games, down the stretch of the Giants game, down the stretch of the Philly game, we've seen Bo Nicks make some big time throws like Bo Nix is. Two throws at the end of that Giants game were as big as big gets, right? Like there's the one right down the pipe to Marvin Mims. He finds Mims sitting down in the zone and then he hits Sutton on the sideline and man coverage to set up the game winning field goal. How do you make that happen more consistently? I think that's what they're searching for and this is going to be a fascinating week to see it because this should be like, at least when you're talking about that singular matchup, Denver offense versus Dallas defense, this should be where Denver has a chance to get themselves back on track. I mean, I think, I think this is a real strength versus Strength game where you've got an outstanding Dallas offense with a D with a quarterback and Dak Prescott playing at an MVP level, two receivers and Lamb and Pickens who have number one type ability going against a Denver defense. That's fantastic, right? So you have strength on strength there. I think on the other side now Denver's got that opportunity to really assert themselves offensively. It'll be interesting to see whether or not they can do it.
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Albert Breer
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Katie Couric
Latest episode of Next Question with me, Katie Couric. I sat down with Bernie Sanders, who is 84 years old, has spent 34 years in Congress and he can still pack a rally with people a quarter of his age.
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Colin Cowherd
Denver, 34,000 people come out.
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Albert Breer
Salt Lake City, 20,000 people.
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Snax
You know, huge turnouts.
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Albert Breer
People are really dissatisfied about the status quo.
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Katie Couric
His fighting oligarchy tour with AOC and other young progressives has become a movement. But is his message too far to the left? Well, he certainly doesn't think so.
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Albert Breer
Does that sound like a radical idea, Katie? Is that too far left for you?
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Katie Couric
Okay, okay, wait. I get your point, Bernie. We talk about the billionaire class, the cost of living and of course the government shutdown, not to mention the current state of the Democratic Party.
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Albert Breer
To me, the failure of the Democratic Party has been an unwillingness to recognize the real issues.
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Katie Couric
Open your free iHeartRadio app. Search next question with Katie Couric and listen now.
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Albert Breer
So you know, I look at Aaron facing the Packers. There was a lot made that there when he came back from that darkness retreat. He was surprised they let him go. How he was surprised, I don't know. But it was time Jordan Love had been in the building. You want to get a couple of years on that rookie deal? Do you think Aaron and the packers are in a tense place or time heals all wounds with them?
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Snax
I think. I think Aaron's Relationships with a lot of people in that building are actually still pretty good. Here's what I respect about Aaron, and I will say this. Like, he's not perfect, right. But what I've always respected about Aaron is that when he punches, he punches up. He doesn't punch down. Generally, his, his issues have been either with the head coach or with front office people. So, like, when you're talking about, like, his relationships in the building in general, like the trainers, the equipment guys, the wait staff, like some of his teammates down the line, I think all those people still love him, the coaching staff. He had a good relationship with Matt LaFleur. Matt LaFleur. I mean, for all the great things that he's done over, over seven years in Green Bay, maybe the most important thing he did was manage the relationship and be the buffer between Aaron Rodgers in the front office. So I think 95% of Aaron Rodgers relationships are still really good. But then there are a couple that weren't. And so Brian Guta Kunst is still there as the general manager. That was one relationship that was certainly strained. Mark Murphy was the president. He's not the president anymore, so he's gone. So, like, I think there's going to be, there's going to be a lot of handshakes and hugs for Aaron Rodgers waiting on the other sideline on Sunday when the packers come into Pittsburgh. And then maybe when the game starts, a few glares up to the suite level if he can throw a touchdown pass or two.
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Albert Breer
Yeah, that's funny. The, I got to tell you, the trade deadline is, it's very tantalizing. My, my take has always been if you're a Super bowl worthy team or you have a star quarterback, Buffalo, old Matt Stafford. Like, I, I love the Green Bay. Micah Move, not a trade deadline move. That's a big swing. That's a Super bowl roster. Then I, then I hear about, well, the Giants want to, like, slow down. Like the Raiders want to slow down. That's just job retainment. Like, is there if I said to you one or two teams that you're like, I mean, I, I think Buffalo maybe if they win convincingly this weekend. No. And maybe they're getting people back. I just feel like Buffalo needs a perimeter weapon and an interior defensive weapon. I don't know why. I just think Buffalo looks at Kansas City. Albert, you know how this game works. They're watching the Chiefs thinking, we don't match up right now with Kansas City.
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Snax
Yeah. And Kansas City is playing really well. I think Patrick Mahomes might be the MVP of the league right now. They're playing great football. I think, you know, a lot of us could see this coming. Now they've got Rashi Rice back. I think the Chiefs are speaking of teams going on a heater. I think they're going to go on one now, too. Yeah. And I think there's a lot of pressure on people in Buffalo because they've paid a lot of that core now, you know, so now you've got the guys that you're locked in with. This is sort of the 2.0 era for Josh Allen in Buffalo, and so you need guys like Ed Oliver and Greg Rousseau and Terrell Bernard and Khalil Shakir. You know, you need those guys to perform at a high level. Could they use another weapon to make their offense a little bit more dynamic? I think if that was available to them, they would certainly look at it. And if it was a young number one or a guy with potential to become number one, then I think they would explore it. So who is that? You know, I think you call New Orleans about Chris Olave. I think you call Minnesota about Jordan Addison just to see if there's any interest at all, because those guys are coming close to the end of their rookie deals. I think both those guys wind up staying where they're at. I think both those guys wind up extended. But those are. Those are guys I think you would look at if you're a Buffalo and say, maybe we need to get a little bit more dynamic on the outside. Another name I would watch a little bit further down the line for Buffalo. It could be Rashid Shahid from New Orleans. The one thing Buffalo doesn't have on offense right now is a real field stretcher. You know, I think if you look at the way that other teams have played them over the course of the first month and a half of the season, they're not as concerned about Josh Allen getting the ball down the field. So bringing in a burner like Shahid, I think could be an interesting play. If you're Buffalo, the Rams are another team I would watch on this front. You know, I. They've been aggressive in the back, and they've been aggressive in the past. They've really kept their powder dry with the draft picks. They've now got a lot of draft capital to work with. They've got a good, young core of players. Could they maybe add a corner? I think there. There could be an interesting move there for the Rams if. If they're willing to take a swing. And historically, they've Been willing to take swings.
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Albert Breer
Hey, one more question. I know the game's over. They flirted with Aaron. They wanted Darnold, but not at that price. They had Daniel Jones in the building. They settled for Carson Wentz. What? I mean, the messaging on JJ McCarthy, like Kevin O' Connell after the game. I'm not. I'm not trying to reach. I don't want to say something that is not true, but, man, it's got a smoke fire feel to it, doesn't it? Or is he still really nursing an injury?
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Snax
They're still trying to figure it out. Figure out what they've gotten him, you know, and I think that's just the reality of the situation. He hasn't played enough, you know, and so look, here's the timeline, right? So on Tuesday morning, they get him out there. They put him out there at practice. Last week, on Tuesday, they. They. They get him out there in the practice field. He says he doesn't feel quite right. They make the decision, we're just going to wait another week. And really, the reason why is if JJ McCarthy had 50 or 100 starts, they would look at it and say, yeah, it makes sense to hobble him out there. He's better than Carson wentz, even at 80%. Let's just throw him out there. But, you know, as it stands right now, I think the important thing for. For Kevin o', Connell, right or wrong, and what he's doing and trying to develop JJ McCarthy is they want to build confidence up. And they felt like, you know, and facing Jesse Minter's defense on the road on a short week, yeah, they could do more damage by. Good by just forcing him out there. So they decide to. To. To. To. To play it safe on this one. And they're going to start him against Detroit, which is a heck of a way for him to come back, right? And they're going to give him some Runway. You know, I think Kevin o', Connell, Quesi, Adelphi, Mensah, all the people in that building understand they've got a roster that can compete for a championship over the next few years. So they need to make a. They need to get a really clean read on who JJ McCarthy is for the rest of the year. At the same time, they got to give their team the best answer at quarterback, right? For right now. So I think JJ Comes back in. He starts. I think they expect that he'll get better over the course of the year. They expect that he can build on that fourth quarter he had against Chicago. They expect that he can learn from some of the mistakes that he made against Atlanta, you know, and then we'll see what he's like, we'll see how he plays over the next month or two. But I don't think the book is closed yet on who JJ McCarthy is going to be as the Vikings quarterback.
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Albert Breer
Albert Brear, Monday morning quarterback. Thanks, buddy.
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Snax
You got a calm.
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Albert Breer
Yeah, he. J. Mac, you, me and Albert Brer wholeheartedly agree on the Baltimore Ravens at home have to win. It's not that Chicago doesn't want to win. They don't have to win. Baltimore's got to go in a four or five game winning streak. Everybody's back. NFC teams struggle with Lamar. NFC teams mostly get blown out in Baltimore against Lamar and they're not getting like a guy back. Just look at what Joe Alt just Joe Alt back to the Chargers last night. One guy changed their run game and Herbert had an extra beat. What if you get a safety and your top linebacker and your left tackle and Lamar Jackson? That's the difference between losing by 10 and winning by 15.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah, no, no, you're spot on there. Remember Charge? I was on the Chargers two weeks ago or last week against the Colts. They were down, I think 23 to 3 at halftime last night. The Chargers did not punt. Like the Little League is crazy. And you see some of these radical swings and I think I'm with you. I think the Eagles really show up this week and I think the Ravens do as well.
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Albert Breer
J. Mack on the news.
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Colin Cowherd
No, no, no, turn on the news. This is the third line news. All right, Colin, we gotta go back to Aaron Rodgers. They got the big Sunday Night Football game. Packers against Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers. We heard from lafleur. We heard from Rodgers. And now Jordan Love is going to chime in on his relationship with Aaron Rodgers.
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Snax
A lot of it is just, you.
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Albert Breer
Know, saying good luck throughout the season.
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Colin Cowherd
You know, a rod text me and.
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Albert Breer
Was, you know, talking about some of the plays we're gonna run in and some of my footwork, things like that, complimenting me. So, you know, obviously it's great to be able to hear from him.
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Colin Cowherd
You know, I got so much respect.
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Albert Breer
For him and, you know, anytime, you.
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Snax
Know, he gives me pointers, things like.
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Albert Breer
That, you know, that's the stuff you want to, you want to get feedback from, from a legend like that. I'm looking forward to that one. That's gonna be a good game.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah, I, I feel like I need to. I know that Rodgers is soaking up a lot of coverage this week. Just want to remind people, according to Pro Football Focus, okay, Aaron Rodgers grading out as the 24th of 36 quarterbacks. I know you hate it.
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Albert Breer
No, I just don't. I. I got nothing against pff. But that's not what my eyes tell me. I think Aaron's fine.
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Snax
Yeah?
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Albert Breer
Yeah. I mean, Joe Flacco ate. My bigger issue is what's wrong with the defense. It's the highest paid defense for the fourth year in a row. What's wrong with the defense? Aaron's fine. Aaron's well. I thought last week, the one time he wanted to go really deep, he got burned. Like, don't throw deep. That's not what this offense is. This offense is 15 yards in the run game is better. And I also think quarterbacks can elevate an O line. And Aaron has a way smartly at the offensive line to audible out of trouble. Audible into plays that work. Do you think it's a coincidence the O lines actually playing well in Pittsburgh for the first time in six years? I think that's directly connected to Aaron Rodgers.
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Colin Cowherd
So this is the problem. How do you square this with Rodgers facing the jets defense, which is abysmal. We. We know that the Seahawks defense, he did not cook. They lost the Patriots defense, he was okay in that game. He didn't win it. Remember, Patriots had five turnovers. Then you face the Vikings in London. As we saw last night, the Vikings defense is a joke. Okay? The Cleveland Browns defense doesn't travel. Didn't show up in Pittsburgh after the London trip. And then the Bengals last week he destroyed them. But the Bengals can't stop anybody. So all of a sudden now you've got to face a top 10 defense. Colin, after not facing one for five weeks, six weeks, I think this is going to be a bit of a rude awakening for Rodgers.
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Albert Breer
Didn't they have a couple extra days to prep? Hasn't Mike Tomlin always been good? Monday Night Football, extra days to prep. He's not good on Thursday, but he's good the following Sunday.
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Colin Cowherd
He's going to have them all juiced up. That's fine. Micah Parsons might have something to say about that. Colin, I like the packers here. I think we might be on opposite sides. Next up, Saquon Barkley remains one of the big mysteries in the NFL. Remember last year, 2,000 yards from scrimmage, win the Super bowl, offensive MVP, blah, blah, blah. Colin, his numbers are down so dramatically. It's like what everybody thinks is going to happen in the stock market here in America. Barkley's Fallen off a cliff. Doesn't have a hundred yard game this season, but Saquon said idgaf, give me the wins.
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Snax
I'm really not a big number guy. Never really was good in numbers in school either. People use numbers to, you know, what's the saying. Men lie, women lie, numbers don't. I don't really get caught up in that. I don't think it defines me as a player. I still know what I bring to.
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Albert Breer
The table, but I do know we.
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Snax
Have to be more efficient in the run game and that's something that we're focusing on. But at the end of the day.
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Albert Breer
Our whole goal is to go six.
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Snax
And two and win another football game.
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Albert Breer
My kind of guy doesn't worry about stats. He worries about being big in big spots. I also think their old line's been beat up, so I think some of it's just injury related. I mean, I thought it was pretty remarkable last night just adding Joe Alt literally changed the entire Chargers offense. They could run, never punted one guy. So I think a lot of this stuff, we tend to forget the value of the offensive line because we don't talk about them, we don't know their names, we don't buy their jerseys. It is remarkable, the difference, like the Giants when Andrew Thomas is up and when Andrew Thomas is not available, like, it's a different offense. So I, I, I think the healthier the O line gets, the more Saquon reverts back to last year.
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Colin Cowherd
I, I do wonder, is there such thing as a double revenge spot? You know, Saquon lost famously to the Giants two weeks ago. He didn't do jack squat. And also they moved off of him to keep Daniel Jones, who they then ran off. I think this, if Saquon doesn't pop here, I'll start to legitimately be concerned that like maybe this just isn't happening this year. Colin, I don't. Does he have the pop of Bijan, of Christian McCaffrey? I have not seen it.
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Albert Breer
Yeah, I mean, you know, running backs get banged up. There is arm fatigue in baseball. Is there running back fatigue? I mean, Jonathan Taylor wasn't happy a couple of years ago. Now he's got a better offensive line, a great tight end. Jonathan Taylor's the happiest guy in the world. It is hard to be, you know, it's you also, sometimes you get a different offensive coordinator. Like the Eagles every year they get a new one. Well, that's right. And that offensive coordinators change touches. Tony Gonzalez used to always tell me that he goes, the fans don't understand when you get a new offensive coordinator, they have favorite plays, favorite sets. It doesn't. He goes, you think, oh, Tony Gonzalez? He goes, I had an offensive coordinator that didn't throw to the tight end. He goes, I want out of there. He goes, you just think they look at your personnel. He goes, some guys have an offense and they don't change it based on the personnel. So I think Saquon's fine.
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Colin Cowherd
All right, we'll wrap up with World Series Game one. Action starts tonight on Fox. Blue Jays, Dodgers. Everybody's excited now. Two years ago or two off seasons ago, rather, Shohei Ohtani was being rumored to link to the Blue Jays, and there was a big social media scandal. Is he on a flight to Toronto? Is he going to sign a deal? I don't know if you remember this, Colin. He ended up not being on the flight and signed with the Dodgers. Well, Jay's manager, John Schneider, poked at the free agent pursuit.
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Albert Breer
You felt good about it, you know, and you felt.
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Snax
You felt good about the feedback he.
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Albert Breer
Was giving about our organization and opportunity here. But you never really know what a player is feeling in free agency, and there's got.
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Snax
There's a lot of things that have.
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Albert Breer
To line up for them personally, too. So you can't really think about what if, you know, you think about the 26 that we have.
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Colin Cowherd
He's a great player.
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Albert Breer
I'll say it again. I hope he brought his hat, the Blue Jay hat that he took from.
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Snax
Us in our meeting.
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Albert Breer
I hope he brought it back finally. But. And, and the, the jacket for decoy.
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Snax
You know, it's like, give us our stuff back already.
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Albert Breer
Well, I mean, I think from a business standpoint, the proximity to the Pacific Rim, the Dodgers and the Angels are better fits. I mean, but I think, you know, Toronto is a great North American city. They're very well run. I'm telling you, man, Toronto, they're. They're almost like. They're a little bit like Milwaukee, but I think better at the plate. I don't know what the numbers say. I feel like they're Milwaukee, but a little bit more dangerous in that 2, 3, 4 spot. Maybe the numbers don't bly that, but that's what it feels like to me. They'll give the. They'll give the Dodgers more trouble.
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Colin Cowherd
So apparently, you know, everything happens for a reason. Some people believe that. So after whiffing on Ohtani, Blue Jays ended up with Vlad Guerrero. Not a bad consolation prize, right? He's now like their superstar they love him. And who knows, maybe he's the MVP of the World Series. And it's like, hey, this is what was meant to be. Not Ohtani, but we needed Vlad as our guy leading us. I'll still take the Dodgers in five. I think you said six.
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Albert Breer
Was it Dodgers in six? The key is tonight. Dodgers very good Game one playoff team.
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Colin Cowherd
But Blue Jays just had a long series. Does that stuff matter in baseball? Dodgers are well rested or are they rusty? Rested.
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Albert Breer
Well, the Dodgers starters are ready to go. So I mean Snell and Yoshi, everybody's ready to go. J. Macle the news well, that's the news and thanks for stopping by. The hurt. Yeah, Dodgers pitchers starters are more rested. Probably an advantage. His picks. J. Mac Tomorrow's headlines today. Next, be sure to catch live editions.
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Colin Cowherd
Of the Herd, Weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific.
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Katie Couric
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Colin Cowherd
Denver, 34,000 people come out.
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Albert Breer
Salt Lake City, 20,000 people. You know, huge turnouts. People are really dissatisfied about the status quo.
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Katie Couric
His fighting oligarchy tour with AOC and other young progressives has become a movement. But is his message too far to the left? Well, he certainly doesn't think so.
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Albert Breer
Does that sound like a radical idea, Judy? Is that too far left for you?
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Katie Couric
Okay, okay, wait. I get your point, Bernie. We talk about the billionaire class, the cost of living and of course the government shutdown not to mention the current state of the Democratic Party.
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Albert Breer
To me, the failure of the Democratic Party has been an unwillingness to recognize the real issues.
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Katie Couric
Open your free iHeartRadio app. Search Next question with Katie Couric and listen now.
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Colin Cowherd
In the new podcast Hell in Heaven.
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Albert Breer
Two young Americans move to the Costa Rican jungle to start over. But one will end up dead, the other tried for murder. Not once people went wild, not twice, stunned, but three times. John and Ann Bender are rich and attractive and they're devoted to each other. They create a nature reserve and build a spectacular circular home high on the top of a hill. But little by little, their dream starts to crumble and our couple retreat from reality.
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Snax
They lose it. They actually lose it.
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Colin Cowherd
They sort of went nuts until one.
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Albert Breer
Night everything spins out of control. Listen to Hell in Heaven on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up everybody?
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Snax
This is Snax from the Trapped Nerds.
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Albert Breer
Podcast and we're bringing you the horror every week all October long.
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Snax
Kicking off this month I'll be bringing you all my greatest fear inducing horror games from Resident Evil to Solid Hill.
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Albert Breer
Me and Tony bringing backfire team on Left 4 Dead 2 and we just gonna be going over some of the greats. Also in October we'll be talking about our favorite horror and Halloween movie and figuring out why black people always gotta die first. The Umbral Reliquary invites any and all.
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Snax
Fool brave enough to peruse its many curiosities.
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Albert Breer
But take heed to all sales are final weekly horror side quests written and.
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Snax
Narrated by yours truly with a full episode read and a commentary special.
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Albert Breer
And we will cap it off with Horror Movie Battle Royale.
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Snax
Jason versus Freddy, Michael Myers versus the.
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Albert Breer
Alien thing with the little tongue Monster.
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Snax
October, we're doing it Halloween style. Listen to the Trapper Nurse podcast from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast.
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Albert Breer
Rachel Nichols stopped by the show twice today this week. Obviously her second trip to our show was regarding the NBA scandal of note. They've got a couple of things, couple crises if you want to call it that, that they're dealing with right now. The Clipper Kawaii story, which I I, I'm not fascinated with, but I think the reporting on it's been excellent. Pablo Torre and then the other story yesterday which was hard to wrap your brain around, but Damon Jones and Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups a massive there's two separate cases, one smaller in terms of number of people is the NBA gambling stuff, the poker stuff, which includes La Cosa Nostra. I didn't know it still existed or didn't think it was very vibrant today in the poker stuff. Now there's accusations that Chauncey Billups is part of both. They're just accusations. But throughout the course of the weekend and next week, we'll keep you updated on the very latest. There's a real hunger for that story, but it is time to make J. Mack make the big picks. We call this segment tomorrow's headlines today. What's the headline? Niners and the Texans on a wonky, weird numbers weekend.
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Colin Cowherd
Not a lot of great games. I think this one certainly qualifies probably for some reasons you're you're going to find out here shortly. The headline for Texans Niners will be Louv out the way. 49ers gold held up in Houston. Give me the Texans. Colin, look at how we play on recent current events there. Yeah, nice to hear you laughing. So DeMeco Ryan's here. First matchup against the Niners since leaving San Fran. Colin, I'm going to ask you, like, listen, you're a defensive coordinator. You spent time with Shanahan. You're seeing these guys in practice. If anybody knows what Shanahan wants to do, it's d' Ameco Ryan's. I think that's a big edge for this great Texans defense. They got one of the best front sevens in the in the league, arguably the best front four. I think the Niners struggle here a little bit. I'm with you. I think you said low scoring game earlier, especially without Nico Collins and Christian Kirk. There's rumors that Houston could start two rookies on the outside, Higgins and Noel. Like I'm like whoa, that's a bit of a surprise. I'll go 17, 13ish. Texans get the win lines moving toward three. This could close Texans three, which I don't love.
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Albert Breer
Tomorrow's headlines today. Browns Patriots. I really like New England in this spot.
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Colin Cowherd
Yes, Colin, you know, sometimes when we agree it's like 78% hitting. The headline for Browns against the Patriots will be canceled coverage. Browns not protected from mayhem. Colin, we love Drake May here. I know he's going to the hall of Fame. I'm going to start calling him Drake Mahomes. That's how good Drake May has been, right? Number one deep ball throw in the league. Colin, are you ready for this stat? 20 plus yard air passes Drake May 14 of 18 this season. Wow, that's insane. With five touchdowns. And oh, by the way, the Browns, they're susceptible to getting beat deep again. This Cleveland defense does not really travel. That's been a big issue for them.
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Albert Breer
You're right.
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Colin Cowherd
And you get the rookie quarterback going up against Vrabel. And here's the other stat I love. I haven't seen or heard this anywhere. So we saw the Raiders last week get really smashed. Guess what? They were going into their buy. Okay, maybe they were already mentally checked out. You know who else we saw struggle? Jacksonville got really their doors blown off. They were heading into a buy. The Cleveland Browns have a buy next week. Colin. They've been on a long one. They had road games, they had London. They had to go travel. Now you get one more trip before the buy. I think they kind of get smashed here by the Patriots.
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Albert Breer
Tomorrow's headlines Today this was a stay away game for me. Giants at the Eagles. Can they sweep Philly?
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Colin Cowherd
Well, why, Why'd you stay away, Colin? I just, just curious.
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Albert Breer
Phillies going to eventually figure out their run game.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah. So I would agree. They're a Jekyll and Hyde team. The headline for Eagles Giants. The rematch will be quan but not forgotten. Barkley sets a reminder for Giants I this has to be the Saquon Barkley game. Colin, this is a weird Eagle stat. Are you ready for this?
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Albert Breer
Yeah.
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Colin Cowherd
So they lead the league in three and out punts number one in the NFL. They're also number one in red zone touchdown efficiency. What? I don't really know what's going on with this team. It could be, as you noted, that they're on another offensive coordinator. You know, they basically change them like their underwear every season and now they're just struggling on the down to down. This AJ Brown stuff is concerning. Everybody's waiting right now to see if he practices today and will be a go this weekend. But at some point they got to figure this out. Once they move the ball, they're great. But getting started, they're like that old car that can't really get get going. Meanwhile, they're facing a Giants team that has been lights out in the first quarter with Dart and Dable scheming up stuff. Remember they grabbed these early leads and can they hold on? I'm going Eagles here but I don't feel amazing about it.
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Albert Breer
All right, I took the over on Dolphins at the Falcons, Atlanta at home. It's a little bit of a track team. Tomorrow's headlines today, Miami at the atl. What do you got?
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Colin Cowherd
You know I was texting you earlier this week One of my big things in the league this year is it's back to a ground and pound. Running is so instrumental. The way defenses are adjusting, who does that give the edge to? Here the headline will be for Falcons, Dolphins life is too short. Dolphins clock out midseason. This is a Miami defense. Colin cannot stop the run. Seven running backs they face this season, five have gone over 100 yards. Jonathan Taylor was at 98. Like I'm just telling you, Bijan should be in line to carry your fantasy team this weekend. And you know the headline, your clock out midseason has Miami quit. I mean, I think we saw some of that in the second half against the Browns. Can the Falcons run away and hide? We'll see how Michael Penix in that knee holds up. It sounds like he's going to be a go. Not an issue. Miami's pass rush isn't great. I just want to see the Atlanta offense that cooked Washington, right, that went up and down the field against the Bills. That's the one I want to see at home. And by the way, if Tampa slips up against the Saints and Atlanta wins this, we've got a divisional race that kind of is fun.
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Albert Breer
Yeah. Finally, tomorrow's headlines. Today, a really interesting game. Cowboys at the Denver Broncos.
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Colin Cowherd
Yeah, I'd say this is probably the second best game. I'm fascinated by it. I'm starting to come around on the Cowboys. I can't believe it. The headline for Dallas. Denver will be shot happens. 350 yard daiquiri dropped onto the field. Colin, this is about Dak Prescott. How about this? I saw a funny stat. The two best offenses in the league are the Dallas Cowboys and whoever's playing Dallas because the defense is so leaky. Sounds like Trayvon Diggs. I'm reading here in the last hour. Could be going on the ir. I don't know what happened at his house. Something went down. Now he's banged up, he's out. So they're going to hemorrhage points on the back end. But man, you know what Dak Prescott cooks. That's man to man defense throwing to Lamb, who can get open and Pickens, who's a cheat code. Denver plays a lot of man, Colin. I think this matchup should. Dax should have another 350 yard game here. The question is, can the. Can the Cowboys defense get enough stops to get the win? I'll take a little Dallas on the money line. And if the Eagles slip up, I'm just telling if you want the Cowboys, Colin, bet them now to win the NFC east because things could go their way this weekend, which is honestly one of the bigger stories in the league. We thought this team was headed downhill, didn't we?
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Albert Breer
I thought it was a four to five win team. Yeah, no, not, not. And I was a fan of, what was it? The August Green Bay Micah trade. Like I was a fan of it. Getting two first round picks. Albert Brer, who was on about a half hour ago, his thoughts on that struggling Bo Nicks Broncos offense and that leaky Dallas defense.
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Snax
I think this is a real strength versus strength game where you've got an outstanding Dallas offense with a dat with a quarterback and Dak Prescott playing at an MVP level. Two receivers in Lamb and Pickens who have number one type ability going against a Denver defense, that's fantastic. Right? So you have strength on strength there. I think on the other side now Denver's got that opportunity to really assert themselves offensively. It'll be interesting to see whether or not they can do it.
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Albert Breer
You know, it's, it's interesting with Sean Payton, he, you know, Bonix. If you go to Russell Wilson's prime, what did he do? He ran around and you know, could struggle over the middle of the field. Bo Nix now, young guy, runs around really well, has struggled on the deep ball. Russell was very good on the deep ball early, but never really saw the middle of the field. You know, there's some complaints that, you know, Bo Nix is little run Reliant, has to move, hasn't been as good from the pocket. Greg Cosell says, I tend to think if you can run as a quarterback, do it for the first two years, then scale back on it. But for two years, as you try to decipher NFL defenses, pick up first downs, use your legs. By year three, don't run as much, learn to slide. But I think it's almost like when you go to work at a new company, the first two years, just live at the office. Now I tell my kids, in your 20s, you've got the energy, live at the office. 30s, start a family, 40s, you lose energy in the NFL when you're a young quarterback. These defenses are so much tighter and well coached than college. Run, move the chains, move the sticks, pick up first downs. It's going to be choppy. You know, people look at Mahomes, well, Mahomes didn't have to play his first year. So you didn't get those five or six really sloppy, ugly, turnover prone starts. You know, he had Alex Smith, Andy Reid and inherited Travis Kelsey closer to his prime or in his prime. All right, first things first is around the corner. World Series tonight, Dodgers and the Blue Jays stars. Power hitters everywhere. Cy Young winners.
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Katie Couric
On the latest episode of Next Question with me, Katie Couric. I sat down with Bernie Sanders. We've talked many times over the years, and today he even throws a few questions my way.
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Albert Breer
All right, are you ready for another question?
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Colin Cowherd
Go ahead, Hit me, Bernie.
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Katie Couric
We talk about the billionaire class, the cost of living, and of course, the government shutdown. Listen to Next Question with me, Katie Couric on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Colin Cowherd
Johnny Knoxville here. Check out Crimeless Hillbilly Heist, my new true crime podcast from Smartless Media, Campside media and big money players. It's the true story of the almost perfect crime and the nimrods who almost pulled it off.
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Albert Breer
It was kind of like the perfect storm in a sewer. That was dumb. Do not follow my example. Listen to Crimeless Hillbilly Heist on the.
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Colin Cowherd
Iheartradio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Snax
What's up, everybody? It's snacks from the Trap Nerds. All October long, we're bringing you the horror.
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Albert Breer
Boogity, boogity, boogity.
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Snax
We kicking off this month with some of my best horror games to keep you terrified.
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Albert Breer
Then we'll be talking about our favorite horror and Halloween movies and figuring out why black people always die first. And it's the return of Tony's horror show side Quest, written and narrated by yours truly.
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Colin Cowherd
We'll also be doing a full episode.
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Snax
Reading with commentary, and we'll cap it.
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Albert Breer
Off with a horror movie battle royale. Open your free Ahar radio app and.
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Snax
Search Trap Nerds podcast and listen. Now.
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Albert Breer
The rich Russians Falling out of Windows podcast is back. Sad oligarch season two.
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Colin Cowherd
Since we left you in 2023 after.
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Albert Breer
Season one, many politically motivated Russian millionaires.
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Colin Cowherd
Have continued to die in suspicious circumstances. Season two gets very weird.
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Albert Breer
Listen to Sad Oligarch on the iHeartRadio.
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Colin Cowherd
App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart podcast.