The Herd with Colin Cowherd - 01/08/2021 - HOUR 3 - NFL weekend

Episode Date: January 8, 2021

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They've got to buy, and he is now joining us live on a Friday. So Mercedes, you were just telling me during the break, so much of the NFL is not just players, but it's management. Is it well run? Is there stability? And I thought it was fascinating. So I asked you during the break, you can't go out. You're dealing with the same stuff we are. and you talked about what the Packers are doing for their players,

and it just speaks so well of why Green Bay is so good. Tell our audience, let's say I wanted to grab something to eat, and I was a player for the Packers. What would it be like? So if you say if you were a guy coming in for the first time, like we just signed you during the season. You know, they really make it easy for you as far as living life and being able to maneuver around the tight spot.

you don't necessarily have to spend money here unless you really want to. Everything from food to shakes to supplements, it's all there for you. And they really make it about the players. And so that's something that I definitely don't take for granted. And I'm sure I speak for the rest of the team when I say that. Yeah, Mercedes said you wouldn't have to pay for food if you lived and played for the Packers. Every meal, every snack, everything is totally taken care of. You have similarly taken care of your body.

That's why you've lasted so long. Take me to playoff intensity and regular season intensity. When you line up, do you sense it? Can you feel it? What's the difference? Yeah, I think, you know, the biggest difference is the finality of it all. You know, you lose, you go home. There's no do-overs.

And I think it puts that much more pressure on you to execute the highest level and pay, you know, great attention to detail. It's just one of those things that, you know, you know, you know, this is it, you know, and you feel that every single play. You know that, you know, each play could be either the one to win it or lose it. And so I think that's the biggest difference. You know, it's interesting. There's obviously, statistically, the difference between Matt Lefleur and Aaron first year

and Matt Lefleur and Aaron this year is significant. We didn't have a preseason. We didn't have camps. But was there a moment that you sensed this year wow, Aaron's way more comfortable, perhaps with the language, the play calling. Did you notice it early? Yeah, I mean, obviously, with no off-season and stuff like that, we have to do everything remotely.

And you can just tell within the meetings, and then right when we got back, you can just tell, you know, both of those guys are comfortable. They understand that, you know, in order to get this thing done, you know, we have to be able to fuse everything together. And when I say that, I mean, you know, Matt has his philosophy on how he wants things done. And obviously, Aaron has played a lot of ball, won MVP's, won a Super Bowl. You know, he has things that he believes that works. And so being able to tie those two things together and, you know, being able to lean on both of those guys, I mean, it's really helped.

And you can see it. I'm not telling you anything that you're not able to watch every weekend. Yeah. You know, it's when you are a veteran player, and Green Bay still feels, young to me. You and Aaron may not be, but this week, you are a veteran presence. You are somebody that's been around like this. Do you sense young players understand that? Like, they gravitate a little

if players asked you about the playoff experience this week? Not directly, but you can tell. You know, it's different. Not everybody. You know, I've been in this late 15 years and only been to the playoffs, what, three times, three or four times. So, you know, it's definitely not something that's given. It's a privilege. It's something that's earned. And I think, you know, in this team, we have the right leadership. And the guys that, you know, haven't been there, they do a good job of following. And it's just, you know, permeates throughout the entire locker room. And, you know, we're definitely focused on the task at hand and definitely not

taking it for granted. You know, last year you were a good team, but you had gotten pushed around by physical teams two or three times. So when you came into this year, my take away, was, I know Green Bay is good, but can Green Bay go play a Tennessee? Can Green Bay play a Philadelphia and get into the Octagon and go play physical ugly football? And you guys did. I thought you played one of your best games of the year against Tennessee. You played great last week against Chicago. I mean, if you go look at the Packers draft, Mercedes, it looked like the organization went and got a big running back, a blocking tight end, interior lineman. Was it a big part of the discussion this year getting more physical?

I think, you know, it wasn't necessarily a discussion, but it was more so the elephant in the room. And, you know, that, you know, football is about a game that, you know, grown men going out there and taking what they want. And, you know, obviously last year, Torres Sotel, yeah, when we're in the playoffs, we didn't go out there and take what we wanted. And so, you know, whether that, that's used as fuel going forward or whatever it is.

But we understood, you know, what the perception was last year. And I think every day when we're out there practicing, it's about changing that narrative. So I think each day, we each rep, we're doing that. And, you know, it's important not to get ahead of ourselves, but we're in a good position and looking forward to competing with whoever it is that we have to play next weekend. You know, it's funny. You played in warm weather, UCLA. And then you go down to Steamy Jackson.

and now it's January. It's Lambo. It is cold. Sometimes it may not be something you're used to, but you just sort of buy into something and say, I'm going to live this and love it. So cold weather football, Mercedes, do you love it yet? I think it's one of those,

it's like a mystique, you know, like we love it because we know everybody else don't love it, you know? And it's like, you know, we, we, we, adapt to it, adapt to it and adjust to it. We still practice in it. We go into the indoor every once in a while. When it's cold like that, we're outside practicing and getting that gristle on our bones, so to speak. So it's definitely an advantage.

And they call it the frozen tundra for a reason. Yeah. By the way, I love that shot. We're showing shots right now of Lambo. There's this one shot I like, you know, it's a small, small town. And so this stadium's right off the road. and if you've ever driven by Lambo, I've actually never been in Lambeau Field.

But I love these pictures of it. Because you grew up in Big City, L.A. Here's the picture. These pictures are incredible. You have this massive stadium in the middle of nowhere. I mean, this is a silly question, but what is it like to live in Green Bay as a big city guy? I mean, it's definitely small.

You can drive from the front into the back of Green Bay in like 15 minutes. Like, it's super small. This stadium with all this tradition is right in the middle of these small houses. It's definitely totally different and definitely an experience. But that's what it's all about, man. And I think that's what, you know, being in Green Bay and playing football and having that tradition and, you know, diehard fans. That's what it's all about. So, you know, I'll be able to tell my kids about this one day for sure.

Seven playoff games. This will be your eighth. Mercedes-Lewis. Totally appreciate you coming on. And good luck to you in the pack. I appreciate that. Thanks, Colin. You bet. Speaking of Mercedes, go the extra mile and your upfitted Mercedes-Benzprinter van. Go to Fox SportsRadio.com. You can enter until January 24th. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal, but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque. Others say it's unleashing human potential. Either way, the podcast Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes for a full year.

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I bet you I've had him on a dozen times. He's one of the really good guys in sports. He's great. He's the kind of guy. Like Bill Parcell has always talked about that. When you take over a team, go get veterans who change the character and the work ethic. You get on the phone with Mercedes-Benz. Where's Mercedes-Lew?

You just bring him to Green Bay. He's a grown-up. He's a willing blocker. Aaron's got in a room full of 23-year-olds. Aaron Rogers has somebody he can connect with. They're both California. You need a good mixture. He's a really good guy to give like an Aaron Rogers, smart guy, California guy.

Because as Aaron gets older, your teammates get younger. And he's now in an opportunity to be with a winning team, which is fun. I love the shots of Lambo. You can literally see the houses right across the street from the stadium there. What's like the most remote place, I guess, in the country that you've seen a stadium? Yeah. Whoa, Penn State, you cannot even believe it. If you've never been to Penn State, I used to go to basketball tournaments at Penn State.

And it's... You drive over a hill and there's cows. You can't even get cell phone service. You drive over a hill and there's this massive stadium. Yeah, Penn State is a good example. And the campus, by the way, architecture building, law, it's a beautiful campus. But it is in the middle of nowhere. Happy Valley.

Yeah. Yeah. So the Nets were without Kyrie Irving last night during their 122-109 win over the 76ers. Kyrie was listed as out for personal reasons, which came as a surprise to his head coach. Steve Nash said before the game, he did not know why Kyrie was. wasn't playing and hadn't talked to him but hoped everything was okay. Karras Levert did tell reporters after the game that Kairi did text his teammates. Before the game,

KRI will also not travel to Memphis for the game tonight. And KD is also out with contact tracing. He may be available Sunday if he continues to test negative. So do we know yet why he was out? They're just saying it's personal reasons. And Steve Nash has said that it's a personal issue that he is sorting through. Oh, okay. Yeah, so we don't know exactly what it is, but just a little bit of a confusing situation there with Kyrie.

Hopefully everything's okay. But, yeah, it's just a little odd that he head coach didn't know what was... You give your coach a head coach a text or something. Yeah. So Deshaun Watson is reportedly unhappy that he was not involved in the hire of new GM that Casario and could ask for a trade from the team. Texan's owner, Kyle McNair, responded to those rumors during Casario's introductory press conference today. I've come to understand that it's been reported that Deshaun feels left out of the process, that he and I had several visits, and I understood his point of view before meeting with candidates.

I've reached out to Deshaun about Nick's hire, and I look forward to him getting back to me when he returns from his vacation. Is he breeding that? That was odd. That was an odd. Was that a press conference or a Zoom? I mean, it was a press, it's Nick Casario's introductory press conference, but that was very, like, that was a statement, I guess. He was a little stiff. Well, I think because he was reading it from a prepared statement.

Well, I'm reading this. I hope I'm not stiff. Well, I mean, we're professional broadcasters. Butcherbox, two pounds of ground beef, butcherbox.com slash hurt. I think you'd be a little more jovial during a read, can't you? I mean, we're a professional broadcasters. This is what we do three hours a day, every day. when he was asked about the idea of trading to Sean Watson,

Nick Casario, who is the Texan's new GM, said the respect and admiration I have from as a player, and when he's done for this organization is significant, he's our quarterback. This is a bad situation in Houston. By way, Tui, all your Texas football teams are a mess. It's unbelievable. Longhorns, Texans, that's your city.

Be responsible. By the way the Rock gets unraveled. What's wrong with your city? I need new teams, Joey. Cheaters, Astros. You want to jump on the Miami. Bam wagon? What a bunch of cheating losers down there in Houston. It's just wild.

Look, I'm on Deshaun's side because they opened the door for this. I'm always on the player's side when the front office is bad at communicating. That's your fault. You never should have told Deshaun he was going to be involved in the hiring or that his advice or opinion was going to be solicited and then you don't solicit it. That's on you. It's not normal. for your quarterback or your star, at least in the NFL, to weigh in on who the coach should be. And if you open that door and then you don't provide, it's on you from, it's perfectly reasonable for him to be upset.

On top of the fact that he's carrying your organization for the past few years and had an unbelievable season in complete disarray. Yeah. You know, it's funny when you watch Deshaun Watson video. So if you go look up his height, two of you probably know it. He's only like listed at 6'2. You know how some guys, when you see him in person, are special. smaller than you'd think. When you look at Deshawn Watson's video,

this just shows you the magnitude and his sort of physical confidence, he looks so big on the field. And 6-2 is under NFL average height. When I watch Deshawn Watson play, I have never thought he's shorter. He looks so big. He carries himself. There's a play here we'll show,

sorry for the radio audience, when he runs in for a touchdown. He looks, He plays tall. He plays big. His physical confidence is big. He plays. Aaron Rogers, by the way, six one and a half.

Aaron plays big. You stood next to Aaron and I'm as tall as Aaron Rogers. People say that to me all the time. They always think I'm tall. You have a big personality. Big presence. You have big presence. I'm very short.

I'm five. Two, we get your Houston act together. Your whole city is a mess. Disaster. Finally, Mike Evans suffered a knee injury early in the Bucks's final regular. season game last week. He's been testing out the knee at practice and reportedly looked comfortably looked comfortable yesterday. But his availability for the wild card game is still unclear. Bruce Ariens said Evans will be a game time decision tomorrow night. He has had 70 receptions

for over 1,000 yards and 13 touchdowns. He's also the first player in league history to begin his career with seven straight 1,000 yard seasons. Obviously a massive piece for them. I still think that they get the win without him. If it's a matter of playing him, in this game and it might be too soon. I mean, obviously, nothing is guaranteed in the playoffs, so it's not the regular season where you want to save him for later, but they do have a lot of offensive pieces. You know, it's interesting in that game.

You could have the two best rookies. So the pass rusher, Chase Young, has been unbelievable. People, Tristan Wirth's the right tackle for Tampa, people are saying he should get like rookie of the year votes. So of all these quarterbacks that we pay attention to, the pass rusher for Washington and the right tackle for Tampa, people believe that Tristan Wirth's as a rookie is a pro-bowl right tackle. Yeah.

So lost in all this quarterback and Chase Young is Brady's got a right tackle that may be the best in football. That's a, so that's the trenches are going to decide a lot in that football game. Joy with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Hurd-Ly News. All right, Jason McIntyre's got his NFL pitch.

It's tomorrow's headlines today. That's coming up. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific. On Fox Sports Radio, FS1 and the IHeard Radio app. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque. Others say it's unleashing human potential.

Either way, the podcast's Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes for a full year. Within probably 10 days, I'd put on 10 pounds. I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the I-Hard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying.

Yep, that's me, Cliver Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw,

unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment. And the next, we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast.

It's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to The Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok.

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Totally unreasonable with different parts of life, right? Like, oh, have all three meals and make sure you're mindful during all of them? Absolutely not. During one meal, I'm standing. I'm standing and handing my children food. Because healing, empowerment, and resilience aren't just ideas, their practices. And this Mental Health Awareness Month, there's no better time to pour back into yourself. Listen to cultivating her space on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

Good to have you in. Absolute pleasure. Jason McIntyre. His podcast, Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. Let's bring him on live Friday. He does his picks on our show and we absolutely. love it. Fox Sports Radio 2. Jason McIntyre now joining us live. All right. We call it tomorrow's headlines today. You're a former newspaper guy. What's the headline tomorrow for a huge weekend of football? So let's start this. Tomorrow's

headlines today. Colts at the Bills. What's it going to be? I love this game, Colin. It's going to be a big one in Buffalo. There will be fans. The headline will be party like it's 1995. The Buffalo Bills. They're winning their first playoff game in. Look at that, Colin. What, 26 years. I do like Buffalo here, but it's going to be close.

I know you are Mr. Indianapolis Colts here at FS1. You have all the connections there. I think they keep this one close. I mean, think about this, Colin. When the Buffalo Bills have won six in a row, they've covered eight straight, they are the hottest team in the league right now, hotter than the Chiefs by a mile, okay?

Anybody gambling on this game is going to the window and saying, Give me the Buffalo Bills. I like Buffalo. Colin, you know we tend to be contrarian in these spots, so I actually bet the Colts getting seven. I like the bills to win, but I think it's going to be close. Okay, you get a great coach in Frank Reich, a good quarterback in Old Man Rivers, and you got a Buffalo team kind of dinged up.

I don't know if you noticed. Stefan Diggs missed some practice this week. Cole Beasley looks like he's not going to play. Ultimately, I do believe the bills prevail. One number for you, Colin. Josh Allen, just to show the maturation he's prevailed this year. Okay. Last year, under pressure, five touchdowns, four interceptions. This year, 12 touchdowns, six interceptions. He's so much better when rattled and under pressure, and he will be in this one.

I like the Buffalo Bills to pick up the victory. All right. Tomorrow's headlines today, Rams at the Seahawks. What's the headline going to be? It's a great game. Defensive Slugfest, right? The headline will be. Rams can't get golf. The ground. Remember, Jared Goff got the three screws in his thumb, and it's a weird situation. Okay, McVeigh is kind of hedging his bets. I don't know who's going to start. I saw a poll online that said Rams, 77% of fans want John Wolford, the backup to start. Well, Seattle fans, 100% of them want Jared Goff because they know he's very limited. Okay, this is a guy who has struggled at times. He's the franchise quarterback.

Colin, the more you look at it, does Jared Goff give this team? a chance to win the football game. Think about this. The Rams are better than Seattle in every aspect. Wide receivers, running backs, defensive line, secondary. The Rams are the better football team. But quarterback is the big chasm here and why I like Seattle. Ultimately, Russell Wilson, significantly better than Jared Gough.

And of course, John Wolford, we know how first time quarterbacks do in the playoffs. Tomorrow's headlines today. Brady in the box at Washington. Ooh, night game, Colin. You know what that means for Tom Brady? The headline will be old beats young. Tom Brady, I'm going with TV 12, the 43-year-old. Listen, these primetime numbers for Tom Brady are not overblown.

We can scoff and people can laugh. Tom Brady goes to bed at 8 o'clock. He wears a diaper. Ha, ha, ha. Okay. Tom Brady, Colin, in his last seven primetime games, O and 7 against a spread. Okay?

Oh, and four against the spread this year. Just one and three. straight up. And Chase Young has been running his mouth this week. I kind of love that, right? A rookie defensive end talking trash about a Hall of Fame quarterback. He's going to have some good numbers this weekend. This is not a great matchup for the Tampa Bay left tackle Donovan Smith. Chase Young has a big game, but Tom Brady ultimately gets it done in a low scoring close game. Yeah, they got more weapons for sure. Tomorrow's headlines today. This one, Ravens at Titans. I didn't want, I don't think this is, this is not one of my favorite bets of the weekend.

I do like Baltimore to win. What say you? Okay. The headline will be simply la marvelous. Give me Lamar Jackson, finally winning a playoff game. Colin, that's weird that you don't feel confident about Baltimore. This might be my strongest bet of the weekend. I like Colts a lot.

I like a couple totals we'll get too shortly. But I really like the Ravens here. Think about it. After Derek Henry had 193 yards in the playoff game, okay? What do the Ravens come out and do? We got to bolster the run defense. Let's get Callais Campbell. Let's draft Patrick Queen.

Let's trade for Yonnik and Gokwe. They've got the defensive pieces in place to stop Derek Henry. And I know Titans fans now are shouting, well, Jay, Henry had the game winning run in overtime when they beat the Ravens. Well, Brandon Williams and Callais Campbell missed that game. If you listen to what the Ravens are talking about, everybody's healthy. Colin, I would not be surprised if this were a blowout for the Ravens. I'm going to give you one number. Nobody mentions this. Nobody talks special teams. But when I was riding, Joyce Miami Dolphins earlier this year, their special teams were huge. Ravens number two in the NFL and special teams, Tennessee 29th. That's an edge you can have. Give me Baltimore Big here.

Tomorrow's headlines today. COVID-Pleg Brown to the Steelers. Oh, poor Baker Mayfield. The headline will be. Steel Curtin closes on Baker. Colin, I mean, this is unprecedented, right? They can't get to the playoffs for 18 years. And now they have without their head coach who has COVID. And this is weird because he can have no communication with the sideline, right? About an hour before the game, communication stops. And you know there's no precedent for this, but guess what? We just saw Clemson, Ohio State. And you called that correctly, Ohio State would win. Clemson was without their offensive coordinator, okay? He had been there six years. And if you watched early, Clemson's offense was hot. You're like, oh, they don't

miss the O.C. But those are the scripted play. plays. Every game, they script the first 15 plays. Clemson did well early. They did nothing after that because the in-game adjustments are massive. Without Kevin Stefansky adjusting against an elite defense, I feel bad for Baker Mayfield. I really like Pittsburgh here. Yeah, so do I. Finally, tomorrow's headlines today, Ohio State number three and Bama number one. Yeah, this line is soaring and with good reason. The headline will be Nick of time. Nick Sabin wins another. That's, I think, five in ten years, seven overall. Alabama's going to beat Ohio State. And listen, I know I have a lot of Buckeyes fans. You obviously close with Urban Meyer.

And Ohio State watches your show all the time. There is some chatter online. You don't know how accurate it is that these cluster COVID situations are happening at Ohio State. There are rumors about which part of the defense is going to be hit hard. All I'm saying is just go ahead and take Alabama now. They will win this game. Ohio State was tremendous against Clemson. It was an excellent matchup, but there are no advantages here. I kind of like Alabama to cover the spread. Well, and I also think Alabama's strength is Ohio State's weakness, which is Alabama's O-line, time to throw, great receivers, and sometimes in the back end, the Buckeyes struggle.

So I agree with you. Yeah, you know, it's funny about, I only bet two games this weekend. I took the Rams and I took the Steelers. It's not that I don't like Baltimore. It's just until you see something, you don't know something. And it's like, I want to see Lamar. I want to see him play. I think they're going to win.

There is a narrative building. Does he fall behind? My concern is they just start running that football with Derek Henry. And Lamar gets cold. That's my concern. But you said it was your favorite. What's your second favorite play? Okay.

So I got a little exotic here. First half under, Washington and Tampa. Okay, Washington is the third worst first half offense in the league. Okay, Tom Brady, primetime narrative. At night, Saturday, Mike Evans, we don't know how healthy he's going to be. Washington's going to play it safe. They are ultra-conservative with Alex Smith. So they're just hoping to run the football, a couple checkdowns.

They don't score in the first half. I think Tampa comes out slow again in prime time. Good bet. Under 22 and a half. And the other one, I'll just toss out quickly. ram Seahawks under 42 and a half. The familiarity between Pete Carroll and McVeigh, both of these coaches, none of them want to make a mistake, right? You don't want to hand over the football on a turnover.

So a lot of running, both top 10 rushing offenses. I know these sound exotic and people are going to think, man, this is very nerdy. But listen, you're looking for an edge anywhere you can find it, right, Colin? No, I think the Washington Tampa bet's really, really smart, actually. Jason McIntyre, Fox Sports Radio, straight fire Jason McIntyre. Thanks, bud. Stay safe out there. Yeah. Joy, you said you're doing Fox Sports Radio tomorrow.

I am filling in for Jason. So where's he going? He's doing the Talk the Line show, the digital show that you guys do. Tomorrow? Yeah, leading up to the games. All right. You guys got a lot of assignments. You guys.

Well, listen, we're not at Colin Coward status yet, so. You work Saturday. We got to work Saturdays and Sundays. I'm working tomorrow. I don't drink during these playoff games. Total clarity. I want clarity. want to see the game clearly.

Tomorrow night, I may have a little spritzer. Nachos and a little spritzer tomorrow. Notches and a spritzer. I'm going to go hang. We're going to have friends with, Ann and I are having dinner with our friends, Eric and Kim, so we're excited for that. So then we'd just open things up a little bit.

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