The Herd with Colin Cowherd - 11/04/2020 - HOUR 3 - Playoffs

Episode Date: November 4, 2020

Playoff or takeoff: Colin picks which NFL teams he believes will make the playoffsGuest: Peter King Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The price was a little rich. I thought the Raiders would actually go out and do something because they don't have a ton of pass rushing pressure. And they've shown they can beat the best teams. They beat the Saints. Dominated them in the second half. They beat the Chiefs. I think they're going to get into the playoffs. I really do.

I thought the win over the Browns was huge. It could be like a tie-breaking game for them. I thought they would go after it. Plus the Raiders have done so well the first couple of years with Mayock and the draft. They're getting huge productivity from offensive guys. They're not paying them anything. But they didn't asking Price from Belich. check probably too high and Peter King now joining me live Football Morning in America, NBCSports.com.

You know, Gilmore, Raiders were my landing spot, but price was too rich. Were you surprised Green Bay didn't make a move, although historically trading deadlines in Green Bay don't go together much? Were you surprised at all that didn't make a little move in Green Bay? Green Bay is an arch conservative franchise when it comes to, you know, doing something at the trading deadline for major draft capital. So no, I'm not surprised at all. I would have been surprised if they would have, let's say, traded a three for Will Fuller,

which is probably about what it would have taken. Look, Brian Gutakins, the general manager of the Packers, basically stated his ideas about the Green Bay Packers on draft day. Not only didn't he take a wide receiver in the first round, which was a desperately needed position. he didn't take a wide receiver at all. Not only didn't he draft a wide receiver, but he didn't buy even a halfway decent one in free agency.

So I think it was unrealistic to think they were going to go wild in free agency. And many people who watched the Packers would say, they would have been much better suited outbidding Tampa for Steve McClendon. Yeah. So he could provide some bulk in the interior of the defense, because that's where their big issue right now is. You know, this game Thursday night, if it's played, by the way, this game Thursday night at San Francisco, anybody who's got Jamichael Hastie on their fantasy team or if he's still

available on waivers, go get him because he's going to touch it about 27 times Thursday night. Yeah. You know, I was saying about usually I have, I call it my Super Bowl bubble. I always feel like there's about eight teams that have to be serious considerations to be favorite in the Super Bowl. And I don't know if the passing game of Baltimore is good enough. The defense is physical enough in Green Bay. I don't know what to make a Tennessee over the last two weeks. But I feel like Pittsburgh is the one team that has floored me. And I said this yesterday is I've been critical of Mike Tomlin before, but you can't criticize. He has done more than enough.

This defense is unbelievable. It's kind of on Big Ben. You got you have the weapons, Ben. You got to make plays in the playoffs. I'm not sure if Tomlin's had a better year. I thought they'd be an 8-8 football team. What do you make of what they've done with new pieces, youth on defense, youth on the perimeter. What do you make at Tomlin this year? I think what Mike Tomlin's done, as usual, is very, very good. I think he's a classic underrated head coach. And everybody says, well, you got Big Ben, you got a good defense. Well, it reminds me when people used to say to Pat Riley and with the Lakers, whatever, 20 or 30 years ago, hey, all you got to do is roll the ball out there and let those guys play. That's a terrible thing to say about a head coach, because you have to figure

out ways to motivate guys week in and week out. Everybody who's been through that program, with the exception probably maybe of big names of James Harrison and Antonio Brown, will speak glowingly of what a great coach Mike Tomlin is. Now, about the Steelers, the reason why I thought they might be better than most of us really thought entering the season, is that if Big Ben is healthy for 14 or 15 weeks, that receiving core, who he's still getting used to, Colin, is one of the best in football, especially now that Eric Ebron is holding down the tight end position. So to me, this has not surprised me all that much, and especially because when you have a top three defense and a quarterback who's got big weapons, you know, in his receiver group.

I don't think anything that they're doing is surprising. What did your sources say about Antonio Brown to the Bucks? It's certainly not a position of need. What are your thoughts on that and what does your people say? I think it is a position of need, Colin. If you watch the New York Giants play the Bucks on Monday night, what you saw. is, first of all, the number one or two receiver, Chris Godwin, out with a broken finger, and he's probably going to miss Sunday, but we'll see. And, you know, then Mike Evans is playing at about 80 or 85%. The underrated guy with the bucks is Scotty Miller. Nobody, everybody thinks he's a little smurfy slot receiver. He's an outside receiver with 4.35 speed. And everybody

he doesn't know him because he went to Bowling Green and he's not had a great career to this point. Tom Brady loves Scotty Miller. Every time I looked at him the other night, he's limping. This was not some luxury pick for Bruce Ariens. They needed a wide receiver. And look, people around the league, I think they believe that it's not going to be only a coach that is going to be able to take Antonio Brown and keep them in line. But I've talked to three or four people who are huge on the Tom Brady factor with

Antonio Brown because Antonio Brown doesn't fear or whatever, Byron Leftwich or Bruce Ariens. But he is consciously going to make sure that he doesn't let Tom Brady down because Brady is a guy who time and again has said, I want this guy on my team. The fact that he's living at Tom Brady's house, look, you know, Antonio Brown needs a babysitter. Let's just be frank. And he's got one now and the greatest quarterback of all time. You know, I was saying this yesterday, the three things that will get you booted as a quarterback from a franchise, doesn't mean you can't go somewhere else.

But your coach, number one, inconsistency. Number two, your coach loses trust in you. And number three is you're never healthy. I look at Jimmy Garoppolo, and I'm like, okay, got hurt in New England, first full year, now he's hurt again. And Sam Darnold, Jets can say whatever they want, they're going to draft, they're going to draft Trevor Lawrence. I think Darnold's going to have the Niners and the Colts, Chris Ballard and John Lynch. I know both like Darnold out of college. I think Garapolo's done in San Francisco.

You know, at the end of last year, when he basically took the ball out of Garoppolo's hands, had eight pass attempts in a playoff game. I came out of that game and I saw that's Kurt Cousins and Zimmer. Like he didn't want him to throw the football. I got to tell you, Peter, I think Gropos, I think Garoppel is done in San Francisco. I really do. Your thoughts? I don't know if he is, but you'd, you'd be foolish to think he might not be. You know, in the 80s for four years, I covered Bill Parcells and the New York Giants. And I can hear this. I hear it in my sleep. You know, he, would say, all I can go by is what I see. And that right now, if Kyle Shanahan is being honest, if John Lynch is being honest, all they can go by is what they see. I don't know the numbers,

but I'm just going to guess that by the end of this year, Jimmy Garapolo will have missed 40% of the games that he's, since he's been a 49er. It's a guess. But it's probably not half, but it's close. And not only that, when he's played, about half the time, he's played at a C level. And last year, regardless of what the 49ers said in the playoffs, they basically, after he had his Steve Sachs experience toward the end of the year early in the playoffs, they went to the run. And he wasn't horrible in the Super Bowl, but he also had a chance to win it and he didn't do it.

So again, they love Jimmy Garapolo the person, but I think right now they're unconvinced about him as a quarterback. And I agree with you. If I were Joe Douglas of the Jets, and I'm after the season, let's just say hire Eric B. Enemy. You go to Eric B. Enemy and you say, okay, this is your job. And Joe Douglas is going to work with you, but we're not picking anybody you don't want. Who do you want? Let's just say he wants Trevor Lawrence.

Whatever, he might say I want Justin Fields. I don't know. But he says that. That is when Joe Douglas calls John Lynch and says, John, I'm going to make this easy for you. I don't want anything this year. I want your one in 2022. That's what I want.

That's what will get this deal done. And if he won't do it, then you hang on to Sam Darnold and you wait for somebody who's either going to give a high two this year are a one in 2022. And you trade Sam Darnold. I think that's what they have to do. Yeah. It's kind of be an interesting draft.

Peter King, NBCSports.com. Been a member of the board selection for Pro Football Hall of Fame since the early, early 90s. And appreciate you stopping by, Peter. My pleasure, Colin. Have a great day. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal,

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A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care which I'm 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.

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Search Learn the Hardway and listen now. As they keep counting votes in America, Joy and I are wearing red and blue today, and it's totally out of the blue. We did not plan to do that for all of those watching today and wondering if we have some sort of political statement. It's called I'm a guy and it was what was available on a chilly morning.

Yeah, I wanted to wear a sweater and I like this one. Enjoy Taylor with the news. Turn on the news. This is the herd line news. The Cowboys will be on their fourth starting quarterback this season. Sunday when they face the

undefeated Steelers. I wonder if the line is on that, actually. What was 14, but what is it? I mean, seriously, it's got to be like 18, 17 points. I think I'm taking the Steelers. I wouldn't bet it. Fox bet it. I wouldn't bet it. I wouldn't bet it. I stay away from those games.

I don't like, because here's why. Because Pittsburgh could just rest guys. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Ben Danucci has been benched after struggling in last week's loss to the Eagles. So Dallas will give both. Garrett Gilbert and Cooper Rush reps with the first string offense this week

and then decide which one will start. Garrett Gilbert was the University of Texas quarterback. He has completed two of six pass attempts for 40 yards in the NFL. He last saw action in December 2019 with the Browns and the Cowboys signed him off of the Browns practice squad in October. This is Cooper Rush's second stint with the Cowboys. He signed after Dak got injured. He's completed one of three-pours.

attempts for three yards and has 13 rushing yards in the NFL. He lost action with the Cowboys in 2019, but he has not thrown a pass in the league since 2017. Pittsburgh favored by 13 and a half. I will not bet it, but I would take the Steelers. Yeah, I would take the Steelers and the points if I was going to bet that. This will be the first time since 2015 and the Cowboys have started four different quarterbacks in the same season. That was the year Tony Romo, Brandon Whedon, Matt Castle, and Kellan Moore were needed, and they finished four and, 12. So it's kind of a bleak situation for the Cowboys. But that depends on how you look at it because you do have Jack Prescott coming back. And you're going to have a great pick. You're going to have a great pick and you can restructure for the future unless you are, you know, the front office of the Dallas Cowboys who still believe that there is value in winning the division this year. I do not. I think that's the Eagles and you look forward to next year.

So Antonio Brown is practicing with the Bucks for the first time today. He spoke to the media about how excited. is to have this opportunity. I've been super grateful to be here with such great organization, to be around some great players. Well, I took a lot of time off of the game, you know, to re-evaluate myself, to look within, you know, to get a better perspective of myself, working on myself within and without. And being this position, you know, we followed the mission.

And to get back on track, you know, is what I'm here to do. Well, if this doesn't work, it's over. Oh, that's, I mean, absolutely. Absolutely. A.B. gets one more shot because if it doesn't work with Tom Brady living in his house, then it's not going to, you're done. He's got a TB12 hat on. Oh, I saw. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, you're absolutely right. This is the last stop for Antonio Brown.

Again, I don't feel emotionally any way about it. We in this business have to separate art from artists all the time. Yeah. And I think it's interesting. I'll be interested in seeing how it works. I don't think it's going to work. Not as far as on the field. I just, based off of all the evidence that I have, it's not going to work.

But I'm not rooting for it either way. I just want to see what happens. And this is definitely the last stop for him either way. So Tua's first start in the NFL didn't wow anyone. But Brian Flores said there's some things that they need to work on going forward. Offensive coordinator Chan Gaylee agrees and thinks Tua just needs some time to reach his full potential. the game starts to slow down from because it's at a hectic pace the first time you go out there. He just got to keep working, timing with these guys, and keep getting reps.

The more he understands, the more feel he gets with the receivers, I think he'll get better and better. And he just needs to play. I wanted to take a look at Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, and Tua's stats in their first start. Tua was the only one to win his first start, but as we know, it was kind of the rest of the team that got that win.

Two would admit that as well. But it's kind of interesting when you look at the number of passes, the attempts that Burrow and Herbert both attempted compared to Tua's. He was 12 of 22. Herbert and Burrow, it's like, here's a playbook. We're going to go through it. Just try everything.

Burrow was 23 of 36, Justin Herbert was 22 of 33. The first downs are also interesting if you look at that because the dolphins had eight first downs. Herbert 28, Borough 19 in their first NFL start. And Burrow and Justin Herbert each had rushing touchdowns in their first NFL start, not passing touchdowns, which Tua had. It's just very interesting. They very much shows they did not do a lot with Tua. Well, they didn't have to.

They didn't have to. That's not going to work every single time, as we know. Sometimes it's on the quarterback to carry the entire team throughout the entire game, which is not what we wanted to see, but you would have liked to see a little bit more from Tua. But to Change's point, and this is how I feel about it as well, it's his first NFL start didn't need to. Why do it? Why force it?

Why put them in situations where you may make mistakes and blow that game? Miami's that- You are still completely in it in that division. And you're also, you're in a playoff chase. So, like, let's not lose sight now. They've won three straight games. Let's make sure everybody knows that. Exactly.

like this isn't this isn't burrow or herbert for that matter but particularly borough where you know you're not going to be in the playoff race so let's just do let's make all these mistakes now let's show you on tape where you went wrong air it out and we can adjust but i'm i think these next two weeks will actually be really telling to see what they do with tua because the rams were awful so assuming that these next two weeks they actually play and they're they're turning the ball over at an unbelievable pace will actually have to seem more from Tua. This week is like, this week is like a football heaven weekend for you. You get Buck Saints and you get Tua and Kyler Murray. It's going to be great. It's the NFL. I can always find joy in the NFL. It's a soup weekend?

Oh, yeah. Sweaters, soup and sweaters. Love it. Joy with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Heard Lye News. We take the teams, 10, 15 teams in the NFL we play play playoff or takeoff.

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They last. All right. Playoff or take-off. So the staff's going to give me a bunch of teams, and I'll say, do they make the playoffs? I look at their schedule, their injuries, who's coming back, who's leaving, who's moved, who did you,

Choir, Joy, here we go. And now, Colin will decide if a team is headed for the playoffs. Playoffs? Or taking off for vacation. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Please turn yourself in securely. It's playoff or takeoff. All right, Colin.

Eagles, playoff or take off. Playoff. Playoffs. Okay, all their guys are getting healthy. Jalen Rieger, Dallas Goddard the tight end. Jason Peters were back this week. Lane Johnson, Miles Sanders, going to return after the buy. Then you have a pretty good team.

And that's a team that can compete. And there's seven, four, and one in their last 12. Here's an interesting thing. Nine of the Eagles' last 12 touchdowns have come from players promoted from the practice squad the last two years. No practice squad more valuable in the league than the Philadelphia Eagles. No question. The Dallas Cowboys playoff or takeoff? Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking.

Their offense is pathetic. They have one touchdown since Dak got hurt, and their defense is the worst in the league. I think the Jets would beat them if they played today. I think they're the worst team in the NFL. Because I think the Jets are at least giving you a little effort, and Darnold would make plays. So it's the worst team in the NFL.

Chicago Bears playoff or takeoff. As much as I like Matt Nagy, takeoff. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Nick Foles has thrown a pick in six straight games. That's the longest streak in the NFL. So you're getting, he may be a better thrower with the football than Trubisky, but he makes a lot of mistakes. And they have the lowest scoring differential above any team 500 or better, meaning they can win, but it's ugly. They kind of have one way to win, which generally tells you you don't make the playoffs.

The Detroit Lions playoff or takeoff? Take off. I don't get this. I don't get that. Matt Patricia is 12, 26 and 1. by the way, Kenny Gulliday's hurt again. He's a huge weapon. When he's hurt, they don't win.

Two of their three wins have come against the Jags and the Falcons. I just don't get it. A lot of people that I respect love Detroit. And I'm like, I don't think the players buy into the coach. I think their defense has been a problem, not just their offense. And they have a defensive head coach. The Saints playoff or takeoff? Playoff.

Playoffs. A wild card team. Here's the good news. One of two teams in the NFL that have gotten undefeated since week four, and they've outgained people in that stretch by almost 400 yards. Michael Thomas coming back. Their schedule also really lightens up. So they face Tampa this weekend.

That's a real game. But after that, it's the beat-up Niners, Falcons, Denver Falcons. They got a lot of Ws here. They got Atlanta twice, they may be looking for a better draft spot, so they're going to make the playoffs. The L.A. Rams playoff or takeoff? Playoff, tough division. Here's a thing.

They have the best second half point differential in the league. So they make adjustments at half. The Rams do a good job after half. They're out of games. They get into games. Secondly, they have the largest yardage differential in the NFL this year, almost 900 yards. So when you watch the RAM games, they move the ball. They make a lot of mistakes.

Even on golf's bad days, they move it. So they tend to be a team that comes in. in, they adjust at half, they move the ball. When they don't have mistakes, they win. So it's a playoff team. I just don't think it's a playoff team that can win two games. How about the Cardinals, playoff or takeoff? We'd love to embrace them, but in that division,

it's going to be a takeoff. I think their schedule gets, it gets a little tougher now. They've got the dolphins, the Bills, the Seahawks coming up. Those are tough games. Most penalized team in the NFL, eight penalties. They're inconsistent. They've also played the second easiest schedule in the NFL

so far. So it's a little little bit of a mirage. Schedule gets tougher. And, you know, I think they're wildly entertaining. They're the opposite of the bears. They're really fun to watch. But I think like the bears, there's ceilings

on, on, they got firepower, but make too many mistakes. Miami Dolphins. Playoff or takeoff. I think they'll fight. I'd probably go takeoff at this point. Again, the schedule gets interesting. At Arizona this weekend's not easy.

chargers and Broncos. I mean, even the Bengals game. You think, oh, the Bengals game. Bengals can score. They're on a three-game winning streak. But I have some limitations on what I see offensively with Tua. I guess God, just give me more.

I got to see more. But I think it's really close with them, really close. The Patriots, playoff or takeoff. No, take-off. They're 19 a game. They're a mess. I don't even think anybody disputes. It's a restructure, and you can call it what you want, rebooting, but, you know, tank, you call it whatever you want.

They're not a viable team. The Browns, playoff or takeoff? Playoffs. Yeah, their schedule gets real easy. I mean, their only losses this year have come to the Raiders, the Ravens, and the Steelers. At least they're losing the good teams. And here's the everything about their defense. They get turnovers and they get to the quarterback.

They have to created 14 turnovers this year. That's like tied for most in the NFL. So they pressure the quarterback. That means they get turnovers. So it's a good team. I don't think it's a great team. You can't rely on Baker in big spots, and I thought last week was a bad look, but they're a playoff team. The Raiders.

I think that game last week, I think they're a playoff team. Playoffs. I was wrong. Yeah, I think that game last week, that was a play. You'll go back and you go, oh, that got us into the playoffs. They also have an incredibly easy schedule going forward. They have the highest scoring drive efficiency in the NFL, meaning 53% of the time they get the ball, they score. They're explosive.

You know, they can go over the top. They can pound the football. they can eat the clock. We just saw last weekend they can win terribly ugly. So, you know, I think the Raiders are, it's working. I thought Gruden and Mike Mayock are working. And I like the idea that they can win multiple ways. Last week was just ugly, run the ball, be great on third down, not Raider football,

but kind of Gruden football. 35-mile-an-hour wins, and they want. Playoff or takeoff. Joel Clatt, Peter Schrager. A lot of people stop by it today. keep to leave Peter King. They're going to count votes by tonight we could know. Probably tomorrow afternoon.

We'll know. A lot of vote counting. To stay calm, whatever happens. Yeah, yeah. I didn't sleep that great last night. I knew when Ann wanted a glass of wine at like 350. Not last in the morning. Like it was, you know. In the afternoon, yeah.

She was like, it's a lot. It is a lot. It's a lot for everybody. It didn't have to be a lot, but this is where we are. So. It's come down. the way the poll, people said the polling was terrible. It was off for a lot. But, you know, it said the west coast and the northeast are going to be blue. The Midwest and South will be red. The cities will be blue. The suburbs will be red. And it said it's going to come down to five states, Arizona,

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Michigan. And it is. It looks like right now it's come down to Michigan. So Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada. The Arizona, Arizona, Nevada. The Arizona could tighten up, but it looks like it's come down to Michigan. My wife's birthplace, Michigan's a great state, so it's very, very tight. Love Detroit. Yeah. So, I, you know, I'm going to sit back and watch. The polling was not a good day for polling. It's somewhat accurate, but not accurate. The second time they've kind of missed on Trump. The Trump's shy votes. I mean, there's reasons for that. Some people just don't want to say that they're voting for Trump. And a lot of people

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