The Herd with Colin Cowherd - BEST OF THE HERD – Chiefs Dominate Broncos | Herd Hierarchy: Bills #1 | Nick Wright: Stop Making Excuses For Justin Herbert

Episode Date: September 15, 2026

Colin Cowherd has major questions for the Broncos and QB Bo Nix after they get crushed by the Chiefs in week 1. He also discusses the Chiefs new offensive identity focused on RB Kennth Walker and the return of Patrick Mahomes from a knee injury. Colin also shares his Herd Hierarchy after week 1 of the NFL season: 1) Bills… 4) Bears… 10) Eagles. Plus, Nick Wright from First Things First joins the show to talk about the Chiefs bouncing back as Super Bowl contenders and why it’s time to hold Justin Herbert accountable after the Chargers loss to the Cardinals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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live every day on the IHeart Radio app by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. This is the best of the herd with Colin Cowher on Fox Sports Radio. It is a Tuesday. What in the world do we make of what we witnessed last night? Are the Chiefs back?

Are the Broncos toast? Bo knows nothing after that performance. Welcome in it to Tuesday. Heard hierarchy. and the unique one after week one and one hour from now. So you could be a really good team and have a really bad week one. The Patriots, the Chargers, the Rams, and the Broncos. The differences, Stafford, Herbert, and Drake May are seen as minted guys.

Bo Nex for Denver is still in that. Do we make him the future phase of his contract? Right now, you can't. But, Colin, you love Bo Nex. Yeah, and Sean McVeynex. loved Jared Goff, and then he didn't. And C.J. Stroud was the savior with the Texans. And then he wasn't. And your boss thought you were a rock star in sales. Then you got distracted.

A year later, you're like number four on the vice president potential list. This is not a legacy position at quarterback. What the NFL is, what have you done for me weekly? Not lately. We're Weekly, Bo Nix last year won 14 games. His passer rating was 88. To give you some perspective on that, the average passer rating, last 21 years, of quarterbacks that win 14 games is 105. So of the last 17 quarterbacks to win 14 games plus, Bo Nix has the lowest passer rating. And that's where Sean Payton, Jalen Waddle, had one catch for two yards.

This is a stacked roster at tight end, at receiver, at back. The head coach, you're supposed to have some hot shot offensive coordinator whiz. But Colin, you liked him. Yeah, and now I don't. It's not good. I thought Jaden Daniels, after his rookie year, was going to be Andrew Luck. Plus, and then he wasn't. I'm not saying you have to bench him.

Again, the Rams, the Chargers, the, I mean, Drake May through three, four, quarter interceptions. But we all kind of know Drake May is special. Raw, but special. Okay, Sean Payton is not a 42-year-old firecracker. Been around. Doesn't want to coach forever. Okay. I look at this thing right now, and I'm telling you, Bo Nick's in trouble. Because the great quarterbacks just make it work. Mahomes last night wasn't great, but he just made it work. You go down to the Buffalo game at Houston. It wasn't pretty.

Sometimes Josh Allen's reckless. He just makes it work. Caleb Williams, I'm going to take off. Makes it work. Quarterbacks come into three categories. They're either elevators, they're executors. They execute.

Or they're inhibitors. Bo Necks was a talented executor. Could he become an elevator? No, he's category three now. He is getting in the way. Again, I'm not saying to bench him. But not only is there a gap between Mahomes and Bo Nix, there is now a gap between Jackson, Dart, and Bo Nix.

Since he entered the league, he has 10 starts where the passer rating has been under 70. Again, I'll give you a pass on your first 20 starts. You're going to have bad Caleb Williams first year. I'm going to give you a year and a half to figure it out. But I've always said, by Thanksgiving of year two, I got to see some stuff that is special. And he is athletic. But not only does he have 10 games in which a passer rating is under 70, he's got another 13 where it's under 80. Like last night can't happen.

Of his 17 completions, 14 are only 5 yards down the field or fewer. That is dink and dunk. That's a staff that doesn't trust. And that's with Jalen Waddle. So, like, yeah, I used to like a lot of things. And then I don't. Jeff Bezos always says that you should make changes every day at your company. Don't change your values or morals, but you should make changes every day.

Like the team's too good. The roster's too good. And I'm not saying it's week one. Patriots had a weird second half in week one. Rams were lost in a fog. Chargers were awful. That, you can blame anybody you want. that staff doesn't seem to trust him.

They're not throwing the ball down the field. Here's Bo Nicks on the loss. We let ourselves down, we shot ourselves in the foot, literally gave herself no chance to succeed today and made it easier for them, point-blank period. And we know we have to be better. There's a lot of guys in that locker room that are going to take ownership and going to be better.

And, you know, it starts with me. It starts with our offense. And we're going to be better and we have to, you know, we don't have a choice. We don't have a choice but to get better. and, you know, just a nasty wake-up call today. Okay, the tackling wasn't good either, but the tackling was good last year for Denver. I'm going to week one poor tackling.

Week one inefficiencies. Start going to Bo Nix's last four games. Start going to these really rock-bottom games as the team around him is winning. I don't know. Like, to me, Sean McVeigh loves Jared Goff. And then all of a sudden you look out in the world. wilderness and you're like, yeah, I really don't. That's how I feel Sean Payton. Wouldn't say it publicly. Doesn't want to lose the room or Bo Nix. That's how I would feel today. Okay, so, you know,

are the Chiefs great? I don't think so. We use this word a lot because it matters. It's called intentional. What you watched with Kansas City last night and Chicago on Sunday was a very intentional game plan. The Chiefs are like, we haven't run particularly well since like Jamal Charge and Priest Holmes. We have Kenneth Walker. We're going to run the football

intentionally. So Andy Reid, who's 22 and 5 off a buy and 11 and 3 now in week one, had all summer. They get Kenneth Walker. We are going to make a point to be a physical football team.

Because in Kansas City, do you realize when he had that 60-yard run that you're watching on TV right now. Kansas City last year only had one back all year that rushed for 60 yards in a game. Like the Chiefs can't run. It's like Priest Holmes, Jamal Charles, and the desert forever. I'm watching that run. I'm like, when's the last time I saw a run like that in a big spot by the Kansas City Chiefs? So Mahomes now has some help. But you could see that Andy Reid was thinking, okay, I got a rookie, undrafted left tackle. Patrick Mahomes, psychologically,

of a torn ACL, he's going to do his stuff off script, but I'm not going to lean into him. I'm going to lean into running. And that's what you saw. And we saw it all weekend. Ben Johnson, we are going to establish the run. You saw it with John Harbaugh and the Giants.

Jackson Dart, short, rhythmic, efficient, passing to get the Giants rolling. And you saw it last night. Andy Reid's like, we haven't run the ball consistently. here with power and force and efficiency and forever. Let's go get Kenneth Walker, and they built a game plan around Kenneth Walker. So, 191 total yards, that is a big night.

I tell you, a couple years ago, y'all told me running backs were done. The Bears ran for 280 yards, and I'm watching the Chiefs last night. Mahalms didn't throw the ball down the field. I mean, three years ago on this show, we were pushing back because everybody said, The running game is dead. Well, it was in Kansas City for a long time. But I just sat and watched that. I'm like, when you can watch a football game and you can see in the first two series what a coach is trying to do.

That means the athletes have a job to do. They've been given a job by coaches. And it tells you it was a clear and decisive game. game plan. Let me ask yourself, you ask yourself this about Denver. What was Denver trying to do last night? What was Dallas trying to do against the Giants? I still don't know. That is not clear and decisive coaching. What I watched last night was Andy Reid said, fellas, we got an undrafted left tackle. We're not going to make him. We're not going to put him in a spot to win the game for us. And we love Mahomes, but the receiving core can be a little sketchy. We're going to pound the

football. We're going to dominate the line of scrimmage. It was like a Cohen brother script that you're not going to sway from. Like this is what we're going to do, word for word, and it played out. I mean, they hit rock bottom as a franchise in the run game, and they have pivoted to a different offense. Here was Mahomes on the win. I just wanted to get out there and play. This is what you do it for, and I was able to play and go out there, and my guys around me kind of helped me. So whenever I wasn't, I feel like I didn't play my best football. We still were able to go out there and beat a really good football team. Y'all were asking what's the difference of our offense? And I said, K-9. It's just that simple.

The way he's able to run the ball, catch the ball, I'll throw one little hot to him there on that read that would probably be a big play. But it's just a special ability to run the ball tough between the tackles. And then when he does bounce it, he has the speed to go all the way. One of the things that we talked about before the season started, and Jay Mack and I have talked about this, you start looking at the Rams schedule. it gets dicey. You start looking at that Denver schedule now, the way Bo Nix is playing in his last four or five starts.

Denver's schedule would be difficult if Josh Allen was your quarterback. Denver now has to face Jacksonville. Remember Jacksonville played them last year? Remember that game last year? Denver played Jacksonville. Jacksonville tossed them all over the field. Bo Nix couldn't move the ball. And then it's the Rams.

At San Francisco, at the Chargers, the Seahaw. Arizona's got a pulse. Kansas City. So you've got to ask yourself, But that's a hard schedule with Mahomes and Alan and Lamar. Like that is a tough schedule. So my take is, you know, Sean Payton a couple of times last night and in postgame was sending very nuanced messages to his coaching staff and Bo Nix.

I mean, what did Denver do last night at a high level? And I mean, name one thing. Nothing. It's almost like a team that rested on their laurels after last season. Oh, we're great. We got to the AFC championship. They did nothing this offseason outside of Waddle. They got the quarterback on the rookie deal.

And is this team better? We know the numbers historically, Colin. Year to year, defense is not sticky. Defense can go up and down. That's very true. That's interesting. You texted me last night. The way it works in the NFL, offenses year to year are similar because you have the

offensive coach, you have the quarterback, you have a good old line. You can depend on a good offense year after year. Defense is weird. Like some years, a defense gets fumble recoveries and interceptions, and then the next year they don't. And it used to hold more years ago when the rules help defense. But the rules now are all angled toward offense.

So you can be a very good defense one year and you don't get interceptions, you don't get breaks, you face better quarterbacks. You miss 28 tackles. This is bad. Texans and Broncos, two elite defenses got embarrassed this past weekend. So I absolutely

shredded. The Cowboys, invested in defense, couldn't get a stop. I mean, we look at the Colts. The Colts has got, we've traded for Sauce Gardner and the Colts defense supposed to be good. I mean, I don't know. Maybe these teams face good quarterbacks, but that is a bad sign for the Broncos. They're looking at like a two and six start. Yeah, I want to play a couple of bites from Sean Payton, who is blunt.

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Okay, this is not a, these aren't the standings. These are teams that, that, and listen, the first month, there are 15 teams we can argue over. But here is my herd hierarchy. Week 1. The hierarchy. Time is now. Let's go. The top 10 NFL teams, according to college, number 10.

The Eagles are maddening. Five, three and outs, seriously, but it is the best roster in the NFL. And Jalen Hertz leads the NFL in completions and touchdowns and pass attempts over the last five years. I mean, so like pass attempts over 25 plus yards. So like, I think they're better without A.J. Brown. They'll spread the ball around.

Offensive line, like a lot of offensive lines was a mess in week one because none of the starters play in the preseason. But I can't keep, I picked them to win their division. I cannot keep the best roster in football that I picked to win a division and won ugly out. They're 10. Number nine. I have the Bengals as the second most improved team. I have them as a playoff team. I think Chase Brown is the best running back in the NFL nobody talks about.

Last six games, touchdown and a half. They went and bought a defense. And you could tell. much bigger, much faster, much more physical. Dexter Lawrence, Jonathan Allen, Boye-Moffey, Cassius Hal, the defense is different. Every time Joe Burrow gets, you know, a little help, he's a playoff quarterback. I have him at 9. Number 8.

I don't care what any of you say. The Giants are talented. They have a culture issue, not a talent issue. Abdul Carter and Brian Burns on the edge. Tell me a better edge-rushing tandem than those guys. neighbors Jackson Darts, Scataboo, Arvel Reese. How about Francis Mauioga? The offensive lineman.

Francis Maui Noah, my bad. The offensive lineman from Miami. 36 pass blocking snaps. Didn't allow a hit. The talent is not the issue. Yeah, they could use another corner. It was a coaching, culture, and health issue. Jackson Dart, Scataboo.

Arvel Reese, Burns, Abdul Carter, Andrew Thomas. Dudes are not the problem. I had him as the most improved team. I've got him at eight. Number seven. Kansas City. Listen, maybe they're low, but what I watched last night was something called a run game. You got to go back to Priest Holmes and Jamal Charles.

Like, wow. I mean, I like Kenneth Walker when he's healthy. I thought it was a really smart. They didn't have them a home, throw the ball down the field much. I thought it was a really smart, intentional game plan. Now, how much of it is like Bo Nix may not be the guy and how much is the defense? We don't know that. But it was just, listen, Andy Reid off a buy or Andy Reid in September is just no fun to play.

But you got to admit, and many of you don't want to, that was impressive. Number six. 49ers. Listen, Shanahan's 12 and 7 against McVeigh, but again, it's not that they won. We know they're talented. We just don't know if they're going to last. I compared them to Game of Thrones. Great early, good in the middle.

A lot of your favorite characters won't be around at the end. I don't know how healthy they'll be. But their starters, I mean, Debo and Mike Evans had 12 catches. They knocked the Rams on their keister for three and a half hours. There was nothing not to like. In week six, they could be out five starters. But today, heard hierarchy week one, I've got them at six. Number five.

The Jaguars. I mean, I'm sorry, folks. What do you want me to say? The last 10 regular season games, they're beating the you know what on everybody. I mean, I know Cleveland's bad, but it's not just Liam Conan and Trevor Lawrence. Go look at their defense. They have six game allowing 10 or fewer points since the start of last season. They're doing it on both sides.

We don't talk about them. We don't want to talk about him. But it was that last year when they went to Denver and blew out the Broncos, It was like, yeah, I think they're good. If they were in New York, if they were in Dallas, would we struggle looking at this team and saying they're five? No, of course. They're good.

We got to own it. Number four. Chicago, first team with six rushing touchdowns and a season opener since the 1922 Canton Bulldogs. Here's the thing. First, it was Bill Walsh, then it was Andy Reed for 20 years, then it was Shanahan McVeigh. we have found our next great offensive coach.

Ben Johnson is different. I said, I went to one practice, and it was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what am I watching? Roma Dundzee now is healthy. Folks, to drop 59 points is one thing, no defensive touchdowns. Colston Loveland didn't have a catch. Now, I don't know if they can generate the kind of pass rush that can put great quarterbacks in discomfort. I don't know if they can do that.

But I said it last year, Caleb's different. Ben Johnson's different. This is different. This could be a Reed-Mahomah's thing we're talking about. It's not just good. I've seen good. Demico Ryan, C.J. Stroud. Oh, I like those two working together.

No, this is not good. It's special. Number three. The Ravens. Now, we know week one, Lamar 16 touchdown two picks. Lamar Jackson in week one, when he's totally healthy, is something else. Outgained the Colts by 255 yards. Daniel Jones looked like they didn't want to get hit.

I think everybody, Chris Ballard, Shane Stuyck, and I think everybody's under pressure. It was impressive. I've fallen in love with Baltimore a lot in week one, two, and three when Lamar's healthy. But Jesse Mentor, go look at the Chargers defense. He left. Go look at the Ravens performance. He arrived. I put him at three.

Number two. I'd put him at one, but Sam Darnold's not healthy. But Seattle's the only team in the league that can have 10 penalties, multiple turnovers, not play well and beat good teams. They did it last year against the Rams and the Texans. They didn't play particularly well. Ten penalties, new offensive coordinator, out of sorts, and they beat the Patriots, and really shut them down totally in the fourth quarter.

So I think between coach and general manager and depth of roster and speed, they're not a top team with Drew Locke. But Drew Locke's now been around. Now he gets first team snaps for the last eight to nine games because they played in a Wednesday. So I think they drop to a number two or three team. If Sam plays, I put him at one. I have them now at two. Number one.

Much to the chagrin of my next guest, I have Buffalo in the Super Bowl. So again, like the Bengals and the Giants, I have Buffalo in the Super Bowl. Offensive coach, a greater sensibility, feel, touch, and nuance with their star quarterback. Told you DJ Moore would fit. They drafted a lot of defensive guys in the last couple of years. Let's see if they can play. but two touchdown drives of 96 plus yards. I thought that were the best team I saw.

Considering the opposition, nobody does that to the Texans defense. Nobody does that to Domingo Ryan's. I mean, be honest. Nobody does that. And Josh Allen and the Bills did. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific. You've heard the chaos. Now you can see it.

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listen to here's the thing on the iHeart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts all right nick now nick's gonna say where are the rams again no miles garrett stafford can't move o line plays bad in in september that's not what i'm gonna say that's not what i'm going to say that's not even the la team i want to talk about because all i want to talk about here is the AFC West. If we have time to get to the other things, that's fine. But my, oh my. Andy Reed is a friend of yours.

He comes on the show. And yet you, at the last moment, we're like, you know what? Broncos in, Chiefs out. I can't do it. Not like the, I can't trust. Patrick Mahomes, the Chief's Young defense, a real running game. And now all of a sudden, now you're like, oh, there's questions about Bo Nix, there wasn't going into last night, buddy.

What about that Broncos defense I heard all about? What about that Sean Payton and the great offensive line? We got a bunch of 20-year-olds making Bo Nix panic and drop the football. I tried to tell you that you were once again under all. The Chiefs make five of six Super Bowls, seven straight AFC title games. They have one injury riddled down year, and you're out entirely. Out of the Super Bowl bubble, out of the playoff bubble. It's outrageous.

And they just, the, the chiefs ran that division for nine years. The Broncos took it for nine months, and the chiefs took it right back last night. And so, like, I mean, I don't know what more. Patrick was not good yet. And they could have scored 34. They could have scored more. It was, it was an announcement to the league. And I told you all offseason, Kenneth Walker was not the best player to change teams,

but he would be the most impactful because the Chiefs going from the least effective running game in football to that is a bigger upgrade than Jared verse to Miles Garrett than the Rams corners to Trent McDuffie did the Broncos trade for Jalen Waddle? I heard they did. I didn't see him last night

than any of the other additions. So the Chiefs are back to be in the Chiefs and you're right, Colin, the Bill's offense was the most impressive unit I saw. Now letting the Texans and say, Texans and C.J. Strouds score 31 of their own. That's not great, and that could be a problem. But, yeah, I'm happy to see the Chiefs back where they should be kind of as the top team in the AFC West.

Well, I said, you know, people often say, Colin, you flip-flop, and my take is new information, new opinion. So, Colin, you liked Bow Nicks. Yeah, and Sean McVeigh loved Jared Gough, and then he didn't. And I'm watching, so I always say, Thanksgiving year two, I've got to see. something. Yeah. Okay. Now we're moving

into an area where I need ascension. Now, I've got 10 starts with a passer rating under 70. Last night, he couldn't throw the ball down the field.

So my take is I'm watching their play calling. Their play calling is telling me we don't trust him. It's not, I mean, they didn't establish a run game. They didn't throw the ball down the field.

They didn't get it to Jalen Waddle. Like, what are we doing here? It feels like, like, I said this earlier. You could watch the Niners and the Chiefs. I knew what Andy Reid and Harbaugh wanted to do. I could see the game plan.

I don't know what Denver was trying to do, and that, to me, is an indictment maybe on Davis Webb or maybe on Bo Nix. Where are we with him? Well, listen, you've got to give Davis Webb credit, and I know you did last year for the clutch stuff, the comebacks, all of that. And it's sad for Broncos fans.

I mean this sincerely, not being a smart aleck, that they didn't get to see what that playoff run would have looked like had he not broken his ankle. I think they would have been well positioned to beat the Patriots and then we'll see. But the reason they were trailing in a lot of those games, the reason that, because they have an old roster, they have a very talented roster. Like people think they're young as a bow. They're not.

They have a great offensive line. Last year they had a great defense. You love Sean Payton. The biggest question mark has been their quarterback. He came through for them last year. This year's off to an auspicious start or an inauspicious. start and you mentioned Davis Webb. I mean, Sean Baton's going to let Davis Webb call plays for maybe another 45 minutes

before he takes that job back from him. But you know what? I don't think it's fair that people say you flip-flop, Colin, because if you ever going to flip-flop, you'd have flip-flop about the Chargers and Justin Herbert. Can we talk about that? Okay. The guy's going to be 35 years old and you're going to be like the arm talent. I mean, the guy doesn't put up great stats.

His win-loss record is a slightly above. average. His playoff record and resume is the worst this century. In this game against the Cardinals, their final three possessions of the game, he throws to a 5-8 guy in double coverage who had two catches last year, deep down the field, but look at the arm, picked off, then he throws short of the sticks on fourth down, then he throws short of the sticks on fourth down again. And we are now, I know, we are going to do the same dance we do every year. We're in the off season, the Chargers are a juggernaut. Then Herbert underwhelms, and we're like, you know what?

I don't love that roster. They're changing offensive guards. Where's Biotic? Why doesn't he have receivers? Meanwhile, Mokonkis getting his ribs X-rayed because Herbert threw him a hospital ball. Enough on Herbert. You got it. You got to flip-flop on him, please.

Please flip-flop on the Chargers. Okay, well, here's a team. I won't flip-flop on it. It's the Bears and Ben Johnson. so I had said earlier that there was a time that Bill Walsh, the league copied him. Sure. And then I feel like, and I said this when he was in Philadelphia, that Andy Reid changed the league. Third and three became a passing down.

Yep. Like Andy Reid changed the way we literally looked it off. Third and three was no longer running down. And then for 20 years, you're like, and then all of a sudden McVeigh-Shannahan come in and you're like, oh, these guys now, Andy's aging. I'm watching Ben Johnson. Detroit had not led the league in offense until Ben Johnson. got there since 1954.

I mean, the bears are historically, inept offensively, haven't led the league in scoring an offense since like 56, since like Elvis topped the charge. Sid Luckman, yeah. Yeah. So, in my take is on this stuff, that is not just Carolina. This is the new guy.

This is the new, like, about every six to seven years, a guy gets injected into the league and we're like, oh, wow, that's different. Am I wrong on that? And now he's got Caleb, who is a wide receiver, apparently, according to the data on speed, fifth fastest run. I mean, this feels different to me than just good.

No, listen, I think they could have the best or certainly a top three, top five offense. I am anxious about their chances, big picture this year, because I think that as impressive as 59 hung on the scoreboard is allowing Bryce to have the best game of his life and a lot allowing 37 is concerning on the other end. Maybe they trade for Max Crosby. Maybe there are another draft in transaction cycle away from being able to have a competitive enough defense. You worry for them that could they be what last year's Cowboys were or two years ago,

Cincinnati, where you have a top three offense, but the defense just can't get stops. But I have no questions about Ben Johnson offensive mind. Ben Johnson head coach. The early returns are excellent. You know, there's more than just the offensive side, so we have to see the full picture. But to me, the biggest story with the Bears is not their coach, it's their quarterback. And I couldn't believe, Colin, that going into Sunday's game, Caleb only had three career rushing touchdowns. That was shocking to me.

He had three total rushing touchdowns in his career prior to Sunday. He was a dynamic runner at Oklahoma and USC, and you saw that on display Sunday afternoon. Also, year one to year two, Caleb had two flashing red light concerns, took awful sacks, and the pre-snap stuff was not good. He fixed it all that last off-season. This off-season was, can we miss fewer layups, can we be a little more accurate, and can we not need the late-game heroics? early returns are spectacular. Like, could Caleb Williams be a year three league MVP? Absolutely.

And your point that they did that with Colston Loveland, who might be their best option, having zero catches is remarkable. And so I think the Bears' offense is totally legit. The Bears overall, I think, could be held back a bit by their defense. But Caleb and Ben Johnson are here to stay. To me, there's no question about it. You know, I've said, the old saying is the opposites attract, and that's fine. They may attract, but ultimately you'd like to have some commonalities with your partner.

Like, over the course of time, you'd like to like some of the same food or music or whatever. And you can win Super Bowls with a great quarterback and a defensive coach. We know that. But it can be, you know, ideally, I do think Stafford's better with McVeigh. Purdy is better with a Shanahan. I think there's a language and a sensibility. I mean, Brady almost laughs about it, like that he and, you know, Josh McDaniel, like, we talked to different language than Bill.

And I watched, I know the defense wasn't great. And I know if Lassiter hangs on to that, it's a different game, but that's the NFL week-to-week. It's always a play late. Of course. Of course. But it did look offensively, they've got weapons. They can do a little of everything. I mean, it's pretty impressive to go to Houston and do that.

No? Listen, no, I told the, I think you have. misjudged how I feel about the bills. Like, of all the quarterbacks who don't have a Super Bowl, the one I'm most confident one day will get one is Josh. Obviously, a

handful of them will. But I think he's more likely to get one than Lamar, than Joe, certainly than Herbert, like the other veteran quarterbacks that don't have one. And I do think the two-play sequence of the Lasseter drop and then the Josh

laser for the win, is a good microcosm of how they actually have to play. I don't think the bills, listen, they have a great offensive line, a very good running back, and a really, really great quarterback. I don't think their defense is outstanding. No. So they're not going to be able to win four consecutive playoff games playing conservative ball control football.

They have to just let Josh Allen loose. And you know what? Sometimes you come up snake eyes. Sometimes you do that and you have four turnovers in a playoff game against Bo Knicks and go home. But that's the only way they're going to have to be able to win the Super Bowl is Josh Allen. We hope we have hot dice in January and Lassner drops it. Because Josh Allen totally unleashed where he's running, where he's throwing deep, where he's doing kind of wacky stuff is one of the scariest players of my.

lifetime in the NFL. I think Joe Brady wants to do that. I think Josh wants to do that. It's one of the reasons I think Josh wanted Joe Brady as the head coach. So yes, listen, I think Buffalo is really well positioned. I think Baltimore is really well positioned. I think Kansas City is really well positioned. So in other words, it's the way it always is. Last year was dumb. The Ravens are out, the Chiefs are out, the bills don't win their division. People can be mad. Everything's better in the NFL if it's Chiefs, Bills, Ravens, and then we'll see who comes out of the NFC to see what they can do.

That's the standard. I thought all three of those teams put their mark on week one saying, last year was a weird year. It's back to normal in the NFL and in the AFC in the Big Boy Conference. I'll be honest with you, and I say this in all sincerity, I like when the Chiefs are great because you have a little more joie de You have a, you have a little more money too. Yeah, I'm not coming on here having like, geez Louise, my wife's going to ask about these withdrawals.

Like, no, I feel great. It's what it's supposed to be. And undrafted free agent left tackle out there. The number six pick of the draft played three plays, got a pick, hurt his shoulder, he's out. Youngest defense in the NFL. Rishie Rice still's got his prison weight on. Like, we're only going to get better, buddy. I'm down here right now and wait, wait till mid-season.

I don't know if it's going to be Tyree Kill signing, a trade for Calvin Ridley. If the Cowboys thing goes really south and they're like, we got to get something for pickings. They're going to add a receiver. And then, oh my. Oh, my, Colin. Kenneth Walker, Patrick fully healthy, that young defense, smells like 2022 all over again if you ask me, my friend. And I can't wait. Nick Wright, first things first.

As always, buddy, it's great to have a football season and you back. Yeah. Great to see you. See you, Colin. Yeah, listen, how do you wrap a bow on week one? O-line play, not very good. Three or four really good rosters, Denver, Rams, chargers, laid eggs. I thought Philadelphia and Detroit played poorly, but one. Green Bay looks like the wheels are starting to come off. And Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams, it's different.

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