The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Colin Cowherd Podcast - Baker → Rams, Joe Montana and Joe Burrow on Joe Cool Legacy, Clutch Performance

Episode Date: December 7, 2022

First (3:00), Colin reacts to Baker Mayfield being claimed off waivers by the Rams, and if there’s any chance to resurrect his career in L.A. Then, Bengals Quarterback Joe Burrow joins Colin to discuss a huge Week 13 win over Patrick Mahomes an the Chiefs (9:00), how he’s become such an accurate passer (11:00), the impact of Ja’Marr Chase returning from injury (11:00), if he can still reach another level with his play (13:00). Then, 4-time Super Bowl Champ Joe Montana stops by to talk similarities between him and Burrow (21:00), what separates them in high pressure moments (23:00), how he would have handled playing the social media era (27:00), the similarities between Jerry Rice and Ja’Marr Chase (29:00), and how they're joining forces with Guinness to help serve local communities across the country (37:00). This episode is sponsored by Guinness. Joe Burrow & Joe Montana Give Back with Guinness and talk about the importance of giving back as a leader. To make the Guinness Pledge, sign up at https://GivesBack.Guinness.com. Follow Colin and The Volume on Twitter for the latest content and updates, check out FanDuel for the best wagering and daily fantasy action, and visit Cuts for the latest Fall fits! #Herd #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome in to a Wednesday morning podcast, Joe Burrow and a special guest alongside Joe Burrow in about 10 minutes. So the saga of Baker Mayfield continues. He has been picked up off waivers by the Los Angeles Rams. They pick up his contract, which is about a million and a half bucks a year. This is interesting. So through the year, something I've been pretty dogmatic about and often criticized for even by media critics is I am really rough on college quarterbacks who come into the NFL with attitudes, immature, in love with themselves, Johnny Mansell, Baker, Mayfield, Drew Locke, Cam Newton, James Winston, because fair or not, your first landing spot is your first landing spot is your best chance to succeed. Most guys don't get a second chance with a really decent team.

But more than that, the first team that drafts you in Baker's case, Cleveland, they're the one that falls in love with you. The GM and the coach draft you so they are going to support you. They want to make it work. And because you don't make anything, they can surround you with really good talent for three or four years. Jared Goff got to a Super Bowl once they got the right coach in Sean McVeigh. Once they paid Jared Goff, the roster's not as good.

So Baker Mayfield goes to Cleveland and has a top three offensive line, Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt, OBJ, Jarvis Landry, Austin Hooper, David and Joku, Miles Garrett. But he is not mature enough to handle the situation. Burns Bridges and Andrew Berry's GM and Kevin Stefansky, despite winning a playoff game, bail on him. Too many fires started by Baker Mayfield. Too immature, not ready. And what follows the dysfunctional Carolina Panthers and now the injury riddled L.A. Rams, who are a mess. This is why I was tough on Baker Mayfield. Your first team is the one that falls in love with you. You're not a scrap heap guy. They view you differently.

It's a new car, right? New car smell. You got to be a grownup. James Winston butchered it. Johnny Mansell butchered it. Baker butchered it. You got to be ready to go. It's unfair that you have to be as mature as a 41-year-old as a 23-year-old.

But in the end, Baker didn't get ditched by Cleveland because he couldn't play. He got ditched by Cleveland because he never grew up. And now the second team sees him as just a backup, just a serviceable guy. They're not going to build around him. He won't get the support. And at this point, there was, you know, a day we thought he could go to the 49ers, but I never thought he was a great fit. They want an accurate distributor of the football.

Brock Purdy was that for four years in college. And even last week, getting no starting reps with the number one team for the Niners, completed 67% of his throws. Brock Purdy is exactly Jimmy Garoppolo light. Distributor of the football, disciplined guy, sits back, snaps it off, gets the ball to Debo, Brennan, I. George Kiddell, Christian McCaffrey, and they get yards after the catch. So I never felt the Niners were a perfect spot.

Baker is increasingly inaccurate and undisciplined. At this point, Baker's career is a bust as a number one pick. 31 wins, 36 losses, 61% completion percentage, 98 touchdowns, 62 picks and a passer rating in the mid-80s. That is a D plus quarterback. He is a bust. Kirk Cousins, by the way, is a fourth-round quarterback with a 67% completion percentage, a passer rating at 98, and a 2.5 to 1 TD the interception ratio. That is a B plus quarterback as a fourth round pick.

So I never thought Baker was a number one talent. I thought it was a reach. I thought he was more of a late first, early second round talent, maybe mid-second round. Be that as it may, what really did him in was immaturity. what I criticized from his college days into his NFL days. Drew Locke, Johnny Mansell, Baker Mayfield, James Winston. It's unfair, but you walk into this league, you got to be an adult because that first team is the one that truly loves you and will fight for you.

After that, you're just a guy in the room. Baker to the Rams, good luck. this team is not good. They may not be as good as Carolina. The rest of America may have bailed on Joe Burrell. I did not. I told you that second half against the Cowboys. Give that offensive line a couple of weeks, baby.

Eight and four, four in a row, got a running game. You're not even getting hit anymore in the pocket. Holy God, what a good month and a half for you. It is humming, is it not? Yeah, it feels really good. We're starting to find our footing. We're rolling. You can feel it every day in practice.

The guys just getting to work, in the facility, getting their lifts in. Everyone's super dialed in on, you know, the task at hand. Does it feel different, Mahomes Week? Just a little bit? You know, I would love to say that it did, but it really didn't. I think that's what makes our team so good right now is we're treating everyone. every single week the same. We're going to practice to get our reps in and get better each day.

And, you know, we're going from there. I think that's why we've had so much success lately. Offensive lines are really different, Joe. Often the offensive linemen are the closest unit on the team. It's so much of it is about playing together. And it kind of explained that to the audience. It's not just that the running game has emerged. It's actually now the past protection is significant.

better three to four weeks. Explain how it works. Yeah, those guys are going to dinner every week. We're getting together after games. It's so much about chemistry and communication up front that you kind of have to be that close to be a great unit. And that's what our guys are becoming. You know, they're one of the best units in the league right now. We're running the ball really well, 150 yards rushing on Sunday. And, you know, they're just continuing to give me time in the pocket. to be able to make the throws that I need to make to move the ball down the field.

When you do something, Steph Curry doesn't think about shooting. He shoots. You are right now the most accurate thrower of the football in the league consistently, and you're often better on later downs. Brady has been like obsessed with the, I mean, he'll go to Costa Rica on vacation and take footballs. You just have a very effortless throwing motion. is it something like mechanically do you ever get loose throwing the ball or is it just innate with you like it's an easy effort it's easy um technically to do it well it's got it's got to that point but it didn't start out that way you know i had to work really hard to get that coming into

college i wasn't really at the point where i needed to be to play at that level and i worked really really hard to develop my emotion and, you know, figure out what works for me. And I think I'm getting really, really consistent in my in my footwork and my doing motion. And that's kind of enabled me to play around with some things, like you said, and get creative in practice and figure out things that I can work on in practice to translate to the games. And I think you're seeing it show up on film, too. Played without Jamar Chase, had him this week.

any benefit to actually for a few weeks not having him? You'd love to say, you know, I think we had some guys step up and make opportunities for themselves and make the most out of those opportunities when he was out, guys like Trent and Irwin and with Joe Mixing being out, guys like Samajai P. Ryan, who, you know, those guys haven't had the most opportunities, but they're becoming a really good players for us. Trent had another catch for us this week. And that being said, it's nice to have one back. It just makes life easier out there.

He's just so good. And we're on the same page so much that it just makes my life so much easier. Your Super Bowl year, you were a better second half team. This year, you're obviously a better team today than six weeks ago. Your LSU team got better as the year progressed. You know, some of the great pitchers in baseball, they're best. better in later innings. Is it a rep thing?

Is it a, I mean, you just take me through it. Yeah, it's definitely a rep thing. I mean, you should be, you know, throughout the game, you should be playing your best late because you've played the defense so many more times leading up to the fourth quarter than you did in the first quarter that you can make adjustments and talk about different looks that you saw. And then, you know, throughout the season, I feel like you should be playing your best late when you have so many more games and reps to be coached off of throughout the year

and so many more practices with reps to be coached off of. But you also have to have guys that take their work seriously and keep their body healthy throughout the year because if you're not healthy this late in the year, it doesn't really matter. Most young quarterback say year three, the light goes on. Do you feel it's gone on or do you have another level? I think I have another level.

You know, I'm starting to find my foot. as far as running the football. I had close to 50 yards rushing on Sunday. And, you know, with the offensive line, giving me the protection that I have had the last, you know, three quarters of the season, you know, I've really been able to, you know, find my creativity again outside the pocket

and find some rushing lanes. And so I think I've added that to my game and my knee is feeling great, and my body's feeling great, which helps as well. How much do you weigh? Um, depending on the day of the week, somewhere around 210. I don't love you running. Like when you run, I mean, I'll be honest.

When Herbert and Josh Allen run, I'm kind of like, they're as big as linebackers. Yeah. Does Zach Taylor say, run, run, Joe, run. I mean, when I watch you, I get apprehensive. I get anxious. Like, what do they say? Well, we've had long discussions about protecting myself and getting down in certain moments and really understanding when I can and can't take off and try to create outside the pocket. And I think that's where I've made a lot of my growth from my rookie year and early last year is understanding what downs I can take off and try to run, what situations I can do that, what situations I can get outside of the pocket and try to create for myself and for my teammates.

and when I can't and when I just need to check the ball down or throw it away. And I think I've made growth there. Yeah, I remember when I said coming out of college, I said he reminds me of Tony Romo, is that good arm, but really escapable. Like, I don't know if I classified it as mobility. I just, he just gets away from people. And a lot of people took that as a criticism. And I was like, I love Tony Romo.

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When you were in the league Maybe it was because there were L ways People never understood I remember hearing Bill Walsh talk about this You were way more athletic Than you got credit for Bill Walsh just didn't necessarily want you Run it around

But did you ever think to yourself I can dunk a basketball I can do it three Did you ever think you never got credit for it? Well you know what's so funny is like it's like a catch 22 sometimes. And I'm sure, Joe, I don't know if you've had the same problems, but when you move around a little too much,

your linemen start complaining. They go, he's supposed to be right over here so I can protect him. But next thing I know, he's over there. I go, well, you know what? It might be your block and your guy, but somebody else, I think, had a little mishap. And then when things take a little bit, longer, you just try to buy time.

You get out of the pocket if you can do it and guys who can do it, just try to find, you know, I'm not trying to run. I'm not a runner, but I was trying to find ways to get the ball to somebody else as fast as I could do it. Right. Do you, Phil Sim said last week, he said, Burrow is Montana with a better arm. That's easy. I thought Joe Montana had a good arm.

I never thought. It's not hard to have a better arm than I had. But, you know, Phil knows because we played him enough times. He saw. He was used to seeing it. Do you see yourself and Joe be? I never really look at things that way. I just enjoy, I mean, I enjoy watching.

I mean, the things that he does and the way that he carries himself and the excitement that he brings to the game and, you know, the throws that he makes, like you made last week. And congratulations, by the way. You sit there and you watch and you go, you know, you to play the game at that level, you have to be that accurate. And, you know, you can do all the things.

You can make the right decisions. But if you can't throw the ball where you want to throw it, it doesn't really matter. Like, you'll see a lot of guys throwing the ball. It's just a little behind and the ball gets knocked down. And it's understanding throws, too, that I think that he has. is that, you know, you got guys running across the field and the guy's right on his back. Now, that guy in the NFL, he's open.

Now, if I throw the ball hard on the line, that DB has a chance to knock it down. But if I throw it soft out in front of him, he runs into it, different story. You can still get the completion. And you see, I see him do those types of things. And a lot of the quarterbacks today, it's always about how strong their arms are and how hard they can throw it. They throw the same pass every town. And then they wonder why ball's getting knocked down. down because, you know, those guys over there get paid to be close to your receivers.

And, you know, I always would say, like, you get in high school, you know, you guys three, four yards open, right? In college, it's down there, like, two feet behind and they consider a guy open. And you get in the NFL, guys are running right next to each other. That guy's open. It's up to the quarterback to figure out how to get him the ball. And that's what the difference in guys like Joe. I want to go back to Joe Burrow.

What I noticed, because I'm in my 50s, is the accuracy and the size are very similar. But there's also, and this is really rare, even the great Peyton Manning, I would watch his feet. He was called a teeth clencher. Peyton could get really intense. Your John Candy story is legendary, is that Joe B. has a real, I have a sense that it's like a race car driver and his heart rate lowers in the turn. And I think a lot of that's innate. I don't think you can teach that.

Some people are anxious. Some people are not. You're both called Joe Cool. So I want to go to you, Joe B. Is that a, do you develop that? Because I see it as a TV viewer. Your feet don't change. I almost think you're more accurate.

But was it like that in high school? Yeah, I've kind of just always relished the moment of, you know, whether whatever sportive is playing growing up, whether it was basketball, baseball, or football, I just kind of like being in that moment and having the game come down to putting the bat in my hand or taking the final shot or, you know, two minute drill. I just always felt like I gave us a good chance to win. when I was at that point in the game with that opportunity. Well, that's perfect.

It's perfect, though. And when you hear everybody talk, it's in the position he's in, no matter what sport, if you don't want the ball or you don't want to be up to bat, your chances of success are not very good. And just example of his throw at the end of the game, not only was it into a tight hole,

but there was a guy right here and you, when he's behind you, you can feel him, but you can feel him and see him, and know you're going to get hit. But that's what makes the difference between the good players and the great players

that can stand there, knowing he's going to take that hit and deliver the ball that he delivered accurately like he did to win, you know, put them in the, to be able to kneel down. And those, those things you just that's what makes a difference in the quarterback to me and that that throw

right there said everything and i think it really it really starts with you know the preparation throughout the week and the preparation throughout the off season not just film watching and in practice but you know in off season getting your workouts in not missing any days all in your routine to a t and that gives you the confidence in yourself to go out and be able to make the plays in those situations. You're not worried about what coverage it is or my feet going to be right. You just fall back to the level of your training. Joe Montana, you didn't have social media to deal with.

But nonetheless, outside of maybe Joe Namath, you were as big a star in your playing days as a quarterback could be. And you didn't have social media. Joe B, who I talk to regularly, I'm like, oh, what are you doing this weekend in your bye week? he's like watching TV and eating at home. I'm like, man, that's discipline. That good looking kids going to stay home and watch reruns on television. And I want to ask, Joe, when you look at what Joe Burrow deals with, Twitter, social, talk radio, would you have handled it as well as him?

Well, I think one of the things that was great about Bill Walsh was he helped you handle the little things that we have. had to deal with. And, you know, he helps steer you through that. I don't know if his coaches are doing that for him. But I'm sure Bill would have taken the reins, just like he did at some point after we won our first Super Bowl. And he finally, he called me in one day and just said, you know what?

I understand, you know, you're trying to take advantage of the success we had. He goes, but I just want to remind you what got us here. And I want to be sure you're doing the same thing and prepare. in the same way because preparation was a big thing for Bill, especially for the quarterback position. So I agree with what Joe just said is that when you go into a game prepared, you know, your confidence level was up. You're not worried about like your feet.

Your feet will take care of themselves because of the training that you've been through. And Bill probably would have had something to do with social media. He would have found somebody if you didn't find it yourself to go handle it for you. and take the pressure off of you having to look at it and be on it and do it. What am I going to do? And taking photos and trying to be somewhere that it's just like everybody was saying, well, I got involved in venture after the venture community after I retired. I probably missed a lot of opportunities while I was there because I didn't pay attention to it.

I was playing a stupid game that I loved and played all my life. and I was getting paid for it. And I didn't want anything to take that away from me. And so I didn't deal with a lot of that. And, you know, I don't know how Joe's handling, but obviously he's doing a pretty good job of it because, you know, it can get in your way easily. Oh, yeah.

You can say one little thing wrong or be in the wrong spot. And, you know, and then it becomes a nightmare on top of it. And you don't want that distraction while you're playing. Joe Burrow, do you ever feel, as Joe said, that you're probably missing out on millions by not embracing it? Yeah, you could always do more. But, I mean, I think if you want to play at the level that I want to play at, you have to be just about as singularly focused as you possibly can be, especially during the season,

you can't have any outside distractions. And what's great about my family and friends is that they understand that. And that's how I want to be and that's how I am during the season. And so my family really helps take care of, you know, tickets and parking and all that stuff. So I don't have to deal with that.

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Either way, the podcast says, 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. The similarities you guys have are really striking to me. You're about the same size. Joe Cool, the nickname.

The tempo and the style, stylistically. look the same. You also both have a dominant number one receiver. You know, it's crazy that Joe B played with Jamar in college, you know, told the front office, I know he needed an offensive line, but get me, Jamar Chase. Joe, I want to go back to Joe Montana, though. Jerry Rice, none of us saw him playing college. It was like Mississippi Valley State. Nobody had heard of him. So Joe, bro, you knew instantly. how good Jamar was. Other Joe,

how long did it take with Jerry Rice? Small college, none of us saw him play. Before, was it a practice when you went? Oh, Lord. Oh, Lord. It became a work ethic thing, which is, you know, we had already won two Super Bowls

and you think you have a pretty good work ethic. And, you know, Bill was talking about this wide receiver and he found and he brings him in. And, you know, the first day or two of practice, I mean, seriously, balls are hitting him in the face, bouncing off his shoulder pads. He's dropping, but he catches the first pass, and it's like 60 yards to the end zone. He sprints 60 yards and scores a touchdown. And so you sit there and everybody's going, oh, geez.

Because, you know, when you're in practice, throw the ball to the wide receiver, they're caught to make that move and go up the field to 10 yards or so and come back. Jerry, every time he touched the ball, he'd score a touchdown. Now, I didn't care for it was nine yards, 90 yards. And then so it became a habit in the game. All of a sudden, now he's scoring touchdowns. And you say, is it a coincidence that he's the NFL's all-time touchdown reception leader by a big margin still? And you say, no, that's what he did every day of practice.

And here we are thinking we had pretty good work ethic until we saw Jerry. And then Jerry, you know, becomes it becomes catchy. And on goes to John Taylor. He's throwing the ball to John Taylor and he's doing the same thing. And then, you know, the sad thing for me is John Taylor could have been Jerry Rice if we didn't have Jerry Rice. I mean, here's a guy that went two times 90 plus in the same game. Only two people have ever done that in the NFL. And then you drop back and you go, oh, John Taylor, John Taylor.

oh, she's Jerry Rice. We look over there, John, I think he was wide open. Andy going, I'm sorry, John. He never said a word about it. I never said a word. Yeah. Yeah, it's, it took a little bit, and then all of a sudden, he had a really weird way of getting behind you.

He had a long stride, upright, but, and I don't know what it was, whether people misunderstood his speed, but, man, he'd get to the post and a heartbeat. And so. What's interesting, Jamar Chase had drops in his first camp. Remember, Joe B. And if I recall, people questioned Jamar's speed. Did they not?

Well, I mean, just hearing him talk about Jerry Rice and how he's talking about how he just had a way of getting behind people. I mean, it just is so similar to how Jamar plays. I mean, he just has. way of getting on your toes and getting behind you on a go ball. It's, I don't know. I've never really seen it before. It's just uncanny the way that he does it. Okay, Joe, I want to tee you up.

The Guinness Gives Back program and Joe Burrow is joining the program. Tell our audience, if you could, exactly what this is. Well, just one thing about Guinness, and I've been with Guinness for a number of years now, And that wherever we go, whatever community they're in, I mean, I think they're 260 years old. They've always tried to be a part of that community and find ways to give back. And the sunglasses that I put on, they created and have those available for people. You can get on the website and figure out how you can earn a pair of those glasses. But they wanted their, the initiative is to pledge a million hours of service.

the communities around the country. And you can get on the website, givesback.ginnis.com and find out more about it. But they're trying to find ways to engage everyone around. Turn on the news. I don't even want to turn it on. It's sad. And you ask people, how can you help? How can they help?

Everybody in their mind is either walking by something or looking at something somewhere going, well, that's how. I wish that doesn't look very good. Maybe someone should do something about that. Well, if you're thinking about it, go do it. That's all. You know, it's pretty simple. And just give back to the community that you're living in.

And, you know, there's plenty of people out there that need food and clothes and help and whatever it might be. And we do a lot of things for children's charities, which is big for us and the whole family. Jennifer keeps everybody going in that direction, which has been great. And so we're just out. there and you know they had this great idea bringing uh some youth into the into the mix and joe's a perfect fit and uh they came up with the campaign and sounded great uh to me and i'm obviously to joe because he's now a part of uh that guinness family and you know he'll he'll soon find out you know how close they are joe b any thoughts well you know one of the biggest reasons i wanted to

to join this was because they were, you know, they made a sizable donation to my foundation to help jumpstart it. And, you know, they've done a lot of work with food insecurity, which is obviously very close to my heart. Talked about it in my Hizmann speech. And it affects the area where I'm from. And so it was really a no-brainer for me. They donated $250,000 to help my foundation that I think will help a lot of people. And so it was a perfect fit in my mind. If you'd like to make a pledge, go to givesback.ginnis.com.

Givesback. dot Guinness. com. Well, both of you, absolute pleasure. Joe Burrell, congratulations. You beat the Chiefs. Do you remember Joe Montana? Do you remember, give me a memory of your Kansas City days.

Because most young people know Joe Montana, 49er, the rings the championships. Do you have fond memories at Casey? I love there. The people, you know, we lived around, the people in the community. And I still remember the first time you run it on the field as a chief. And we were getting ready to play our first home game. And Marty Schottenheimer comes up to me and says, oh, man, way do you run out on the field? You know, in this stadium.

And I'm going, come on, Marty. Seriously? I mean, we won four Super Bowls that run out on the football. You know, he goes, no, I'm serious. But there was something about the electricity in that stadium as a home field participant. And you win this, when the whole stadium at the end of the national anthem, and it says, in the home of the brave, the whole stadium says, and when I end the home of, they all say chiefs as loud as they can.

It gives you goosebumps still to this day, just thinking back to those days. It's a fun place to play. I don't know if it's a fun place to play as an opponent. It's just pretty loud. And, you know, what the heck, the barbecue is pretty good, too. Yeah. The Midwest fans really appreciate their football. They go to, these L.A. fans, if it's windy and 62, they stay home.

You know that. I know that. Yep. Been there. All right. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Yeah, thank you.

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