The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Colin Cowherd Podcast - Colin’s NFL 1st Round Draft Reaction, AJ Brown Trade

Episode Date: April 29, 2022

Colin reacts to the 1st round of the NFL Draft, including why Aaron Rodgers can’t be thrilled with Green Bay’s two picks, why he liked the Ravens selections, the Eagles trading for AJ Brown from the Titans, his take on the Jets moves, which other bad team he thought had a good night, if he likes the Steelers taking Pitt QB Kenny Pickett, and which teams picks have boom or bust potential. Follow Colin and The Volume on Twitter for the latest content and updates and check out FanDuel for the best wagering and daily fantasy action! #herdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A lot of wide receivers, six wide receivers taken in the first 20 picks. Let me first talk about the Packers. It's almost like they're taunting Aaron Rogers. So first 20 picks, six wide receivers. That's a draft record. Two major trades for wide receivers. And the Packers take two defensive players with the 22nd. and the 28th pick.

Now, I'm not saying they're bad defensive players, and they did have to let Zadaria Smith go to the Vikings. But I just don't see the juice with the Green Bay Packers. I thought there were five or six really nice wide receivers. I would have taken those two picks, moved up, and gotten a wide receiver. That's what I would have done. I think the game is changing. That's why there's so many wide receivers now moving around the league.

You know, I thought one of the best picks of the night was Tennessee moving up to get Trey Burks, a big kind of a Debo Samuel clone at wide receiver. Green Bay could have really used that. When Mark Murphy, President of the Packers, about a month ago, said Aaron Rogers doesn't have a three-year contract. He's got three one-year contracts. I don't think Aaron Rogers' career ends in Green Bay. I think the Packers are frustrated, fit to be tied with his off-seasons, his public unhappiness, some of his passive-aggressive comments.

And once again, they go on the defensive side. That's not winning Super Bowls. Tampa and the Rams, more firepower. So I just, I kind of looked at Green Bay, and I thought this was the draft to be aggressive. this was the draft to go get a playmaker. I mean, come on now. Randall Cobb and Sammy Watkins, old and older. Alan Lazard.

Amari Rogers last year, the slot receiver from Clemson is not a game breaker. He's a nice slot receiver. This is an organization that has a way of doing business, and I think it's driving Aaron Rogers crazy, and then Aaron's driving the Packers crazy. There's no way he finishes this three-year contract. You know he's watching this draft rolling his. eyes. Generally

speaking, it always feels like really well-run businesses are lucky, but, you know, what do they say? Luck is the residue of hard work. The fact that the Baltimore Ravens got the best safety easily in the draft,

Kyle Hamilton, in the 14th pick, and the best center easily in the draft, Tyler Linderbaum from Iowa. That is an unbelievable. night for the Baltimore Ravens. Two starters, best players at their position.

This was supposedly a weak draft with the 14th and 25th pick. Now, they traded a wide receiver to Arizona. Lamar Jackson on Twitter didn't love it. But, you know, my takeaway is in terms of who got the most value, I think it's the Baltimore Ravens. It's not surprising. If you go back and look at their history, they just, I mean, they got Lamar Jackson end of the first round.

Okay. So Lamar Jackson's an NFL MVP at quarterback and they got him near the end. So I thought the Packers sort of shocked me by going with two defensive players and the Ravens did the best job. Now, something else you're seeing in the NFL and I love this is that there are younger general managers than ever and they are hyper aggressive. Howie Roseman of the Philadelphia Eagles. So they got very aggressive. They went to Tennessee and got A.J. Brown. And I think this is an important move by the Eagles and I liked it.

And I've said this many times, be aggressive. The Dodgers are aggressive. Right now, the Dodgers and the Mets have two of the best records in baseball. They were super aggressive this offseason. You can buy talent. Do it if possible. So they have Jalen Hertz. The Eagles have whiffed on a couple of wide receivers.

receiver picks, and their takeaway is, listen, we've got to find out this year if Jalen hurts is the guy. So he got us to the playoffs and then was overwhelmed. They were one and done and got blown out. So next year's a stronger quarterback draft. So the Eagles go out. They went and got Hassan Redick. That upgrades their pass rush. And now they go and get A.J. Brown. And what they're saying is, Jalen, we're going to give you a shot here. We're going to get you an over-the-top, big-time playmaker at wide receiver. And I just think that's the way to do it. I think when you have these receivers, and I'm kind of on the fence with Jalen Hertz,

he's not a guy that really can make big plays with his arm down the field to this point. I don't think he's a terribly accurate thrower, you know, over 25 yards. But he's productive. He's a playmaker. He can wiggle around. He got him into the playoffs. I like what Philadelphia did. and I like what Howie Roseman did, the general manager.

Now, again, maybe he has to compensate for some really weak wide receiver picks in recent years. But you can't sit around and pout. The NFC East to me is wide open. And Philadelphia is saying Jordan Davis, Interior Line Star, Georgia, over the top wide receiver. If you're an Eagles fan, you've got to feel really good tonight. Because they had a couple of really good picks early, I'll give the new. York Jets credit. Sauce Gardner, I thought, was the best player I saw in college football.

So they went and got a lockdown corner for head coach Robert Solid, defensive coach. I thought Garrett Wilson was the best wide receiver. He got better all three years at Ohio State. I thought he was the best wide receiver in the draft. They got him. So now they have Michael Carter the running back, Elijah Moore last year, nice wide receiver. Now they have Garrett Wilson. So, you know, what they're saying is with their young quarterback, like the Eagles and Jalen

Hertz, what they're saying is. is with Zach Wilson, okay, we're going to figure out, you know, by Thanksgiving December, can our guy play? We're going to get a weapons. Later, they got Germain Johnson, the pass rusher. So, Sala got a lockdown corner and a excellent pass rusher. And they got Zach Wilson another weapon. So I thought the Jets had a very good night. Now, not surprisingly, they had when it was all said and done three picks. I've got to be honest with you. I'm starting to like what the Detroit Lions are doing. So they get lucky Aiden Hutchison, the Michigan kid falls to them at number two. So that's just a great PR day.

You can see the Detroit Free Press. You know, the Wolverine goes to the Lions. That's great. Great PR. I think he's as good as any college player. But then they go get and make a trade and they get Jameson Williams, the wide receiver from Alabama. He's the kid that had an ACL, but the fastest receiver in the draft. So you start looking at Detroit now.

Matt Stafford goes and we think, oh boy. But they were three and three in their last six game. I saw him outplay the Ravens and the Rams. And now they have T.J. Hawkinson, tight end. Excellent. DeAndre Swift running back. Excellent. They drafted him on St. Brown.

Excellent. Left tackle, Penae, Sewell, excellent. And now they go get the wide receiver from Alabama, James, Burner. That's a lot to play with. That's pretty good. So now, I would imagine the rest of the draft they concentrate on defense. but I look at the Detroit Lions, and I think to myself, this can get close to a 500 team.

They got the tight end, the running back, a Super Bowl quarterback, very nice wide receiver group. Listen, Amar on St. Brown, tied end T.J. Hawkinson, Jameson, William's, tip of the cap to the Lions front office. That's a pretty good set. Plus, their left tackle, running back. That's not a great division.

vision. I'll say this again. Green Bay is now becoming incredibly reliant on Aaron Rogers. They do not have a one. I'd argue Green Bay does not have a two at wide receiver. I think one thing that sticks out to me with this draft is that when it's not a star-studded draft, where these players land matters, let's take Kenny Pickett. You know, I think he has a very a pretty low ceiling. But boy, Pittsburgh is the best possible place for Kenny Pickett. They've got their tight end, their receivers, running back. The O line will be better this year.

They drafted it last year. Great front seven. Nice back end with Minka Fitzpatrick. Really strong coach. Excellent culture. I don't know how good Kenny Pickett's going to be. But in a strange way, Aaron Rogers dropping in the draft got him. behind Brett Farr for years, right?

Benefit, stable organization, Kenny Pickett dropping, gets him to the Pittsburgh Steelers. So I think when you don't have star players, I mean, Chase Young goes to Washington. You know, he was going to succeed anywhere, right? Rishon Slater goes to the Chargers. That guy is going to succeed anywhere. But a guy like Kenny Pickett is not talented enough,

in my opinion, to overcome chaos. So, you know, Kenny Pickett is going to sit behind Trubisky or perhaps beat him out. He's got weapons. He's a pretty athletic kid. I just don't think he has a huge arm. The ball security issues are what they are. But when you don't have stars, where you land matters more. And I look at a lot of these players, and they landed in really good spots.

I also thought Seattle, Atlanta, and Carolina. You know, a lot of people thought all could draft Malik Willis, the quarterback from Liberty. But instead, Carolina went and got an offensive lineman, basically saying, we'll go with Sam Darnold. Let's set up the offensive line for next year's draft where we probably get a quarterback. Atlanta goes out and gets Drake London wide receiver. Calvin Ridley comes back in two years. Let's set it up for the quarterback we draft. next year. Seattle similarly. Charles Cross, they go get a tackle. So Carolina, Atlanta, Seattle,

you know, you'll think, do they get the quarterback? Instead, they're saying, listen, why reach? Let's upgrade wide receiver. Let's upgrade offensive line. We'll probably go get a quarterback in next year's draft. Now, all three could go get a Baker Mayfield or Jimmy Garoppolo, certainly possible. But I thought they were kind of telling you, listen, Malik Willis dropping, you know, surprise? a little. I thought Pittsburgh would go after him. They got Kenny Pickett. But man, he only played against two division one teams

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The New York Giants, though, Kvon Thibodeau, I already liked their defensive line. I didn't think that was an area of need. and then Evan Neal, the tackle, is a mountain, but he's got pretty slow feet. Now, I'm sure they'll both be fine players, but, you know, if you're asking me, is there a team that had a couple of good picks, and I can see one of them not working or being underwhelmed, maybe the Giants, listen, the classic big left tackle, Mikhail Beckton hasn't really worked. The truth is with the Giants,

Andrew Thomas, their left tackle, that's the one position on the offensive line they really like. So were you drafting Evan Neal for right tackle? That's a pretty good pick for a right tackle. Are you going to move him inside? I'm not questioning whether the Giants needed offensive linemen. But if you were going to use that seventh pick for an offensive lineman, boy, I would have done everything I could have done to move down in the draft. I mean, the best center went to the Ravens at 25.

I mean, Seattle at 9 got, to me, Charles Cross maybe as good as Evan Neal. That's the one team in recent history would tell us it's possible, although they're. They have a new GM. The Giants didn't crush the draft. That was interesting to me. Now, the Giants may have tried to move down and nobody picked up the phone, but we had nine trades in the first round. So we know there were a lot of GMs willing to pick up the phone and move up or down.

So the Giants draft, I've got some questions. I thought it was a lot of fun. Hope you enjoyed it. And we'll talk soon. Make sure to check out the Dremon Green Show. I brought Draymond Green into the volume because one of the more entertaining voices in sports, unique perspective, understands behind the rope, also chops up with guests like Gary Payton, Zach Levine, Tracy McGrady.

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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. On the Look Back at it podcast. From 1979, that was a big moment for me. 84 was big to me. I'm Sam J. And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it.

With our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors. Like Mark Lamont Hill on the 80s. It was a wild year. It was a wild year. I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Listen to look back at it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A win is a win. A win is a win.

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