The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Colin Cowherd Podcast - INSTANT REACTION: 49ers Beat Panthers On MNF, Purdy Clearly Isn’t 100%, Panthers Need To Draft A QB, Lane Kiffin Is #1 College Coaching Candidate

Episode Date: November 25, 2025

Colin gives his instant reaction to the 49ers beating the Panthers 20-9 on Monday Night Football. He believes Brock Purdy still isn’t 100% as he wasn’t able to get velocity on deeper throws leading to multiple interceptions, and an injured and depleted 49ers roster isn’t top 10 in the league. On the Panthers side, Colin highlights the limitations of quarterback Bryce Young and believes the Panthers need to draft another QB.  Finally, he weighs in the AD at Ole Miss saying Lane Kiffin will “lose credibility” if he leaves, and Colin pushes back and argues that the only thing that gives you credibility in football is WINNING. All lines provided by hardrock.bet (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.) Follow Colin and The Volume on Twitter for the latest content and updates!  #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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San Francisco beats Carolina 20 to 9. I had Carolina plus 7 tonight. Listen, San Francisco tried to give the ball. away. San Francisco right now is not a very good team. I don't have them as a top 10 team. I think the coaching staff has done a remarkable job. I mean, even Christian McCaffrey, he, you know, he can't average four and a half yards of pop. Robert Sala's doing it with smoking mirrors. Salah's going to get a head coaching opportunity. You know, he's got charisma, he's got some alpha. He's had, he's done an unbelievable job. No Bosa, no Warner. They lost,

you know, Green Lawn, Hufunga in the offseason. It's really a bunch of kids. and they play their ass off. And there's just so many different angles tonight. Let's just start with Brock Purdy. I don't think Brock Purdy's 100%. Two of his first half interceptions he had three. Two are the identical interception. The ball had no velocity.

The ball hung in the air. The ball was behind the receiver. They just were duplicate interceptions. That tells me he can't drive the ball. But Mack Jones was playing well. Shanahan wants Purdy back in, because with Purdy, you can move the pocket. pocket. So it allows more plays and more mobility from a quarterback position. Mac is simply a pocket

quarterback. Pretty moves better. So Shanahan wants Purdy. Purdy wants to play because he wants to play as a pro athlete. Mac Jones is playing well. So they bring him back and I don't think he's 100% healthy. Go look at the first two interceptions by Brock Purdy. No velocity. Ball hangs in the air. Both balls thrown behind the receiver. It's like, it's like an old pitcher that doesn't have his fastball. that's throwing 92, not 98. So I don't think Pertie can step into it. I don't think Pardy's healthy. But again, it's the NFL, not everybody's healthy.

And also, when Brock Pertie took over the Niners in his first 20 starts, he had 114 passer rating 40 touchdowns and 13 picks. The roster was more complete, right? You just had a more stacked roster. Well, Denver has, San Francisco has moved off players. And now the roster has got injured. injuries, you know, your Iyuk's not available. Ricky Pearsall's been gone. He was back tonight. In the last 20 starts, including tonight, Brock Purdy's last 20 starts, 30 touchdowns, 19

interceptions, and a passer rating that's equal to Tua. And what did I always call Brock Pertie? A right-handed Tua. A little mobility, not a big arm, a little injury prone, Tua. Don't trust them in cold weather. Brock Purdy's had ball security issues in wet weather. It's the same guy. It really is. I think Tuat throws a more accurate ball consistently. I think Purdy's a little bit better athlete and a much more aggressive throwover of the football. But in the last 20 starts with injuries and you have to move off people because you're paying Purdy and other people now. Brock Purdy's a mid-90 passerating guy with injuries. That's what he is. Don't don't. Don't, They'll shoot the messenger.

That's what he is right now. And he just gave that game, put it in Bryce Young's hands. I think Dan Morgan's a very good general manager for Carolina. And Dave Canales, I think,'s really bright. I think you're pretty limited with Bryce Young. I don't think he's terrible. He's got nice mobility, but he's small. And I'll give you an example.

So Bryce Young plays at a powerhouse high school in California. He's protected. He's got 15 Division I players on the team, right? He entered every game with the best team and a legendary high school coach. Then he goes to Alabama. He's got a legendary coach. He's got the best roster. Then he goes to Carolina.

And this is often, you know, what we see in the NFL, he didn't really live in NFL life in high school or college. It's not realistic. He was carried. He kind of managed games. He was very statistically impressive in both high school, especially in high school and college. But then he goes to a bad NFL team and now he's got to carry him. And he doesn't have that talent.

He's not a big athlete. he's got mobility, but he's not hyper athletic. His arm is pretty average. You know, he's okay. He's a guy. And, you know, there was an interception he threw in the end zone. It was one of the first series. It was after his secondary made a really nice pick. And he throws a pick in the red zone in which, as Troyickman said, he could have just ran it in easily. So he's just a guy. So I think in these upcoming drafts, the next two drafts, I think Dan Morgan's going to go. out and draft another quarterback. I mean, you can keep telling yourself he's the guy, but, you know, would you trust Bryce Young? And I think they did a nice job in the draft to upgrade their defense. I really do. I think Dan Morgan's a sharp guy. I know people that know him and respect him. Former player, the defense he inherited was awful. He's done a nice job to hitting some draft picks. Jay C. Horn's a great, great corner. Two of their young corners, really talented, both got hurt

tonight. But I think you have to just look in the mirror and be totally honest. Bryce Young looks like to me a bridge starter in the NFL. Not a guy I'd build around. Not necessarily a backup, but kind of that James Winston, he's a totally different quarterback than James Winston, but it's sort of a bridge quarterback. You can put him in for a year or two, but I'm not building around Bryce Young. I just, you know, the small quarterback thing, I think to some degree, you know, Russell Wilson got a lot of guys got drafted, but increasingly, you know, the Kyler Murray's and the Johnny Mansells and the Bryce Youngs and the, you know, it just, it's too many big, strong, talented athletes playing the position. And, you know, it was funny when Brock Purdy was thrown

interceptions, people were like, well, Sam Darnold through intercept. Sam Darnold's a much bigger, stronger, better arm than Brock Purdy, better athlete than Brock Purdy. He's more talented than Brock Pretty. He was a first round quarterback. Sam Darnold's a really good quarterback. Okay, if you take out the Jets, go to Carolina winning record, Minnesota winning record, Seattle on fire. Darnold's a real. He's a top 12 starter in the NFL. Sam Darnold is. I mean, look at his PFF number last year. Look at it this year. When you give him a good coach, when you give him capable weapons, Sam Darnold's really talented. Brock Purdy has a great coach, a legendary left tackle, George Kittle, and one of the top five. running backs I've ever seen. And in his last 20 starts, he's a guy. But that's, you know, that's your guy. That's what you're saddled with. He runs the place Kyle designs. And, you know, Kyle's not going to bang on him. I mean, but you noticed in the second half, it didn't feel like they were throwing the ball down the field much. They were throwing the ball to George Kittle.

And underneath, that's what it felt like to me, which is good coaching by Kyle Shanahan. So, you know, kind of in retrospect, I just think the Rams right now are the best team in the league. Seattle feels like a top five team in the league. Arizona, as usual, is hopeless. San Francisco's got a good GM and a good coach and a solid quarterback playing, legendary running back and tight end. But they're going to lose Robert Salaf because I think one of the stories of the year has been the quality of coaching by Sala doing it with absolute smoke and mirrors. I mean, just a bunch of kids. And, you know, Bryce Young, the reason I took Carolina, Bryce Young had been to be. playing pretty well. He really had. He'd been playing pretty well. But Sala dialed up some blitzes

tonight. And I always think this. The ultimate sign of disrespect to a quarterback is when a defensive coordinator blitzes. Nobody blitz Brady. Nobody blitzes Mahomes. Peyton Manning was begging you to blitz him. The greats love you to blitz. You blitz a quarterback who can't handle it. You blitz a quarterback and are willing to put everybody on an island in the back end because you don't think the quarterback can beat you. So when Robert Saul is dialing up blitzes, he's like, yeah, I see the tape. You're not going to beat us. T-Max's a very good receiver. Legat's also a big-time body.

T-Mex's got to catch the ball problem, but he's a really talented guy. But I think Robert Sala with a bunch of kids, I mean, it's not an experienced event. With a bunch of kids is like, I'm going to do some blitzing. Beat me. See if you can beat me. We don't think he can. I also think in these standalone games, this is just a note. This is just a little psychology.

Brock Purdy, standalone games matter because it's the only game and everybody in the league watches it. Everybody in the league watches it. And I've always felt Brock Purdy in Monday Night Football is a little more reckless. He's sort of trying to prove I am worth the money. You know what Brock Purdy is officially on Monday Night Football? Five touchdowns, 11 picks and a 75 passer rating. well below his career average. I feel like Monday night football guy shrink.

Bryce Young tonight shrinks. Carolina doesn't get these standalone games. Bryce Young shrinks. Game is handed to him. Shrinks. Brock Purdy, trying way too hard. It's Monday night football. Three picks in the first half.

And two were atrocious. All three were bad. Two were atrocious. But San Francisco wins. Really good coaching. And Carolina is a second third. third-tier franchise. You know, I've criticized Buffalo because I don't think the franchise is holding up their end of the deal for Josh Allen. Carolina, it's the opposite. I think Dan Morgan

and Dave Canales are really, really good. You know, I love drafts. I think Morgan's done a really nice job, some real hits. And I think, you know, I think with Bryce Young, you know, maybe you can, maybe you can be a wild card team in the NFC South. That's what it feels like to me. You know, I mean, you watched it. If you get three first half turnovers, got to win the game. Against a young, young defense without their two biggest stars, you got to win the game. It's just no, that's a double you.

And Carolina couldn't do it. So there you go. Monday night football. All right, I want to add another piece on the Lane Kiffin story. So the athletic director for Ole Miss has said, listen, we've got to have an answer after the Egg Bowl this Friday. Joel Clout, who I love, but Joel Clout has come out and said, well, Lane Kiffin is going to lose credibility if he leaves. Time out. Credibility in college football is winning.

Lane Kiffin basically Saban kicked him off his staff. He bolted Tennessee. He got fired on a tarmac. Got fired in the NFL. He's the hottest coach in the country. Why? He wins games. He's a really smart offensive coach.

Nobody cares about that. Everybody knows college football is like it's like Bitcoin. It's unregulated. It's every man for himself. no centralized bank. I mean, Fox and ESPN have taken the sport over. That's what college football is. It's Bitcoin.

It's people that love it, myself included, very passionate about it, people very tribal about it, very parochial about it, absolutely sure it's the future, absolutely sure it's better than the NFL. I mean, reputation, just win games and you'll get job offers. and Lane Kiffins, the number one, the number one currently higher in the sport. He is, I mean, he is in the NFL, the Chargers, when they had Herbert and there was an opening and they fired their coach. The Chargers were the number one opening in the sport in Jim Harbaugh, aren't going? I'm leaving, right? Like, you get these rare opportunities. Aaron Rogers in his prime, Mike McCarthy gets fired. Green Bay is a great job.

And then you get these great coaches who are available to the market. And it doesn't happen very often, but, you know, occasionally, Mike Vrable is available to the market. New England's like, yeah. You know, you don't get a lot of Mike Vrable. Sean Payton, broadcast wants to go back into coaching. You don't get a lot of Sean Payton's on the market. In college, Lane Kiffin on the market is Sean Payton on the market in the NFL. big-time offensive coach, highly creative, respected by recruits.

You can't reputation. What does that mean? I mean, everybody knows Jimmy Sexton runs the sport. You know, he's the kingmaker behind the scenes pulling all the strings. And the bottom line is, I mean, LSU doesn't care about Ole Miss. LSU doesn't care about anybody but Ole Miss. that's the way college football works. NFL's different.

You can't just raid teams in the middle of a season. So I don't blame. I said this today on FS1. If you don't have regulations on Wall Street or Silicon Valley or on our tax system, aggressive people are going to go forward. I mean, college football allows all this. What you expect everybody to have manners? Lane Kiffin, you just wait and twiddle his thumbs and let somebody else get these $14 million year jobs. If you don't put regulations up, Lane Kiven's like, LSU is one of the top three, four jobs in the country.

I want to take it. old miss is like 18th best 15th best somewhere around there right so it's I mean just in the SEC alone Texas is better job I'd argue Oklahoma's a better job LSU's a better job Bama's a better job

Florida is a better job did I say Georgia what would be at six or seven and then then I mean Lane Kiffin has made Old Miss old Miss didn't make Lane Kiffin so I mean literally Nick Sabin changed the way he saw football

when Lane Kiffin was on his staff. Lane started at practice working Sabin's defenses. And so I can score any way I want. The rules are all on my side now. So the reality is pretty clear. It's that you can't, I just disagree with Joel Klatt. This whole thing about your reputation. Reputation is, you know what they say in baseball?

Momentum is the next day's pitcher. Your reputation is the next Saturday on the slate. Do you win, do you lose? That's your reputation. And maybe it's not perfect, but let's not make this the Vatican. This is college football. It is boxing. It is Bitcoin.

It's unregulated. People don't play even schedules. It's every man for himself. Everybody's tribal. You know. And because of the wonky way college football works, if you want the job, what's Lane supposed to do? Wait for the playoffs. What if Ole Miss wins three games?

You're sitting there waiting. Whoa, you're recruiting. What are we doing? You got to make moves, right? Change the recruiting period. Put in, as Nick Saban said, it's a college football conundrum. It's not a kiffin issue. Put in, I mean, it's just like the NIL.

Even the NFL has a free agent period. You know, you've got a recruiting period. You should have a coach hiring period at the end of the season. The volume. Hey, guys, it's us and the Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick.

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