The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Colin Cowherd Podcast - INSTANT REACTION: Chiefs Have Separated From The Rest Of The NFL, Mahomes Is Effortless

Episode Date: October 8, 2024

Colin reacts to the Chiefs dominating the Saints on Monday Night Football! He explains why he believes the Chiefs have separated from the rest of the league (3:00), why Patrick Mahomes looks like the Michael Jordan of quarterbacks (6:00) and what the Chiefs biggest advantage is over most teams in the league (14:00). He also explains why you can’t overreact to the first two weeks of the NFL season (15:00) (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.) Follow Colin and The Volume on Twitter for the latest content and updates!  #Volume #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I remember years ago, also a friend, I was watching the Phoenix Sun-Chicago Bulls finals, Barclay against Jordan. And I was talking to a friend of mine. She was a really good women's basketball player. And we were talking about Jordan, and Jordan was 6-6, wasn't the best shooter or ball handler as a guard in the NBA, but he just made things look so easy. And that's what great players do. I mean, you watch Shohei Otani, and it just, everything looks kind of easy. And you never see them strained. Watching Derek Carr struggle mightily, just everything seems hard. Troy Aikman at one point was being very, very, very kind as he under threw another deep ball saying, well, he threw it as far as he could. Everything with Mahomes is just, it's kind of, it's effortless. You know, mechanics are solid. You would think watching him that he's a little loose because Aaron Rogers can be a little loose.

He's really not. His mechanics are excellent. He's always got his feet and his hips right. It's just, it's just easy. And that's part of when you're watching a colleague, athlete. Shadur Sanders has this Colorado where he's effortlessly accurate. He can be moving left, right, forward, back, just any platform. Shadurr Sanders is just, it's easy. Movement's easy, accuracy's easy. I mean, to me, Quinn Newers now, Texas has been heard a couple times,

that worries me. Carson Beck, Cam Ward's good but small. You know, you watch Shadour Sanders and you're like, it's just, you know, he just moves and throw. without great effort. And that's what Mahomes does. And it was a great contrast to watch Mahomes effortlessly and Derek Carr straining on anything that was more than 10 yards for Derek Carr seemed like it was hard.

Also, a complete coaching mismatch. Dennis Allen, second job. Nothing creative, nothing clever, nothing really thoughtful. And everything Kansas City does. I mean, it was a Monday night football game. Taylor Swift was there. Travis Kelsey, what a shot.

he suddenly was productive, but it was like they were kind of showing off for Monday Night Football. Andy Reid, I mean, how many quick little clever flips did Kansas City have tonight? Five, six, that's what it felt like to me. They were showing off. And, you know, that's what great teams do. The Warriors in their run, you know, had a little sometimes excessive flare to put a stamp on it. And I felt like Kansas City tonight, they knew they were on Monday Night football. They knew the audience with Taylor Swift would be large, and they played the TV a little bit.

And it's not like they got away with it. I mean, outside of a kind of a bad bounce, which Colin Saunders of New Orleans, a former high school running back now, a defensive lineman, ran up the field and got the Saints in good field position. They didn't do anything. Never made Kansas City's defense think. I mean, Juju Smith-Schuster, productive, playoff productive for the Chiefs. They ship no New England. He disappears. him back. I think he had like six, seven catches tonight. So they're just, they're just dealing at a

different level between Reed and Mahomes, smarter, more effortless. You're watching, this is the best team easily in the league right now. I mean, I don't, I mean, I think the Ravens sometimes are more explosive offensively. They don't, they don't stack up defensively. And I thought tonight, when New Orleans isn't a terrible team. I mean, Dennis Allen's a bottom third coach and Derek Carr, You know, for years and years, we kind of thought Derek Carr was kind of in that Kirk Cousins mode. Kirk Cousins is a completely different player than Derek Carr. And my bad, if I ever compared the two. But, you know, Kirk this year proving once again, he's just, he and Dack, you can depend on them high IQ in big spots, regardless of how they play.

You kind of trust them in some big spots if the game's close late. I do. Just smart guys who can make plays. Derek Carr is just arm strength. inability to move. Everything looks difficult. Just a different class watching tonight. God, I wrote down some numbers here at the end of the game, 460 yards for the Chiefs, 200 for the Saints, almost doubled the first downs, almost doubled the time of possession, ugly. And, God, what am I doing? Taking Dennis Allen over Andy Reed and Derek Carr over Mahomes. You know,

I do think as we go into week six of the NFL, you're starting to see some bigger spreads, some of the bigger spreads. I don't think there are a lot of teams now that I look at and don't at least have a feel for them. I mean, I think one of the harder teams for me to get my arms around is the Arizona Cardinals. Yesterday, I thought they would be really tough on San Francisco and they were, but I thought they would be really tough at home against Washington and were not competitive. Arizona to me, and I think this is a lot of Kyler Murray's personality, boy, they can be really tough.

Beat themselves inconsistent, but man, Arizona, week to week can be really tough. Buffalo has a little bit of that feel where I just, I'm not quite sure what I'm getting. A lot of it depends on who's healthy and who's not. Buffalo and Arizona, and I think Buffalo is a better team, better organization top to bottom. Those two teams, I kind of sit and watch and I get a feel for them by the, the end of the first quarter. What am I going to get? Josh Allen wasn't his day. You could sense it. Didn't have a slot receiver. It was off. It was on the road. Got banged up later. Buffalo, I think,'s the best team. I picked them to win their division. In fact, in the AFC, right now I had Buffalo,

Kansas City, Houston, and Baltimore winning their division. So I'm right there. Atlanta is good. Denver's the surprise team, I think. We got that right. Washington, I thought would be one of the surprise teams. I have no feel for the NFC West at all. I think the Rams are injury plagued. San Francisco's peaked. Seattle's got a good roster, but it's Gino Smith. I think Arizona week to week can be just a scintillating team. Had a chance to win at Buffalo, gave them fits early, beat San Francisco. I just, they're one of the few teams. I don't, I can't track. I'm not sure. But I also think we talked about this. A few years ago, there was a very good quarterback class that had Jalen Hertz and Joe Burrow and Herbert and too.

They hit in a lot of guys. I think this quarterback class, Caleb and Jaden Daniels and Bo Nicks all look like they can play. Now, New England's offensive line is so bad and they're so inept offensively. Do you play Drake May? Do you not? I'm okay with either. I don't have a strong feeling. Michael Pennix, I think, will be good.

but it does look like Bo, Jaden Daniels, and Caleb Williams can play. That's three hits. And I think Pennix will eventually. He may not play until next year. He may not play for two years, but I think he can play if he stays healthy. And J.J. McCarthy, across your fingers, if he can beat out Sam Darnold. But the more of these guys that hit, the better football is. Because you're watching New Orleans tonight, I mean, Kansas City made that game watchable.

How's Miami without Tua? It's hard to watch. Seattle has all that talent. they're a tough watch depending on the weekend. The more quarterbacks hit, the better. I think it's also interesting is, you know, we kind of, we kind of looked at this quarterback class as this one good, next year not good. But I'll tell you, I, Shadur standards can kind of drive me crazy with some of the vanity and ego stuff.

But my guess is Colorado, I feel somewhat strongly about this with, Quinn Ewers at Texas getting injured again, I think Colorado's going to have the top two players picked in the draft. I think Travis Hunter and Chodor Sanders are going to go one, two, in the draft. And I think they both have a chance to be big-time stars. Travis Hunter's going to be a star. If he stays healthy, be a big-time star. But Kansas City rules tonight, not a big surprise.

The Kansas City Chiefs, for the record, have had at least a full. five-game winning street for the last 12 years. And just look in their division, Reed and Mahomes, because there's only one thing that really lasts in the NFL, the legendary coach and the legendary quarterback playing together, Walsh, Montana, Belichick Brady, Reed Mahomes. Look at the division since Andy Reeve arrived in Kansas City. I mean, the Chargers have gone through Anthony Lynn, they've gone through Brandon Staley, now they're on Jim Harbaugh. The Raiders have gone through countless coaches. Denver now is on Sean Payton and Bo Nix.

And that's one of the advantages. That's what Brady and Belichick did for years. Remember that? I mean, how many coaches did the Jets have? Did the Miami Dolphins have? Is that you have such an information advantage. momentum and cultural advantage. Once you get the right coach,

like Houston now, D'emico Ryan's, and C.J. Stroud, you could see them running together for eight to ten years. The rest of these teams in your division are flying through GMs, new scouting departments. There's just no momentum. I mean, that's why if you get the right coach in this league and the right quarterback, it just gets better and easier and easier. I mean, we may not like Sean McDermott's, you know, weekend, but I mean, how many, what is it, four or five division titles in a row?

The Jets are going to run through another coach, probably. New England, starting over with Jared Mayo and Drake May. Miami, McDaniel will probably stay. Tua comes back, but don't you have to draft another quarterback. It's such an advantage. Once you get the legendary coach and the star quarterback, it's not that you just have more talent. you just have more institutional knowledge and momentum, cultural momentum. You don't have to keep teaching new players over and over.

Chris Jones, Travis Kelsey, Mahomes, a couple of the offensive linemen. Now these secondary guys, Bolton the linebacker, these guys become teachers for you. They're spreading the gospel. They're spreading the message. You're not running through. I mean, ask yourself this, if you get a new boss at work or you take a new job. It takes just six months. Every job I've ever had,

it takes me six months to catch up. Where am I comfortable? Who am I comfortable with? It's exhausting. It's such an advantage to be Kansas City right in their division. It just, you know, it's, they have separated.

I thought tonight they've just separated from everybody else. And tonight was also a reminder is you can't overreact to the first couple of weeks. The Saints have scored 49 points. in the last three weeks. Remember the first two weeks?

They looked unbelievable. Up and down the field. I mean, you know, Clint Kubiak, he's the next Shanahan. They did nothing creative at all tonight. I mean, it just looked like they, it looked like they mailed it in. They weren't even ready to play in the first quarter.

Not, it looked like they weren't prepared. So, you know, New York Giants looked terrible first week. I think that's a real football team. I mean, Washington, really struggled in the opening week, crush people since. I mean, go look at Caleb Williams' first 10 quarters and his last 10 quarters. First 10 quarters, scary. Last 10 quarters, he's a bona fide big-time player.

Bo Nix, first couple games. Bo Nix, last couple games. So, you know, we've said this before, it's really hard to judge the first two weeks of the season anymore because nobody plays any of the starters in the preseason. So you're kind of guessing. But I really felt, I kind of feel like outside of Buffalo and Arizona, and I both think they have really, really good Sundays, I kind of feel like I have a little bit of track on teams. I'm officially now off New Orleans, but I had Atlanta winning the division anyway.

New Orleans fooled me for two weeks. Giants, I kind of sold early after their opening week. I think they're a good football team. I don't think I'm overreacting. They have good old line play, good D-line play, excellent coach, quarterback doesn't turn it over. And Malik Neighbors comes back. Pretty good football team. The roller coaster of an NFL season is moving right along,

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Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert Smigel and friends on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Imagine an Olympics where 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, 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. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what I'm saying. Yep, that's me. Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits. basketball and college football journey, or my career in sports media.

Well, now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfilled conversations with athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. So let's get to it. Listen to The Clifford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. On the Look Back at a podcast.

From 1979, that was a big moment for me. 84 was big to me. I'm Sam Jay. 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.

84 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. Hey, what's good, y'all? listening to learn the hard way with your favorite therapist and host Kear Games. This space is about black men's experiences, having honest conversations that it's really not safe

to have anywhere, but you're having them with a licensed professional who knows what he's doing. How many men carry a suit or armor? It signals to the world that you not to be played with. And just because you have the capability that does not mean that you need to, listen to learn the hard way on the AHA radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. This is an IHeart podcast Guaranteed Human