The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Colin Cowherd Podcast Prime Cuts - Bad Offenses, CFB Picks, Chiefs Have Flaws, Sharp or Square, Bryce Young Benched

Episode Date: September 21, 2024

Colin's top takes of the week! He starts with his reaction to Kirk Cousins and the Falcons stealing MNF late on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles 22-21(3:00). He points out the importance of an experienced quarterback in the early part of the NFL season and why both the Eagles and Falcons can win their divisions. He also points out the reluctance to play starters in the preseason as a reason for the low offensive output league wide through two weeks (8:00). Then, he gives his picks for two of the top college football matchups of the week, Tennessee vs Oklahoma (13:00) and USC vs Michigan (14:30). Next, he’s joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out” to break down why the Chiefs are flawed despite their 2-0 record to start the season (23:30), the Vikings beatdown of the 49ers with Sam Darnold under center (27:30), why Jim Harbaugh’s Chargers could win 12 games (30:00), and why the Arizona Cardinals have been one of the most impressive teams through two weeks (35:30) Finally, Colin’s joined by Chad Millman, Chief Content Officer of the Action Network, joins Colin for a round of “Sharp or Square,” to help provide Colin with the sharpest betting advice for Week 3 of the NFL! They also try to make sense of Titans coach Brian Callahan chewing out quarterback Will Levis publicly and who truly made the decision bench Panthers quarterback Bryce Young 45:30 - Bears vs. Colts 47:45 - Vikings vs Texans 50:00 - Eagles vs Saints 51:30 - Broncos vs Bucs 53:30 - Cowboys vs Ravens 56:30 - Panthers vs Raiders 57:30 - Browns vs Giants 59:45 - Brian Callahan rips Will Levis 01:02:30 - Did David Tepper demand Bryce Young’s benching? (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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Arthur Smith, their former coach, was now a Steelers offensive coordinator. That's a huge advantage. I mean, that's a really week one advantage that you're just not going to get some insight on personnel and Pittsburgh's got a very, very good defense, and they gave Kirk Cousins a lot of trouble. I thought he had a little more spring in his step. Now, in week one against Pittsburgh, he was static. He just stayed in the pocket. But I thought tonight he moved a little better. He told Troy Aikman, he's 100% in the pocket. He's not 100% yet. But I think two things are very clear about these two teams. Those were two good offensive lines and two good run games. And Jalen Hertz, obviously, part of Philadelphia's run game. But Kirk Cousins,

15 to 23, 170 yards, a touchdown, no picks, and a great final drive. Just pick, pick, pick, pick, nice passes. And by the way, when they paid for Kirk Cousins and they drafted Michael Pinnock's, I said, you're telling me, that's a mistake. Look at all the rookie quarterbacks right now. They're brutal. You know who isn't Michael Pennix sitting behind, like Mahomes, who sat behind Alex Smith, Michael Pennix is sitting behind Kirk Cousins and learning the game of football.

just like a Tom Brady did with the Drew Bledsoe. He's just sitting on the sidelines and watching. That's what Mahomes did. You know, it's what Carson Palmer, I believe, did. This idea, Lamar Jackson sat for like 10 games behind Joe Flacco. So this idea that bringing in Kirk Cousins to mentor, and I said, I think they can win the division. I love their personnel. Their offensive line's great.

They have multiple running backs. Bejohn Robinson was underused last year. he's fantastic, but you just, and the Eagles have a good defensive front. They pushed them back. Both those offensive lines had their way tonight. So I think Atlanta's a real team. I, Philadelphia, you know, I know they feel terrible about this loss, but Philadelphia lost, I mean, what are upsets? San Francisco just got housed by the Vikings. I mean, Baltimore's Owen, too. The Rams season looks like it's over. You know, New England beat Cincinnati. Cincinnati should have beaten Kansas City.

So I think you looked at two teams that will probably, or at least could, the Saints look pretty good, could win their division. So, you know, my take on Philadelphia, and sometimes you'll just lose games. And, I mean, hell, Atlanta, with that Drake London, you know, taunting penalty late, thank God they have one of the best kickers in the league, or they could have missed that extra point. So, you know, it's, I don't think Philadelphia is a bad football team. I think Atlanta and Philadelphia could win their divisions. And I think what this proves, though, at least early, is you're watching all these young quarterbacks. They're completely over their skis, bailing water. And Michael Pennix is just sitting back learning how to play football. You're not winning that game with Michael Pennix tonight. You're just not. And I thought, Cousins, who, by the way, is four and one in his last five Monday night football games, big stage, Kirk Cousins after he started terribly. You know, there used to be these discussions.

He didn't like playing, like, off-schedule games. He had a very rigid schedule. He preferred the one o'clock, especially at home. I thought he looked really good tonight. And again, he's not moving much. But Aaron Rogers doesn't move anymore. Jared Gop doesn't move around much. You can win a lot of football games that way,

especially with that old line and that run game. Falcons have three running backs I like. Two I really like. You know, I thought Jalen Hertz, by and large, played pretty well. I mean, he had that last pick because he had pressure in his face. But, you know, Philadelphia, you know, these offenses, I got this text tonight. I want to read to this. So there's a lot of discussion about why are the offenses so bad. Okay. Why are the offenses so bad? So fewest points through two weeks since 2017,

averaging 42 points a game combined. Fewest touchdown passes through two weeks since 2006, 18 years. and I think a lot of this is the reluctance to play any starters. Now that you've watched Bonex and Caleb Williams and Jaden Daniels, couldn't you argue they should have played virtually every snap in the preseason? Every snap. You know, I mean, Atlanta played Michael Pennix, I think, one preseason game and said, we're done. Now, he didn't have to start, but nobody's playing starters.

And you've gone from four preseason to three preseason games. You're going to go down to two once they had an 18th game. And so I think you just have to look at weeks one and two is there's a lot of experimenting going on. There's some bad offensive play. And the hardest unit of any football team to build cohesion is arguably the most important unit of any football team, the offensive line. So like I think the Jets offensive line's done fine so far. But if there's any growth for the Jets as their defense falls apart is, you know, these older offensive linemen will play together. And their own line hasn't been atrocious, but it will certainly get better over time.

So I think it's kind of explainable. Starters aren't playing snaps. Olin aren't playing snaps, especially if they're long in the tooth. And the quarterbacks are paying the price. They're on their back. They're getting hammered. Also, I think because the owners are richer than ever, they're willing to fire coaches after one year. Coordinators move off quarterbacks early.

I also think part of the offensive struggle is it's hard to keep cohesion in your coaching staff. Owners now will just, it's a rounding error to write a $50 million check and fire coordinators and coaches and staff. They don't care anymore. Used to be owners made, you know, their net worth was $600 million. Yeah, you know, you don't want to write a $60 million check, but when your, your net worth is, you know, $9 billion, you'll write that check to win games because now teams, you know, they're all getting $3 and $450 million checks annually from the TV deal from the NFL, especially since gambling was legalized in the gambling dollars. So these owners now are getting massive checks. They're less patient. It puts pressure top down in the organizations.

You're moving through coordinators, quarterbacks and coaches. You're playing quarterbacks earlier. So I think there's a lot of things that explain it. But another one is nobody's playing starters in the preseason. In the first two weeks, you can tell. Good for Atlanta tonight. I took notes the entire game on this. Then it came down to the final two drives. pretty boring first quarter, but after that, I thought Jalen Hurtz really got hot in the second half. I thought he looked good. And, you know, it just goes to show sometimes that these moves, there's repercussions, obviously, for some of these personnel moves. You know, the giants move off Sequin Barclay. So Sequin's obviously, you know, is a nice get for Philadelphia. Now he dropped

that ball at the end of the game that would have been a touchdown out in the flat. That was a pretty good pass, and he dropped it. That wasn't one of his shining moments. But he's obviously, been a huge addition for Philadelphia. He's going to win them some football games. Simultaneously, the Giants are now 0-1-2, and there's talk about Brian Dable getting fired, who I think would get a job, you know, within the year. But, you know, you start looking around when you give up a player like Sequin Barclay to a division rival, if he'd have caught that ball tonight in the touchdown, I mean, if you're a giant staffer, New York Giant Stafford, thank God, Sequin Barclay dropped that tonight. He would have the game winning touchdown. So he had it's clearly a dimension to Philadelphia.

So I thought it was a good football game. Two good offensive lines, a lot of good running backs, a real resurgent in running backs over the weekends. J.K. Dobbins, Alvin Kamara. I mean, there's, you know, everything's cyclical in sports. And in the NFL, I mean, six months ago, nine months ago, we were talking about running backs don't get paid. eventually with all these young quarterbacks playing, right, you're probably going forward are going to need a stronger run game. I mean, obviously, you know, with J.K. Dobbins and Harbaugh's style, he's going to run him extensively. But Atlanta looks like a team with Kirk Cousins' limitations run team. I think the Lions are not running it enough with Montgomery and

Gibbs. I mean, there are some teams in this league that I think are going to run over 50 percent. of the time, or at least should, and Atlanta's one of them. So nice win for the Falcons. How about that division? The NFC South, Atlanta's a real team. Saints look like a completely different franchise. Baker and Tampa Bay. Carolina's trash. But the NFC South, I don't know. Looks pretty good. And everybody's beaten Carolina twice. So those are two Ws right there. Speaking of the NFC, the last four undefeated teams in the NFC, the Vikings, the Seahawks, the Bucks, and the Saints, just like everybody predicted. That's why this league is so great.

By the way, Saints veteran quarterback, Bucks veteran quarterback, Seahawks veteran quarterback, Vikings veteran quarterback. That goes back to what we talked about the preseason. These teams in the NFC that are starting strong, we don't know how they'll finish. There may be ceilings for Sam Darnold and Derek Carr and, and Baker Mayfield and Gino Smith. But it is an advantage having, you know, a thousand reps in this league in the first two to three weeks of the NFL season. That's very clear that a lot of these veteran guys who have bounced around the league are off to really nice starts.

They feel like they, you know, they might not be masters of the position, but they're miles ahead of these rookie quarterbacks and younger quarterbacks that just don't have the time in the league. All right, a couple of college football games. I like Tennessee minus seven to win and cover at number 15, Oklahoma. Tennessee might be the best college football team in the country. I'm counting Georgia, Texas. Josh Heipple returns to Oklahoma. He led Oklahoma to their last national championship 24 years ago. He spent 11 years at Oklahoma as an assistant coach.

It's the SEC opener for both teams. Tennessee first in the nation in points. It's their defense, though. Tennessee's defense has gone four straight games without a lot. allowing a touchdown. And I don't think Oklahoma's offense has the firepower, even at home, to put up drive after drive, because Tennessee's going to score. The Sooners under Brett Venables are one and two against top 15 teams. Now, they're living, they're feasting on takeaways. They're tied for the most in the country. Oklahoma is with 10. Unless they get turnovers against

the pretty slick Tennessee offense, I don't think they can keep up. Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold, has not been impressive against Houston or Tulane. I think Tennessee is probably the most underrated team in the country. I think Oklahoma's fine. They're going to find out they can't move the football against this Tennessee defense. You can if you're elite at quarterback. Oklahoma is not. I think Tennessee wins by two touchdowns.

I like USC to beat Michigan. The spreads five and a half. I think USC wins by about six to seven. first big 10 game of the season for both. Now, Michigan has struggled. When they played a really good team, they got rolled. They have a new quarterback, Alex Orgy. What do we know? Not much. But they're not running the football. They lost so many playmakers and offensive line studs from a year ago. The only way they can win is low scoring. And USC has a top 25 rush defense. But what's really, really good about USC right now that surprised people.

Miller Moss is significantly more accurate and efficient than Caleb Williams. Top 10 quarterback, according to PFF, 73% completion percentage. USC is stacked at wide receiver four different sophomores that contribute. I think USC, and this will be a low-scoring football game. I think you have two of the top 10 defenses in the country. Michigan at home can only win a low-scoring game and they know it. The Wolverines do have maybe the two best defensive linemen in college football. So USC is going to struggle to run, and you're asking Miller Moss, a first-year starter on the road,

to go to the air against a pretty good pass rush by the Wolverines. So if USC, because I don't think they'll run the ball much, can protect Miller Moss, USC is going to win this game. I just don't. De Ant and Lynn has done a great job as the new defensive coordinator for the Trojans. They are tackling in a high level. Their alignment is great. You get no freebies against USC's defense. LSU didn't, and Utah State couldn't score.

And I just don't think the Wolverines have the offensive firepower to light up any good defense. I don't know if USC's defense is great. It's good. It's very good. I think USC wins a low-scoring game, you know, 24-17, 27-20. This feels like an established coach, a highly efficient quarterback, and a much improved defense beat a Michigan team in transition from Jim Harbaugh and those 13 drafted NFL Wolverines.

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John Middlakov, our week two reaction. Let's start Kansas City, Cincinnati. You know, it's funny. I've argued this forever, that Bill Parcell is used to run. Phil Sims. Phil, throw it down the field. Okay, I'm not interested in, you know, one interception, no picks. You know, today Mahomes has two ugly picks, almost had three. Burrow has none and Kansas City wins. And by the way, in his opener against Baltimore, it was one of the ugliest picks not named Will Levis, Mahomes against Baltimore. And it's funny about Kansas City is that, you know, we think of Kansas City is so efficient, but they make a lot of mistakes, John. they are vulnerable. They give you opportunities, but they're always usually good starting a game and finishing.

In the middle of it, it can get choppy. But once again, late, like against Baltimore, they finish Cincinnati off. I felt terrible for Cincinnati in a way because at one point in this game, they put up a graphic that the last six matchup between these two teams, Bengals Chiefs, they'd each scored 150 points.

It is so even. But I guess my takeaway is Cincinnati can go toe to toe with Kansas City, forever. But Kansas City has this ability to start and end quickly. And they're a flawed team, right? Like they're, I mean, when I watch them, I think, God, they give you opportunities, don't they? Well, I mean, big picture. I don't know how Kansas City, after winning back-to-back Super Bowls can take these type games week in and week out without eventually run out of juice. I mean, that felt like a playoff game, didn't it? The intensity, the physicality. That was,

I had because the Arizona-L-A game ended so fast. I mean, I think it was over five minutes into the game. The Steelers versus the Broncos on one TV and the Chiefs. It was like two different sports being played in those two games. I do think for whatever reason, that graphic kind of illustrated it, Cincinnati plays this team better than anyone. I mean, they beat them in the playoffs. They went toe-to-to-to-with them a couple years ago.

Easily could have beat them again in the playoffs. Probably, you know, they're going to be kicking themselves. Should have won this game. I hate to see the game decide. on a late penalty. Yeah. But it is what it is. I just think at the end of the day, the Chief's culture completely flipped when they traded Tyree Kill and they have this physical kind of, I mean, they're a defensive team.

I mean, Spackdola is just brilliant. They are going through some growing pains starting a rookie left tackle. Yeah. I mean, because so many teams now, you just watch around the NFL, even the bad teams have pass rushers. Yeah. And they move them around. They're going to put them over that kid every single week. And Mahomes, luckily, he's a great scrambler.

You know, Kelsey looks his age. He's no longer, and he's kind of saving himself for the end of the season, and they did that again last year. But, God, he's no longer, I would say the week in, week out, dominant player. Yeah, it's funny. I wrote down four plays, three plays in this game. Because I started really, it was a close game. So I'm like, I'm going to write down the big plays in the fourth quarter.

Mahomes to Kelsey, huge gainer. Third and six. trailing 25-23, Kansas City gets that Spags Blitz sack, late flag on Cincinnati. The three big plays to me all went in Kansas City's favor. They remind me a little bit like an old pagey boxer, like Sugar Ray Leonard out of his prime. They win the end of the round.

Like you get shots at them. You may knock them down. It's not always aesthetically pleasing, but they kind of figure out how to manipulate the judges, manipulate the game. You see this in the NBA with old teams. They just have a way of figuring out how to play the game late. There's an art to football at the end of a game and using your timeouts and field position.

The Chiefs do not give you a 10 out of 10 performance. Boy, but in the big moments, John, that's where Kelsey is great last year in the playoffs. He was huge in the Red Zone, huge on third or fourth down. And I think that's what they are. They as they go through growing pains, they're still the great closing team in this sport. Let's talk Niners. You know them well. My favorite bet of the week was Minnesota at home getting points. I think Kevin O'Connell is, I said of this last week, he's Kevin Stefanski before everybody realized how good Stefansky was dealing with all that Cleveland nonsense. And he just continues to put out good game plans. Again, they didn't ask a ton of Donald, 17 to 26, 270 yards. He had five rushes. You know, Fred Warner made a great play because he's Fred Warner on an interception. Like, that's not a great interception. But again, it's Fred, you know, that's That wouldn't have been picked off by 95% of the linebackers in the league. Might be the only guy.

But, yeah, I mean, it was a great play. But what I looked at was the time of possession, 35 minutes to 25. Minnesota controlled the football. I mean, it could have been out. If you take away the fumble by Minnesota and the great Fred Warner picked, John, this could have been a blowout. It could have been a bloodbath. The Niners got worked. Works.

They got killed. That was, and he has one or two of these a year. I mean, it was a bad, rough day for Kyle. Special teams, they had a punt block. Flores was taking him to the woodshed, getting free guys all over Purdy. Purdy had a bad pick. Could have probably thrown another one. Defensively, they had some errors.

But the story of the game, and one of the stories of the early year, Sam Donald, I mean, that throw he made, the touchdown. Oh, Jesus. To Justin Jefferson. I mean, it's 70 yards in the air. I mean, you see the arm strength, but the accuracy. And you think back to the Fred Warner play, I think those are the plays early on in his career.

where he just kind of melts. Yes. And to me, whatever happened last year with Kyle and they talked about it with Purdy, the maturation of just learning how to study, he just kind of feels like a different guy. And I think we have an example of Baker Mayfield. Some people mature it at slower rates, whether it be football-wise or personally and physically his talent. Obviously, the touchdown to Jefferson is going to be all over social media.

He made some other throws on third down that were just like, I mean, he was slicing He was the better quarterback on the field today. He was awesome. And then there was another play, his second touchdown, while it was wide open, those are plays maybe early on his career. Maybe he airmails, maybe he freaks out. Like, he just feels very, very under control. And I didn't think the Vikings were going to be very good,

even though I thought it would probably go pretty well for him. You start 2 and 0 all of a sudden there's a path for you to get to 9, 10 wins. I mean, this is, and that home field advantage, right, you'd have to say that Minnesota has one of the better ones in the league. And that's like you said, that wasn't just a win. You're playing the Niners. Who's coming off a short week? That wasn't ass kicking.

Ass kicking. I want to talk about Chargers, Panthers. First of all, Bryce Young has an offensive coach in better weapons. He may not be able to play. One for 12 on third down, 69 passing yards. He moves well. He doesn't throw well. But here's what was a big moment in this game.

So the Chargers were favored by about six. six, they blew him out. So once again, it is exactly what we expected. Justin Herbert goes 14 to 20, has about a half dozen rushes. So, you know, they get Joe Alt. Now they have elite tackle play, elite edge rusher play. And we worried about they don't have a number one. Well, Quentin Johnson today had five catches and two touchdown. So Quentin's the guy that got out of TCU. Brandon Staley didn't know how to develop him. He was a disaster last year. I'm not sure if he lost his confidence they had thrown him to the side. I mean, he was just, they didn't even target him last year.

He made a heck of a catch day for a touchdown. If he hits, so now you got the slot kit out of Georgia, J.K. Dobbins is like a, do you see that flip into the ends up? Like, he's a different. It looks like a top five or six running back in the NFL right now. Okay, so now I've got a top 10 quarterback. I've got a top five coach. J.K. Dobbins, I have a run game, elite tackles, elite edge rushers.

If Quinton Johnson, along with their slot guy out of Georgia. Okay, now you do have a weapon because he was a big kid, but he reminded me last year a little bit of Stephen Hill, the bus for the Jets years ago, the wide receiver, the guy that just could run fast, look great in the hotel lobby, but you're like, what is it?

Not today. I thought, it's amazing. John, their time of possession advantage was 36 to 23. It's so hard by it. It's so Michigan. But I thought to myself, you know what? I'm looking around at these. teams. This team could be a 12-win team, John. Elite tackles, elite quarterback, elite coach,

elite edge rushers, now a star back, time of possession dominance. Now we know the Raiders are better than we thought. Yeah, I was kicking myself because that game was over fast that I'm, I get Jim Harbaugh against this Panther situation and didn't bet the mortgage. Like, what was I doing? You know, Jim, and we've been talking about this, I was in the car this week when he came on with you, his personality is dramatically different than the guy. I remember when I was around in San Francisco who had this huge chip on his shoulder and was tight. It felt like the way the last couple of years in Michigan proving like, hey, guys, I'm one of the best in the business. I don't know if it's been the weight's been lifted off his shoulders.

But I know this. And Jim might have said this to you. I heard him say this somewhere is that his dad was at a training camp practice and looked at him and said, I think JK looks like the guy a couple years ago before he got injured. if you give Jim Harbaugh a top end running back, because we know he's always going to have a good offensive lines. Why he, you know, everyone thought he was nuts. Like he's going to take a wide receiver. Like, no, guys, he's going to take an offensive lineman.

And then he calls them skill positions. Their defense is always going to be solid. Why? One, he's just an elite hireer. Like he hires well. So like, and John does too, they hire good defensive coaches. So their defense is going to be well coached, even if they're going to be better personnel-wise in a couple years. But what he does translates, he controls the line of scrimmage on offense, which even if you have a way better offense than him, he keeps you off the field.

And that wasn't the case today, but he can just run it down your throat. So if he can run it down your throat, Jim Harbaugh is a lock to win double-digit games in college or the pros. And clearly the Broncos are not going to be very good. I still think the one advantage the Raiders had. The Ravens' offensive line is not good, and the Raiders do have a good defensive line. They were down 10 in the fourth quarter and came storm, but it was an impressive win on the road. It was. But to me, the Ravens, I got red flagged.

I mean, they got some weird stuff going on. But I think Jim Harbaugh can finish second in this division with 10 or 11 wins and be in the playoffs. I don't think he can beat the Chiefs. Their team is not good enough, maybe in an individual game like one out of two. But they are built to beat Kansas City. Well, they're built to playing an ugly, you know, 23, 20 game. Yeah, their time of possessions. so far this season are really impressive.

And it's just, it's, it's funny because just think about this, six months ago before the national, before the college football playoff, 70% of fans in media were still doubting Jim Harpole. He was getting crushed. He couldn't coach in the Penn State game. He's overrated. And now you look at him and you're like,

like stop, stop media. Stop. This guy is absolutely phenomenal. This team almost reminds me. Well, he's not very, but he's not even hateable anymore. the way he carries himself, the way he interacts. He's actually much more lovable now because he used to have like this aggressive.

He was tough on the press. Definitely publicly he could befriend him off. This version of Jim Harbaugh, and I didn't fall in as closely like in Michigan, and part of it he was suspended a couple times last year just in terms of his daily press conferences. He's a new man. I mean, he's, I bet the Spanish is like, God, this is incredible the way he interacts, how happy he is. I mean, he's just, he feels like a different person. he's 60 now. Life's good. I don't know. Southern California, he feels completely different

than the guy at Stanford at the 49ers, and I would say early on in Michigan, just his mannerisms, his communication, his just everyday demeanor. I want to talk Rams, Arizona. Listen, Rams, don't have any players. I mean, they're just, Cooper Cup was limped of the day. Pook is already out. Tyler Higgsbe's out. Let's talk Marvin Harrison and Kyler. So Marvin Harrison, the best college receiver I ever I was Randy Moss. The second was Calvin Johnson. I think Marvin reminds me a little of Calvin Johnson. Size, length, hatching radius, hands. He doesn't run like Moss. Either did Calvin. But you're not going to catch him from behind. But now, in the first week, Steve Kime told me he'd watched the film of the tape and he said Marvin was nervous. He was playing slow. He's not really a burner. But in a league, you saw it today with the Rams. In a league, in a league that has a lack of corners. And, you know, with Kyler's ability to run, you have to have a spy, he's going to get some

one-on-one man. And they run the football well. So it's like, you start looking at Arizona and you're like, you know, we watched Buffalo handle Miami. Buffalo is probably pretty good team. They took a big lead on them. Harrison is, I mean, all of a sudden, they have two backs. Kider had his best game maybe as a pro, Marvin Harrison.

And I will argue this. I think their coach is good on his side of the ball. I think they play their ass off defensively. What do you make of Arizona and Tyler? I don't know where Kyler ranks, you know, one through 12 or whatever. He's probably closer 10 through 12 than he is three or four. But when he's on, there's a short list of players that you would rather watch. He is as entertaining as they get.

Like what Deshaun Watson has become, like no one wants to watch him, Kyler's the opposite. He was like, this is awesome. He's always going to have some limitations in the pocket just because of height. But just a pure talent, you know, you've been watching sports longer than me. He has to be one of the great true blue chip just talents in the history of sports. To have that much capability to do the things he can do at five foot nine. I mean, his speed, his arm strength, his accuracy on the move.

Obviously, Harrison's a really good player. One thing I heard in the offseason when he got drafted is the one transition part for Marvin Harrison was going to be the overwhelming majority of players Heath saw in college these last couple years were guys not NFL corners for a lot of guys in the Big Ten. And he came to the NFL and he's immediately facing the first week the bills, Rasul Douglas. This guy's making $10 million a year. Probably has a couple kids at home, drives a Ranger over, lives in a mansion. And he's trying to take your lunch. And Marvin, it was going to be a wake-up moment. And today they don't exactly have Jalen Ramsey out there anymore.

So you get a confidence. He gets an early catch. I loved, from a gambling perspective, betting on Marvin Harrison, whatever his props were. Because last week, it was so like, it was such a big story. You knew they were going to try to feed him the ball, right, to get his confidence moving. They have a lot of talent. Like if Kyler's just, he doesn't need to play like today. But if he's playing well, Trey McBride, if you just did a draft from scratch with GMs would be a top five touch.

tied in. Yep. James Connor is a running back. No one talks about whenever I watch. He's a beast. Like God, this guy could play on my team any day at a week. Yes.

And like you said, my buddies with Philly, I know the way it ended, right? Defensively, he got a lot of shit, Gannon. They love the guy. And I remember hearing like, he might be a better head coach than he was a pure schematics guy because how good he is with players,

how good of a leader he is, the way he carries himself. He's a really smart guy. I don't know if they're a player. playoff team because the one thing with Kyler is he can be a very up and down. He's like a streaky shooter in the NBA. He's all so small. Get banged up. Exactly.

Like he could score 30 and the next game he scores five points. But like buddy, but when he's healthy, he is a, he's, he's on a top five list of of guys that would keep defensive coordinators up throughout the week because he can do stuff like that. And like Minnesota, we may not love their overall roster, but you look at Minnesota's offensive pieces and they don't even have Jordan Addison yet. It's like Minnesota's got left tackle, back, tight end, two receivers, quarterback, coach. Like, they got dogs.

I mean, Arizona, McBride, the two backs, Marvin Harrison, they had another kid make a nice catch in the back of the end zone. It's like, Kyler, I just watched them today, and I'm like, I mean, the two teams in the league that I've watched and I've went, wow, Saints. And even though they're one-in-one, Arizona, that first half against Buffalo, Buffalo was on the Rokes. 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.

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all of our odds provided by Draft Kings. So I'm going to start with one of my strongest plays. There's a difference between struggling, but competent and struggling. The Bears plus one and a half at the Colts. I had a general manager this week in the league told me he looked at Anthony Richardson's film and said, Colin, it's as bad as anything I've ever seen from a starting quarterback. Greg CoSell told Ross Tucker on his podcast, and he's not prone to hyperbolic statements, he's missing high school throws badly. The bears have been close. The bears have had moments.

The bears have a quarterback who is a franchise quarterback. We don't know yet with Anthony Richardson. If you're struggling with Shane Steichen to the point, can't hit stuff in the flat. you know, once Keenan Allen comes back, I think the Bears will be much better. Anyway, I think Bears plus one and a half is the play here against a wobbly Colts offense, sharper square. So it is the sharp side. The line has moved in that direction, right? It started a two is now down to one and a half.

So the wise guys have been coming in on the Bears. For me personally, it's not going to be a spot. Everyone I talk to, clear division. on this. Not because of the Bears and not because of Anthony Richardson, but because of the spot for the Bears and the spot for the Colts. Anthony Richardson at home has been better than Anthony Richardson on the road. True. The Colts got smacked by the Packers and their run game. Everybody knew that's what they were going to do and everybody knows that's what the Colts cannot stop. The Bears,

Bears don't have a run game at all. And the Bears defense, meanwhile, they are great in past coverage. They are great rush in the past. They are top five in both, according to pro football focus. They are terrible against the run. And that is what the cult will need to do in order to win this game. And by the way, they are desperate for a win right now. I do think that Shane Stiking is a better coach than Matt Iberfus. I do think that what he can draw up for Anthony Richardson is better than what the Bears can draw up for Caleb Williams right now. now. So it's a very tricky game. The wise guys took the two. It's down to one and a half. You're sharp, but it's not like there's a boatload of confidence on this sharp play. We talk about regression to the mean. I love Sam Darnold, but I do not believe he's an MVP of this

league. The Texans only have to give up two. They are two and O and haven't played particularly well. They're a young team. Young teams tend to get better. I'm going to take Texans. minus two, the Vikings slow down a little. At some point, no Jordan Addison, T.J. Hawkinson banged up. They'll pay a price for that sharper square. Yeah, and this one, you're totally square. Like, the wise guys have been all over the Vikings in this game. It's moved off of a key number.

I think they've been really impressed with what Brian Flores has done. Defensively, C.J. Stroud has not been as good on the road as he has been at home. We even saw it in some of the struggles. that he had in week one against the Colts where they needed some help covering that game. So I think the challenge here is people are trying to figure out, is Sam Darnold for real? And I have been saying this for about a year.

I don't think Kevin O'Connell is getting enough credit as being a really good coach. You know, we go back two years, three years, when he and Dayball were both rookie head coaches. Dayball gets all the credit for being a great coach he wins coach of the year. He goes on the road to Minnesota. They beat Kirk Cousins in the playoffs at Minnesota. Kevin O'Connell sort of has looked at as, well, why didn't he beat Brian Dabob? Brian Dabal might be better. And then last year, Kevin O'Connell has these quarterbacks

that he is rotating in and out after Kirk Cousins gets hurt and keeps this team in contention for the playoffs. Now all of a sudden he's got Sam Darnold and this guy has looked all world, the first two games. You got to give a lot of credit to Kevin O'Connell here, is another reason why the wise guys are backing the Vikings. I had a rant today. If you look, we always think quarterbacks are the most valuable people in the league, and they are. After that, I always thought Christian McCaffrey and T.J. Watt felt like they really helped their teams win. Numbers, however, this morning, presented to me about A.J. Brown are stark. Jalen Hertz wins at a Mahomes level with him,

a Mahomes level, 28 and 8. Without him, he's a slightly better version than just and fields. A.J. Brown is out. The Saints are for real. It's a coordinator story. Philadelphia is on a short week. I do not trust the back end of that defense in a close game. I just don't. I think Kirk Cousins, I mean, it was, it was honestly, it looked, it looked so easy and remedial for Atlanta. I would swallow the two and a half and take the St. Sharp or Square. Well, not at two and a half. It's not very sharp at all. And we've talked about this. There's an old axiom in betting. You got to get the best of the number. You are not getting even close to the best of the number right now. In fact, you're getting the absolute worst of the number. You could have

had the Saints at plus two and a half plus three on Sunday night. There's basically been a six point swing in this game. So there's a couple factors here. Number one, you're going to get the Saints who are way, way overhyped, so much inflation on the Saints right now. But you're also getting a team when the numbers flip,

when a team goes from an underdog to a favorite, historically, the new underdog is going to cover about a 55, 56%. clip. So the percentages are better betting the Eagles right now despite what you're seeing on the field. So the Broncos have had a tough open on the road for a rookie against Mike McDonald's defense and maybe the loudest stadium in the league. And then they face the Steelers, maybe the best defense in the league. Tampa now, they're getting six and a half. Tampa's beat up. Vita Via's out. Six and a half. I mean, for, you know, Sean wants to win these guys. games. These are the richest owners in the league. It'd be great to get a year to go three and 14, but he needs some doubles. This number just seems off to me. I'm going to take the Broncos plus six and a half against the buck sharper square. Now you're walking into just, it's a field

of knives. It's so sharp. Colin, you better watch yourself because, yeah, the Broncos are the side here. And we have this thing called the luck rankings. I've talked about it on the show before. It basically gives you indicators of if all things were being equal and you took out sort of turnovers, fourth down conversions, lack of ability in the red zone. The bucks are the luckiest team in the NFL. The Broncos are one of the least lucky teams in the NFL. And the Broncos have also faced some pretty good defenses up to this point. A lot of people are going to look bad against the Steelers defense. Right. The Bucks, you look at that Lions game, sure, they beat the Lions at home.

The Lions were one for seven with touchdowns in the red zone. They aggressively outgained the Bucks in yardage, yards per play. Jared Gough had a terrible game, but he was still moving the ball up and down the field. He just couldn't get it in the end zone. So you combine the challenges that the Bucks have defensively with their injuries with some of the factors that have inflated this line. because the bucks have looked good while also looking a little bit lucky. And that's why you get a wise guy play on the Broncos.

I like the Ravens against the Cowboys. You could say, well, Dallas was humiliated. Losing to the Raiders at home, Baltimore was humiliated. There are a lot of similarities with Dak and Lamar. They both have Super Bowl winning coaches, highly compensated, high profile. They win their division multiple times. The difference is Lamar is really good against. against good teams. In the AFC against playoff teams in his career, he's 19 and 14.

Dak and his career against the weaker conference against playoff teams is well below 50%. In fact, 40% of Dak's wins in his career. This is remarkable, are against the Giants in Washington. He's 23 and 4. In these big games, it's going to come down to two competent coaches. Both rosters have holes. I like Lamar in spots like this, not Dak and Mike McCarthy, sharper square. This is a tough one. Like, this line has been bouncing around telling you that there's money coming in on the Ravens and then there's money coming on the Cowboys.

I can't give you a consensus. There is no consensus. If I looked at Action Network right now and we have the split of number of tickets, like the amount of bets on a game and the amount of money on a game, you would see 50, 50, 50, 50. Like, it is completely down the middle. And that's why the game is lined at Ravens minus 1.

Everything you said about Lamar is true also. I think against the NFC, he is something like 20 and 1. Insane. Something like that. He's great in this spot. There's no doubt about it. I think you've got two teams that are suffering from massive

identity crises right now. Defensively, the Ravens kind of don't know who they are, you know, without Mike McDaniels, without, I mean, Mike McDonald without Patrick Queen, their secondary isn't as good as it was last year. They're struggling with their offensive line. Their run game, even with Derek Henry is is-ish. The Cowboys backfield, offensive backfield, might be one of the worst in the league.

CD Lamb, banged up, has a bad ankle. What are the options if you don't have CD Lamb? Their defense has no depth. Micah Parsons is talking about he felt like he was in a maze against the Saints. Like, it's a fun game to watch. Why do you have to have an opinion on it? You know what I mean? It's just a hard one to, it's a really hard one to handicap.

All right. Give me one more. All right. So we talked about Minnesota. We talked about the Jax. We talked about Atlanta. We mentioned the Titans and the Broncos. There's two games.

They're so gross, Colin. Like, I hesitate to do it. The wise guys love the Panthers this week. Oh, God. I know nobody wants to talk about it. I can't. This is the corner TV game. I'm not even going to go into why.

I'm just telling you they have been betting on the Panthers. Like the line moved from seven to five and a half as soon as Andy Dalton was announced as the starter. It is now moved down to five. There's a lot of reasons to like Andy Dalton as. is the starter over Bryce Young. And there's a lot of reasons to now want to play the Panthers. Their offensive line has been playing great. The challenge for them has been Bryce Young is just so inaccurate.

So can you get better offensive production of Andy Dalton? Yes. Are you going against a team that actually isn't playing as well as the scores would indicate? Yes. Will the defense for the Panthers potentially improve if the field position is better because they're getting better opportunities to move the ball down the field are at least close to their own 50 so they can punt it, you know, and get it further into the opponent's end of the field, because I think the opponent's starting field position for the

Panthers has been at their at the 39-yard line. Just hard to win games, it's hard to defend when that's the case. So they're on the Panthers. I won't, I won't like try to convince you. They're also on the Giants. Giants isn't a bad bad. Yeah, I mean, Daniel Jones was actually pretty solid. They like the Giants. They're just not sold on to Sean Watson at all. And the Browns still have some injury questions on the offensive line. The giant strength is the interior of their defensive line. Best interior defensive linemen in the NFL. So there is some sentiment that the giants are the right side. And I feel bad. I'm just giving you gross, disgusting things to think about. But we're getting at that point of this season. Yeah. There's no way I can,

I'm just staying away from the Packers. I stayed away during the Colts game. I'm staying away during the Will Levis, who is in the Bad Judgment Hall of Fame. I'm just, I'm not touching the Packers until everybody's healthy, but sharper square, all odds provided by draft kings. Good stuff, my friend. How great was that Brian Callahan video of him just losing it and then actually just owning it the next day in the press conference? Okay, so that's my, so my theory is that if you look at coaches with young quarter, Even when they're awful, they're almost apologetic and defend their young quarterbacks.

Why is Callahan shredded him twice publicly? He doesn't like him. He's trying to humble him. And this is my knock. I've told the story. I called an NFL coach who I have a relationship with. And he asked me about all the quarterbacks. And I said, Will Levis, the gun show.

I said, that's just bad judgment. And I said, he showed bad judgment in college. He makes really bad throws. I said, he's got a little hitch in a swing. He will not manage Will's about Will. He will not manage a game. He plays hero ball. And I said, Brady managed. Mahomes manages about 80% of this game is we've got a lead. Get out of here. Let's get on the plane and get back home. Brian, Callahan is trying to humble Will Levis. And you do that when your quarterback isn't humble. Because most of these pro athletes that I've dealt with, these young quarterbacks, strong dads, coached hard. They've been in a very disciplined quarterback lifestyle since they were nine years old. Most of these kids come in, humble as hell, even the talented ones. You know, their dad was often like a pro athlete. They know the game when they come into the NFL. You're going to get coached hard. You've got to practice hard. You've got to work hard. And so I think most of the dad was often like a pro athlete. They know the game. You're going to get coached hard. And so I think most coaches feel kind of lucky when they get these young quarterbacks.

I mean, C.J. Stroud had success. Lamar Jackson had success. Lamar's an incredibly humble. Herbert's incredibly humble for as big a story as Mahomes is. For a coach to rip somebody publicly, he doesn't like him. It's personal to me. That feels very personal. That's the most obvious thing ever that he doesn't like him. Here's what's challenging if you want to be an NFL coach. there's only so many jobs. You can always ask yourself, why does Dave Canales take the Panthers job? You don't have to be an NFL coach and study every second of the all 22 of every play that Bryce Young played

to know that he wasn't going to be the guy. Kudos to him for dumping him and benching him and deciding, okay, we got a chance. I like what I'm seeing. That's what that says, by the way. I'm not flipping to Canales, but there's a connection here. when he benches Bryce Young, two games into the season,

what he's seeing on film is the offensive line is playing great. Receivers are getting open when they're not so discouraged. They don't run their roots. We've got a chance to be a better team if we get this guy out and give everybody else a little bit more confidence. But between him and Callahan, you're stuck because you have to take an NFL job if you want to be a head coach. And you know if you're getting that job, you probably have a crappy quarterback.

And there's nothing you can do about it. So, like, you're in, like, the weirdest rock and a hard place because you're getting your dream job. And you don't even know if you can succeed because the guy who is quarterback in the team just can't get it done. And you're not getting that job unless there's a quarterback who can't get it done. And Canales was a hot coach. So was Ben Johnson. Ben Johnson said, no, I'm not going to take it. And Detroit has looked like a little off center.

So the old saying, strike when the iron hot, strike when the iron's hot, Ben Johnson was hot. He doesn't take a job. You come back this year and are like, Jared Goff doesn't look as good. So, I mean, this seat, it's all situational and seasonal. Yeah, yeah. I mean, even defenses, great defenses disappear the next year because defensive players get hurt more often. And so you can have a great defense. The Jets had a great defense last year.

You look at this year, like, they don't tackle well. They're bad in space. Like, Solah's defense. And now they're injury riddle. CJ Mosley, the guy who's Colin plays. So it's like when you're an assistant, like Canales, you say, why would you take that job? Because if Baker Mayfield had a crappy year this year, then you're not a job prospect. Yeah.

It's true. It's so difficult. We're going to hand you the best job in the world. But by the way, you're also going to have to manage the worst quarterback in the NFL. With the most impulsive owner. Oh, my God. I'm not so sure he didn't make the call on Bryce Young, to be honest with you. It would be true to form, right?

Everything we've heard is that Bryce Young was not the guy they wanted to draft, but the owner made them draft him. He has not been a guy who has had a great reputation amongst fans and people in the media so far during his reign. it's funny you mention that because when I heard that he was being benched I thought that is a ballsy move from a brand new coach

with an owner who is known to have strong opinions and medal it didn't even occur to me that he would have pulled the trigger on that it feels too strong, impulsive and decisive for a young coach known as a quarterback whisper to bail and go to an old

past his prime Andy Dalton. It doesn't feel like the move you'd make. You'd make that in week six or seven, maybe near the trade deadline, Dangle Bryce Young as a trade piece. Week two? You lost to the Chargers. They look excellent.

You lost to Jim Harbaugh. It's okay. See, Colin, this is why you are a savvy inside media player. You think the next level? I'm just a guy sitting in my office in West Harford

trying to figure it all out. And I just thought, good for Dave Canales. Good that he decided to bench this guy. I like his courage. Hard to, it's easy to have courage when the owner says, bench that guy. Exactly. All right, my man. All right, brother. I'll see you later. The volume. Thanks so much for listening. If you've enjoyed the podcast, take a moment, rate and review. Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy, not quite, on Humor Me with Robert Smygel and Friends, me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier.

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on the IHeart 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'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. Hey, this is Robert from the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast. Joe and I are both lifelong Star Wars fan, so we're celebrating May the 4th with a brand new week of fun,

thought-provoking Star Wars-related episodes. Join us as we tackle science and culture topics from a galaxy far, far away, such as the biology of tontons and wampas on the ice planet hot, or the practicality and corporate business sense of the Sith Rule of Two. Listen to Stuff to Blow Your Mind on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever, you get your podcast.

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.

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 where you get your podcasts. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying.

Yep, that's me. Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, my 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 Clifers Show. This is a place for raw,

unfills of conversations with athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. So let's get to it. Listen to The Clivert Show on the I-Hard 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. This is an IHeart podcast, Guaranteed Human.