The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 1 - MLB trade deadline

Episode Date: July 31, 2025

Covino & Rich are in for the great Colin Cowherd! They react to a big day in sports. MLB trade deadline & NFL preseason begins tonight! Should fans boo Volpe of the Yankees? Sidney Sweeney to Honey Boo Boo. Herdline News brings in a Justin Herbert debate. Plus, NFL on FOX Power Rankings stirs the pot! #CRShowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Kavino and Rich in for Colin today on the herd. And what a day it is, huh? You got the Major League Baseball trade deadline. Football's back? I'm just pumped. It's Thursday. And Thursday's the new Friday. So the weekend begins right now.

Covino and Rich in for Colin on the herd. Steve Kavino, Rich Davis. And a piece of Collins here. Tooie's here. Hey, what's up, dude? Hey, guys. What's up, man? Good to see you again.

It's always great to see you. As the security guard of the. the lobby said, uh, happy Friday Eve. When people say that, I'm like, I appreciate the enthusiasm, but stop it. That's his thing. No, he says that all the time. I appreciate that. Happy Friday. Of course, Danny G. Ryan, Spotty, everybody's here. If you got to chime in, you want something to say on this important day. Like Rich said, lots going down. 8774 The Herd. Or hit us at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. Let the Wild Rumpus start, man. I hope you had a great Wednesday night. I hope all your teams won in dramatic fashion like mine did.

Did you see the Yankee game last night? I saw. Who is it in the night inning that forgot how many outs I were? Was that Grisham? Austin Wells, man. Oh, Austin Wells. He pulled some Little League BS. And you know what?

I want to mention that. We have lots to get to. It's not about the Yankees. I know people hate when I talk about the Yankees, but I do want to bring that up. That's true. I also want to bring up the fact that it looks like I'm going to the ball game today. It's trade deadline Thursday. right, we'll keep you posted.

Tui's on standby with that. Look at us. Looks like I'm all ready for the game. I didn't know they even sold Volpe shirts. I have a Volpe. I'm proud wearing that thing around, man. Volpey T-shirt, right? And it has the state of New Jersey in the O of Volpe.

I'm wearing a Yankees hat. Who sells those? Volpe himself? Listen, it's a whole story of itself. I didn't buy it, right? But I appreciate it. I'm grateful. So someone sent it to me, and I'll give them props later.

but I want to make the point that I'm doing the opposite of what I hate. I'm walking the talk because I feel like when your players are struggling or when people in your life are struggling, imagine if you lived life, let's say you told a bad joke here on Fox Sports Radio, and believe me, it happens. It'll happen multiple times a day. Hang, stand by. Imagine you were getting booed and discouraged every time you messed up.

Every time you said a wrong fact. every time you flubbed the word during a live read Bull Rich you suck An example of that is coming up in 15 minutes Exactly exactly I mean Stand by for some fails for sure But imagine if every time you failed

Or misstep that your job You were booed by the people That were supposed to be rooting for you That's always the most counterproductive thing to me In life This guy is playing on eggshells He's a league leading what 16 errors now in the big

The only thing keeping him alive is that his bats heating up a little bit, which is unbelievable when you think about it. The dude is still hitting home runs, and he hit a big one yesterday. And then, of course, that base running blunder that you mentioned, he hit a game-tying home run in a crucial situation. Dude, 16 errors, and Yankee fans are booing this guy, and I understand why, because it's frustrating. But does anyone under the moon really thinks that ever helps the team you're rooting for?

It's the most counterproductive way of expressing your feelings. Like, you've got to encourage these dudes. These are young men we're talking about. It's very mature of you, by the way. Dude, I'll never be that guy. You know who you boo, the opposing team? I get your analogy. I'll give you a Colin since we are into the herd.

He loves analogies. Especially at a home field, Rich. It's ridiculous. I'll give you a Colin analogy. Imagine if you were going through a divorce and all your friends instead. I did. What? How many years ago, then? I know you're on your phone with your ex-wife like 10 minutes ago, and I saw you

aggravated. Yeah, what do you think I'm pulling my hair out for? For fun? Imagine your buddy was going through a divorce And instead of supporting him, going out for a beer, cheering him up, you're like, man, you suck in relationships. Ha-ha! You stink!

That's the equivalent. That's the equivalent. And again, I get it. Let's say they're playing away. Yeah, the away team's going to boom him just because and to get into his head and because he's made another error. You're at home. You're making errors.

I understand the fans are frustrated. believe me so am I, I'm a fan. But it's the most counterproductive thing. Let me teach you how to be a fan 101. Stop booing important players on your own team. Encourage them. Hype them up because then they get the yips and then they're in their own head and they can't throw to first base anymore.

So you know what I'm doing, guys? I'm not booing Anthony Volpey. Do I want to strangle that guy? Yes. Does he have the potential? Yes. But instead, I'm supporting him wearing this miserable t-shirt. You think I don't have 3,000 other t-shirts to wear?

No, I'm supporting the guy. The end. Good, I'm glad it's the end of Anthony Volpe. But there's one more thing. Well, it's not the end. He's heating up. There's a meme. This is fantastic.

Thank you, Danny G. Super producing. There's a meme that says Anthony Volpe in 2025, 216 batting average, 16 errors. Pete Gray in 1945, a guy that played with one arm, bet at 218 with 14 errors. I know, dude, but do you think booing him and getting booed at his home field when he's trying his hardest?

No, I get it. Helps anybody, not just him, anyone. So, again, when you're at the game and a guy you're rooting for isn't playing up to par, I don't think booing ever helps. You're supposed to boo the opposing team. These are the rules. We agree. No one's going to disagree,

but yet there's idiots that do it. I'm not that idiot. Change it to the NFL for a second. More people love them some football. When your starting quarterback is struggling, I want to kiss you. When your starting quarterback is struggling. Struggling. And you know they're not going to be replaced.

I'm not talking about a guy that, you know, has a short leash. When people are called for the backup, is that equally counterproductive? Absolutely. I mean, at least you have another option in this case, right? But it's not helping that other guy. you're sort of making a choice for the team right there. It's a little different because Volpe's the dude they're invested in. There's no one to back him up.

You're waiting and wanting him to perform well. And I'll end it with this. I'm wearing a T-shirt. I'm trying to explain why, because I support. I don't discourage. I'm not booing the guy, right? But do you think he'll end up with more errors or more home runs because he has 16 home runs?

Ooh. And that's the only reason he still plays. I mean, I hope for his sake. home runs. All right. Well, I mean, that you would hope. I mean, has... That's my little baby rant of the day. Let's be better fans. I mean, it's pretty obvious. And let's stop being amateur. This isn't Little League. Even though the Yankees made Little League errors last night. We'll get to that later. Well, we're going to talk a lot of NFL today. We are here. There's football from today until Valentine's Day. So we got football tonight.

Of course, Lions Chargers in the Hall of Fame game preseason kicks off. So we're going to a lot of NFL. I have a major problem with an NFL on Fox power ranking that to me is like so disrespectful to a team. So we're going to get to that. Can I also share my problem with you and other boneheads

that put stock into these lists? It's just a guy in his stupid opinion. No one is Madam Ruby. Chat GPT can't predict the future. Nobody can. So to put any value or stock into some Gibroni Jones's NFL

power ranking. It means didly squat. But we do, and I get it and it's fun, but half of these things are made just to be brought up, and they'll throw something outlandish in that list just to get people buzzing and talking about it. It doesn't really mean anything at all. I mean, I know we know that,

but it ends up pissing people off anyway. And for the record, Madam Ruby didn't know anything. She told Peewee his bike was in the basement of the Alamo. And there was no basement in the Alamo. However, I don't know if he's been in the Alamo? Did you see the update? They actually have it. now.

For real? Yeah, for real. They actually have it at the Alamo, his bike. Now, a lot of NFL, like I said, we're going to talk about all that goes on from this point forward in our lives.

But I do want to give everyone another moronic fan alert, essentially. You talk about these fans that boo, they're starting quarterbacks, they're starting short stops, like the guys that you're supposed to pull for when they're going through a rough time,

but fans somehow boo them. In fact, not to be too New York biased, but I'm a Mets fan. And Francisco Lindor said that what he loved more than anything was that when he went through his terrible like 0 for 30 streak, the fans never boot him. And he's like, they got my back. Yeah, like, all right, the most pathetic situation you could be in, right?

Is you go to work and everyone at work dumps on you. The boss tells you you you suck. Your colleagues have no respect for you, right? Then you're like, you finally wrapped up with your day at work. And then you go home. home and then everyone dumps on you there it's like hey I'm home now can we stop dumping on me

and that's the thing like you when you're home you should at least have the solace of knowing you're not going to be ridiculed and booed at home I want to give another moronic fan alert because today is the day of all days you don't want your wife busting your chaps this is the day of all days where the idiotic fans come out and I say that because it's the final moments

the final day of the trade deadline 6 p.m. Eastern tonight. We're like, again, less than six hours for your team to make a deal. Let's make a deal! The crazy part is... Yeah, but there's not a lot left on the table. I'm sure Tui, you've seen this. What was your team again, by the way?

Your podcast? Astros. Oh, Astros. That's right. I know. I should know that. Astros. That's right. I'm going to boo there. Yeah, that's fine. I respect it. Justified. I'll boover.

You can't quit your team. Of course. Of course. You can never quit your team. Did you rock those sweet 80s jerseys as a kid? Absolutely, yeah. I went to the Astrodome once. I thought it was cool. Oh my gosh. I thought it was cool when I was a kid.

So anyway, trade deadline. Do you have the Moronic Astro fans friends, like my Metfan friends that come trade deadline, they propose all these trades where you give up nothing but want the world? Right. Yeah. Every idiotic friend I have is like, you know, we should go. You know, see if the pirates are willing to part.

with skeins. Maybe we'll give up a couple minor leaguers. I'm like, you think you're getting... You've got to trade your whole minor league system for ball skiing. I was like, you want skeins. You're going to have to give up like Nimmo and Lindor or something like... So I just think today is the day where we should all stop those

moronic fans in their tracks and be like, stop it, listen to the foolishness you're saying, because I guarantee there are fans like, Kavino. Yeah. If you were to go after a guy like Alcantra on the Marlins, while not good this year, he's a guy that teams are probably hoping maybe he on a better team yeah on a better yeah you're not

going to get him for two prospects you're going to have to give up a current productive piece and prospects yeah and there's multiple teams bidding on them too yeah and when people say my team did nothing i just want to remind everyone gms have to propose a deal the other team and gm have to say i like that deal but here's what i want right sometimes no move is better than a desperate move Yeah, there's so many factors involved. And I remember, not the name drop, but I remember Steve Phillips telling me that once. He goes, you know, fans don't get, it's like at the deadline, sometimes people try to entice you with a bad deal because they know your fan base. How desperate are you?

Want some move. Like right now, the Yankees, they are so desperate, like, we need a move that I don't think Brian Cashman's foolish enough to give up a lot just so that you could be happy. Well, the fantasy is because they need pitching, right? and most teams do. Most teams need something in the bullpen. The fantasy is the Yankees get Paul Skeens for two dudes you never heard of and a player to be named later. That's the fantasy.

Yeah, we're not willing to give up anybody, but you want the greatest superstar. Yeah, we don't want Austin Slater. We don't need that guy. I wish him the best and I hope he's great. But I do think, here's another question. Do you think big moves will be made during this show? Without a doubt. They'll be one.

but, like, no, no, no, I mean, big moves. The biggest one is, not like a guy you got to go to baseball reference just to check them out. I want to be bad in 214 with 12 homers. Not a guy like that. No way. So far, Suarez is the only. I think the Mariners. And, you know, I wanted to bring this up as a Mets fan.

They now have two closers. And I'm not trying to get too excited about this, but they have Ryan Helsley that they got from the Cardinals. And Edwin Diaz is back to the Edwin Diaz of a couple years ago. He's lights out. So I wonder, is it okay for your eighth inning guy? He's lights out trumpets on. Is it okay for your eighth inning guy to have an intro? Because as of right now, picture yourself, I'm going to paint a picture.

You're at City Field. If the Savannah bananas are selling out and they're doing backflips, yeah. Your middle reliever should have an intro. I think you've got to step up with the theatrics a little bit. You got to remember, it's baseball, it's serious. It's still a game, though, and there's families there, and they're spending lots of money. You still have to put some show biz and entertainment into it.

So I know it sounds weird, but again, that's what you're competing with. But I'm feeding with bananas and entertainment and fun. You've got to step up the fun factor a little bit. Recently, City Field added like a whole light show in the stadium. So picture this. Eighth inning Mets got the lead. Ryan Helsley comes in. All of a sudden, Hels Bells kicks in.

Oh, yeah. Hell's Bell starts. and all sudden City Field goes dark you confused the PA guy though I heard trumpets I know Ryan had one job Yeah but that could happen

I thought we did that as you know Hey these are the possibilities No Oh so I'll blame it on you and you have one job Ryan So Ryan Helsley comes out to Hells Bell City Field goes nuts A bunch of

Guidos and Queens pumping their fists to classic rock. Yeah. It's unconventional, Rich, but I think that, yeah, you got a big star there. You give him his intro. A setup guy, huh? And now, then in the ninth inning, break out Timmy trumpets for Edwin Diaz. I think City Fields can be popping.

I think it has to go that way. I think it's a really solid question. But again, in today's world, where everything's a circus and a spectacle in every sport, have you seen what they're doing in golf? Max Scott, what's it called? Max Gall? Maxie golf. Maxie golf?

Get it right. I got that hip surgery. Maxi golf. You know, every sport has a circus side show going on. So the actual sport has to compete in some way. And taking fun out of it is not the way to go. So I know it's unconventional for your setup guy to have a dramatic intro. But yeah, he's not just anybody.

He had his own thing. I think you roll with it. So as of right now, the big deals, Suarez, probably Helsley. Who else did you say? Yeah, Suarez, Helsley, last night you had what to Johan Duran

yesterday afternoon to the Phillies. Oh, that's right. That was a big one. Yeah, yeah, huge. You know, the NL East is really trying to sure up their bullpens. Yeah, for sure. Shane Bieber this morning went to the Blue Jays.

That could be a big one because he's coming off of Tommy John, correct? And he just had a rehab start and did well. And the Padres made a couple of moves. you know, there's something about the Padres that scares me. It should scare your Dodgers, Danny. That's the thing.

It's all about the Dodgers. It's like they're in this race, this arms race, right? Yeah, it's just Dodgers and Padres now. Giants are out. Yeah, Giants are selling. They're stripping the car and selling it. Yep. Selling the parts.

Padres, Nab, Mason Miller and J.P. Sears. Well, I'm telling you, baseball's popping. I know Colin has said it. Who said it first, though? Dion Sanders. Baseball's popping. I've been quoting Dion Sanders on that one because there's a lot of speculation all throughout the season

of man, there's a lot of superstars in the game and there's a lot of teams still in it. So buyers and sellers and who's getting who, this is big and it all comes down today. And, you know, not to nerd out because I try not to. I am on the edge of my seat. Like I said, I'm dressed up like I'm going to the game today. It's a big day and we'll keep you posted here.

I want you to look at the National League for a second and just realize why baseball, not only is popping, but why there's excitement. I hate to, this is no dump on the small market teams, but the teams that bring big numbers and have big fan bases are all there. Right now, if you look at the NL, who's battling in the East? Mets and Phillies, in the Central, Cubs and Brewers, who just have a great rivalry now.

And Cincinnati and the Cardinals are right on their tail, right? They're not out of it, out of it. And then out west, Dodgers Padres. Like the NL, if the playoffs started and you told me that it was Mets, Phillies, Dodgers, Cubs, Brewers, that's the six teams. That's what you want. Think about it though.

It's not just the stats that matter. It's, will this guy click on your team? And how cool it could be for that guy to be on your team to go from a failing miserable team to a contending team, that dude could bring some crazy spark like McMahon with the Hanks, you know? Had the walkoff yesterday. That brought so much more excitement to a flat team.

the personality of that guy also matters a lot. So when you sit there and you wonder why that guy, maybe he's just due, maybe he's the right fit personality-wise. And again, you have to think of the excitement and personality that guy is bringing to your team. You know, Tuii, I have a guy that I think is going to make an impact if he does move to back up Kavino's point. So sometimes, listen, they're all human. We sometimes think these athletes don't let outside noise,

where they're playing, family, all these things interfere. Luis Robert on the White Sox is a guy that was a star. The White Sox have stunk. He's not motivated. If you put Luis Robert on the Blue Jays, Yankees, Tigers, Phillies, Mets,

Dodgers, if you put him on a team that has stars that's winning, you don't think Luis Robert finds his way again? He's pumped, and then his excitement is contagious, he gets everyone else more pumped. I mean, that's just how it works in life. He was supposed to be a superstar. Yeah.

And then the White Sox went down the tank and, you know. To me, that's the guy. It's the new blood, man. Yeah, so that's what makes this even more exciting. That player could come in and bring that juice. They're pumped. They're going from, again, I'm using my example, but McMahon went from the Rockies to the Yankees.

The Yankees were flat. He's bringing all this energy now. And that's what you're hoping for. And that all goes down today. So baseball's popping. We're going to see where it's headed. What was the opposite? Just think of that.

Imagine you go from, imagine going from the Rockies. Someone went to the White Sox. That's one of the worst teams we've ever seen in baseball. And in baseball history. And regardless of whether or not the Yankees are playing great right now, you go from the worst team in history to put on the pinstripes. And I hate the Yankees, but that's got to be such a mental change. Totally, yeah.

Danny, remember last year a guy from the Dodgers got traded to the White Sox? Yeah, Vargas. We all saw that picture of him so miserable in the dugout. Sad Vargas. that was terrible and awesome all the same time. That's the weakest. That's like you're with the hottest woman ever. Then also, you're with Honey Boo Boo,

you're with Honey Boo Boo's mom. Like overnight. Like, that's a hard adjustment. You go from Sidney Sweeney to Honey Boo Boo Boo. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. But I don't know,

are you ready to go national that you support Sidney's in a lot of controversy right now? I read something about this. And let me tell you, I will. It's not okay to like hot women, rich. No, it's not okay to like hot women, number one, apparently, right?

But I read something online, and it's so true, and it's funny that I said online because I'm contradicting myself, but it said the American Eagle, Sydney, Sweeney ad, it's one of those cases of no one's really mad. No. It's social media is not real. Right, yeah. So it's like one of those stories, we all see it in sports and pop culture where it's like, people are up in arms about blank. And you're thinking, where are there? And it's like, well, what people? Show me a person.

And then you really can't find someone. And you're like, you know what? Outrage over American Eagle campaign. Like, who? So is someone going to tell me Sidney doesn't have good genetics? I got two eyes. Those look like good genetics to me.

I don't know. There are people getting canceled, like influencers getting canceled because they just mention that she's hot. Then again, influencers aren't even real. They're not. It's all part of like fake life. Like social media.

So to me, that's why like when someone on Twitter is like mock you or tells you you're terrible and you look at their picture and it's a picture of like a dog on the hood of a car. You're like, do that a real person. So to me again, that is a great example of not real life. Yeah, and really to bring it home, guys, this is

Kavino and Rich in for Colin on the herd. I'm thinking about Sidney Sweeting. What were we talking about? Yeah, Sydney Sweet. Oh, baseball. Baseball. Analogies are the real deal. Imagine going from your job. Let's say you're playing for contender. You're working for Fox Sports Radio. They trade to The Frog and Poughkeepsie.

Man, I'm on 103.5, the frog. Now you're on the frog. Imagine if that was, you know, you're in real life. That's why it is important. You know, we question why these players pout and why they fight for money. That's a tough pill to swallow in a part of their life and career that most people don't have to deal with. Sure, anyone could get fired at any moment. But imagine you're on the Dodgers. You get traded to the White Sox.

That sucks. For your career and for your family. Yeah, no doubt. Well, listen, NFL, it would be ridiculous not to dive in heavy today because it's the day, man. I mean, whether you like it or not, whether the stars play. Tonight, the NFL kicks off. What a day, huh? The Hall of Fame game.

Trade deadline and the Hall of Fame game for the NFL. And it's Noody Magazine Day. Oh, that's what a country. We got more Kavino-Ritch in for the great Colin Cowherd on The Herd next. Be sure to catch live editions of The Herd, weekdays at noon Eastern, 9-8-8-8. On Fox Sports Radio, FS1, and the IHeart Radio app. Hey, we're Kavino and Rich. Fox Sports Radio every day, 5 to 7 p.m. Eastern.

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I don't want to keep the guy waiting. It's time for some herd line news. No, no, no, no, turn on the news. This is the herd line news. Tooey, what's up? Hey, guys. Thanks for let me sit in today. I appreciate it.

For people that listen every day to the herd, our perspective on Tui is that he's like the nicest dude there is. Are you ever mean or no? I can get a little antsy sometimes when things don't go our way. Especially like behind the scenes when things are kind of getting off the rails a little bit. I think it's the super nice guys that you got to look out for because they're so nice and they lead kind. And when people step on their toes, they're more offended. Like, I'm a nice guy.

you've pushed me too far. Yeah, Tui, tell them about that time. We threw a stapler. We've been talking about the MLB... At Collins' head. Oh, man. We've been talking about the MLB trade deadline today is at 6 Eastern 3 Pacific.

Things are happening fast and furious this morning just to kind of recap a little bit. The A is kind of a surprising one. They are trading their 100-mile-hour flamethrower closer Mason Miller to the Padres, which this affects the Dodgers, guys, because it's an arms race now with L.A. and San Diego

trying to keep track of each other. keep pace with each other. This is a big one. As you get closer to the postseason, having that strong bullpen is, you know, make or break. Start just go shorter in the games. As you've noticed,

the Dodgers won the World Series, and they had games throughout that playoff run with bullpen games. Yeah. So, listen, you have a strong bullpen. It can mean all the difference. You got to have it. Just the other couple ones from last night, late last night.

Twins yesterday, Johann Durand to the Phillies. Big one. A. E. E. Hanyoswres is heading back to Seattle. Shane Bieber going to Toronto this morning. Your Mets are making moves, Rich. They got a big bullpen now. Looking good. Looking good. So we'll keep you posted as things are breaking because they will break over the next couple of hours.

I love that sidearm specialist. Oh, Tyler Rogers. From the Giants. The Submariner, yeah. I haven't seen a guy like that. Do you remember the name of the 80s Jeff Innes? How about Dan Quisenberry? Quisnbury.

That's what I think of. That's such a unique thing. You've got to think of the game RBI Baseball. And who threw side arm? Who threw sidearm in that? You got to remember also, every step of the way, coaches told that kid stop throwing that way, and they had the wherewithal to say,

no, this is my stop. That's right. You would never coach that, right? No, I would never coach that. Come on. Come on, get that arm angle up. All right, guys, also the NFL is back. Hall of Fame game is tonight.

Chargers lines from Canton to Hall of Fame inductions will be this weekend. Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Sterling Sharp, and Eric Allen are this year's induct. D's. No Justin Herbert, no Jared Gough tonight, a quarterback for both the Lions and Chargers. Jim Harbaugh, though, had an interesting bite about Justin Herbert talking about his quarterback. This is from the heart. This is the truth. Justin Herbert's biggest weakness is all of those that he's counting on on offense, coaches, offensive line, playmakers, receivers, running backs to get up.

to his level. I wake up every day to try to get to his level. It's like when someone asked you in a job interview, what's your biggest weakness? You're like, I try too hard. I mean, okay, so where are we at with Justin Herbert? Danny Parkins, who was in for calling this week, we had some wild chatter. Like, he's a big Herbert guy. But like we were talking, would you trade Herbert for Jalen Hertz right now? See, my take is that this is the year where I feel like we've given Justin Herbert so much time to

prove that he's the guy everyone thinks he is. And eventually it's like, dude, where's the results? Last year, his one playoff performance. He's killed by the Texans. Got killed. Rich, you said the same thing last off season. You're right. Am I the guy that keeps giving him years to year?

Eventually, it's going to be like, yo, Herbert's not delivering. Like, we're, oh, there's just so much potential. But then again, I mean, he's not a rookie. He's not even year two or three. It's like, well, then ask yourself, why does he get the pass? That's the big question. That is a big question. because of all the big-name quarterbacks,

it does feel like he gets the pass, doesn't he? It seems that way. Because he's in L.A. I think with Harbaugh, year two, if nothing happens now, the pass is gone. But you know who's playing tonight? Trey Lance. Trey Lans is starting up.

He's starting. And I think that because the Niners somehow recovered with Brock Purdy and kept winning, no one talks about Trey Lans's the bust of all bust. The Niners gave up a bunch to get him in pick number three. So when you hear about Jamarcus Russell or this guy, that guy, all the biggest busts, Ryan Leif, no one brings up Tray Lance.

How about the fact that Cowboys gave up a fourth round pick for him, too? To be a backup and he never played. What are we doing? Maybe Tray Lance finds his way to a nice backup spot and God forbid something happens to Herbert. He gets a chance. Maybe, maybe. Maybe certain people garner more sympathy or empathy

and other people are just more fun to pick on. I feel like picking on Rich is more fun than picking on me. Maybe the media works in that way. Maybe pick and choose of who gets criticism. It's fair. That's good point. the news. Thank you. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The herd lie news.

All right, so, thanks, Tewy. He's the man, Tewy. NFL on Fox came out with a list, and it was the power rankings going into the season. And we went over this yesterday on our afternoon show. Danny G.

was like, guys, you have three strikes. It was very family feud style. No, he was like, guys, we got three strikes. We're going to play a game right now. It was very Dan Patrick versus Rich Eisen. First of all, I don't sound anything like that. Yeah, you do. It was very family feud style.

And he gave us three strikes to see if we could pick all 15 in the top 15. Again, 32 teams, Danny said, pick the top 15. We failed. I thought. Barely, though. But I thought with three strikes, well, we're not going to miss three. This list had a couple odd omissions and some odd add. additions. So when you think about the top

15, and I know power rankings are just that, it's a made-up list. As Red said, in Shawshank, that's just a made-up thing by made-up people, whatever he said. Red also said, how often do you look at a man's shoes? Everyone in here is innocent. Yeah. Red said a lot of stuff.

How are you get busy living or get busy dying? It's a great movie, Rich. But it's really just a made-up list. Like you said, some gibronie that's like, yeah, yeah, Here's who I think. It's like back in the day when they would have those like Maxim Hottie list in the 2000s, like, who's the hottest girls of the year? Here's number one.

It's like, says who? Your one dude's preference? Wait, you just called NFL on Fox. Fox Sports very own Ralph Faxiano. You just called him a gibroni. I mean, in the kindest way, he's no different than the guy that made the Maxim Hottie list in 08 or something. No, but what I do believe, I believe that it's partially what he believes. And then partially as a guy who just wants.

some clicks and wants people to speculate. I think he does strategically, his strategy involved, he throws one team in there just to upset everybody to get people talking. He'll flip a two around or something. And leaves a few off. But again, I respect the game. But it's really just his list. Again, it would be like if I came up with the list, like, Rich Davis, I'm going to tell you the best fast food

nuggets. Number one, Chick-fil-A, number two, Wendy's. And, you know, I might say, I might leave something off just to upset people. Number three, checkers, bro. And you're like, checkers. I didn't even have you. I leave off like Raising Cains. I was just going to say, yeah, you put Raising Cain's 15th.

Yeah. There'd be pitchforks. And again, I'm not saying that, you know, I'm not saying that we know for fact this is what happens, but on other lists, I do believe that happens truthfully. We worked for Maxim. We know they did it just to get people speculating. I saw him recently.

the who was it some source with no real credibility in the world but someone came up with like the best podcast list oh yeah yeah yeah and they left off like Joe Rogan they left off call her daddy they left off like all the fox sports shows in her big time it was honestly it was like remember like when Howard Stern wasn't in the radio hall fame right it was like to get people talking is it really a hall fame then or you can just simply say says who says who yeah i'll be like trump's lawyer says who So who is left off the NFL on Fox power rankings top 15 and who is on it? It'll shock you. I'm insulted on behalf of one team in particular.

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Hey, CNR in for Colin, and we said we're going to talk a lot of NFL today for real because it is the Hall Fame game tonight. NFL is here until Valentine's Day. It really is an exciting day, guys. It's wild to think, right? And I've said this before. I don't know about you. My guess is all of us have things in common, but one of the big commonalities has to be how your life changes when football starts. We could all be so different in many ways.

But if you're a football fan, come August, September, when this all kicks in, Monday night, Thursday night, if you're into college on Saturday, Sunday, Sunday night, all day, Sunday. And then this year with a lot of the holiday games, there's a couple Friday games. The NFL sort of takes over your life and away. Fantasy football, gambling, everything you do, football season is so different. Since we're in for Colin on the herd, why don't we share one of our CNR patented moves that we perfected. over the years. So when my wife is laying in bed. Oh, no, no, no.

No, no. That's for the other show. Danny G., how many days until the actual season 30-something? 36, 35 now? We're down into the 30s. So you have 30-something days to really butter up the wifey so that she doesn't bust your chops, squeeze your shoes once the season starts. But then again, I don't know if it's wise to end up with a woman that doesn't share a little bit of interest with her.

It's too late for a lot of people. But what I'm just saying, use those 30. days wisely for dinners and maybe a little weekend getaway, a little bit of romance. Well, because you know you're not going to have the same amount of time in 30-something days. Well, let me remind everyone before you get into this list that I've said this for years. I think you need to date someone a full calendar year before you should ever consider getting engaged or live with them or anything because the same way you don't know, you know, a woman's habits during winter or summer.

You've got to make sure she's shaving her legs even in the wintertime. But you need to make sure that... You've got to have priorities. You got to make sure that if you're like, no, babe, you don't understand. On Sundays, I'm sort of locked in. I dated a girl once that would constantly do like,

when is it over? When is it over? When is it over? It's tough. And I'm like, I'm not saying sports should dominate your life, but I thank my father-in-law. for sort of raising my wife to realize if football is part of life.

Well, she's from Texas, too. She gets it. My wife's from Texas. She gets it. So I think that's key. Now, let's get into this list. NFL on Fox. We say lists are made for one reason.

And they're made to get people to debate and argue and fight. NFL and Fox came out with the power rankings. And to get you high a little bit. Yeah, of course. The top 15. Now, we could simply get some of these out of the way right away and say, Of course, you knew the top four were going to be Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs, and Bills.

I think there's no argument that those are going to be the top four. If anything, they'd make everyone's top five or six, right? Then it gets tricky because there's a team that I feel is on this list early on. That I love the sentiment, but right there at number six, and number five, the Packers are there, by the way. A lot of people think Packers are going to have a big comeback year. Number six, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

So controversial, because are they going to have over nine wins, ten wins? Sixth in the NFL power rankings? You really put a lot on Aaron Rogers here, who hasn't really proven anything in the past two years. Aaron Rogers, D.K. Metcalfe, they've made improvements. They're older. Tomlin's like, somehow never, you know, has a losing season.

But again, would you call them Gibroni Jones? Yeah. Think on behalf of Ralph from NFL and Fox. Props to Ralph. Ralphie V is what I call him. Don't you guys feel like the lions should be right there at that slot? Yeah. Yeah.

But again, it gets your eyes. It's an eye grab immediately to be like, come on, the Steelers. And it gets people buzzing. Yeah. Well, I'll tell you this. Danny G. yesterday, without, I don't want to be the guy. We're not Spider-Harrison or Ryan Seacrest. I'm not going to do a countdown of the list.

Coming in at number seven. We're not going to do that. The Washington. Commanders. Commandos, as I call them. I don't want to do a countdown list. And if we were, we should do it reverse. No one starts to count down at number one.

But Danny said pick the top 15. The ones that stood out to us were the Packers all the way at five, number six being the Steelers. and there were a couple omissions that were like, what? Number 16, the Denver Broncos, they're considered dead middle of the pack and Tui. I was just watching a clip of Colin from last week on Fox talking about how they had like a top 10 personnel.

In fact, number 6 ranked as far as personnel and roster. Yeah, so last week, ESPN and the Athletic did a, ESPN did a roster ranking, Athletic did a preseason ranking. And the ESP had roster ranking, Denver 6th, Green Bay 14th. in the athletic preseason rankings, Green Bay is fifth, and Denver is 14th. Yeah, it's tough to figure out.

The other ones that stumped us yesterday, we talked about it on our regular show. You can hear it on the podcast, Kavino and Rich. We didn't get 14 and 15, the Cardinals and the Vikings. I can't. That to me is another one. The Cardinals, I get it. We were trying to guess the top 15,

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