The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 2 - Blazin' NFL picks for the weekend

Episode Date: October 11, 2024

Colin gives his best bets for week 6 in the NFL The list of QBs Colin believes are better right now than Brock Purdy   Guest: Albert BreerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hour 2, live in Los Angeles. It's the herd. Dodgers, podrays tonight. Game 5 won for the ages. Yankees won last night. They're in the ALCS. Wherever you may be and however you may be listening, thanks for making us part of your day. like tonight's one of those baseball games

feels like, feels like 15, 20 years ago. Like you got to watch, especially if you're a West Coast sports fan, it'll be as big a baseball game as we've had in a year or two. The upstart suddenly have money to spend Padres over the last several years with Pettice, Mani Machado, a lot of swag, hungry, big personality with the more refined, classy, Dodgers, Betts and Freeman and Otani, the veterans, you know, between Dodgers Stadium and the late

Vin Scully. And, you know, the Dodgers have always been sort of above the fray, dignified, a well-moneyed, well-heeled. And here come the Padres, new kids on the block, they're cocky, you know, they're out there hip thrust into the crowd, they're taunting Dodger fans in left field. And I got to be honest. the yin'i-y-ang, it's fun. Who do you want to win tonight? It reminds, remember when you, over the summer, you went to some lobster shindig and Rhode Island

that was very dignified, a lot of pink shorts? That would have been like if you invited me to that and I showed up with like a tank top. I was like, what up? I was the Padres in that one. I had a buddy text me that the Dodgers should just trick everyone and have Otani trying to pitch tonight.

I mean, listen, Otani needs to show up. This is a big spot for him. I mean, he doesn't have the postseason experience. Can you imagine how obnoxious the Padres will be if they win? In L.A., oh yeah. Oh, yeah. I mean, last game, fans throwing stuff at him, they were taunting them. Yeah. I kind of like it. It's going to be a vibe out here. Listen, baseball had a ton of personality in the 70s and early 80s. My favorite players, Mark Fidrich, Pete Rose, Mickey Rivers.

Mickey, is that a real person? It was a Yankee, yeah. But then all of a sudden, something happened, and there was a way to play the game, and it got, you know, very conservative. and muted and it's like, ugh. We're getting back to we have teams now. Like Francisco Lindor literally doesn't change his facial expression when he hits a home run. But the Padres are cocky.

And they've got, and they're just out there having. They got a little NBA feel to them. They're going to let you know they're good. They're going to be a little flashy. And I like it. Lindor hit a grand slam and like no reaction. I mean, I hit one three-pointer and it's like, come on, everybody.

So it's going to be a great one. Now, I always have a rule on the show. new information, new opinion. I don't get embedded in stuff. New information, new opinion. I just had to eliminate one of my picks. I had the Giants plus three and a half. It's out.

Malik Neighbors is out. Cincinnati's going to score some points. And you've got to score points. I thought Malik neighbors, I was going to do a draft king's thing. I thought Malik was going to have a really, really, really big game night for the Giants. He's out. It's not a good bet anymore. They don't have the firepower to match up.

Cincinnati is going to score some points. And New York, I thought, was going to score more points, but I took that one out. So I got four, not five, new information, new opinion. Here's our blazing five. That's a hot one. Let's blaze it up. Fire it up. It's Collins, Blazing Five.

Cardinals and Packers. I really like Green Bay minus five and a half. Romeo Dobbs, Christian Watson, returning, so they're getting healthy. They lead the NFL in big plays, and a couple of their big play guys are back. in Love, multiple touchdown passes in seven straight games, tied for the longest streak, believe it or not in the NFL. Listen, the Cardinals get off the bad starts. They've trailed by at least 10 plus points at halftime in three straight games, and their

third down defense is horrible. What does that mean? I love Arizona's offense, but they're going to trail, and they're going to struggle and they're going to struggle to keep Green Bay off the field. The Packers' offense this season, even with Malik Willis, Jordan Love, has been substantial. So I think a Green Bay team getting healthy at home takes a lead, keeps Kyler Murray in that offense on the bench. I like the Packers to win and cover 33 to 24. Chargers at Broncos.

I don't think Denver's good enough to win four straight games. I'm going to take the Chargers off a buy week. They have both their tackles back minus three. So they're getting healthier. It's an offensive coach and a good quarterback in a by week. They get Derwin James off suspension too. Harbaugh. against rookie quarterbacks, has eaten them alive.

They complete 57% of their throws. And by the way, Bo Nix is young. And if you look at the Chargers defense this season, again, it's been really good. Outstanding. The Broncos three straight wins have been over the Raiders, Jets, and Bucks. They're averaging 1.4 points per drive. That's 29th in the NFL. I'm going to take the Chargers to win that football game.

27 to 20. I will eat the points. Lions and Cowboys. Again, I'm going to take Detroit coming off a bye. With Ben Johnson and Jared Gough, well-balanced on offense. They run and pass. Gop over the last two games is completing 88% of his throws. That's because PFF has their O-line as number two.

I think it's number one. Aidan Hutchison, outside of Fred Warner's the highest redded defensive player in the league. He is just a monster. And the Cowboys since week two, they're averaging 20. points a game. They're a BB gun. They're games. This is a really big thing. Dallas is coming off three straight physical

games. Think about this. Steelers, Giants, and Baltimore. Big physical games. And their three wins have been against Justin Fields, Daniel Jones, and Deshawn Watson. This is a total step up in class for the Cowboys who can't run the football

and don't stop it particularly well. And the Lions have a great old line and two backs I like. I'm going to say the Lions win and cover 3428. I'm loving the favorites. Bills at Jets. Except here. I like the bills to win.

I'm going to take the points with the Jets plus two and a half. It's weird when teams get interim coaches. It's a division rival. Three of the last four meetings decided by one possession. By the way, the Jets losses have been to Minnesota, maybe the best team in the league, and

the Broncos, a chance, again, they should have one, and their defense is allowing fewer yards per play than any other team in the league. Meanwhile, bills have 16 players on the Thursday injury report. Josh Allen is reeling. His last four games against the Jets, as J-Mack noted this week, have not been good 74 passer rating, and we've got to be honest about the Jets defense. It's outstanding. It completely shut down Minnesota in the second half.

I think this is a low-scoring close game. going to take the points. I think it's a thrilling game. I'm going to take the bills to win 24, 23, but I will take the points with the Jets. That's my blazing four. I took out the Giants game. Malik neighbors out. I'm not rolling. If I had a fifth game, there's two I think are interesting. I think Philadelphia, although I didn't want to take another favorite. I don't like big favorites. I think Philadelphia could mash Cleveland. I like Chicago against Jacksonville, although teams that go two overseas on a regular basis generally do well. So I don't think it's good enough to put in the Blazing Five.

But I do think Chicago's going to win and Philadelphia is going to win. It's a rare week where I like favorites. A lot of favorites. The Giants was a dog. I had to take that one out once Malik neighbors got hurt. And Jake Mack will have his picks in an hour and a half. Anything jump out to you that you do like? Well, this whole, there's nine home underdogs this week.

I saw that once at this is the most in like a decade. You've got to tread very cautiously with home dogs. They're not going to go eight and one. Agreed, totally. But with neighbors out, wouldn't you just flip to Bengals? No, because I don't, everybody's been telling me to bet Joe Burrell for four weeks, and my takeaway is this defense is the worst in the league. So the Giants with neighbors, I thought, would win.

Without neighbors, I think they'll be, it's close. They had the Ravens dead to rights. I mean, it was over. They've had a lot of teams dead to rights. They are atrocious defensively. Also true, yes. Albert Breer, Money Moaning quarterback is joining. us now live. So I want to pose a question to you. I was really very reticent to embrace Brock Purdy.

And then about four weeks ago, he had a game. And I thought, you know what, he's more mobile and athletic than I think. He tends to get leads because of Kyle Shanahan distribution, good decisions, playing with a lead in the NFL at halftime, you win about 65% of your games. I think, and I watched him last night against the two-time pro-b bowler Gino Smith, and he's a better player than Gino Smith and everybody thinks Gino's pretty good. My takeaway is he's proven himself he'll get a contract. You're sourcing. What are you here? Do you think he has

another level to prove or do you think like in the house he's their guy going forward? Well, let me just start with what I know and then I'll tell you what I think. What I know is that they are planning on paying him after the year. And I Kyle Shanahan said as much to me over the summer. We talked about

how they build a team differently. He said we've been through that before. We went through with Jimmy Garoppolo. When Garoppolo became the highest paid quarterback in football. And so there was a real acknowledgement there that they are going to do this. And they do feel that confident. And they felt that way about him, Colin, going back to his rookie year. I mean, Kyle told me, like, based on the tape, like, this is the type of player he's going to be.

And they really feel like he's becoming that type of player. Now, what I think is, like, what we're seeing over the last month is something we haven't seen before, which is the type of player that you need to have when you're putting them on that sort of contract, who's going to have to deal with some whole. on the roster because you can't pay everybody. And so having to play without Christian McCaffrey, having to play without George Kittle, having to play without Debo Samuel,

having those guys come back from injury, then having to deal with Brandon Iuk who hadn't been out there all summer, there have been a lot of moving parts on the offense. Trent Williams wasn't even there during training camp. So just a lot of moving parts over the last two months and nobody asked for any of that

and nobody asked for them to be three and three right, now, but we've seen a guy who can go out and make plays on his own. You see the scramble plays. You see him churning out first downs with his legs. I'm not comparing him to Tom Brady. So don't get me wrong here. But I still remember at the beginning of Brady's career, because of where he was drafted, people were so resident to put him on the same level as Peyton Manning. He got called a game manager. He's got a great coach, a great system, all of that different stuff. and we wound up finding out the truth in time. I don't think Brock Purdy's going to be Tom Brady.

Again, don't get me wrong on that, but I do think there's that piece of it where a guy doesn't live down his draft position and people can't get over where he was drafted. This guy's a really, really good player and a much better player than people have given him craft. Tony Romo and Kurt Warner were undrafted, so he's obviously good. So, listen, I...

You know, the idea that Woody Johnson and Aaron Rogers talked and there was no, you know, tip off, tip off of what was going to happen to Saul, whatever. You have it better sourced, I'm sure than me. I just, I'm a little skeptical on that, but be that as it may, it does shift now. With Nat Hackett being demoted, it does shift the responsibility on wins and losses to Aaron. You're not blaming the Hackett. Saul is gone. You're not going to blame the interim coach.

It doesn't look like they're going to get Devante Adams right now. So my take is, okay, now it's Aaron's team. So as Aaron's team, we could talk about who they're going to hire as a coach. I'm not really interested. Here's my take going forward. I think Monday is the biggest game for Aaron Rogers outside of that playoff game against Detroit and biggest game in two or three years.

Like, this is it. They win. This is Aaron's team. Do you feel going forward that the solemn move is a plus-negative or a minus? How do you think it plays out going forward? Yeah, you know, I kind of share the sentiment of a lot of people in that locker room.

And I can just tell you, like, Sala was loved in that locker room, and Rogers loves him. I mean, Rogers and Sala, I'm told, we're on the phone for a half hour with each other on Wednesday. Sala spent a lot of time in the quarterback room over the summer and into the fall, so those two became closer. So I don't think there was a personal issue with Sala and Rogers or Sala and anyone in that locker room. The prevailing thought in that locker room was, what exactly is this going to accomplish? We have a great defense. you have the architect of that defense as your head coach. You've got a really good defensive coordinator and Jeff Ulbrick.

And now you're pulling the head coach out of the equation, who, by the way, was going to make the switch and offensive play callers on his own before any of this happened. And you're elevating the defensive coordinator to head coach, so you're spreading him thin a little bit too. So that's the big question is like, where does this make us better? And I think those questions circulating inside that locker room make Monday a very big game.

for Aaron, for everyone else there, because this is the sort of spot where it's okay, we'll see if they get that bump from having an interim coach and from everybody being put on notice. It's a tough spot for everyone in that building to be in right now. You know, with Jeff Ulbric changing roles, with a new offensive play caller and Todd Downing in his first game.

And if they come out and look great, then maybe they'll be gangbusters the rest of the year. I sort of feel like if they don't, though, Buffalo comes out and beats them by two touchdowns or three touchdowns, don't you sort of have the feeling like what lever do we have left to pull now? Again, it's just a fascinating spot because this isn't typically the type of spot where you fire a coach in mid-season because generally those teams are either dead in the water or the coaches lost the locker room, and that just isn't the case with this team right now.

Jeff Albrecht's message to the team inside the building yesterday when they started their preparation for the bills was that everybody has to lock arms. and it's us against the world. Again, if they can't play that way on Monday night, I'm just not sure what lever they have left to pull after they pulled this one this week. Okay, Drake May, there's a lot of consternation in New England. It looks like, okay, kid, Caleb, Jaden, Daniels were playing, Bo Nix. I honestly, you know what I think, Albert, I think New England looked at Caleb's play.

I think they're getting better. I think they looked at Jaden Daniels. I think they looked at Bo Nix and they thought, let's go. Those aren't perfect teams. I mean, there is some sort of, you could sit there and do the Jacoby-Bressette thing, and you would look really smart

if Caleb, Jaden, and Bo Daniels were stinking the join-up. You in Atlanta would look brilliant. But there is something to be said about if the guy can play, can play. That kind of, you know, there's that outside peer pressure stuff. I think this is actually more about the starter than it is about the rookie.

You know why there's not pressure to play Michael Pennickson in Atlanta? because they have Kirk Cousins, and Kirk Cousins has a lot of skins on the wall. Ultimately, they had a development plan for Drake, man. He's come along great. Like, if you watched him in the preseason from the first to the second to the third preseason game, there was progress week over week. He looked great in the preseason finale, you know, against the commanders.

In practice, his footwork, his eyes, all that stuff is better. Over the last couple of weeks, the last piece, which is dealing with the Blitz, has really come along. They've found creative ways to get him first team reps. So all of that stuff is in place. I think they're playing him before they intended to because I think it's become very clear in that building that he's now the best quarterback, not just the most talented quarterback,

but the best quarterback. And it's become harder and harder and harder through the losses to San Francisco to Miami to sell Jacoby Brissette as the best option to the locker room. And I think that that's sort of where you're at right now. It's not hard for the Atlanta coaches to sell Kirk Cousins to the locker room. Everybody in that building knows what Kirk Cousins has, accomplished. So that gives them the freedom to wait as long as they want with Michael

Pennix. Same deal as you had in Kansas City in 2017 when it was Mahalms behind Alex Smith or in 2020 in Green Bay when you had Jordan Love behind Aaron Rogers. The reality is that the Patriots don't have a veteran quarterback like that in the roster. And veterans on your roster don't care about your three-year plan or your plan for developing the quarterback. And when a team's struggling like this, it can become harder to sell a quarterback to the team. And I think that that's where the Patriots were when they made this decision. Yes, Drake was making a lot of progress. Yes, they believe in Drake.

But I think they did this a little earlier than they had planned to because Jacoby Bresset became harder to sell as the solution to that locker room. Finally, either Arthur Smith, the offensive coordinator for the Steelers, has no self-awareness or it was intentional. When asked about Justin Fields, he literally said, well, there's no drama. There's no, you know, trying to make him, you know, he doesn't live through his avatar on social media and I just thought, whoa, that's not even subtle. I mean, so Pete Carroll wanted him out. Sean Payton publicly ripped him. And I mean, Arthur Smith either he has no self-awareness.

I think he's a pretty smart guy or, I mean, were you at least surprised by the lack of subtlety and nuance to the answer to, you know, what do you think of Justin Fields? I would be if I didn't know where the momentum in that building has been going for the last six weeks. Okay. And the momentum in that building has been stick with Justin Fields. He is loved by the coaching staff. He has made progress week over week. That Colts game showed them a lot a couple weeks ago where he had to play from behind

and they had to throw a lot. And his receivers didn't do them any favors late in that game. He didn't point any fingers. He just kept playing. Yeah. No, the game against the Cowboys wasn't ideal. And I don't think anybody would say that it was. was played obviously under really weird circumstances, delayed, wet field, all of that different

stuff. But what they see in Justin Fields is a guy that they can really work with. And I do think that they feel like there are some limitations to what they can do if they put Russell Wilson out there. And so I think they're viewing this not only on where the two players are right now, but where they're going to be in November, where they're going to be in December, and who's ultimately going to give them the best chance in January? And I can tell you this without equivocation, Colin.

Arthur Smith and some of those coaches worked with Ryan Tannahill in Tennessee, and they got to an AFC championship game with Ryan Tannahill. They feel like as a reclamation project, they can do more with Justin Fields than they could do with Ryan Tannahill. Again, I'm not talking about him becoming Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen, but they believe they can turn Justin Fields into a really good playoff-level quarterback. And right now, that might be more than they feel like they can do with Russell Wilson. So whether they give Russell a shot at it, which they might,

They may throw him in there and see what he can do, gives him two cracks at it. I do think ultimately Justin Fields is going to wind up being the quarterback of the Steelers, whether it's through not giving Russell the job back or eventually giving the job back to Justin after giving Russell a crack at it. Albert, have a great weekend, Monday morning quarterback, as always, great stuff. Can't wait. And thanks, bud. Awesome.

Thanks, Colin. Yep. So the Niners have told Albert Breer, Kyle Shanahan, they're going to pay him. He's their guy, no equivocation, all in on Brock Purdy. He looks the part. Like I said, you don't get many stinkers from him. He may not have Lamar's twitchiness, Josh Allen's size, Mahalm's Stafford talent. He's a good quarterback.

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Former Duck Jeff Schwartz stops by. J. Mack will have his picks, though. First, J. Mack with the news. No, no, no, no. Turn on the news. This is the herd line news. Or you've been hyping this game tonight. Dodgers Padres from Chavez Reveit.

Very exciting. I think a lot of the focus is going to be on show. Hey, Otani. Here he is hitting that bomb in game one. But he's quietly not had an amazing series. He's been okay, reaching base safely in 5 of 10 played appearances. But in the losses, O'Tani was 1 for 8 with 4 strikeouts, no RBI. He's 4 for 6 with runners on base.

0 for 10 with nobody on, though. Now, he is hitting lead off. And here's the troubling number. One for eight lifetime against Pod Starver U. Darvish. Darvist was filthy in, was it game three? He'd been around a while. He's pitched in some big games. Maybe it was game two.

But whenever he fit, no, it was game two, yeah. Darvice was incredible, and Dodgers are favored tonight. Hmm. Like, listen, I think we have. No pressure. Everybody thought Otani was going to be nervous before game one. He hits that three-run Jack. I wonder what the pressure is going to be like.

Obviously, you know, he's a super famous. baseball player probably Oh, the pressure's on the Dodgers. Yeah. Here comes young, hungry, cocky Padres. Yeah. The swagged out Padres.

They love, I think the Padres, I think they love this moment. This is who they are. Chado's throwing baseballs and the Dodgers dug out. Yeah. I think this is who they are. They love being the underdog.

I know you're a 70s baseball guy. I am. I'm just saying the Padres' like logo and hat from the 80s, the color scheme. Oh, I don't know. if it's number one from the 80s. 1980s baseball hats. You know my first interview ever in this business was Tony Gwynne.

Really? Classiest guy, nicest guy I've ever interviewed that's a superstar. What a guy. This is incredible. The contrast here, you have the refined sort of leader in the clubhouse, VIP section. It's Mookie and Freeman and O'Tonnie and Clayton Kershaw,

you know, these big brands. And then here you got the upstart. I mean, the Dodgers could have had Mani Machado and they didn't want to pay for him. They let him go. so he got a chip on his shoulder. Everybody on that team's got a chip on their shoulder. I don't get this, didn't want to pay for it. They spend more money than...

Well, he didn't fit maybe their locker room. He didn't fit their culture. He didn't fit there. They didn't need him. By the way, they had their eye on Otani several years ago. So, I mean, you don't know what happens. I did read a story. Baseball payrolls are strange that the tigers,

who are still alive in the playoffs, play the Guardians in Game 5 coming up. They have an $18 million dollar payroll for their whole postseason roster. It was in a Wall Street Journal. I was like 18 million. They were a judge makes way more than that alone. Baseball is strange and go Dodgers.

Next up, Colin, is the Seattle Seahawks, man. They really got destroyed last night by San Francisco. But here's a troubling trend. They started 3-0. And in their last three games, stepping up in class and two of them, the defense has been shredded. The Lions had 389 yards,

had five scoring drives of 70 or more yards. The Giants with your boy, Daniel Jones, 420 yards of offense. And last night, the Niners just shredding. 483 yards, rookie head coach Mike McDonald, who's supposed to be a defensive guy, said this after the loss. We've obviously not played good football in the last three games, and on where we go. So the mentality always has to be, hey, let's move forward, let's attack this thing, and

let's fight like hell to make it right. Fairness, fairness matters in the herd. We're a show that's fair. Seattle remains the last three weeks, a mash unit on their defensive. front. They're all beat up. He didn't play last night. The great corner.

Oh, not great. He's a very good quarterback. They're beat up. They're getting shredded. Yeah. Rams and the Seahawks. You're not getting... Seahawks defense, Rams' offense.

They're just not the same. So it's hard for me to bang on McDonald or Sean McVeigh when you're playing with backups. So at what level do you get concerned about the season? They do have Falcons up next. You've got to win that on the road because after that it's no Rams. Bill's Rams' Niner.

I think the Rams are going to get healthy in two weeks and going to run and be impressive. I think the Niners are the Niners. Arizona is the Buffalo Bills of the NFC. Depending on the week, they're amazing. I think Green Bay and Arizona, I think Green Bay is a great matchup against Arizona. But I think Seattle, I can't take them seriously until they get the quarterback right.

Do we need to do a one-third check-in on playoff teams? Like, is Seattle, for your projections right now, a playoff team in the NFC? No. that's not good. They were three in Owen looking really deep. First of all, there's too many teams that are good we didn't expect to be good. Did we think Minnesota would do this? Did we think Washington would do this?

We did not. So we have two teams massively outperforming expectations. Now, the Niners aren't as good, but Gino's 0 and 5 against him after last night. So you got a couple. We knew Green Bay in Detroit would be good. We thought Philadelphia would be. And by the way, we both liked Atlanta and Tampa would be fighters. but I mean nobody thought Washington and Minnesota

would be this good and so it looks like they're going to take two playoffs spots. I know it's early but that Dallas Detroit game is big this weekend. Like Dallas does not have a lot of room to fall behind in the NFC. As you just articulated, they're probably not top seven in the NFC right now. But if they beat Detroit, they're in there. And if Detroit beats them, Detroit then goes to the upper crust.

I don't think it's a great matchup. Here's what I worry about. Dallas does have the ability to move the ball when they trail and Detroit gives up a lot of yards in the back end. I think it's a shootout. I think there's a lot of points. Big time shootout coming. Final story is, oh, college football.

Yes. Two freshman wide receivers, Colin, are really lighting up college football. That would be Jeremiah Smith from Ohio State, who is unbelievable. And Ryan Williams, the speedster at Alabama. Smith has six touchdowns in five games for Ohio State. Ryan Williams had the electrifying score against Georgia. He's got six touchdowns through five games. The young Buckeye receiver, Smith, said he thinks.

feels like he and Williams are the best receivers in the country right now as freshmen. Colin, these guys can't get to the NFL for three seasons. Smith right now could go. He's physically right. There is, we've talked about this. There's no position in the sport of football that is furnishing the NFL with more stars day one than receiver. When you watch these two guys play, they would be the number one receiver on about 90% of NFL teams.

This kid from Ohio State could leave. after this year and be a top three pick? Wide receiver. Yes, he could be a top. He's not a top receiver in the league. Oh, I think both these kids would be top receiver. I think the kid at Ohio State could be a top five receiver in the league. He's going to be for sure.

Remember, youth is an advantage for receiver and running back. It's not for left tackle and quarterback or defensive tackle. Running back, wide receiver, I'll take a receiver at 24 over. 34. So it's one of the rare positions. I think that's why I say with Devante Adams, what am I giving up? I mean, the Rams need a wide receiver. They'll be 12. How do the Rams need a receiver?

Because Cooper Cups no longer available. They got Cup and Pucca. Cups, it's way past the prime. He's never healthy. They like him, but Pook is the one now. Coup's not available. Tide ends hurt. They've drafted all defense last two years, so they're getting old and creaky

on offense. That's why everybody's always hurt. But I'm just telling you, when I watch the Ohio State kid. He's not Justin Jefferson or Jamar Chase yet. But you watch the catches he's making? I see Randy Moss. I'm not kidding. Ray and Ross is unbelievable athlete.

There's only a couple. I mean, when I saw Adrian Peterson in college, you knew he would be a top five NFL running back the first year. Running back wide receiver. Youth doesn't phase me. Left tackle, interior lineman. I don't even know how Oregon matches up with this kid

this weekend. He's just a jumpball machine. Well, nobody matches up with him. Bruce Feldman, you know, who comes on the show, wrote an article about him, and Smith bench presses like 355 pounds, squats over 500 as a freshman in college. Those are insane numbers for a receiver. That's like a defensive end, like a boss just doing those numbers. Jeremiah Smith, really? I think I'll be honest with you, you have to stay in college for three years.

About every decade there's a player that you're like, he could go after one year in college of the pros. I think the kid from Ohio states it. I think he could play in the pros right now. And be like elite. J-Mack with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Herd.

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between the Padres and Dodgers. Coverage begins at 7 p.m. Eastern 4 Pacific tonight on Fox. Gigantic game. Does not get any bigger than that. I think I like... I don't know. I think I like the Padres.

I don't know. By the way, I forgot about something. So I had said earlier in the first hour, you know, I always thought Russell Wilson was the cog, was the engine that the catalyst that drove the Seahawks almost dynasty. But Pete Carroll moved off him.

Sean Peyton publicly ripped him, and Arthur Smith clearly took a shot at him when asked about Justin Fields. I forgot about this. In college, his college coach at North Carolina State bailed on him. That's why he transferred to Wisconsin. So he's had four coaches,

despite being a brilliant player in his prime, just move off him. that at some point I have to acknowledge I'm wrong. Mike Tomlin earlier today on Russell Wilson's status backing up Justin Fields. I thought he had a good week. He's proven his health, it's just a matter of knocking the rust off.

Is he shown you enough to be active on Sunday? Yeah, he's probably going to be active as a number two quarterback, like what I've seen out here. But again, health and rust are two different things. I thought he had a good week displaying his health, his ability to protect himself. and now that's just the process of getting reacclimated. Yeah, Tom O'Brien, Russ had been a very good,

I don't know what is, his college numbers at Wisconsin were great. They were insane, best like Wisconsin quarterback one-year sample ever. Tom O'Brien chose Mike Glennon over him, and Russell had been a three-year starter. Isn't that crazy? I have to admit, it's like I watched this movie and I thought I got it, and then the ending comes up and it's like, yeah, I didn't get the movie. I always thought it was Russ.

I didn't think it was Marshawn Lynch. I thought he was good. The defense was obviously great, but I thought like Russell was the catalyst. I mean, four different coaches have said, see you later. I mean, Arthur Smith, taking a shot at him, saying, you know, I like Justin Fields. There's no drama. You know, not living through his avatar. The hell?

What? That is crazy. That's not even subtle. So I was watching Brock Purdy last night. And I was, not that I was late, but it was like, you know, you know, let me see. this. So I think last night was a great example. You watch him and Gino on the same field. He's a better quarterback than Gino. So we'll play a little game here. We're going to call it better than Brock with a question mark. You give me the quarterback and all things considered.

Now is this, who do I think is better today? Not 10 years down the line. Just who do I think is better right now? Right. I don't care about what's happened in the last five years. No, no, no. Right now. I don't even care about salary down the line. Right. now, who do I think is the better quarterback? Okay. Better than Brock. Is Dak Prescott better than Brock? Yeah, Dak led the NFL in touchdown passes last year with

one-star receiver 36, so Dak is slightly better than Brock. You just told me it's not about last year, it's about right now. No, but I mean, Dak is showing, we're only five games into this season. Dak played like Hell and won this weekend. I didn't say back five years ago, but I'm looking at who you are

now, and I have to at least look at last year to some degree. Okay. Is Sam Darnold better than Brock? No, I would take Brock. Sam has a history of getting really, really reckless. Brock Purdy's a lot of things. Reckless is never one of them. Also, Sam gets hurt, and Brock Purdy doesn't get hurt. Okay. Is Jared Goff? Yes. Only Patrick Mahomes in the last three years has thrown for more yards than Jared Goff. Jared Goff's the number one pick for a reason. Is Jordan Love better than Brock?

Yes. He's a better athlete. He's got better arm. He's got a better deep ball arm. He's got a better deep ball arm, he's a better athlete. Over the last 15 games, Jordan Love. 34 touchdowns, 10 picks, with a young receiving core and a rebuilt offensive line. And he doesn't have Kyle

Shanahan engineering the first half plays. I thought we had had shifted, but I guess not. Is C.J. Stroud better than Brock? Yes. Yeah, I'd take C.J. Stroud. Again, had the pressure of being part of a rebuilding franchise.

He didn't get the Mercedes. He got like a used prelude and said, hey. What are you against Honda? I got nothing, but I mean, he didn't get. Here's a Mercedes kid. Don't hit the garage door. He got an old car. Okay.

Is Tuo Tunga Valo off better than Brock? No, I take Brock. He stays. He's healthier. I think he's more athletic. And I think he's healthier. This is the first real tough one. Is Jaden Daniels? Yes.

Yes. Jaden Daniels a significantly better athlete and you cannot watch Jaden Daniels and not have this opinion. He looks a lot like Lamar Jackson. Who do I look at with Brock and say he looks a lot like?

There is no cop. Tom Brady, we've been over this. He's a little shorter Tom Brady. Is Bo Nick's better than Brock? Slightly, yeah. What? He's a more accurate thrower collegiately. I think Bo Nix is, by the way, he's starting to settle in.

He didn't inherit all these kiddle and Debo and IUC and all these wonderful toys to play with. He's basically got Cortland Sutton and cross your fingers. Bo Nix is on a heater. And again, C.J. Stroud, Bo Nix, they have the responsibility to rebuild the team. They don't get the luxury seating day one. So I just want to be clear. Bo Nix is better than Brockton? Yes, yes.

Is Trevor Lawrence better than Brock Purdy? If he was on, if both were on the market, you take Trevor Lawrence. Bigger, more athletic, better arm. Yeah, that, come on. If he was on the market, they ain't close. It's Caleb Williams better than Brock. Yes, that's not close either. One guy is a significantly better athlete.

What you don't take into consideration, this is what people don't. Brock Purdy's a trust fund kid. basically he walked he's like magic johnson here's kareem like i mean when you get to come into college out of college to the pros and you literally have the best scheme coach trent williams debo christian mcalfrey the responsibility is the ask is totally dead Caleb's being asked with a wobbly franchise hey kid save us brock purdy's not a save us guy in a franchise trust trust fun kid rock perty is the uh lowest paid quarterback in the league. Just not that that means anything. Anyways, is Jalen Hertz better than Brock Purdy? This is the tough one. I think Purdy, he's more accurate, and Jalen Hurts has injuries and is

clearly regressing. Now, I've only got one moment that Jalen Hertz has been good. That's Shane Stuyken calling the play stretch, but Jalen gets banged up. Jalen is not a great pocket passer, and he is regressing. His turnovers are alarming. It's Kirk Cousins better than Brock Bertie. now? Yeah. He just threw for five football fields. That team is so young, he's babysitting him on weekends. This might be my favorite segment of the season so far. Is Baker

Mayfield better than Brock Purdy? If you gave Baker Mayfield these weapons, he may hoist a trophy. Baker Mayfield's better. He's a better talent. He has a much better arm. Much better arm. And Baker, like Brock, is more athletic than people think.

Mike Evans and Godwood and they're not. Is Kyler Murray better than Brock. I just watched last weekend. I watched last weekend. What did you see last weekend? Who was better last weekend? Kyler Murray was better.

With the worst coach. In Sanford, Santa Clara. Kyler's better. Is Aaron Rogers better than Brock Purdy? Today I take Brock Purdy. Okay. I was about to jump over this desk. Come on.

No, but I've been saying for two years, Aaron is way past prom. Yeah, yeah. I mean, if you had any questions about Aaron Rogers, last weekend he threw three awful picks. That. I don't know. So, I don't know how you're yelling at me. I'm not yelling.

I'm very mild-in-er. By the way, our staff didn't give you a bunch of dogs with fleas. They put the best quarterbacks in the league up. They didn't give me Andy Dalton here. So, I mean, basically, you know how much I love Darnold. I, for years of like Jalen Hertz. Bo Nix is just, that was a shocker. Shocker.

I felt like you tased me with something. What the hell's going on here? Bo Nix. This is something you... Five games. Bo Nix. You look at Sample Size. Look at Brock Pretty the last three years.

I do. I have 61 college games in the first round peg. Oh, that we're in the cross of college in there. And Sean Payton texting me about Bo Nix. You are not understanding. Maybe you grew up with wealth and luxury. But when you're asked

to carry a franchise, guys, it is much different than, hey, just sit down. Oh, yeah, this is beautiful. It's a Genesis GV. 80 coop, the leather seating, the headlamps. Yeah, I mean, everybody, you put you into the GV Genesis 80 coop. Everybody looks like a stud. Try driving that prelude down the street. The thing is, the funny thing is Brock Purdy probably actually drives a prelude

because that's all he can afford because he's making like $800,000. Everybody including... I thought you would turn to corner, man. I really did. You've been gassing up Purdy on social media for a couple weeks now. And I thought like this was going to be a Brock Purdy landslide. I thought this was going to be like a red wave or a blue wave, whatever it was. I thought this was going to be a Brock Purdy wave.

And then I get this and it's just, I mean, come on, Colin. Hey, America's honesty broker plays no favorites. By the way, had they put Gino Smith on the board. Of course, yes. I would have chose Brock. Ducks, Buckeyes, horns sooner. J-Max picks. Great last hour on a Friday next.

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