The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 2 - The fatal flaw

Episode Date: November 13, 2024

Colin lists the top Super Bowl contenders and tells you which teams are being held back by a fatal flaw What we learned from the second CFB rankings    Guest: Joel KlattSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Live in L.A. It's the herd. Wherever you may be. However, you may be listening, thanks for making best part of your day. I've wanted to talk to Josh, and I talked to him about five minutes off the air, all sorts of good stuff. All sorts of good stuff. I was thinking about this, J. Mack, the three teams, I think, today, that are most likely to win the Super Bowl are Kansas City, Detroit, and Buffalo. Now Buffalo's all banged up. They may not look good this weekend. I'm sorry, did you say no Ravens? No Ravens. And you know I love the Ravens. Whoa. What that about? It's a very good question. Very good question. It's about the difference between fatal and a blemish. My kids can fail a test. Don't flunk out of the class. That's the difference

between a blemish and a fatal flaw. You can get a D. Don't get a D in the class. So I'll give you an example. I think teams that I really like all have a fatal flaw. Let's take Baltimore. They've allowed an NFL worst, 49 plays of 20 or more yards. You can't win a Super Bowl with that. No team has ever ranked bottom three in past defense and won a Super Bowl. So it's a fatal flaw. I think the 49ers, they're atrocious on special teams. 23rd ranked special teams.

There is a, they're 31st in special teams according to DVOA, which is analytic and it would bore everybody. I don't think. It's like having a bad bullpen. You cannot be bad on special teams. As Kansas City showed to Denver, you will be exposed by the Belichicks and Andy Reeds and Spags. The Packers. Jordan Love, I like him a lot. He is reckless.

That's why Josh Allen did have a trophy. Not a lack of talent, it's reckless. Eight straight games with one or more picks. He leads the NFL in picks. Packers are, by the way, six and 12 in games when he has one or more picks. Only two quarterbacks ever won a Super Bowl after leading the league in picks, Stafford and Eli Manning. And Eli Manning won that thing by the inch.

Chargers, you know I love the Chargers. They have limited playmakers. No pro bowlers among the skill position group. You don't need four. You've got to have one. They don't have a number one receiver. Ladd McConkey's a solid rookie two. 22nd, rate passing offense.

and they rate 20th in big place, meaning their only way to score is long drives. What happens with long drives? Eventually turnovers and penalties. Eagles, Nick Seriani, I do worry against the best coaches in good spots. Now, they are the one team with a fatal flaw. It may only be a blemish because I love their roster.

I think it's the best roster in the league. But this is the third straight season with different coordinators. So do they have that comment? continuity you need in an overtime playoff game. And then the commanders, another team I really, really like. No rookie quarterbacks never reach the Super Bowl. I can like him. I don't love him for the Super Bowl and Jaden Daniels.

Now let's go to the blemish teams. So those are the fatal flaw teams that I like a lot, but I think there's a fatal flaw. I could be wrong on Siriani. A lot of people like it. Here are the blemish teams, my three favorites. The Chief's wide receivers. yet since D. Hop

arrived, they're number one in receptions and number four in receiving yards. So D.Hop has solved a problem. And I actually liked him in the first couple of games with Rishi Rice. Remember the first couple games? We're like, oh, they got number one. D.Hop may not be a great one, but you can tell Mahomes likes him. You can tell Mahomes trusted him.

Travis Kelsey, by the way, last three games, leads the NFL, 32 catches. So what we thought was a flaw is become a blemish. Detroit. Oh, lost Aidan Hushison. Yeah, they're 4-0 since losing Aidan Hutchison. They have right now the second highest graded defense, and a lot of that's without Aidan Hutchison. I don't always love the back end,

and I wish they had a slightly better pass rush, but they have the best third-down defense in the league. So it's not a fatal flaw. It is a blemish. It would be better with Aidan Hutchison. And the bills, I think we all acknowledge the perimeter. We don't really trust. They have James Cook.

We trust the run game. We don't love their receivers. But I think Amari Cooper, now this week Amari Cooper's banged up, Keon Coleman's banged up. But the Chiefs have won back-to-back Super Bowls without having the best receiver room in the league. And 10 different bills have caught touchdown passes. So though they don't have a dominant one, they've got a ton of depth. I don't even know if Amari Cooper's a one at this point. I think he's a great too.

He's Amaran St. Brown maybe. He's D. Hop. Jacoby Myers with the Raiders is a great too. So, and Alan, by the way, targeting his receivers this year is 67% completion percentage. So the teams, I think, should be favored. I think coaching is too good in the NFL at the highest levels, the playoff coaches, that if you have a fatal flaw, it'll be exposed. Blemishes, Chiefs, Lions, Bills, that's why they're my favorite.

And with that, the voice of college football at Fox. Joel Clat is stopping by. Oh, it's anarchy, it's chaos. We've got another 12-team playoff being introduced. You know, I said this. Last year, Georgia's like, we probably have the best roster. We're not getting into the playoffs. Yeah.

I thought that was a legitimate argument. This year, it's, well, Georgia's got a bunch of losses. They should probably be, and I feel like this is making the arguments filier. Yeah, I mean, listen, it's, this is a fascinating deal. I think it has been a huge benefit to college football, this playoff. I don't think that the rankings are as controversial because it's not as limited of an inclusion. So, you know, in a 12-team model, I just don't feel as bad for a bubble team and a 12-team playoff as I do as a bubble team and a 4-team playoff. Right?

Does that make sense? Like, number 5 probably earned it and is like they probably should be involved. But if you're 12 or 13, like Georgia, so for instance, Georgia, I think Georgia controls their own destiny. If they went out, they'll be fine and should be in the playoffs. They play Tennessee. That's good. It would be a huge win. It would be at home.

they haven't lost back-to-back games in the regular season since 2016. So I expect Kirby Smart's team to play better than what they have been playing this Saturday. If they win and they finish 10 and 2, they're going to be in the playoff. The conversation of like, well, would they go as a 9 and 3? I just don't feel as bad for them. Like if they get left out at 9 and 3, it's like, well, sorry, too bad. Like I don't have as much, I guess, grace in my heart for that setting. I will say this about Georgia just really quickly.

The offense isn't even close to what they have been in the last couple of years. Not a good old line. They were top five in offense each of the last two seasons. They're 50th this year. They have dropped more passes than anybody in the SEC. And the offensive line is not even close. And they're totally disconnected, by the way. And people can blame Carson Beck all they want.

And I get it. The quarterback is always going to get the lion's share of the credit and the line share of the blame. Wouldn't you agree? And he is getting a lot of the blame, and in particular because of the turnover. 14 turnovers in his last six games. That's, by the way, the most turnovers are the last six games than anybody in college football. That has to get cleaned up. However,

nothing around him is going right. The O line is playing terrible. They got eaten up by Ole Miss. The wide receivers do not produce pictures on time. So when he's ready to throw, the pictures are not being produced in the right way. It's totally disjointed

right now for Kirby's offense. And so their defense is going to have to go win this against Tennessee. If they're going to win, it's going to have to be a low-scoring game. You know, it's funny. Because it's tucked up in the Pacific Northwest, I don't think most of the country, you and I follow it. I used to live there. Phil Knights, they've got the biggest N.I.L. in the country. And they've been dominating California recruiting. They get who they want. Almost every year, they get who they want. If there's a top defensive tackle in L.A., I trust them to get it over anybody else. They've got more of the

top-end talent out of Southern California than anybody over the last couple of years. And so, when I watch Oregon play, I think Texas has the most good players. I don't think I came into this season thinking Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State. I like Dan Lannning. Some of this is, I think they have great players. I think they got NFL guys. I think they're speed fantastic. They may be the fastest team in the country.

They are. I don't think that that's even in question, to be honest. And I've talked with coaches around college football, some that have played against Oregon. some that have just watched Oregon, but that's the word that every opposing coach or outside coach talks about, speed. They say it's everywhere. It is everywhere. It's not just, man, their wide receivers are fast. It's not just, hey, their running backs are fast. It's not just, hey, their second level on defense is fast, or their defensive ends are fast, or their secondary is fast. They have speed everywhere, and in this game and in college, speed kills. It is the name of the

game. That's what made Georgia's defense a couple of years ago, so, incredible. Yes, they had power up front. There's no doubt. And they were able to own the defensive line and own the line of scrimmage, but they had speed. They could run. And that's what Oregon has. Oregon right now is the best team in the country. They're the most balanced, and they're getting better

every single week. Dylan Gabriel gets better every week. And remember, it's a transfer. So it's his first year in the system. So as he gets more comfortable, he's going to play more efficiently and you see that. On tape, you see every week he gets a little bit better. If they can just stay healthy, which has been a bit of a question, Tess Johnson,

has been banged up, one of their wide receivers. Jordan Birch, one of their great defensive players, the defensive end, he's been banged up. If they can just be healthy, I think they're the best team of the country. I will just say this, though. I do believe still that Ohio State is the best roster in the country. Because when you look at the entirety of the roster

for Ohio State, outside of the one game against Oregon, their defense has been totally dominant. And they have an offense that can be as balanced as anybody in the country and they can do that in an explosive fashion, maybe more so than anybody else. I can't like, listen, I would love to see that rematch, Ohio State and Oregon. I think it would be a great game. I think Sodor Sanders has separated himself from the country in terms of quarterback. I mean, a year ago, we were on Quinn Ewers. We were on Carson Beck. I think

Shadour looks different. And I wouldn't be shocked if Travis Hunter wasn't a second or third pick. They control their destiny. Yep. When you watch them, this is what you do. This is a very nice intro for a team that you called the new fake idea of college football a few weeks ago. I didn't know three days later they turned 21. Oh, you didn't realize. They didn't realize. They look young for the way.

I see. I see what happened. So they were 20. They were almost 21. I thought they were 18. They looked very young. But they were 20. Oh, and now they're 21.

Yeah. Interesting. But to be a grown man, 21, where you have. facial hair, you got to beat the Georgia's Ohio State Oregon. Let's say they get in, because I do think they're good enough to be in, whether they get it or not, when I watch them, I think. At their best, they're the best team in the Big 12. All due respect to BYU.

No, no, they have top end talent like you're talking about with Shador and Travis. They're the two best players. Yeah. In college football, that can be the game. Can they compete with an Ohio State Oregon? What are your eyes tell you? No, they can't hold up at the line of scrimmage. Their defense is vastly improved at the line of scrimmage,

and they can win up front on the defensive side, but their offensive line would not hold up against Oregon. They would not hold up against Ohio State. They would not hold up against Georgia. They would not hold up against Texas. I'll do respect. I mean, I'm a buff. This is just like, you ask me a question, that's my honest take.

They are at their best, the best team in the Big 12 right now. They've got the best core of wide receivers in the Big 12. The defense has played incredibly well. and they are disruptive. I would call them a top two or three defense in the Big 12 right now, which is, by the way, an insane growth from what we saw a year ago, an insane growth. Like, the way that they got after the quarterback against Texas Tech last week was impressive.

Yeah. And offensively, you know what they're going to be able to do with their speed, but their offensive line is still, it is the biggest issue that they have, aside from game management and the idea that they don't manage the clock very well and they don't manage fourth quarter situations very well, but their offensive line is still what they have to play around on the offensive side. Like, for instance, this is how good Chador is. Colorado has given up, I believe it's 29 sacks to this point,

which is a ton. That's 120th in the country. So like near the bottom, I think there's 133 right now. And so they're near the bottom. And yet, he's still this good. yet the offense is still this good. I'll go back to what we talked about before the season. Colin, I said that, hey, I think Colorado could win eight or nine games.

And you were like, wow, why? And this is what I said, verbatim. I said they gave up 52 sacks last year. They don't even have to be great or good at protecting the quarterback. If they just get better and they give up somewhere in the 30s in sacks, they're going to win eight or nine games. and that's exactly what's happening right now. So are they great on the offensive line?

No. But do they play well enough? Do they run the ball enough in order to allow Shador Sanders and that insanely talented group of wide receivers to affect and impact the game in the right way? Yes. Yes, they do. So now they control their own destiny in the Big 12,

which means they control their own destiny for the college football playoff, which is remarkable, guys. I mean, I'm sorry, like, I don't care what you think about Dion. I don't care what you think about their style or what they do on. social media. The coaching job that Dion Sanders has done at Colorado is

remarkable, and he should be on a very short list this year for national coach of the year, period. Or coach of the Cowboys. Why you got to do that? Why you got to do that? So, I was thinking about this. So, you know, we look at

Oregon beating Ohio State and having 500 yards and go, well, it was a blip. And I would argue it was scheme and speed. I think if you look at Indiana play, you see scheme and speed. That's what I see. Well coached. And they got dudes that can move. Yeah. I don't see the biggest up front. I see scheme and speed. Let me throw this at you. Indiana is a bad matchup for Ohio State. I would agree with that. I would agree with that. And it's not,

they don't have the speed of Oregon. No, no, no, no. I don't want to equate that. Like you bring up, but yes, they play fast. They get over the top on people, everybody. And more specifically, and this is what you see, there is nobody in. There is nobody in college football that as a group does a better job with the back shoulder fade than Indiana, which means that they love one-on-one matchups. What is Ohio State, and I think their Achilles heel on the defensive side, is their corners. Even though they're talented guys, Igbenosin on one side has struggled with penalties. And Burke on the other side is the one that Oregon got a few times for big plays over the top. So Indiana is going to target next week.

when they play Ohio State, they will target those corners. And like I said, nobody in college football, nobody throws a more consistent back-shoulder fade than Curtis Rourke at Indiana. And that's going to be difficult for Ohio State. That's where the game's going to be won or lost. Ohio State's going to want to make it everything but that. And Indiana might just sit back and be like, well, no, here's our matchups, and that's what we're going to take.

Because you're part of the traditional media. I'm a bit of an outlier. You are part of the pack. You are? Well, you're part of the club. I don't get invited to the club. I am an outsider through and through. The contrarian voice of the common man.

So if Ohio State loses a second game, they don't get in the playoffs. Yeah, they do. What are you talking about? What if it's 44, 32, and this is a team that can't stop a nose bleed? They'll be 10 and 2 with their two losses to... The two best teams they played. And two top three teams in the country at that point. A play away from losing to Penn State.

You think I'm nuts on that? They lose to Oregon and Indiana and a play away from losing to Penn State. Penn State was inside the 10-yard line. Penn State, if they went out, will be in the top five in Ohio State one there. See, if Georgia finishes 10 and 2, they're going to have a win at Texas. If Ohio State finishes 10 and 2, they will have a win at Penn State. That's absurd. That's absurd.

Texas is way better than Penn State. This is an absurd take, and it will be. run back, Ohio State will absolutely go to the playoff as a 10-and-2. There's not a doubt in my mind. That's what a traditionalist inside the club would say. No, beating, beat it. Wait, time out. Who is Texas be?

No, tell me, you tell me, Mr. Outside the Club, Contrarian. Who is Texas be? Do they have a win that's even close to as good as at Penn State? Texas is going to lose one game, that's it. They're going to win the rush their games. Do you know that? Well, if Texas A&M, be sure. As an outsider, I have that.

games in college station. You don't think they're going to be ready to go down there? All those Aggies, who, you're going to be down there. Revele is going to be running around. They're going to have the yell leaders. They're going to be son-la. They got the band going. That's a tough place to play.

You're just assuming Texas wins. Let's clarity. If Georgia and Ohio State have two losses, my big win is crushing Texas. Yours is slipping by. Crushing Texas. Georgia. Listen, Georgia, that was a great win against Texas. You score 23 points on a short field.

They drove the field one time to score touchdown. They needed a 43-yard trick play to do it. This is the 50th ranked total offense in the country. You're going to stand on the stump for Georgia over Ohio State with the way that they've played. That's crazy. That is crazy. Meanwhile, Ohio State goes into Penn State, spots them a 10-point lead, comes back. Doesn't give up an offensive touchdown ends the ball game with the football in their hands

after starting that series on the one yard line with six minutes to go. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills again. What are we doing? What happens if in Indiana? Name Texas's best win. They're not going to lose two games. I don't care. Name their best win.

I don't know. You don't know because guess why? There isn't one. It's Vandy, folks. That's their best win. Their best win is Vanderbilt. I'm not being facetious here. That's their best win.

Let's let him finish. What is Ohio State's best win? at Penn State, which is a top five team. But this is wild. Your argument, I'm making, you're missing the argument. My argument is if Indiana, which matches up well with Ohio State, beats them. So let's get Texas out of it. This is a Georgia-Ohio-State argument.

Yeah, and Ohio State is going to go. Georgia at 10-2 is going to go, because that means they will have won this week at home against Tennessee. Those two teams are totally safe as 10-and-2s. Totally safe. The questions then become, does 10-and-2s? Tennessee get in. Does Ole Miss get in? Does Alabama get in? Like, those are the more of the questions. Georgia and Ohio State as 10 and twos are going to the playoff. Mark my words. Michigan is so bad. You're going to have one win, a narrow win over Penn State if you lose Indiana. You keep saying a narrow win. How is Georgia's win over Texas, not a narrow win? It was literally physically took your breath away. It was like Texas's best all line is being manhandled. It was physically. like it was like a fist fight that ended in the second round. It was like, what am I watching?

Did we not see Ole Miss manhandle Georgia last week? What am I watching? SEC is a different ballgame. Oh, here we go. FCC is the best conference. I didn't say it's the most fun to watch or has the best fans. It's got a little more NFL feel to it. That's how I view it.

There are more great teams in the SEC this year. Yeah. And Georgia's had to play a lot. lot of them. Yeah. I mean, that's brutal. I'm not saying that it's not. Yeah. I just... Colin, Ohio State is not

missing the playoff as a 10 and 2. That's craziness. What if it's 44 to 20? Indiana runs them off the field. One, I don't think that that's going to happen. Two, okay. I mean, Georgia just got ran off the field. You want to spread for Ohio State, Indiana?

Let me guess it. Let me guess it. Let me guess it. I would say in Columbus, 12 and a half. Collin? Seven. Ohio State's nine and a half. Big favorites at home. I would take Indiana in a heartbeat. Oh, boy.

To cover. I'm just, yes, to cover. I just, you know, listen. Hey, again, one of us is in the club. You see what I deal with every day now, Cloud? Are you alive? This is wild. This is wild.

Who is getting included over? Like, what's the bubble discussion? You just throw out if Ohio State loses, they're not going to go. Who's going instead of Ohio State as a 10-and-2? Let me taste some. Miami? Utah got a job this weekend, maybe then. Who are we talking about?

Like 10-2, Tennessee, 10-and-2, Ohio State. Who goes? I don't have all the answers. La Provocator is asking you questions, which, as a traditionalist, a member to the club, a gold card is unwilling to answer. You know what, when you come back... I'm not at a willing to answer. I answered everything very bluntly.

All right. You know, we would have like three weeks of no argument. Well, you didn't bring up just craziness the last three weeks. I would like to watch Ohio State get better like Oregon. They have... Have they not gotten better? How many... They played weaker teams?

How many touchdowns has their defense given up since the Oregon game? Yeah, that's funny. They've played one great offense. Got run out of the building. Their defense did, not their team. And Georgia's defense didn't get run out of the building? last week? Well, Lane Kiffin, Jackson Dart, you got like NFL, you know, coach, NFL quarterback.

It's hard. It's the level of excuses that you're giving for them down there is, is wild. I think that Ohio State has gotten much better. They've run the football. So the six quarters, see, here's the problem is you just don't have the data, and I've got the data. So here's the data. Okay.

The six quarters after Josh Simmons got hurt, they're starting left tackle. They were putrid running the football. They were very good up until that point, six quarters after he got hurt, not very good at all. Two yards per carry, actually. Two yards per carry. Then all of a sudden they changed up their offensive line. They moved their All-American left guard out to left tackle, Donovan Jackson, and last year's

starting center, Carson Hensman, moves in at left guard. Since then, what have they done? They've run for six and a half yards per carry. And you're telling me that they haven't gotten any better. But that's weird because the data suggests that they have. Just like last Tuesday, viewers, we've had a little debate here. You can vote. You can vote

on the side that has your back and common sense or the crazy side. Oh, man, this is so good. Well, you know what? I'm, you know, I'm just going to let it play out. I mean, you just said that they didn't get any better. Georgia is literally getting worse. Carson Beck leads the country and turnovers in the last six weeks.

I don't think Georgia's great. I'm not making any excuse, but that conference couple losses you're in. But that's what I said as well. I feel like the goalposts are moving. Yeah That's what I do here That's what the team that lost last Tuesday said Is that what they said?

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Pinky has financial issues. I like the bougie style of Housewives show. I think it looks like it's going to be interesting. On the podcast, Reality with the King, I, Carlos King, recap the biggest moments from your favorite reality shows, including the Real Housewives franchise, the drama, the alliances, and the team everybody's talking about.

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You're already down. playing it. So I was looking at these numbers this morning on Russell Wilson. And by the way, I'm as guilty as anybody. I loved Russell for years. And then I moved off him. Why? Because both Sean Payton and Pete Carroll, Hall of Fame-level coaches, moved off him. And there were just

too many teammates that would say bad things. And I'm like, I think Russ is getting into Russ. A little too into Russ, which I'm not a fan of as a quarterback. But I was looking at this. So Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, same roster. Look at the gap between the two. With Russell, they average.

30 a game. Fields 20. 380 yards to 290. Yards per play. Another yard per play. So, I mean, by the way, 25 points four straight weeks. Number three scoring offense over the last month. He has the third highest passer rating

in the league. Russell Wilson does at 105. And in the fourth quarter this year, in the fourth quarter, the money quarter, Russ is completing almost 80% of his passes. So yeah, I moved off him. But I got to be honest.

Sometimes you get humbled. And Albert Breer was on our show a couple days ago. And, I mean, Russ was getting into Russ. But then this happened. I think there was a period in Russell's career when he was in Denver, when he wanted to be something different than that. And he's come off of it. And I think that's a huge credit to Russell,

that I'm willing now to go back to what I was in Seattle. I'm willing to really embrace playing the way that I was playing in Seattle. it's basically having the humility to say I was wrong, you know, and maybe the coaches in Seattle who deployed me a certain way were right. And so I think that those things have come together too. He didn't get defensive. He didn't lash out. He didn't poison the locker room.

Russell Wilson put his head down and went to work. It's what he's done his whole career. You could knock him sometimes for being too adult that he doesn't connect with younger teammates. He's like, I mean, like practices high-finding. I mean, he is so committed and obsessed. But a lot of guys would have bailed. He never did. Never pouted.

Got humble. But don't kid yourself, the numbers between Russ and Justin Fields, there is a massive gap. Like if you're in Vegas, that's a 10-point difference in quarterbacks. Well, they haven't played good teams. They're playing NFL teams. And he has been spectacular in the second half and better than spectacular in the fourth quarter. And he deserves credit. and I was a huge fan.

I kind of bailed on it. You know, all the, you know, sayings and stuff and the teammates and the coaches. But we got to be honest about it. I was wrong. He's playing great. I don't think they're going to beat the Ravens. I don't. But his story is redeemable, and he could have easily lashed out, got into the tank,

poisoned a locker room. He didn't do it. He moved off. He was positive, optimistic, sometimes too much for people. But I'm happy for him. J. Mack with the news. No, no, no. Turn on the news.

This is the herd line news. All right, let's go to the Miami Dolphins. Toa's back. And the only thing that troubled everybody was what he tried to do against the Rams making a tackle, lowering his head insane. I didn't get that. Head coach Mike McDaniels said his quarterback needs to be thinking about his health at all times on the field. He can't just think about his ability to stay healthy when he has the ball.

It's also when you're trying to make a tackle. And I told him not to close his eyes next time. But, yeah, I think he could also prevent that from occurring by, you know, avoiding throwing it to the other team, which he knows as well. Yeah, that was the one playing. I thought Miami played great. Miami on third down was great offensively. Miami on third down defensively was great.

I thought that's as well as Miami has played in several. years. I thought they totally, I don't care what the score was. Miami dominated that game. I thought they got out to a good lead. I thought Tuel was unbelievable on third down. Yeah. I think it's more about the Rams. I don't know where they were. Where was their mind in that game offensively? They couldn't do anything, Colin. It was weird. And they had Kyron, Kuka, and Kup. And they weren't blitzing. And they were getting incredible pass rush. And they had their interior old line starters back. I think I saw

Stafford's been there for 50 games, and this was only the second time they didn't score a touchdown. Just weird. And this is not a great Miami defense. It played great last week. They're one of the weakest pass rushes in the league. It was relentless for three hours against the Rams who were missing their right tackle but had everybody else. Very odd game. Let's get to the Buffalo Bills.

Their offense is tied for third and scoring at 29 points a game. But O.C. Joe Brady knows he'll be in for a challenge calling plays against Chief's defensive coordinator Steve Spagnolo. Here's Brady on Spagg's. He kind of makes it all look the same, whether it's a pressure or not a pressure. He does great job on disguises, and these guys kind of fly around,

and they play confidently. And I think when you watch any good defense on tape, you can just watch it on a silent tape, and you can tell it's a good defense. And so it's going to be a great opportunity for us this week. Yeah, I wish Buffalo was at full strength, not an excuse, but I think they'll struggle to move the ball. That's my guess.

Kincades hurt, Coleman's hurt, Mari Cooper's hurt, it's a tough week to be banged up. This feels like a low-scoring game. The Chiefs offense is pretty anemic. They can't really do much. Bill's defense has been playing well.

I saw Matt Milano was his window to return has opened up. I think he had an injury in the preseason. And I don't know if he's going to play this week, but that would be a big get-back, obviously for the Bills. These games are always pretty close, right? Buffalo and KC. Matt Patrick Mahomes is an underdog.

the numbers? 12, 1 and 1 against the spread? Well, I've told you. Kansas City's my side. Did you put him in Blazoned 5 already? Yeah. You're going to lock that in? What's the number right now?

It was two and a half. Okay, let me do that. Okay, let me do that right now. I'm going to lock it in. It's a Wednesday. I did this a couple weeks ago, and it got me a push. I'm going to take Kansas City minus two and a half at Buffalo. If it moves to three, I get two and a half.

It's not moving. I'm just saying, I'm going to lock it in. If anything, it's going to be going to the Chief's way. They could end up his favorites in this game. If Kincaid's out and Cooper's out, we know Keon Coleman's out. Final story, Colin, is back to the NBA. So Joel Embed made his long-awaited debut last night. And it didn't look good at all.

Two-for-11 shooting. 13 points in 26 minutes. And there's Carl Anthony Towns playing defense for the first time in his life, getting a block. It was just not good for Embedie. Paul George at like seven threes and the kid, the young kid from Duke, the cane, look good. Yeah. I'm really...

That's really... Bad place, man. That's exactly right. That's the way to say it. They're not a bad team. They're in a bad place. Or as the kids like to say, they're down bad right now. They're down bad.

Paul George, out tonight. They got a back-to-back. Joel Embed out tonight. Maxi, out tonight. And they're hosting the undefeated calves who are 12 and up. It's a rough time to be a six or fifth. At least you got Nick Sirianney, though, in Philadelphia. Well, you got the Phillies are excellent.

Wow. They didn't make the world. this year. Well, called the Dodgers. Hello. Called the Mets. Hello. J. Mack with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Hurd-Lie News. You ever, you know, you don't like to pat yourself on the back too much, so I'm not going to. But I was looking at the playoff picture this morning. Do you know who's number seven in the

AFC, Denver. Vegas had him at five wins. Denver is a playoff team this morning. Now, they're not going to be a playoff team in a month, but they are a playoff team this morning, more than halfway through the season. The Denver Broncos are a playoff team. Colt can't figure out the quarterback.

Cincinnati couldn't stop anything. Miami, I like, but they only have three wins. Denver is a playoff team. There's one American honesty brokers. You're the king of analogies. You know what this is like back when I was a young guy? You go out and to a bar with your buddies. You meet a girl.

And you're like, oh, my gosh, there's something here. I could get her number. And then she goes to the bathroom with her friends, which is basically what's going to happen with the Broncos. It comes back and she's no longer interested. I can see the Broncos falling off a cliff here to end the season. It's been a good run. Colin, if we can call it the schedule.

I'm sorry, there's a reason. Vegas had these guys as one of the lower wind totals on the board. Yes, it does get tougher. Yeah. But I'm just, I didn't say they were going to be great. You're doing a victory lap here in week 11? I said they were going to win eight or nine games. I did not see them as a playoff team.

But they have Bowles is a great tackle. I like their quarterback, love their coach. I think Cortland Sutton's underrated. He's good. He's good. Cook McDuffie. You see that on that go route? Their tight ends are underrated and their defense is playing out of its mind.

I guess Sir Tan. Bow Nix outplayed Mahomes. Let's be honest. Kansas City won. Denver outplayed him. That's fair. Similar to the Super Bowl. Brock Purdy outplayed fashion.

Yes. Now, now. The schedule's not what you make it out to be. I'm sorry, Atlanta Raiders Browns is not the 75 Steelers. No, but I mean, we're talking about Denver, Colin. They're not a juggernaut. They can't. You think any of those are automatic layouts?

Do you know who also is in my Blazing Five this week? Denver against Atlanta. High altitude. Denver off an emotional loss? How have the bears responded to their emotional hair? El Mary loss. The bears have a coach that may not know what he's doing. Fair.

The Broncos have Sean Payton. And you think they're going to close out strong with the Chargers, Bengals, and Chiefs there? Chargers may be resting people for the play. Oh, stop it. Come on. No, no, you were right. It's a good call by you.

I'm not taking a victory lap. It jumped out to me this morning during prep. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, FS1. and the IHard Radio app. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque.

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You know, one of the things I love about the NFL is it's the League of Hope. If you're bad in the NBA, you've got to hit on like three or four draft picks. even if you get a Jalen Brown and a Jason Tatum. It's going to take years to develop. Everybody comes out of college now, like one year, you know, playing at Duke or Cal or whatever. So it just takes a long time to become the Boston Celtics. And they're well-run.

They didn't miss OKC. Their well-run takes years. Baseball, about six teams have the money to compete. Increasingly, the Dodgers, the Mets, the Yankees. It's got more dudes because they got more money. But in the NFL, you can be lousy. The New York Giants right now are bad. I mean, in the draft order right now, what do they have, the second draft pick?

But I actually think, yeah, they're like two and eight. I don't think they're that far off. I think if they got Chedure Sanders and they get their great left tackleback, Andrew Thomas, I think the offense with Malik neighbors, if they hit in another receiver, I think it's a real grown-off offense. Joe Shane said this yesterday, the GM of the Giants. The results have not been what we wanted to be. I don't want to be sitting up here at 2-8, but I do see progress.

and we're better in different areas. And again, we're going to evaluate all that stuff this week. But we're better in a lot of areas. We just got to figure out how to finish games. And again, we're in the games. We're not getting blown out in those games. We're one in five in close games, and that's the league. We have to develop the mentality that we're going to win and close out those games.

You don't think Shadour Sanders and Andrew Thomas back would change things and hitting on like one more skill person? I mean, ask yourself this. If they move off Daniel Jones, they have 60 million in cap space. You can buy a win. go buy a number two receiver before you have to put you don't have to pay shadur sanders or malik neighbors for years go buy a really good number one wide receiver or a great two malik neighbors is your young one i i i'm sorry you know what you don't want to

be you're telling me 60 million cap space shadur sanders malik neighbors an offensive coach an excellent defensive line you don't think that sounds like a team that can win make the playoffs i do i mean look at why i mean look at why Washington in one year. They were a laughing stock for a decade. They didn't have the Giants D-line. They didn't have an offensive head coach. I mean, I like Terry McLaurin.

I think neighbors is more gifted. So I don't think, you know what you don't want to be? The other team that plays in the same stadium. I saw a story yesterday on the Jets. League sources say the Jets are going to stay with Aaron Rogers. Aaron Rogers equals stock. Moving off, Daniel Jones, 60 million cap space, Shadoor Sanders, is hope, is young, is fun, is mobile,

is I don't think in the NFL, you are a coach or a quarterback away. You don't even have to get both of them. The Rams just got McVeigh. Now, Washington got Jaden Daniels and the coach, Dan Quinn. But don't forget, they move off Daniel Jones. They're getting like 60-mill cap space. You can go buy another great receiver and a right tackle. All of a sudden, with Shadur Sanders, you got yourself a team.

Okay, so let's say they add Shadur. Yeah. Okay. Malik neighbors. Let's just, Kim T. Higgins, whatever. Yeah, that's a good way. I doubt that happens, but let's see.

Okay, okay. Do they have a better roster than the Eagles? Unequivocally, no. Do they have a better roster than Washington? Yes. Really? Does Washington have a left tackle like that? Does Washington have an offensive coach?

It is, by the way. Cliff Kingsbury's offensive coordinator. He's amazing. Coordinator. Shador is no Jaden Daniels. Even with Shadour, there's still third best in the division at best, and that's what Dallas being a dumpster fire right now, right? Dallas is going nowhere fast.

You know what? You can choose two lanes in life. Seeing sunshine, glass half full, or the guy who hates the Giants. I'm not a Giants guy. I'm just saying, we're watching some of these young quarterbacks. Like, Bo Nix can play now. And Jaden Daniels can play now. And Jadenaed McCarthy in the preseason look great.

Like, I'm sorry, but Shadour Sanders has been starting a lot of college football. That's the best quarterback by a long shot in college football. You put him, you give him a great left tackle, an offensive coach. Go by T. Higgins, Malik neighbors. You're moving the ball in this league. Let's go ask Dion what he thinks about his son in New York. May not want it. I don't know.

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