The Herd with Colin Cowherd - HOUR 3 - Loyal, bubble

Episode Date: December 2, 2021

Being loyal to yourself is more importantColin lists teams that are in his Super Bowl bubbleGuest: Greg Jennings Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dallas 30-20. It has to be. Even on the road, they have to dominate this game. Saints are have no deep threat, no Alvin Kamara, third quarterback. I wouldn't be surprised if this game's not over at half. It has to be. There's just no doubt. They have to look good.

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Like occasionally you've got to flex. This is a flex game. Beat up Saints. You're getting everybody back. Yeah, and they got, they're on their third quarterback. Greg Jennings, 10 years in the league, a multiple time pro bowler and a Super Bowl chant with the Packers joins us. All right, so I don't even have an opinion on this.

My staff wanted this to be a topic today, and I said, I don't have an opinion on it because I don't really get it. So I'm going to let you, I'm going to put this out and you explain it. So Aaron's noisy. He's got a weekly appearance and on a YouTube channel, Pat McAfee. And he says stuff and he, you know, he likes to kind of control the narrative. I get it. I don't have any problem with that. And he's an interesting guy. So whenever he talks, he says something interesting. And so he dropped it the other day. It made the news that he was saying,

I think some of the Packer coaches or a Packer coach is leaking stuff to the media about COVID-toe. And I was like, I would have kept that to myself. I'm not sure I would have said that. How do I interpret that? What, what, what? Because Aaron doesn't casually say anything. That's not who he is. Everything's got a plan. right? We know that about Aaron. Why did he say that? You know, this one, your guess is as good as mine. For me, I took it as someone really trying to deflect all the attention from what we experienced with the whole COVID vaccination, immunization fiasco, and put it somewhere else. And it kind of blew up because obviously the media, you got Aaron Rogers, no one's going to feel

sorry for an individual after that, they're going to just now highlight all the things that could really be red flags, like, what is really going on? And so I think it kind of backfired. So now you have a quarterback who, again, he knows everything. And so he's just shooting at his coaches. And I don't think it's a hard shot. I think it's him making light, but addressing the issue, like, look, guys, you made this worse. But we all know that coaches are going to be asked about players, and they have to communicate with the media, you know, injuries at their discretion. Obviously, they wanted to share what Aaron's status was as far as injury and update. And I think it was all to kind of take attention away from what had transpired, like I said,

with the vaccination immunization fiasco. So, you know, I was thinking about this. Somebody said something the other day. Michael Jordan acknowledges now that he had to kind of create villains. Because when you are so great, it's not about being great. It's about keeping yourself motivated. And Kobe's talked about this. You just create villains in your head.

I was reading a business book a couple days ago, and they say, when you start a company, create an adversary. Even if they don't exist, give your company a target. It's good to motivate your employees, right? Like even if it's out of thin air and it doesn't really exist. And somebody said something the other day on our show that Aaron creates conflict. and because the game is so easy for him now, especially the last couple years with Lafleur, it's just effortless.

They're missing multiple starters. It doesn't matter. He's just, it's a crossword puzzle. He has all the answers. And I think to myself, when you were with him, did you sense that he liked that conflict? Or is it a new thing? Because when somebody suggested it, I thought, you know, it makes some sense that he sort of likes the game within the game to keep him on edge a little bit. You know, I mean, it's kind of a sleepy town.

was he like that when you knew him? Absolutely. Thus all the talk about Aaron Rogers being sensitive. And people get upset. And Aaron sometimes even gets bothered when the word sensitive is used when talking about him. But he uses it to his advantage. Like it's not a bad thing when you use it

to elevate your level of play in those around you. How it can be looked at as a bad thing when it seems and it appears that you're touched by every little thing that said and you have to address it. But for Aaron, he always looked for something, always looked for something. And quite frankly, as a teammate, during that time, you wanted him to look for something because you knew it was going to set him ablaze. You knew it was going to take him to another level to prove whoever that individual was. It could be someone who really does not matter, who opinion is only seen by the number of people that I can count on one hand, but he is all about proving individuals

wrong. And like you said, making sure there is something that I'm in pursuit of. And whether that's a win by way of getting motivated to play because this reporter or this beat writer said this, I'm going to prove them wrong. They elevated my mindset and my mentality to where it needed to be for me to prove who I am once again. So earlier, Greg Kosell's been working at NFL films for 42 years, and he said, losing Robert Woods and replacing with OBJ is hard because Robert's physical. OBJ is not. Robert is does a lot of things OBJ doesn't.

And, I mean, just your takeaway, you know, a lot of fans just think, you know, receiver, receiver, receiver. But, you know, Cole Beasley and Stefan Diggs might as well play two different positions, right? Like it's not the same. So when you watch Robert Woods and OBJ and take me to your career, are there certain receivers Heinz Ward had just a physical presence? And there was no other Heinz Ward around.

Your takeaway on the OBJ Robert Woods kind of connection and replacement. Robert Woods and that offense is irreplaceable. And the reason why he's irreplaceable is because no one's going to do the dirty work the way that he does it. You see the Green Bay Packers, they have Alan Lazard. He's their dirty work guy. Devonte Adams isn't going to even be asked to do those types of things. And even if he was, he's not going to do it at the level that Alan Lazard is willing to. That is Robert Woods.

That is why Sean McVeigh absolutely adores Robert Woods because he can ask him any week to do and play any role without catching a football. And he does it without saying anything emotionally or verbally. and he does it with a smile on his face and he does it to perfection. You're not going to get that. I was not a receiver that you could ask to go and insert into the C gap and go block that safety or that linebacker. I would do it, but it wasn't going to look good. And I was going to let you know by my approach that, man,

this is not what I'm supposed to be doing. I catch the ball. And that's the mindset of a lot of receivers. Odell Beckham being one of them and so many others. This is not just an Odell Beckham thing, but being in that situation, he is having to ease being asked to kind of play the role and not solely that role because you have to support a guy like Robert Woods and what he does with everyone. And it's unfair to ask OBJ to be that guy when you know he's never been that guy. But he's a replaceable. Once he went down, I knew this team would be different.

He has more, if not, if more of an impact, in my opinion, than any. any offensive player on that team, including Matthew Staff. All right, I'm going to ask you finally a college question. So I always hear this. Whenever a coach leaves, all I hear is, oh, what about the kids? And I'm like, they get paid now. They can transfer whenever they want. The facilities are like Rich Carlton's.

Kids, I mean, I employ a couple of them, you know, with my podcast network, Kyle Hamilton, Bryce Young. They're just wonderful kids. They have cool lives. They love their coaches. And so when a coach leaves, I, I don't think they're restless. I think they still sleep.

I think they all understand the relationship. But you tell me, are you, when you watch a Brian Kelly Bolt or Lincoln Riley Bolt, does it bother you as a player, a former player? It doesn't. It really doesn't because one of the things that I don't think anyone outside of those walls, meaning the walls of a coach or even a player, they don't understand your, personal life. Like Lincoln Riley, when you talk to Lincoln Riley, when he explains why he made the decision, the part that he displays and discloses to us, it's, well, a lot of it had to do with

his family and it being a better situation and had absolutely and utterly nothing to do with the organization or the program of Oklahoma. It had nothing to do with those players. And it was a better situation for the overall idea of what he saw for his. family and that's typically what it is when players or coaches make a decision money yes it has the impact it will forever be the number one driving force he was going to get paid a ton of my look i would walk off this show right now if somebody came and told me they're going to do bye colin i see you later like that's just the way it is let's not act like none of us would make those decisions now we're going to weigh out our options but no i don't feel sorry for the players

because once you have signed that scholarship, yes, you want to play with that coach. Yes, you want that experience. But ultimately, you have an opportunity to take advantage of regardless of who's coaching. You have a free education. You have an opportunity to display your talent. Do it. Despite who's coaching, you are still going to be viewed and seen by NFL scouts to take your game to the next level. It will not matter.

So coaches can take the same approach. Yeah. Good to seeing you, buddy. Likewise. All right, Greg Jennings. I would say go Trojans, but I mean, everybody knows that's what you're doing already. Good seeing you. No, it's funny about this.

If I had a son that played football, I would tell him. Academics number one, football program two, coach three. Like, that seems obvious to me. The coach is about a third of it. You don't need to go. If you're a great player, maybe academics is less. But the bottom line, if you're a great quarterback, it doesn't matter if you go to Stanford, Notre Dame, or USC, or Oklahoma,

you're going to end up in the NFL. I mean, Andrew Luck went to Stanford. You know, that's better than any Alabama quarterback in terms of performance. No Ohio State quarterback has ever been as good as Andrew Luck. And Ohio State is a better football program than Stanford. It's funny to listen to all these moralists. They're always like, what about the kids? What do you think they're made of, like, a saran wrap?

Like, they're 23-year-old kids. their 22-year-old kids. They didn't just choose the program for the coach. And if they did, they can leave. Any time they want. That's why the transfer portal exists. It's important. And things do change.

Kids leave when the coach is still there because the coach has changed their mind about them or they're out on them. We see that all the time. Players now leave college basketball. It's an epidemic. You can't keep players. Everybody, you know, it's the bottom line, just be honest. about it. You lost a great coach, and it bums you out, and Oklahoma is still looking for a coach. Notre Dame is over Brian Kelly now. Why? Because they have a new coach.

Right. Notre Dame's over it. Well, it's just, look, the idea of loyalty is something that everyone wants to be like, I'm loyal. I'm a loyal person. What are you loyal to? Because you can't be loyal to everything and everybody. That makes you the opposite of loyal, actually, because different people are going to want different things from you. So if you're loyal to your family, number one, as Greg just mentioned, I think I'm okay with that. I think I'm okay with you prioritizing with your wife and children

and what they would like over everyone else's opinion and what everyone else wants and whatever else you've promised to other people. You could make an argument you should be if you're a 22-year-old college football player, you should be loyal to yourself. And if yourself thinks I'd be better with Lincoln, Riley, at USC than Oklahoma, than make the move. I think you should always be loyal to yourself. Yes.

I don't think that's... If you have a family, the family, the family is yourself. Like you are a family. If you're a young person that does not married or kids, be loyal to your core. And if you're an offensive player and Oklahoma hires a defensive coach,

you're probably better serve with Lincoln Riley because that's what he is. He's the Sean McVeyev. You know, he's one of these. Well, it's very nuanced situation. Like kids pick schools for different reasons. Like if you are a position player, maybe you don't want to go to a specific school,

even though it's a great school, because you're not going to be utilized there. You'll be better showcase at another school with a different type of coach and a different type of system. It's not all facilities. It's not all boosters. It's not all the city that the school is in. It's not all the coach. Everyone makes decisions for different reasons.

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change, but they were unable to agree on a format. This was the group's sixth in-person meeting since the college football playoff announced that they were considering a 12-team proposal back in June. So they'll meet again in January to continue these talks. If the playoff is going to expand in time for the 2024 season, playoff executive director Bill Hancock said it needs to be, the decision needs to be made by January. So they would have to be unanimous in an agreement, the format under the current contract. So they all have to agree on it.

So there's no like majority vote. And if it doesn't expand until 2026, the commissioners have a blank slate and a new contractual agreement to work with that wouldn't necessarily require it to be unanimous. So it's still a very flexible situation. It is going to expand. If for no other reason, then programs lost purged money last year because of COVID. They lost millions and millions of dollars because of the pandemic last year. So it would help to subsidize those losses to expand the college football playoff. I'm also in favor of the college football playoff expanding because we're seeing this year, finally,

there is some parity in the college football current format. But it would eliminate these ongoing conversation as does Cincinnati deserve to be in? Does Oklahoma State deserve to be in? Deserve, deserve, deserve, deserve. All right. Well, now it's big enough that it will eliminate those arguments about who deserves to be in. And we will find out who the true champion is because the top teams will be in. And of course, there's always going to be someone that's unhappy.

You can't expand it to, you know, you can't have March Madness in college football. That's not how it works. But I do think expanding it will help the sport. And I'm in favor of it, but they're still working on how they're going to structure that. So the Chargers are sitting in the final AFC wildcard spots, six and five record right now. AFC is wide open, like wide open. That is what Derwin James said this week. The AFC is, quote, wide open.

And Brandon Staley is saying that he hopes a team is building up to be their best at the end. They're one of 13 teams in the AFC that have. has at least five wins. We're looking at the playoff picture right now. But the division leaders are Ravens, Patriots, Titans, chiefs. Wildcard right now is Bengals, Bengals, Bills, Chargers. And the Broncos, Raiders, Colts,

Brown, Steelers, and Dolphins are all still alive. Although I do feel like the bottom end of the AFC. I mean, look, who knows with the dolphins week to week? I mean, they very well could win this week and continue climbing. Yeah, they will win this week. I do think that the bottom part of the

the AFC or the middle part of the AFC is very flexible. Like there's no way to know if these are the teams. They're going to be in the wild card. The division leaders feel set. They feel like that's not going to move. But the wild card's going to be really interesting this year. The charges remaining schedule at the Bengals, which is a tough game.

Yeah, because Bengals run the ball and chargers are not good against the run. Yes. The Bengals are favored by three, hoaring to Foxbet. Then they have the Giants, the Chiefs, at the Texans, Broncos, and at the Raiders. So they have three more divisional games remaining two in the last two weeks of the season. It's going to be great. The ending of this season is going to be tremendous because of all of the divisional games. Okay.

Well, we're not comparing Mack Jones with Tom Brady-ish-ish. But Mac Jones, he's building his brand now, Colin. It's very important. Brand-building. Brand-building. And Brady made his TB12 famous, obviously. and now Mac Jones is reportedly filed for MJ10. Mm, that's interesting.

So he's going to use it on clothing items, hats, shirts, you know, merch. Would you wear some mac and cheese merch? Some mccorkel merch? I don't like the nickname Mac and Cheese. It feels lumpy to me. I love mac and cheese last night. I just too. I like, I like the...

No, I think that was Cam's nickname. Oh, was it? For Mac. MJ 10. MJ is... Interesting territory. Sorry. Pretty aggressive.

It is his initials, though. Yeah, it is. I like it. Do you know Macs short for something? Yeah, it's McCorkel. That's interesting. McCorkel. His full name.

It's McCorkel. Mac Jones. I've never known anybody named McCorkel. Michael McCorkel Jones. Oh, that's a mouthful. And again, with my last name, I'm not going to. Michael McCorkel. It sounds like a law firm.

Michael McCorkel and Jones. Yeah, you got to put the hand in there, yeah. Michael McCorkle. That's interesting. We fight for you. That's right. Citizens. It's an interesting name.

Mac feels good, though. Mac is an acceptable, you know, conglomerate. By the way, his parents are probably seeing this show and are like, man, won't you say anything nice about our kid? Mac Jones is crushing it. Yeah, and we're happy. He is playing great. The worst thing in the NFL is watching the Lions or the Steelers' offense.

We want all these young guys to be super. He's been incredible. We were both wrong about it. Okay. No. I mean, we thought he would be the most... Actually, I don't know. I don't know that I was wrong. I didn't think he'd be this good. I didn't think he was going to be this good. I didn't think he was going to be a disaster, though. Well, I mean, New England was not going to... It's Belichick. You're not going to be a disaster. The bottom line, we both said it's the... He and Tray Lance got the best landings. He is having a tremendous rookie year in a high-pressure situation. It is not easy to go in. into New England and take over, and it's a complicated offense. He's doing an amazing job. Joy with the news. Well, that's the news.

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Go to Faritybrand.com slash heard. Farritybrand.com slash heard. All right, the Super Bowl bubble, I always have about eight teams every year in the Super Bowl bubble. I have a little bit less this year. So we're going to do, Joy, a little bubble here. Are they in my Super Bowl bubble? That means good enough to get to a Super Bowl. Are they in the Super Bowl bubble or are they out of my Super Bowl bubble?

All right, let's start with the Patriots. The Patriots would be in my Super Bowl bubble. Number one scoring defense, people are scoring less than 16 points a game, few penalties. They win time of possession. They're also six and one against the AFC. So they match up well against AFC teams because many of the best AFC teams have young quarterbacks. This defense, you know Belichick versus young quarterbacks,

He unravels them. Bills. Yes, in. Every win has been by 15 points. They have the number. They've outgained their opponents by 1,000 yards this season. They're simply too dynamic and well-coached not to get in. Now, they do not run the football.

Sometimes Josh Allen is their best running option. I don't love that, but he is still young and he can take the hits. He's like a cam or a big Ben. You know, he can run and be a difference maker. especially in the red zone. You can't be this dynamic. When each of your games by 15 points, they're just too dynamic not to be a Super Bowl contender.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Yes, a little inconsistent. I think what they are, they're the only team in the NFL scoring over 30 a game. I think a lot of it comes down to Gronk and Leonard Fournett's health because I think Brady feels very comfortable

when they have a run team. They're still not rushing the ball enough for my taste because I think their O-line is good. Maybe not great but good. So as long as Leonard Fernette, Lenny's there in the playoffs, I think they're hard to beat because I think Tom doing a little play action is even more dangerous. Playoff, Lenny. Baltimore Ravens.

I'm going to say out. They have too many disastrous offensive halves. They're just, they're wildly, I mean, they have literally terrible quarters and terrible halves. They've scored 17 or fewer points in four of their last five games. So again, they can win some of these games, but they're also atrocious on the back end, meaning in the AFC. A lot of these teams now, Buffalo over the top throwing, Chargers over the top throwing, Kansas City over the top throwing, they are bad. So they may have leads and just relinquish it very quickly.

How about the Cincinnati Bengals? They're going to be fun, but I don't out. I still think they feel like they're kind of rebuilding. I do love the physicality they're playing with now. But we have to be honest about this. Their schedule's brutal. Their schedules brutal. They face the Chargers, Niners, Broncos, Ravens, Chiefs, Browns.

That's brutal. So to me, they got two or three. And some of those are not great matchups either. And all of those teams are vying for the playoffs. You're getting no layups here. You need some layups in the last six weeks since he's got no layups. How about the Titans? In they're going to get healthier after a week 13 by.

They're just falling apart. Also, they're going to get Derek Henry back. That's going to be great. And again, this is just one of these. They've just fallen apart physically. And you're now asking more of Ryan Tannahill. And Ryan's good. But, you know, like Dak, he's absolutely better when he's got a strong running component.

So the Titans are in. The Colts. Out. They don't be the good teams. It breaks my heart. I love so much about them. Can't beat Tampa at home, can't beat Tennessee at home. Their wins have come against the Dolphins, Texans, Jets, and Jags for their six wins.

So they beat up on the average teams. But they're just, they're not, they're too mistake prone to be a Super Bowl team. The Cowboys. Out. Again, they're, when they lead the NFL in penalty yards, that is just a bad sign. They're sloppy. They're hit and miss on third down. Their defense is not taking the ball away.

Like, one of the things I like about New England is they're just going to, take it from you once or twice a game. Dallas has five takeaways in five games. You know, they get a fumble recovery occasionally, but they don't necessarily cause it. I just don't, they're not as dynamic as I thought defensively, and they have to run the football to win, meaning DAC needs to be lifted more than he individually lifts. The Rams. Out. I don't think the OBJ Robert Woods replacement is ideal. They do not run the football. Listen, they're a team.

The interior of their O-Lines, okay. Their tackles are good. But they now have lost their best run-blocking receiver. They've lost their best running back. And they're asking way more of Matt Stafford. And I think they've sort of lost their identity. So they're out. The Packers.

In best team in football. To be able to win these games and compete at the highest level missing multiple, your best corner, your best running back, your best linebacker, They're my favorite to win the Super Bowl today is Green Bay. And Aaron Rogers is hurt. Yep. The 49ers. I think they'll come up short.

I think it's close. But I love the way they're playing. I love their physicality. But they kind of have one way to beat you, as Greg Kosell told us an hour and a half ago. They got to run the football. They also play four of their final six games on the road. Debo Samuel's health. He is expected to miss multiple games.

And he is so great and so valuable. So they're just up against. I think they had too many losses to overcome. If their record now was 8 and 3 and they could, you know what I mean? But 6 and 5 without Debo Samuel can't get in. I don't think they make the playoffs. Cardinals. In excellent, they'll be fine.

First of all, it's kind of amazing. They're 6 and 0 on the road this year, all of them by over 10 points. I've never seen that. I've never ever seen that. So they're not only capable of winning, you can just send them on the road and they can win by blowout. And I also think they can beat you multiple ways. Kyler can beat you with his feet. They can beat you with DeAndre Hopkins over the top.

They can pound the football and run. They get after your quarterback. They've got a lot of playmakers, six, seven playmakers. You know, you cross your fingers on Kyler Marie's health. But after Green Bay, I feel really good about Arizona having a chance to represent somebody in the Super Bowl. The Chiefs. They're in. Actually, I think their defense now is better than I thought.

and their offense still isn't clicking. They're on a four-game winning streak. You know, it's just possible with the new offensive line this year. They're not going to be as good offensively. We keep waiting for them to take the next step. No Sammy Watkins, rebuilt O'Line, banged up it running back. They're just probably not going to be as dynamic. But their defense, Chris Jones is like Aaron Donald.

You've got to put two guys on him. Also, I will say this about their offensive line. their center, Creed Humphrey from Oklahoma, has been outstanding. So they have really anchored their offensive line. That kid's going to be a 10-time promo. He is out of this world good. He and Rashon Slater for the Chargers. He is tremendous.

So they do. The offensive lines coming together right in the middle. But they're in. Absolutely. So my updated Super Bowl bubble, Titans, Patriots, Cardinals, Packers, bucks, bills, chiefs. That's it. It's usually eight. This year at seven.

It's amazing. Patriots are back there already. It's supposed to, the Monday night game, Bills and the Patriots, 80% chance of snow. So that would benefit... Football weather. That would benefit New England because they don't have a vertical component. You're not taking... If it's windy and snowy, that Stefan Diggs is limited.

That's the thing about New England. You can say all you want. They're built for January. Like Kansas City and Buffalo, they like the big play. New England just does their nine-play drive stuff, controls the clock. Again, team Lincoln Riley at USC and Belichick and the Super Bowl potentially. It's going to be obnoxious. It's wild that it's, it is a real possibility that we see Bill Belichick and Mac Jones against Brady and Ariens in the Super Bowl.

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