The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Richard Sherman Podcast - Week 9 Reaction

Episode Date: November 4, 2024

Richard Sherman reacts to Week 9 of the 2024 NFL season, including Geno Smith getting sacked seven times as the Seattle Seahawks fell to Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams, Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions continuing their dominant run with a win over Jared Love's Green Bay Packers, the Dallas Cowboys falling to 3-5 on the season as they took another loss to Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons, Lamar Jackson making a compelling case for his second-straight NFL MVP award as the Baltimore Ravens beat down the Denver Broncos, Trevor Lawrence throwing a late-game interception to seal the Jacksonville Jaguars' loss to Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles, Joe Burrow throwing five touchdowns to lead the Cincinnati Bengals over the Las Vegas Raiders, and Josh Allen leading the Buffalo Bills over the Miami Dolphins. #volume #herdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's been a crazy week. The Seattle Seahawks took the game to overtime after a really frustrating second half, some interceptions, had a chance, and just could not capitalize fourth and one. The L.A. Rams got a stop. A much needed stop. Stafford drove right down the field, scored a touchdown. I mean, this week was full of upsets, but this one, Mitchell, this one hurt. I got to believe it did, Richard.

I mean, this game, it looked like the Seattle Seahawks had it. You know, I mean, the Rams came out. The Rams are a good team. Let's start there. They're a very good team. Matthew Stafford at the helm, and they're starting to get healthy again. But I thought Seattle, they needed this game more. I think the question starts.

It's a simple question. Why do you not take the points in overtime, Richard? That was a backbreaking decision on fourth and short. They come up short. And then the Rams go down and inevitably score the game-winning touchdown. where's your head at, Richard, with this decision to not take the points in overtime? Because you get beat. Taking three points in a game where you got Matthew Stafford on the other side, you get beat.

So I support the decision to go for it on fourth and one because you got one yard to go. You had what, three opportunities to get it. I do not. You just watched your O line get decimated, get dominated, multiple plays in a row. Kenneth Walker, a third getting stopped. So come up with a better play call. in a situation. That's the only thing that frustrated me. It's like, hey, you're just going to keep running your head into a wall

and assume he's going to pop. How about you either QB sneak it and trust your center and trust everybody to push Gino over the pile or you roll them out, give him a run pass option, another opportunity. But I'm with the go for it on that play. You've got to go for the win in that situation. Your team needs it. You're at home. You got the momentum. You go for the win. And they just did not get it done.

They did not execute well enough. The play call was not good enough. So that's just something they're going to have to learn from. But Gino Smith had a rough day. He had a rough day. He got beat up, you know, another seven-sack day. He did throw for 363 yards, three touchdowns. But two back-to-back.

I mean, one of them was a pick six interceptions in the red zone. They were one-for-four in the red zone. That is tough to win ball games when you're one-for-four in the red zone, especially division games. You got to execute. You got stopped. You were two-for-two on fourth downs before that four. fourth and one stop. You've got to find a way to get that done. You've got to find a way to get a yard.

The defense, they got the turnover. Tariq Wulin got the interception, but they dropped another interception and they never got to Matthew Stafford. They had no sacks on the day. That's unacceptable. You cannot go into this game. This Rams offensive line isn't world beaters. They're not the best offensive line in football. Arguably, you've gone against several offensive lines that would be considered better than the one that you just faced. And you've gotten much more pressure on the quarterback to not be able to get Matthew Stafford on the ground. And not that there weren't opportunities. There were times they came Scott free.

They got to him. But Matthew Stafford is in the pocket. He's ducking under arms. He's slipping away. He's throwing the ball in the way. He's not allowing people get to him. But again, you got to give the special teams for the Seattle Seahawks credit. They had a block punt, but you have to, again, be able to capitalize on these things

and get points. They just weren't able to do it. And in overtime, you got to play to Rick Roolewling, where he had a chance. to intercept the football to DeMarcus Robinson coming across the, uh, wasn't to Marcus Robinson or was it, I think it was Justin coming across on an over route. But he just waits for the ball instead of just taking a step forward or two and

running into the past. You know, in this league, you can't wait for anything. You wait for anything. Hungry dogs will come take the football and that's what happened. Uh, and then again, Stafford pushes the ball down the field to win the game. No fear.

No, no. That's why you don't kick the field goal because what is the field goal going to do for you right there? They're going to go for the jugular. They didn't need a touchdown right there. They could have won with a field goal, but you're playing against Matthew Stafford. If they get the look that they want, if they get the coverage they're looking for, they're going to push the ball down the field. He's shown that time and time again, and he showed it this time.

Great pass by him. Great catch by DeMarcus Robinson. One hand catch. He pushed off on Tarek Woolen, but they never call that in the National Football League. I have yet to see them call a receiver pushing off. and for the game. And that's game. That's the ball game.

You know, the Seahawks got to, got to buy this week to sit and think about it and look at the film and see what they're going to change and what they're going to adjust. But this offensive line continues to be an issue and it's going to continue to be an issue until something gets fixed. And it's really the interior offensive line. But what do you do? You don't, there aren't any easy answers or quick solution. So I don't know where you go from here. Well, that's just a question. I mean, where do you go from here?

This division is up for grabs. I mean, it's anyone's game right now. I mean, the Rams climbed to 500. I mean, Seattle, you know, they were looking good to start this season off, Richard. And now they're in last place of the division. I mean, you see the Arizona Cardinals beat the Bears at home. You know, obviously the 49ers are getting healthier. What is it going to take for Seattle to gain ground and restake their claim of this division?

Because really, Richard, it is up for grabs. still despite this loss. They're going to have to put more pressure on a quarterback. You know, they have a really talented defense and defensive line, and they got to get home. And they got to finish the job. You know, they're getting home. Leonard Williams is getting home.

You could see all the talent they have on that defensive line. Guys doing a great job. Jaron Reed, you know, they're putting pressure on a quarterback, but they're not getting home and finishing the job. And that's costing them a lot of plays. They got to protect the quarterback. I mean, I don't know how many more times we could say it. We can get on here every single week and be like, hey, protect the quarterback, protect the quarterback.

I don't know if anybody's getting hit for sack more than Gino Smith right now. And Gino, you know, there are times he could have made better decisions with the football. He's trying to try to make things happen. And at the end of the game, he had some incredible throws to JSN. He did use the count really well throughout this game. He made sure that, you know, he capitalized on the free plays, a touchdown to Tyler Lockett. JSN, I mean, on a fourth and five, a dime of a pass to really get them into overtime and a touchdown pass at the end to push the game to OT, a big stop by the defense. But again, those not executing in the red zone.

That's what doomed them. In a game like this, you look back and those are the plays where you're like, man, that's points, whether it's three or six or seven, you've got to get them. No question about it. I mean, the weapons, the offensive weapons are in-house in Seattle. JSN, Jackson, Smith, and Jigbaugh, proved himself. He is a playmaker in this league. I mean, we talked about it for the last two years. I mean, today was his day.

I mean, he showed himself with out D.K. McCaff on the field with seven catches for 180 and two touchdowns. This team has offensive playmakers. The question is, can they avoid the big mistakes? I mean, throw in the 103-yard interception return for a touchdown to Cameron Kitchens. I mean, that is a backbreaker for this team because Seattle had this game in hand. And when you give Matthew Stafford opportunities, I've seen it, Richard. I lived it here in Detroit.

When you give this man opportunities, it's not going to work out for you. And it worked in his favor today. The L.A. Rams, they're getting healthy. They look very good. If they can get Pookin the Kua backing up and cooking, I mean, this is a team that could easily compete for this division. What do you think of the Rams going for, Richard? Because I know you have a stake in the 49ers. I know you want to see the 49ers get healthy,

but it's got to cause some little element of concern for you, seeing the Rams also getting healthy. I mean, not for me particularly, but it is for the division because, you know, as they get healthy, I mean, a few weeks ago, you thought it was a fire sale, you know. You hear about Pooka Nakuwa being available, Cooper Cup being available, all these guys.

and they pretty much did this a lot of the times without Pooka Nacua, who went out, who got ejected from the game for throwing a punch. I mean, this league is just getting ridiculously soft in so many different ways, and it's just laughable what this game has become. I mean, you saw it in your Detroit Lions game.

They ejected Brian Branch for a helmet to helmet hit when he's trying to dislodge the football from the player. I mean, that's what this game was built on it. I know everybody's like, oh, well, you know, we're evolving, and we're all evolution isn't a great thing. And that's a bad part of the game. That should be reviewed. If you're going to give the 15

yard penalty, give the 15 yard penalty, cool, but to eject the guy from the game thinking, oh, man, he went too high. He has literally a millisecond to decide to make his decision in strike. And when he does that, a receiver can move up and down and around and left and right. And you just have to aim for where you think he's going to be. And that's what he did. I thought the hit was fine, maybe a little high. If it's high, you flag him, but to kick him out of the game and really can affect, he's one of your big time playmakers amongst the league leaders and interceptions, and you kick him out of a ball game early in a divisional game.

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What's the most important factor of this game? The shoes you wear. And Detroit came out and Richard, I'm a Detroiter. I'm fired up. You're going to have to talk me off this pedestal that I'm on. When I look at the Detroit Lions, I see a Super Bowl team. And maybe I'm nuts. But when you go on the road in your division,

and we've talked about this the last couple weeks, these divisional games are so crucial, right? They're so crucial that they make or break teams. And Detroit just was wamping on Green Bay. What was it? 24 to 3 at half. I know they didn't score after the first half, but Richard, I got to know, like,

where's your head at with this Detroit Lions team? Because I can talk and talk and talk and talk forever about how positive I feel about this Lions team. Where's your head at? I think they're an incredible team. I think they're one of the best. team, obviously the best team in NFC. I just, I have, I have questions about, you know, long term and defensive.

I think they have to make a move for a past russer. I've heard they're in the market for, you know, Zadarius Smith and a number of other guys who could really help. Now, you get one of those guys, you know, to help put some more pressure on these quarterbacks, then I'm all on board with you Mitchell, because that's the thing. When you get into the playoffs, you get into these tight ball games, who can get to the quarterback, who can get to the quarterback successfully. you have a really talented secondary, but nobody can cover forever.

So if guys get more time, you start to find holes in zones. You start to find holes. But right now, they're doing a phenomenal job. They held Jordan Love to 273 yards, 23 of 39. He got some garbage time yards in there. So we're not going to count all that. Josh Jacobs was able to have some success on the ground, 13 carries for 95 yards. But I thought Kirby Joseph's interception was an incredible play.

I mean, to just be in the right place at the right time. to take your time, to not overrush, to having awareness where you are. We just talked about what they did to Brian Branch, which was a ridiculous, ridiculous abuse of power in the National Football League to kick a player out in the game for nothing egregious, nothing. He didn't do it on purpose. He didn't do anything that you would say,

oh, man, that was a dirty play. It was a football play. And if it's a football play, I don't like football players getting ejected for it. And that's something that has to be reviewed from New York or talked about because if you do that in a playoff game to an all pro or pro bowl player, you know, who can have a drastic effect on a game. It's too much gambling going on. It's too much at stake in these ball games where people would start to say, hey, man, they're starting to really, they're starting to cheat. They're starting to cheat. I mean, defense, you always feel like you're getting cheated.

But, I mean, that kind of play, you make it an impossible. So you're saying, hey, just let the guys catch the ball because if they start. start taking guys' legs out and they start landing on their heads and breaking their necks and things like that, then it's going to be a whole different issue. So they're trying to hit guys in the chest. And you saw Kobe Bryant had a great play against the Rams where he hit the guy right in the chest, but his helmet hit the other guy's helmet a little bit. But if you find a way for a guy to lead his body without his head, then I'd be all ears. But I told when I said in the competition committee meetings and they had these conversations, I said, hey, I want all you guys

who are making these rules, I want you to walk towards the wall. And I want you to walk towards it, and I want you to do it with your head back. And they couldn't do it. Mitchell, they were stumbling. They were falling. I said, okay, now lean your head forward and walk wherever you, what direction you want to go in. And they realized, hey, you're led by your head. No matter it.

To run full speed, your head's going to be at the forefront. So if you're talking about striking somebody, you put a foot in the ground, you put your shoulder out front, but I'm leaning my shoulder in. My head's going to look at this, Mitchell. You measure it. my head, my shoulder. It's going to hit the jammer at the same time, or my head's going to go first.

So some of the things people say, like, oh, he's leading with his head, like get the head out the game. You can't unless you tell these guys to stop leading their body. And that's the part of the game I hate, but this Lions team looks phenomenal. Their culture, their coaching looks good. Even when they face some adversity,

they're overcoming it really quickly. They got a tough game against the Houston Texans. next week we just saw TNF. It's in Houston. I think they're a frustrated team. They're beat up at the receiver position. They're supposed to be getting Nico Collins back off the hamstring

injury. So I'm looking forward to that game. But right now, there are very few teams that can consider themselves better than the Detroit Lions right now. There's and I appreciate you saying that, Richard. Let's talk a little bit about Jared Gough before it turned the page on this Detroit Lion team because his last two

games on paper have looked Underwhelming. I mean, what do you have, 83 passing yards and a 52 to 10 or 52 to 14 win against Titans? Now 145 passing yards against these Green Bay Packers. But then you look at the fact that this guy, his completion percentage is off the charts, Richard. Where do you put him? I mean, I know Lamar Jackson's been having a hell of a year. But is he a realistic MVP candidate right now the way he's playing football for this Detroit Lion football team? If you're just looking at the efficiency numbers, Mitchell, you've got to give him at least a fair look because it's ridiculous. I mean, he's breaking records left and right. He's been so efficient, not turning the ball over at a high rate. But then you start to look at the overall numbers, and he's just not throwing for very many yards.

I think he's 14th right now in yards. He's ninth and touchdowns. And those numbers for an MVP just aren't going to get it done. And we talked about this last year when we were talking about Lamar Jackson, where his numbers stacked up in the National Football League. And, you know, I wasn't feeling it. But this year, it's totally different. He looks like his 2019 MVP season.

So if he's having a year like that, Josh Allen's also having a phenomenal year where he's thrown for 2,000 yards, and he's got 17 touchdowns, only two interceptions, both coming in the last two weeks. They're winning ball games. They're seven and two right now. And so Lamar Jackson's, Number one in the league in passing yards. I think he's number one, or he's second in the league in passing yards,

number one in QBR, second in touchdown passes with 20, only two interceptions. Those are MVP numbers. I mean, he almost has as many touchdown passes right now nine games into the season as he did over 16 games last year. And that's what I was saying that last year, they're like, oh, you're a hater, you're a hater, I'm not no hater. I just know what MVP numbers look like, and he has them. These are MVP numbers.

He has 20 touchdown passes, nine games into the season. and he had 24 last year, the whole season. And that's this. He's running away with MVP. And has Jared Gough played an amazing and winning football and done a phenomenal job? No question about it. But he's going to have to throw for more touchdowns. He's going to have to throw for more yards if he wants to get in this conversation.

Now, if he's holding a trophy at the end, I don't think he cares, Mitchell. But if we're talking about the MVP conversation, he's got to get some more numbers. I'm with you. And let's talk about Baltimore a little bit because this was that measuring stick. game, I think, for the Denver Broncos, and they go on the road and to Baltimore and they get shellacked. I don't know if any other word's going to exemplify their showing, losing by 31 points on the road. And Baltimore, I mean, for them, this goes to show they're a team, they're a force to be reckoned with in this AFC. And I know their kryptonite is the Kansas City Chiefs. I know

everyone's kryptonite in the AFC is Patrick Mahomes. You know, Richard, Baltimore looks damn good. I mean, what's the ceiling for this team? Can they get past Patrick Mahomes and this Kansas City Chiefs team? Do you believe in this Baltimore Ravens team right now? I believe in they got two MVP candidates because you look at what Derek Henry's done. He's got, you know, third running back in league history with 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns through nine games in the football season, the last two.

the MVP. It was Sean Alexander and Terrell Davis. And you look at Lamar Jackson. I just talked about him. He had his fourth, his fourth game with a perfect passer rating. Most of any player with 15 plus attempts. He's playing out of his mind right now. I mean, he's playing elite. He's pushing the ball down the field. We talked about his passing numbers. He's running the ball really well. I think he has 505 rush yards as well to go along with his 2,300 or so passing yards. And he's really efficient. Mitchell, he's not turning the ball low. at all. He's putting his team in phenomenal positions. They're scoring a ton of points every single week. They look incredibly formidable. But then you look up and you're like, wait, they lost

to the Browns and the Raiders. Like, how? Why? You can understand the Kansas City Chiefs lost his first game of the season. A lot of chaos. This is the Super Bowl champions. But then you look at the Browns and the Raiders, you're like, hey, I don't know. It leaves a lot for the imagination because now I need to see you against your division. I don't, you know, I need, there are still things I need to see from this team because of those losses. Are there a great team? Has the defense played incredibly?

Yes, sir, yes, sir, to hold the Denver Broncos to 10 points to score 41 points on this defense that has been amongst the league leaders, Vance Joseph has had these boys hunting all-season playing really, really high-level defensive football. Bo Nix has had really good games over the past three or four ball games. And in this game, I mean, he was held to 19 of 33, 223 yards. He had the reception touchdown on the Philly special play. But he's been feeding Cortland Sutton, who had another 100-yard game. But they held him in check, forced him to throw an interception.

I mean, they had their way with that defense trying to play man-covered. If they could not stop Zay Flowers, five catches for 127 and two tugs. This team looks to be a very formidable team, but those concerning head scratching losses are the reason I can't put them up, you know, above three in my power rankings because you're losing the teams who just aren't playing great football right now. You know, you lost the Gardner Minshu and you lost to Jamis, who had a really good game. And, you know, obviously we saw the chaos at the end, but they just got their butts kick this week. And so, you know, you think, oh, man, they're about to turn it around, but then they didn't.

So what they do this week on Thursday night in front of us in Baltimore is really going to give me what I need to see because the Cincinnati Bengals aren't a great team. But offensively, Joe Burroughs just threw for five touchdowns. This defense is coming along as they always do around this time in the season. They're three and one over their last four. So you look and you say, okay, Baltimore is your time. Blow out a division opponent and let us all know. put us all on notice. So if they were able to do that, then they get to say that. Now, I still need them to do more.

No question. I know you've got to be fired up to be going to Baltimore on Thursday, Richard. It's going to be a huge game. And it's going to be another huge opportunity for Lamar Jackson. He is our player in primetime brought to you by our friends and partners at Brightling. We've already talked about him at enough. Richard, I'm sporting my Honolulu Blue, Brightling. I know you got ears on too. And trust me, I'm going to be giving this to you to wear sideline when you're in Detroit, the Honolulu Blue Brightling, when you're in Detroit for that Thursday night game against the pack. But this Lamar Jackson, if he keeps going the way he is, he's deserving of a repeat MVP. He is our players in primetime brought to you by our friends at

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14 touchdown passes, one interception, and just high-level football, high-level football. They're running it, they're passing it, making great decisions, fourth-down efficiency. Perfect pass-a-rating this game. I mean, what can't you? say about him the leading candidate for MVP right now. And we all talked about these guys throwing all these touchdown passes. We talked about Jordan Love and Patrick Mahomes, but they're

throwing a lot of interceptions right now. They're one and two in the league and interceptions thrown. And even Baker Mayfield, who's leading the league and passing yards or passing touchdowns. And I want to say yards, it's just thrown a ton of interceptions. So you think, you would think, oh, man, they got a high risk, high reward kind of deal. But Lamar Jackson's doing it and so was Josh Yowland very efficiently. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque.

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Let's go to Atlanta, Richard. Let's talk about the sinking ship that is the Dallas Cowboys. I don't know if many people saw this coming into the season. They're three and five right now. And I think, frankly, they look horrendous. The Atlanta Falcons are six and three. I mean, what's the bigger story here in your eyes, the fact that Atlanta is six and three or the fact that the Dallas Cowboys are an abysmal three and five?

I would say the Dallas Cowboys, because I think a lot of people, you know, we're giving a lot of credit to the moves that Atlanta made throughout the offseason. I think, you know, people were criticizing him about the Michael Pinnock's move and drafting him in the first round. But he's the future of the franchise, and they believe that. But they have the current right now in Kirk Cousins. And I think he's enjoying himself.

He's adopting the Atlanta culture and Atlanta vibes and everything that they stand for. And I think the city's embracing him and he's embracing the city and he's having a lot of fun, Mitchell. He was 19 to 24 today, three touchdown passes. He was able to hit Drake London on a fade route or a wheel route in the end zone. He was able to hit Mooney on a broken coverage. It looked like they just busted cover two. And you got to, you just got to, I'm happy for Kirk. I'm happy for Kirk.

He's always been one of the quarterbacks that I thought was way better, way better and closer to elite than anybody gave him credit. and he's on a team with a lot of talent. I think Kyle Pitts is starting to benefit from it. Obviously, Darnell Mooney, but John Robinson had seven catches for 59 yards, 12 rushes for 75 yards, his best all-purpose yards game of the season. And they're finally giving him more touches, giving him, you know, getting him the ball in space a lot more.

But remember last year when the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, was at the trade line, was a great deadline was like, hey, we're not making any moves. I mean, unless somebody calls us and gives us an offer, we can't refuse. We just going to keep doing what we do. Well, Jerry, your team looks abysmal. You should have made decisions during the offseason when you were all in, all in meant all out, I guess, Mitchell. Yeah.

Because everybody about to be out in a second. They about to say, you got to go, you got to go, you got to go, you got to go. Because they made a terrible move picking their defensive coordinator. Now, I've talked to players on that team. I've talked to guys on that staff. I've talked to ex-players who played in this game. It's too predictable. Mike Zimmer's scheme is too predictable.

They don't, he doesn't adjust, he doesn't adapt to what's going on right now. Like, you have to adapt to the league that it is right now. You can't say, hey, I've had success in the past, and I've always done this and I've always done that. You have to evolve. You have to adapt to what's happening right now. and he's not. You know when they're going to be in man. You know when they're going to be in zone.

You know what zone they're running. It's predictable and you can dictate their formations. If it's third and short, they're in man. If they're in the red zone inside the five, they're in man. And it's really resulted in them being a terrible red zone defense because of how predictable they are. And you look and you see a lot of the same talented pieces that were there when Dan Quinn was there

and they were amongst the league leaders. at top 10 defense, number one in turnovers over the past however many years, and now they can't seem to get any turnovers. They're not getting to the quarterback at the high tilt. Now, DeMarcus Lawrence has hurt. Micah Parsons is out. You've got to give them credit for that. Yes, sir.

I understand that. But there are still really talented guys there. Carl Lawson was able to get to the quarterback. He was a free agent acquisition, was able to get to the quarterback a few times in this game. But what's happened to CD-Land? What's happened to the rapport between Dak Prescott and C.D. Lamb. Dak Prescott, 18 to 24, but only 133 yards in a touchdown. They said something about his running this week, that he had less rushing yards than your boy, Jared Gough, and I think, A-Rod.

And so now he ran for 30 yards. But again, now he pulls his hamstring, Mitchell. They almost talked to him into pulling his hamstring. So they tell you you're not running it enough. You laugh at off and say, man, that's bad. They get you to run the ball and you pull your hamstring in the game. And then they put Cooper Rush in, which is going to start a whole different controversy because there's a small contingent of Dallas Cowboy fans who have been saying Cooper Rush, Cooper Rush,

put Cooper Rush in the game. Well, they're going to have another few games of Cooper Rush, I would believe, depending on the severity of Dak Prescott's hamstring injury. And if he finds a way to win games, Mitchell, this is the kind of ridiculousness that happens in Dallas. that people would be saying they need to start him over the $60 million quarterback. I'm not the one saying to Mitchell, and I would never say it because that's ridiculous. But there are people that wear Dallas Cowboys gear every single week that will be saying that. We had a buyer's sell segment last week, Richard.

I said buy or sell, Dak Prescott is going to be not on this team next year. Richard, if it keeps going down this path, the Dallas Cowboys, you know Jerry. I mean, he does not accept losing. You know, this city does not accept losing. Where do we go from here with Dallas? I mean, we're at the halfway point. They're three and five. I mean, conceivably, they're not out of the playoff picture.

But for all intents and purposes, they've been getting absolutely shelled by teams. I mean, I know this was a six-point game, but they were down by multiple scores for the bulk of this game. They made it look close late. I just don't know what the end goal is with this cowboy. team. They made no moves this offseason. They're stuck in no man's land. They're in cap hell. They've got to pay all their players that they're supposed to be the team players that are going to elevate this team. Where do we go from here? Is Dak Prescott going to be part of the long-term solution with this team?

Mitchell, Mitchell, I'm going to let you know something that you may not know because I need to look this up. Sorry, I'm on my phone. I need to look at Dax contract details and I need to, so I could have exact numbers for you because, perfect perfect perfect perfect got it um so that's deal that he got mitchell that he got mitchell for all of that money hasn't even started yet and so everybody is going to be gone before dack prescott's gone Dak Prescott makes 1.25 base salary this year. He makes 47 million next year, 40 in the next year, 45 the following year, et cetera, et cetera, 55 in 2020. Let's see the 129 million guaranteed at signing, which is his 2024 salary plus his 2025 salary. His 2026 salary is guaranteed March 16th.

of 2025 injury guarantee that signing and fifth day of league year of 2026, his 2027 salary is guaranteed. So Mitchell McCarthy is going to be gone. And the rumors that he's picking up prime and he's picking up Shador are going to be as loud as they possibly can be. Now, don't let the Dallas Cowboys be picking in the top 10 of the National Football League's draft. Do not let the Dallas Cowboys be picking in the top five of the National Football League's draft because the amount of noise you're going to hear about them picking up Shador Sanders. Mitchell, it's going to sound like CenturyLink during the NFC Championship game

that we are about to win. Mitchell, it's deafening. It's ridiculously deafening. And it's rightfully so. They're not going to be sitting there saying, well, why doesn't it dad coach him again? him at the high school level. He coached him at the college level. He coached him at Dallas. And you know one star that could be big enough to walk into Dallas and overshadow Jerry Jones just a little bit is prime. And Mitchell, that's just the conversation that it's going to be. Am I stoking fires that probably aren't there?

Is Dion likely going to just stay at Colorado and have a good time and keep coaching his butt off? Sure. But I like the controversy, Mitchell. And it's the Dallas, California. boys, you never freaking know. All you know is that in January, they're not going to be there, at least at the end. I love, I love that prophecy, Richard. I could totally see it. And they've got the Eagles on the docket next week. If they lose that game, I mean, we might be a step closer to that prophecy. Let's talk about the Eagles a little bit. They are hot right now. I mean, if you're not talking about my Detroit Lions, we might as well be talking about the Philadelphia Eagles as the second hottest team in this NFC right now.

They beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. They gave them a little bit of life. You know, I mean, this game is closer than it probably should have been 28 to 23. But Sequin Barclay is flat out balling. I mean, he jumped over a guy backwards today. I don't know if you saw that. But, I mean, I've never seen that before in my life. Sequin Barclay, it seems like, is the perfect fit for this Philadelphia Eagles team.

Let's talk about the Eagles. What's your head at with this team? How far do you think they can realistically go? Because they look a lot better than they did last year right now, Rich. They look really good. And Jalen Hirsch looks really accurate. I mean, he threw some pinpoint passes in traffic, dimes to Devonte Smith and to all day always open.

A.J. Brown, into Sequan, for that matter. But I thought defensively they made some progress, too. I thought they made some plays, put pressure on Trevor Lawrence. caused two interceptions. Well, one of them, I mean, came off of Traverse, ETN's hands. I mean, it was a pretty good pass by Trevor Lawrence, just a drop by ETN right into the defense, right up in the air. Defender Dole called it. You can't really put that one on Trevor, but it's going to be on Trevor. You know, I'm sorry, that's how it works.

The good ones, the good touchdown passes that you're like, oh, that wasn't a great pass. And a receiver makes a crazy catch, that's the quarterback's touchdown, too. And when it's a great pass and the receiver just drops it and bounces it up in the air, to interception, that happens too. But you have to give the Eagles a lot of credit. I mean, you saw the clip with Siriani at home going back and forth with the fan, and everybody was like, oh, what is he doing?

Even I was like, what is he doing? Then the article comes out. And the fan does a video talking about he was telling Seriani, hey, you ran it for it five yards on first down, on second down. You run for it again. You got a first down. But instead, you pass it two times. And now it's fourth and five.

So he's telling him, run the ball, run it down their throats. And then you look up and at the end of the game, I think Sequin had like 160 or 170 yards rushing. And he turns around and said, did I run it enough for you? Like, was that enough? We ran it. We ran it and we ran it and we ran it. I listened.

And people, you know, it didn't look great if you didn't know what he was saying. But if you knew what he was saying, you're like, hey, that's pretty cool. That's actually pretty cool. And their season has turned around. They're six and two. If you went back to that moment in time where Philadelphia fans are booing him, and we're saying he's on the hot seat, they're about to fire him, and now they're six and two tied for the leading division.

You'd call me crazy, but that's games in Philly. We've got to go to Philly in a couple weeks, and they're playing a Washington commanders. Mitchell, that's why I'm saying like Lee Corso would. Not so fast, my friend, because those Washington commanders look really good. Look, really good. They, they, another tough divisional game against the Giants, the Giants make the game closer than it had to be.

But Jaden Daniel, I mean, he looked like the guy, steel, you know, and steel. Guy is elite. He's efficient. He's using his legs when he's supposed to. He's keeping himself out of harm's way, even with the sore ribs, you know. He's dropping dimes to Terry McLuhan. Mitchell, they had 11 seconds to go in a half. No timeouts.

You got a rookie quarterback, and I think they were about 18 or 19. yards away from the end zone. You know what he does? Mitchell, he drops back, throws a dime on a sluggo, a slant and go route to Terry McCorn, corner of the end zone, back shoulder tug. I said,

this boy makes you want to, it makes you, it feels like it stinks in the room. Mitchell, because my face is. Yeah. Like, who is this guy? A rook out here controlling the game,

pinpoint passes, under pressure. And so situations you expect a rookie to make, mistake to hold the ball too long, maybe take a sack, randomly throw the ball up, but he just looks like he has such a commanded offense, such a calm. The game is moving too fast for him. He's got a relationship with Terry McCorn that's only getting better and tighter. Their chemistry is getting better.

This is a team that I need to see against the Philadelphia Eagles because I'm not sure the Philadelphia Eagles are better than them, but maybe they are. They're definitely more veteran. Well, that division is heating up in a way we did not. see coming at the beginning of the season. And like you said, and it goes to show you, I mean, we heard reports earlier today that players are telling their agents, hey, I want to play for this team. I want to play for the commanders. I mean, it goes to show you how quickly things can change. And I know that you have a relationship with DQ, the head coach there, Dan Quinn. Did you see

this coming when they hired him this offseason? Because he's always been looking for his opportunity. It just seems like this was the perfect fit for him. And this, I guess, you have Jaden Daniels fall into your lap at too. Richard, how does this all happen in one offseason? Because Washington was not thought of as a city that many players wanted to go to. Well, you got a thing. Dan Quinn's first head coaching opportunity was in Atlanta and he took his team to the Super Bowl the first year. I mean, it ended up being a memeable Super Bowl. when they had the 28 to 3 lead and Tom and those guys come running all the way back and beat them.

But that's the coach that took his team to the Super Bowl in the first year. So I knew the coach would be good. I knew them bringing in really championship caliber all pro leaders like Zach Ertz and Bobby Wagner would have a positive effect. But no, I cannot imagine them being seven and two at this point in the season. And this young quarterback playing at not only an offensive, a rookie at a year type level, but, you know, if it wasn't for Lamar Jackson just playing outside of his mind, you'd be talking about potentially MVP if this team can find a way to keep winning ball games

and him keep pushing the ball down the field like he has. And outside of Terry McLaurin, it's not a ton of receivers, you would say, are elite in a national football league. But you've got to give Cliff Kingsbury a lot of credit for what he's been doing schematically. I mean, he's been really creative. You see some plays out of the Washington commanders that you have never seen. seen in the National Football League ever, some creativity in terms of the concepts, the dropbacks, the rollouts, the reverses. I mean, again, we talked about the flea flicker screen pass to

Austin Echler. That was just crazy. And Austin Echler, you know, a guy who has played really well, you know, a fantasy dream of sorts in a national football league continues to play well, continues to elevate this team, had a really good game this week. And I think he's one of the underrated parts of this offense that continues to keep this engine going, and that defense is coming along. They're getting more pressure on the quarterback. You're seeing the DBs, make more plays, sure, you're seeing, you're seeing busting the coverage and things that are kind of head scratching. But overall, I mean, to get to be seven and two in this league, I mean, there are a couple games away from clinching a playoff spot, and that's something that you couldn't have

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You talk about hot seats, Mitchell. That's fish grease hot. Yeah, it is fish grease hot. I know you like to talk about Trevor Lawrence. I mean, he had two rushing touchdowns today. I thought of you when he eclips the end zone on both of those. I'm like, oh, maybe Richard will speak a little bit better than him today. But, no, I mean, 16 to 31 for 169 and two interceptions.

What's going to give? I mean, you just paid this guy. an exorbitant amount of money. I mean, what's the end game in Jacksonville? Because it seems like we're all aboard the Titanic and we just about hit that glacier. Yeah, Mitchell, Doug Peterson is probably going to see the end of his time there because they will not blame Trevor Lawrence for some reason. You know, people, you see people in the comments or look, what is he supposed to do? The receivers are dropping the balls.

What is he supposed to do? Like those interceptions aren't on him. And in this game, Trevor, ETS interception wasn't on him. But the one to NCOB Dean was. That wasn't a great pass. That was, you know, there were better places to put that football. And they could have won that game with that pass. But instead, he turns the ball over.

They lose. But they'd not understand. Last year, the Kansas City Chiefs, I think led the league in drops, won the Super Bowl somehow. And they'd say, well, the defense played better. defense played pretty good today. I mean, Trevon Walker, 35-yard touch, I mean, fumble return for a touchdown.

So the defense gave you a touchdown today. They gave you a turnover. They had multiple sacks. They put pressure on the quarterback. They're facing a really high-powered offense with a lot of playmakers, but your offense didn't do their part. And the quarterback is a part of that. You had a chance to win the game.

You could make a better decision, better placement with the football. And we wouldn't be this critical of him if he wasn't getting top five quarterback money. When you're getting top five quarterback money, then you get top five quarterback criticism. I'm sorry, that's just how the world works. If you're the number one paid quarterback in the national football league, Dak Prescott, he gets highly criticized. It comes with the territory. He understands that.

If you're getting top quarterback money, then even if you're not playing to that level and never have, you get that criticism because you're getting paid like it. And if I'm getting paid like an elite, even if I'm not playing elite, maybe it's bad on the team. And the guys who paid him, Trent Balke, like, why? Why?

I mean, you better off going bridge quarterback and drafting. But who am I? They're going to make me a GM someday? Maybe. I'm definitely not going to run it like this. But when you keep going into situations and you do see situations where you're throwing really good passes and guys are driving,

I saw several in this game. A first down pass. Evan Ingram dropped. I saw multiple touchdown passes in one game. I think he threw two or three in one drive. Guys just drop, drop, drop. And I was like, ah, that sucks. But I also watch other teams and guys drop the touchdowns.

You know what the quarterback does? Mitchell, he keeps throwing him. He keeps Josh Allen. They drop a couple touchdown fast. Guess what? He going to throw a couple more. Lamar Jackson, I watch Bateman, drop a wide open touchdown.

The lights in his eyes, Mitchell, and he's going to throw a couple more. And that's why they're getting paid the big bucks because no matter what, they will overcome. That's why they get paid like they do. They overcome the circumstances. And you know what? They get paid to do it. And if you're getting paid to do it and you're not doing it, expect to be criticized. That's all I'm saying.

Mitchell, 169 yards, two interceptions just isn't going to get done. But two touchdown rushes on quarterback sneaks. I guess good job, Trevor. I would love to hear the Jacksonville Jaguars fans come at you in the comments after a breakdown like that. Because you're absolutely right, Richard, you're absolutely right. With opportunity and money, it comes much criticism. And he's just not performing. Richard, let's go to Arizona.

Arizona had a huge challenge against Chicago Bears, Scrappy, needing a win. Arizona comes out victorious in a big fashion here. I mean, the Chicago Bears are not the Chicago Bears we've seen the last three years. They look like a very competitive team. Not today. The Arizona Cardinals come out with a 29 to 9 win. This NFC West is heating up to be a battle to the finish line. Do you expect the Arizona Cardinals at the end of the year to be firmly in the mix to take this division

crown? I don't know, Mitchell, but because you don't know what you're getting out of this team week to week. And but you know what I'll give Jonathan Gannon credit for? Because even when Kyler Murray was out, you saw teams going there and we talked about it because they beat the Dallas Cowboys last year. They beat a couple other teams. And they were finding ways to win games because James Connor is a bully. And they got an offensive line that feels the same way. And they run the ball really well. And they keep running and keep running. and they stay consistent with it. Amari DiMarcato, I don't even know where he came from, Mitchell, but he had a 53-yard rushing touchdown, and he ran away from the entire defense. And I was like, wait, who is this? Who is this? And where is James Connor? And, but again, they are staying

committed to the run game. And Jonathan Gannon, it sounds like he has some old school coach in his ear telling him, you know what wins games? Defense, run game, controlling the clock. like good special teams. And that's what they're doing. Mitchell, they're playing really good defense sound. They're not allowing Kyler Murray to push the ball down the field. Oh, that, all that much. I mean, he threw the ball 20 times this game.

He was 13 to 20 for 154, no touchdowns, no interception. He did lose that fumble, but they're not going to put the ball in harm's way. They're going to be efficient. Don't turn the ball over. Kyler, run it when you can give it to James Connor. Let him wear the defense down. and it's winning football. They're five and four.

This bears defense that I have a lot of respect for. Jalen Johnson and the boys have been playing really good football all year long. And this is one of those games where I think they just had an off game. They just had an off day. And so did Caleb Williams. I mean, he just did not look good. You saw, you know, the one pass where you tried to sidearm, you know, shortstop to first base throw it down the field and almost got picked off.

just seemed like they didn't, they didn't want to catch that football. It was too hot. But Caleb Williams, 22 or 41, 21, 217 yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions, but sacked six times. A beat up in this game, Arizona was bringing pressure from all over the place, and you look up in Xavier Collins, or Zavon Collins, two sacks, Xavier Thomas, sack and a half, guys getting pressure, but this is a relatively, a team with relatively unknown players. Outside of Buda Baker, you don't know a ton of these guys on this defense that are making plays. You know Zavin Collins was drafted pretty high. Outside of James Connor and Kyler Murray, Marvin Harrison, Jr., you don't know a ton about this offense and what they've been doing,

but Mitchell, they're getting the job done. And if you don't, they're leading the NFC West right now, Mitchell, and if you don't, if the San Francisco 49er, Seattle Seahawks, and the Rams don't get their stuff together, they will walk away with it. Cardinals are playing the Jets who just got a win on Thursday against the Houston Texans. It may be getting their mojo back. But with this wild card Cardinals team, you just never know. You never know what they're going to do.

You don't. I mean, they look, this game next weekend is going to be a huge game for both teams, the Cardinals against the Jets. And then you look at the Bears. I mean, they're four and four. A lot of folks in Chicago were hot on this team, but let's set the, fans back to reality. Their four wins have come against the Panthers, an injury riddled Rams team, the Jags, and the Titans. So they get another opportunity next week to add to their resume with a

potential win against the Patriots. I got to see more from the Chicago Bears. This was an opportunity on the road against a team needing a win in Arizona for them to show themselves. And I think they dropped it. I don't know, Rich. I mean, this NFC North is a highly contested battle going on right now. I think Chicago might fade a little bit. But let's talk about a team that needs to rise. And that's the Cincinnati Bengals. They were in much need of a win this week, hosting the Raiders, and they did what they did. And they absolutely obliterated the Las Vegas Raiders. Joe Burrow had a field day throwing for five touchdowns. Is it safe to say that the Cincinnati Bengals are back to what we thought they would be?

Are they in competition area? Where's your head at with this team? Well, I don't. I still don't know. I don't know. Let me look at a couple of things because the Cincinnati Bengals are just inconsistent. And what they've been over the last four games defensively is a much better team than they've been over the first four games. games, almost two different, totally different teams in general.

But you look up and you say this team has all the talent in the world. They have the ability to turn up on defense. They have the corners to play at a high level. They have the pass rushers to get to the quarterback in Hendrickson and Hubbard. But you just don't see it consistently. And Joe Burles, those five touchdown passes for the second time this season. but then you look up and you're like, oh, he must be, he must have 30 touchdowns this year. And he doesn't.

He's not leading the league right now and touchdown passes. I think he has, well, he's third. He's started third in the league. So a quarter of his touchdown passes came today. So without T. Higgins in the lineup, you wonder, can they beat a team like the, like the Baltimore Ravens? Hopefully he's going to get back. I thought he had a chance to get back this week. He'll be back next week.

But this is the team we expected to see. Trey Hendrickson, four sacks in the game. Really incredible game for him in that defense. Giusecchi. Jaseki. I don't know why I like to say his name. Jessica. It just sounds cool.

But he had five catches for over 100 yards, two touchdown pass, and he could have had another one. He looks like he can emerge as one of Joe Burroughs top targets because outside of him, Jemar Chays, I think 47 yards and nobody really, really woke up outside of Chesaquay. He seemed like he had the matchup that they wanted to exploit and they exploited it.

Trace Brown ran the ball really well, caught the ball out of the backfield really well, 27 carries for 120 yards. He also had five catches for 37 yards in the touchdown pass. So we're going to find out what they are this week, Mitchell. They play the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night football only on Prime Video, and I'm going to be there, Mitchell, and I'm going to keep a lot. very close eye on this offense and how they execute if T. Higgins isn't in the lineup because that's just, I think, their second win over since 2023 with T. Higgins out of the lineup.

So now they're two and six when he's not in the lineup. And this offense looked really good. Give Joe Burrow a lot of credit, 251 yards, five touchdown passes. He got the job done, found other guys to really be able to push the ball down the field. But is it sustainable? We shall see. We shall, and we shall. Last week I posed you a question. I said, are the Chargers the best defense in football by yourself? And you sold on that.

Richard, today, I know they were going against the Browns and James Winston, but they certainly at times have me thinking, man, this might be the best defense in football. Has your mindset changed at all after seeing them today? Take it to the Cleveland Browns. It hasn't changed. But again, they're living up to the potential that they've showed over the last, what, five years, four or five years with the talent that they had. I mean, Derwin James, Asante Samuel Jr., Joey Bosa, Kaleo Mack, you know, the names go on and on and on.

All these pro-ball, all pro-calibur players. And they're starting to play together as a really talented unit. You got Justin Herbert playing really good football. And it's split back and forth because earlier in the season. season, they were leaning on the run game, and J.K. Dobbins was winning player at a week and, you know, had all that acclaim, making all those big plays. And I think he's still playing solid football. He had 14 carries for 85 yards and two touchdowns today. But they're starting to lean on Justin Herbert a little bit more, 18 to 27th for 282 yards, two touchdown passes.

But the guy who's been the greatest surprise this season has been Quentin Johnson. A lot of people were calling him a bus last season that, you know, he was. He's dropping a lot of passes, easy passes, wide open passes. And this year it just seems like he's turned everything around. It's been a beautiful, wonderful story of redemption for this young man. And it's really helped to power this offense during this run. They've been on their defense holding the Browns to 10 points. They picked off Jamis three times.

That's why the Chargers are this week's Uber Eats, almost, almost perfect defense. This segment is brought to you by Uber Eats. It highlights the defense that put on the. week's most dominating performance. And again, there are three interceptions of James. They sacked him six times. It was just so much chaos going on. They were in his face, made him uncomfortable the entire game coming off a huge win where they beat the Baltimore Ravens. Everybody was looking forward to seeing what James would do in this game, but the Chargers never allowed him to get going, never allowed him to feel comfortable. I mean, they dropped

one. Derwin James dropped a really easy interception too. So it could have been. for. But that's this week's Uber Eats, almost, almost perfect defense of the week. And remember, you can order almost, almost anything you want with Uber Eats, the official on-demand delivery partner of the NFL order now. No question. I mean, James Winston was a hot name after last week's performance. I mean, heck, I started him in Daily Fantasy this week. I thought he could be a flyer on Draft Kings, a friend of the program. But not so fast. This Chargers defense on the road held their own.

They're deserving recipients of this week's almost, almost perfect defense, like you said, brought to our friends at Uber Eats. Richard, let's talk about the bills. This game was a lot closer than I think a lot expected. Another division game against the dolphins comes down to the wire. the bills escape with a game-winning field goal. What's this strategy going forward? Let's start with the dolphins because it seems like their season is at a loss.

Do you just sit Tua at this point or what do you do if you are the coach and general manager of this dolphin's team? Well, clearly, Tua doesn't want to sit. Two will be sitting. So I don't think you do that. I think you just keep competing, you know. Teams have come back and teams have rallied. and the Miami Dolphins being one of them. I remember when Flores was there,

I think they won seven straight to end the season, tried to get themselves in the playoff hunt and barely missed it. I don't think in the NFL you have teams that punt seasons. I know you have teams that don't have good enough teams to compete. Like right now, the Carolina Panthers are dealing with that. Offensively, the Browns are dealing with a little bit of that. The Patriots, the Patriots are dealing with issues, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

teams where you're just like, hey, can't figure it out. You can't figure out what's not working for your team. But no, I don't think you pump the season. I think you've got to keep competing. Buffalo, obviously, having a great season. We talked about all the great things Josh Allen's doing, had another great game, this game. And the Dolphins had opportunities to win this game,

to walk away with the W and just things just aren't the ball isn't bouncing their way this season on either side of the ball. But all you can do is keep competing. No question. I mean, the bills, everyone expected them to win, but Miami came out. They needed this win more. And like you said, crazier things have happened. You got to keep that gas pedal to the floor if you're Miami because what is the alternative?

I mean, you already got your quarterback. You already got your playmakers. You're now healthy. Let's see where this season goes. Richard, that concludes, I mean, we're through week nine. already. We're past the halfway point. Where does your head go the rest of the way? I mean, because we've got my Detroit Lions, who I believe, I know that Kansas City Chiefs are playing on Monday Night Football, but I believe they've shown enough to show you, Richard Sherman,

that they are deserving of your number one spot and your power ranks. What else did they have to do to prove you that they are worthy? Kansas City Chiefs have to lose. It has less to do with the Honolulu Blue Detroit Lions and more to do with Kansas City Chiefs. There are the defending Super Bowl champions and have not lost the game. So for me to take them out of the top spot would be what they consider asinine. Mitchell, I cannot do it. I will not do it. And they must be dethroned.

And once they are dethroned, then I will put the Detroit Lions up there. But not so fast, my friend, they are 7 and 0, have not lost the game. And I'm waiting for somebody to figure them out and give them an ale. I respect that answer. I respect it. Richard, this concludes week nine. Sign us off, my friend. Well, thank you guys so much for joining us. I hope you had a very happy Halloween and got to trick or treat. Give me something good to eat if you don't. I don't care and something about underwear. But I hope you and your kids had a wonderful Halloween. We did at Thursday night football. We did on this podcast. We gave away a lot of candy. We wore costumes and things of that nature. I hope you have a beautiful rest of your night and enjoy your football, whether your team won or lost. They get to play again next week, unless they don't have a bye.

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