The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Straight Fire w/ Jason McIntyre - Shedeur Sanders is Keeping it TOO Real

Episode Date: April 12, 2025

On today's episode, Jason reacts to a recent Shedeur Sanders interview and explains why the young QB is saying too much too soon. Jason breaks down how the Lions could regress hard next season. Jason looks ahead to the NBA Playoffs and explores what the true ceiling is for the Lakers. Plus, Jason gives his picks for who he thinks is making the NBA Finals! Click here to subscribe, rate and review all of the latest Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I thought we had guests lined up, but then the schedule just got crazy. Obviously, I'm out next week due to spring break with the kids. So we're planning for that. We're hosting the herd. It's like there's just so much happening that I wasn't able to lock down any guests, which stinks because things are about to get hot in sports. You've got the Masters this weekend.

You have the NFL draft in 13 days. You have the NBA play-in starting Tuesday. This weekend the NBA is going to be crazy because everybody jockeying for position Like the Warriors are starting to look worn down because they keep playing these small lineups. And you could only do that so much. Remember the death lineup that the Warriors used to try it out back when they had the death lineup. They would only break that in case of emergency. You don't start the death lineup because then it wears down your small team.

And that was one of the takes from Windhorst is that the warriors are looking worn down. They're just kind of getting pushed around. So they got the Blazers and then the paper clips to close out the season. Blazers should be a win, but they need to win two to avoid the point. play in unless some other wackiness happens. So it's a good time to be a sports fan. I'm really utterly fascinated by the NFL draft. And I saw this story.

So I would say Cam Ward is a lock to go one. And there's some other really, really good players, Abdul Carter, Ashton Jit. But by far, the headliner for this draft is Dion's kid, Shador Sanders. Now, you might be sick of hearing about him, but I've got to just tell this story because he went on this show called something on NFL network with Rappaport and essentially he told Rappaport hey man I'm keeping it real with these teams I meet with

and Sjadur's a young guy he obviously has a lot to learn he comes from you know his dad is super famous wealthy family you know this is a guy who I don't want to say he grew up was born on third base but you know maybe close to it and interestingly, he's going in with that attitude. Now, I didn't know this when I've had him second in the draft all the time to the Browns.

This is his quote. When I talk to any team, I understand the work it's going to take and I see the dynamic of everybody that's around. So I know how to approach different situations differently. I'm just sitting back observing. When I go visit these coaches and when I go to all these different branches, I ask them what I think and how I feel truly some get offended some like it some don't make some people uncomfortable some people invite that and i'm like whoa should do what what what are you doing are you purposely nukeing yourself

to land in a certain situation i mean now listen shoulder is i'm sorry he's turned 23 in february so he's he's he's not like a 21 year he's 23 he's got he's a little bit more grown than your average college kid. I graduated at 22 and I was still massively immature. I cannot even begin to imagine Chador Sanders who's wealthy. His NILD was huge. He's probably driving like a Ferrari, Lambo, whatever. He's in a different stratosphere than me. That being said, let me tell you a quick story. Okay. So I had started the website that I ended up selling the big lead, right? I had started that anonymously. It was like February 2006. And it's started to, not blow up, but gained traction in 2007.

Now, this is all relative because 2007, there was no IG, no Snapchat, no TikTok, YouTube was in its infancy. All this stuff was in the early stages. So when I say blow up, I mean like, let's just say hypothetically, we had 1,000 people going to the website a day in 2006 and maybe in 2007 we had like 10,000 people going a day. I'm just using easy, basic numbers. However, in 2007,

I had a roommate who was at ESPN the magazine, his girlfriend who ended up being his wife, I think they got the force, I don't know. They were at ESPN the magazine. I was still at Us Weekly, the celebrity magazine. I'm like doing the website anonymously. And I was like, yo, can you get me an interview with ESPN the magazine? I mean, I've got all these clips from freelancing for ESPN.

I'm freelance for the magazine. Can you give me like, I would like a full-time job there. I want to get in at ESPN. I'm like, yeah, no problem. So within like a month, I get an interview with the CEO of ESPN the magazine. ESPN the magazine is now defunct, right? But at the time, I was like, okay, I'm meeting with this guy.

I'm not going to say his name, but, you know, he had written books on tennis, and I definitely went online and got as much info as I could about him and the books and everything. Now, it was tougher to get, there's no chat GPT at the time, okay? You know, I don't even know if LinkedIn was a thing when this happened. That being said, I had an interview. It was right before the final four, because I'll tell you the second leg of it in a second. And I went in for the interview, and I kind of struggled through it because I was so on everything I had studied about this guy and his history. And I was like, I need to nail every fact.

So I show him that I'm on top of him. And he could tell that I had done the homework on him. And he was very clear. It was like, oh, yeah, I know you've done. I knew you're clear. And then he kind of threw me off with a question that was non-sports, non-anything related, not my resume, not his. And I just wasn't ready. and I knew at the time I was, okay, that did not go well.

That being said, I had what I thought was the ace card in my back pocket. Hey, man, I've got this website that I've been doing anonymously. It's called The Big Lead. I thought about this in my head. Do I say this to him? Break in case of emergency. Okay, I'm struggling. He's going to know the site because I wrote about ESPN a lot anonymously.

I broke some stories about ESPN, you know, Joe Smith going to ESPN, and Susie Q leaving ESPN, whatever. And I thought about it. And I'm sitting there and I'm like, do I tell him? Because if I tell him and it comes out, oh, no, we know who this guy is. They blow up my spot. And next thing you know, what do I get fired from my magazine job? You know, and I just thought it was too, I couldn't keep it that real.

I could not be 100,000 percent honest and tell him about the website. I did not. Okay. I didn't end up getting the job. but like two weeks later, I was on a flight to the final four because I guess there were some celebrities going. So they were like, hey, Jay, can you go to the final four? I was like, yeah, I'll fucking go to the final four.

I think it was in, was it in indie? I know the Florida Gators were playing. And was it George Mason? Shit, man, now I'm forgetting. Anyways, I get on the plane to fly out of New York to go to the final four. And I'm sitting in my seat and all of a sudden come walking, down the aisle. I'm like, oh shit, that's Mike Wilbon. Oh my gosh, dude. That's amazing. Mike Wilbon sits right next to me. And I was like, oh, yeah, no. Okay, do I tell

this guy about the blog? He would surely know what. I mean, I mentioned him. I was a huge fan. I've read him and I, when we talked, I talked about meeting, reading his stuff growing up in the Washington Post, and I could cite some of his best columns because I was such a nerd. I clipped some of them out and I would read them later. I was like, oh, Wilbon was, I thought Wilbon and Kornheiser were legends when I was a young kid reading them in the Washington Post. And they were the blueprint for me. Like, okay, you start out in print and then you go to TV and then you make real money.

And like, that would be amazing. And I talked to Wilbon the whole flight. And, you know, it was a short flight from New York to India. I think it was Indianapolis. But it was short either way. And of course, everybody wants to talk to Wilbon. So like random people are coming up in the aisle and talking to him, whatever. He probably felt awesome.

And I end up not telling him about the site. I didn't want to be 100% honest. Sometimes when you are interviewing for a job or meeting someone, it could help you down the road or what have you. I don't think you keep it 100,000% real. And I tell that story because this Shador Sanders maintains authenticity. when meeting with teams. And I think this is a big mistake by him. Now, I don't think you totally fake the funk and pretend to be someone you're not,

but I don't think you show them everything. Do you? Is that a smart move? Unload your full, the full whoever you are in the interview? I don't think you do that. Because let's be real, we're all weird, strange individuals with strange proclivities and odd attitudes and we say strange stuff

and we're all weird. I mean, I think I'm normal, but whatever. And I think Shador's making a big mistake here. If he's being as authentic as I think he is, rolling in with the chains, the swag, acting like he's a shit and telling people,

I'm going to transform your franchise? What? So when I hear now that the Browns don't want him, and the Giants went out, and I guess they met with him and they decided we're going to go grab James and Russell. That to me is a sign that guy's not for us. He's about himself and he's about Hollywood and being a superstar and being famous on social media. And we don't want that.

We want a quarterback. Okay? Quarterback first. Had you heard of Patrick Mahomes on Instagram before he blew up as a quarterback? Not at all. Tom Brady blows up. Then he gets into TB12 and all this other stuff. You got to get the job first.

then crush it, then do whatever the hell you want. Like, I still don't know anything about Justin Herbert. He's a really good quarterback. He goes out and wins a Super Bowl in a year or two or three. Then I'm sure we'll start to see the real Justin Herbert. There's still work to do. Sheddawer's got a ton of work to do. And I'll tell you this.

Cam Ward's going to go one. Do you guys know anything about Cam Ward? Other than he was at Washington State before Miami. You know anything about his parents? What kind of car he drives? His social media activity? like, it's bizarre. The contrast from Cam Ward, who's going to go one,

to Chador Sanders, is so dramatic. Now, remember last year, Caleb Williams was not quite Shadour, his dad didn't play in the NFL, or wasn't an NFL star like Dion. But Caleb was something of a celebrity quarterback, whereas a guy like Michael Penix was much more low-key. Jaden Daniels was much more low-key at LSU. He wins rookie at the year, takes his team to the conference championship.

like I just I don't like what I'm reading about Chador Sanders and I get hey man I'm just going to keep it real this is what do they call whizzy wig what you see is what you get like I don't know man think about when you met you know your wife or your current girlfriend did you keep it 100% real from the jump hell no you can't it just doesn't work like that and you can be authentic but you can't show them everything and just act like, hey, and this is who I am, take it or leave it. They're going to leave it. So I don't know. I'm not feeling great about Shadoor's odds right now to go super duper high. It just, the stuff I'm reading, I don't totally love it. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox SportsRadio.com.

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Genshin win. I mean, she went down in three to Rabakina, but I'm delighted. She's an outsider to win the French for me. And she likes Clay. Listen, Lina Rabakina is arguably the best player in the world right now, and I actually can win on any surface, because if she's serving, well, good luck. Consider this your court-side seat to the French Open. Listen to the Renee Stubbs tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the I-Hard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, next topic, and this is random out of left field. I did not even know. There's one of my buddies texting me. This is exactly what he wrote. Are you ready? He said, next Monday is the WNBA draft.

and I was like, wow, I didn't know that. Now, if you remember last year, because of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, all these people you knew that were in it, the WMBA draft was like, a scene. Holy cow, was it a big deal. You knew it was coming days away because Caitlin Clark was involved. This year, did you know it was Monday? Do you know when the WNBA season starts? None of this.

The only women's basketball thing I've seen recently, apparently the tournament was terrible. Juju Watkins got hurt and the rest of the game for blowouts. The only video I've seen on the WNBA recently is Caitlin Clark at Iowa playing against the men's team. And she scored something like 22 points in two minutes. Ridiculous. You watch a video. She's just banging threes.

I mean, I'm just telling you like improbable shots against the men's Iowa team. And the first couple, her teammates are just like, oh, wow, oh my gosh. And once she hits like four or five or six, there's. standing up hooting and hollering. I mean, it was against the men's team and Caitlin Clark was giving them buckets. I'm just saying like, I think the WNBA or the Indiana fever, Caitlin Clark has done a good job of not over exposing her. I don't think you could say the same for Angel Reese who played in that other league and has been chirping all off season about how we're underpaid and I might hold out and just complain. Caitlin Clark has basically

what, been going to Indiana Pacers basketball games and like a concert or two. And like, that's the way to go a little more low key. At least that's how I find it. You know, I'm, I'm pro less is more when it comes to, you know, you're in that stratosphere, the Caitlin Clark at that level, Shadour standards. Like those are big, big time folks. I think less is more.

But again, maybe that's just me. I don't know. I do also think, as I bounce around topics here very randomly on a Friday, that the, The Detroit Lions have one of the most difficult schedules in the league. And I actually broke this down on the herd earlier this week. These are the Detroit Lions road opponents. So in the division, Chicago, Packers, Vikings, obvious.

These are their other road games at Washington, which went 12 and 5 last year, conference championship. Philadelphia, 14 and 3 won the Super Bowl. Sincy, 9 and 8, Joe Burrow. Baltimore, 12 and 5, Lamar. KC. 15 and 2. L.A. Rams, 10 and 7.

They have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. Nine road games. One of them had a losing record last year, the Bears. The quarterbacks they face out of the division. Jaden Daniels, Jalen Hertz, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Matt Stafford. Guys, that is six of the top nine quarterbacks in the league. Right? I mean, all you're missing is Josh Allen, essentially.

Those are the road games. Detroit is going to have to go outdoors, perhaps in inclement weather, to KC, Baltimore, Sincere, Philly, and Washington. Now, if they play them in September, great. But if they're facing those teams in November, December, it's going to be cold and outdoors. I'm just telling you, keep an eye on the Detroit Lions dropping significantly next year. I thought initially, yeah, they could win nine or ten games. folks, it does not look good at all.

Now, the division has very difficult opponents. So I think if you're looking for any unders, you want to take the teams in that division just because they have very difficult schedules. The Bears is, according to Chernoff, it's a toughest schedule in the league, the Bears. Now, I look to the Chiefs. Are you ready for this?

There's is kind of the opposite. So the Chief's non-division matchups, they have to travel to Buffalo for a big one, but they also travel to Dallas, which is not going to be good. Jacksonville, which is probably not going to be good. The Giants are going to stink and the tight Zavar rookie quarterback. So you think, okay, Chiefs should roll on the road. Okay, fair.

This is who they have coming to Arrowhead. Baltimore, Detroit, Houston, Indie, Philly, and Washington. One of those teams, Indy has a losing record. The quarterbacks. Non-division. Lamar, Gough, Stroud, I'll say Anthony Richardson, but it might be Daniels, who the hell knows,

Hertz and Jaden Daniels. Folks, is there a world where the Kansas City Chiefs are like a nine-win team? They have the Super Bowl hangover. Don't stop. I know you're laughing in nine wins. But remember, the teams that historically lose the Super Bowl do not come back strong the next year.

That's borne out. Kansas City, of course, was able to come back strong after losing the Super Bowl. But they were younger. Now you've got Travis Kelsey a little bit older. You've got the Super Bowl hangover. You've got offensive line questions.

I mean, if you wanted me to make a strong case for the chiefs to be not the division winners in the AFC West and a wild card team at best, I think you could build that argument. Now, a lot of it will happen. Like, are the Raiders going to be a dumpster fire again, a four-win team? Probably not. They seem a little more professional with Pete Carroll. But I can see the Chiefs regressing.

Chiefs and Lions coming back to the pack. The problem is, Jay, who's stepping up for those teams? Well, that's another podcast for another day. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox SportsRadio.com. And within the IHeart Radio app, search FSR to listen live. Hey, it's us to Jonas Brothers. And guess what?

We have some big news. What's the news, huge news? We created our own podcast called, Hey, Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts.

We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how did we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. And, well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers was. This is how you guys remember it going down?

Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Another podcast from some SNL late-night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends. me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel

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and the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. The French Open is one of the toughest tests in tennis. And I know firsthand because I competed there myself. I'm Renee Stubbs. And on the Renee Stubbs' tennis podcast, I'm breaking down everything happening. at Roland Garris, every match, every upset, and what it really takes to win on Clay. Jenchian win.

I mean, she went down at three to Rabakina, but I'm delighted. She's an outsider to win the French for me. And she likes Clay. Listen, Lena Rubakina is arguably the best player in the world right now, and I actually can win on any surface, because if she's serving, well, good luck. Consider this your court side seat to the French Open. Listen to the Renee Stubbs Tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The other topic I had that we can wrap up here with is what exactly is a legitimate ceiling for the Lakers this postseason? Lucas played 27 games. That's it. That's a third of a regular season with the Lakers.

He hasn't had LeBron for all those. He hasn't had Austin Rees for all those. do we need to give them a mulligan because hey it was only a third of a year or so i'm told when michael jordan after he quit to play baseball and then failed at that and came back to basketball well that playoff postseason doesn't count when he got ripped by donald royal of the orlando magic and you know the orlando took him out in the series that doesn't count because mj had just come back in february from baseball So Luca just got traded to the Lakers in February.

Does the same thing apply? Like, I don't know how we legitimately handicap this Lakers team. I am extremely bullish on them. But I'm also extremely bullish on like, I don't know, the Detroit Pistons. I'm nervous for my Knicks. I am. If the Knicks, and by the way, the Knicks lost to the Pistons last night. If the Knicks have to face the Pistons, it's not a lock that they win that series.

As of today, it looks like they will. but in a scheduling quirk, the Pistons face Detroit, which is ahead of them, in the final two games of the regular season. I don't know how on earth they landed on that, but it's a home and home. If they tie, let's see who will, the season series is two nothing bucks. So if the bucks win one of these, well, the bucks would need to win two, I think, to lose two to drop because there are two games up on the Pistons.

Wow. So it looks like the Knicks, who could get passed by the Pacers, looks like the Knicks are locked into facing the pistons. However, I don't know that it's the worst thing in the world if the Knicks fall to four. Then you dodge the Celtics. You open with the Bucks and Janus. Now, they've won six in a row. Dame, we don't know if he's going to be back or not. Would you sooner take your chances on Janus, followed by the calves, or the pistons, followed by the Celtics. And honestly, I would sit my guys if I'm the Knicks. Now, there's no chance Tibido does this. But I would sit my guys and say, guys, we're just going to, we're going to see, let their chips fall where they may. We're going to rest up our dudes. Remember, Josh Hart, beef with Tibbs. Bridges beef with them too. They want more rest.

I don't know. It feels to me like it might be smart for the Knicks to just slide back a little bit. Tonight's a huge night in the NBA for any, you know, I don't want to say losers. but if you're home on a Friday night, Cavs, Knicks, do the Knicks need to say, hey, we've got to beat the Cavs just once. I don't even know if the Cavs are going to play their guys. Houston, at the Lakers,

don't know if the Lakers are going to play their guys. They might not. What's the other big one? Not OKC, Utah. Where is it? Oh, Golden State at Portland is huge. Golden State, you know, they might end up in the playing. The paper clips.

The weird part about the Clippers, they're not a great matchup for the Lakers. Zubots is good in the middle, and they've got the wings to defend Luka and LeBron. So I'm a little nervous about the Clippers, but overall, I just still think I can ride Luca. So I'm going to go ahead and make my picks official. As of now,

I'll pick the Celtics blindly in the east, and I'll pick the Lakers blindly in the West to meet in the NBA finals, and I'll go Celtics over the Lakers. It's tougher to pick the conference finals, not knowing the order, but yes, obviously I think OKC will be in there. And my guess is that in addition to OKC,

we see the Cleveland Cavs make it in the Eastern Conference. All right, folks. I'm out next week. Enjoy the rest of the Masters. I will be decompressing, hopefully, without my phone. And just trying to enjoy life here as we inch closer to spring and summer. Two amazing seasons. where we don't watch a lot of sports and we just have a lot of fun.

Talk to you tomorrow. Hey, guys, it's us. The Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick. And guess what? We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas.

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