The Herd with Colin Cowherd - THE HERD - Hour 1 - Bills Comeback

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

Colin gives his thoughts on the Bills coming back in the 4th quarter to beat the Ravens and what we saw Josh Allen do last night.Brock Purdy made mistakes, but he made the right play to win the game for the Niners.He talks about how exciting the Jets-Steelers game was and what he saw when watching Justin Fields.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Bill stops by off a wild, wild game last night. I'm going to tell you something. That's the best week one in the NFL. Remember week one of college football Labor Day weekend? We're like, that's the best college football weekend I've ever seen. That is the best week one, not done. you get the controversial enigmatic bears against Minnesota mystery at quarterback. What a weekend, starting Thursday, where the Cowboys took the Eagles to the very end.

But last night's a classic. Unbelievable game. Josh Allen, obviously the MVP for a reason, best player in the league. Yeah, when the Ravens win a wild game, my take is usually, oh, Lamar Jackson must have played well. When the Bills win a wild game, my take is, oh, oh, no. Josh Allen, they put the cape on him. Lamar Jackson's part of a great roster, a Super Bowl winning coach. I never feel like the organization lets him down, and he has sputtered in big playoff

spots. Josh Allen's passer rating is better in the playoffs than the regular season, and he was the MVP. He's always at his best when the best is required. He doesn't need to prove anything to anybody. His coach is often let him down. He had more passing yards in the fourth quarter last night than half the league had this weekend. 16 unanswered points against a better roster in Baltimore.

Montana, Brady, and Mahomes have more hardware, and maybe always will. I have never seen, including Patrick Mahomes, a quarterback with this much velocity, this much power. Again, his playoff passer rating higher than his regular season. He is a gamer and not the streaming kind. The other thing is, I still, this morning, don't like the way the bills are overly reliant on him. The Ravens were getting, I mean, Derek Henry was running away from smaller secondary players for Buffalo. Buffalo's got real issues on the back end.

Remember, Buffalo, Buffalo had to come back under four minutes, 15 down. Like, Baltimore has a better roster. They have, in my opinion, a better coach. they have in my opinion, and this is not a knock on Lamar, probably Steve Bashati, many in the league believe best organization, best owner. 95% of that game last night, until the very end felt like Baltimore's just got too much horsepower. They got too many good players. The bills have a, and I would be worried about this.

They have a LeBron Cavs feel to him that he's got to score 42 and have a triple double to beat the good teams. I mean, even at the end of the first half, he gets the ball. 21 seconds, two big throws, no timeouts, and sets up a field goal. How many people on the planet ever could do that? It is not a knock on Lamar Jackson, but the Ravens have multiple routes to win big games. Derek Henry last night, again, he is running past and over much smaller players and safeties and corners. The bills have one route to win huge games. Josh Allen has to do that.

And I think last night was unquestionably his greatest performance. And he's got about 12 like this. I thought it was the best one. That score was 40, 25 and under four minutes left. I don't care that it was at home. Baltimore is a stacked roster. There are three rosters in this league. I test look better.

Eagles, Ravens, and I think Packers. And to pull that off late. I mean, you've got Baltimore's got Kyle Hamilton. He's a Pro Bowl safety covering all that ground. down in the back end. You stack these rosters up. Baltimore is up there with Philly. I feel like Buffalo is basically, they just said, Josh, take it over. End of the first half. End of the game. Take it over. And here he is after. It took everybody there. I'm just proud of our team for staying in it. No one on the sideline

blinked. I mean, down 15 points, whatever we were, with five, six minutes left. staying with it, fans leaving, you know, the stadium. You know, you've got to play this game for 60 minutes, and that's a really good outfit that we just played. I'm watching that game last night. And I honestly watching Lamar Jackson and Derek Henry in that offense, and then Josh Allen on the other side, I'm like 75% in the teams. And I'm watching Mahomes and Justin Herbert Friday

and thinking the same thing. 75% of these teams in this league have got to be looking at their quarterback situation and just thinking, Buffalo, Baltimore, they're playing a different sport. I mean, Lamar, there's never been a player that plays it like Lamar.

It is video game. And then there's Josh Allen, under four minutes, down 15, against a great roster. And, you know, Derek Henry's fumble probably is that linchpin that gets you the W, but remarkable.

Now, I want to shift to another game. I've been very critical, not really critical. I just don't buy all the hype with Brock Purdy. I think he's a B-plus quarterback. I feel that with Kirk Cousins. I feel that with Dak. And I think you have to be very careful about paying a B-plus quarterback A-plus money. And Brock Purti got a good contract.

It wasn't outrageous. For him, it was a very good contract. But I got to tell you, yesterday, yes, he had to pay. picks. Yes, he got a huge break that Sam Darnold fumble bumped into his own player. That's the most impressed I've ever been with Brock Purdy. That game. Seattle's Loud. George Kittle misses most of the game. You're down several wide receivers. Your offensive line is mediocre. Joanne Jennings is her. Trent Williams is her. Right guard is hurt. You've heard of the blue man group. The Niners are the blue tent group. They can't keep anybody healthy. Special teams.

Jake Moody, close your eyes, cross your fingers. That let the Niners down. And pretty on the road against, let's be honest here, that defense for Seattle is fast. That is a well-coached, well-constructed, well-drafted, very good Seahawks defense. It is, sometimes you've got to trust your eyes. They are flying around the field. And he goes six for six on the final drive. loudest stadium in the league.

They were 9 and 1 before yesterday in those openers. He has a great poise, made huge throws, and you know why I'm impressed? Because he had two picks. I mean, he only scored 17 points. Why would I be so impressed? Because the difference between the haves and have-nots in this league

is when you don't have your star receiver, when you're down your star-tied-end, when you're going to be Hall of Fame, aim left tackle goes to the tent when your right guard is out that and you're on the road that's that if every quarterback looks good with excellent protection i've said quarterback is like parenting everybody is a great parent when your kids are eating their vegetables and getting A's it's really easy that's babysitting you know what parenting is your kid just got kicked out of school your daughter got a speeding ticket she's imploding that's parenting

That yesterday, in Seattle, last drive, that is what quarterback is. Okay, that is what it is. Defensive coach, Seahawks are flying around, your offensive line is mid, you're missing one of your linemen, Trent Williams already been in the tent, George Kittles gone, Joanne Jennings banged up. Seattle, listen, Seattle's going to win 9, 10, 11 games. Whether they make the playoffs or not, that's a good football team. So it demanded he be great, and I don't care that his past,

Racerating was 92. And I don't care that he threw two picks. That's worth the money. I'm telling you, there's about eight, nine quarterbacks in the league you can win a football game with. And he was one of them. And that doesn't mean I want to hear old J. Mack going nutty on this. I may turn by next weekend.

That is quarterback playing the league. That's parenting. The house is melting down. They won't eat their vegetables. They're arguing with mom. That's parenting. Here is Kyle Shanahan on Brock Purdy's performance. performance?

It's huge. I mean, there were some big plays at the end. I mean, we were back and forth and just kept getting tighter and tighter. And to make that big play to Ricky to get the explosive to get us down there. And on that play he made on Fort Down was huge. I think the biggest one in the drive was him going across the whole board on a progression. I mean, just a tough deal to do for a quarterback. And I don't know if he hit, I think it was Jake Tongis, a low ball on the other side that kept the drive going and played really well there.

The other thing did you notice, and this is something about the NFL that's different than college. In college, you let go with the ball when the receiver's open. He made a throw. He made a couple of them in this game, Purdy did, the touchdown in the end zone to the tight end, because Kittle was banged up. When he let go of that ball, there were three blue shirts, two blue shirts. That was nobody open. That is what is called an anticipatory thrower. That's what Aaron Rogers was in his prime.

Aaron Rogers, one of the first quarterbacks doing the back shoulder thing. Nobody's open. Great quarterback play, and this is what you have to do in the NFL, and it's why a lot of college quarterbacks can't pivot to the pros. You've got to let go with the ball, and it looks like it can't be caught. Go back and look. Go to your YouTube page. Go back and look at that touchdown of the tight end.

He's not open. That's practice. That's trust. That's anticipating. That is excellent quarterback play. Could have been his third pick. Instead, everybody loves Brock Purdy this morning. So, J. Mack, a little pivot, slight pivot on Purdy.

I got to say, I love that open, Colin. I was shocked that you said nice things about him. The two picks were bad. Let's admit they were bad throws, right? That is a, let me tell you something. That's a tough environment. Yes. And by the way, you didn't mention his kicker was like terrified and Shanahan's losing his mind.

They made a 32-yard field goal in the second half, and it was noteworthy. Yeah. It's like, hey, we should note it. He hit it because he had a kick blocked. He had missed like a 28 or a short. It was a short one, yeah. They got to the Red Zone five times. And by the way, how about the 49ers defense with Robert Sala

bottling up Seattle? They think they had 230 yards of offense. Colin, 49ers defense all of a sudden frisky. Coordinators do not get the love they deserve. The Niners have worse personnel defensively than last year. Yeah. And that was their best defense. of performance in a long

time. Go ask the lions if coordinators matter. I know it's Monday and everybody overreacts on Monday. I'm going to overreact on the Packers. That's fine. I think that's... You're well within reasoned. I'm going to overreact on the Packers.

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Franchise record. The coaching, Green Bay looked different, folks. It is official. Let me overreact. Green Bay is winning that division. I don't need to watch Vikings Bears tonight. and I do not need to see the lions again. Adding Micah played less than half the snaps is different.

Between Matt LaFleur and Jordan Love and that run game and Roshan, Gary, and Micah, this is the best-looking Packard team I have seen since Aaron Rogers in his prime. That defense was flying all over the field. Like, they always use first-round picks on defense, but you never really feel like they're intimidating. Like Baltimore plays on fire. Denver with that crew in Denver. You see orange jerseys everywhere.

Yesterday, that is the best Green Bay's defense. Look, it didn't look like a Packer defense. Hyper aggressive. And Micah Parsons, already making an impact, creating more space and better matchups for the guys around it. And those wide receivers and tight ends, we've been talking about this the last three years. Green Bay just doesn't miss very much on offensive players.

They're the opposite of Belichick and the Patriots. They hit on almost everybody. even the wide receivers like Reed were like, well, I don't know. Romeo Dobbs, sometimes he has the drops. They all make plays. Craft the tight ends of stud. He's a pro bowler. He's going to be a great time, big time player for the Packers.

Ten different guys caught passes. Green Bay was the best football team. Coaching offense, defense, I watched all weekend. I don't need to see anything else. I don't care if it's overreacting because I know Matt's a great coach. and I know Micah Parsons can play and I know those tight ends and receivers I've been watching for three years if they stay healthy

are good and I know Josh Jacobs is a bull man all I'm saying I watch football weekend like you starting last week college football starting pro football Thursday night that is the best team I watched I do not see the holes I don't see him

Jordan loves sometime you know a thing about Jordan love he's always more far than Aaron Rogers he's going to let it rip he's going to have bad picks Brock Purdy had bad picks Picks. Andrew Luck had bad picks. Elway had a lot of them. That doesn't...

The bottom line, are you willing to let it go? Do your prep, see the field, let it rip. Here's Micah and Matt LaFleur on what has changed. Just watching the game, what has changed about Green Bay's defense? This last six months was super draining, super toxic for everyone. It's something that, you know, I don't think no players should have to go through. I could have been with these guys getting better and better, and we could have had probably even more dominant start, you know,

if that was the decision we were going to make. So I'm just happy that's behind. These guys embrace me. They believe in my talents. They believed in me, and I'm just going to do these guys everything I have because I know what's at stake. He definitely has an aura about him,

and just his style of play fits with our other guys. And I think all those guys are excited to play with them. It looked like a speed of life. or the shooting star just coming out of the sky and closing ground fast, which, I mean, that's why he's here, right? Yeah, trust your eyes. Jeff Halfley is an excellent defensive mind. Trust your eyes. You Packer fans are like, let's not go overboard.

Okay, radio guy, slow down. I'm not slowing down. I trust my eyes. Hey, Micah played 45% of the snaps. He's not even in great game shape yet. Like the Micah thing is going to get better. And I love the Packer fans. The Packer fans are spoiled.

They've been watching great offense for 35 years. They haven't had Micah Parsons. I mean, they did Reggie White on the inside and at Charles Woodson. But Micah Parsons comes out at Lambeau Field, standing O. He came close to a sack once early. The fans went crazy, go crazy. That is what a Super Bowl team looks like. Ravens, Eagles, Packers, those rosters,

are different. They are different rosters than everybody else. Jay Mack with the news. No, no, no, no, no. Turn on the news. This is the herd line news. Mr. Overreaction. No, no, no. I think all this is well within reason. I mean, who could argue any of this stuff? Like, the Ravens looked incredible. I mean, you contrasts the Chiefs with the bills and the Ravens. It's completely different, not even the same level. Justin Herbert did kind of whatever he wanted to, and you and I acknowledge we don't love the perimeter weapons for the Chargers. They were open. Keenan Allen was cookie.

He got signed like a month ago. Well, seven catches. He just joined the team. Yeah. All right. So let's go to another guy who we don't really love on this show. And that's your boy Aaron Rogers. Colin, listen, I got to give him credit.

Running Arthur Smith's offense and Arthur Smith deserves a lot of credit. Rogers threw four touchdowns, no interceptions, in a thrilling game against my jet. Best game of the day until last night. We thought this was going to be low scoring. I think I said 12-6 Jets. Yeah, I took the Jets and the three. I thought it was going to be really sluggish.

The Jets did cover, but they lost 3432. Rogers was talking a little trash after the game. It was nice to win, especially, you know, hearing some of the cat crawls out there and the boo-birds. You know, I'm not sensitive about that. I expected that. You know, I kind of like that. but there were probably people in the organization didn't think I could play anymore,

so it was nice to remind those people that I still can. All right. There's a guy who's got a little gray in the whiskers as well. That's right. They want to bury you. He played pretty well. One game, my friend. Now, now he is a statue.

He got sacked four times. No, no, no. By the way, you got to give Aaron credit. In the fourth quarter, he got sacked. And there's no other quarterback in this league that took the shot that Aaron did in the fourth quarter. Well, Joe Burrow took some hits in. No, Joe Burrow, right. Joe Burrow got one that was brutal.

Well, that's the Bengals, yeah. But I mean, Aaron sat in there and took shots. In the fourth quarter, I didn't think he was going to get up. I was like, oh, I don't know if he's going to get up. Do you think this is sustainable? This is not happening all season. Well, it's an older team. And older teams, when they do get banged up, it takes longer for older players to get healthy.

So Green Bay is the youngest team in the league. Green Bay is going to have injuries, but a 25-year-old body is not a 32-year-old body. I thought Jalen Ramsey was really good. A great play at the end of the game. I think you have to, I mean, I thought the story of the game, and I'll talk more about this in a minute, it was Justin Fields. Yes. But you have to give. They went on the road.

Aaron, who's not been good in season openers since he's gotten older. This is his best by a mile. By a mile. And it is not a great O line. So Aaron was not doing this behind the Eagles O line. This is a very mid O line. I know the staff wants to talk Rogers. That's fine.

The reality of Justin Fields was more impressive than Aaron Rogers yesterday. I'm sorry. Like Justin Fields was really lights out. No, no, no, I'm going to get to that. I thought Josh Allen last night and Lamar, they were both great. I thought Justin Fields was the best quarterback I saw this weekend. He was outstanding. He was out of his mind good.

Just for the record, the Jets only lost this because the kick returner fumbled. and the Steelers basically got back-to-back touchdown. Well, that's part of football. I know, I get it. You can say the Ravens only lost because Derek Henry fumbled. Well, Derek Henry is a running back. He got hit. Certainly.

So the Steelers deserve credit, but it should be noted. Aaron, he got sacked four times. And that old line, last four years. We have been arguing. They couldn't run the ball either. Well, Arthur Smith deserves, I think, more credit than Rogers. He was early on Rogers was getting drilled, and he changed up the offense.

A lot of play action, overly aggressive, Aaron Glenn, guys were schemed open. I will say this. The Steelers' defense got destroyed by Justin Fields, Brees Hall, Garrett Wilson. There is something. They were pushed around. Jets had 182 yards rushing. Well, the left side of the Jets O line,

they just kept going back and back to the same left side. And that's, I thought Elijah Veritucko was left guard. Maybe he's right guard. I, because once Elijah Veritka got hurt, my take was, oh, the Jetson line could be spotty. They just, every, big run play was

Brees Hall left side. And there were holes. He's a good player, but there were noticeable holes. The kid, they drafted from Penn State had an awesome game. So, Steelers fans are nervous, because I text with a few of them, and they're like, we just got pushed around by the Jets? And this is a defense that's one of the

most expensive in the league. So there are some warning signs for the Steelers. Now, it is week one. It is, but that's not really how you want to open if you're the Steelers defense. Let's move to Pete Carroll. How about his debut with the Raiders, really impressive 20 to 13 win over your boy Vrable and the Patriots. I was so happy for Pete.

Look at his energy. Yeah. He's 73 years old, man. Dude, he looks 54. He is, I mean, you can feel his energy and juice on the sideline. And by the way, speaking of juice, Gino Smith, 362 yards. I mean, he was outstanding. Easily the best quarterback in that game, not close.

Yeah, it wasn't close. Drake May, not great. But Brock Bowers did leave with an injury, and it didn't matter. Gino was still making plays with a game. was Jacoby Myers. Ashton Jetty was okay, didn't have much room to work. Drake Mae didn't do much. And it was not just that. Now, I will defend New England a little. Remember, they spent 300 million on free agency. It's like seven new starters. Christian Gonzalez out. They also are playing multiple rookies. You can argue there's not a team in the league. They have like a transfer

portal. They got like 12 new guys taking snaps. And remember, starters do not play in the preseason anymore. My take is they have so many, this is a total rebuild in New England. The Raiders are not a total rebuild. No. Colton Miller, Brock Bowers, Jacoby Myers, Ashton Jenny's going to be a star,

Max Crosby, the Raiders aren't a total rebuild. They just needed grown-ups to run the organization. Yeah. I know you have Patriots playoffs. It's one week. You don't want to overreact. The dolphins are still in the division, so they won't be in the basement. But I don't, again, It's just the Jets and Patriots.

I think the Jets look more impressive. It's just one game. I agree. Agree, I agree. Jets look kind of good. I've got to save some of my material. You're not going to lure me in with your hot takes. Final story here is Vikings Bears, J.J. McCarthy, debut tonight. Everybody's excited.

They move off Darnold, which looks smart, by the way. Darnold, not great in Seattle. McCarthy talked about how he doesn't have to go out there and play hero ball because the roster is stacked with talent. Vikings looks like it's ticked up to minus one and a half. Was it minus one for a long time? What do you think of the pressure? I like I had a winning week, Blazing Five.

You had a winning week as well. I like the Vikings tonight. That Tyler Dunn Exposé on the Bears is the most damaging thing. You cannot read. He won the first Hurd Big J. Journalism Award. I don't think we've given out a second. but he won our first and only. You cannot be a Bears fan

and not be disheartened reading that article. So the Caleb stuff, Ryan pulls the GM, I'm going to take Minnesota tonight. I think McCarthy, I think it's fairly cautious. They go to the players, they trust. And I think the story tonight is Brian Flores, the defensive coordinator against Caleb. The story of the game is not going to be players.

It's going to be Brian Flores. Flores, sophisticated, difficult, heavy blitz, heavy pressure, and can the bear's new offensive line, how do they stack up? J-Mac with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Hurd-Ly News. Man, it was just funny watching the Raiders. For years and years, I've said, the Raiders have talent.

I mean, Ashton Jentie is going to be a dude. Colton Miller, Brock Bowers, Max Crosby. They got dudes. I even think their defense is better. The thing with their defense last year, it got all banged up. Raiders got players. Now, leadership, coaching, coordinating GM, not great. They flushed them all out.

Remember when the Washington commanders flushed everybody out? And everybody kept saying, oh, they got too many changes. Yeah, but they upgraded owner, GM, coach, coordinator, quarterback. I don't have a problem flushing everybody out with the Raiders. because they upgraded it, head coach, coordinator, quarterback. They got all new, all improved players. So I'm not one of these, oh, there's too much radical change. That can hurt players, offensive lines, and chemistry.

But if you give me a better GM, a better coach, a better offensive coordinator, and a better quarterback, Washington last year, Raiders this year, you got better team. It's harder for players when there's a lot of new teammates. But I get a better coach and a better quarterback and a better GM in a better, you know, situation. By the way, Mark Davis, who used to be one of the poor owners, he went and sold portions of the team.

Now they're well-funded. Now they're well-financed, and Allegiance Stadium puts a lot of money in the Raiders. So if you're a Raider fan, that wasn't a small win. I don't want to hear it's New England. That was a nice win for the Raiders. Okay. So we warned you on the Chiefs. I know it's Friday.

We warned you. The division's too good. You can't live. off slim margins. Justin Herbert with a wide receiving core. Guys were open. Quentin Johnson, one of his best games, Ladd McConkey. Guys were open all night.

You can't keep winning one score games. There is a randomness to it. Now, it's not like recovering fumbles. That's totally random. But there is a randomness to keep winning one score games. One of the smart bets that the smart guys do in Vegas is teams that go like eight and one and one score games, bet against them the next year.

Nobody does that. The AFC West is just too good. Denver played like crap and won. I mean, Denver was bad offensively. The Raiders go on the road, 3,500 miles, whatever. They win. Trust your eyes. Trust your eyes.

The Ravens, Eagles, and Packers' rosters look a lot better than Kansas City. A lot. Steve Spagnol is a great coach. He couldn't do anything. I mean, the chargers were there to beat, right? They're banged up at receiver. They brought in Keenan Allen in August. He's 33.

He's had like four surgeries that are grade two or three or above. Seven catches. Keenan Allen. Dude's a total baller, yes, but he should not have seven catches. So, by the way, next up on Fox, Philadelphia, and the chiefs are a home dog. okay and and mohomes was amazing mohomes is going to get lost this past weekend because of what josh allen and lamar did and herbert did

mahomes was unbelievable okay but but i'm not saying they're going to go seven and ten but brady and bellichick and randy moscow couldn't win a super bowl i i you that you once you pay the quarterback you got to start hitting on a lot of draft picks and rishi rice is a hit he can't stay eligible.

Xavier Worthy, I mean, they literally couldn't get out of their own way. Travis Kelsey ran over Xavier Worthy. So the NFL is engineered to bring the big dogs back to the middle. This isn't college football where the better you are, the better recruiting class. Pro football, the better you are,

they want to pull you back in. They don't want back-to-back champions. And, I mean, that's why Buffalo, by the way, their defense. How is their defense? That's the league. They had to let go of multiple players. Baltimore has somehow, and Philadelphia somehow, it's just hitting on a lot of draft picks, have been able to maintain it and pay people a lot of money. It's hard. It's really hard. And here's Patrick Mahomes on the loss. They came out with more energy than we did their defense and our offense.

So we didn't execute a miss them, throws down the field. And obviously, so we didn't play good enough in the first half. I felt like we had energy at practice yesterday and all throughout the week, but I mean, you don't come out and play with the right mindset. You get beat. And the charges came out the right mindset. We didn't, and they beat us. I got to tell you, Mahalms, Herbert, Jordan Love,

Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Jalen Hertz, Dak Prescott, Brock Purdy. There was some really good quarterback play. And you don't have to win to be impressive. Shout out to a team that has literally cost me more than any in the NFL, Michael Penix and the Falcons. I thought they had it won, then they lost it. Michael Pennix can spin it. And let me tell you this, Cam Ward can play.

Denver's pass rush is a sea of orange. 1001. Run for your life. That pass rush is, it's like when the Seahawks had that like three-year period, that Denver pass rush is insane. Cam Ward has very little to work with. Cam Ward can play. Michael Panics can play. Those guys are going to be really good.

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to suggest that the story of the game was not 41-year-old Aaron Rogers. It was Justin Fields having his best game as a pro. Statistically, he did not have one off-target throw. So the Jets

brought over that passing game coordinator for the Lions. And I it's a, I mean, that looked like Justin Fields at Ohio State and Rutgers just rolled into Columbus. Dude, he was throwing darts for three and a half hours. And we've always said, everybody loves him.

Chicago bailed on him. He didn't have a bad word to say. He's a big kid. He's got a whip. He moves well. Everybody likes him. I've said that 10 times on their show. I've never talked to anybody that doesn't like him. But he had one of those things that is hard to quantify. Does he see the field well. So yesterday when I was watching it, my take is, is he always throwing to the primary

receiver? That's not hard. He wasn't. I think one of his best throws of the day, it was like a second or his third receiver. You watch his head. He starts left. He goes middle. He goes far right. Let's it go. And there were seven lead changes. So it was a hard game to quarterback. Now, the defense for the Steelers wasn't impressive. But when you're trailing and you have to match the other quarterback and the other quarterback's the Hall of Famer, Aaron Rogers, every time Justin Fields came in, there was pressure because his defense couldn't stop anybody. So Justin Fields came into the game again like a Brock Purdy. He had to deliver.

That's the way it goes. You better line it up and move it down the field. And I thought, listen, Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Gino Smith have all had a resurrection. And a lot of it is there's just more good offensive coaching than ever before. I got to tell you, I watched Justin Fields yesterday. And again, I know it's week one. I know defenses aren't all ramped up. But you can make, there are things that are clear in week one.

Like the Chiefs aren't going to win all these one-score games. And that Baltimore and Buffalo are sensational teams. And that, you know, the Rams and the Texans have real defenses that are going to win a lot of games. Rams, Texans game, one very sexy to watch. The bodies flying everywhere. CJ Stroud and Matt Stafford had to hurry the throws. I'm sitting there watching Justin Fields, and I know next year's a great draft,

and the Jets can't find their quarterback last several years. They've whiffed. That was special, and there'll be a lot of other Sundays, and they'll be tougher defenses, but they've got a defensive culture, and they've got very expensive defensive personnel, and he ate it up. And he was aggressive, but he also, a couple of times, knew when to slide.

Now, another note, the left tackle out of Penn State in a year two for the Jets was really good. So it always helps when you have the quarterback and he's accompanied with a 10-year starter at left tackle. But here was Justin Fields after. I don't think a lot of people expected us to come out like that. But like I said, like you said, no moral victories. I'm just calling it what it is. you know, they required all these guys in the offseason. You know, future Hall of Famers on that side of the ball.

And we put up 32. And there were still plays that were left out there. So like I said, all we got to do is keep building, keep getting better. And we'll be good. Yeah, there are good losses. I thought Dallas on Thursday, Brian Schottenheimer, they didn't have a lot of penalties. I thought the Cowboys on Thursday were situationally very strong. That's a good loss.

I thought Atlanta. Michael Pennix is a baller. I thought Atlanta you can look up and go, we got our guy for the next 10 years. I thought the Jets loss was incredibly encouraging. You've got your left tackle. Hey, listen, you can keep Justin Fields or not, but you don't need to be desperate next year.

Because I said this before, it's so funny. He was in Pittsburgh. He goes to the Jets. Aaron was with the Jets. He goes to Pittsburgh. Remember that show Wife Swap? And sometimes you look at it and you go like, you know what?

Actually, maybe they are the better. couple. I was watching it and I was like Aaron fits better in Pittsburgh because of the history of the franchise and his respect for it. He doesn't have to carry the franchise. And Justin Fields in New York, a team that desperately needs to find a young quarterback, I thought he played like he was empowered. So it's just one of these that Aaron's better with the Steelers. It's a better fit. And the Jets need quarterback and Justin Fields a better fit. So there you have it. Don't forget Colin Wright, Colin wrong, Matt Hasselbeck, top of next hour. So first of all, when you watch the game last night, let's not forget the first

three quarters. So the most games in NFL history were a quarterback has a 140 plus passer rating. Lamar Jackson is now right behind Drew Breeze and will eventually pass him, Aaron Rogers, Peyton Manning, and maybe Tom Brady. So he's never been given enough credit as a pocket passer. And he wasn't great his first year and a half. But he averaged Lamar Jackson last night. And I know people, they dig into a position and they want to be right, not necessarily get it right. Lamar Jackson averaged 11 yards from the pocket and 11 on the ground. Now, he had a scramble last night that maybe the second or third, it's a top three quarterback scramble I've ever seen in my life. Nobody's ever played

the position like him. But I thought last night was on Derek Henry's fumble. And it happens. People fumble. I mean, Sam Darnold bumped into his own teammates. Seattle was going to win. Then they lost. Fumbles, we sought against Dallas.

Remember the running back fumbled? George Pickens later got a penalty. I mean, Dallas, Seattle, and Baltimore could have come out of the weekend with wins. But I know he lost, but the first three quarters to go up against, you know, McDermott's a defensive coach. That's one of the tougher play. places to play. I mean, look at this run right here. This is against pro athletes. These are pro athletes. It covered 76 yards, a 20-yard loss into a 20-yard gain. It's just, there's

nothing like Lamar. Now, there is a distinction. Whereas Josh Allen, he's not winning enough in the postseason, but he's played spectacularly well. It does feel with Lamar in the postseason that he aces all the tests in the regular year and then bombs the final. And that does, affect the grade. How you do on the midterm in the final, especially the final, you know, usually your college prof or your high school teacher, the final is like 30 to 50% of the grade. So it does matter. Payton Manning for years and years struggled in the postseason. It does ding your resume. There's a reason we talk more Elway than Dan Marino. Elway got to multiple Super Bowls. Dan got to one and lost. So there is a distinction. Lamar has not been as good.

and this is not baseball where you can be Mike Trout, never win a playoff series. You know, nobody cares. You're an all-time great. We judge quarterbacks differently. The hardware matters. Is Joe Montana and Brady the greatest quarterback athletes of all time? No. They got a lot of rings and trophies.

So, but I, listen, this was on the Derek Henry Fumble. He played very well. 11 yards average. Bill's defense is a concern, but a lot of it's just Lamar plays the position differently than anybody's ever played. the position and here he is after. You just got to finish the game. You know, it's never over to a 0-0-0 on the clock.

You know, and we found that out tonight. We just kept getting out the field. That's pretty much it. You know, we should have kept converting when we should have when we, you know, needed to. Obviously, you got to do better. Can I defend the Ravens here for a second? Because I really do believe there's an argument.

They're the best run team in football. Owner down. J-Mack, call me crazy. I'm not a conspiracy theorist. But at the end of the half, when the refs called the Ravens back on the field with the second on the clock, I'm just saying,

that game's in Baltimore, they go into the locker room. That game's in Buffalo. They bring everybody back. Because that player did not hit the ground until it was zero-zero. And my take on that was, and I kept thinking,

you know, you can look at the clock, it was 01, goes out of bounds, but that player, I just think if the game's in Baltimore, they let him go in. It's in Buffalo. They call them back. It's not that the game is rigged. It doesn't matter who wins last night. It's getting the TV rating for last night.

It doesn't matter who wins. They're going to meet again. The biggest part of last night was Buffalo may get another home game against Baltimore in January. That's what last night meant. And the Buffalo schedule, everybody tough has to come to Buffalo. That's a huge one, because I'm just telling you, if that. continues. Ravens won by two touchdowns. It's like, eh, the Buffalo defense isn't built.

Buffalo's not the class. Remember, Buffalo's defense was not good last night. No, it was terrible last night. And on the back end, slow. They are slow on the back end. Their safeties are running in quicksand. I mean, that's not going to be good against like the charges are going to eat them up.

Defensive players statistically get hurt more than offensive players. So Buffalo's defense now is thin. Like I watched Buffalo last night, and my take was at the trading deadline, they need help in the back end. And by the way, Bosa, I know it was his first go around with the team. He's got to contain that edge with Lamar Jackson.

They just kept going at him and he's not reading. It was a tough start for Bosa. Colin Wright, Colin wrong. It is a Monday. Matt Hasselbeck will be joining us as well. Dionne Dawkins, the left tackle for the bills. The herd. Hey guys, it's us.

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