The Herd with Colin Cowherd - THE HERD - Hour 3 - AJ Brown should be upset, the Steelers good start, 49ers can't stay healthy, Brian Baldinger

Episode Date: September 30, 2025

Colin talks to NFL analyst Brian Baldinger about Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers good start this season, the Niners not being able to stay healthy, the Eagles not being able to utilize AJ Brown, and moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And then Aaron Rogers shows up and their past pro is good. And I thought Sunday was as progressive, as smart, as capable, I mean, they lost Naji Harris. They lost their left tackle. And Brian Baldinger is going to join us. He played in the NFL for 13 years, NFL Network. And as I watched them, I thought to myself, Baldi, this is something you would know that I wouldn't. Is that I do think guys like Sean Payton and Sean McVan-Andy Reed have a greater sense of the offensive line and they've been able to rebuild offensive lines very quickly.

I think offensive coaches tend to see that world better. but there is something about Aaron coming to Pittsburgh and I finally, I watched that run game and I'm like, oh, this is a 2025 offense. I mean, can a quarterback help a run game, a veteran quarterback? Yeah, absolutely. You know, they only ran, they only threw it 22 times the other day, but they had to go all the way to Dublin to find the run game. They'd struggled, but Kenneth Gainwell got his first start. It was an underrated signing, Andy Weider, who's in the Pittsburgh front office now with Omar Khan. I mean, he helped draft Kenneth Gameball out of Memphis when he was in Philadelphia.

They signed him this offseason to be a backup and special team player, but he's always been a good player. He just played behind Sequin last year, didn't notice him. But, I mean, he gave him 100 yards rushing, made some, you know, some good runs and some good catches as well. But they got the running game going, and then Aaron Rogers, I mean, it was like Ali Jabs out there. Like, you know, this is a Z-N right here, West Coast offense, but he hit it, hit TK right there in stride, he goes 80 yards. I mean, they did that to Jerry Rice. They did that to Sterling Sharp.

I mean, that play has been around for a long time. And short pass, long run. That's kind of what it is. But look how quickly he's getting rid of the football. He just doesn't want to get hit anymore, but he still has that ability to just hit these pop passes and bounce it up with the run game. So the offense looked real good against a very talented defense.

So there's been kind of an unsolvable dilemma with the San Francisco 49ers who now play on a short. week and go on the road. Against a younger athletic physical Rams defense, it does not bode well. They face, I've never seen a team this banged up for four years

in a row. It never ends, and they're banged up again. I thought the CBA limited practices. Is it hitting? Is it a medical staff that may be over their skis? I mean, what explains this? Well, I mean, you could say, okay, Fred Warner never misses the game

in eight years. He started every game. you know, and he's their best defensive player and has been. But yes, I mean, Nick Bosa goes down, you know, Kittle goes down, Ayuk is, you know, on the men, you know, McCaffrey basically missed the season last year. Bernie has got a bad tummy. You go through all their great players. I mean, you know, the problem is that if your best players who you're paying the most amount of money to aren't playing, then you're not getting your bang for your buck.

And so that's an issue right now. And that, you know, that catches up to you because the Rand, re-built that defensive line through the draft. There's not a guy that's 25 years old in that defensive line right now. And they're all pretty interchangeable, led by Jared Verst. And they're healthy.

So it's going to be a problem in what becomes a home game for San Francisco at SoFi on Thursday night. Yeah, it is, is it not? So I made this argument earlier today. A.J. Brown's got a trophy, and he's got his money. he is now playing for the Hall of Fame. And I've always supported football players.

I've said, listen, basketball guys don't get tackled. Baseball guys, if they're non-pitchers, can play forever. Hockey guys, again, long careers. Football players, interior linemen, football players, certain positions, you get about six great years. And I look at A.J. Brown, and they're trying, Baldi, but nine targets in seven yards every other week. and he came from Tennessee that also struggled to get him the ball.

Would it be, would you be a bad teammate or would you understand if he said, listen, I'm not going to go public. I'd like to be moved at the deadline. I'm not useful here. I've been a good guy. I've taken it for the team. You don't use me. I got you a trophy.

Could you move me? Would you be shocked and is that a bad teammate? Well, I would be shot. You know, it's a good situation in Philly. I mean, they're down 26-7 to the Rams two weeks ago. And all they did was feed A.J. Brown. He was the difference in the game. But that was because it was dictated by the situation being down in the third quarter by that amount of margin.

The thing about A.J. is this. It's different than other wide receivers in that his mentality is like an offensive tackle. He wants to absolutely obliterate the opponent in front. of them. He wants to take every corner the way Lane Johnson takes every defensive end, or Jordan Milada, takes every defensive end and wants to drill him into the dirt and have him

grass. That's what A.J. wants to do, but if he doesn't ever get that chance, then that's what frustrates him. It's not the lack of targets or the lack of use. He said he can't use his physical skills to beat Marshawn Lattimore up. You know, to beat Trayvon Diggs

up. Like to pound these guys. And that's what, I've talked, I've talked, Jay about it. He's not a me-me-me guy, but he doesn't get that opportunity.

That frustrates him. So there's always been this sense that you can't fool the players. And when the Cowboys traded Micah, a lot of people said,

well, you're going to lose the locker room because everybody loved Micah. And my take was, well, they all love DAC,

and they all respect C.D. Lamb, Micah had his podcast. You know, Micah was always kind of a sea ball,

attack ball, guy. I don't know if that, I mean, I watched Dallas last couple of weeks, Brian. It looks like they have great spirit. I think they're playing better than their talent. I thought that the good argument to not trade him was he's a good player, but you may lose the room and Schottenheimer's not Andy Reid. I don't see it. I don't see an affected football. You didn't see that defense give up 40? Well, yeah. You didn't see the defense give up 37 to the Giants? But they were bad with him. No, they weren't that bad. They weren't giving up 37 or 40 points a game.

In fact, I don't think they've ever given up 40 points when Mike is out there. Look, when you have star players, like sometimes you've got to kiss their ass. Like, you've got to, like, bathe them. You can't treat them all the same. And so Mike has got a different personality, but so many defensive linemen and pass rushers are different. They're just different. They're not your offensive lines sitting around taking out the trash at night. Like, these guys are different animals.

And so you got to be, I mean, Jimmy Johnson wouldn't get rid of Michael Parsons. No way. Bill Parcells wouldn't get rid of Michael Parsons. And I'm not saying that's why they got rid of it. I'm just saying when you got a great player, you figure out a way to keep it. Because they have no pass rush right now. That's one of the reasons why Russell Wilson could look like Russell Wilson, you know, circa 2015. The, it's funny this week, Baker plays Sam Darnold.

They came out in the same draft. I was a huge darnal guy. Not as much Baker. I thought he needed to grow up. When Baker had some early success in Cleveland, Sam, for about five years, it was ugly. Are you shocked by this? Or were you always a, he just needs the right spot?

Or did you think, you know what? He's overwhelmed. His delivery's slow. He's a little reckless. I mean, Baker showed moments early. Sam didn't. They play this week. Are you shocked by the resurgence of Darnold?

I'm not shocked just because I know Sam. But, you know, if you spend a year, you know, with, you know, the way he did, you know, in San Francisco and you watch, oh, this is how quarterbacks are supposed to, you know, get coached. This is what a quarterback, the luxury of having Debo and IUC and Kittle and McAvrope. Oh, this is what it's like when you have, you know, just all those riches around you, what you can do with the ball, how Brock Purdy played. Like, he saw some other places, and he's like, okay. And now he's got a similar situation right now where he's got a good offense line

to Seattle. He's got a good coach in Clint Kubiak, got a good system. He's got a go-to guy in Jackson Smith and Jigba. He's got enough pieces around him in the run game. Like, Sam can do this. I believe in Sam, and he's a good athlete, he's smart, and he's diligent. And so he's got everything it takes to be really good. Baker was a walk on at Texas Tech.

All he did was compete. He walked on at Oklahoma. You know, like, yes, he was the number one pick, but he took Cleveland to a playoffs and won a playoff game. Like, Baker's just a fiery, fiery competitor that just refuses. Like what he did last weekend's Philadelphia, he made those 70-yard touchdown throws. Like, he gave it everything he had in that heat to try and, you know,

to beat the Eagles, they just came up a little short. finally Caleb Williams there is no questioning the horsepower but man operations baldy

I mean false starts dirty dirty screen passes can you be really successful multiple playoff wins if the layups are a struggle

I know the fire powers there I see the arm can you win a bunch of games if you're a guy that's the floor can get really low, really fast. Well, he was playing with two, you know, rookie backup tackles last week and still had a decent game. Theo Bennett, Benedet out there and Ozzie Drapio,

and that's not ideal. But, however, he is missing some layups, but he's also got some wild factor too. I believe in Ben Johnson. I think, you know, just what he did with Tyson, the preseason, Colin. Like, you know, he was always talking about Beijing. Like he was in, he gave him a contract and all this stuff.

I think everything was to motivate and to light a fire under Caleb. Like take the hard coaching. Don't fight it. Take it. He's doing better from the pocket than he did before. He's not bailing so quickly. He's staying there and making his reads when he can. He's still probably a little too wild out there a little bit.

But I think this thing is going to work. And so we need it to work, honestly, Colin. We need great quarterbacks in this league. We need great quarterback coaching. We need Chicago to be good. You know, we need that market to be good. They've been dying for a long time. So we need this thing to work for this league.

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where it's like, guys, if we give it three years, we give it three years. We have to make it work because you know if he goes to another organization and he gets a McVillard. You're a reclamation project, the way we're seeing this whole league right now. That's right. And you don't want that. So I do think I think he's getting better. and I am in Ben, I trust guy as well.

Baldy, you did a red eye. You're probably tired. You had to deal with the terminal at LAX that we all dread. Not my favorite. Not my favorite. I got my walk-in for the day, though, trying to get to my gate, though. I know what gate it is. A great seeing you, Brian, as always.

Yep. Thanks, Colin. Talk to soon. You bet. I just got good news today from the staff. Delta is going to fly LA to Chicago I've been slum on it with other airlines

I get my Delta but I flew Delta nonstop for like eight years and they don't do O'Hare and now when is that coming? It's in an amazing June in an amazing you'd be like Delta doesn't fly to O'Hare good luck find a good flight

that just changed my life JMAC with the news no no no no turn on the news This is the Herdline News. All right, let's start with the Buffalo Bills, Colin. 4-0, best team in the AFC by a mile.

Josh Allen has been excellent, but how about my guy, James Cook? 401 rushing yards. That's good for second in the NFL and leads the league with five rushing tuddies. Alan spoke to what Cook brings to the offense. Seems like he's getting better each and every week, which is hard to imagine. And the way that he kind of has this patient to hit the hole, but when he hits it, I mean, he's shot out of a cannon. His contact balance is unbelievable.

His jump cuts are awesome. I'm glad he's on our team. Interesting game this week against the team that can run the football, the New England Patriots, a rival. You like the Patriots here, huh? I just think all I know is this, Josh Allen and Drake, May, for the next 10 years, are going to face each other twice a year because the Patriots have their guy. Now, Josh is way ahead of him, but I'm telling you, New England is not far away. New England is, you know, Buffalo needed James Cook to change kind of their sensibility offensively.

You and I have talked about this, and A.J. Brown, I think they need the number one receiver in New England, because I think they're, they got their left tackle, Will Campbell. they've got a back they like they've got their quarterback they've got their coach they've got their coordinator I do not think New England's far off what was it the 42 unanswered points against Carolina

that sold you I mean come on let's slow down just a little bit my friend the number is eight and a half you're taking the points in the divisional matchup huh I'm taking the points I wonder if the bills were so bad against the Saints that they were looking ahead

to this matchup I mean they were Putrid against the Saints. Saints rush for like a buck 85. That's what I'm saying. You can run the ball on Buffalo. And I saw 160 something of those yards were after contact. So Buffalo not wrapping up now. Will Milano, the great linebacker and Ed Oliver, will they return this week? Interesting. Okay. All right, let's move on to Ashton Genty.

A lot of Raiders fans on the staff. They got to wedge Ashton Genty in there. He had a hell of a game against your Bears. 155 yards, three touchdowns. The one major difference in Gentie was that he was back to his upright stance in the backfield. I'm sure you saw that. Pete Carroll talked about it. You guys have all said it. Everybody's been away. He just needs to break one run or whatever. Well, he did. And he had a great game. And he looked fantastic for us. And Rahim looks really good too. I thought the two complimented well. And that the chip did a nice job of taking what was there in the running game.

And it was a big game for us, you know. So when I come out of the away from You know watching the film last night I saw nothing but upside And because the ability to run the football to have a running back that is a real threat A running game that's a real threat allows us so much balance So of course we have that here's the images Genti kind of a little bit bent over and then standing straight up they call that the Halloween

lineup up because you know Michael Myers in Halloween just was like scary standing straight up yeah um boy look at the triceps on gentie huh no he he he's jacked he's a pass receiver um he's a he's a clever player i mean they they've got their tight end he's all banged up brock bowers is all banged up that's uh jacobobreys brach fowers astin gentie now colton miller got banged up their left tackle that ain't great because and the other thing is the colts have a very good offensive line max crosbie um is a force so if they can slow him down, I think the Colts eat.

I think this is a really good matchup for the Colts. Final story is very spicy. NBA Media Day was yesterday, Colin. And Janice talked kind of openly about demanding a trade in the offseason and he could have. And then he didn't show up for Media Day because he had COVID. Is that still a thing? I didn't know. So he was on Zoom.

I mean, listen, Milwaukee Bucks fans are panicked about this. Here's Janice on Zoom yesterday talking about a trade. I want to be a team that allows me and gives me in chess to win a championship. It's not the first time I had the same thoughts. Last year I had the same thoughts. Three years ago, I had the same thoughts. But five years ago, 20, 2020, so it's never about a change. I want to be a contest.

I want to compete with the best and I want to do with another championship. So it gets even worse. So one of the owners of the Bucks afterward was like, Hey, well, you know, he talked to us about this summer. He's committed. He wants a winner title in Milwaukee. And reporters asked Giannis, he goes, I don't recall that conversation. Listen, I know you're Mr. Midwest now, and you love you some Milwaukee.

I do. Colin, they better get rid of him now. Like, just trade Yonis now, get a max return. Because the longer you wait, the fewer suitors there are for this. I mean, he's a top three player in the league. Yeah, and that's why they're reluctant to let him go. I'm going to a Milwaukee Bucks game this year. Just one?

I've got it circled. I'm going to watch a Milwaukee Bucks game here against the Bulls. But, listen, their thing is we're never going to get another Janus. And my thing is, you've got a title. Not every market gets multiple titles. It's not a sexy free agent market. You could get a ton for him. I think two, I think three years ago they got old.

Yeah. I just would, and I'm not, you know, these guys that work in these pro front offices are smart people, I just thought three years ago they were getting very. very, very old. Chris Middleton was showing health issues and, you know, Brooks Lopez, and it was like, guys, you've got to make some moves. And they didn't. Well, they did.

They went after Dame, right? Well, yeah, but that didn't solve anything. Dane was, Dane was a poor defensive player. And, you know, Drew Holliday is an excellent guy and an excellent defensive player. So you did that to get situational, you know, they wanted a late game, late shot clock three guy. They got it, but it was a big loss defensively. So it was, you got some here and less there. And I, I, it's very easy for me to say I would have moved him,

uh, uh, uh, Janus last year or, or I, but I would have made more moves three years ago because I saw here, here comes the Celtics. And I mean, right now to me, Jason Tatum's a mile ahead of schedule for the Celtics. Are you following this on Instagram? He's like, I'm not out for the year, folks. It's like, wow. He will play at the, I think he'll play after the All-Star game, it looks like. Halliburton probably won't, so I think Boston's going to end up being the toast of it,

and I think we'll see with the Knicks and the coaching. And I on my Knicks. They got to be the favorites in the East, don't they? Jason Tateham is kind of out, and the Pacers kind of. Tateham is playing in the second half. Have you seen their starting lineup, Colin? I mean, it's not worse than the Bucks, but they've lost so many people from that championship team. How about Yannis?

Can the Lakers find a way to get Yonis in exchange for Lerner? LeBron an expiring deal and get picks. That's not bad. Just kind of get excited for the Lakers of my new neighbor, Luca Donchich. He's not your neighbor. Not next door, but... No. Like a three-minute bike ride.

Jay Mack with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Herd Lie News. It is... It's so much easier for me to just say, trade this guy, trade that guy. But it... You know, it's like I said at the top of the hour of Miami.

I mean, Tyree Kill... There's no value now. I said last year, he's banging on your coach. He's banging on your quarterback. Nothing against him, but he has a market. Somebody needs him. They waited. You know, the old saying, strike when the iron's hot.

And, you know, Tua, you do get, the longer you wait, the greater chance he gets hurt. You could get a nice pick for Tua. If you could get a third round pick for him, a couple of fours or something like that, then you could trade up and get your next quarterback. He's got a bigger cap hit next year, I think, than Justin Herbert. What are you doing? Mike McDaniel, I do think I do think it's a really good

offensive coach, but I you know, it's like if you think about it, do it. What you want to do in sports is you want to be ahead of stuff. You don't want to be behind stuff. There is an NFL team right now

that this past draft it's not public, but they're going to move off a really, really high-end defensive player and everybody, and they drafted a position that they didn't need and they sold it like, oh, my God, he just jumped off tape. They're a year out from moving a pretty good player, not a great player, but a pretty good player. That's what you have to do. And I think Miami keeps being incredibly patient and they're

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So Philadelphia and A.J. Brown became a big topic today. So I've said, I usually am a big believer in don't chase the money, you know, chase good management. There's a sea of money if you're talented, but pro athletes are different, especially football players. Their careers don't last long. And so if you look at the two worst halves of throwing the football, in the NFL this year, we have a graphic for our TV audience. Philadelphia has both of them. That is with the best offensive line in football.

That is with Sequin Barclay. That's with an offensive-leaning staff. That's with Jalen Hertz. And my take is, A.J. Brown's got a ring. He's got his money. You know, he's playing for legacy here. I would understand if he said quietly, if you want to trade me at the deadline, I get it. I mean, the Eagles started 20, 23, 10, and 1.

Remember they had new coordinators? Stike and left, they ended up falling apart down the stretch and losing 6 of 7. They have a new offensive coordinator and is part of the problem that. Now, they're so gifted that they can kind of win games where they have horrible halves. but in back-to-back weeks, they have been dreadful offensively. Rams' first half, Buck, second half. I mean, as bad as the Titans, like cannot pick out first downs, punt, punt. And Nick Wright earlier on a potential under the radar, tell the bosses, don't tell anybody else,

A.J. Brown, trade. Something is off right now about their offense, but they're winning anyway. If they're not going to change that, then I would not begrudge. If A.J. Brown were like, hey, you know a team that wants to throw the ball that needs a star receiver that my former head coach is the head coach of in New England. Why don't you see if you can work something out? He's been very honest. He wants to be a dominant individual player and he feels correctly that will help his team. So Nick Seriani has been better than I thought, but he's not known as a schematic genius.

remember when Nick Sariani took the job, he called plays. It was awful. He handed it off to Shane Stuyken. Then they got hot. Nick Sariani is a vibe guy. He's a CEO. He's a culture guy. Dan Campbell the same. Dan Campbell's not a scheme guy. Schottenheimer scheme guy. Andy Reid scheme guy. Sean Payton scheme guy. A lot of guys are culture builders. A lot of that is like Mike Vrable is a really smart guy. But he's going to build that toughness and that culture. That's Cereyton. So Siriani is very dependent on his offensive coordinator. Stike and home run. Brian Johnson had to fire him. So he's got a new coordinator in there. And you're seeing, there's absolutely no excuse for this team having the two. Think about this.

The entire league. The Titans haven't had two halves as bad as the Eagles. Is it the coordinator? Whatever it is. But I get, and I don't think it's selfish. Again, if, you know, it'd be one thing if you were, you know, a lawyer and you were 29 years old and you're like, hey, I want to be a partner in the firm or I'm out of here. And it's like, bro, you're 29. You just got out of, you know, law schools five years ago. You got 60 years to practice law, but it's different for football players.

Again, a golfer can golf forever. Basketball players, even ones that have serious injuries can play 15, 20 years. Brian Baldinger was talking about AJ Brown earlier and his mentality that makes him such a unique player. The thing about AJ is this. It's different than other wide receivers and that his mentality is like an offensive tackle. He wants to absolutely obliterate the opponent in front of him. He wants to take every corner the way Lane Johnson takes every defensive end or Jordan Milata takes every defensive enemy wants to drill him into the dirt and have to meet grass.

That's what AJ wants to do. But if he doesn't ever get that chance, then that's what frustrates him. So, you know, listen, AJ Brown's right. He's been a good teammate. I mean, even reading the book thing, he's been a little nuanced with it. He's not tried to blow up the locker room. But, you know, I get the frustration. So Major League Baseball postseason officially starts this afternoon, the Cubs and the Padres

That's a good series. If the Padres got a lead, good luck, great bullpen. We can put up the postseason bracket. I have no idea. Detroit was really good and fell apart. Probably take Guardians. Red Sox are going to miss one of their top pitchers. That's not good.

Probably take Yankees. Mariners J's buy. I think the Mariners are going to get out of the American League. I don't think the Yankees have good enough starting pitching. National League. I think the Reds are pesky. I'd take the Dodgers, but the Dodgers have a bad bullpen. Blue 26 saves.

So I think the Reds compete with them. I probably take the Dodgers. Phillies, Brewers, get a buy. Padres, Cubs. That's go either way. Who's the favorite in that series? Padres, they got some big sticks. So do the Cubs.

Padres have probably the better bullpen. I think Philadelphia beats the Dodgers. After the Dodgers beat the Reds, I'd probably take Philly. Again, Philly's got the sticks. They've got solid starting pitching in a better bullpen. I think the Brewers are going to, they can hit for power, led the baseball national league in singles. Great, good enough staff, good manager, great bullpen. I don't know.

Cubs, Padres, there's a lot of dudes in that series. That is a good series. There is a lot. And it's amazing. Look this. You've got small market Cleveland, smaller market Seattle, a Canadian team, two legendary Eastern brands, Boston, New York. You've got the $100 million Reds budget, the Dodgers and the Phillies,

and then you've got small market. Oh, so the Cubs are favored to win over the Padres. Yeah, very close. That's what it feels like. Yeah, I've said before, it's impossible to win a Super Bowl with a bad offensive line. The Kansas City Chiefs twice, once against Brady and once against the Eagles, had Andy Reid Mahomes in a great defense go to the Super Bowl and get crushed. I don't think you can win the World Series with a bad bullpen.

I think you're talking about the best situational hitters, the best sticks, and if you're bleeding runs eighth, ninth, Dodgers, I mean, Dodger fans will tell you, they could have won with a not even a great bullpen. With a good bullpen, they could have 18 more wins. not with a great bullpen. Even great bullpans blow leads. They lost 26 leads late. So I think there's a lot of teams.

I think the Padres are dangerous, although the Dodgers have had their postseason number. I think the Phillies are good enough to win it. In Chicago, they're going crazy for the Cubs. I'll take Milwaukee. You know, they say, everybody says, well, the salary gap in baseball, it doesn't matter in the postseason,

but it does help you in the regular season. Well, it can't help that much because Milwaukee has been the best team in baseball. And a Canadian team got in. It can't help that much. San Diego's not major market. So we have a history of salary distortion not mattering in the postseason much. Go look at the last 13 World Series champs. It doesn't matter much.

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