The Herd with Colin Cowherd - THE HERD - Hour 3 - Dianna Russini stops by The Herd

Episode Date: October 30, 2025

Colin talks to Dianna Russini about the rumors surrounding Texas HC Steve Sarkisian, the relationship between Jalen Hurts and AJ Brown, possible trades before the NFL trade deadline, and moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. There's always a game played every year at this time. A little earlier this year, in fact, with coaches getting fired. That means there's openings and people getting discussed. The coach will always dismiss any rumor. I have not talked to anybody. Well, that's because they have a powerful agent like Jimmy Sexton that does all the calling. And so that allows a coach to say, I don't know what you're talking about.

I haven't talked to anybody. The question should be, have you or your agent discussed anything? Because that's the game that gets played. So last week, Diana Rusini, the athletic senior NFL insider who's joining us live. First things first, she'll be on it today. Sark dismissed the report. But I had said about a month ago, I'm like, if I was an NFL guy, Sark's got to be top of my list on one of the guys he's worked in the NFL. He's been great at college. What did you make of him dismissing your report? I don't know.

I'll forget all the fun stuff. First of all, congratulations on the induction in the Radio Hall of Fame. Your voice has been a companion to so many people, including myself during my lonely days when I was living out in Portland and Seattle. And I had a really low-level job in sports. And I didn't know what I wanted to do, but you were my company. You were my friends. And so this isn't just a temporary thing.

This is forever, my friend. So congrats to you. Thank you, quite the honor. So let's dive into this, right? So, yeah, you're right. Jimmy Sexton puts out a statement pretty quickly denying that Steve Sarkesian would have any interest in the NFL, right? And that's not what I reported. I reported that his representatives told NFL decision makers, not just the Tennessee Titans,

just people in the NFL that Steve's. Steve Sarkeesian would have interest in a head coaching job if there were one to open, right? Because obviously Tennessee is the only one that's available at this moment. But as we know, this is all going to change over the next few weeks. And as we get closer to the end of December, there will be more opening. So look, the reason why they came out strong against this is this is not good for Steve Sarkesian at Texas, right? He just signed a new contract.

He tells everybody he's happy. And I believe he is happy. Like, I think he likes being the coach of Texas. I don't have those doubts, but he has the most powerful agent in college sports for a reason. This is what Jimmy Sexton is paid to do. It is to make sure that Steve Sarkesian has all the options. We could probably have a long conversation about whether or not we think the Texas job is actually better than the Titans job, right? But most guys that I talk to in football specifically will tell you, they will take the worst job in football in the NFL over the best job in college.

So at the end of the day, yes, Texas is one of the great coaching places to be, but it ain't the NFL. Right. Yeah, I mean, you don't have to recruit, deal with donors. You get an occasional impulsive owner. Some aren't, some are. Diana Rusini joining us. All right, I want to ask you, the athletic has the article about A.J. Brown, and I'm sympathetic to it. He's a bit of a loner. He said he struggles making friends. And I said, you know, Jalen Hertz is one of those guys. We're very unfair about this. When a quarterback enters the NFL,

we need you to be 43 years old at 23. You've got to be a CEO, a psychologist. I mean, Dak Prescott walked into Dallas, and it was like Des Bryant, Jerry Jones, the media, and he was great. And very few humans can do it. Jalen Hertz, I think, has that component to his personality. He's like the cooler.

He brings the temperature down in Loud Philly. What is the current relationship, Diana, with your reporting on the Hertz, A.J. Brown relationship today. Yeah, on the field, it's not great, right? Because there's obviously a not, there's not a very good connection there. AJ Brown has been very public on social media about how he feels about it and in that article with the athletic.

He doesn't want to just be used, using his words, right? In the moments when Philly needs him to come through, he wants to be part of this Philly offense throughout the game. And when you talk to people around the league that have had to. to defend the Eagles over the last few weeks. They say they understand where AJ's coming from, right? But what's good for the team? The offense that we saw run this past week against the New York Giants is the

offense the Eagles want to be. When Saquan Barkley gets going and there's a ground game and they protect well, that is where they're always going to go. And A.J. Brown knows that. Now look, the passing game opens up when Saquan can run well. AJ also knows that. But it is very apparent that he's not happy there. He does not want to be in Philadelphia.

And I don't think he's trying to hide it either. I don't think you have to be a reporter to even understand it. I think what Nick Siriani is so good at managing, though, are these personalities. And they spend a lot of time with AJ trying to have these conversations of like, look, we're going to get you the ball. We're going to sort this out. We've got a first time offensive coordinator here, call in place. We just need a little bit more time. The problem is we've got the trade deadline coming up.

Okay, teams have called the Eagles about AJ Brown because they can see it. They know there's a problem here. And for now, Philly's saying unless this is a gigantic offer, a blockbuster deal, we're sticking with A.J. Brown. They're on a buy week this week. And I actually think this works in the favor of Philly. I think this just lets everybody cool off and sort it out and sort of get realigned to what they want to do coming out of the buy.

So we'll see how this goes, but there's still a few days before the trade deadline. you've been talking to jerry and stephen jones in the last week or two uh jerry made a comment that he would make a move at the trade deadline which i think is terrifying because they've got two first round picks and they don't need a quarterback that is the catbird seat in the nfl like the rams don't need one today but they probably need one because matt's 37 dach's got four to five more good years two first round picks the next two years they can move down they can get more picks so when jerry says hey i want to make a deal maker i'm like no no no no stuff Somebody step in front of Jerry.

Don't do that. When they say that, do you buy into it? Do you think they'll make a move here in the next few days? No, I don't. I hear him, and I spent an hour talking with him about what they're going to do. Just try to pick his brain, like trying to kind of cut through all, you know, all just the gibber that he gives us a lot. And he has the picks. He gets it.

He doesn't have any regrets from the Micah Parsons trade because he got those picks. I think they're looking at the landscape of the league right now and they want to find some talent. I just don't think there's a lot out there for him. I think they want to take a swing for a big player, but those players aren't available. And I think that's the point they're at. He knows the defense needs help. What they did against the commanders was good because they had good turnovers. But then what we saw last week, they took a step back again.

It is apparent that that is the weakness of this Dallas Cowboys team. So what does that mean with just being a few days out from this November 4th trade? They're making calls, but I don't think there's a player out there that they think can fix it. I don't think it's just one player and they know it. So the trade deadline coming up, I think Buffalo could use help. I think the Colts would look for a pass rusher. Rams solved their corner issue. Let me throw Detroit out.

Colts in Detroit, I keep hearing rumors. What do you hear? Those are good. Yeah, they're not rumors. Pass rush for sure for Detroit. the position that Indy needs this corner. Like they are desperate and they are working the phones right now trying to feel because they're dealing with tons of injuries. Lou Anirumo has made some magic over the last few weeks with that situation.

And I think we could all fairly say this is a team that's going to go in the playoffs. And if they can fix this one weakness, they've got a really good shot. I don't find Detroit to be as desperate. I think the way this roster is constructed right now, they're really good shape, but they could use that help too. at corner and pass rush as well the philadelphia eagles i mean we know howie roseman is always working the phones they need an edge rusher badly and everybody knows it and they're making calls everywhere and that's that's really the position um Colin that that teams are desperate for it's all pass rush that is where if you're a pass rusher right now someone probably called for you even if you're

not that good uh because there's just such a need so i expect philly to make a move here miami has some players that are available that they could be calling. And you're right. Buffalo is looking for wide receiver. They're also looking for some help on the defensive side of the ball. They're looking at safety. So lots of needs for teams. I just don't know if there's a lot available.

Yeah. Well, I think, you know, fans have gotten smarter. GMs have gotten smarter. There's so much transparency. The, you know, the chargers have been patient, and Joe Alt came back and they're fine. I think Miles Garrett, I said yesterday, I could see, because I think Daniel Jones will sign an extension. They've got their coach, their quarterback, they've got weapons. I could see they got their O line.

I could see Chris Fowler going, we'll give you two ones for Miles Garrett. Would Cleveland consider? Now, Cleveland's got two ones already. How many do you need? Miles Garrett, any chance he moves? No, they won't do it. And look, every general manager I've ever had this conversation with will always go, well, unless it's like unbelievable, then you got to take it. Right. So with that in mind, if the way I'm translating or at least the way I'm hearing Cleveland, they don't want to move him.

They know they need him on this team. They don't have much in Cleveland in terms of what to hang their hat on. They need to figure out the quarterback position. And if they can figure that out and have Miles Garrett on the other. side of the ball. I think in their mind they can construct something decent. Now, teams are still calling, but teams that I've spoken to over the last 24 hours, we'll say, that have reached out to Cleveland have all been told the same thing. We're not moving them. We're not dealing him. So I think the idea is there, just like the way it is with Max Crosby. I know there was some chatter

about the Dallas Cowboys, perhaps being interested in him. I think that's another organization that doesn't want to let go of a player of that talent. The Tennessee Titans, Jeffrey Simmy, Another guy that, I mean, if I'm Jerry Jones, I'm begging the Titans for that. It's less money than Micah Parsons, and he could be a great addition to that pass rush. But Tennessee's another team. They're not willing to move on them. Great stuff. Diana Rusini, first things first today. You know, this TV thing is pretty cushy.

You may want to consider it. You know, that writing's hard. Writing is hard, but I like it. But I don't know. I do a little bit of everything these days. You know, I'm just trying to keep up with you, Colin. Great seeing you. Great to see you.

Congrats. All right. Diana Rusini, thank you for the compliments for us and the staff covering the NFL for 10 years, the athletic senior NFL insider. Yeah, I mean, there are not many players I would give up. I mean, I would give up a couple of firsts for a lot of quarterbacks. I mean, you think about that. Tomorrow, Patrick Mahomes, five first round picks.

That doesn't feel enough. Miles Garrett, I would give up two first round picks. I'm trying to think of the defense. defensive players now in the NFL. Miles Garrett. That's it, I think. Jared verse, I'd give up maybe a first and a second. I think he's unbelievable. You know, it's an offensive league, but you, you know, I've said before,

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All right, let's start with the Dallas Cowboys, Colin. They've been an interesting story this season. Dak Prescott rejuvenated, largely thanks to Mr. Pickens, but also Brian Schottenheimer. Is that a good first year? I mean, surprising the hell out of us. They're three, four, and one. But Schottenheimer got a little combative with the media,

saying the only stat that matters is wins. None of us have done good enough. You know, I mean, coaches, players, head coach, none of us have done good enough. That's real. I mean, our scorecard is what it is, you know. And that's not just, you know, defensively. That's offensively, you know.

We're a football team. That's three, four, and one. You can take the stats on offense and... As far as I'm concerned, I'm concerned. I mean, is what it is. We want to win. You know, I don't, are we really bleeping out, shove it up here? You know what? We can't say that on TV? You know what? Coach of the year so far is probably Mike Brable. Is that fair? Shane Steichen would like a word.

Okay. Brable, I think Shanahan's been unbelievable. Does Brian Schottenheimer get in the top three or four all things considered? No. All right. All right. How are you making a case for him? They're three, four, and one. Don't forget that tie against the bat. With the worst defense in the league. Well, the two worst defenses in the league are the Cowboys and, you know, whoever's playing the Cowboys.

Because their offense is going to land. I would say, because I think Shane Steichen's got a much better roster than Brayball. Now you say that, but you would not have said that in August. I said it. I've been saying it for two years that all they need is a quarterback. I love their roster. I love the Colts roster last year. You think the, well, let's see here.

I think they're roster. There's Colts, right? Yeah. Wide receiver Cowboys by a mile. Quarterback Cowboys. No, no. I'm forget. I'm talking Colts and Brable.

I would give Vrable number one. I think he's doing more with less. I would give Stuyken two. I think Kyle Shanahan's done an unbelievable job. Backup quarterback. Five of his top players. Bosa out year. Warner Hurt.

Who funga Greenlaw. I mean, I think it's Vrable. Brable's doing more with less. Stiken has more. they've got the best roster, healthiest roster. And Seattle's got a good coach. Tampa's got a good coach that are exceeding expectations dramatically. I don't think Seattle is.

I had them as a playoff team. Aren't they five and two? Yeah, I had them winning 10 or 11 games. That's right. I forgot. You're so prescient with your August NFL picks. Damn. Damn it.

All right, let's move on to the Baltimore Ravens. Oh, remember the story about the ping pong tables last week? You went off on that. Yeah. So the Ravens removed ping pong tables. PABels, pop a shot, another thing I could dominate you in, and video games all pulled from the locker room. Well, Lamar told the media, guess what? It wasn't the team. I was the one who made that request. Told him to take all the games, ping pong, turning TVs off. And we could have took the TVs out. They would have been out too, but I appreciate Mr. Steve for putting that enough for us, you know?

But, yeah, we had to focus. I wouldn't say people don't take the job series. Don't get me wrong. But, like, I didn't feel. I feel like it was the time for that. You know, we got a lot of work to do. Love that. Leadership, capital L. I love it. I love it. We got a lot of work to do.

It's not the time for ping pong tables. Okay, a quick counter, and Lamar fans settle down before you hear this. So, does this kind of reek of Lamar saying, Hey, man, I come out and we all of a sudden stink. You guys got to clean up your act. No TV for you. No ping pong for you. Isn't that like you telling your kids?

Hey, man, no dinner tonight. You didn't perform well in school. Well, I don't tell my kids that. I'm sorry my kids. No, it is what leadership is in a popularity contest. Leadership is, anybody can be popular. That's not leadership. Leadership is doing unpopular things that are necessary.

And saying, guys, no more ping pong tables, no more video games. Love him. I mean, I've always defended Lamar Jackson. I love this about him. Grown up. Need grownups in the locker room. Not out there hanging around video games and eating candy corn all day. Maybe because Lamar stinks at ping pong.

He had the tables removed. I don't know. Final story, Colin, over to college football, where Billiichick still on the struggle bus this season. North Carolina, two and five. They are jog water in the ACC. Here we go. Belichick was just, remember, there was a report saying Belichick was discussing buyout options. He went off to the media.

Take a listen to this one. It's already been taken down and everything else, but it's just total, you know, as Trump would say fake news, I mean, it's just, I don't know, it's just a novel. There's plenty of that out there, too, by the way, but I'm not going to deal with that. I'm sure there's a lot of other people out there that want to get, you know, clicks and views and, you know, posts on my face or whatever. But, like, it's just a bunch of garbage. Well, I would say a majority of stuff on my face. is garbage, but, you know, if he was winning, the jokes are funnier when you're winning. When you're losing, it just sounds grumpy. When you're winning, it's funny. He used to say that

all the time. Snapface and my chat. Remember, you used to say that in New England, everybody thought that was funny. It's a little old now. Hey, I'm curious, where's Jordan Hudson been? Since that TV show fell apart and they started losing, seriously, I'm not seeing a lot of her anymore. Does she not want to hang around losers? No, I think she read the room, and this is not the time to be out there. No, I mean, it's the thing what we've learned, there's two things we've learned about college football coaching since NIL arrived. You can't load it, Colorado, LSU, USC, you can have all the money in the world. You can't have a roster, and this is Carolina too, of 60% transfers. It ruins chemistry.

You're going to miss on too many guys. It's going to create animosity in the room. And I think one of the things with Belichick of the things that haven't gone right, They spent a lot of money on a lot of players and they didn't hit on them. And I think the transfer portal, two things can be true. I like it and it should be used with discretion. And the number I always come back to, I talked to a coach about this. He said about seven to eight guys a year.

He goes, everybody needs a corner every year. He goes, there's a shortage of corners. He goes, if you can find a receiver that blocks, you know, an interior offensive lineman who's a smart guy, you got one year later, you go, you know, kickers, there's things that people can owe another good slot corner, you know, another, you know, another receiver who can get physical downfield and block, another running back, right? Like the third or fourth running back. What happens with the transfer portal, North Carolina tried to set their starting lineups with the transfer portal. Like, hey, we're going to go get starters. I think the underrated part

of the transfer portal is not everybody's a star. You get guys that add depth. Now, again, if you can go get Caleb Downs, your Ohio State, by all means, or a star quarterback Caleb Williams, then go get them. But by and large, I think a lot of it is just adding less expensive, less animosity, just adding depth at key positions, offensive tackle, a corner, wide receiver that blocks. A lot of them don't. So I think Indiana's don't. it well. They've hit on the guys they've brought in. J. Mack with the news. Well, that's the news.

And thanks for stopping by. The Hurd-Lie News. You know what? It is interesting. Right now, the Packers are as good as anybody in the NFL. Kansas City, Green Bay, very good. Toronto looks like they're going to upend the Dodgers. You know, Indianapolis culture on fire.

The New York football teams are a mess. Chicago can't get it right. Here's Kansas City, once again, getting it right. It is remarkable to me that we worry so much about the money and the market size. Best team in the NBA, Oklahoma City, best team in the NFL, Kansas City and Green Bay. Now, Toronto's obviously in North America, a very large city. But their over and under was in the mid-70 wins. Dodgers, like 105-106.

So it's been a very good last several years for underdogs. Underdogs and small markets are doing very, very well. Is it because, I don't know, I don't have a theory behind it, but there's so much money in sports are medium and smaller markets, more disciplined? It's like the book The Millionaire Next Door, how many school teachers are millionaires, because they're smarter with their money. They don't have access money to pay their house off.

They pay their cars off. I feel like when you get into these big cities, you get often very wealthy owners, not always, Bears owners aren't very wealthy, but you often get more ego, richer owners, the media is harder, creating more impulsive moves,

they're more chaotic. In Green Bay, everybody's on board. Kansas City, everybody's on board. You can hide a little bit in Denver. You can hide a little bit in Baltimore. It just, I mean, There was a report last night that the clubhouse for the Blue Jays.

It was like spring training. There's no pressure. They've trailed four times in the playoffs. There's no pressure for the Blue Jays. There's enormous pressure. Otani, Freeman, Bets, Dodgers. We wrap it up next, The Hurt. Be sure to catch live editions of the HARD weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific.

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His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before. And he knows. Without Luca and Austin Reeves, I got to manipulate the game. We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs. I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nas Reid. He has to guard Julius Randall. And then he has to give us everything he gives us on the night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too. Steve Nash would get that thing. That man, hell get the flying. He running up the court, licking his fingers why he got the ball. Like, you go through a training camp with that, Isaiah. You figure it.

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No, I was thinking, would that be a good name for like a salad dressing? Simple assault. And it's a play on word, salt? Maybe not. I say we invest and we see. There's only one way to know. This did not amuse the cops. By the way, normally the cops are amused.

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And Belichick can't win games when he leaves. Patrick Mahomes is just different. And Greg CoSell, I've never heard him say this. He's been on with me 10 years. Was talking earlier gushing over the magic of Patrick Mahomes. he'll leave throws on the field and then he'll run around and make a play and it's just those are the kinds of things when you watch him you go i wonder how they deal with that do they just say great play Patrick or do they say hey we had this play design and you didn't throw it and

you know next time throw it i don't know how they deal with that but he just has an uncanny ability that is arguably the best we've ever seen yeah he's got i i i oh there's a spatial awareness that Greg talked about the first thing I noticed with Mahomes, the first thing that was really obvious, and it was from a camera in the end zone. So this was years ago. It was like four or five, six years ago. There was a camera in the end zone,

and they showed a replay. And I, yeah, it was like a Sunday night game. And they showed Patrick Mahomes throwing the ball. And it was, and this has happened to me so many times where I've just seen a play. And I'm like, oh, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, that's different. and he saw the receiver, and it wasn't wide open, right? And he had the ball out of his hands in half a second.

His ability to see it and get the ball out accurately. So much of this league is quarterbacks throwing it late. Either they don't identify it, don't throw people open, or they just take an extra beat. Mahomes, it's very merino. See it? and it's not terribly open, see it ball out. So that gives you the highest percentage chance to get a completion.

That you get, you see it, I mean, one, boom. Quarter second faster than the average quarterback. Now, sometimes you're throwing guys open, the cornerback turns, or, you know, you're kind of, it's the estimate, the guesstimate. Like, you're not always throwing to an open guy. And he had a couple picks. Patrick will throw his picks. It's the opposite with Caleb Williams, who on the interception, Greg Kosell talked about, he was a little late on that interception from his end zone. He was not only late, he was two beats late. So Mahomes is never a beat late. He's never been two beats late.

But overall, Greg said he was actually impressed with Caleb. I look for playing with excellent timing and rhythm within structure, because that's really what the Ben Johnson offense is. And Caleb, at his core, is not a true natural timing anticipation player. So it's going to be baby steps. And I think there were some signs

of positive plays this week, some snapshots where I said, as I was watching the tape, that's pretty good. Yeah, and I think the thing about Caleb, there are three things that he's doing now I like. Very good on the opening drive. Therefore, he's coachable. He's not stubborn.

Secondly, he's developed a real relationship with Roma Dunzee, the young receiver out of Washington. That's clear. The other thing, and you see some of it here, is when he does run, you know, he's getting down, he's cut his sacks in half. So like this play is a great example. That play, there's not three guys in the league that can do that. Mahalms, Josh Allen can do that. That may be the list. C.J. Stroud, I don't know if he can throw off his back foot that play. Maybe he can't. But Caleb this year, has had the longest time to throw this season. Who's got the quickest?

Patrick Mahomes. And it's not like three different seconds. It's like a second. So Mahomes, to my point, is able to see something and the ball is out of his hands immediately faster than anybody I've ever seen. Caleb can see it, waits a beat, lets it go.

He's got the slowest time. And I'm not sure if it's a second that separates them. So much, it's probably not. Half second. I mean, literally, it's a half a second. Just think about the NFL. Patrick's the fastest at like two and a half seconds.

Caleb's the slowest at three. That is the difference between interception, completion, superstardom, and met. So when I hear about these college guys, oh, he's great from the pocket. How long do you get a throat, Alabama? four beats, you get two in the NFL. How open are your guys at Alabama or, you know, Ohio State or Michigan, J.J. McCarthy, wide open? Do you have a great run game?

Are you playing from behind? Are you playing with a lead? All that stuff. In the NFL, you're playing from behind. Matt Stafford's playing from behind with Sean McVeigh as a coach. Right? The Ravens, the Bills. I mean, Philadelphia, you're playing from behind.

Your run game doesn't work. Everything at these major programs is comfort. An extra beat or two, receivers more wide open. He's a five-star receiver. I mean, if it was just as easy as finding a five-star high school kid, he goes to Ohio State or LSU, and then he goes to the NFL, think about all the quarterbacks. Think about the legends in recent years.

Philip Rivers, NC State, Eli Manning, Ole Miss, Aaron Rogers, TAL, Matt Ryan, B.C., Big Ben, Miami of Ohio. I mean, it's a lot of these guys, Patrick Mahom, Texas Tech, Josh Allen, Wyoming. It is almost as a rule, the guys in comfort programs struggle. The guys that get an extra beat and have five-star receivers that are more wide-open, as a rule, they struggle more. And Caleb Williams at USC did not have a great old line, but he had a great play caller and very, very good receivers, Jordan Addison for a year. USC's always got good receivers.

They got a couple more this year. So, yeah, the difference between Mahalms and Caleb this year. Patrick, let's go with the ball at 2.6 seconds. Fastest in the league. Caleb, let's go at 3.1. Slowest. I mean, just the league is crazy. It's absolutely crazy.

We can throw up the schedule one more time. I do like the Bears this weekend. I think they're going to beat. I think this is a good spot. I said last weekend I thought it was a terrible spot for Chicago. Lamar was going to be back. Baltimore at home against NFC teams. Baltimore has to win.

Bad spot for the Bears. The Bears are in a different spot here. Cincinnati is a bad defense. The last time Chicago played a defense that wasn't good, it was Dallas, and they moved the chains. So longer drives, the Bears defense, which is playmaking, but not really that good, will have longer periods on the sidelines.

You're going to find a bear team that's going to extend drives. The defense will be on the field less. Chicago at Cincinnati is a, a very, very good matchup for the Bears. Baltimore was a, even with Tyler Huntley, was a terrible matchup for the Bears. By the way, update Joe Flacco is seen at practice today. We don't know how much he's participating.

We'll get that officially soon. But Jake Browning would be an auto play on the Bears, right? I mean, Jake Browning can't, they couldn't do anything at quarterback. And I think you're right. The Swift ground game and the other kid, Kyle's last thing starts with a nam, Mahogany, whatever it is.

He's pretty good. I got him on my fantasy team. You just ground and pound. Reese Hall went nuts against the Bengals and the Jets don't even have a good run game. So I think Ben Johnson opens things up. I like the Bears. Almost all young quarterbacks need a run game. I mean, that's why Sean Payton, people say,

why is he getting a running back in the second round? And J.K. Dobbins. Almost all young quarterbacks need a run game. DeAndre Swift couldn't run it. They couldn't muster a run game against Baltimore or struggled. Against Dallas, he could. So veteran quarterbacks can largely live without a great run game all the time. I mean, Dak Prescott's going to win double digits with or without a great run game.

He has for years and years. Once Zieg was out of his prime, guys like Dak, guys like Mahalms, guys like, they can win games without a great run game. The guys that just, I mean, it was like last year, was it Joe Mixing or somebody got hurt for the Texans that didn't have a ground game, and C.J. Stroud regressed badly. So I think once you get into your third and fourth and fifth year, you're not as beholden to having a great run game. But Denver's a great example. They went and got J.K. Dobbins and Harvey. And that is what Bone Knicks needs.

You can live without it. Caleb's still in the space in his career. A run game is, it feels like it's a must have. A couple things to watch, Colin. This is one of the final weeks before the trade deadline. Any team that you see gets blasted looks like they're going to pack it in, keep an eye on them making some moves. If the dolphins get work tonight, I think they trade two or three guys.

Jalen Waddle. Oh, that would be a big move. He would help a contender for sure. For sure. First things first. Round corn. Hey guys, it's us. The Jonas Brothers.

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