The Herd with Colin Cowherd - THE HERD - Hour 3 - How the Chiefs have improved from last season, the Bengals offense looks great, Albert Breer

Episode Date: August 7, 2025

NFL journalist Albert Breer stops by The Herd to talk to Colin about the Chiefs offensive line, what he's hearing from the Packers training camp, how good the Bengals offense should be this season, and more Tomorrow's head lines today with Jason McIntyre See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ohio State that got banged up but it's supposed to be some people have said Josh Simmons is going to be the steal of the late first round. And by the way, the two times the Chiefs have been blown out in a playoff game. They've had a left tackle issue. So you know, you pay the quarterback.

That becomes one of those positions. How many people can you pay? What do you hear on the, that could be, Tuny left, so you probably won't be as good on the interior. You can't be average at left tackle. How are they there? They look great. And I'll say this, Colin.

Like there's not even a competition at that spot. That's how impressed they are with Josh Simmons. He has taken every single first team around through three weeks of training camp. No one else is working there. just Josh Simmons. They feel like he is rare physically. There's no sign of the injury, which that's a bad injury for a big man, Patelotend, so that box has been checked, and that was a big one for a lot of teams going into the draft. And he has shown increased maturity. He's working really hard. And so, you know, I think a lot of people came into camp

and said, okay, is Simmons going to be ready? Is it going to be Simmons or Jalen Moore at left tackle? Now the question is who's going to be the right tackle? It's gotten to the point where Josh Simmons is cemented in there as the Chiefs Left tackle, and they got Juan Taylor and Jalen Moore competing at right tackle, which means you're either going to have a backup swing tackle making $15 million per year or $20 million per year, which is a pretty good problem to have when you consider how the season ended last year for them. So it's interesting, the NFC North.

The Bears have been noisy, the Vikings have been noisy, the Lions lost their coordinators. And you're at the Green Bay camp. It may be the quietest camp. And I haven't heard a story from the Green Bay Packers camp, which I think both you and I love that they're just, you know. And I think we forget that Jordan Love wasn't healthy for two different times during the year. And they won double figure games.

What was your takeaway on the very, very quiet Green Bay Packer camp? Yeah, I mean, just talking to Jordan, like, I mean, really until the end of the year, he wasn't fully healthy because you had the knee, then you had the groin. And so he was really figuring out how to play with. these injuries through a good portion of the year. And I know he's been criticized that he wasn't as good as he was at the end of the year before, but they still made the playoffs. And they were still competitive with the Super Bowl champions when they got there.

So, you know, look, I think Jordan Love is in this grouping of players with the Packers, where they feel like they've done a good job putting a lot of solid guys in the roster, right? And they've got a lot of these guys who are going to be up for contracts in the next few years. So can the good players in their roster become great players? And, you know, as in the receiver room with guys like Dantavian Wix and Jaden Reed, Christian Watson, when he comes back off the injury, Matthew Golden coming in from Texas, what does the left tackle position look like? Is it Rashid Walker?

Is it Jordan Morgan who's been playing guard for them as a former first round pick? On defense, they've got four first round picks on their defensive line between Van Ness, Gary, Clark, and Wyatt. Is there a 15-sat guy in that group? And then at corner, you got a guy like Bow Melton moving over from the offensive side. They feel really good about their roster across the board. Like there aren't a lot of holes there. Edgern Cooper's another name.

I should mention a guy who's got really high ceiling. And now I think for the package, it's if they're going to go from being a nine or a 10 or 11 win team to being a 12 or 13 win team that's playing home games in the playoffs, I think they're going to need a handful of those guys to elevate from being pretty good players on a balanced roster to becoming great players. So Cincinnati Bengals, the last year, Joe Burrow did not even hide he was perpetually grumpy

and I think a lot of it was he knew he's sending a signal do we have to not let's get Trey Hendrickson in there what was your takeaway a couple days in Cincinnati's camp but the offense is going to be incredible the ball hit the ground twice at the practice that I was at

and yes it's Joe Burrow and it's Jamar Chase and as T. Higgins who have a chance to be intergalactic together but it's also smaller things like a Marius mim's coming back at offensive tackle wildly talented, just needs to play. Mike Gisicki is the first time they've had a pass catching tight end

in consecutive season since Joe Burrow has been there. Andre Acevus, the heptathlet from Princeton, who really earned Burroughs trust last year. Jermaine Burton's got a really high ceiling. It looks like maybe he's growing up a little bit. Chase Brown looks like he can be the guy in the backfield. So they put all of it together. The offense is going to be off the charts.

I think Burroughs got a chance to be the MVP of the league. and then the question becomes can they be middle of the pack after being really bad defensively last year? A lot of that's going to come down to the new coordinator and Al Golden and then the two edge rushers to me. Trey Hendrickson, what does he look like when he gets back? I think they will get him signed

and then Shamar Stewart, the rookie out of Texas A&M. If they can just be average on defense, I think they have a chance to come out of the AFC. Remember Colin, they're the last team other than the chiefs come out of the AFC. So the offense should be off the charts. It's just can they be middle of the pack on defense? That's

that might be good enough. Every single reporter. So I have to ask you this. There's gone to the Broncos camp. There's gone to Denver's camp has come out of there. Me too. And just gone, man, they like their team. Is that the vibe you got?

Yeah, absolutely. And look, like the number one defense in the league last year. They got Vance Joseph coming back, which is a luxury because he was up for some head coaching jobs. And they're adding Dre Greenlaw and Talanoa fungah to the middle of the defense. Those are two guys. The Niners did not want to lose. the cap realities there in San Francisco, which forced them to let those guys go.

So you've got this defense that should be off the charts. And I'm not sure Bo Nix gets the credit for the job that he did last year. Because, I mean, Colin, just, you know, I look at the history of it, right? Like the young quarterbacks who played really well, Patrick Mahomes had Tyree Kill when he was young. Josh Allen had Stefan Diggs when he was young. Is there a guy, I'm not saying Cortland Sutton and Marvin Mims and those guys can't play? but is there a guy who is like this great player that's really lifting bow up? Or did Bo just play really well with a good, not great group around him?

I think it's the latter. And now you add R.J. Harvey, who they think a lot of, you know, from UCF, the running back they got in the second round. You add Evan Ingram, but brings him an element at tight end they haven't had. So, like, I think the Broncos is going to be right there in the mix. The question to me is what happens in the AFC West, where I think, you know, the top three teams there could cannibalize each other. And I think by the end of the year, the Raiders are going to be a tough

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He's been such a leader, durable. I mean, he goes hand in hand with Jaden Daniels. I'm a little surprised at the holdout. How is going to transpire here? I'm shocked by the little because I think Adam Peters is really smart. Yeah, here's what I would say. I think part of it is like frustration from Terry because he knows the value that he's provided that franchise. And I think in some ways it becomes harder to sign a guy like that because they know how much they put in.

Right. Like so beyond just being a great receiver, consistent as hell, a great teammate, he's been the bellwether through some real storms there, you know, since 2019. He was there for Gruden to Rivera, there for Rivera to Quinn, there for the ownership change, there for the nickname change. And I think because of that, like, you know, he fails and rightfully so, that he should be rewarded at the highest level. Meanwhile, you've got an organization that is becoming increasingly data-driven under new ownership. And Adam Peters and Dan Quinn have done a great job, but they've been very disciplined in how they handle assets. And so I think it's sort of that the player knowing I'm worth the world to them.

And I'm symbolic of what they've been what they've been trying to build here and finally got built last year. And on the other side, you might have some people in the front office that are like, we love Terry. There's nothing we don't like about Terry, but he's going to be 30 in September. And what does that mean for him going forward? I'm personally the opinion that you aren't going to regret paying Terry McLaurin two or three years from now. I have a really hard time. I've seen that scenario, but it is in a little bit of a tough spot. Well, I asked you about J.J. McCarthy.

I'm going to stay away from that. Well, final question. The Shadur-Sanders stuff is, I mean, it got so zany this week. There was the Browns are sabotaging him to discussion, which like they need him to be good, because they got to get out from under that ridiculous DeShon Watson thing. So he plays tomorrow. I can't wait to watch him. I'm rooting for the kid.

What are you hearing in Cleveland? Just that he, when he came in, he was pretty far behind. and that there was a sizable gap between him and Dylan Gabriel, just from a football, no-how standpoint, from an operation of the offense standpoint. And that's without even mentioning the gap between him and the two veterans there, Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett. So he had a lot of ground to make up for sure.

Teams, and I think I told it is, Colin, teams before the draft were surprised how far behind he was in those areas. And that showed up right away. He's worked hard to try and catch up. I think the reason why he hasn't gotten first team reps, right? And that's been a big thing in Cleveland. Why is Dylan Gabriel getting the first team reps? And he doesn't look great, but Chador isn't.

I think the main reason why is because, to be fair to the other 10 guys in the huddle, the veterans who are getting ready for a season, you need to have somebody who can step in there and operate the offense efficiently. And I just don't think Shador has gotten there yet. Now, by happenstance, he winds up getting the shot to start tomorrow. I think playing well with the twos and the three. against the panther starters could buy him some more opportunities in practice and that's the first thing he needs now is more opportunities in practice but having to get caught up just from a

football know-how standpoint is why he's been behind since the spring at the chief's camp albert brirr a Monday morning quarterback good seeing you but appreciate it all right thanks Colin hustling for us and we do appreciate that j mac with the news turn on the news this is the herd line news all right Colin And let's start with Kevin O'Connell and the Vikings. You know, he's had a lot of regular season success with this squad. I mean, Sam Darnold, it's been awesome. However, he does not have a playoff win. Now he's got J.J. McCarthy, a quarterback.

Here's O'Connell's loftiest goal for this season. As I told our team, when we came back to training camp, I think the foundation's been set. And I think that a lot of the players that we've been able to either sign him for agency or we're fortunate to draft in the draft. They're here, and they understand that they're now part of building that up to even greater heights. But the next step for this organization is becoming, in my opinion, championship worthy. Yeah. Championship worthy.

Well, I think it's an unfair criticism that he hasn't won a playoff game. No, it's not a – well, Colin, sorry. It's not a criticism. It's just a fact. Yeah, yeah, but it's slanted. The way it's delivered is, you know, he hasn't won a playoff game. I take his – Sam Darnold, 90% of fans in the league had given up on him.

He was an MVP leader, Week 14. Yeah. He did it. Kevin O'Connell had a remarkable to build up Donald's confidence. I mean, Sam Darnal was beaten up when he went to San Francisco to back up Brock Purdy. He was upstairs. He was beaten up. Yeah.

All right. On to the next story. Jordan loves Colin Green Bay Packers. A bit of a sexy Super Bowl pick. I think we'll be talking about them in the next segment. Now, one interesting note on Jordan Love is he only ran the ball 25 times last season. Was that due to injuries? Was that due to the coach wanting to win from the pocket?

Well, here's Jordan Love, talking about running more this season. You look back and you're like, man, I could have took off and run, Love said. A little of it is just understanding what the defense is doing, what coverage we're getting here, how the defensive line might be playing with some of these games, starting twisting and doing different things. Colin, it sounds like Love wants to win with his legs a little more this season. He ran 50 times two years ago, cut in half to 25. Now, he did have a couple of injuries. He suffered missed, I believe, two games this season.

Your thoughts on Jordan Love wanting to run more? Well, I think when you're Jordan Love, you should go about three times a game. And I always feel that's Mahalms. He's going to smoke you twice in the second half, keep you honest in the first half. If you run three times a game, that's 51 times. I'm totally comfortable with that. Final story, Colin, is the Travis Hunter experiment in Jacksonville. Trevor Lawrence, well, he is a little bit biased,

but when he was asked about Travis Hunter playing both ways and Lawrence had an opinion, you won't be surprised. He's so talented, man. It's hard to keep him off the field. Selfishly, yeah, I definitely want him on offense more. It's almost like, do you want to come catch, catch touchdowns or you want to maybe break up a pass or two of a game. Like, you know, that's the

city you got to make so. Now, he'll make plays no matter where he's at, honestly. And of course, as a quarterback, I hope he plays more offense. But, you know, wherever he needs to play to make our team better, because he will make us better is what's going to happen. So, all for whatever that is. You know, a little pressure on

Trevor this year. He's got two star receivers. Travis will be a star right out of the gate. Brian Thomas was excellent. Now it's time for Travis. You've got to help. Trevor, Trevor's got to stay healthy too. So I don't buy the excuses. He's got an offensive coach, two weapons. I don't think their O-line's bad.

I think it's time. They've had too many good draft picks. They've got too much talent on that team. And the division's weak. They need to vie with Houston for the division title. Yeah, totally agree. And sorry for the solemn tone, but it's increasingly looking like Slater, it's an ACL. That's the fear for the Chargers.

That just sucks, man. Yikes. J-Mac with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Herd Lye News. Be sure to catch live editions of The Herd weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific. On Fox Sports Radio, FS1, and the IHeart Radio app.

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It may only be the preseason, but J. Mack knows. He knows how the playoffs are going to settle these way ahead of us here in early August. So we call this segment tomorrow's headlines today. Let's roll it. What will the headline be for the number seven seed, the final seed in the NFC playoff? All right, so we're working backwards here. There are some surprises

because you, as you've taught me in the last few years around the show, there's a lot of new playoff teams every year, some we don't see coming. So the number seven seed in the NFC, the headline, will be. Marvin, the Martian, Cosmic quarterback connection disrupts NFC universe. I have the Arizona Cardinals sneaking in as the number seven seed.

Marvin Harrison obviously will make a massive leap in year two. Really struggled as a rookie. But Colin, that offense should be sick in year three under Jonathan Gannon. Kyler Murray sounds like he's gotten back to the books, if you will. Obviously McBride's one of the best tight ends in the league. The run game is formidable. Colin, this is a team that played everybody tough last year. Remember, they came out.

of the gate. They were fighting hard. The schedule was just difficult. Now, obviously, you get a much better schedule. You get the offensive continuity. I have currently, all 11 starters are back from last year. Currently, that's a projection. That's very good news. I have Arizona sneaking in as the seven seat. Don't hate it. You know, I like Kyler Murray. Tomorrow's headlines today. What's the number six seed in the NFC? This team's not going to sneak up on anybody in year two, but they also So continuity is a theme for me. They had a really good year last year. I think they do most of it again.

The headline for the number six seed will be federal reserved commanders. Keep the rate of interest high. Sorry for the political jargon. But it's funny. Yeah, so I like Washington a lot. Listen, man, you had Debo Samuel, Laramie Tunsell? Like, those are big time pickups. Obviously, the defense still has holes.

And it would be remiss of me not to mention that, Washington was pretty damn lucky on fourth down last year. One of the best fourth down seasons the league has ever seen. They were incredible in the red zone. Going to be tough to duplicate that. And as we often talk about, Colin, when you've seen a year of film on Jane Daniels and he killed almost everyone, a lot of defensive coordinators will be adjusting to Daniels. He's not going to be able to scoot and scramble for as many first downs as he did last.

Remember this guy, Colin, was doing things on third down to, set up fourth down so he could run for it on fourth down. And if you remember early in the season against Tampa, I think it was a season opener. He was running a lot and getting hit. And I was like, there's no way this is sustainable. And he started to pull back on the running, started to win from the pocket. As long as McLaurin's in and I think it's going to be fine. You add Debo, I think Washington's good.

I have them as the sixth seed in the NFC. Tomorrow's headlines today. The five seed in the NFC. Yeah, this one's a no-brainer. I think you have them a little higher. We've got them going back to the playoffs with their veteran quarterback. The headline for the fifth seed will be. Stafford infection.

Rams quarterback spreads winning culture again. Yes, Matthew Stafford. I'm of the belief he's going to be fine. This back thing is just chatter. Obviously, if that goes awry, that would be very, very bad news for the Rams. But DeVante Adams, I mean, I saw a list that said he was the number one pickup of any team in the offseason. I think that they've been really, really pleased. Yeah.

And you got Puka Nukuwa who is, you know, I see some people betting him for offensive player of the year. Like he could put up massive numbers as defenses have to adjust for Devante. Kyron Williams back in the fold. You love the defense. I feel like you're the agent for Jared Verst sometimes hyping him up on every show. But this team is legit. And as we've noted many times, they pushed Philly harder than anybody in that playoff game. Stafford was driving, I think, in the red zone.

for the go-ahead score. Tomorrow's headlines today, the number four seed. I've got a feeling where it's going in the NFC. All right, so now we've got the division winners, and I know these guys won the Super Bowl. I don't think it's going to be as easy. I don't. The headline for the number four seed will be

the Philadelphia Eagles. Goddard late than never. Eagles pop their clutch after slow start. I do think there will be a little struggles out of the gate for Philly. obviously the target on their back after winning the Super Bowl. The schedule is brutal. Let's just be up front with that. They have one of the toughest schedules in the NFC.

I do still think they win the division. Colin largely, because I don't trust the Giants and I don't think much of the Cowboys. I think Washington has a tough as schedule or tougher than Philly. So I've got the Eagles right around 10 wins. Would not be surprised if it's nine. Listen, they're not going to be the juggernaut that we saw in the playoffs. They're just not.

Okay? They lost several guys on defense. Jalen Hertz, another offensive coordinator, which is seemingly the case every year for him. So I think the Eagles are very good. It's just tough for me to start talking repeat, number one seed and all that. I think they slide in as the fourth seed in the NFC. Yeah, and NFC is getting better every year. Tomorrow's headlines today.

Let's go. The number three seed in the national football conference. Here's where we start to get a little bit spicy. I know you're waiting for your bears. And we're the Vikings, Jayette. Where the Vikings? The headline for the number three seed in the NFC. Will B. What's in your wallet? New gold card increases quarterback spinning. Yes, I like the Matthew

Golden pickup for the Packers. I have them Packers winning the division. Now, Colin, if you are tracking closely, you didn't see any wild card teams out of the NFC North. I think the Packers now win the division. I've come around here in August. Offseason, I love Minnesota, starting to back off just a little. I think this Packers offense is going to be a machine. Jordan Love, remember, was not healthy last year. That's right. In the opener, I think it was the last play of the game, throwing a Hail Mary against Philly, got twisted up, was never really the same last year. What's he going to be with a healthy Watson, golden in the mix? There's a lot to like about the Packers offense. And let's be real, LaFleur, I know we haven't talked about him. If you do a top

10 list of coaches, he's got to be top five in the league. Yeah, no, Matt knows what he's doing. Two more. Tomorrow's headlines today. Very interesting. I think something pretty interesting for the number two seat is coming. So this is a team you never like to bet on because you just lack of consistency has been there, Bugaboo. That changes. The headline for the number two seed in the NFC will be. Bejean voyage, Swift Family Robinson's sail pass mid-tier peers.

Yes, Colin, I'm doing it. I'm all in on the Atlanta Falcons securing the number two seed in the NFC. Now, a lot of it has to do with their offseason. I know people didn't like that draft trade. It could hurt them down the road. But Colin, when you're one of the worst teams getting to the quarterback, you add three edge rushers in the offseason, Leonard Floyd, and then two in the draft.

I love it. It's what you've got to do. Their back end held down really well in the secondary. And I just want to remind people that Kirk Cousins, for as bad as he was last year, murdered the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in both. He just crushed them. And oh, by the way, just by the by, Atlanta benched Cousins in favor of Pettins. So Cousins wasn't even good through a league leading.

This number is crazy. Four interceptions in the final two minutes of games. Like, Kirk Cousins just killed Atlanta. Now you upgrade with Pennix. I like what I saw in the limited edition late in the season. I have Atlanta doing well. and Tampa just a little too much change, another OC. By the way, Tampa, you know who faced the most backup quarterbacks last year?

Tampa Bay went four and one against backups. Okay? I think Atlanta wins a division. Get on board with the Falcons, Colin. You pick Atlanta to win the division. I just moved all my money to Bitcoin, so we're in the same boat. Finally, tomorrow's headlines today. I know what it is.

I just want to see the headline. You know what it is. Come on. They're going to be number one. The schedule is the easiest. seen the NFL by any metric you want. The headline for the number one seat in the NFC will be. No Brock Bottom. Purdy helps Niners reach their ceiling. Start to feel it, Colin. It's 49ers season coming for you. I know right now the wide receiver room has everybody

panicking. They're picking up guys off the scrap heap because they're like, oh, wait a minute, Brandon Ayuk's not ready yet. Joanne Jennings is kind of beefing with us. Ricky Pearsall, like we need more. So there is some concern about the wide heaping. receiver room. You're concerned about the defense. I'm just putting my faith in. Brock Purdy, the return of Christian McCaffrey, kind of a big deal. Obviously, your boy, George Kittle, shotgunner of beers, still an elite tight end. I love this team. I'm thinking 12 or 13 wins. Yeah, you know what? What pick is really interesting, and I thought your nugget was great. Arizona, I think Gannon's one of those guys that people in the league know he's good, but we don't

talk. I mean, the Rams are high profile. The Niners are high profile. file. You know, Seattle's got Darnold, and now that coach from the Ravens, McDonald's, so I'll let people talk about Seattle. Arizona's sneaking in. They, you know, we forget sometimes. Marvin Harrison came into the league. He and, you know,

if you believe the rumors that Kyler Murray is not a grinder, is it possible that Marvin Harrison and Kyler Murray needed a full year together, right, to be great? I think that's a really interesting pick because I like their personnel. I really do. I think

they've got five or six really elite players and I'm sorry but Marvin Harrison Jr. is going to be a really good player. But if you believe the rumors that Kyler's not a film grinder, then you could say, well, it's going to take a little longer for that to work. I don't love your Atlanta pick, but the division's so weak, it could certainly, I do think Pennix is excellent.

But the Arizona pick took a little guts in a division with McVeigh and Shanahan and a coach in Seattle they like. I kind of like that pick. So I have three new teams. Niners, which, I guess they're new because they were injured last year. Falcons and Cardinals. So three of the seven new, I don't know. You don't seem that surprised.

No lions? Well, I mean, if I still have a couple weeks to make my final pick. Listen, Albert Breers, the second person that's told me, Cincinnati's offense looks absolutely insane. And the truth is Cleveland's bad, so they're going to win two games. and I think they're going to beat Pittsburgh twice. So Cincinnati is one of those teams that didn't make it in. You know, it's hard for me to go against Burrow,

who I thought last year for many weeks was the best player in the league. And I think the Niners schedule, I do worry, though, Sala helps. Hefunga and Greenlaw. Hafunga is a great player. So is Greenlaw. If Bosa gets hurt, that defense is average. J. Max, in tomorrow.

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