The Herd with Colin Cowherd - THE HERD - Hour 3 - NFL playoff predictions, Tomorrow's headlines today, Greg Cosell

Episode Date: January 15, 2026

Colin talks to Greg Cosell about the NFL playoff games this weekend including Josh Allen and the Bills vs Bo Nix and the Broncos Tomorrow's headlines today with Jason McIntyreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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He's seen it all. And we're going to start with Bears hosting the Rams on a frigid night in Chicago. So let's talk Chicago. What did they change in their approach from the first half where they got, I mean, they could not stop anything and struggled moving the ball and finding rhythm? And then in the second half, specifically the fourth, it's a different game. What did they change in their approach against the Packers? I thought, Colin, the bigger change came on the defensive side of the ball, to be honest.

I thought Dennis Allen really increased his pressure quotient. It started on the first play of the third quarter where he went with a double corner blitz, and he did a lot more of these pressure concepts in the second half, and we saw the result there. The Packers had, what, a number of three. outs. So to me, that set the stage for the game and what happened in the fourth quarter. When you talk about offense, offense to me is very interesting because obviously we know what happened on that fourth and seven completion by Caleb Williams, which was as good an improvisational throw as you'll ever see. But then there were other plays where you look at it

and say nothing special happened other than the Packers did not execute well on defense. There was a third and 10 play, I think, on the second touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, where the Packers forced to check down to Kyle Menungay, and it was third and 10, and they just couldn't tackle him, and it went for 22 yards. So, you know, plays like that. But obviously the key play in the entire game in terms of allowing the Bears to win was that fourth and seven play, and that was just Caleb Williams making one of those absolutely special plays, because if that doesn't happen, it's not likely they win the game.

But I thought in terms of the tactics and schematics of the game, more was done on the defensive side of the ball that changed that game. So I'm watching Carolina give the Rams trouble for the second time, and part of me thinks it's a bad matchup. They have big boundary receivers. Maybe that's it. Yeah, I just look at that matchup, but I'm like something's not right with the Rams. Their defense feels like it's out of sync. What does it say? What's the film say?

You know, one thing I've learned over the years, Colin, and I know you would agree with this, you've watched football for a long time, when a team has a weakness or an area that's not a strength, any time that gets exposed, it could happen in the regular season, but it's more likely to happen in the playoffs against better teams. That can be exposed any time, and the area of weakness for the Rams are their corners. And that's one thing that could definitely be a problem against the bears. We know that. Will it be a problem? we don't know, but if it is a problem, it wouldn't surprise me at all. And that is the weakness

in their defense. So if they lose this game because, and again, I don't know how weather will affect the ability to throw the ball, but if it doesn't affect the ability to throw the ball and Kayla Williams goes off for 340 passing yards against those corners, that would not surprise me at all. San Francisco, Seattle. Yeah. I thought the first drive was majestic. I thought it was absolutely beautiful. Did the Niners do anything different against Philadelphia? I mean, it's Shanahan, so it's

all symphonic. It all kind of works. It's just so, you know, it's just amazing that they can lose kettle and still do what they do. Did they do anything different against Philadelphia? Well, they did a couple of things that they don't normally do that just happen to happen

in the game. Starting with the second play when he hit DeMarcus Robinson for 61 yards, and then Obviously, they called that reverse touchdown, which, as I'm sure you recall, was the same play. They ran in the Super Bowl against the Chiefs a few years ago. And then he hit Jennings later in the game for a long completion. But, you know, to me, I think it's more instructive to look back at week 18 when these two teams played. Now, I don't think this game will play out exactly the same way, but that was a game in which the Niners on both sides of the ball column were physically handled.

Kyle Shanahan, for the most part, as you know, he's not a one-play kind of coach. He doesn't think, you know, even though he called this particular play that we're looking at, and that's because they were really struggling to run the ball, which has been the case now for the last two weeks. He called this play to see if he could just generate some kind of offense, but they've not been able to run the ball, but for the most part, Kyle is kind of a four-quarter coach. He builds off plays, so he needs to run plays. When they played Seattle, week 18, the 49ers only ran 42 offensive plays.

That's unheard of in an NFL game. So they never had a chance to sort of develop an offensive rhythm and develop pace and tempo. Because when they're at their best, it's not that they're a big playoffense. They're not driving the ball down the field, but they tend to control the way the game is played. And that did not happen against Seattle. And it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. They got physically handled. You know, you look at this game and you think, gee, could that happen again?

It could. I guess I'd be surprised if it does, and I'm certainly not saying San Francisco is going to win, but they need to be able to control the game with their offense. Is there a Seattle unit on either side that really matches up with San Francisco well? The defense for Seattle. I think the two players that do not get enough credit at all for Seattle's defense are their two defensive tackle. Reynolds, Leonard Williams, and Byron Murphy, because it is really hard to run the ball inside against this defense. Those guys can win, yeah, these guys can win one-on-one matchups.

Murphy is phenomenal, stalemating and defeating double teams, so it's very, very difficult to run the ball. And plus, the other thing about Seattle, and this is a Mike McDonald feature of his defenses, is everything starts with a too high safety structure, and they kind of play top-down. Even when they pressure, they play two safeties on the back end, so it's very hard to get over the top of them. Yeah. When you watch the Texans defense and the Seahawks defense, it does feel sometimes they're playing with an extra man. Even if you fool them, you don't have a lot of space. Their closing speed, their late, their speed is remarkable.

So Buffalo and Denver, let's just talk Josh. What did you think? What did the film tell you on Josh? against the Jags. I thought it was one of the best games I've ever seen him play because it was surgical and methodical. It wasn't the Josh Allen

Superman show. It was Josh Allen throwing the ball from the pocket, controlling the game. None of us know exactly what a quarterback does at the line of scrimmage, although a lot of people like to assume they do, but it looked like he was doing a lot of things that controlled the game, and I

thought that he was just absolutely surgical. Colin, this was not a game where he ran around and made Josh Allen plays. He made some great throws, but they were from the pocket. So I thought this was one of the best games, given that he played on the road against a very good defense. I thought it was one of the best games that he's played. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd weekdays in noon Eastern 9 a.m. Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, FS1, and the IHeard Radio app.

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Buffalo. And one of them, one of them, Brian and Cook's got there a week 13. Do you expect Denver's defense to give Josh and the Bill's offense problems? Well, I think Denver gives most, offenses problems because they're very, very good. And I think that, you know, again, without being in the head of Joe Brady, I think one of the things you really have to try to do through the use of personnel and formations is get Kincade and Knox matched on linebackers and safeties. Now, obviously, Vance Joseph, this is not his first rodeo. He knows that as well. But I think that's what you have to try to do. Now, two defining features of Vance Joseph's defense are they pressure, and they play a lot of man coverage.

Now, keep in mind, and I know it was a year ago, but coaches tend to coach against coaches because they know their schematics. These teams played, and it was in Buffalo, but they played in the wild card game last year, and that was a game where the tight ends, Kincaid, and Knox were a factor. So, again, Joe Brady knows more than I do about how to do all that,

but I think that's what you have to try to get done in this game, given the lack of, you know, I don't want to say a lack of quality, but certainly the lack of depth at the wide receiver position for the bills. Okay, the Houston defense is a handful. The longest Steeler drive in the second half was 23 yards. Now, New England's got some interesting wide receivers, Hunter Henry,

a couple of backs that are pretty good, not a dominant O line. Do you worry about Drake May a kid in this defense? Yeah. This is a really tough defense. Now, relatively speaking, Colin, this is not a super complex defense. In many ways, you could almost, even though schematically, they're different, in many ways, they're reminiscent of the Legion of Boom in that they kind of line up and they play. Because they're so good. They predominantly in pure past situations rush four.

They're not a heavy blitz team. And actually, they're not a great blitzing team when they do blitz. But they rush four. They play with seven in coverage. And because they're so good up front, and obviously Hunter and Anderson on the edge, but they're very good inside as well. What they often dictate with offenses is that you have to keep a back and or a tight end to protect. And if you do that, you end up sending out three wide receivers, and they have seven in coverage. Now, just one quick point.

One thing I noticed watching the tape last week was how often Will Anderson, who rarely did this during the regular season, lined up on the right side of the defense, the left side of the offense. Okay? And one thing the tape showed in the Patriots game, Will Campbell struggled a bit last week and left tackle trying to block Khalil Mack and Oweigh for the Chargers. So I'm really looking forward to seeing if the Texans do that with Anderson and match him up against Campbell. That will be a very interesting matchup to see if the Patriots feel that they have to give Will Campbell help. Where's Drake May improved the most last year to this year? Oh, I would say in every area.

that stands out to me that goes beyond numbers is just his pocket toughness. You know, he's not a quarterback that looks to leave the pocket, Colin. He stays there. And he allows the offense to work. He allows the passing game to work. So what that means is, is he makes late in the down throws from the pocket with bodies around him when the pocket gets squeezed. That's becoming a lost trait in quarterbacks, because as you know, so many more

quarterbacks starting at a young age are really athletic players. So what happens is the second they perceive any kind of pressure, they flee the pocket. Drake May stands there. He has excellent pocket movement, moving a little bit to his right, a little bit to his left. He's really, really good at that. Yeah. What's your big play of the week, isn't it, Drake May? Yeah, it's Drake May.

So let's get to it. This is actually a good example, but I love this play. And this play's really interesting. It was the touchdown pass he threw last week to Hunter Henry, so we can take a look at it right now because this was I think later in the game and this is just a beautiful throw but there's so many elements to this play. The first element of course is you're going to see May under center which by the way they do a good amount of but the other thing here is the 6-0 line personnel and that's something

they do some of, not a ton, believe it or not the Texans do the most. So what you're going to see now is Hunter Henry is actually going to motion across the formation. Now what they're going to get from the chargers here is a five man pressure. So when you see him move across the formation, so now he's just inside of Kyle Williams. And you're going to get a five-man pressure concept from the chargers here. And the route concept, it's only going to be a two-man route concept to the left side of the formation. You're going to get Kyle Williams on a sail route, and you're going to get Henry on a corner route. Now, one of the things that I thought was really interesting about this play,

and one reason I'm sure Mike Vrable really liked Trayvion Henderson, is he's a very good pass protector. He struggled early in the season, but here he does a really nice job on Henley, and he gets him off his feet. So now if we go back to the routes, you're going to see that Williams lifts the corner, so Henry can run his corner route into a void. And this is an unbelievable throw, and the reason it's a great throw is because Derwin James recognizes the route concept, and there's a void there, but Derwin James does an unbelievable job of sinking with depth and almost makes a play here. But the... The throw is so good with firm touch.

It's a touch throw, really. It's not an armstring throw. It's a touch throw. And we talk about pocket movement. Great example of it. Just sliding a little to his left, staying calm, eyes down field. Little things like that, the subtleties and the disciplined craft element of the position is something that Drake May is really refined at for a second year NFL quarterback. Greg, CoSell, 46 years NFL films as always.

Appreciate the breakdowns, Greg. Thanks, Colin. Appreciate it. Yeah, it's interesting how they stagger the games. San Francisco, Seattle, Saturday. That is primetime Saturday is as good as the NFL gets. I think it's a really close game through three quarters. I think Seattle's going to come in. A little more conservative game plan.

They're at home. They're favored. They're healthier, better roster. They think they can wear down San Francisco. don't need a lot of exotics, don't need a lot of risks. San Francisco wants that ball. They're going to take that coin flip if they win it. They want to score first, quiet that wild crowd.

Take some big shots. A couple of exotics, some different looks. They know, they know they've got to take more chances to beat Seattle. Roster construction, roster health right now, I think notable edge. The defensive line for Seattle, everybody would start across the board. I mean, AK, if you took the best five defensive linemen, between the Niners and the Seahawks. Seahawks could have five of five of four or five.

I mean, that is a gap. J-Mack with the news. No, no, no, no. Turn on the news. This is the Herdline News. All right, let's start with the Houston Texans defense. It is formidable. We love them.

They're going up against an MVP candidate. I don't think May will win it. I think Stafford will. But May's been pretty damn good. He was okay against the Chargers. Here's Domeco Ryan's talking about his defense and how they can corral young drink bay he can sling the ball very well right really good passer he can hit all three levels of the field one thing i'm seeing this year is as his athleticism

and how he's able to escape the pocket that's really you know shown to be something unique to him where he can he can throw the football wherever he wants it really great placement great accuracy does a great job throwing the deep ball and they'll try to hit a ton of explosive shots the way his ability to escape the pocket is what we have to be aware of this this time around one thing Houston has a big advantage over almost every other team in the playoffs they can cough the ball up three times their defense protects them I mean CJ Stroud did not have a good game against the Cedars they can lose the turnover battle and their defense bails them out Seattle's a little bit like that too Seattle and when you have a dominating defense you don't have to be perfect in fact

you can make mistakes. And, I mean, Houston really offensively struggled against Pittsburgh on the road. It didn't matter. It blew them out. So that's the thing when you go up to New England. Now, New England, I think, has much more firepower offensively. They have a younger quarterback that can move. Unlike Aaron, they have better wide receiver targets.

Hunter Henry's a really nice tight end. Maybe not a star, but he's really, really good. But I think this Houston team, they can play real imperfect football home or away. It's just hard to get into the end zone. It's just hard in that congested space. To Domeko Ryan's point about Drake May, remember he had that huge scramble right before the half against the Chargers? I asked our staff, hey, do we have any numbers on the Houston Texans defense against quarterbacks who like to scramble? Wouldn't you know it?

Houston's given up one rushing touchdown to a quarterback all season, tied for fewest in the league. And also opposing quarterbacks don't really run against them. 52 rush attempts, that's one of the lowest numbers in the league. Collins. Last week, Aaron Rogers was a sitting duck, right? He can't go anywhere. May can, and I do want, do you have to spy May? Because he's a cerebral quarterback. He's not going to force anything, right? There's a playoffs. You're not risking interceptions against Stingley. I think, I just think it's a really low-scoring game. I mean, if you told me it was 1713. I mean, I think it's going to, I think that that game feels cold, low-scoring, two opportunistic

defenses. One offense has more firepower, New England. But one defense is just the length and, again, why is Seattle so good? A big component of it? Unbelievable drafting four straight years. Why is Houston so good defensively? They've nailed their top draft picks. They have just crushed in the draft on the defensive side. On the concussion front, it looks like Christian Gonzalez could go.

Nico Collins, no way. I don't see, no shot of that. And that really hurts. Because can you expect Christian Kirk to deliver a turn-back-the-clock game? I mean, I don't personally see that. I don't know where C.J. Stroud goes. Who's the guy, the young kid, Higgins? Lots of Woody marks.

Geez, wow. Heavy dosage of Woody Marks. Okay, counting on a rookie and a big road game in the playoffs. Let's move on to Jacksonville, Colin. They had a great season. Went to the playoffs. Tough loss against Josh Allen. What can you do?

Interestingly, Travis Hunter was injured and missed half the season. Here's Jags GM James Gladstone talking about how, Travis Hunter is progressing and what they expect from him in the future. We still expect him to play on both sides of the ball. The steps that he was taken by the midpoint of the season really made us feel good about what the back half of the year was going to be on both sides of the ball and what that impact was going to look like being a feature point on offense and an impact player on defense. Yeah.

I don't know. Pick aside. I like offense. You know, would Jacoby Myers, Brian Thomas, Parker Washington, man, that guy's... Boy, yeah, he's six-rounders. That guy's been electric. I mean, they may look at it and think... I mean, I just think it's very hard to bounce between offensive and defensive meeting rooms.

I think it's tough. I think, you know, pick a lane a little bit. I would rather have my best players offensively. But I will say this. I mean, I don't think you can star on both sides. I think you can be okay on both sides, but this isn't college football, the Big 12, where everybody you line up again, you're better athletically. He's really talented.

But I still contend it's an offensive league. That's where I'd put it. So it's interesting. He was the second pick. The Browns had the second pick. Jags traded up to two to get a receiver. Now, technically it's not for a receiver. It's for a receiver DB.

So you can spin this forward, Colin, 2026, who has a second pick? My Jets. I don't see. People are like, oh, we'll just trade down like Travis, like the Browns did with the Travis Hunter deal. I'm like, first of all, that wasn't considered a great deal.

Was it to trade up for a race? receiver? I don't think I think that was kind of panned and now it's like is there someone like a hunter at two the Jets could entice someone to trade up for? I don't see it, do you? Oh, I, you know, I think in the top five or six picks, there's, you, you take phone calls. It's just somebody could call the Jets and say, listen, we want to move three spots. We'll just give you a fifth round pick. The Jets could move that pick. It's what are you willing to move it for? You're going to get calls, but everybody's trying to, you know, they're, they're, they're, they're low ball in you on picks. If the jets have, I mean, the jets have multiple needs. If the jets

have like, the giants have a need. I can see the Giants not moving down and like we need the offensive tackle from Miami. The Giants have an absolute need because they have rush ends, a receiver, a back, a quarterback. The Jets have a million needs. So I can see the Jets saying, we're going to trade down six spots and get another third round pick. That's not a bad idea for the Just. Listen, it kind of worked for the Jags. They, you know, they trade it up. It kind of worked for the Browns, too.

They just don't have a quarterback. Final story, Colin, we've had a bit of a podcast gate situation this week in the NBA. Remember, Austin Reeves has kind of been ripped a little bit by Rich Paul, the agent for LeBron. Well, LeBron was asked about it this week, and he said that Rich Paul is his own man. And then Rich Paul then went on a podcast. And now he's chiming in on this nonsense. Here we go. He understands when this is not like a podcast playground.

We're in a content business. And after you get done saying all these different terms, just ended with business. I'm a businessman first. This is a business. So this is my business. Just like he has his business. I think it's, I think it's a respectful, um, behavior that we have towards one another. Yeah.

Don't get me started on this guy, Colin. It's almost like he realizes, hey, LeBron's in his final year. That's my golden ticket. LeBron Bales after this year. What do I got? You know, clutch sports will kind of sort of fall apart when LeBron is no longer there. Clutch sports will be fun. It'll be there, but take a look at his client list.

Starting to dry up a little bit, Mr. Cowherd. So now you got this guy. Oh, let me jump into the podcast space and fire off some hot takes. Get people talking. You know how that lasts. Give their guy a couple months. Let's see if he's coming up with content around the clock. These guys aren't capable of it.

And I don't like what he's doing Austin Reeves. There was a report that Austin Reeves agent went up to Rich Paul last game. And they had a, I don't want to use the word confrontation, but they had a talk, shall we say, about him going after, hey, we need to trade Austin Reeves. Bro, settle down, Rich. Settle down. I know that's your guy. You're in with Clutch and LeBron and Rich.

Don't like what I'm hearing. J. Mack with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Herd Lye News. J-Max Picks next on a Thursday. Be sure to catch live editions of The Herd weekdays in noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific. Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers, and guess what?

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I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It is playoff weekend, divisional round, margin, thinner, stakes higher, four teams. By the end of the weekend, we will know the two teams in each conference battling. We've been doing this a long time. Several years, his track record is very strong, did not have a great last weekend, which means it is bounce back Saturday, Sunday for J-Mack. We call it tomorrow's he's.

headlines today. We start with the first game of the weekend, Saturday, Bills at the Broncos. This is really interesting, J-Mack. Yeah, well, we actually added a fifth. We're going to do the Natty as well, because I need to round it out and I need to bounce back after last week's one and four. So Buffalo visits Denver rematch from last year in the playoffs. Colin, remember pretty good start for Bo Nix. Then it went south quickly. The headline this weekend for Buffalo, Denver will be. Nick, excuse me? Bo bumps into mafia boss. And that would be one Josh Allen. Listen, picking aside here's tough. I did bet the under. I don't think we'll see a lot of points. But ultimately, I got a ride with my guy, Josh Allen. He's fun to watch,

Colin. I'll just say this. They have three healthy wide receivers right now going into this game. That's it. And one of them is Keon Coleman, who was a healthy scratch multiple times this year. The other's Brandon Cooks, who's 32 and joined the team like 10 weeks ago. However, Jason, why are you betting Buffalo here? Again, I just don't know what to make of this Bow-Nick situation. you love him and you love Peyton. Colin, I was doing some digging. So did you know Peyton and McDermott? They have a history going back to the NFC South when the New Orleans was playing Carolina many times. And wouldn't you know it? McDermott has a history of bottling up Drew Breeze. He knows how to play that too high shell, clog the middle of the field, keep everything in front of you.

And historically, Peyton has not excelled against McDermott's defenses. This Ed Oliver situation's big. Will he return for Buffalo? He's been practicing this week. That would be huge because they're run defense is leaky. I do expect Josh Allen to kind of put on the Superman cape. Buffalo's defense is good, but it's not great. Did you notice last year in the playoff game? So Vance Joseph loves to play heavy man, heavy blitz. He was worried about Josh Allen, so they went a little more zone and spied Josh Allen. He still had a bunch of yards on the ground. I don't think they can stop him. I'll go low 17-16 Buffalo or thereabouts. Wow. Tomorrow's headlines today. Seattle, a big home favorite. What say you?

You know, us gambler, sometimes we get in trouble going with our heart over our head, Colin. I'm not making that mistake here. The headline for San Fran at Seattle will be Seattle death do us part. One that got away, make some pay. I'm sorry, I got the Seahawks here, Colin. I can't, I just, I cannot make a case for my guy, Brock Purdy. I think the Purdy-Shan combo, like you say, can keep it interesting and close.

But man, I just don't know with this defense. We saw this game two weeks ago. They couldn't do a damn thing. Now, Seattle couldn't either. And I do think there's a world where your boy, Sam Darnal, kind of vomits all over himself and is rattled in his playoff game. McDonald's first playoff game as a head coach. He's a great coach.

I read an article about him about how he's such a smart, intelligent human being. I love those guys. I think Sam Frank keeps it close. I'll take Seattle in a close one. tomorrow's headlines today, Texans and that defense in New England against the Patriots. What do you got? Well, I went against the Patriots and their fans let me know about it. Anything different this week?

The headline for Houston at New England will be parting of the Strouds. Old playoff persona left behind. Oh, yeah. CJ Stroud, baby. I'm rocking with the Texans. Listen, they came through for me Monday. It took a little while, but they finally got there. Yes, there's a concern about Stroud, but Colin, I look at this Houston defense.

They match up great against the Patriots. I mean, again, Stingley on the outside, Lasseter, these are elite cornerbacks. Yep. Petrie and the secondary. They don't give up much. The one thing is this Drake May scrambling ability. I did just come up with a stat. He had the most scrambles in the NFL, more scrambles than Josh Allen, Herbert, and that's where they have to watch him.

Now, I'll say this. You know watching Houston a lot this year. Those guys are headhunters. Okay, the linebackers are the same. safeties may better get down or we're looking at something dicey. And I do think there's some numbers that show Woody Marks, as you said, and the running backs out of the backfield have given the Patriots problems. I like the Texas to win this outright.

Tomorrow's headlines today, the Sunday nighter Rams at the Bears, one for the ages here potentially. Yeah, I hear you're going to be there with like two winter jackets, four scarves. Yeah. It should be a cold one. I don't know what the bears can do to win this, the headline for Rams, Bears will be the cold man in the sea. Hot routes, warm reads. Old man, Matthew Stafford delivers. Colin, we're talking about the best deep ball thrower in the league in Matt Stafford. I know Drake May was great. It's Stafford with two awesome receivers playing against the defense that gave up the second most deep ball touchdowns in the league.

And just lost their best linebackers. Yeah, they just hemorrhaged stuff on the back end. Colin, unbelievably Dallas gave up the most deep ball TDs. Dallas, who we laugh at, the Bears were second. Okay, and like you said, the linebacker out. I think the Rams score at Will here. If you want to get exotic, their team total is 26 and a half points. I would take the over on that. I just listen, Caleb is magical charm season. I know Bears fans love when we pick against them. I don't see the Rams blow in this.

They blows it. That would be a shocker. Rams over under 26. That's interesting. Yeah, all they have to do is score 27 points. I mean, that's happening, right? Finally, headline for Monday, the Nattie, Miami. against number one Indiana.

Colin, you know, this line was five and a half, and it's sort up to eight and a half. We don't see that normally. No. So the headline for Hoosiers, Hurricanes will be two and a half Mendoza's. The U loses all its sheen. I'm sorry, Miami. I don't think you get it done here.

Indiana has to be the side. They're going to win this. Now, interestingly, Colin, there's some numbers that show, and I think Clatt talked about this. this Miami defense is going to keep a close. Do not expect another blowout like that Alabama game, like that Oregon game. By the way, the Oregon game was weird.

Did you see that they had three touchdown drives under 20 yards? Because Dante Moore kept turning it over. There was the block punt. This will not be a blowout. Miami will keep it close. How about this stat? Three playoff games, Miami has given up 75 carries. One explosive in 75.

That's it. You can't really run on this team. So I'm curious how Mendoza handles the pressure. You got two pros coming off the edges. This is going to be a great game. I think it's a lot closer than the experts think. That eight and a half, you've got to take the points with the hurricanes. But I think Indiana wins a title.

And congrats to Mendoza, who goes to the Raiders then, where he's not winning anything for a decade. When Nico Collins missed a game against the Niners earlier this year, it's very interesting. C.J. Stroud, Houston won. C.J. Stroud was 30 of 39. So I like Stroud. And he was a little out of sorts against Pittsburgh.

but I think he's like Herbert. You know, we keep waiting for this massive playoff success. But both C.J. Stroud and Herbert, just the way the ball comes off their hand, they're really accurate. Both have had offensive line issues. Both have had kind of receivers can't stay healthy issues. I think C.J. The New England game, like, it's like a little bit of a magic carpet ride for New England.

You're like, you know, when does it? Because I really still, I really believe of all these teams in the playoffs, one of them is still in a rebuild, New England. I still think they need offensive line help, another tight end. Not that they're in a total rebuild because they had so much free agent money, but I still think, I mean, it says Rables got one draft behind him. I think they need more depth. I think they need another tight end.

I think they need help on the offensive side. I think they probably need another corner the whole league does. So, I mean, everybody else I feel like they should be here. I thought New England was going to be the most improved team and the league item is a wild card team. Them winning this weekend being in the conference championship, that way more than I thought. That projects way faster turnaround.

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