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Sterling Shepard, Tez Johnson. Tez had a great catch. I mean, I think Baker has to be your MVP at this point. I mean, he had a he had a a had a magical um emotional magical scramble for a first down. Um I mean, listen, San Francisco’s all beat up, but I mean, Tampa’s going to Seattle and winning. Tampa’s in the Bay and winning. I think they’re as good as anybody in the league right now. And I think Baker’s my MVP. Yeah. to me. I mean, their ceiling rests on those guys being healthy because if they are healthy, they’d have a chance to beat anybody because their offense, I mean, how potent would be with those three wide receivers. Pretty incredible story. I mean, the the Cleveland Browns who have that long history of having a million quarterbacks finally get a guy and draft him number one overall. And John Dorsey was right, but it didn’t quite look right immediately. And now he’s fulfilling like I’m the number one overall quarterback. the farvian qualities, the moxy, the passes. Uh Colin, last year it was like, you know, Baker Mayfield’s a really good player. This guy’s like a top 10 quarterback to right now he’s one of the best players in the league. Like MVP or not. I mean, he’s just on a weekly basis one of the best players in the league. Uh and for a smaller quarterback, he’s an excellent pocket passer. Feels like he has no trouble seeing. I I don’t know if he finds angles, maybe it’s just some instinctive quality that he has. I mean, you know, Perie, who didn’t play today, another smaller quarterback, struggles a little bit, throw over the middle of the field. Obviously, Baker’s arm strength. Yeah, he’s just playing at an elite level. I mean, he’s 25 to1, Colin, to start the season. And uh I looked before this I think like Thursday or Friday, he was down to 8 to1. I would imagine he will continue to rise up into the Josh Allen category as the season goes. So, I when I picked the Niners, despite an easier than average schedule to finish second or third in their division, I said, I’ll take the Rams and the Seahawks to win the division. I said, I love the coach. Pertie’s good enough. This is an old, brittle roster. You looked it up today. How much money is not playing right now due to injury? Well, they gave three contracts this offseason. Brock Birdie, you know, in guarantee guaranteed money, got $180 million. Uh he’s played two games and been is injured now and who knows when he’s coming back. They gave Fred Warner and George KD a combined $96 million so total of $277 million. And obviously Fred Warner today shatters his ankle. KD has been out since early on in that first game. And Perie again, if you told me overunder right now, does he play five games this season? I’d probably take the under. So they gave $277 million to I mean two Hall of Famers in Warren Warner and KD and their starting quarterback and none of them like you just can’t overcome that Colin and that’s not even counting I mean Nick Bosa who you know when he’s healthy and playing like he was this season one of the best players in the league uh who’s gone so it’s like what I nowhere to be found uh Ricky Persaw who looked excellent early in this season is just gone injured knee like I I I’ve never seen anything like this on on a weekly basis the the constant it just guy’s careers are altered. Not like a he, you know, he rolled an ankle or dinged an elbow. It’s like no, his career is altered. I It’s It’s almost unfathomable because it now we have a history, right? Seven of the last eight years, they have been one of, if not the most injured team in the league. And you look around the league and you go a bunch of injuries and Fred Warner had nothing to do with like training or whatever. Someone falls on his ankle on his ankle from behind. But the the the amount and the amount of money they’ve invested in, it’s one thing when it’s kind of random, guys. It’s it’s critical elite Hall of Famer guys that set the contract standard at their position. I What are you supposed to do, you know? I don’t know. Yeah. I mean, it’s it’s it’s one of those things where they’ve missed on just enough draft picks. U and they’ve hit on several. Uh Ricky Pierol, you know, when health is really good. Uh, again, their receiving core over the last three years, it’s never healthy. I mean, just ever. Um, but I I mean, I’ll give the Niners credit. Um, Tampa is a really good team and they shouldn’t with M. Jones be this close. Um, and it was a very very close game throughout. It was one of those games where I felt like Tampa was the better team, just they were healthier. When I went out and I’m thinking, Jesus, they don’t have anybody to work with and it’s seven and a half yards of play. So I think and I I also think you know Baker will say I’m the same guy I’ve always been but all of us are human. All of us learn from you know he was pissed when Cleveland got rid of him. He didn’t like the way I mean not just Cleveland but Carolina right like like I mean and then I mean LA had Stafford. Um but I mean you start looking around it’s it’s he got kicked to the curb multiple times like M. Jones similarly, but I think we all know Baker’s got more talent than Mac. But it’s it’s one of those things where, you know, it’s it’s it’s when you, you know, lost your radio job. You’re not a bitter person. But that stuff, I mean, the the Dallas Carolina game today, uh, what were they what were they calling that game? That was the Rico Dowel revenge game. He was a monster. I think professional athletes are like attorneys or in any profession um that deals in conflict. That is jet fuel for Baker. I don’t think there’s any question it’s helped. And I’m totally with you. Like his comments, you know, they used to call me cocky, abrasive, and now they say moxy and dog. Well, Baker, you you you one, you’re a way better player now, and two, you you definitely feel a little more calm, and also you’re out of a chaotic situation. Like there are a lot of different factors, but I I’m with you. I mean, I think any human worth their salt uses motivation and as you mature, you don’t let it show as much. And I think that’s a good example with Baker. He was cut from, if I remember correctly, in the middle of the season after he was benched by the Panthers. That’s how he ended up on the Rams on that Thursday night game. So, I I I just think that one Baker’s always had the arm strength. And when you watched him at Oklahoma, he was not a one-year wonder. Three years dominated. And by the time he left, they were going toe-to-toe. Remember, with the Georgia team in the Rose Bowl, they easily could have won that game. I I thought he was an elite prospect. I thought he was like a more mobile Drew Brees. But, you know, part of the reason Dorsy liked him was like the the bravado, the the kind of the FVian u I don’t know. It’s not fake confidence, but just belief of like I’m just going to pull this out even though sometimes you won’t. And it shows much better when you’re playing well. And he, you know, in Cleveland, I mean, it’s pretty clear no one overcomes that. That that place, you see the list, they’re paying like nine quarterbacks right now. Like that’s just I know they got two Ivy League guys running it, but they they are the joke of the league in terms of these two Ivy League guys that constantly lose. They can’t find a quarterback like I’m watching Kyle and Robert Solid with nobody compete. Well, I mean I you and I were talking about this before we went on. Uh Russell Wilson gets coordinators fired. Baker Mayfield has gotten back-to-back coordinators, head jobs. Like he is he is a guy that you could you can pretty much he’s super smart. I’ve been told at the white bar board he’s brilliant. You can pretty much Baker will have that playbook down in about six practices and you can you can um you know like Andrew Luck you can give him any play. I mean he could walk. I mean Joe Flacco did it today. you know, he was throwing a lot to Jamar Chase, but you give Joe Flacco two practices and it’s like, yeah, he was better than anybody else. You know, Cincinnati could throw out there. He was good enough. Made the game competitive. So, I think uh I think Baker would be my MVP right now. Um and Chris Godwin’s been hurt a lot. Mike Evans has been dinged up a lot, but when I got hurt, Bucky Irving’s out, uh it was a pretty stellar performance. Now, it was because of these double headers on Monday, which I can’t stand in the NFL. They mostly do everything right. I didn’t even love the European games five or six years ago. Now, I look forward to them. I love getting up in the morning and watch a European game. I really do. But I want to talk about this because I think the New York Jets may be the worst coach team I’ve ever seen. First of all, the organization is so bad. Aaron Rogers with the Steelers looks good and competent and under control. with the Jets, he looked old and it was chaotic. He’s the same guy. So just and and by the way, Pittsburgh over the last eight years can’t get offense right. But Aaron goes from the Jets to Pittsburgh and offensively at times tonedeaf organization and he looks really really good. But I want to talk about the Jets. So Denver beats the Jets 13 to11 and Denver played like crap. Bo Knicks was awful in the second half. But you know what? Kansas City made a living last year out of playing poorly and winning. There is value in going overseas, playing poorly and winning 13 to1. I mean, they they had a safety. They in the end zone. There’s a holding. I mean, Denver did everything wrong. And it it’s why the NFL is so popular. Denver was so much better than the Jets and won 13 to11. But at the end of the first half, the Jets Aaron Glenn calls for a fake punt. They convert it and the next play he runs the ball. Well, why would you take that risk and then not go into your two-minute offense? I’ve never seen anything like it. Kurt Warner was incredulous. He and Eisen just were like laughing. And then at the end of the game when Justin Fields was atrocious. And one thing we know, Justin Fields does not see the field well. They have him going on deep drops when they can kick a 62 yard field goal or go to Tyrod Taylor in the second half at some point. Tyrod’s a pro. They don’t go to Tyrod Taylor. They don’t elect to kick to field goal. And on that last drive, it’s deep drops by Listen, you need like eight yards to get into field goal range. If you have to run, do whatever you have to do, but quick drops, tight end, you know, quick drag route, anything. I think the Jets are the worst coach team in the league. And I feel bad, but there are coaches, Rich Kotai, you’re just overwhelmed. Freddy Kitchens, it’s it’s just too big of an assignment. I My interpretation is the Jets can’t do anything right. They are officially the worst franchise in the league, and I’m including Tennessee. Today’s show brought to you by our new presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Bet. The pennants’s on the line, lights are brighter than ever. One swing can change everything, and you can be part of every pitch at Hard Rock Bet. New customers can place a $5 bet, and if it hits, you not only get your winnings, but also 150 bucks in extra bonus bets. Plus, every day this week on Hard Rock Bet, you get a profit boost for a postseason baseball parlay. There’s new promos every day. boost your same game parlay or same game parlay max so your bet pays extra winnings. 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Now, the the Jets offensive line is also regressing. They were getting beaten all game long. So, you factor in their offensive tackles couldn’t block the edges. He has no feel for the pocket. I mean, they could have had 50 sacks today. It felt like he was going to get sacked on every drop back. I’m with you calling these long drop backs. But it gets back to investing in him in the first place. That that’s that’s insanity. If anything, just take a deep breath. You know, higher sign, same thing. A Gardner Mchu just take it. But to give him two years and $30 million guaranteed based on what he he got benched the previous year, which we could argue if he should have or not, but even before that like that that was insane. I mean, they are this franchise. They feel a little, you know, kind of like the Raiders five, six, seven years ago. I mean, really, really rudderless. And the problem is their owner has unlimited money. Uh, they have a high price team. It’s not like they have some young I mean, they’re paying Garrett Wilson a lot. They’re paying S Gardner a lot. They’re paying Quinn Williams a lot. That they’ve invested a lot of first- round picks in different guys and high picks. They’ve invested. It’s not like their quarterback’s cheap, you know? I mean, they they are they’re a disaster. They the the Broncos got really lucky because Bo Knicks, now listen, I I do agree with you. It’s hard to go overseas in general. The Broncos played the Eagles last week and they took all their stuff with them and then flew to London right after. So, they’ve been gone forever. But three completions in the second half for, you know, a first round pick, a bunch of, you know, good wide receivers and a high level offensive coordinator. And even Bo Nick said after the game, like we got no rhythm. Uh they got very lucky. They’re playing an inep team because they they lose that game if they’re just playing like the Saints. Well, I was thinking about this. If we go back to the 2024 quarterback draft class, Jaden Daniels number one, Drake May has emerged as number two. He looks good. Bo Nicks today is three. Caleb’s on his heels at four. Uh I won’t even count JJ McCarthy. Pennix is five. I I still think Pennix has a chance to work, but I think Bone Knicks um he he’s had some really bad halves. Not Philadelphia Eagles bad halves, but pretty bad halves. And I I’ll say this between Mims and Franklin and Harvey and Evan Ingram had a uh a big catch uh on a fourth down. Denver’s got really nice personnel. I’ll argue this all day long. I think it’s a top I think the Broncos have a top five roster. Bulls at left tackle. They have real players. Um, so I think it’s it’s it’s I mean Bo was 19 to 30, uh, 175 yards, a touchdown, no picks, runs very very well, but he missed a couple of deep balls. He does not throw the deep ball particularly well. He’s got an arm, but it feels like to me on the deep ball, he has no touch on the deep ball. He just lets it go. And and maybe because he didn’t throw a ton of them, he’s a pretty good intermediate thrower. He’s exceptional under 8 to 10 yards. He’s very accurate. He just doesn’t throw a good deep ball. And Shawn Payeyton has receivers who can get open deep. So, I think it’s a I think Shawn Payeyton privately is frustrated. I How could he not be? I also think he’s kind of caught because he should use his legs more, but Shawn Peyton for the most part, I mean, became a superstar with a quarterback that never scrambled. So, I mean, part of this offense timing, get rid of the ball, but there are plays where it’s like if the guy’s not open, Bo, take off. you’re a really good athlete. And the the commentators, I would say, over the course of this season, have been saying that he’s very uh I I would say hesitant to run on spots. We don’t need you running all the time, but just take off. He always wants to throw and it’s just hurting him. He he’s scrambling like backwards and to the side to keep plays alive with his arm. And from a throwing standpoint, it’s just not really working out. Now, their defense, like you said, uh the roster is fantastic. Their defense, they don’t have Green Law yet. They don’t have Green Law yet. Huonga might have saved the game with that pass break up on the second to last pass by Fields. Uh they’re going to be a playoff a lock playoff team. They have one of the easiest schedules left. Uh they are going to win. I honestly they they should win the division, especially based with the Chargers injuries and you know, we’re recording this before the Chiefs game, but they got no chance to make a real run in the playoffs. Their quarterback doesn’t play better. Like college football in the NFL, once you get the best opponents playing the best opponents, your quarterback has to play well. If he doesn’t, you lose. John Matir, bad. Boon Knicks, that’s where they got very lucky. To me, they lose this game. I I think that they’re playing like 30 other NFL teams. They just got, like you said, the worst coached. Uh just the worst team in the league whose offense is who’s atrocious. Um yeah, and I mean, Justin Fields isn’t good. But I said this when he went to the Jets. He went from the Bears defensive coach, Steelers defensive coach, Jets defensive coach. He’s not good enough to overcome bad coaching. In Pittsburgh in a six-game stretch, he was 4-2 and looked competent. It it it goes to show you Pittsburgh maybe in artistic. Pittsburgh wins a lot of games. Um and and let’s just talk about that because it it’s not a great game, but it’s worthy of discussion. So Dylan Gabriel had to throw 52 times. I mean, go look at the box score if you didn’t watch the game. You you can’t have him he threw for 220 yards. You can’t have him throwing 52 times. He was getting all game too. His tackles are getting beaten like a drum. Yeah, but I said this, Pittsburgh beats the Browns 23 to9. I went four and my picks. It’s the one everybody said, you got to take that game. I just don’t like division rivals and big spreads. But, you know, let me defend Aaron Rogers again. So far this season, nine touchdowns, two picks, 69% completion percentage, 104 passer rating. He made a couple of throws today that were so Aaron running right, throwing back left. He can get away with it. A throw in the end zone to I think Connor Hayward. Aaron has like Baker Mayfield. In a way, it helps that Aaron doesn’t have as much horsepower, John, because what Pittsburgh does have between, you know, they have size, you know, Washington, they have big receivers, they have size, they have big targets. and with catching radiuses. And I think Aaron, they’re a team that can do a lot of damage inside of 15 yards. And they also have guys that can break tackles. And I think Aaron’s smart enough to see that. Like today was classic 21 to 30, most of it underneath, a couple of back shoulder throws, one great throw in the end zone. I think Aaron, I mean, they averaged 5.8 yards a play. that for Pittsburgh over the last seven years against an excellent defense in a in a division game. That’s a lot. You know, the these Steelers, Browns, Ravens, Steelers games, you average three and a half, four and a half yards a play. I I I I don’t want to buy into Pittsburgh, but it’s it’s hard not to because I I do think Aaron’s intelligence and experience has sort of synthesized all these talented parts. They just felt like players the last six years. Now they feel like a real offense with a rhythm to me. Now it’s time for this week’s Redeem Team members brought to you by Hulu’s Chad Powers. This week it’s King Miller, the amazing freshman walk-on running back for USC. 158 rushing yards in USC’s win over Michigan. He became the first walk-on to score a touchdown for SC since 1994. Chad Powers is now streaming with new episodes Tuesdays on Hulu and Hulu on Disney Plus for bundle subscribers. Terms apply. Yeah, he definitely I mean feels a good cohesion with DK Medaf. Has a touchdown in the last four games. uh he’s very comfortable throwing that go route to him or just the you know the kind of the over the shoulder ball in the end zone. They have like you said enormous tight ends. I mean Cam Hayward’s brother’s big. The kid from Georgia is massive. He’s like an offensive tackle that can run. You know Frier Muth is just a highle tight end. So they have three huge tight ends. Yeah. I mean the question mark is the running game will gain well now is kind of emerged like they they feel more comfortable using him. I mean Caleb Johnson they clearly don’t really love but have no choice. Warren was running guys over. The Cleveland Browns defense is pretty high level. Like it’s Yep. If they had a good offense, they would be one of the best teams in the league. Their defense is awesome. And as that game went, and this is part of football, right? You just kind of get worn out when you’re a good defense and your offense stinks. And that’s the case with Cleveland. But like the the Steelers, you know, early on they’re getting hit with haymakers. It’s like, we’ll just we’ll stick this out. And Rogers made a lot of throws. He doesn’t move. I mean, it’s pretty clear like he once did, but he knows it. And like you said, he he actually is more comfortable with his limitations and plays within himself. He’s not, you know, last year it’s like any player, any human being. As you age, you kind of have to change. I mean, I’m going through it right now with like my metabolism. I’m like, God, my metabolism at 40 is not the same as it was at 35. Welcome to life. You know, it’s like, you’re 41, Aaron. You tore yours Achilles a couple years ago. You can’t scramble. So, he he moves a couple yards where he used to take off lateral to the line of scrimmage. He he’ll just kind of keep a play alive, but he’s not looking for, you know, he used to have the he’s like one of the great hero ball players of all time because he could make something out of nothing into one of the most spectac. But I think he kind of understands himself. And the other thing is their defense is starting to come on. Now I Cleveland’s offensive line’s pretty terrible, but as they get healthier up front, well, Jaylen Ramsey, h their defensive line, I mean, they had backup that Herod guys making plays. Obviously TJ Watts looked excellent the last three or four games. Uh they are a phys they they were hitting hard today on defense. Well, early on I was pretty nervous. I’m like they got no chance. Here’s the other thing, Colin. The AFC North I mean there’s a chance all the other three coaches get fired. That’s how bad it’s going. Stfansky’s in major trouble. Zack Taylor’s done and Harbaugh, that thing’s going to get louder and louder. They are going they could have the division wrapped up by like early December and they could be like an 11 win team and win this division by f four games. Listen, their their schedule gets tougher late. But here’s the thing. When you when you start watching players like Aaron Rogers, I mean, Russell Wilson had some decent moments in Pittsburgh. I mean, the Giants couldn’t sit him fast enough. I mean, Brian Dable’s running to the tent to find Jackson Dart. Justin Fields was 4-2 with the Steelers. He’s the worst quarterback in the league right now with the Jets. Like, here’s the thing about Pittsburgh. They’re not clever offensively. They’re not San Francisco. They’re not McVey, although the Rams are struggling. Um, but you know what? They’re so functional as an organization in terms of drafting and developing. You and I have said this for years. They’re going to win nine games because they just they it’s a well-run operation. Tomlin can drive me crazy. They they don’t get offense. But then when you put a smart guy like Aaron in, and Marthur Smith is also bright. It’s just good enough. Now, it wasn’t against Seattle and they played poorly in the second half against Seattle. They had that goofy special teams blunder. But you start watching the I guess it’s this John. You said this three weeks ago. The bottom of this league is awful. Yeah. Tennessee is awful. I And I’m talking I mean the Saints are they’re fighting their butt off. New Orleans is fighting hard. It’s a bad team. The Jets are absolutely awful. There are four or five teams at the bottom. Um, and there’s no great teams in this league, but you watch Pittsburgh and just on health, Aaron, um, certain uni unity within the organization. They’re going to win like nine or 10 game. I don’t think they’re going to go 13 14 wins. I don’t I don’t, you know, by the way, they do have some older players. Older players tend to get hurt around Thanksgiving. You know, it it but I think Pittsburgh is going to be a playoff team again. They’ll probably be a oneanddunner, but I think they’ll be a playoff team. Well, obviously last year their defense fell off a cliff, but also, you know, the quarterback play with Russell once it got really cold. He looked really, really bad. Old players and Aaron’s obviously a lot older than Russell. You go, well, I’m looking at their schedule now. Starting in about mid November, they got home game against the Bengals. Could be cold in Pittsburgh at the Bears 11:23. uh Bills at home at the Ravens at the Browns, you know, versus the Ravens. I mean, these are a lot of games that could be snowing, could be 20 degrees. Yeah. And like you said, the the bottom of the league is really crappy. Well, they’re going to have teams in their division that aren’t going to win that many games, but the Browns are not like one of those awful teams that’s easy to play. I would say the same about the Bengals, right? Because at any moment, they just got some good players. Uh, I know Hendrickson got hurt and who knows, I guess he could get traded, but if the Bengals and the Browns are the worst two teams in your division, both teams probably going to win a combined like 10 games. They are just not an E that you’re not playing the Jets, right? That that’s that’s just hor especially the Browns. That is physically taxing. And they play the Ravens twice in the last like, you know, month and a half. They could be a little healthier by then. It’s not going to be You saw today. I mean, the Ravens have a lot of pride as an organization. Even if they’re playing random guys, they I I thought the whole time like everyone thinks the Rams are going to kill these guys. No, they’ll probably win. But this is they’re gonna have they’re going to have some like dignity as an organization here that even if we’re going to win four games, we’re going to do it with our head held high. This is a pretty prideful division. Tomlin. Uh, I forget who was calling the game, but they basically said Mike Tomlin tried to tell his rookies. Don’t get fooled by the records in this division, these inner division games, these six of them are worse. So, and the more Aaron plays in these, especially against the Ravens, like they’re going to hit him. They’ll find a way. And it’s just can he maintain? Because if he’s healthy, I will say this, they do have a chance to like compete in a playoff game. You know, I think the AFC is pretty wide open. You got Bo Knicks can’t three completions. The Chargers have a bunch of injuries. Uh, you know, this the Jags still got Trevor Lawrence as their quarterback. I I I think you saw the Colts today. I mean, they they’re not a perfect team by any means. They’re going to be some playoff teams in the AFC that aren’t exactly two years ago Ravens, some of these Bills teams in the past, and some of the prime Chiefs teams. So, it’s uh not saying they’re going to be in the AFC Championship game, but it’s definitely more wide open than I think we imagined when the season started. All right, I want to talk Chargers who end a two-game losing streak. Chargers 29, Dolphins 27. So there was um listen, the Miami Dolphins could have drafted Herbert and they drafted Tua. So I was a bigger fan than Herbert out of college than Tua, but not a lot of GMs. There was a lot of GMs that like Tua. Chris Greer, who I has been a GM for 10 years and not a lot of Pro Bowlers. I mean, they’ve they’ve ban line uh gave Tua an extension. It wouldn’t have been my call, but Tua had three picks today and Herbert put on a show. 29 of 38. No Quinton Johnson, four backups on the offensive line. There was a play at the end of the game. It’s unbelievable. Herbert is just getting attacked. I mean, he’s he leads the NFL in getting hit since I think since uh he was drafted. I think he’s I think he’s been hit more than any quarterback in the league. So, he’s got backups everywhere. No Quinton Johnson. It’s Lad McConi and a number three running back and some backups. Four backups on the offensive line. So, as they trail late, the Dolphins score. Here they come back. It looked like the Dolphins were going to win. Herbert breaks a tackle from a defensive lineman. And this is why traits, you’re a former NFL scout. This is why traits matter. Tua doesn’t escape that. Um Brock Pury doesn’t escape that. Uh, it’s just one of those things that smaller quarterbacks. Kyler Murray doesn’t escape it. Herbert at 65 12, 235 and strong bounces off a defensive tackle escapes. Somehow moving to his left gets Lad McConi who flies down the sideline. They ultimately win it with a field goal. And my takeaway in that game is it it highlights the Miami problem. when you draft Tua who’s a smaller quarterback and not as athletic as Herbert. I mean it and again Chris Greer wasn’t alone. There were people that love Tua is I look at Mike McDaniel. Tua said after the game people are missing meetings. People are late. It’s like holy crap. Tua is calling out Mike McDaniel. But I thought this was overall this really puts a a ribbon on the Dolphins when you watched Herbert carry. Only San Francisco is more banged up. When you watch Herbert carry a completely depleted roster on the road from behind to win over Tua who’s home, who’s comfortable, who’s got most of his weapons. To me, it was like this is the definition of why the Dolphins are the Dolphins. Yeah. I mean, I thought the the Herbert play was the play of the day. I mean, given that the injuries, they felt like they were going to lose the game. You know, the defense kind of gave it up at the end. I mean, Waller’s wide open in the corner of the end zone for Tua to throw him a little lollipop and then he breaks that tackle sack for the throw and then Maki. I mean, how good have those two guys been since they’ve linked up? I mean, holy moly. I mean they Maki is he’s like a Wes Welker meets Edelman. I mean he’s he’s but faster. Herbert there there was a you know the I understand what Tua is saying and we we’ve known about the dysfunction in Miami now for a while. It’s pretty embarrassing but I also think like Tua you threw a pick. You guys were up 16 to 13 and threw a pick over the middle of the field and that pick doesn’t get thrown if you’re Justin Herbert because he has a much stronger arm. Well, the ball, you know, when you have a weaker arm, like Philip Rivers threw a lot of picks is great. It’s an easier ball to catch. So, if his timing’s a little off, you know, Pton Manning’s ball, if he’s a little late, is much more pickable than Cam Newton throwing a 100 mph fast ball and you just watched Tua’s ball kind of floats and the Charger defender was able to jump right in front of the route. The guy was open. But it’s when we talk about arm strength, obviously that doesn’t determine if you’re going to be a great player or not. Payton had an average arm at best, but Tua is nowhere near the guys with average arms that were great players and makes mistakes constantly. And that was 16 to 13. And then boom, three plays later, the Chargers are up 23 to 13. And I I just think that, you know, two is a pretty average player, which listen, relative to the league, he’s still better than a lot of guys, but he is not talented enough. We talk about Baker Cleveland can’t overcome it. Uh M. Jones with Bellichc and that disaster the last couple years can’t overcome it. Uh Tua this Miami thing no chance you you put Tua on you just gave him to Kevin Oonnell right now I bet he’d look a lot better right and you know Kevin Oonnell said this uh over the offseason most teams fail quarterbacks we we know two is very limited we’ve known Jared Goff’s been limited since he was playing at Cal move. Guess what the Lions don’t ask him to do? Move. Guess what they ask him to do? Get rid of the ball fast. You know, I I think sometimes Mike McD Mike McDaniels is asking two like these deep drop backs, push the ball down the field, guys. He has an average arm and part of it now, he has to carry the team, but they have all these little tiny receivers even when Tyreek was there. It’s like I don’t know if I would have built the team that way first off and now it’s like Wadd’s an excellent player and made a he had an awesome catch today down the sideline, but like I I would try to get bigger body. Well, listen, I I don’t know if it’s going to work in Carolina or not, but I do understand the logic of we need to get this big body guy for a little quarterback, McMillan, the the wide receiver from Arizona. Why? Cuz it’s harder for him to see, gives them a bitter catching radius. Tua throwing to tiny little guys and he’s a tiny little quarterback. Well, yeah, Herbert can see the tiny little receiver or Brady can see this. They’re 6’5. It’s the opposite with Tua. It’s just it’s just a math equation. And then when you factor in his arms week, uh, and I give him like I I actually think too I I he’s earned my respect of like being mentally tough and yeah, you know, he battles through like he doesn’t tap out. I mean, he still runs around when he’s got a million concussions, but the organization’s an embarrassment. Uh, I I I just think that the thing they it’s it’s more like he turns the ball over a lot and he’s got issues, but the whole organization around him is just I mean, it’s pretty low level. If you had Tua as a quarterback, you’d need a good backup quarterback. They’ve never had that. And you’d need a good offensive line. It’s stunk since he’s been there. They’ve had good defensive fronts. They don’t know what they’re doing. Like, like I think about this all the time when I started the volume. When you when you start a company, you have to have an identity. What are we? What aren’t we? Let’s stop chasing this. We’re not this. We are this. If two is your quarterback, you have to have a good backup. You also have to have good protection. good pass pro. They’ve never done a good job with that. So, there’s two quarterbacks that won today. Baker Mayfield and Justin Herbert who had no business winning. Both are on the road. Both missing multiple starters, star players. Joe Alt, Rashawn Slater, Quinton Johnson or Bucky Irving, Chris Godwin, Mike Evans, Ibuka, Baker Mayfield, and Justin Herbert. If you wondered what the difference between the halves and the have not quarterbacks in this league, Herbert and Baker on the road win games with almost 40% of their starters missing. And I thought when you watched Herbert juxtapose with Tua today, Tua is throwing pick after pick and guys are bouncing off Herbert. It’s like folks that’s that’s a guy that will never pull a team. Herbert and Baker are pulling. They’re not they’re not they’re not trailers. They’re tractors. They are pulling offenses. But Mike McD Mike McDaniel said last year that players that the fine system didn’t work to team meetings, right? He couldn’t get guys to show up on well to it. You think people that they can’t find you are going to show up to players only meetings? Like that’s the culture has already been established. Nothing matters, right? The standard doesn’t exist. And this is what happens when you have a guy that no one respects and you bring him back. And listen, that’s not a shot at Mike. It’s just clearly the players do not view him like an authority figure. And there, you can be a nice guy, right? Andy Reid is good friends and has close relationships with his players. He they also view him as an authority figure of if he says something is at 8:00, there is a level of respect to show up at 7:55. No one’s asking you to be Tom Coughlin and be 20 minutes early or you’re late. But when a coach says it’s not even it’s just basic business, right? Everyone’s there. We’re making time. Our time is valuable. We’ve never had less time with all these rules. Show up. And they weren’t showing up to the team meetings last year when they Why do you think Vic Fangio was like, I I want out of this mess. Yeah. Vic Fangio said, “Get me out of here. It’s nonsense. Howie throw me a lifeline.” And I think Steven Ross like I don’t even want to deal with this. Go. you know, this is but but that was a reflection of Mike and the organization. In fairness to Mike, this had been going on even with Flores that no one’s ever on the same page in this team. Let me throw this at you. I thought about this today. Most of the great culture creators, Vrabel, Mike Tomlin, Dan Campbell, I would say Shawn McVey feels bigger than he is. He’s an alpha. Is there’s a physical component to them. Uh, and you could say what about Bellichic? Brady set the culture. Let’s be honest about it. Like Brady ran that locker room. Like players were intimidated. If Brady I mean Brady outworked every player. He was a legend. He was the goat. Brady set that culture as much as Bellichic. Mike McDaniel. I mean if you walked into Google looks like some guy that would be in and I’m not trying to be mean-spirited but you’re walking up in front of 6’7 300 lb 325 lb alphas. There is some you cannot discredit the value. Have you ever stood next to Dan Campbell or Mike Vrabel? These are huge men and Mike Tomlin’s an intimidating man. So, you either have to be intimidating in terms of volume or intensity. Shawn Payton’s intimidating. Um like like when you’re around him, Sean’s expertise and his intelligence. Andy Reed success volume. Uh like Andy’s a he’s a yeller. or there’s the physical component. I said this when he first got hired, he didn’t look like a guy that was going to walk up in front of a room and command respect from a bunch of 55 guys that average 6’4 220. No one thinks that, especially if you go back to like, you know, I was watching early this morning and they doing something on Brian Shodenhammer and they were talking a lot about Marty, you know, or Bill Parcels or some of those guy, Jimmy Johnson. Obviously, these guys, if they got into a physical altercation with a player, are going to lose, but I bet if you ask a lot of those players, they’d say, “I never knew when the guy might actually snap on me.” And again, I I knew I could beat the guy up, but like he had an im intimidation factor. You go back, you watch some of those cowboy practices. You know, Jimmy’s 50 years old screaming at Charles Haley. You know, I grew up on, you know, Bill Walsh retired George Seaffort, he was terrifying. I was like, this guy is just no one messed with him. And I I think there’s an element of that. Obviously, these Mike McDaniel is never going to have to fight any of these guys, but they look at him like, in what world would you wouldn’t take that guy seriously if he was your friend’s dad and he got mad at you over at his house playing video games if you were a 15-year-old kid. So, I mean, let’s be honest, there is football, not softball. I mean, it’s part of the deal. It it it it’s just like saying, you know, taller people make more money according to every study. For sure. If you saying the physical component in life doesn’t matter is laughable. If you’re saying it doesn’t, you’re probably 5’5. It does. Taller, better looking people, more intimidating people. I mean, there’s just something that John Taffer, Bar Rescue, well, he’s like 6’5 and screams. It’s intimidating for bar owners, right? Gordon Ramsay in a kitchen. It’s intimidating. He’s smart and he’s loud and he’s successful. It matters. Okay, I want to talk um a couple more games here before we get into James Franklin who got fired at Penn State. Oh, Carolina beats Dallas 30-27. Two things to say about Dallas. First of all, Dak Prescott in his last three games has 10 touchdowns and no picks. They can only win one day way. It’s a track meet. They got their defense. Bryce Young ate it up. Secondly, George Pickkins for all the criticism the Cowboys get. I mean, he’s got he’s got six touchdowns in five games. He has been a steal as a third rounder. He has been unbelievable today. He was incredible. So, we can roll our eyes at the Cowboys, but Pickkins has been great. Dak has been sensational, but I was watching Bryce Young today, John, and it really came to me is that Carolina dominated first downs, like almost double the Cowboys, and Rico Dael had 183 yards, you know, over six yards a carry. Is that, and I said this when they traded Micah, it was going to look bad this year, but two first round picks, Dak playing this well, go get an edge rusher and go get a number two receiver, and you’re going to be fine. In this league, you can get better really, really fast. Plus, they’re going to have free agent free agent money and cap room next year. But I watched Bryce Young, and my takeaway, and I know nobody cares about Carolina, but my takeaway is Bryce Young can look pretty darn good against a bad defense. When I’ve seen him against good pass rushes, he’s totally engulfed, but about half the league doesn’t have a pass rush. Most of the league isn’t Denver, right? They’re they’re not Denver. They’re not the Rams. So, I I watch Bryce Young and I’m like, do you do you think Bryce Young gets an extension? Because my take is he’s middle of the pack. He may be the 17th best quarterback, but against average defenses, he and that coach, he’s capable. Yeah. I mean, I I’d probably put him in the Tua category where he probably will and everyone will fall out of their chair when he gets $150 million. Now, it it has to keep going well, but like you said, the Saints are in their division. You watch them, their defense is horrendous. you know, ta Tampa just has to blitz all the time. I mean, they have a bunch of injuries and older players and, you know, Atlanta in theory has good defense. I mean, we’ll see how it how it translates over, but they’re not exactly playing the 85 Bears on a weekly basis. Now, again, I I would probably rather have Tua than Bryce, but uh I mean, today the thing with the Cowboys, Dao had 183 yards. His long run was 15. Colin, I would bet in the history of 180 yard rushing attacks on average the long run in a game for a running back would have be like 40 plus yards cuz if you ran for 130 yards like that’s you’re probably going to have a couple 20 yard runs. He had he had 30 carries. That’s what they did in the 70s. He He also had a huge g I think he had four catches for 56 yards. I mean he had I think he has like 500 yards from scrimmage these last couple. He’s dominating. The Cowboys defense is horrendous. It shows you how bad the Jets are because they made the Jets their defense actually looked pretty good against them last week. This game my favorite bet on the board besides Seattle who won outright was the over in this game. Started a little slow but as the game went on these two defenses are horrendous. They they really are. Dallas probably going to have to feel good. If you go Dallas wants to win a game I I think they have to be above 30. I I don’t think they have any chance to win a game against a competent team, not the Jets if they’re in the even in the high 20s. I I think they got I mean obviously they lost the day 30 to 27, but I would say on average their scoring defense when the season ends I bet 28 29. It’s going to it’s going to be one of the worst in the league if not the worst. Yeah. Dallas’s defense is a quarterback stimulus package big time. Everybody Everybody looks good. No, it’s funny because I was I was watching this today and and yeah, Rico D had 30 carries. I mean that is that’s what Jim Brown was doing. Like when now you wouldn’t even think 20 is like Yeah, 20 is almost inappropriate. But I but I think it does go to show that you you I think people are terrified of driving to the stadium and being bad at quarterback like when today Cleveland that’s why Cincinnati’s like let’s just get Joe Flacco we won’t be terrible at quarterback we’ll be okay and they were okay he just threw to Jamar Chase over and over and over on the big drives which is smart Joe Flacco’s smart but I think the league is terrified of being horrible at quarterback and that’s that’s why Brock Pury or a Bryce Young is is is one gets paid. I think Bryce will get paid. And I I will say this as Carolina one Dak through all of this, he’s just putting up unbelievable numbers. He he first of all, the surgery, he hasn’t moved this well in six years. He’s moving well. Um it really goes to show you, we don’t think it’s an elite head coach. They don’t have a number one receiver or tight end. The O line is being remade, John. In this league, if you have an A quarterback, A minus or B++, you can win every Sunday. And and and that’s with Dak Prescott. I mean, they’re a c if if CD Lamb makes a catch against Philadelphia, they win that game. Remember the opener? So, it’s like I I look at Dallas and I’m like, they’re not a good team, but they’re fun to watch. And Dak is I mean there’s there’s 15 quarterbacks in this league that can spin it and he is one of them. I I I I’ll push back a little on the head coach. Now we’re not really judging him on timeouts and his defense isn’t good. So even the aggregate of the team, but he is the play caller and they have been elite on offense and they lost CD Lamb early in the season. They have not skipped a beat. So I would say most people would have been like Brian Shottenheimer’s going to call your plays. Let’s just say that. Let’s say they had hired Colin Coward to be the head coach, but Shottenheimer was his play caller as the OC. Like, ah, you could do better than that. He’s been pretty awesome at that. So, I I will give him that. And part of it’s going to be cuz I’m thinking today, hey, you got two first round picks and losing this game isn’t the end of the world for them if they’re pick, you know, you’d rather pick 10th than 20th. And, you know, the Packers probably going to end that pick’s going to be in the 20s, but you’re going to have two picks. Pick a couple guys on defense. Uh Dak, I just look 32 years old. So the way football’s going now, you can’t touch the quarterback. Why couldn’t he have a couple several more seasons playing at the table? He clearly has good chemistry with Brian. Uh you know, maybe they resign with some of that extra money. Uh George Pickkins, they already got CD Lamb under contract. Finally, maybe draft a running back in like the second, third, fourth round. And all of a sudden, you you have more of a complete team. You get some of these defensive backs healthy over the next couple years. They got a bunch of them under contract. They just need front seven players. I I would draft m If you told me they used both their first round picks this year on defensive linemen, I’d be like smart, right? I wouldn’t even I wouldn’t even veer away from the front seven if I were them early in the draft. Yeah, you’re you’re I looked at mock drafts today and there’s a bunch of edge rushers. Um it’s a defensive line, defensive edge. It’s a very good draft. Um, you know, Dante Moore probably has a chance to go number one, the Oregon quarterback, although he lost this weekend, but they don’t care about that. But I I looked at it, it’s a lot of defensive players in this year’s draft. It’s a very good defensive draft. And and and you know what, I’ve always been a little reticent to draft a receiver in the first round high because it’s an ego position. Why feed into that? Yeah, there’s a couple of first round cornerbacks. There’s a bunch of edge and defensive linemen. That’s what I said about Micah. It’s going to look bad for a year. It will. It’s like when Shaq Kobe trade, Shaq goes to Miami. You were going to get beaten up for two years. But in the end, Kobe was the better, more committed player. He was in better shape, fewer injuries. Kobe got gass and the Lakers won two titles. Sometimes you lo you can’t worry about winning the press conference, right? Like they always say that in college football, don’t win the press conference. Get the right coach. You’ll win the press conference if you hire, you know, the coach leaves. James Franklin’s fired and and then they’ll hire, you know, the interim coach because he wins some games and everybody loves it and they’re happy. Well, is that the best coach? You’re winning a press conference because everybody’s happy. So, I I look at next year two first round and by the way, John, as you know, they don’t need a quarterback, but six teams do. They could to turn those two first round picks into second and third round picks added by moving down, which they probably will do. Sports fans love a comeback. So, the underdog that kind of defies the odds. So, uh that’s the story of Green River Whiskey. Uh in 1918, their distillery burned to the ground. 40,000 barrels of bourbon gone. Uh most would have quit and uh they rebuilt from the ground up on the original site in Owensboro, Kentucky. And today they’re producing some of the great bourbons and rye whisies in the game. Uh Kentucky Straight Bourbon weeded foolproof rye. Uh it’s it’s a lineup built on resilience. So, if you love a good comeback in sports or in your glass, Green River’s got you covered. Head on over to green river whiskey.com to learn more. Try some arm for yourself and always uh please drink responsibly. They’ve also drafted a ton of offensive linemen over the last several years. So, they’ve invested heavily in that position. You could also say like unless Micah was Lawrence Taylor, what difference is Micah making on this team? Like it’s not like he’s turning them into some high defense. Their defense is atrocious. guys are wide open constantly. They can’t cover a soul. I I think if you wanted to argue about it, you should have done it before the draft and you could have gotten more. But at the end of the day, you got multiple first round picks. You got the money. It was a little clunky the way the process played out, but the end result I I think is probably going to work out in the Cowboys as long, you know, the Raiders once did this when they traded Khalil Mack. Again, that was a financial thing. They just didn’t have the money to pay him. They drafted the wrong players and that bit him in the ass. So you get these picks, you just if you nail, I don’t know if like you said, let’s say you turn two picks into four picks, right? Moving back and manipulating the draft. If you hit on three out of the four of them, it it’s it’s a home run because not only you getting impact players, they’re cheap impact players. All right. Um I think both you and I love this game. This was my second favorite bet on the board. Seattle plus one and a half. If I said Friday on the herd blazing five, bet the money line. I thought Jacksonville off an emotional win, biggest win in forever for them against Kansas City. They would come down short rest, come back down to earth. Seattle was going to play with their hair on fire in a tougher division. They’d be more desperate. I mean, you had 10 total penalties for the Jags in the first half. They had six penalties, three sacks allowed, four punts. They were just a mess. They weren’t really ready to play. They hung around for a while. But um you know I’ll I’ll say this is um I the classic example is Trevor Lawrence had a 54 yard touchdown pass taken off the board because of a penalty. It’s so Jacksonville. I don’t know how to explain this though. Seattle’s won nine straight road games. Now remember Seattle is geographically, you know, this is why the Vancouver Grizzlies didn’t work. This is why the Mariners for years haven’t done well in the free agent market. It’s like a lot of players don’t want those long road trips. You’re up jammed up in the Pacific Northwest. It’s inconceivable that Seattle again in a tough division. Even Arizona is a hard place to go and win. Has won nine straight road games. They travel across the country. So, let’s start with that. Is that just coincidence happen stance? I mean, some of those have been with Gino. That’s a lot of road wins in a row. They’re 10 and one on the road under Mike Mcdonald. 10 and one. That that that’s insane. Again, they in theory have one of the best places to play at home. So, if they can parlay, which they’re gonna do because they they were today, they sacked him seven times. They were all over Trevor Lawrence. I mean, he would he would scramble in the pocket and there would be another guy there. He was getting hit all day long. And their DBs hit too. I mean, you could tell a couple times Brian Thomas is like, I don’t know if I want to catch this one over the middle. Oh, you could tell his body language. Yeah, he had that early in the season. It felt like he got over that last week and they were talking about in the broadcast like Liam’s had some talks with him a couple times like no way. I I never blame a player. I wouldn’t want to get taken out either, but the days of like Ronnie Lot are over. You’re not going to get depleted, but still he doesn’t want to get hit. And the the the defense was awesome today. I mean, their physicality when you factored in the I I heard I was in the car maybe last week and I Steve Phillips, the baseball guy, the former GM was on and he says by far every year Seattle, no team travels farther in baseball than Seattle, right? Their travel is consistently the longest. Think about this game for them. I mean, what’s that flight? We just say naturally five to Is that is that a five and a half? Is that a six-h hour flight? I mean, that’s just that’s a long trip. Now, I I’m with you. you know, Tampa the emotional win. I respect Trevor. Like he’s he’s tougher than I think a lot of people want to give him credit for. He’s actually shown the last two weeks like he’s tough. Like you can’t say that he’s down. I just don’t know how good he is. Like he’s tough and he has some physical capabilities. He can scramble around. But I I like Sam to me. This is why I love the game. I’m like I actually think the J Jacksonville’s coaching coaching staff is good. I think Liam’s been impressive. Their their coaching staff’s good. Clearly Seattle’s got a good coaching staff, but I the quarterback mismatch in this game I think’s pretty I mean Sam coming into this game objectively based on stats is like might have been the best quarterback in the league through the first five games. Well, Jackson Smith and Jigba is a monster. He is a freaking monster. 162 yards. Sam had a throw it’ll it’ll get no play, no highlights to Cooper Cup. And it was such a sly clever little throw. And again, Cooper at this point doesn’t run, but it was just like one of those, oh, that’s a pro throw. Aaron had a couple of these. Aaron Rogers does these throws where, you know, you throw it into the corner, if it gets picked, somebody goes a 100red yards. And it was Sam threw it and it was quick the Cooper Cup who doesn’t separate any longer. But I I think that the thing about Trevor Lawrence is why I mean, Urban Meyer wasn’t a pro coach. That’s fine. I mean, Bill Peljack’s not a college coach. That’s fine. But why has Jacksonville always beat themselves? Why do they always have so many penalties? Why do they always have so many big plays and touchdowns called back? That’s on Trevor. It’s like you can’t blame anybody else but Caleb Williams when the operations of the Bears offense looks clunky. Like Drake May is a freaking robot. Like he’s AI. He’s not doing that. I mean in New England’s a young team with a bunch of new players. They have penalties too, but Drake May’s figured it out quickly. I mean, Trevor’s been in this league a long time, and it’s just today, 10 penalties, touchdowns called back. I I I just always feel like they’re a bit of a they’re just never buttoned up. And I think Liam Cohen’s a good coach. So, I don’t know. I just I look at Seattle as a team like Green Bay. They’re young. They They’re not quite sure how to put people away. I mean, you’re watching this game and I’m watching this game. Seattle was the better team. They could have won this thing by four touchdowns. you know, young teams struggle. How do you put teams away? They just don’t quite know how to do it yet. But I’ll tell you, watching Seattle and watching their road record and and remember, young players, when they do get hurt, get healthier sooner, I think Seattle blew Pittsburgh out. I think Seattle is live. I still think they can win the I watched the Rams today. I think Seattle I I’m going to take Seattle to win the division. Yeah, I I did at the beginning of the year at 5 to1. Uh I’m with you. I also think, you know, part of being one of the great prospects of all time, which I think we all agree that was he’s not, but like what goes with that at quarterback is not just physical attributes. It’s bringing everything to the table. You watch some of these highlights of Pton Manning or Troy Aman, these former number one picks, John Elway, screaming at guys, holding them. They get to act like a coach. They’re the highest paid guy in the building. They’re the heartbeat of the building. everyone’s looking at them and that’s just never going to be Trevor Lawrence’s thing. So part of the penalties like the coach can only yell at you so much. They literally do. Coaches yell at you constantly. But like when the quarterback holds you accountable and I just don’t think that they have that. I I’m sure they respect him because back to the toughness thing. He’s really proven that. I I always kind of question that. He’s he’s shown that this year. But I mean, yeah, they’re just uh they actually are a pretty talented team, but like if their most talented player, Brian Thomas, is not going to catch balls over the middle consistently cuz Trevor had actually had a couple nice passes in big spots over the middle that got dropped or he didn’t want to catch it. I’m like, “Yeah, this is there’s just going to be something a little miss.” And it goes also back to the Travis Hunter thing. Very talented player. I just feel like they’re a little lost with that, you know, with him kind of going both ways. you can’t just go all in with him as an offensive player, which I think is probably the right move. But yeah, I mean, I I I would pick the Colts to win that division right now. And I would say I would say Seattle has a very very good chance. They they just got to be healthy. If they’re fully healthy, they’re going to be very tough to deal with. By the way, don’t want to spend too much time on the Patriots 25 beating the Saints 2519. But Drake May, they had over 300 yards, 18 of 26. They’re asking him to throw it. He also had nine scrambles. He’s a hit. There is no Now again, he gets Mike Frabel. They spent some money on the O and D line, but if you didn’t watch this game and it’s a corner TV game, as my friend Chad Milman would say, it’s it’s it’s that eighth box where Scott Hansen goes, “Here I am in the lower eighth.” Um, Drake May is a hit. I think we can safely say that Drake May is a hit. Isn’t it powerful what confidence will do for young players? you know, early that that first game against the Raiders, I even I thought I was like, whoa, whoa, something’s a little something’s a little off. They get a couple wins and then you have that moment that could be a career-changing moment. Buffalo Sunday Night Football. It’s the number one television show in America. I mean, everyone, you’re you’re playing the Bills that have the defending MVP, which I would imagine in Drake May’s life, he’s never played in an environment quite like that, right? Yeah, I mean that’s uh you know some of these teams in the ACC don’t NC State probably doesn’t feel like that on a Saturday afternoon to win and play that well. You saw today. Now listen, Saints got a little cowboy vibe. They they are not very good on defense. They’re actually a fun team to watch. Chuck it around offensively, but he looks like a dram dramatically more confident player. And I you could argue is that the most underrated aspect for a young quarterback is like does he believe in himself? Because a lot of these guys have talent. We see guys year in year out, but when they go into the tank, look at Sam Darnold. Sam Darnold, we used to be like, turns the ball over all the time. I’m watching him now. Doesn’t put the ball in harm’s way. Really? Well, I think remember uh Mike Vrabel in camp said he he’s just got to believe in himself. He has to realize that being a leader means being a leader every day. That was Vrabel’s quote in the camp. So Vrabel was telling you he’s got it in him, but he’s a young guy. I always said this is hard to walk in at 25 years old or 24. I mean, Darnold was 21 when he walked into the league in New York and then act like a leader. It’s 34 year old men in there. You’re 21. And if you have self-awareness, you don’t want to be a jerk. And I and I do think the Baker may feel, you know, kind of the component that that like I believe in myself. Baker’s rare. He’s an outlier. Most young people come into a room and they’re, you know, they’re a little it’s a little awe inspiring. It’s it’s these are professional. Nobody looks like Miles Garrett in college or high school, right? Nobody else in the NFL looks like him. So, I just I I think Drake and by the way, Mike Frabel’s intimidating. And so, and they in free agency, they spent $300 million. So, they brought in some old dudes like old dudes making money. And I think Drake May was like Carolina football, you know, M. Brown is is very chill. You know, it’s Max’s like the most likable guy. You know, Vrabel’s a barker. Varbel’s intense. Verbel’s smart. Vable gets after you. So, I think it’s I don’t Same with Same with Josh. I mean, Josh’s pretty intense guy, isn’t he? Yeah. So, and I like Josh, but he he’ll bark. So, I think it I think it’s just kind of like, holy this is a lot. But, man, those last four games I’ve watched Drake May. Here’s the other thing, John. when he he throws well running. Like when he’s moving, he it’s no big deal. Like he doesn’t lose his accuracy. A couple of these rolling left, rolling right, it doesn’t affect him at all. Not that he throws better that way, but he throws moving is irrelevant. Some guys move and their accuracy dips. Yeah. Not at all with Drake May from what I can tell. Football season’s here and if you want to go to an NFL or college football game, game time is the place for you. The Game Time app just gives you the advantage back to you, the fans. It’s a hack for unlocking amazing tickets and experiences in a few taps. I love it. Easy to use. The Game Time guarantee means you can trust you’ll get a 100% authentic tickets on time and at the best price, 100%. So, they even let you preview your seat on the app. That’s special. 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When I say dual threat, I just mean mobility. If you don’t have mobility, M. Jones is kind of got some mobility and he’s on the low low end, right? Yeah. I mean, I would say average mobility is like Baker Mayfield relative. And even he feels like lost a little weight a little quicker, but I mean Drake is what 6’4 230. I mean, he he’s cut from the Herbert Cloth. I mean, that’s what it’s ideally what you would want. And we might look back and go, “God, he went third overall.” Okay, let’s wrap it with this. James Franklin got fired. Uh three and three record. They won 13 games last year, but they had lost three close games in a row. You you may remember last year, even though they ended up number five in the country. They they barely beat Bowling Green. They won several close games. They lost to Notre Dame at the end on a close loss, but they won several close games last year. This year, they’re losing all their close games, but it’s who they’re losing to. You can’t lose to Northwestern. You You can’t lose You can lose to Oregon, although at home it’s rough, but you can’t lose to UCLA. UCLA is not a top 40 team, although they have new coaches now. And that, you know, it it it looks like it looks like the head coach that left may have been getting in the way of a pretty good staff beneath him, but he’s only 53, so somebody’s going to hire him. Um, the danger in doing this, cuz he wasn’t getting blown out, he was losing close games. The danger in doing this is what if the interim comes in, wins five of the next six weeks and then you hire the interim because the players, you know, the players go into the 80s office, the players go on social media, the players are telling you they’ll transfer if you don’t hire the interim coach, they’ll transfer, they’ll go into the portal and place in small towns like places like Penn State, they’ve often bowed to that. You see this all the time, John. The hit rate, look at Michigan right now on giving the popular assistant the job. It’s not very good his historically. It’s poor. It’s about a 20% hit rate. So, my take is, okay, now you’ve put yourself Antonio Pierce got his job that way. The popular substitute teacher. I wouldn’t have fired him, would you? I think you had to. I think it’s the first time in, you know, since they’ve been running the numbers in 30 plus years that a team has lost a back-to-back teams being a 20 plus point favorite. I mean, the team quit on them, right? They they approach the Oregon game like the Super Bowl. You know what’s pretty crazy is we talk about this a lot with young quarterbacks. They basically got two years now to show in college football. These buyouts, which I thought were going to be something impossible to overcome. I think there’s so much money float. Didn’t the Big 10 just get a $2 billion investment from uh venture capital or something? Did you see online they are speculating that Adidas bought out James Franklin who starts next year I because I had I googled it immediately. 10 years $300 million. So if I’m Adidas and I’m in for 10 years $300 million, right, for Penn State athletics. Obviously that’s Penn State football and everything else gets to piggyback off that. I need them to be really good. And I I I I I’m kind of a junkie. So, I just YouTubed last night some uh Penn State like local podcasts. They have been losing a couple massive recruits the last couple weeks. A lot of people think James Franklin, especially after the UCLA game, borderline just tapped out is doesn’t matter cuz he’s got 50 million even if he’s fired. So, they almost didn’t have a choice. This is not the AD that gave him that big extension. And that was Sandy Barber, former Cal Aad who’s just I mean Jimmy Ston is there has there ever been a negotiating negotiation mismatch quite like Jimmy Ston? You can say the ads but the ads all you know answer to the presidents and the provos and the AC it’s academia verse Jimmy Sexton and he is destroying them. It it has been all these guys getting fired and when Mike Norll gets fired and when the dude at Florida they’re all his clients. He’s just he’s he’s owning them. And I I just think James Frank they didn’t have a choice. I also think James Franklin like don’t be he’s going to like all of a sudden be the Florida State head coach or the Auburn head coach. He is by far one of the best candidates out there. What I I have no problem doing it. I also just wonder this is not 2015 where you go Kurt Signetti 100% leaving Indiana. His team I don’t think he leaves Indiana. Well, they got a bunch of money. He’s making $8 million a year. He clearly can buy players. So it’s like he would have had to leave 10 7 8 preNIL. Does he need to now? I don’t I don’t think he does. No. I mean, also Indiana is his baby. I mean it’s it’s not Joe Pno, Penn State. It’s his baby. It’s a basketball school. I If I’m Curt Signetti, $8 million, by the way, they are so appreciative. Part of college football is being appreciated. Like like Oregon’s always good, but people were frustrated with Dan with Mario Crystal Ball. Couldn’t win big road games. Oregon fans don’t expect you to win national titles, but you got to get up to 10 wins. You you because they know Phil Knight’s money and they have previous success doing that, but you don’t have to be as Yeah, that’s right. That’s right. And so Penn State I I do think Penn State kind of views themselves at a level they’re not quite. It’s rural. It is a It’s not the easiest place to recruit. It’s not nearly as glamorous as Columbus or Ann Arbor or USC in Los Angeles. It’s not as cool as Oregon. You lose cell phone coverage out there by the knit and lion in it. It’s so and and I’m not knocking it, but it’s like James Franklin. I don’t think Penn State’s a top seven program, and I think they’re losing. I think Oregon is. I think Michigan is. I think Ohio State is. I think Notre Dame is. Those are top seven, eight, nine programs. I think Penn State’s on the outside of that. They view themselves as that. And I and I I think you’re probably right. I think he probably tapped out. And also, I think 10 to 12 years coaching these powerhouses. If you don’t win a national championship, I mean, God, Calipari won just one at Kentucky and they ran him out. It’s hard. They I mean, you Mark F told me this when he was at Gonzaga. He goes, “I can recruit nothing but three star guys if I wanted to.” He goes, “I could win at UCLA at the level I’m winning at Gonzaga, but I would get crushed if I was recruiting only three star guys.” Like, you go to these blueb blood programs, people follow that. Fans are on your ass. So, Curt Signetti, nobody’s sitting around going, “Get fivear guys. It’s his baby.” Also, when you’re at Indiana, I mean, I think the portal’s changed everything. John, I don’t I think Indiana looks the part. Well, he wouldn’t even have been able to do what he’s doing if it wasn’t for the portal because he landed this Mendoza kid from Cal. He would have had to just recruit either a junior college quarterback or recruit a kid. You you literally couldn’t have done this 5 years ago. Now you can turn this is why Bellich if he does return is going to be heavily under the micros. You can turn this thing around immediately. Yeah. Now you don’t he’s doing it like the highest level. He’s going to go to the playoffs probably back toback years. But you could win eight, nine g, you can go from two to three wins to eight, nine wins really fast. And that wasn’t possible, I think, unless you were at like Ohio State or something ever at one of these random schools. But I think Penn State goes, we were paying obviously the head coach, they were paying their coordinators, Jim, their defensive coordinator, highest paid coordinator in the league. Their offensive coordinator, the guy from Kansas, Cole Neki, makes a ton. Their roster, they had a bunch of guys return. You’re cutting. This is why I was kind of give him credit. Arch Manning played his best game by far on Saturday against Oklahoma. He was stats don’t reflect that he was he was good relative to the way he had been playing. But I was like these boosters and whoever’s paying all this money is not going to keep the money flowing. If you do not win, you will get cut off. Now I I I actually kind of believe the Adidas thing. Even if you were at USC or Notre Dame, who could just find $50 million? Like even if you got five people, that means $10 million each. I mean, unless they’re Bezos or whatever, you could be worth a couple hundred million dollars, $5 million or 10 million. We’re talking that’s a lot of that’s liquid cash. I mean, this is this is a lot of money we’re talking and that’s just for the head coach. That’s not going to count the staff when you blow them out. All the NIL money you’re paying the players. This is a lot more complicated now with the the the revenue streams that you need to fund football. like you you know all these basketball coaches. Basketball is actually much easier to operate economically because I just need, you know, five or six million if I want to land three or four good guys and then I can get some transfer portal guys from, you know, mid- major schools that cost. But my roster, I’m only going to play seven, eight guys. In college football, it’s like I got multiple running backs. I got multiple wide receivers. I need some Dlinemen. I also got to pay some of these, especially at a place like Penn State. Like your high school recruits cost money now, let alone the returners. So, and then let alone the coaches. This is Has there ever been a business I mean obviously like being a CEO on on Wall Street but these guys Jimbo Fish are getting paid $77 million not to work you know they say the American dream. I mean how many human beings have ever been these guys I mean at the end of the day their job they have a whistle around their neck. I mean what a what an incredible time to be a football coach right now. Yeah. James Franklin’s a good-looking guy with high energy. I think he’ll go into broadcasting and probably be a great fit. He’s kind of a magnetic guy. I I again I understand firing him. I think it’s really dangerous to fire a coach this early. They’ve got some better personnel than about 90% of the teams that are playing. Good luck if they go on a winning streak because the interim coach is the substitute teacher. They’re the most popular. Also, let’s throw this in. USC hammered Michigan 3113. Didn’t feel that close. Uh the truth was uh USC played physical football. I don’t know if Michigan has the right coach. Underwood, um, and Marsh, that receiver, are freaking great talents, but USC actually stepped up. Now, they’re an eight and a half point dog at Notre Dame next week, and I don’t think they can beat Notre Dame. I don’t think they’re It’s a great matchup. Notre Dame’s quarterback’s really good. I think he’ll just pick them apart. Um, they they did get their best player back um on the back end of their defense, Kamari Ramsey. So, I I don’t think USC is going to beat Notre Dame or Oregon on the road. I don’t think they’re good enough to do that. But I thought it was a pretty substantial win because the knock has been Lincoln Riley’s teams are soft. And I thought in the trenches, I mean, God with uh King Miller, a walk-on freshman running back, huge holes. Uh I thought it was the kind He looked like he looked like Dole today. I mean, he was killing him. I I think it it meant something to Lincoln Riley. It was a very um I mean it looked like old USC. The lights, the crowd, you know, you saw the it you know, it just looked big the night the night stuff, but I thought it was big for I said this on Friday, this was not just a typical USC game. They had to win. I thought they would win. I didn’t think it would be that dominating. What was your takeaway? I looked at the board early Saturday morning and I thought I don’t think there’s any individual head coach. It turned out it was Franklin by assume they would win that game that had more pressure on him yesterday than Lincoln Riley. I thought it was like a fork in the road moment for his program. He he can’t because he would have been 0 and2. He just would have lost to Illinois and lost to Michigan and like you said they got hard games coming up. It’s like you got to beat be able to beat this is not Jim Harbaugh, JJ McCarthy and you got to beat Shiron Moore in a rookie quarterback or freshman quarterback. And not only beat him like you said 3113 that felt like 45 to7 threw the pick in the red zone at the at the end of the first half. Jaden Mayava. Yeah, they look offensively for the first time and it was I I’ve watched I would say 50 to 75% of some of their games. I hadn’t watched start to finish every snap. That felt a little Oklahoma e offensively. Uh I mean that receiver they have Lemon the the number six is elite. I mean he is he is looks like I don’t know Almond Ross St. Brown or something. I mean he’s a dominant player. Uh their running game was awesome. And that was a huge part of Lincoln Riley’s thing back with Baker Mayfield and Kyler M was running the ball. So, if you can run the ball and you got NFL wide receivers, he can like listen, they were down to their third running back. That’s what’s impressive. That That’s a walk-on. They didn’t have Jordan. They didn’t have Sanders. They didn’t have their top two running backs. Not now, they used Jackson, who was a third or a four stringer. Uh he actually I thought as a freshman last year, he’s a big He’s kind of a different body composition. He’s a big strong kid. I wish they’d play him more, but he didn’t, you know, they didn’t have their stars in the backfield. and they are a run first team. I give them a fighting chance against Notre Dame. Um, you know, obviously they have no chance to win a lowercoring tough it out game. They would have to get a little bit of a shootout and try to win like I don’t know 30 to 25 or something. But I I was blown away by the efficiency on their offense. Now, you know, Wink’s kind of a feast or famine defensive coordinator. I mean, he’s blitzing every single play, but I I thought Lincoln that was the moment where Lincoln vers Wink Martindale looked like JV vers. That that was that was a pretty special offensive performance. I will say this your whole thing about the Big 10 and the conference realignment. It’s hard to watch that game and not go that that’s pretty cool. Yeah. I mean, listen, I’m a Pack 12 guy, but you know, I I’m sorry watching Oregon Penn State and watching USC Michigan, folks, it’s worth it. I mean, it’s just worth it. I It’s nothing against Cal against Arizona, but it was a very college football is regional to begin with. The Pack 12 felt super regional. Um, and it was just like I I was done with it. I I told friends five years ago, USC wants to get out of the conference. I mean, there there was there were companies I don’t even know if it was Amazon or some company went to USC and offered to just pay for their games. I know Fox was interested years ago in doing it because they were getting frustrated with the Pack 12 and the leadership at the time. So I I like NBC does for Notre Dame. Just give them like an exclusive deal. Yeah. I mean I I don’t I don’t want to speak um you know because I don’t have all the information but I went to I went to Larry Jones a former exec one time at Fox and I said have you ever considered just for the night programming on Saturday night just buy USC’s games? And he he wouldn’t tell me if he was doing it or not. He smiled kind of a sly smile. So, I thought he’s, you know, he he’s a smart guy. I know Larry very well. But it’s one of those things they were complaining for years like, “Why are we treated no better than Washington State and Oregon State? What are we doing here?” Like, we’re the LA market. We We don’t get treated I mean, Alabama and Sabin run the SEC and there’s other, you know, LSU and Georgia and Tennessee and Florida. There’s big boy football everywhere. So, it’s I I I people I understand people that love tradition. you know, their outrage about the live tour. I I get it. I’m I’m not that guy, but it’s like baseball. I’m sorry, but the Mariners Tigers played 15 and the game would have been seven hours years ago, but with a pitch clock, you can sit and watch 15 innings of baseball and it it’s pretty compelling. It moves pretty quickly. So, I don’t know. I I just thought it was a huge win. Here’s the thing about Lincoln Riley. Two things. They beat LSU, Texas&M last year, and should have beaten Penn State. And now they’ve beaten Michigan. So, like he’s beating some of the big teams. You can say, “Well, LSU and Texas and listen, they’re on the schedule. They’re they’re wellunded programs. Um, I don’t think they can win over Oregon or ason. Oregon’s a bad matchup. I don’t think Notre Dame teams with great quarterbacks will give them trouble. You can pick them apart. But the second thing about him is you can’t watch USC football and not see the coaching.” Jaden Mayava was at UNLV. I watched Jaden Mava play cuz I I I used to go to every UNLV football game when I was a sports cer in Vegas. So I I kind of follow it. Jaden Mayava was not an NFL prospect. I saw a mock draft today they have going in the first. That’s a product of Lincoln Riley. That kid was so reckless and sloppy last year. That pick he had against Michigan was his first really bad pick of the year. He did that regularly last year. He had a couple of them against Notre Dame. So, when you watch USC’s offense, you don’t have to like their toughness or their culture. Lincoln Riley’s a really smart offensive coach. They use every they squeeze every ounce out of their talent. They don’t have a lot of fivestar guys. John Lemon’s a really high-end receiver. They got a lot of three star, four-star guys. Uh the left tackle they flipped from Notre Dame, but this is not Justin Tunu, the right tackle. Raymond, uh the left guard, you know, these are three star recruits. They’re not getting a lot of love. So, the guy can coach. Can he build a culture? I don’t know. I’d say this. He wins this weekend, you can drop the Jim Moral playoffs cuz they’d be in a they’d have a good shot. I mean, they they would start feeling like a serious playoff team. All right, for Hard Rock Bet, John, I like I went 4-0 in my Blazing Five. I like Washington minus 4 and a half against Chicago. Number one, Chicago has not been a good road team for years. Washington, if you watch the second half against the Chargers, Jaden Daniels looked like last year’s Jaden Daniels. Terry McLaren appears to be healthy. I think Washington right now is a better operation. Um, now Chicago was off last week. That can certainly help with your first series or two, but the Bears have been good on their first series or two. I I don’t expect that to that’s not my issue about Chicago. It’s the basic operation when you get off script. I don’t think extra time necessarily helps. You can only put so many plays on script. So, I I like Washington at home in this spot. I think it’s going to be a wild loud environment. That may not matter in baseball. I think it matters a lot in the NFL when you’re a young quarterback and a young team going on the road. I like Washington to win and cover. I’m gonna take the bears and the points because I think anytime that you have a young quarterback and a first-time head coach, they can use that dead time to kind of throw away some stuff that’s not working. So, I’m with you. They have looked good coming out the game that doesn’t change. But, I think a huge part of like Andy Reid or Kyle Shanahan or Shawn McVey, these guys have a lot of success off the by-week is because they can simplify stuff. They go, “This isn’t working. We keep doing throw it away. Throw it in the garbage.” And listen, if we believe Ben Johnson is the $13 million coach and this offensive genius and just this highle guy, I think that they look a little more buttoned up cuz one knock on them would be even remove Caleb. It’s like, you know, they’ve a lot of penalties, a lot of stuff going on. You have the bye-week, you take a deep breath, and you just get rid of some of the complicated stuff that some of these young coaches like throwing at you. So, I I like the Bears and the points especially because this has got to be a little bit, you know, the Hail Mary game. They had to be talking about this for the last two weeks that a lot of those guys that he’s going to roll out on on on Monday night were a part of that. I mean, that’s one of the worst losses you’ll ever see.
Colin Cowherd is joined by ‘3 & Out’ host John Middlekauff to react to Week 6 in the NFL. They start off with Baker Mayfield & Bucs win over the San Francisco 49ers. Is Baker Mayfield the MVP through Week 6? Next they hit the Denver Broncos win over the New York Jets and Colin asks if the Jets are the worst coach team ever. Colin gives Aaron Rodgers his flowers for how he has been playing for the Steelers and they give their takes on Pittsburgh’s win over the Cleveland Browns. Justin Herbert & Chargers beat the Dolphins and Tua gave his take on Miami’s locker room. Dak Prescott continues to shine despite the Cowboys loss to the Carolina Panthers. Sam Darnold & Seahawks win again on the road, this time against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Last NFL game they hit is Patriots-Saints. They move to College Football to discuss Penn State firing James Franklin and who could be the next coach for the Nittany Lions. They talk about USC beating Michigan. Lastly they give their picks for MNF between the Chicago Bears & Washington Commanders.
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TIMELINE
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:15 49ers-Bucs
0:09:49 Jets-Broncos
0:19:21 Browns-Steelers
0:28:22 Chargers-Dolphins
0:40:18 Cowboys-Panthers
0:50:31 Seahawks-Jaguars
0:57:38 Patriots-Saints
1:03:15 Penn State fires James Franklin
1:12:28 Michigan-USC
1:19:57 Bears-Commanders
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36 comments
It’s only human. I’m sure he ate the pizza. I mean Little Caesars is better than a lot of restaurants pizza I’m telling you.
Middlekauff was fire today
Didn’t Colin predict the Steelers to max out at 8 wins and Tomlin have his first losing season? I think he’s predicted that the last 5 season. Lmao
Great to see Colin give Baker his flowers 💐
Colin, you hate Pittsburgh. And let's face it… All the shit you talked about them you're just starting to get ready to EAT. ADMIT you were wrong now… OR we will just wait till December to hear your bullshit excuse….
Colin, Denver played bad mainly cuz your buddy Sean Payton's playcalling and gameplan was inept. Sure Bo didnt end up well, but thats 100% on Sean not helping Bo, abandoning what made Nix look good in the 1st Quarter. Hold accountablilty on Sean too!!!
What about Carolinas run defense what the past 4 or 5 games they have held the opponents to like 76 rushing yards
Sorry, Colin- I do not believe you ate a Little Caesar’s pizza!
Agree with John on the Coach of the Dolphins not using Tua well. His arm is not great but he is accurate; so, run the ball, throw the short stuff, eat the clock up and take the small gains. Asking him to hold the ball while receivers run deep routes when he is behind an OL that is not great, is just poor play calling.
COLIN DROPPING BLACKPILLS
Hey John. The chargers are already 3-0 in the division and beat the Broncos banged up. Let’s not call the Broncos AFC West champs
Colin maybe you don’t care about the Panthers but I don’t care about the Broncos or the teams you hype is it that difficult to say panthers played well instead of how bad the Cowboys played 😂 Keep Pounding
Your saying catfish Mayfield for mvp, it's really Sammy D up in Seattle far from NY media
Why do you interrupt the adds with sports talk?
Oh boy the Kings of over reaction
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You did not go 4-0 in your picks
Why does Colin keep talking about the cowboys dont have a wr2 ??? George Pickens literally a wr2 puttin up wr1 numbers
Colin is really having to push add probably to pay for the defamation lawsuit against Baker lol this guy should be forced to give baker every dime he makes for life for what he has said……
NFL doing what it can to keep KC relevant. Questionable calls against the Lions that favored KC. Then KC was called for 0 penalties. Fairly certain there were some false starts and holds that seemed fairly obvious.
He is going to keep annoying people with ads. Eventually people stop listening
Collin thinks the Steelers go 5 and 7 in the last 12 lol. They will be at least 11 and 6 which is just 7 and 5 in the last 12. That is the basement
The hate on Caleb is so forced lmao. Best bears qb and numbers out of all the qbs from his class.
Collin refuse to give Mike Tomlin any credit and reluctantly gives Aaron Rodgers his. SMH
I remember Bill Belichick wanted to Draft Baker. But the Giants would trade spots with them. So the Browns Snatched him up.
Colin was looking at mock drafts on Oct. 12th? Lol, ok Colin whatever you say.
As a Niners fan the past 8 years with the rare hits with all the misses yet a few good seasons keeps the Shanahan train running because the owners are passionate about profit but not as passionate about winning
Colin, Colin, COlin… Bo Nix was hindered by bad playcalling and pass protection in the second half. He had 3 pass attempts in the second half and the RB we're avg around 2 yards per carry. he was lighting it up and had multiple 15-20-yard completions called back due to holding penalties. He will be just fine
It’s a free show. How do you think they make money? Don’t watch or stop the complaining every freaking week.
Colin the perpetual Pittsburgh hater forced to begrudgingly compliment them to keep from being an obvious hater.
As a cowboys fan I really like our coach. I didn’t have much excitement over the move but I love his offense he’s running. We are just so terrible on defense not only coordinator but just the personnel is not good. Feel for Dak
Yo Baker, Mayfield is falling out. He certainly has mature. He’s in the right system in Tampa Bay 100%.☺️
I mean, ONE great throw in the endzone for Rodgers?! Clearly, was not watching the game. That throw to DK Metcalf in the second quarter was the best throw in the NFL this season. You cannot place a ball more perfect. That was asinine.
Lmao why do you feel the need to keep throwing shots at Brock
Tomlin gets no credit, Colin ? Just all Rodgers, huh? U guys said they weren't making the playoffs lol
As a 49er fan, it’s a wrap. We lost the heart and soul of an already depleted team.