Colin Cowherd Podcast - Chiefs Are Best In The Clutch, Shanahan’s Worst Loss, Darnold Dazzles, Nabers is a STAR, Bo Nix’s Breakout

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the last two drives. Absolutely hated it. Listen Kansas City's defense. It's not the you know eighty five Bears or the seventy five Steeters. But in terms of speed, it is they are fast. They are young, they are athletic, and they are fast. What are you doing trying to run outside on fourth downs? And the first fourth down you got deep in Chief's territory. Kick a field goal. There's like six seven minutes left.

ten eleven years there, and I always heard about the officiating. Listen, there are a handful of teams in the NFL right now. Minnesota's got a great head coach and a great defensive coordinator. And when the Patriots were at their strength. They had Belichick's brain on defense, Josh McDaniel not a great head coach, but a great coordinator. Most Super Bowl teams have that. Steve Spagnols the best defensive coordinator. Andy's the smartest head

coach in the league. So They've got all their grounds covered. They also draft and develop incredibly well. They're very young, They're very fast, very athletic. On defense, Atlanta's trying to run outside. It's fourth and an inch. Kirk Cousins is six to two, two hundred and twenty pounds. Do a sneak, do something. I just hated. Zach Robinson is their offensive coordinator. I just didn't like it at all. Too clever, it

felt almost collegiate. It was a tricky, clever finesse b Jean Robinson over center and guard over and over and over. If I have fourth and one, three and one, because Atlanta's got a very good offensive line. So I just I thought that was that's the ballgame, situational football. Atlanta wasn't very good at it. Kansas City's excellent at it, and it used to be Kansas City would win these games always with a great drive. But Kansas City's winning some of these games, what are they won nine in

a row off defensive stands. They're just hard to get in the end zone against. It's very band doesn't break very New England in their dynasty.

they're banging into people. They're trying to you know, blow up piles and blow up ball carriers. And it's a more violent side of the football. And so keep your defense young and it'll help your offensive coach spend your money on offense, draft your defense. And Kansas City's done incredibly well. That's why they can get rid of the cornerback sneed let him go, because they have Trent McDuffie

and read its safety. They're just so talented. Atlanta's a very good football team though, and this you know this I was undefeated going into tonight three and Oho this afternoon blazing five, and I had the Falcons to night in the points, but over the course of the game, Kansas City dominating time of possession. I will say this, Rashi Rice has become a really really great player.

a productive year. They didn't want to pay him, even off the New England where they overpaid him, and then they got him back. So Hollywood Brown gets back with Worthy, Rashi Rice, Juju Smith Schuster, Travis Kelcey. They have another tight end. They're going to be fine offensively, but it's defense for Kansas City that decides things. They're excellent Situationally, they have a consistent pass rush, and I like what I see. Very good football team. And he can complain

about the officiating all you want. You know, it's not a surprise, you know, Brady and Belichick. You know, it's not like the NFL. If the NFL wanted certain teams to win, the Cowboys wouldn't keep getting dust at every time they play a big game. Right, Think about who's good in the NFL now, Kansas City, small market, Green Bay, Buffalo, small market, Baltimore for the last decade, small market. You know, the New York teams actually, for the first time in

a long time, both had a good weekend. Aaron Rodgers on Thursday and the Giants offensive line gave Daniel Jones some protection today Neighbors as a stud New York finally had a good weekend. But this this sports al has been dominated by you know whoever the best coach is with the best quarterback. If you have that symmetry, you're gonna win a lot of games. Kansas City is a tough out. And you know, there's a lot of these teams I really like, but I don't trust them late

in games. Big spots like Detroit. I don't trust Dan Campbell's play calling. Mike McCarthy at Dallas, don't trust him. They're just there's just quarterbacks or coaches. I don't know in big spots, Dan Campbell. You know Lamar Jackson in the playoffs, even today, Lamar Jackson has had opportunities to seal that game earlier for Baltimore and missed open tight ends or receivers. Kansas City is just the most confident team in the league and big spots because they've had

so much success doing it. So it's a lot of rints and repeat. I mean, you know, when it got down to fourth and one at the end, I'm like, no, no, just they'd moved the ball outside the minute they handed that thing off, I'm like, no, not gonna happen. You're not gonna run outside on Kansas City in that kind of situation. They're just too fast and too well coached and too disciplined. So had ourselves a good football game, though it was a wild Sunday. John Middlcoff and I

have a lot to talk about. We don't break down necessarily every single game, but the big headline games underdogs continue to do very well. In this league. It's why I liked Atlanta tonight. Is when you can get value and you get those you know, quality quarterbacks and points usually where I go. I do think after three weeks we have a pretty good set. How many surprises do we have after three weeks, Well, it looks like Minnesota is the surprise team of the league. We thought it

was the Saints, they came back down to Earth. It looks like Minnesota. And we looked at the Viking schedule before the season started without what a guy the verse six or seven weeks. You know, if they go there're three and no, now you go four and oh you can play five hundred football for almost to the end of the season and still be in the playoff race. So Minnesota is the surprise team in the league. You

could say Pittsburgh. It's still an offense that's just tough to watch, but I thought the Steelers would have a couple of losses by now. So each each conference has a team that I think Minnesota's surprising start is more redeemable and will last longer because it's an offensive league and they're just scoring a lot of points with a lot of different playmakers. I think Pittsburgh. You know, they beat bo Nicks. They facing some quarterbacks. Justin Herbert today

is limping around the field. You know, I think they've gotten nice matchups so far. I don't think Pittsburgh's an eleven twelve win team. I think Minnesota looks like it absolutely could be. I'm doing everything right every week. It's a different defensive star. Offensively, they're spreading the ball around, multiple targets, the coaching, the quarterback, play, the kicker. I mean, everything works for Minnesota. I think Pittsburgh will come down to earth. But what Kansas City is doing is what

great teams do. Coach quarterback, speed, situational defense, and Rashi Rice has developed into a tremendous playmaker, big time player now. So Owen two teams went five and one. Today the Titans are the only Owen three team. So it was desperation a week. You get down to weeks three and four and teams that are winless they're playing. That's why I took Denver over Tampa. You get down to it and there's a sense of desperation in this league, and you know, Tennessee's not gonna win a lot of games.

And I think they have some good personnel, but you know, Will Levis just makes any mistakes.

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I mean, Matt Stafford. It really was a team win. It was special teams. It was a couple of huge defense defensive plays. I don't want to give Stafford all the credit because he you know, he didn't have a couple of his top targets. But and Christian McCaffrey, I mean, you go look at his numbers. Highly efficient. Juwan Jennings is the best third receiver in the NFL by a long shot. John, You watched this game. I saw Atlanta do this to the Eagles. We watched this a week ago.

They just walked out stole a win. I honestly felt like Dallas tried to do this against Baltimore, but they were in too big of a hole. What was your big takeaway or two? And the Niners blowing this thing.

is the worst Kyle Shanahan loss of his era. Wow, in terms of their good, good teams, I mean, they've had some bad years, but in terms of their Super Bowl tending teams, I mean, Colin, you play a team with out the two best wide receivers, how often when a guy made a tackle on the rams, I fall football as closely as any human that doesn't work in the NFL. I had to google multiple guys, you know. I mean, they are rolling out players I've never heard of.

And to lose that game. Party was excellent. He was incredible. Special teams has killed Kyle Shanahan. Kyle Shanahan is an excellent play caller. He for an offensive guy, values defense, so that has never been a concern with their team. He does not care about special teams at all. And listen,

you're gonna make and miss some field goals. But they had a punt, yep fake punt that led to a first down, and then that play at the end of the game that I don't know how many yards it was at least forty that basically ended the game immediately when he took that across the fifty. And it has been a thorn in the forty nine ers side when you look at Belichick for twenty years in their dynasty special teams he takes them. Seriously, what does Andy Reid do?

Hire Dave Toe the best special teams coordinator? Even look at Sean McVay over the years have always had good coordinators the forty nine ers with special teams. This is not college football. Even if the Niners you play that game ten times, are winning it nine times. Yeah, But because it's the NFL, these scores are never gonna be forty to fifteen, right, It's just like, oh it's seventeen

to ten, it's twenty four to seven. It just the margins are so small, and one bad play and you look at the end of the game, a missfield, go boom Rams win. Yeah, I mean right, win for the Rams, awful win for the awful moment for the Niners.

no Cooper Cup. They've always had a bunch of capable white receivers like two two at Well was a second round pick. He felt like for two years he.

give Stafford credit here. He hasn't had his offensive line or as top receivers all year. It's a mess. And the fact that they won this thing today and it's not Rock Purdy. Cause again I will say this about San Francisco, Brandon Aiyuk made a calculated mistake. He's not he is just not valuable to that offense right now.

how big his arm was. But the game tying touchdown, what did he do changed to play at the line. His hands were up laying Kippen style when the guy was five yards away from the end zone. So his brain, him and McVeigh are in sync. Obviously when you have that many injuries and the Niners have owned this team. Yeah. The other thing is the hard part for the Rams when you play the nine that's a Niner home game. I mean even Sanchez was saying it's sixty five to

seventy percent Niners fans. Just what a turn of events. I mean they were up seven points late with a chance to make it ten, which would have ended the game. He missed the field goal and the rest is history. But isn't that what makes Sunday so great? You're like oh, it's kind of sleepy. All of a sudden, you look up. You got the Cowboys within striking distance. The Rams are

right there. That's what makes the NFL pretty special. But man, that's the Niners are lucky they're playing the Patriots this upcoming week because in a couple of weeks they have a short week against Seattle, who, while they've dominated Gino, they look like a pretty well buttoned up team. I know you were beating the drums on them. Not that Miami's any good, but they they've played pretty good this season,

so you're right. I'm thinking when the Rams, it looks like it's inevitable they're gonna lose halfway through the game. How do you overcome b and zero and three in this division losing to the Niners. Seattle's off and running. You have so many injuries. It's almost like your season's over before we even get to October. Now you just get a little life. All of a sudden, you get one more win. You're two and two. You're feeling pretty good.

Before running back gets the highest and he's who knows when he's ever going to play again this season, So that's you know, this is what happens when you invest in some older guys, injured guys. They got lucky. They have some guys that could step up. But man, I mean, it's just that they have a lot of valuable ask that's sitting in street clothes on the sideline next to Kyle and it caught up with him today. All right.

the two, they had seventeen catches. I'm gonna use my legs a little bit here, but I will give Jalen Hurts credit. He's just like, I got two guys I trust. I'm just gonna go back and forth to them. Those guys had seventeen catches. That was my first take, and they had they had a lot of yards. Listen, we can get into Nick Sirianni and I'll let you go there. But I also think it was a little unveiled of the Saints. Alvin Kamara was kept in check and Derek

Carr was averaged in the first couple of weeks. Alvin Kamara was so special and so dynamic that you, I mean, it was like you had this balanced attack. You shut down Alvin Kamara. Eagles front seven played well. Suddenly, Derek there's limitations. He missed a deep ball, he had a deep ball and under threw a guy. So my takeaway was Philadelphia is really good. They're not the same offense without Aj Brown, but most Eagle fans today and I think you're going to probably be on this as a

former employer. Is the Nick Sirianni question.

It does seem like they've even taken it to another level. I'm all for going for it if you're playing in high scoring games. If you're like in the Cowboys situation, field goals do you nothing when you're down twenty thirty points? Right? They are playing in low scoring games, colin field goals.

I mean the Saints, you could it was clear. It's like, I don't think they're getting a twenty today, So three points if the final, if they're only going to score twelve or fifteen points, just do the percentage, do the math that they are extremely valuable and sometimes going for like on the forty five. Okay, if you're not comfortable with kicking a field goal, their offense is not playing well,

it is not moving the ball against you. Your defense is coming to play vic Fangio is neutralizing this kind of Koubiak Shanahan offense. So just play defense and they just refuse to do it. And that game, like you said, shouldn't have been as close as it was. It would have been a nice easy game for the Eagles relative to the score. They still would have won by nine points.

But he refused to kick field goals, and at this point I know he's emotional and he gets I can't believe he's doing this without the blessing of the owner. I'm even going above Howie this is. You would not be doing this if your owner's telling you, like, let's kick some field goals, right, I mean that, I don't care what you do for a living, whoever signs your checks, if they come like, hey, let's not do that anymore, any human being is gonna change unless you just want

to get fired on the spot. Like to me, the owners behind it, the organization's behind it. But it's kind of jumped the shark, hasn't it. Like today was like like Derek, the last drive of the game, they're down three, not six. If you're playing up a more, just that's a low football IQ throw you don't need you're not down. You know, you don't need to score a touchdown here a dump down, throw it away you Just a field

goal ties the game. So that they got lucky to be in this but they were in that situation for a reason. Yeah, because he just never kicks field goals.

class act. I think he's an adult. I think he's an easy guy to rally around. I think he's a great athlete. Do you ever feel like watching them sometimes? And I think this is sort of the AJ Brown thing. You don't have to throw over the middle to AJ Brown, you can throw over the top. That was always Russell Wilson's thing. Greg co Sel said he doesn't see the middle of the field.

everything and they're comfortable throwing the ball far. But he's not a great layered throw. Of all the little guys you listed by a mile, Kyler spins it the best, right. Kyle spins the ball out of his hands like he's Stafford or Rogers. I'm telling you, even Watson today, I know they kind of got work. He just he's a remarkable talent I don't think Jalen is like a remarkable talent from a throwing perspective.

that individual skill close to the middle of the pack. Like, to me, Tua is a much better rhythm and timing player, yes, because he doesn't have what Jalen has to run around right, you watch Lamar today, he just has so much more to bring to the table. Those guys can always go Okay, I don't see it, fuck it, I'm just gonna take off. Well.

It's why I like Dak. I like Dak's character and maturity. But I when I watched Jalen throw, it just looks prettier with Stafford, it looks easier. With Josh Allen, it looks Kyler Murray. The ball just you can tell you played baseball, just flies. Aaron Rodgers still throws a pretty ball. So, I mean, listen, Philadelphia escapes with a win. I feel like I'm gonna watch Philadelphia. They're gonna win the division.

They're gonna win about ten to eleven games, and at some point coaching or defense will lose them a football game.

about four to two in the open field. Yeah, so adding that guy. While they've had some disappointments, I think their defensive line Jalen Carter was really good today. Yeah, Jordan Davis. They drafted over Kyle Hamilton. I think they'd like that one back, Bryce Huff who they signed from the Jets. Basically the flop with this on. He's not an every down player. He's more of a pass rusher, so he can get run on. But Saquon has been

incredible for them. And this was clear during the hard Knocks when John Marrow was saying this, you went, it's not gonna go well because Saquon's gonna look good. He's looked even better. Yeah, the drop a little freakish. I know his hands aren't exactly Marshall fall, but today he just how good he looks and how confident he's running in speed. He's a game breaker in relative they're paying Brandon Ayuk. They gave him over seventy five million dollars guaranteed.

Saquon got a third of that. So when you just look at impact and look at the running backs right now in the NFL. I know it went like everyone's like, you know mel Kiper's comment last it's harder to throw right now. Defenses are making it more difficult. The offensive line plays down, Well, what's up all these running backs? Well, who's really shining? All the top running backs? And Saquon's knew the top of the list because he was, and that's a tough place to play. That place was rocking.

He was, he was elite today.

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is easy. Before I get to Dallas. In Baltimore, Sam Donald four touchdowns, no pick, so thirty four thirty four to seven. Vikings did everything right and hammered Houston, And I was thinking about this is that What makes it tough for Caleb Williams is if you watch what Matt Lafleur is doing with Malik Willis, who looked like he could not play the position a year ago, and you watch what Kevin O'Connell is doing with Sam Donald and listen, I don't think Dan Campbell is situationally a great coach,

but he's a culture builder. We got three coaches in that division who are really good at what they do. Right, Like, I'm watching Kevin and I look at Matt Eberflus and I'm like, bro, you're not in that class. Forget that.

like I keep waiting for the bubble to burst. But I watched them today and I'm like, shit, that wasn't competitive. Houston got smoked.

What has happened to Sam Donald these last couple weeks, last three weeks lead little pressure off that he plays comfortable. Obviously they got skill guys, but as we talk on September twenty second, we got a long way to go. Like we're talking like an MVP candidate. I mean, if you just vote today, he might win it. But I mean this guy and back to the Bears, you go.

I don't think the Bears have any chance to not be the fourth best team in this division with what I'm seeing right now, because these other teams from a coaching LaForce pulling like a picasso right.

look as dysfunctional as a team. I would say, is any team in the league when you just watch them play, you just go, this is not good. And when you watch Minnesota pull the opposite, you go it feels crazy to say, but like, is this an NFC contender?

pass rusher somewhere. Well, they're playing good situational defense. So you know, it sounds crazy, but you know if they go four and oh, you can go five hundred until week seventeen and you're a ten and sixteen you go four and oh, you can scuff it. I mean, you know, if you go back to last year, the good in Kansas City had a bad month November. It's like the Super Bowl year when the Rams won it. They were choppy early with Stafford.

look a little fraudulent. It is. I mean, Sam's by the time they get toward the big games, is gonna keep getting a lot of reps and be really comfortable. And the other thing is your head coach gets to really know what he's good at, what he's not good at. And when you got that good of a defense, it is just we talk about like a running game and a tight end being a quarterbacks best friend. You know,

what's the quarterback's best friend? When the other team can't score, right, that's what the other team can't don't They can barely move the ball past midfield. The Texans offense has one of the best round quarterbacks we've ever seen, just based on record and stats. They are loaded with skill guys and have a coach that basically everyone has already put into a head coaching position by next year or the next two years in Bobby Sloak, and they got ransacked today.

a quarterback that moves. But Donald gives them what they were hoping JJ McCarthy gives them. With Kevin o'conn, he just gives you a juice. Stafford doesn't give you a ton of that. But Matt is as good as Brady pre snap and throws the prettiest ball arguably in the league. So when you're that good Brady in the pocket pre snap, Brady throws a ball like that, it allows you. And also Brady and Stafford moved great within the pocket, they're

great between the tackles. They move constantly. But I you know, I just I'm just watching them, and I'm like the coach, the coordinator, the quarterback, and Darnald. To knock on Darnal, I always said this, there's a little Andrew Louck, a little and a little Carson Wentz. And he became a bad version of Carson Wentz, which is he's big, he's strong, he's athletic, he's tough, but Jesus is he reckless. You take out the reckless from Darnald and I get the big, strong,

tough playmaker. You know, this is why people drafted him early.

but they couldn't pay ten million dollars. I think I said this last week, and I don't know how I can't say it again. If this continues and they make the playoffs and they win a playoff game, it's not like they traded up like some of these other teams to get JJ. He just fell into their lap essentially, right. They didn't mortgage three first round picks. Do you just let him go? I mean, everyone's like, why do we talk? These are conversations that you start having. This is a

real life thing. JJ's on a cheap contract. He wasn't the number one pick. He was like the tenth or eleventh, so his contract's not crazy. Do you extend Sam Darnold if this if you win twelve games and he's that good with your head coat, isn't the whole point of this just to find a quarterback? Yeah? Right, So it's like, you don't just let him hit free agency and go we'll see with JJ, because we're going, we're going we'll see with and how's that going?

this was a guy that had some developmental questions. Still, this is a twenty seven year old highly developed from a much scene at all. That's the thing. You cannot fake going through the shit and coming out on the other end when you do have the We've seen this historically in the NFL Rich Now, Rich was older when he got to Gruden. Some of these guys just resurrect their career and they just become what you kind of always thought they could become. And that's what Sam has

done for three weeks. Today was like today was an eye opener for their team him specific same hits Tamiko in that defense was that's one of the best wins of the year by far.

to the Raiders. They lost a big lead. This is kind of I mean, Lamar Jackson struggled with some accuracy when he could have sown stuff up. He had Mark Edwards wide open on a play on a third down. You know, I've I've come back to Dallas once and I said, in this game, forty percent of daks wins are against the Giants in Washington at the height of their dysfunction. The New York Giants now have cleaned up that offensive line a little bit, and they actually look

pretty good today. The Daniel Jones doesn't look as nervous neighbors as an absolutely freaking stud.

that I gave him credit for. But the defensive line Baltimore averaged through three quarters nine yards of play on the road. So my take is the better team won. It wasn't really that close, and that we've got to I said this at the end of last year, John, I felt the Niners had peaked because of their age, and I felt Dallas was going to slowly regress. We were going to see now they were going to go on ten wins from twelve, and the next year it'll be nine wins. I look at Dallas and the blame

to me is not on Dak. Jerry, You've missed on too many picks this pass draft, nobody's ready popped. I just don't think Dallas has elite personal I think I look at Philadelphia, I look at Kansas City, I look at the Niners. I see elite Detroit. I don't see it with Dallas.

defensive line is fast. I think we're learning. They're not very powerful, right, and you can run the ball right down your throat. And I understand passing the league everyone. These teams now have no problem obviously playing the Ravens, the Saints, all these teams. They're good running backs on all over the place. They will run it all day long on you until you can prove you can stop it. And when you're giving up five six yards to carry, there's no point to call passes. So did you think

that was I know it was impressive. The last seven eight minutes. A little bit of a hollow comeback, that's what I think they hit. They hit an on side kick. It was just like John, I thought, the RAM does not reflect what I witnessed, right, Like.

And the Rams don't have great corners. But I felt like Dallas sometimes you just get into these games and it's hard to ask your play especially if you physically dominated John, it'd be one thing off its trick plays or over the top. When you physically dominate Dallas for three quarters average nine yards of play, it's hard to ask your guys to bring their best stuff in the fourth.

and their defensive tackles clearly aren't that great. And I wouldn't call Micah exactly Reggie White against no run no. So it's like when you attack them, where does Micah kill you? When they're up twenty to ten in the third quarter, and he can just tee off on second and third and long. Well, they get down, they just get leaning on you. And it's happened two weeks in a row. It just feels like Dallas gets overwhelmed. It's crazy to say, but must win this week at New York.

You start one to three. I like Dallas to be a playoff team this year, but after these two weeks, shit, I gotta reconsider.

offensive line. This is like you know in New York, Aaron Rodgers is going to get all the love if you pay attention to the Giants offensive lines actually playing and they put draft capital into it. They hit in a left tackle. So and I think we both agree that Brian Dables. I like him more than you do, but I think he's a clearly good I think he's a good offensive coach.

Dax wins or Washington New York. Well, Washington's got a good staff. J is a little electric, He's got some stuff. The Giants aren't great, but they have a chance to win this home game. I feel like John, I feel like Dallas. Like the Steelers had this like eight year window of total lysfunction in Washington, New York, and Philadelphia was a little up and down Philadelphia. The Giants in Washington now feel formidable, at least formidable to me.

some money. The Cowboys come back to the forefront. If all of a sudden they lose on Thursday and this thing starts to get away from Mike, and I gotta change my tune because a couple of weeks ago, I was like, you know, Mike and Dak have such a good working relationship. It's going so well, but now you start losing. He doesn't have a contract. That conversation, don't you think is gonna get the fire's gonna get lit

under it? I mean, Jerry, they by no means on what they've looked like last two weeks against obviously two talented teams, they didn't even look close. That's the scary part. So yeah, they're not a lock playoff team by any means. Clearly, I got it. I might be wrong on that one, so.

a quarterback. Tennessee's got guys. You know, Will Levis just isn't it. It's time for this week's player I thought might give almost almost anything to redo his game, brought to you by Uber Eats. This week it's Caleb Williams. Hey an NFL season high three hundred and sixty three yards but two really costly interceptions against the Colts was

this week's Uber eats Player of the Week. Get almost almost anything for game day, delivered with Uber eats, the official on demand delivery partner of the NFL order now Bears Colts. Bears lose to the Colts twenty one to sixteen, ugly game. So I mean Anthony Richardson went ten for twenty two picks and he won.

run past terror part Tampa. So again bo Nicks taking huge strides and you can tell exactly what Sean Payton wants Denver's offense to be you can see it. They're using bo Nicks's I don't know what the Bears aren't. They're just yards, they're just yards and plays they don't run.

can't run the ball well. Running the ball helps a young quarterback, of course, so you know the Bear's history speaks for itself. But then you watch Caleb in individual plays, he feels a little overwhelmed slash. He's just out of source. He has not played well and there are basic layup throws and this goes to Bryce Young two that like, independent of the organization and independent of anything going on,

he should be making and he's not. Like Anthony Richton is kind of clear might just be a disaster that might be a major problem for Indy. Indy, right, he just might be an inaccurate quarterback.

everything looks out of whack. I mean, he doesn't, let's face it, given the hype, which I thought was mainly justified, it has been a disaster. And like, to me, when you watch that game, like the way he's playing equals coach get fired. That's what I thought, right, because you know, so it's like all those guys, given how good their division turns out to be. We knew that, but I mean Lafleur, what he's doing with Malik willis like what happens if you just gave Lafour Caleb Williams, Right, that's

what you're talking to yourself about. If you're Ryan Poles, that to me is another team. And this is back to Dallas with Rabel, Ryan Poles, offensive lineman, tough guy like Vrabel makes a lot of sense in Chicago, a lot of sense if I'm Ryan Pohle. So all of a sudden, you start going eva Flus is in major trouble. He was in trouble coming into this season. Well, and now instead of being like, oh, you know, coming into the year, I pumped the brakes on everyone. You know,

people were like ten to eleven wins. If they went nine to eight with a rookie quarterback, and they look promising, that'd be awesome. They look like a six win team

right now. Colin Indianapolis was like historically poor back to back weeks on defense, Yeah, and they were kicking Caleb's ass toga yeah, And I get it's on the road, but man, that was if I was a Bears fan right now, I'd be pretty despondent because it's like, this is exactly why we never get excited, because it always turns out to be this.

This is the best offensive coach and the best offensive personnel you can do a Pro Bowl team with the NFC North. Just do a Pro Bowl team. I get all the coaches, I'll take flores on defense. You know, whoever you want an offense, you could compete in a Pro Bowl.

hire the coordinator. And nothing against Michigan football, and they deserve the W yesterday, their D line, just in gold USC's O line with freshmen and sophomores everywhere. But in the end, that coach from Michigan would not have been a top five candidate any other big job and so and that's okay, he's a Michigan guy. But if you bail on Eberflus and Waldron goes five hundred, you're hiring him, and maybe he would work, but I don't think he'd be a candidate otherwise.

looked lifeless. They really have, and some of it to me, I think, listen, I'm hard as anyone on coaches, but individual players, when you're in a position and the guy's open, you have to make the pass. I mean the difference between Bryce Young, some of these guys coming out to Bryce Young's defense, like, this is the NFL and if you can't make basic passes, there are fifty two other guys in the locker room where ninety percent of your roster is not on guaranteed contracts. They don't give a

shit about his feelings. We're trying to win. I'm laying on the lead great today and today Andy Dalton comes. He looks like Joe Bontana. He looked incredible. So I think, listen, we can It's easy to rip on the on the David Tepper in the organization and they've earned a lot of that, but can we just admit today like Bryce Young has been one of the has had one of the worst I don't know, fifteen game stretches we've ever seen. Right, Like I was in the car the other day when

he got benched. I'm flipping around the radio. I hear rich Gannon say they hadn't had a lead for ten straight games, hadn't had a lead, They'd won two games on last second field goals. Hadn't that a lead today, Andy Dalton, they had a lead immediate, Like, think how hard that is to not just have a seven to nothing lead in one game? They had count and clearly part of it him and the difference of like Caleb,

Caleb has physical attributes, Bryce just doesn't. Like that's just a five to ten guy that can't move and has an average arm. Like that, there's a chance and this happens in sports sometimes at every level. He's just bad. Maybe he's just not good enough. Good guy, tries hard, not good enough, Andy Dalton, up and down career. He's an NFL player, Like we can look back in five years. The story today that people were thinking about trading for Bryce Young. I thought it was kind of crazy. He's

the number one overall pick. Now. I understand they wouldn't trade much, but he makes a lot. Andy Dalton like that, that's a backup Sam Darnold last year. That's a backup. If I'm gonna pay five six million dollars, that's how much Bryce makes. I better feel pretty good about my backup. Like those guys play like you put Bryce Young in a game right now, you're guaranteed to loose, guaranteed to look like that's I'm watching some of the Bears wide

receivers Tyson Badgett like they had some success. Like if you're DJ Moore, like get me the ball, Like what are we doing? Wide receiver? Sometimes turn on the guy before the coaching staff and the fans. You know, they can be a little divish, rightfully, so they used to get in the ball. The ball starts flying over their head. This is just uncharted territory for Caleb. You know, it's just like any player. I mean, you become a rookie.

You got to the hype, you get the money. Think how much easier it was for Trevor he was in Jacksonville. Then be fans they have. I mean this Chicago, this is tough. It's gonna be a long week there. I can't imagine sports sook radio, the articles. I mean, the open locker room for the press. This is is welcome to the NFL.

not really going to pay attention. We'll see on game day. And they just got boat raced. And this is the thing with the NFL. All of a sudden, you zero and two, zero to three. Yeah, teams do not want to get embarrassed. Bob had that awesome play with his legs. You don't turn the ball over. That helps because he's been throwing the ball to the other team. I mean he's had some passes that also did not get picked that should have been. He just looked like in complete control.

And you have to wonder, mature guy, a little older, maybe his speed up process, Like maybe we don't have to wait till December. Maybe within three or four weeks, he's gonna look more comfortable now they're talent around them. When they play the better team. I think they play the Chiefs next week, he's gonna get overwhelmed at times. Look at Sean's quotes. He had a quote last week

like I feel great about it. We're unfazed. That to me speaks to when you get these veteran head coaches like what's Eberflu's gonna be able to say, you know, I can lean on by seven playoff appearances, like he can't. He can't say any of that. And that's where Sean everyone, we're gonna be okay, even though, like, what do you think best case is for them this year? Seven eight wins? That's best case? Listen.

have more talent on the perimeter. But I think they have more talent on the perimeter. I thought there did a running back make a hell of a run today around the corner. He did a I forget the name of the player, sorry about that. I just think Denver's got a little more juice offensively that people give him credit for. But I just like and Bo had some bad throws. He had a really he missed on a couple.

seventy percent of the ceiling. But I see an athletic guy who's accurate, coachable, gets rid of the ball quickly. If they can improve their offensive line, I think you can.

because he already had the ankle. That that is extremely and that once he goes out, they got no shot, right right, But that that is one of the biggest wildcards in the NFL because if he's just in and out of a lineup, if he's fully healthy, they probably win today. And I feel pretty confident like this classic Harball team eleven twelve win lock. Then the moment he starts limping around, You're like, did someone fall on him? And they show the replay, No, you just reinjured it

stepping handing the ball off. You're like, Oh, this is something that is just not gonna go away clearly, which is scary because I love watching Jim Harball when he has like a C plus B minus roster saying bring it on everybody, and he was doing it again today.

three year old receivers. For them to take Malik Willis. I'm watching today and I'm like, they had almost four hundred yards offense and on the scripted stuff early. That's what really worries me about Chicago. They're horrible, and they're terrible on their first three series. It's like, that's the scripted stuff Green Bay. I mean, I'm Matt Lafleur. You know, for years and years it was always understood that Aaron

and him kind of almost shared offensive duties. Like Aaron's gonna do some of his own stuff, and he'd earned that.

than I think anyone anticipated. Give him the game ball last week he gives it to the entire team. It really is people, you know. Mike McDaniel is a media favorite, like he's got Schrager loves them and some of the guys love him, and I get it. He's a nice guy. Might be the most overrated coach in the NFL. I mean that, Look, he's got is gonna wear thin when he goes five and twelve. But Lafleur does not get discussed nearly as much. And part of that, like you said,

get a little overwhelmed by Aaron Rodgers. Aaron had been gone now for a while. Yeah, Jordan Love threw thirty three touchdowns. Jordan Love gets hurt on a night game halfway across the world, comes back and wins two games with a guy that no other team probably would have traded for, and pretty convincingly. I mean today they beat the shit out of him on the road. Yeah, I mean it's one thing, okay at home playing a bead.

Then you go on the road and win a game with a team that knows this player, like all the defensive players, who do you think they had been seeing for three years as a scout team quarterback And that thing was of all the games to day and that thing truly was not close. It was over fast. And I think Lafloor, I don't want to just throw out the elite status. You gotta win in the playoffs. Yeah they've he did last year though, and easily gonna beat the Night Like I think Lafloor's easily one of the

best young coach. I mean the way McVeigh, Kyle, Kevin O'Connell, we got to include Lafleur and we got to kick Mike out for right now he hasn't won an important game ever.

of talent. By the way, That's why this Green Bay story is so much fun because the whole team's twenty four years old.

If he was an offensive coach right now, we'd be talking about him like one of the best offensive coordinators we've ever seen. But he coaches defense. But even that his defense has been so good, You're like, just like, can he deal with the quarterback? Like he doesn't even seem to like those humans, right, so he doesn't even if I'm an owner, how does my head coach handle that guy? Say what you want about Tomlin, Like he

can just massage that position. He's not coaching them on their fundamentals on a daily basis, but he can handle that situation is weird and he's handled it seamlessly because that's Mike Tomlin's go to strength. Lafour clearly he's pretty level headed guy. But can coach that position? Took Jordan Love, Like you said that your GM wasn't alone. A lot of people wouldn't.

If I am given Jordan Love zero rush, Malik Willis for sure is getting another start. If Jordan Love says I'm not ninety nine percent, what the hell's the rush? I mean, you just just play like this. It actually gives your team a different pitch, forces other guys. Let this guy come back fully healthy. If they're able to make the playoffs, which they sure look like one now, and have Jordan Love miss a month, what an incredible accomplishment. I mean, seriously, that is awesome. Yeah, it is.

when you're nineteen twenty years old. Not every gain as a pro College football is better off in terms of the matchups on a weekly basis with this conference real.

but nobody was sitting around waiting for Illinois. Nebraska became great on Friday ONFS one or Fox. So, I mean, stuff becomes great. But they always had a big game problem. Well now I even watched you know, like Washington Northwestern. It's like I've never seen them play. Just let me go watch them play, you know.

past weekend, and we'd watch the games. Like, I don't think anybody says Stamp, you know his historians that love one hundred and sixty two games. Most of us just can't get through that many games. Its double the NBA season. So I just think we fall in love with the history and the romance. But I always say this. ESPN created a channel called ESPN Classic. Nobody freaking watched. Nobody watched. It's like one of those things that we talk about,

something more than his reality. Like I like the Manning Cast, but it has you know, let's say a million viewers. Joe Buck and Aateman have eighteen. But if you went to Twitter, you'd think everybody was watching the Manning cast and nobody was watching the game. Now that's the inverse of what's true. Nobody cared about cal Organ State. I'm watching Oklahoma State Utah.

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