3 & Out - Cowboys Draft Room REVEALED, Aaron Rodgers Wants a RAISE + Rookie Mini Camp Takeaways + NFL Offseason Mailbag
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 3 & Out, John Middlekauff takes you inside the Cowboys’ draft room following the “The Pick Is In” ESPN feature, breaking down the dynamic between Jerry and Stephen Jones and what it reveals about how Dallas makes decisions on draft night.
John also dives into the latest surrounding the Steelers’ Aaron Rodgers situation and a potential connection to the Arizona Cardinals, unpacking the rumors and what could realistically happen.
Plus, why Anthony Richardson appears to have little to no trade market right now, and what that says about how teams view his development. On the flip side, John discusses Fernando Mendoza and why playing exclusively under center might be the only thing holding him back from starting over Kirk Cousins.
Later, a look at Patrick Mahomes attacking his rehab and what it means for the Chiefs as they gear up for another run.
To wrap things up, John answers your questions in this episodes mailbag segment.
From behind-the-scenes draft insight to quarterback storylines across the league, it’s all covered on this episode of 3 & Out.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.2 | The volume. |
| 0:19.5 | What is going on, my people? |
| 0:21.8 | How are we doing? |
| 0:22.6 | Middlecock Three and out podcast back again. |
| 0:25.6 | Took the weekend with my family. |
| 0:27.6 | It's being a good dad. |
| 0:29.2 | He said, you know what, let's fire up the old podcast and give some takes on football. |
| 0:33.4 | And that's what we will do today. |
| 0:35.4 | So some thoughts, these viral clips of this doc on the Cowboys, |
| 0:39.8 | Aaron Rogers, Mendoza taking snaps under center, |
| 0:44.2 | John Sterling, legendary Yankees broadcast, broadcaster, |
| 0:48.9 | and play-by-play voice dies, dad diaries, |
| 0:52.4 | some mailbag questions at John Middilcoff. We've got a lot going on today. |
| 0:55.7 | So you guys know the drill. Fire in those DMs if you want to get on the mailback. |
| 1:00.9 | If you listen on Collins feed, make sure you subscribe to three and out. And never miss an |
| 1:05.8 | episode on video because you just go to Netflix, hit the alert button, and you'll see this beautiful face smiling, slinging takes. |
| 1:14.0 | But I do want to start with the pick is it. |
| 1:17.3 | I don't know if I would imagine NFL films was involved in this. |
| 1:23.3 | It's on, I watched on ESPN Plus, |
| 1:25.9 | and they did like an hour long documentary on the first |
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