3 & Out - George Pickens & Christian Gonzalez Hold-Ins, Browns QB Battle, Tom Brady's "Good Nut" + NFL Offseason Mailbag
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of 3 & Out, John Middlekauff dives into some of the biggest stories around the NFL, starting with the latest contract situations across the league and the growing trend of players choosing to “hold in” rather than hold out. John breaks down the cases of George Pickens and Christian Gonzalez and what these standoffs mean for their teams.
The conversation then shifts to Cleveland, where the Browns’ quarterback situation continues to generate headlines. John analyzes the dynamic between Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders, the expectations surrounding both players, and what the competition could mean for the franchise moving forward.
Plus, John discusses media narratives and reactions to Commanders GM Adam Peters’ comments about Jayden Daniels’ pre-draft Top Golf visit, examining how stories can take on a life of their own during the NFL calendar.
Off the field, John reacts to Tom Brady launching his new coconut water brand, Good Nut, and breaks down the business side of athlete-backed ventures. He also explains the details behind Pat McAfee’s reported $60 million ESPN deal and what it says about the value of sports media personalities in today’s landscape.
The episode also features another edition of Dad Diaries, as John shares the story of "The Onesie Incident" and the unpredictable adventures of parenthood.
To wrap things up, it’s the Middlekauff Mailbag, with John answering your questions and covering a wide range of NFL topics.
From contract negotiations and quarterback battles to sports business and life as a dad, 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. |
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| 0:39.4 | What is happening, everybody? How are we doing? I'm John. This is a three and out podcast. Hopefully you're doing well out there in the real world. Today, we got a lot going on. We got player holdouts, hold-ins, quarterback controversies, McAfee getting 60 mil a year. Tom Brady with a new drink with an all-time name. We got a dad diaries this morning, which was epic failure by your boy. Do some mailbag questions. At John |
| 0:44.9 | Middlecoff. At John Middlecoff is the Instagram firing those DMs. Yeah, we'll just keep on rocking |
| 0:50.6 | and rolling here in early June. But you guys know the drill. If you listen on Collins' feed, make sure you subscribe to Three and Out. |
| 0:56.4 | If hit those alerts on Netflix, never miss an episode. |
| 1:01.2 | We got some content that doesn't make the show. |
| 1:03.2 | We put up on our YouTube page, Three and Out YouTube page, and go check that out. |
| 1:07.6 | So let's just dive right in some football. |
| 1:12.2 | And I think sports is no different than any of our industries. |
| 1:16.8 | You have to be very careful who you get in business with. |
| 1:20.1 | And the only way to really figure it out is as you get older, |
| 1:24.4 | you know, you have different experiences to base things on. And you know, you know, |
| 1:30.1 | when you're working with good people, people you can trust, people you want to do deals with, |
| 1:36.0 | and people you're not comfortable doing that. And people you're working for, working with, |
| 1:40.9 | clients, you know, you're doing business with with i don't think sports is that different |
| 1:45.2 | except the asset is the player and they're extremely valuable right i mean in the nba you got guys |
| 1:51.3 | top guys making 50 60 70 million dollars a year in football obviously the quarterbacks have |
| 1:57.2 | always made a money you you have guards making 2828 million. Center. Linderbom. |
| 2:02.9 | Look at that contract. So the amount of money you're investing into these players, you have to be |
| 2:07.7 | very comfortable with the guy. And, you know, when you make a trade and acquire someone like |
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