3 & Out - Panthers Suffer Early Injuries in Training Camp, Liam Coen on Travis Hunter, Fernando Mendoza Signs Rookie Contract
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS
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Summary
On this episode of 3 & Out, John Middlekauff reacts to the first wave of NFL training camp injuries and discusses what early setbacks can mean for players and teams before the regular season even begins. Which injuries are worth worrying about, and which are simply part of the grind of camp?
John also breaks down Fernando Mendoza officially signing his NFL contract, what the deal means for both the rookie quarterback and his team, and what expectations should be heading into his first professional season.
Plus, John reacts to Jaguars head coach Liam Coen's comments on Travis Hunter, discussing the unique challenges of maximizing a player with Hunter's rare two-way skill set and what his role could look like in the NFL.
The conversation also turns to the latest involving Josh Pate and Bussin' With The Boys, as John weighs in on one of the more talked-about media storylines in football.
To close out the week, Fugazi Friday returns as John separates what's real from what's not around the NFL, before wrapping things up with another edition of the Middlekauff Mailbag, answering listener questions from across the football world.
From training camp updates and rookie contracts to media debates and fan questions, it's all covered on this episode of 3 & Out.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
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| 0:19.5 | What is going on everybody? Happy Fugazi Friday. Hopefully everyone is doing well. We got football's in the air. |
| 0:28.0 | We got injuries. We got Fernando Mendoza signing a contract. We got Liam Cohen saying Hunter is going to play both ways. |
| 0:35.8 | We got some media news. We got Fugazis. I don't even know if it's Fugaziz. I just kind of want to talk about it. But we got Mailbag at John Middilcoff. It's the Instagram firing those DMs. Question answered here on the show. Very, very easy to get involved. Appreciate everyone shooting me DMs. Keep them coming. You guys know the drill. If you listen |
| 0:54.4 | on Collins feed, make sure you subscribe. Uh, so you never miss an episode because three and I |
| 0:58.8 | a separate feed, even though it's on his feed all the time. But, uh, yeah, just never miss an |
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| 1:14.3 | Let's just, uh, let's just dive right in. |
| 1:16.3 | But I want to start with, you know, one thing when I left football and came to, uh, talking |
| 1:23.8 | about football for a living, I would say the number one thing I did not miss |
| 1:28.8 | besides probably having more of a life |
| 1:31.2 | would have been the feeling when you are at practice |
| 1:35.3 | and a guy is laying there on the ground. |
| 1:38.6 | And the entire practice stops. |
| 1:41.0 | That could be OTAs, that could obviously be training camp, |
| 1:45.6 | it could be during the season. |
| 1:53.9 | When I was in Philadelphia, now granted, this was a disastrous signing, but Namdi Asinwa got hurt the week of Thanksgiving. He just was on the ground laying there. And now granted, it turned |
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