Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd declares Caleb Williams as the #1 QB in the NFL entering the 2026 season and has the proof to back it up.
He believes it’s time for Aaron Rodgers to make a decision on continuing his NFL career or retirement as the Steelers wait on his decision under head coach Mike McCarthy.
Plus, NFL draft analyst Lance Zierlein joins the show to tell Colin why Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza has some red flags entering the NFL and why
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Thanks for listening to The Best of the Heard podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | Be sure to catch us live every weekday on Fox Sports Radio in noon to 3 Eastern, 9 a.m. to noon Pacific. |
| 0:13.8 | Find your local station for the herd at Fox Sports Radio.com or stream us live every day on the IHeRadio app by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. |
| 0:23.8 | This is the best of the herd with Colin Cowher on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:31.6 | Here we go Wednesday. |
| 0:34.0 | That's the day it is. |
| 0:35.3 | We're in Chicago. |
| 0:36.7 | The temperatures, mid-60s. |
| 0:39.9 | Honestly, I had to get talked out of wearing a tank top on the show today. |
| 0:45.5 | It's the herd wherever you may be and however you may be listening. |
| 0:49.7 | Thanks for Megan S, part of your day. |
| 0:53.0 | Hey, listen, I got a lot of opinions on katie's burner account |
| 0:55.8 | it just hasn't been verified yet when it gets verified i got all sorts of |
| 0:59.0 | opinions so a lot of people in our space the talk show space |
| 1:03.3 | they don't like to get called out that's why i've always respected guys |
| 1:06.2 | who don't play it safe who have big opinions they don't care what you think, they don't |
| 1:11.0 | care about the pushback. The bottom line is you can't worry about the critics, you can't |
| 1:15.9 | worry about fans, do your prep, let it rip, it lands where it lands. And I saw this this morning, |
| 1:21.3 | Caleb Williams, according to NFL.com, they looked at all the numbers, is the NFC North's best |
| 1:27.1 | quarterback. |
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