Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd reacts to Championship Sunday in the NFL! He starts with the Seahawks thrilling win over the Rams in the NFC and how Sam Darnold continues to silence all his doubters. He discusses the Patriots win over the Broncos and how Patriots head coach Mike Vrable sets the standard for New England who broke an NFL record for road wins in a season.
Plus, Super Bowl champion Drew Brees joins the show to tell Colin why he thinks Rams QB Matthew Stafford could play another 3 or 4 seasons after another impressive postseason performance.
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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. |
| 0:23.7 | This is the best of the herd with Colin Cowher on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:32.0 | Here we go. |
| 0:34.2 | The Super Bowl is set. |
| 0:43.2 | What a broadcast. What a a game what an unbelievable journey for Sam Darnold we are live in Chicago it's the herd wherever you may be however |
| 0:52.5 | you may be listening thanks for making us a lot of choices out there, part of our day. |
| 0:58.0 | Well, you know I'm happy, slinging Sammy D in a Super Bowl. |
| 1:04.0 | Say that 10 times. Say it 100 times. |
| 1:07.0 | Sam Darnold proved two things. |
| 1:09.0 | Number one, everybody takes a different path. Some kids get great parents, |
| 1:14.6 | some kids get the New York Jets. It just takes longer for a lot of people. And the second thing, |
| 1:20.6 | if you believe in yourself, don't listen to the noise, don't listen to the doubters. |
| 1:25.6 | Darnold never stopped believing in himself. |
| 1:28.4 | And until that game officially ended, 90% of people in this country sports fans still |
| 1:33.1 | didn't think Sam Darnold's Super Bowl sounded right. |
| 1:36.0 | But he's a perfect fit for this franchise. |
| 1:38.6 | He's young, he's athletic, he takes swings, he's a risk taker, he's tough tough playing with an oblique where it hurt on every throw. |
| 1:47.0 | Sam Darnold is the Seahawks. A little bit at times, reckless, super talented, athletic. |
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