Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd breaks down one of the wildest NFL finishes of the season as the Seattle Seahawks pull off a stunning overtime comeback against the Los Angeles Rams, taking the No. 1 seed in the NFC. He explains why Darnold remains one of the most underrated quarterbacks in the NFL, despite consistently ranking among the league’s most productive QBs over the past several seasons.Plus, Colin reveals his Blazing 5 NFL picks for Week 16, breaking down the biggest matchups against the spread:
- Packers vs. Bears
- Vikings vs. Giants
- Bengals vs. Dolphins
- Patriots vs. Ravens
- 49ers vs. Colts
Later, Robert Mays of The Athletic joins the show for an in-depth NFL conversation, including why Caleb Williams is rapidly establishing himself as one of the elite quarterbacks in the league and what separates him from the rest of the next generation of NFL stars.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart 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 IHeart radio 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. |
| 0:32.4 | Oh, what a beautiful day. |
| 0:35.3 | Wonderful day. |
| 0:36.7 | Couldn't be better today. It is Friday blazing five in one hour. We are live. It is the herd wherever you may be and however you may be listening. Thanks for making us part of your day. |
| 0:54.3 | You know, I'm not really into stats or anything, but here's a couple of interesting ones. |
| 1:00.7 | The last four teams Sam Darnold has played for, started a game for, because he started one |
| 1:06.5 | game for the Niners. |
| 1:07.8 | His last 39 starts, he's 39. Here's another random stat that just like fell into my |
| 1:17.0 | hands. Last night, Sam Darnold became the first quarterback in NFL history to win 12 games |
| 1:24.8 | back-to-back season on different teams. |
| 1:28.5 | Brady didn't do it. |
| 1:30.2 | Joe Montana didn't do it. |
| 1:33.0 | Farrb didn't do it. |
| 1:34.5 | Slinging Sammy D. did. |
| 1:37.1 | Yeah, the Rams dominated the first three quarters, and Sammy had a couple of bad picks. |
| 1:41.7 | But the Rams settled for field goals in the red zone. |
| 1:45.0 | Their special teams are shaky. |
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