Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd questions the direction of the Pittsburgh Steelers as they search for their first head coach in nearly 20 years. He believes they’re increasingly out of touch and what makes an elite head coach in today’s NFL.
He explains why the New York Giants are in prime position to bounce back as a playoff contender in the NFC under new head coach John Harbaugh
NFL reporter Dianna Russini joins the show with the latest on the head coaching search across the NFL including who the Bills will pair with QB Josh Allen. She also provides the latest on what the Eagles will do with WR AJ Brown
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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 IHeart radio app by searching fox sports radio or |
| 0:22.4 | fsrr this is the best of the herd with colin cowher on fox sports radio here we go busy day |
| 0:33.6 | lots and lots to talk about we got a good one today we're alive in chicago it was 30 |
| 0:40.7 | felt like i was in uh santropay when i woke up this morning it's the herd wherever you may be |
| 0:49.7 | and however you may be listening thanks for making us part of your day. |
| 0:56.4 | So I saw this story. |
| 1:02.6 | Mike McCarthy to the Steelers, Blares the headline why he'd be the right fit for Mike Tomlin. |
| 1:07.3 | Right fit in Pittsburgh. |
| 1:09.4 | To replace Mike Tomlin. |
| 1:12.6 | Okay, we get it, Pittsburgh. You blue-collar people, you like your own. |
| 1:15.6 | You don't have to keep reminding us. |
| 1:17.6 | Mike McCarthy isn't just older, he's old school. |
| 1:21.6 | That was Mike Tomlin, right? |
| 1:24.6 | Tone deaf to one side of the ball, a lot of penalties. Five years, McCarthy was in Dallas. |
| 1:31.1 | They averaged seven penalties a game, led the NFL. You know who has the fewest penalties in the NFL this year? |
| 1:37.6 | Sean McVeigh, Kyle Shanahan. In fact, the four least penalized teams, four young offensive coaches. McVe, |
| 1:48.8 | Shanahan, Zach Taylor, Dave Canales. That's the NFL. And just because you're older doesn't |
| 1:57.9 | mean you have to be old. Kurt Signetti is 64. |
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