Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd shares what he’s hearing from NFL teams about Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza, declares what everyone is missing about the National Champion QB and why he should be the clear-cut number 1 pick.
He looks at the landscape of the NFL and unveils his early top 10 teams for the 2026 season.
Legendary QB Drew Brees joins the show to talk about getting elected into the Hall of Fame his first time on the ballot and to discuss the parallels between his journey and Sam Darnold's.
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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 fsrr |
| 0:23.2 | this is the best of the herd with colin cowher on fox sports radio here we go it is a what is it a |
| 0:34.2 | wednesday i forget what day it is, midweek Wednesday, it's great, |
| 0:38.1 | it's the herd, we're live, we're in Chicago, I got to tell you, we have a show today, |
| 0:43.9 | I got so many things to talk about, and a story is developing, and I do not get the story. |
| 0:52.3 | Good to see you. |
| 0:59.2 | Warming up in Chicago, I almost wore cargo pants to work today. |
| 1:10.4 | So Clint Kubiak is the new coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. I like the hire. He was quoted yesterday saying, hey, I got to watch a lot of tape to determine who's going to be the number one pick. |
| 1:16.2 | Clint, I've seen the tape. |
| 1:18.2 | Draft Fernando Mendoza. |
| 1:20.2 | What is happening over the last 48 hours on people I am talking to in the NFL is crazy. |
| 1:28.0 | I'm getting real pushback on Fernando Mendoza as an A quarterback prospect. |
| 1:35.3 | The last time I got this much pushback on a quarterback I loved, |
| 1:39.9 | and a lot of people in the league were a little cool on him, |
| 1:44.6 | maybe you've heard of him, Sam Darnold. |
| 1:47.3 | Usually I agree with people. |
| 1:49.4 | I always call on people. |
| 1:51.7 | But the majority opinion I am hearing in the league is he is a good prospect, but Indiana |
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