Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd breaks down the biggest NFL storylines following Monday Night Football, questioning whether the San Francisco 49ers are truly built to contend for a Super Bowl in a loaded NFC, even after a dominant win over the Indianapolis Colts.Colin also reveals his Week 17 Herd Hierarchy, ranking the Top 10 teams in the NFL as the playoff picture comes into focus. Find out why QB Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears make the list, while Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers are left out.Plus, Nick Wright of First Things First joins the show to explain why Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has his best championship window yet, and what must go right for Buffalo to finally win a Super Bowl.
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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. |
| 0:31.6 | Ah, it is a Tuesday and it is a good, good Tuesday. |
| 0:37.4 | Heard hierarchy, one hour from now, and Nick Wright joins us too. |
| 0:42.0 | We are live or in Chicago. |
| 0:45.1 | Seasons greetings, perfect holiday weather here, wherever you may be and however you may be listening. |
| 0:52.2 | Thanks for making us part of your day. Jay Mack, that looked like a |
| 0:57.9 | seven-on-seven summer camp drill for Brock Purdy last night. He was slinging it. The 49ers have not |
| 1:04.5 | punted since November, so they are humming. We both love San Francisco last night. Let's talk about it. Here's what drives me nuts. I could spend the next five minutes saying, ah, they beat Indy. It's one of the easiest bets on the board. |
| 1:19.9 | Christian McCaffrey had 27 touches. Six catches, 21 carries. Seventh time this year year he's had 27 plus touches no other player in the league's |
| 1:33.0 | had more than three and he's a 29 year old with an injury history the game was out of reach |
| 1:40.1 | they already have two fewer days to prepare for a very good team Chicago and that game means |
| 1:48.2 | something for the Niners Christian McCaffrey next week will blow through |
| 1:53.5 | Sequin Barclay's touches of last year which if you've watched Sequin this year |
| 1:59.1 | he feels like a bit of a shot fighter. |
| 2:02.2 | In fact, if you look at most touches among teams in playoff positions, McCaffrey not only leads |
| 2:09.5 | the league, he's a mile ahead of number two James Cook. So, congrats to Brock Purdy, best game as a pro, the last two games |
| 2:20.7 | for Bertie, and he deserves credit. He finally looks healthy. Now, Mack Jones was good. |
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