Best of The Herd
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Colin defends Sean McDermott's decision to go for it on 4th down in a loss to the Titans and why being aggressive wins in pro sports. He discusses the short list of NFL QBs who he'd feel comfortable consistently going for it on 4th down in big spots. Colin also shares his Herd Hierarchy after week 6 of the NFL season. Plus, QB expert Jordan Palmer joins the show to talk about what makes Josh Allen special and which college quarterback could be the top pick in this year's draft.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | Thanks for listening to The Best of HARD podcast. |
| 0:07.2 | Be sure to catch us live every weekday. |
| 0:09.1 | From 12 to 3 Eastern, 9 to noon Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and FS1, find your local station for the herd at Fox Sports Radio.com or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching Herd. |
| 0:20.5 | This is the best of the herd with Colin Cowherg on Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:29.3 | Ah, here we go on a Tuesday live in Los Angeles, the Dodgers season on the line. |
| 0:38.6 | Wherever you may be, however you may be listening, IHeart Radio, Fox Sports Radio, |
| 0:44.6 | FS1, one hour from now, my herd hierarchy, top 10 teams in the league. |
| 0:51.0 | There are a lot of good ones. |
| 0:52.7 | I think you'll be surprised by a couple of the back end. Joy Taylor is joining me. That was a wildly entertaining football game last night. It was great. I loved Eric Henry. He might be my favorite player in the league. Yeah, he's different. He's a refrigerator that's like if you were unpacking something, you made a big move with your family, |
| 1:07.8 | and you had a moving truck and a refrigerator fell out and went down the hill. Just slid down the hill. That's what he's like tackling. It's a runaway refrigerator. So, like, just straight. Once he breaks into the tackles, it is just straight up and down. It's got a Forrest Gumpfield to it. Like, it's just, and he's gone. It's so great to watch. |
| 1:10.5 | So at the end of the game, there's a moment. |
| 1:29.9 | It's a, and he's gone. It's so great to watch. So at the end of the game, there's a moment. |
| 1:32.0 | It's a fourth and one. |
| 1:34.7 | Buffalo, I think the better team is on the road. And instead of kicking a field goal to send it to overtime, they go for it. |
| 1:39.5 | And I can't believe how many people are pushing back on that. |
| 1:43.1 | Folks, there are times in life that you play it safe with your retirement account, |
| 1:49.0 | shipping glassware, raising your children. |
| 1:52.9 | You do not play it safe on the road against the good football team. |
| 1:56.7 | You go for it. |
| 1:58.4 | Of course you go for it. |
| 2:00.2 | I'm going to trust a coin flip over Josh Allen. I'm going to trust a coin flip over Josh Allen. |
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