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The Colin Cowherd Podcast

Colin Cowherd Podcast - Darnold Dazzles, Joe Burrow Is On FIRE, Big Pressure On Bills, Trade Kyler Murray? CFP Picks

The Colin Cowherd Podcast

iHeartPodcasts and The Volume

Sports, Football, Basketball, Sports News, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Colin’s joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out” to break down all the week 17 NFL action!

They start with the Vikings hanging on to beat the Packers and Colin argues that Sam Darnold’s brilliant play has earned him a contract in the 50m+/yr range and Minnesota would be crazy not to give it to him (3:00). They debate whether the Patriots should look to make a coaching change now that they’ve found their quarterback or whether they should stay the course with Jerod Mayo (21:00).

They heap praise on Jim Harbaugh and highlight the incredible improvement shown by the Chargers in his first year as head coach (27:00) and they debate whether Bills head coach Sean McDermott should lose his job if they make a playoff exit prior to the AFC championship (36:15). 

They discuss Aaron Rodgers taking not-so-subtle shots at Jets owner Woody Johnson and what the Jets should do at coach and quarterback in 2025 (41:45). They argue that Joe Burrow is playing quarterback better than anyone in the league after the Bengals beat the Broncos (52:30) and debate which wild card teams are capable of winning a playoff game (58:30). 

They try to make sense of the incredibly up and down nature of the LA Rams (1:01:00), and Colin offers a Mea Culpa for spending so long defending Kyler Murray and wonders if the Cardinals could look to trade him in the offseason (1:05:30). They also address the disparity between the top and bottom teams in the league and the large number of really BAD teams at the bottom of the standings and debate whether it’s a one-off or a trend (1:17:00). 

Finally, they pivot to college football’s top stars and try to project where players like Shedeur Sanders, Cam Ward and Travis Hunter will land (1:22:00), and make their picks for the College Football Playoff games (1:30:00).

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0:00.0

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0:25.9

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0:32.0

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0:37.0

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0:41.9

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0:48.6

All right, here we go.

0:53.1

Former NFL Scout, John Middlekoff, he has a podcast, three and out.

0:56.1

It was a very busy weekend. Sunday,

1:01.3

especially the early window, didn't give us much. But let's start with Minnesota 27, Green Bay 25.

1:12.2

So I had a conversation yesterday with a general manager in the league who said, yeah, you can forget, you can forget Sam Darnold at 40 million.

1:15.8

He said, you're not getting Sam Darnold at 40 million.

1:24.5

Sam's moved into the five, 50, 5-1, and I watched him today, even after his pick,

1:28.5

five for five, 55 yards touchdown, final drive, you know, he got a little bit lucky, some play calling, you know, let's just be honest here. Kevin O'Connell's development and

1:33.2

play calling is substantial. And between Jefferson, Addison, and Naylor, the Michigan State kid,

1:38.1

they have incredible wide receiving group. So I'm not taking anything away. But Sam, here's the thing I take away, John,

1:46.3

and you as a former scout, they're asking him to make big boy throws. Some of this shit,

1:52.5

these are hard. Even when they were leading late in the fourth, I'm like, guys, screen

1:58.3

passes, lighten up. They're asking Sam, this is not dink and dunk.

2:03.4

These are tough throws.

2:05.5

Yeah, I mean, he's treating this guy like Mahomes meets Joe Montana in terms of his play calling.

2:10.0

Complete trust.

2:11.4

I mean, honestly, you removed two throws, the interception where he got greedy and the throw

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