Colin Cowherd Podcast Prime Cuts - Bo Nix’s Best Game, Josh Allen The Greatest QB Talent Ever? Chiefs Headed For A Rebuild? Tua Gets Benched
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.3 • 10K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Colin’s top takes of the week.
First, he’s joined by Danny Parkins, host of “First Thing’s First” on FS1.
They start with Colin offering his new theory that explains the unprecedented drop off from Russell Wilson after seeing Tua on MNF. He argues that when smaller quarterbacks are afraid to get hit, they age overnight. They both agree that Tua’s career is likely over (03:00).
They discuss the evolution of Justin Herbert, and why they think he could win a title and an MVP under Jim Harbaugh (10:30). They also express sympathy for Joe Burrow after he gave multiple despondent press conferences and they debate whether his discontent is purely with the Bengals or if there are other factors (17:00). They also try to decipher what the trade value for Burrow would be if he forces a trade (25:00).
Then, he’s joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out” to break down the biggest headlines from the Sunday NFL slate.
They start with the Broncos win over the Packers and explain why it was the best game of Bo Nix’s career (34:00) and why the injury to Micah Parsons spells doom for the Packers Super Bowl aspirations (40:30).
They react to the Chiefs being eliminated from the postseason by the Chargers for the first time in the Mahomes era (42:15), break down why the Chiefs are likely headed for a 1-2 year rebuild (47:30) and learn in real time of the confirmation that Mahomes tore his ACL (49:00)
Finally, they discuss the Bills incredible comeback over the Pats and why Josh Allen might be the greatest quarterback talent in league history (58:00)
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.4 | The volume. |
| 0:07.7 | This episode is brought to you by Netflix. |
| 0:09.9 | Netflix is basically Santa this year. |
| 0:11.8 | Two NFL games on Christmas Day streaming live. |
| 0:14.7 | At one Eastern, Cowboys Commanders, Dallas is suddenly red hot. |
| 0:19.4 | Could play big for the NFC playoff picture. Then at 4.30, you've got the Lions struggling against the Vikings. That's Midwest football playoff stakes. Two teams battling it out for the number one seed last year. Must win for Detroit. So watching holiday football is a tradition the whole family can get into. Settle and watch it. The NFL Christmas Day games live on Netflix, |
| 0:38.1 | starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Watching holiday football is a tradition the whole family can enjoy, |
| 0:42.7 | open some gifts, grab some food, settle in, and watch NFL live on Netflix, Christmas Day, |
| 0:47.6 | starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. |
| 1:02.9 | I love in sports when I can't figure out something, and then you have an aha moment. |
| 1:05.5 | And I kind of had one over the last two weeks. |
| 1:14.2 | So for years, the last several years, I could not figure out how Russell Wilson went from elite to maybe just a really good backup with no major injury and he wasn't that old. |
| 1:22.2 | And I kept saying it may, I mean, it was like literally a two year topic. |
| 1:25.8 | I don't understand it. |
| 1:28.6 | I, what great, really good. Is he a backup? But no, and then I watched Tua the last two weeks. |
| 1:38.6 | And I went, wait, two is about his size. Oh, wait. And then I watched Kyler Murray, Arizona doesn't want to play him. |
| 1:47.1 | And I've come to the conclusion that smaller quarterbacks could not withstand Justin Herbert's |
| 1:53.5 | career and that those hits are more punitive. And if you watch Tua, last on Monday night, |
| 2:03.8 | he is afraid to get hit. That's not disputable. Like that's been said by Gruden, multiple people out there, Bruce Ariens, like he didn't want to get hit. |
| 2:11.3 | Kyler Murray, I was told by an NFL guy, his rookie year who sacked him. He's like, bro, he, |
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