THE HERD - Hour 1 - Broncos Proving Doubters Wrong, Lions Fall Apart
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
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🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd sees that the Denver Broncos are right on schedule under coach Sean Payton and quarterback Bo Nix after a Christmas Day win over the fading Kansas City Chiefs. Also, Colin examines how and why the Detroit Lions unraveled this season. Plus, Lakers head coach JJ Redick is fed up with the lack of effort from his team after a blowout home loss to the Houston Rockets. Finally, Colin sizes up former Utah Utes head football coach Kyle Whittingham, who is expected to be hired as Michigan's next coach.
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| 1:20.7 | you may be listening. Thanks for making us part of your day. J-Mack, I hope you had a great Christmas with a fan. I certainly did. Snoop Dog was the most consistent top performer yesterday in the NFL, sorry to say. |
| 1:31.1 | Way to go Snoop Dog and crew. That was awesome. But I think it's interesting. And there's, you know, at this point in the year, we know what all these teams are. |
| 1:42.0 | And you can keep telling me, Denver's not good, but this is not figure skating. It's football. I don't need style points. They were great on third down. They dominate time of possession. R.J. Harvey delivers. So is Bo Nix. Basically, Kansas City said, we're not giving you anything over the top. We're going to make it long, slow, boring drives, and that's what they did. Sean Payton knows what he's doing. A lot of guys, a lot of GMs. GMs didn't like Bo Nix. Sean Payton loved him. He's now 23 and 10 as a pro. Playoffs both years. First quarterback ever, ever, league history ever. Ten plus wins, |
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