THE HERD - Hour 1 - More drama coming out of Pittsburgh, defending Fernando Mendoza
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
After former Steeler Joery Porter calls out Ben Roethlisberger for being a bad teammate, Colin Cowherd explains why this reveals the reason the Steelers haven’t won a playoff game in 9 straight seasons
Looking at the journeys of Drew Brees and Sam Darnold
Colin doubles down on his defense of Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza and why he’s clearly a franchise caliber QB in this year’s draft
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| 0:24.2 | Now let's get this party started. |
| 0:26.2 | You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:30.7 | Ah, here we go on a Thursday. |
| 0:32.8 | A lot more stuff to talk about than I thought we'd have to talk about, but all sorts of things happening, |
| 0:39.8 | the combustibility rating, the combustibility factor in Pittsburgh. |
| 0:45.0 | We got a controversy with the Steelers. |
| 0:49.3 | So nice to have you in today. |
| 0:53.2 | So I can argue over the last, you know, 15, 20 years, the greatest Pittsburgh Steeler is Big Ben, |
| 1:02.2 | Rothesberger, and James Harrison's on a short list of the second best player. |
| 1:07.2 | Great players. |
| 1:08.7 | Well, they have podcasts, and they've gone on those podcasts over the last year or two, |
| 1:14.2 | and been critical of Mike Tomlin and the Steelers. |
| 1:17.0 | And by the way, their message is pretty smart. |
| 1:23.0 | Their message, to me, was spot on. |
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