THE HERD - Hour 1 - NFL schedule release, Niners have it rough, Chargers went too far
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
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🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Colin Cowherd goes ALL IN on the release of the 2026 NFL schedule! He breaks down why this is shaping up to be the best NFL season to date with the best teams playing in the biggest games.
Colin explains how the 49ers ended up with a brutal schedule and why people are overreacting when they claim the Bears ended up with the leagues’ “toughest” schedule.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Thanks for listening to The Heard podcast. |
| 0:06.8 | Be sure to catch us live every weekday on Fox Sports Radio |
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| 0:20.2 | by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. |
| 0:24.0 | You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. |
| 0:30.4 | Here we go. |
| 0:32.9 | Friday, schedule release Friday. |
| 0:39.8 | Very few things I dork out to. |
| 0:43.7 | I geek out to more than the schedule release. |
| 0:48.8 | For a day anyway, I'm in L.A. |
| 0:51.5 | So is J. Mack, it's the herd, wherever you may be, |
| 0:54.0 | and however you may be watching or listening. |
| 0:56.5 | Thanks for making us part of your day. |
| 0:58.8 | So the NFL made a decision over a decade ago. |
| 1:03.4 | Do a better job at protecting the quarterback and tweak the rules to help offense. |
| 1:08.4 | So the offense now is the cool side of the ball. |
| 1:11.9 | Offensive coordinators can make more than defensive coordinators, wide receivers now can make more |
| 1:16.7 | than your corners. Like, it's the cool side of the ball. So when I looked at the Thanksgiving |
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