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January 14, 2025 17 mins

Colin reacts to the Rams dismantling the Vikings in the last game of wild card weekend!

He explains why the past two games have downgraded Sam Darnold from a 50m/yr contract to something more similar to a Baker Mayfield-esque 30ish million/yr deal. He heaps praise on the Rams defense, specifically Jared Verse and dives into why the Rams will give the Eagles a real game (4:00).

Finally, he discusses the potential of Deion Sanders landing the head coaching job for the Dallas Cowboys and why Jerry Jones would be enamored with the “buzz” Deion could create around the Cowboys and his ability to sell tickets (15:00).

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Speaker 1 (01:27):
Okay. Instant reaction on the Rams hammering the Minnesota Vikings, Well,
Sam Darnold had a chance at some point to be
a fifty million dollars quarterback, and he'll probably now get
closer to a Baker Mayfield contract, which will be in
the thirty millions. I might kind of take away the
last couple of weeks is I think Minnesota is going

(01:48):
to move off Donald and go with JJ McCarthy and
back up with Daniel Jones. I think it was I
think for the most of the season that you couldn't
do that. I think you you know, I think all
of us watched through the course of the season and
thought you can't let Sam go. But this is the
way the league works. I mean, coaches get fired because
of bad back to back games at the end of
the season. And I think it's that simple. I just

(02:10):
think the last couple of weeks you could see the
frustration Kevin O'Connell. And by the way, tonight was mentor
Hersus student McVeigh against Kevin O'Connell. I mean McVeigh with
extra prep time, they looked really good. But I think
Kevin O'Connell's frustration on the sideline, he's, you know, very

(02:31):
authentic and when he's angry and his frustration with Sam
Donald and listen, I like Bo Nicks, I like Sam Donald,
I like Justin Herbert. They all played poor football. They
all fell behind early in the first half, and they're
trying to make plays and you know, last game of
the year, you're trying to make plays. And frankly, the
Rams defense has gotten so much better. I mean, the

(02:54):
Rams are really an interesting story. They have not missed
on their defensive draft picks. They've missed them some offensive
draft picks two two at well, second round receiver never
been as good as they thought. Logan Brus kind of
a miss interior O. Ligneman, second or third round guy.
They don't miss on defense. Jared Verse is incredible. That's
a ten time pro bowler. I mean there are his

(03:15):
speed and power for his size. He was chasing down
Darnold at the end of the game and you're like,
get two hundred and sixty pound guy, shouldn't run like that.
He is a bull had a touchdown on that fumble
recovery in the first half of the game. I think
when you look at the Rams, they had eight sacks
in the first month of the season. They had eight

(03:37):
sacks tonight and Greg Cosell said last Thursday on the
show and I asked him, I said, I'm kind of
go either way in that game, and he stopped me
and he said, the Rams defensive line, if you look
at the film, is going to be a major problem
for the Vikings and it will decide the game. And
that's why I picked the Rams. I said that with
Chad Bilman on Sharper Square. Greg co Sell he does

(03:59):
as a HANDFLT times during the year he feels so
strongly about something and he just said, DRAMs d line
will decide the game and they just haven't missed. Kobe Turner,
Jared Verse Young from a couple of years ago, Braden
Fisk Florida State. I mean they just all those guys
can play, and their back end is more mid round guys,

(04:24):
but really well coached. You get nothing free over the top.
They're a combination of a young, athletic, twitchy team getting
better every five to six weeks. You lock up and
you think, Okay, this team is better than they were,
you know, in September and October, and they're gonna give
Philadelphia a real game. Now Philadelphia played so poorly. I

(04:46):
think they'll be really focused. But this Rams d line,
it won't be muted by Philadelphia's on line. I mean
they'll they'll pressure. They'll pressure Jalen Hurts to some degree.
And Hurts hasn't played, you know, from concussion on. We'll
see what we get. Generally, when quarterbacks get concussions, they
can be fuzzy for a couple of weeks. I think

(05:06):
Jalen Hurts will play much better football against the Rams
than he did this past week against Green Bay. And
I like Philadelphia in that game. I thought the Rams
for about three quarters played perfect football tonight. But you know,
going back to Sam Darnold, I think Donald And this
is what's great about the NFL is that you know,

(05:28):
after Buffalo lost the Rams, I'm like, oh boy, Buffalo
is not good enough defensively, and then they go on
a run. And as I've often said with kids, the
days are long, the years fly by. The NFL week
to week, you don't know exactly what you're getting. But
over the course of a year, great coaches with great
quarterbacks win a lot. So if you look at the AFC,

(05:48):
it's Mahomes and Andy Reid has left, John Harbon, Lamar Jackson,
Sean McDermott and Josh Allen and Demiko Ryans and CJ. Stroud.
You look over in the other and you know what
a shock is. Stafford and McVeigh once again are ready
to go. You've got the great Detroit staff and Jared Goff.

(06:09):
So this stuff over the course of time, when Stafford
is healthy and people aren't getting to him, I mean,
when's the last time. I mean he hasn't felt pressure
in a month. So the Rams are really good on
both lines. They just couldn't stay healthy for the first
eight weeks. But right now now Puka got banged up
to night, so Kyron Williams. If those guys come back,

(06:29):
they'll be at full strength against Philadelphia. I think they've
got a shot again. The McVeigh and Stafford equation, they've
got a shot. But it looked like tonight when they
jumped out to that leads it felt like Andy Reid
off a buy, and I don't think there's any I
think Andy Reid and McVeigh are the best play designers
in the league. And I think McVeigh is conn It's

(06:51):
like the opposite of the Pittsburgh Steelers. McVeigh is constantly
updating and adapting and evolving his schemes, his sets. You
just don't know what you're getting with him. I thought
he got a little predictable about three to four years ago,
and he probably thought that too, and now you're never
quite sure what you're getting. The Rams are a really

(07:12):
good team, and I thought Minnesota had an amazing year.
But listen, we all kind of thought they were a
third or fourth place team. And the truth eventually comes out.
The truth came out with the Broncos. They got into
the playoffs, but they were a year ahead of schedule.
The truth came out with the Chargers. What a great story.
They're not a great team. They need more offensive playmakers.
So the truth comes out the longer and the longer

(07:34):
any business exists. You know, it's like good football teams.
There's always been a theory if you have a better
football team, you want more plays. So you just you know,
Ohio State earlier this year, I was I think it
was Urban Meyer talked about this. They weren't They weren't
playing very fast, and considering how good they were, they
weren't producing a lot of plays in the game. Now,

(07:55):
if you watch Ohio State play, they're playing more up
tempo and faster, and that's what Ohio They shouldn't want
to play like they have the best players, and so
you slow the game down when you're trying to kill
the clock or eat clock and you don't feel you
have good personnel. I'm looking at the Rams right now,
and I don't think they're as good as Detroit or

(08:17):
Philadelphia or Buffalo in terms of overall talent. But I
don't think the gaps. I don't think the GAP's that big. Now.
They need everybody healthy, So Kien Williams has to play.
They're not terribly great. Blake korm hasn't done anything this
year as a rookie. Ronnie Rivers, Fresno State running back
is a number three guy. If Kien Williams is not available,
it's not quite. The offense isn't as punchy. But you know,

(08:41):
I was looking around at some numbers. Let me just
look real quick. I was talking about Donald. Every Donald
early sack everyone early. He held onto the ball for
at least three point two seconds. And again, Joe Burrow
does that a little bit. Joe Burrow was looking for
big play. He'll hold the ball just a little longer.

(09:02):
The difference is Burrow is a more accurate thrower than Donald. Donald.
The ball can sail. He's not quite as naturally accurate.
But a lot of these quarterbacks, Andrew Luck did that,
Joe Burrow does it, Donald does it. You know, Big
Ban at times did that. They hold the ball a
little longer because they want the big play. Sam loves
to throw the ball down the field. He'd prefer not

(09:23):
the dink and dunk. He's always been almost to a fault.
He wants to throw it deep. But the thing with Donald,
he was a great student all year. He just bombed
the final. It doesn't mean he's a n F student.
He's a B student, he's not an A student. And
there's only about seven of those in the league, or six.
But I think the teams that were exposed this weekend,

(09:44):
Minnesota got beat up, Denver got beat up, Chargers got
beat up, Packers got beat up. Are any of you surprised?
I mean, really, it's we went into this weekend. We're
like Buffalo, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Rams was going either way. But
after cole Sell said what he told you and me,

(10:04):
I like the Rams. But I don't think it was
a terribly surprising weekend. I think eventually you get exposed
in this league at this level. And playoff football is different,
you know, it's such a It's just it's the same
thing in playoff baseball. It's the same thing in playoff basketball.
Is that it is hard pro athletes. It's hard to

(10:26):
fake it. You know, you're playing Carolina, it's week seven.
It's hard. Sometimes people have lives and wives and kids
and they're banged up and to get complete attention and urgency.
And the NFL keeps expanding the schedule. You get into
these playoff games and those coaches those games are often standalone.

(10:49):
The entire league is watching it. There's a real vanity.
Like Sean McVay put on a coaching clinic tonight. That
was a flex. That first half was an absolute flex
by Sean McVay mentor teaching student. So fun weekend. The
big dogs advance. Now you know there's at least four

(11:12):
new playoff teams every year, four new playoff teams. So
I've been pretty good. I've been pretty lucky at predicting
the four new playoff teams. Teams to keep your eye
out for. And remember what I said Washington. You guys
all you were very critical, very hurtful. I'm gonna tell you,

(11:34):
if they have a good draft and they have the
most cap room, keep your eye on New England. You
think I'm crazy. You thought I was nuts for the Washington.
You thought I was nuts to the Rams before Mike Frable,
Josh McDaniel. If they go by a T. Higgins hit
on another running back, shore up the old line, keep

(11:57):
your eye on New England. That's my surprise team next year,
and not just because I like Mike Vrabel. So we
headed too. The next weekend of games, I'll tell you,
starting with Notre Dame on Thursday, over Penn State until
tonight Rams kind of hammering the Vikings. That was about
as good to five day stretch of football as I remember.

(12:21):
The games weren't all great, but and I hope you
know this. I'm so grateful for what I do and
so thankful for this I get to sit and watch
football and then shoot the you know what on this thing.
I want to talk if I could, about Dion Sanders
to the Dallas Cowboys. So I got a text tonight

(12:41):
from Jordan Schultz and he reported Cowboys owner Jerry Jones
has spoken with Deon Sanders regarding the possible job, and
there is some mutual interest here. Coach Prime is considered
a top candidate, though the Cowboys plan to interview other candidates.
I thought it was very interesting talking to Matt Moseley

(13:02):
today on my show. And Matt's been covering the Cowboys forever.
Whenever you see a Cowboy press conference after a game,
Matt's the one with the dark sunglasses. Very very funny guy.
Baylor guy, funny guy, really like him. Does the Doomsday
podcast with edwarder Boy also like and you know, he
said something today, He's not going to hire some young

(13:22):
offensive coordinator. What really bothered Jerry. This year was empty
seats and the apathy around the Cowboys, and that really
bothered Jerry Jones. And that's why Dion. You know, first,
I think that's not going to happen. Deon Sanders is
going to sell tickets. Is he the best candidate? I

(13:44):
don't know. I mean we were all surprised how well
they did at Colorado. Colorado was like a bottom three
college football program when he arrived. He was getting like
five star athletes. So so I think I think Deon
Sanders could build a good staff. But this is Jerry.
I mean, let's let's be honest. Name another coach. But

(14:04):
in fact, I don't think there's another coach you could
hire that would create more buzz than Dion Sanders. I
don't think Belichick would create that buzz. We've seen Belichick.
We saw the last several years, grumpy Bill Belichick. You know,
I don't. I mean, it would be interesting. I think
Dion Sanders would be sort of a revelation and people
there'd be a lot of mystery. Mystery fascinates people. That's

(14:26):
why conspiracy theorists on podcasts. I mean, one of the
things that really gets attention for people with small audiences
in you know, the podcasting space is a conspiracy theory.
People are interested. It's it's the mystery, it's the unknown,
and that's why magic's so popular and we all know
it's fake. But it's like, oh, how did you do that?

(14:47):
And I think Dion Sanders has a how will he do? Quality?
I mean, Mike Rable's gonna win in New England, right
like Harball was going to win with the Chargers. I
mean that's Andy Reid, Kansas City, a lot of Dan Quinn,
Cliff Kingsbury. They were going to do just fine in Washington.
I don't know how Diane would do as a pro coach.
I don't know. He's a better football coach in college

(15:09):
than I would have guessed. There's not that many former
star players that make good coaches. You need patience, you
got to be a grinder, and a lot of star
players are just naturally gifted. You know. It's like, how
many all time great baseball players are great baseball managers.
I mean, Doc Rivers was a pretty good player. A
good player wasn't a great player. So I mean Jason

(15:32):
Kidd has been successful, that's Jerry West, but Jerry West
didn't like coaching. He liked gmming the late Jerry West.
So I think Dean would be fascinating. And I think
when Matt Moseley said that today that the apathy around
the Cowboys really got Jerry's attention. And there's a sameness
to Mike McCarthy. He's a very good coach. He's not fascinating,

(15:52):
he's not captivating. He didn't have a vibe. He's not cool,
he's not alpha. Mike McCarthy's just a nice guy, good
football coach. So I think McCarthy's going to go and
light it up. If he goes to Chicago, I think
he'll do really well. Or with the Steelers or with
the Jets. Bears is where I think it fits best.
I think Dion to the Cowboys. Listen, I'm in the

(16:14):
interesting business. Wouldn't you watch? You know? My take on
Dallas is I just Troy Aikman said this on ESPN today.
I don't think it's a great job. I think New England.
I think the Charger's job with Herbert was a great job.
Had your left tackle had a couple of good pass rushers,
had Derwin James had a good draft pick like that
was a good job. I think I think New England's

(16:35):
a pretty good job. The roster's not very good. You
got Drake May and Robert Krafts. He has stability and
ownership and the quarterback of the future. I don't think Dallas.
I think you just have to navigate around an outrageous
contract to a quarterback who got worse after his first
injury and now he's recovering from a second. So I
don't think it's a great job. You know, Deon would

(16:58):
make it, however, a captivating and that's what we're all
here for. The volume
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