The Herd | Colin Cowherd's NFC Playoff Predictions, Philadelphia Eagles Best Team, 49ers DROP | NFL

go to the NFC where Philadelphia easily the best roster in the division Nick serani did he hire better assistance they started last year 10- one then they fell off a cliff I think they rebound maybe not a Super Bowl team at very good I'm going to go with Washington new coach new OC new quarterback new owner I think they use that energy and juice to catapult I think they're the surprise team in the NFL Washington second Dallas is a very viable third but I think they're topheavy and overly dependent on Dak and cidi lamb to carry the entire offense giant just not good enough at quarterback I pick them fourth let's go to the NFC North uh Detroit number one offensive line in football if you have the best offensive line in football it's like half having the best starting pitching staff in baseball it gives you so many advantages over everybody else I love their front office you know I love golf not great defensive they've tried to show it up I have Green Bay second best young offensive talent to me in the sport they're not paying anybody until Jordan love here in about a week I take them for second by the way they closed the season out winning six of eight games and hammered the Cowboys in the playoffs Chicago's a viable third can't wait to watch them play but it's a defensive coach on the hot seat and a rookie quarterback o Line's good not great they're third I think Minnesota is going to be the best fourth place team in the NFL I love their offense and I'm rooting for Sam darnold but the division's too good I think by the end of the year we'll say this is the best division in football I'll pick the Vikings is a really fun Dynamic number four uh let's go to the uh NFC West yes I like the Rams I thought they had a back-to-back Sensational drafts uh finished top 10 in total offense and scoring last year I really like what they've done with their defensive front in the last two drafts Niners are good but they're an old expensive football team watch out for injuries and the Brandon IU noise Seattle hey they finished N9 and8 Gino Smith's good enough to win your games they have a new staff a new coach I'm going to take Shanahan and McVey over the rookie coach they're third I love Kyler Murray but I just don't think Arizona roster right now can compete with the rosters above them finally the worst division in football I do think Atlanta getting Kirk Cousins and Michael penck will stabilize the quarterback position second best offensive line in football it's hard not to be a playoff team when you have that good of an offensive line Bucks have made the playoffs four straight years Baker is more than capable Carolina Saints not very good I don't like New Orleans situation right now coaching at all NFC playoff teams Eagles Falcons Lions Rams ners commanders Packers are wild card teams but only two new playoff teams so the problem I have only three new playoff teams in the AFC only two new playoff teams in the NFC I'm at five the average is seven hi okay so let's take a look at this more all right so we got the eag the Eagles the Falcons the Lions and the Rams as the division winners and then that leaves the wild card for the 49ers commanders and the Packers um a quick note if you're real if you if you didn't real realiz I posted the AFC video separately so if you're like why aren't you talking about the AFC I post I'm posting both these videos at the exact same time um so I'm just focusing on the end it in on the NFC if you haven't seen the AFC video go check that out it's already um posted um and we unpack that all there so we're just going to focus on the NFC here um so um I believe that the Eagles are going to win the division I think they have one of the best rosters in the NFL without a doubt um I've been very consistent about the Falcons I think they're going to win um I don't think that people are thinking that the Bucks are going to win that or maybe even the Saints the Saints are an interesting one I think the Saints are going to be better um than uh the Buccaneers but I just have more faith in the Falcons and then the other wild card teams I just think they're going to be better um than the Saints so I don't think that the Saints will be able to find their way into the playoffs the Lions the Lions and the Packers um man you you I said this in a previous video specifically talking about the Lions and the Packers um about who will win that Division and and I think what it will come down to is the Lions do have a better roster uh they just do but the Packers if Jordan love proves to legitimately be like a top three top five quarterback and literally you know truly proves to be that next big thing that next big quarterback that everyone just loses their mind over then I think that the Packers you know that could be the Difference Maker because I do think it's neck and neck between the Packers and the Lions but even if but if Jordan LA and regardless even whether he's that top three or top five quarterback I think that Jordan love is indeed a top uh top quarterback in the NFL but like is he that next level Transcendent quarterback right I don't want to say momes because it's just like momes is now already entering into the goat conversation but momes es just that quarterback where you're just like at any moment he can get it done right and that that is a Joe burrow um that was obviously Brady um Manning like I it's hard I don't when every time we compare someone to we have to assume that that automatically means that you're going to win three Super Bowls four or five Super Bowls being the goat like it just means like do you have the ability to be Transcendent on the football field and are you consistent enough do you consistently make the right decision more often than not um and if Jordan law proves to be that quarterback then that could be the Difference Maker because I don't know if goth is that quarterback I think goth is a great quarterback and a top level quarterback as well but he's not Transcendent he does his job and does it great but he's definitely um you know he he he's he's a notch below that level of of transcendence of say a a a Joe burrow Josh Allen or a Patrick Mahomes so so if Jordan love does prove to be in that category then that could be the Difference Maker because I do think it'll be uh neck and neck but I'm more than excited to watch the Packers and the Lions now it comes down to the 49ers and commanders like this is so interesting or the Rams as well um people were really low on the Rams especially with the retirement and it's just kind of like Stafford getting older um Cooper cup getting older and it's just like you know and and it seems like Shawn McVey has lost some of his I don't want to say popularity but that that genius luster right his stock was undeniably at Peak right before he won the Super Bowl and then when he won the Super Bowl and then I guess technically the year after right like that's when it was Peak he is a genius he is taking over the NFL oh my God who was this young hot shot you know coach right like it was just people kind of lost their mind what he was able to do and because of the the way how the the roster was set up and some injuries they weren't able to follow that up with immediate success even last season they obviously um got to the playoffs won a game and were there but it still it just seems to have lost that luster because now you have someone like Shanahan who although didn't win a Super Bowl has been to multiple Super Bowls multiple NFC champ I ship uh games all in a very concentrated window right and they're and they only lost to the to the to the Chiefs which seems like people kind of give that like to some degree a benefit of the doubt so it depends on who you ask it just seems like people are kind of go up and on you know back and forth between who they think is a better Coach uh Shanahan or McVey and I know Colin for a fact definitely thinks McVey is a better Coach so he's very high on McVey I think he thinks McVey may only be like second to um to Andy Reid I maybe getting that wrong um but he just you know he's very high on McVey and and rightfully so so it's just it's just kind of interesting to me um that he now has the Rams even though that roster should be inferior to the 49ers but we know he doesn't like Brock pie we know he loves Stafford so that that back and forth is interesting I do think the 49ers have high injury risk potential uh just because they are getting older and we know a bunch of their weapons have already been banged up and last season they were exceptionally healthy which obviously really helped them so you know you just don't know you never want to assume that injuries are going to happen but it's definitely quite possible so I don't know what you do with that if you're if you're banking on the 49ers getting injured and getting banged up and that's why they're not going to win the division that's just that's a harder bet to make for me um but I I could see the Rams winning it but I think only if like Christian mcaffry legitimately goes down for like five games six games I don't think Brock p is going to take a step back I don't think Debo you know again or Debo getting banged up or in injured but you do have you have the iuk uh issues so they definitely have a Messier off season without a doubt and then this brings me to the commanders who I've been very high on um I think it's going to come down for the commanders and the bears for that uh seventh wild card spot I really do I think it'll go back and forth and back and forth um and I think it's going to depend uh to a degree can the commanders pull off some wins against the Cowboys we know they'll be the Giants do they steal a win from the Eagles right you know they've always played the Eagles competitively um can they almost could have beaten the Eagles twice last season we know last season was an exceptionally weird season for the Eagles um but you know can the commanders do that because we know the Bears have it very hard with the Packers and the Lions that's indisputable so and again maybe the Eagles are not as good as people think so then the commanders can maybe win a game or two for that matter um and I think that'll come down to it because the Bears definitely do have a very difficult schedule in the second half of the season and I think the Bears do have blow up potential because of all the expectations the coach on the hot seat um and it and it and it could it's a very difficult second half of the schedule that they could just rip off loss after loss after loss where if they don't get off to a good start and collect those wins early it could be for the commanders taking the commanders should have um an easier schedule and an easier division um the Cowboys could potentially take a major step back uh not make the playoffs and if that's the case and the commanders could you know pick up those pieces so I think it'll probably come down to the final two weeks of the season to see if it's the commanders or the Bears and I think that'll be really fun because it's you know Jane Daniels Caleb Williams those quarterbacks going you know one and two who's the better quarterback there's already predictions that Jane Daniels will be better than Caleb Williams um if you didn't see that I actually did a video about uh talking about that as well booger came out and said that he thinks that Jaden Daniels can be the CJ shroud of the draft and maybe Caleb Williams ends up being brce young uh definitely an interesting uh opinion nonetheless whether you agree or disagree um but yeah no I I think uh I think when you kind of pull back and look at both all of these teams I just really what I my biggest takeaway is is that there's just not a single team here right now that is Head and Shoulders above the pack I just don't look at any of these teams and say who the heck is going to beat the Chiefs who the heck is going to beat the 49ers the Eagles have no chance the the Ravens oh yeah right they're not going to be able to beat the bills oh the Texans oh they're not good enough there's no way if they face the 49ers they can't win the Super Bowl it's just like I have no idea and and it's so exciting honestly it's so as soon as the last season ended and I saw how everything was kind of being constructed this season the whole my my biggest thing I just kind of keep saying to myself is I don't know and that makes it so wildly exciting I just don't think anyone with any degree of confidence can say that they have any idea if there is a playoff game between the bills and the Ravens who wins that game the Chiefs and the the Texans who wins that game the Eagles in the 49ers who wins that game the Rams in the Lions who wins that game I have no idea truly I I have zero idea and I'm not afraid to admit that the Packers versus the Eagles no idea a Super Bowl between the Packers and the Texans no idea and that's awesome I'm I'm s I'm just it makes me so excited to genuinely not know football can get kind of boring when you're confident right go watching Eagles versus a Giants game it's not really that exciting go watch the Chiefs versus um the Raiders outside of the one game and you're just like this is not that exciting you know you just like you know what you're getting yourself into in those games and finally it seems like right now we have some insane competition and I truly can't wait but those are just my thoughts I would absolutely love to hear yours what do you guys all think about the NFC uh playoff prediction or I guess at this point the AFC as well let me know in the comments below I read every single comment so whether you agree with me or disagree with me either way let's get in some discussions let's get in some fights But ultimately let's just have some fun and please do consider subscribing we are building an amazing Community here and I would absolutely love to see you part of it I want to build something that 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