CBS Sports’ Jason McCourty Talks NFL 100, Lions, Eagles & Patriots with Rich Eisen | Full Interview

he will be part of a three-man booth on CBS the NFL on CBS This fall um love this guy love working with him I hope to get to continue to work with him uh formerly of The Breakfast Table now sitting here on the Rich Eisen show Super Bowl champion and a good friend Jason McCord how are you Jason I'm doing well I'm just listening to your uh your travel experience sir as you're saying that I got 18 weeks so hopefully I don't get rerouted or anything and my seat that CBS books it keeps me right where I need yeah you have CBS travel will handle it for you Jason I was you know I was mostly without Ann nette yesterday but I I did have some people who I could help and lean on and whatever but uh it's all good it's all good uh I I am here uh and you will be in the booth this season with Andrew catalon and TK Barber with AJ Ross on the sideline for CBS but we all know who your first three man Booth was with right Jason correct right hey no one no one can take away the m in Germany that we had me you and our guy danasia was an absolute blast so who knows maybe we'll get to do it again in the future that was and uh and it was Chiefs and Dolphins last year and interestingly enough that that was the conversation uh I led uh this show with Jason was the NFL top 100 on NFL Network with Tyreek Hill being one and momes four um do you agree with that ordering of events Jason I mean you well as soon as you see a list you see Mahomes is at four it kind of just taints the list momes I think should be number one that doesn't mean Tyre Hill isn't deserving to be all the way up there in the top if you want to put him at two put him at two what I love when this list comes out is I just love all the controversy that surrounds it Jaylen Johnson took a shot at Aaron Rogers he called a stray because he was 92 on the list and he didn't play and through my experiences in the league the NFL top 100 was always a mix F of how guys felt because they'd come around you'd have the sheets where you had to put your 20 players on it and I remember one year Jacksonville the people came in they like Jacksonville they did an awesome job they filled out every sheet they WR that year Jacksonville had about eight guys in the top 100 so there's always some conversations that always surrounds it but I mean Tyreek Hill has been unbelievable since getting in Miami but with Patrick Mahomes I mean back-to-back Super Bowls you cannot have Cann not have that guy as a number one player but again what we were discussing at the top because you know uh Jason you know me you you know what what what I would like to stand for here is to add a little Nuance to it as well the voting takes place mostly during the playing season though right before the playoffs correct and last year Tyreek right up until December was RedHot with the exception of that game against the Chiefs when he uh we had the the force the the ball ripped away from him H I think it was by Sneed and uh and then and then or McDuffy at any rate long story short is that led to the eventual go-ahead or game-winning score um he was on fire and Mahomes was not does that really matter do is there a Nuance thought by voters in their heads about the current or do you look at the whole scope of everything where you would think Mahomes would be one right I mean without a doubt there is a Nuance to it because during the regular season we talked about the Chiefs offense you remember the December game where they're playing against the veg the Las Vegas Raiders and they give up two touchdowns on offense I think was a pick six and a force fumble that got picked up in a touchdown so you got to put yourself I guess in the position of those guys if that's the time that they're coming into your locker room and you're watching the Chiefs you may not disrespect the Chiefs but you're like hey you know realistically this season Mahomes isn't having his best season but at the end of the day I think what we found out is you just don't go against that guy and I think that's one of those things that they redid the list at the end of the season you talk about it with the NBA all the time too as an MVP will come out during the regular season and someone catches fire and takes off in the playoffs and they're hoisting the trophy at the end of it NBA champions and you're like well maybe the same thing was the MVP this year with Lamar Jackson we saw the season that Patrick Mahomes ended up finishing with but that didn't take away from Lamar so I think it's one of those tough things but the list comes out now and for everybody looking at a a list that includes football players and you're saying the top 100 of them and Patrick Mahomes isn't as number one if you got to put an asteris and say when the voting was it just takes away from the list yeah I know that uh and and again you know uh not much Nuance or gray area when somebody can use something to fuel their fire right Jason and you've been around you've been around some some greats in your 13 years of playing do you got a good story of being around somebody where you couldn't believe a teammate of yours or even if it's you utilize something uh that sounded that seemed off or weird or maybe not factual to fuel their fire you got a story like that from anybody I feel like I feel like that was Julian Elman every single week I feel like when we were playing with him and he was the type of guy that at the end of practice you bringing up in the hudle especially on that team Brady may speak Matthew Slater may speak my brother Devon mccordi would speak but whenever Jules got in the front and he was getting ready to say something it was just like everybody was all ears because you didn't know what direction this thing was going to go in he was the one right after Bill's talking and Bill would hype up whatever team we were playing they could have two wins on the season he's talking about how good of a football team and then Jules would come up right after and be like all right this is a trap game boys you're just like well bill just said they're good now you're saying we're in a trap game we're playing against a poor team Jules was that guy that no matter what he'd be going against a practice squad guy and he'd be in a pushing in a shoving match because the practice squad guys had talk some trash to him on something that happened so he was a guy that no matter what he found something to motivate him he was probably still pissed off from from playing football with the golden flashes of being the qub back to now being a receiver of what people said coming out from the draft so he was a fun guy to compete against every single day because you didn't know what type of mood he was going to be in whatever makes you great right Jason you know whatever whatever you know without doubt Jason McCord of CBS here on the Rich Eisen show so you know obviously CBS is uh mostly predominantly on the AFC side of the ball what are your thoughts on the Chiefs entering this three repeat campaign and potentially being better what do you think about that here and it's crazy as you say potentially being better because defense they lost some guys specifically leg jerius sne in that secondary that I think somebody's gonna have to step up and take over because what he did on the defensive side of ball shutting receivers down last year was unbelievable but when you flip it over and you look at the offense and we're in that era now in training camp where we're always seeing the clips that come out Xavier Worthy is running down the field and it's a 50 yard bomb then Hollywood Brown is running down the field it's another bomb from momes as he's rolling out to his left so you watch what they were able to do last year and now coming back where now you've equipped Patrick Mahomes with more weapons and more speed to get down the field and a guy like Travis Kelce who's been obviously the best tight end in the NFL for how long now now you just created more space on the offensive side of the ball for him to be able to work as he's getting older in his career so I look at the Chiefs and they're the team to beat in the AFC you can talk about Lamar Jackson you can talk about about him adding uh Derk Henry you can talk about Joe burrow being healthy and all these different guys in AFC which is going to be fun to watch but when you're the king you're the king and that's Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs this upcoming season because they proved to us last year that having less on offense when it came down to it in the playoffs going on the road in Baltimore they were able to win that game on the play of momes and what he was able to do Nicole Harman caught the touchdown pass to win the Super Bowl I don't think anybody was thinking that that was going to happen as we watched them fall apart against the Raiders on Christmas Day and they still found a way to come up Victorious that's why he's the number one player in the NFL right Jason hey you said it yeah I think he I think he walks it you know what I mean so um moving on the NFC what won't you handicap that one for me here as we're about a month out Jason what do you think I'm so excited to see the Houston Texans on the AFC side I wanted to get that in because that's my first game Houston and indie the NFC side yeah the NFC side all we're talking about is the Dallas Cowboys and obviously with everything we're going on with Jerry Jones and we're talking about Dak Prescott not being paid CD lamb Michael Parsons that is taken away I feel like from some of the other teams like the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions of teams that are coming off fantastic years and the Lions is is a team that I want to see as they've been in a ball this morning in a Giants practice as that's going on not far from me at their Stadium but the Detroit straight lines you think about what they were able to do last year and that was coming in with all the pressure and everybody talking about how good of a team they were going to be with all the additions they had and Dan Campbell now this team finally had the culture that he wanted and they lived up to the expectations and I remember last year Dan Campbell said after they lost that game was it's so hard to get back and there's no guarantee that you're gonna get an opportunity to do so but I look at this team and what they're made up of and as you I'm watching receiver on and Alman ra St Brown his attitude and the way he attacks the games and just his work ethic I think that's the character of that entire team and he's a guy that they show on there where he doesn't get selected from to the Pro Bowl and he said he probably wasn't as mad as when he got drafted as late as he did but he was really pissed off and I feel like that's the way I would describe the entire Detroit Lions team is they're always pissed off so even with the success they had last year and Jared G continue to play at an extremely high level I think they still approach this season pissed off and they just continue to get better and better I don't think they're a team that's going to fall by the wayside because they had success last year and they didn't know how to handle it I think they're still hungry and I think they're a team in the NFC who I would say is my favorite right now to possibly come out okay that's a Jason that has been a widely held belief by um most every everybody we've had on in the last week plus is that the line like Daniel J IAH you know our buddy said you know when I asked him last year give me give me the NFC team that will go further this year than they did last year he said the Lions he got upset with me because you know that forced him to reveal a Super Bowl pick at the end of July you know what I mean like he got he's like don't make me do this but uh I mean a lot of people are high on the lines hugely so right now yeah and they deserve it especially with the additions they made on the defensive side of the ball because that's where they were lacking some and they brought in a guy like Teran Arnold in the secondary to help them they brought in my guy uh Carlton Davis from Tampa Bay a guy who plays a lot of man the man to help them on that defensive side of the ball and hopefully take them to the next level where they're finishing the game to get to the Super Bowl did you hear quinon Mitchell the rookie out of Toledo in Philadelphia apparently is told both Devonte Smith and AJ Brown that their routes were and all that basically did you hear that he said that I saw that I saw the guys are welcome the trash talk coming from The Young cornerback and playing that position you got to love that because that is a position on the football field that you have to have the ultimate confidence because no matter what especially for him you're talking about AJ Brown Devonte Smith these are two of the best receivers in the NFL and you can argue they a top duo in the league alongside Miami and Cincinnati's Duo so you're getting a chance to compete against these guys every single day if he can go out there and confidently shut those guys down in practice I mean when you're going into the game there going to be like a cakewalk from him of seeing those two guys in one on- ones and seven on seven and throughout practice but you got to have that belief I remember talking to anas Williams when I was probably in my second or third year in the league I can't remember I was at a Super Bowl in Indianapolis this was 2010 and he came up to me and he was asking me about my Approach when I'm playing corner he said you're impr press technique you get up to the line of scrimmage what's going through your mind are you thinking man I hope this guy doesn't beat me on a nine route on a go ball or are you thinking man it's going to be hell for him to try to catch any type of pass on me and that to me is the difference when you're playing that position of the guys that are ultimately extremely good and get into that great and possibly Hall of Fame fashion of where guys you have that are just good players and they may be consistent they play at a decent level but those guys that walk up to that line of scrimmage with that mindset is this going to be hell for you to beat me or the guys I think get to that Elite level talking about the Eagles rookie caused me to come up with a Sports Talk Radio question for you Jason mccordi um which NFC East team team that got one and dunned in last year's playoffs Eagles Cowboys which one do you think will go further this year I'm going with the Eagles I think for the Philadelphia Eagles they fell apart last season there was so much going on yeah that unless you were on the inside you had no idea of what you can exactly put your thumb on and say this is the reason this team fell apart but I look uh go back to a year before that when they had Shane Sten as their offensive coordinator they had John Ganon as their defensive a coordinator and serani was the guy just leading them all but you had two really good football coaches which we really can see now as we watch Arizona compete last year and then what Shane styen was able to do with Garner muu when Anthony Richardson goes down well this year they brought in vic fangio to coach the defense and they brought in Kell Moore to coach the offense so I think this is getting back to the Philadelphia we saw two years ago of a team that now serani maybe is a little bit removed and he's allowing his coaches to kind of set to tone and Lead this pack and especially I think on the offensive side of the ball because Jaylen herdz didn't play his best football last year coming off that big contract he signed in the offseason and I we all talk about his work ethic and who he is as a person and his character and just how cool Jaylen Herz is I think you give him a guy like Kell Moore that he can probably communicate with on a daily basis they're gonna be on the same page Kell Moore a guy who's done it he was with the Chargers last year with Justin Herbert what was with Dak Prescott as Dak was top in the league in all the categories that you can come up with even when the Cowboys let him go this is a guy that was in conention for a head coach a few years ago I think he's going to look at this opportunity going to this Eagles team who offensively they fell a little bit behind last year if he can turn this thing around we may be talking about Kell Moore as a potential head coaching candidate this next season all right last one for you Jason mccordi just go full circle I I had my fun with you uh talking about how you're going to be in the three-man booth with CBS this fall but you were in a three man Booth with me and Dan orlovski for the first game in Frankfurt last year between the Chiefs and the Dolphins a week later is where I'd like to finish up with you when orlovski Tapped Out went back to the warm and Brace of the worldwide leader in sports and you and I were there for the Patriots Colts game and I I I you know I I think we were there well I know we were there but I think we witnessed the the true end of the M Jones era two horrible interceptions bich terms to Bailey zap you hadn't thrown a pass in a game in over a month at the end of the game a fake spike interception ended it but I also remember before the game where standing out there on the turf and running around the the perimeter of the stadium doing just getting ready just getting some juices flowing was Gerard mayo and I I let the two of you guys talk because you know obviously there was a lot of hot talk that this might be Bill's last game that that that Bob Craft might bounce Bill if they lost the game and it would be Mayo's gig as an interim like that was the conversation for real that was happening in in Germany at the time and I'm just wondering now that Mayo does have the job and it did wind up being belich che's final year there how do you think he's equipped to bring along Drake May in a way that belich and the staff around were not for M Jones Jason because that's a huge conversation in New England right now what do you think I think the I think the key is going to be consistency and I actually was just at their training camp this weekend on Saturday Saturday and the one thing that everybody's buzzing about their players and coaches alike is the positive energy that's just in the building right now of how Gerard Mayo is leading everybody when things come up we saw Matthew judon he was out there at practice he wasn't practicing that became a big storyline and since then we haven't heard anything judah's back at practice Mayo's back at practice and they're talking about in the way of you know what we're moving on something came up we handled it as a team in house and now we're moving forward and I think for Jon Mayo when you talk about Drake May and even Joe Milton on that you have two rookie quarterbacks I think part of what Geron mayo and Elliot wolf did was you brought a guy like jacobe Brett and I think for him he's a guy from a leadership standpoint is he can set the tone for the room I think that's in part of when you're coaching especially at that head coaching spot yeah you have to equip your team with the right coordinators on both side of the ball to be leaders but you got to have leaders in those rooms at those positions so guys can learn from when I first came into the league as a rookie cornerback it was Chris hope and courland finnean that were teaching me not only the defense but how to be a pro I think for Drake May you're gonna get a guy like jacobe brassett that's been in so many different scenarios that's gonna help you learn how to be a pro and that's what he's doing he's following jacobe and doing all the things that jobe's doing when he's watching film when he's getting in the tubs those types of things to be able to pick his brain and learn from him and the other part is putting that coordinator Alex Vel a guy that was in Cleveland with Kobe brassette was there last year when they went through quarterback after quarterback after quarterback before Joe flacko got there and he's a guy who's coached quarterbacks in this league for so long and has had a lot of success when you have somebody like that in his ear he can continue to get better because you mentioned Matt Jones M Jones rookie year he's he's doing a gritty in the Pro Bowl and now yeah exactly and Josh mcdel is gone and next thing you know everything falls to the way side yeah and so you you think cuz again you were there uh uh you know the hair was on fire in the Boston media about how poor May looked just one week ago as you and I are talking right now and um there's none no questions you think about the way that that mayo and everybody can bring it along and and I appreciate you bringing up Joe Milton but if if Milton plays over may there's a major problem you know what I mean so yeah and I and I don't see that happen I I think the thing is too when Joe milon's in there and you're watching practice Joe Milton's going with the threes Drake May's going with the twos practices are scripted in a certain way so I think sometimes when we watch training camp when we see a guy throw an interception well he could be coached right now to say you know what hey we want you to take those chances in those moments to see how far you can push it as we're getting ready for these games I think Gerard Mayo has said it all along like they brought jacobe in because he's a guy that they feel like can play right now so of course when Drake may as your third overall pick when he gets there we all want to see him in the game and we want to see succcess right away but it's in his best benefit where if he's not ready to play right now you just need to see steady Improvement and him picking up the system and getting it but that's why I guy like jobe's there so I wouldn't read too much into oh Drake may had a bad practice there's times where you're gonna go out there as a quarterback and you're still learning we may Implement something new today that you're trying to get the hang of that maybe in the next few days it picks up a little bit better but you want to see quarterbacks in practice pushing the ball down field like I don't want to see you in practice and you're just checking the ball down and we walk away and rela we see all the numbers at the B reporter is do a great job and it's just like well Drake May was 18 of 19 today for 27 yards it's like we're not going to get anywhere as an offense with that so take those opportunities to try to get better and push the ball and see what you can and can do Jason thanks for the time look forward to seeing you in the booth you Jason mccordi Tiki Barber and Andrew catalon please tell me does does catalon have a twin he doesn't he's lacking in that he's lacking in that department we could have had everybody in the booth have a twin are you see we're going to see are you and Tiki the first twin tandem ever to call games together in the history of the NFL I mean because I I don't think you know like Fouts didn't have a twin and Dennis Miller didn't have a twin I'm just trying to go through three-man booths you know um but uh so this is this is a first I think for sure I I I think so too so it's really cool for me up watching TV now I'm in the booth how about that listen Jason thanks for the time Texans Colts a great first game I can't wait to hear you on the call for that you're awesome I've seen it firsthand uh three man booths two man booths what have you um let's let's stay in touch throughout the season please you got it Jason McCord right here on the Rich Eisen show there you have it catch the rich eyes and show every single day on the Roku Channel 12 to3 Eastern for free