Brandon Aiyuk’s new deal w/ 49ers, Tom Brady & Raiders, USC-LSU, Big Ten vs. SEC | Colin Cowherd NFL

INTRO welcome to the official YouTube channel for the Colin coward podcast go on hit the Subscribe button there you go right down there if you want to be among the first to hear my weekly takes NFL college football more right there all right John middleof your buddy and mine former NFL scout is about to stop by but before we start with John I want you to grab your smartphone you know the drill download the game time app so game time has a new feature it's called Game Time pick that makes getting tickets for your favorite Live Events even easier so game time picks filters out the fluff to show you only incredible deals on great seats so you don't have to waste time searching through thousands of tickets take the guest workk out of buying concert tickets with Game Time download the app create an account the code is Colin 20 bucks off your first purchase c o l i n 20 bucks off download game time today what time is it game time so one of the things John that really jumped out to me USC-LSU Reaction and I and I said this to start my rant is that unlike the NFL these are young kids practice limitations no pre-season I would be completely okay to watch a sloppy first half I thought USC six penalties great um situational football in the Red Zone very good two-minute drives handled timeouts well no turnovers again very few penalties two freshman on the offensive line no real breakdowns alignments were great I thought you USC more than anything I thought they looked tight really buttoned up John the whole offense is freshman and sophomores I thought they looked great Colin you get to take a Victory lap for the next seven days uh loud and clear pound that table to me two things really stood out first and foremost the size of the Defenders I would say over the last decade they felt small they've had a guy or or two here on defense but for the most part they've had too many guys that look like me you know in the Pete Carol Heyday and all these SEC teams the visual they showed of the transformation of the body types during the game I mean guys going from 230 to 260 in an off season was evident because the LSU team has come they got a top 15 tackle they got another guy who's pretty Raw who's going to go in the top 30 the wide receiver the number two looks like an NFL guy I mean they had NFL guys everywhere USC tackled physically they didn't get shoved around and I think what really changed is last two years with Caleb and rightfully so they wrote him like he was Steph Curry or Lebron James yeah it was kind of like an individual not a team and it worked two years ago last year a backfire because the defense was so terrible didn't they feel like a team didn't they just feel like a group of guys that there wasn't one necess I mean everyone was making plays they felt like a total unit and listen you you were hammering this I I didn't believe Miller mooss clearly is pretty good he's definitely tough and Lincoln had the boys ready and they they could have folded there in the second half and it was LSU that folded in it's why Brian Kelly kind of snapped after the game yeah no I I think one of the things I had heard inside the program and they really they really were in awe of Caleb as a guy and as a player he was their Superman and as they were rebuilding this program they didn't have the right defensive staff they didn't have enough big bodies they had to ride him but inside the program I kept hearing this is a really unified team there is no great individual it's it's a very it's a much more complete roster sure it's a deep it's a deeper roster with more B2B plus players in fact I think their secondary is actually really good they got they got length and transfers and this is the best secondary they've had in a long time they have different body types the Mississippi State Corner 63200 uh Jaylen Smith who's a corner is a smaller guy he'll be a nickel in the NFL I know that a couple GMS text me they're big fans of Jaylen Smith and monheim the center but I think this this feels like um it's not as quarterback Centric and that's not a knock on Miller Moss but I this is something I kept hearing from USC which is Hey listen you get one Caleb Williams even at USC you may get one of those in 25 years the Stanford's had great quarterbacks you get one laway right pit got one Marino they've had quarterbacks uh Miami as great as Miami was Michael Irvin Warren Sap you're not getting a lot of those guys at Big programs and so hersel Walker at Georgia so I I tend to think that they knew they had something special but they felt the roster was better and the staff was better and I think they sold that to the players that it was a more cohesive group and it wasn't a knock at Caleb they really love Caleb Williams He let's be honest they won 11 games that first year and it was a garbage roster they were good that year because of him and at Jordan Addison you you know one thing in football that's so much different than obviously basketball and definitely baseball is when you add we talked so much about the head coach I mean those two guys are making it combined over $200 million but when you add the right coordinator at a spot where you're struggling and you get it right it's like adding three or four players isn't it I mean deanon Lynn he basically came up you know he coached for the Ravens so there's a toughness culture what he did last at UCLA I know a lot of people around the country aren't locked in on UCLA football they were really good on defense and that group I mean this guy if they win nine 10 games their defense looks really good all season long is he not just a lock College head coach and I would imagine a ton of NFL teams would hire him immediately the lineage his dad's a really good coach that was really really impressive because you and I have watch way too many snaps of USC they can't tackle Colin forever for years I mean this is going back post Pete Carroll what they look like a Mountain West team on defense and last night open field tackles the physic they were how many times last night did they hit someone and the guy went backwards it's like is this when's the last time this happened yeah Ramsay the the safety came up and knocked a running back backwards NFL week one is here and a new season means new ways to get in on the action at draftking sports book an official sports betting partner of the NFL so fans have spoken they want to bet on touchdowns draft King hurt us they're delivering DraftKings Sports books the number one place to bet touchdowns ready to place your first bet try betting on something simple like picking a player to score a touchdown ready to do a touchdown dance of your own new DraftKings customers bet just five bucks to get 250 bucks in bonus bets instantly plus one month of NFL Plus premium on us download the draftking sports book app real easy 90 seconds use the code Colin for new customers will get you 250 bucks in bonus bets betting just five and one month of NFL Plus premium on us offer end September 19th only on DraftKings the crown is yours yeah and and so by the way when they when they um I was talking um to Jen Cohen the athletic director when they were trying to get uh Dean Lynn and and and I called and I said hey where where's your progress on your defensive coordinator and she says well I'm not going to tell you who it is but she says we are in a dog fight and he could change the program defensively they were incredibly high on him and and she had said who we're pursuing we've been watching for a year and we got our fingers crossed here we're doing everything we can I mean he was a bruin he's across town that's that's tough there's a lot of politics in Los Angeles so he's terrific and and beloved in the program but no I I think you know John it wasn't that USC won it was how they won and it does matter if you look at Theory history of USC you can argue there's more great defensive players I mean we remember Bush and lard but all four linebackers Pete Carrol had remember it was maluga it was Rivers it was Klay Matthews all four of their linebackers went pro all of them I mean it was linebacker you with Penn State for years and I just think I was following some people and some people that cover USC and it was aesthetically it mattered it wasn't just heyy we if they don't won 38 31 and the defense was a slight upgrade you wouldn't feel good about this my take is in the second half when it looked like they might lose the game I was like listen I was wrong on this team they're definitely more like an eight- win team and then they win the game and you look at their schedule and you go well Michigan's quarterback I was locked into that game because the bull they were playing the Bulldogs their quarterback situation dramatic drop off from J.J McCarthy Notre Dame I mean that kid is a great physical Runner not a passer the Big 10 the middle of the Big 10 I I watch way too much of them Minnesota's not that great Wisconsin can't score Michigan State's not great Penn State's if that quarterback's better they're going to be a problem but USC doesn't play Ohio State this year right so it's like is it crazy to say that if they just if they have a really good defense they could be compete to win 10 games and they're a playoff team and the other thing is and I said this last night in the reaction that if if they both go nine and three because LSU is probably not as bad as every 's overreacting they have so much talent well if that's between the 11th or 12th spot like there's only one spot and they're both nine and three USC beat them I mean that's right that's a huge swing game right if they end up with the same record yeah and LSU does not Face Georgia and gets bamett home in the next four weeks L schedule is not very good I mean they they they're gonna win nine so Big Ten Dominance the Big 10 went 17 and one and this is something I thought about Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC especially Texas and the the way they can recruit that state it makes it a better conference but adding Washington Oregon and USC to the Big 10 is not a slight upgrade I could argue that after Ohio State now that Harbaugh's gone after Ohio State if I said the next five years the second third fourth and fifth best teams in the Big 10 were Oregon USC Michigan Washington like I I don't think it's crazy to suggest that adding three of the best four programs in the conference if Utah always counts I think in that orome but and with the right coach USC Oregon Washington those are playoff teams every time Washington's had a good coach Don James Rick neisel Chris Peterson uh kayin dor they VI for a national championship so it's like I I don't think people understand it's Texas Oklahoma make the SEC thicker you added three On Any Given year top 12 programs to the Big 10 it may it be a better overall conference now I think over the course of time I think this year there's going to be a lot of reaction to the secc their quarterback play Colin I mean I'm gonna give Oregon a little bit of a pass I mean that that game was really weird they play Boise they play Boise this week they they better kick their ass and kind of get after it because that was that was bizarre the back play I didn't know that much about him I'm sure you heard His Name the Nico kid from Los Angeles that's Tennessee's quarterback I got news for you that guy's pretty special Jackson Dart Old Miss they're pretty good obviously the two quarterbacks the quarterback Dylan Gabriel's at Oregon because they told him you're not gonna start Jackson Arnold's gonna start he's pretty good too their high-end teams with their quarterbacks are pretty obviously Carson Beck and Georgia over the course of time I I think you know USC's only going to get better if they keep keep looking like this over the next two or three years Oregon's not going anywhere but I got a lot of question marks about Wisconsin about Minnesota like the the four five six seven group of team Penn State you feel pretty good Penn State could be a major problem I was texting Scouts all weekend long I mean they're front Sev full of NFL guys and if that quarterback takes a big step that game got like delayed for 25 hours but they could be a serious factor I mean a serious factor I think so I I think the high end of the Big 10 in the SEC it's pretty clear the though Miami I I I would still kind of red flag the quarterback can be up and down but they're pretty talented yeah cam Ward I watched I watched a lot of Cam Ward at Washington State Cam's a lot of fun I don't know if he's an NFL guy but he's a lot of fun he he kind of just slings it it's got an almost seven on seven feel to it he's slinging stuff um and and they just have been so inconsistent at quarterback I think he's a playmaker so I think he makes them interest I think they can beat almost anybody and lose to a lot of teams I still don't love Mario Chris Ball is a situational coach he's got a little Dan Campbell I like the physicality I like the culture I don't know if I love the game management much he can recruit one thing that really jumped out to me and I'm sure you would agree is did you did you see the ratings on some of the games on Saturday just gonna bring it up and I talked about this last night the Synergy of the NFL the draft in college football It's all under this umbrella now right so you're watching you're like wait who's this quarterback yeah he might be a first-rounder Colorado in North Dakota State doing five million people on Thursday night and I one thing I think and listen they've never had a zar or a commissioner of the NCAA is a laughing stock to everyone at every individual program no we need to play real games I have no problem like Michigan playing Fresno State or Oregon playing Boise State or some of those teams in the South like the one dilford is at like those are power five or or non power five whatever they consider it but they're division one you should not be allowed to play the and I got a lot of respect for The Montanas and stuff you should get one of those games and then everyone else in non-conference should be a power five program because and the more and more TV has power because they're cutting the bills we got to wipe that out because how good that that felt like an NFL light game last night the the physicality in Notre Dame and& M&M's quarterback's got some serious issues but the hitting in that game it felt like how many NFL guys are on this field and then you go to some of these other games and I understand like Old Miss they've been recruiting or scheduling these games forever they're a joke I mean Missouri's Missouri all miss some these teams are beating teams 60 to nothing like what are we doing and then they get mad fans don't show up play real games play real teams and everyone is zoned in well I I I'm glad you brought this up because the ratings were spectacular this weekend and people could say well there's nothing else on yeah there was WNBA is getting big ratings with Caitlyn Clark um Major League Baseball races don't tell me nothing was on there was plenty of on plus it's the summer people aren't watching TV right Labor Day and it's Scotty sheffer's golfin there was plenty on TV it got ratings because I think John it's almost like have you ever been asked to go to a party and you're like well who's going to the party and it's like oh oh there's two couples yeah let's go to the party it'd be a fun party yeah I think college football got so Regional and so Southern that big I saw some research on this about a month ago that the Northeast and the West didn't feel included and those are population centers and they just didn't watch and now with a 12 team playoff you're like it's a party you're asking well who's in the party and you're like well there's G to be 12 teams in the party I think when when USC was rolling La was getting ratings the West Coast was getting ratings they felt represented and when Notre when Notre Dame and Penn State are good then the Northeast feels represented but when it's LSU in Georgia you know Southern guys like college football is great it's not it's regional it's Tribal I stopped talking about it on my radio show it was four programs it was Bama Clemson Georgia Florida State Ohio State so so the bottom line is it's now a party that everybody like if you're a Notre Dame fan you're like we can lose two games and get into the party USC's like if USC beats Michigan you look at that schedule they can lose to Penn State or Notre Dame they're getting into the party and I think it's just just a part it feels like finally all these years of this nonsensical scheduling where SEC teams are playing Citadel four times yeah it it feels like now I'm going to I'm willing to emotionally engage on Labor Day weekend because there'll be a payoff at the party later a more Equitable reasonable payoff with more people included I've always thought and my thing was with the SEC is that Nick Savin was almost a tiger wood Steph Curry like figure even if you didn't you know you could live in California or live in Washington or live in the Northeast you kind of paid attention you might not watch the games but he was just such a big figure yeah and his presence forced all these other programs and the money he brought in then it forced the Oregons the Ohio States the michigans really Florida State Clemson to up their game and it's benefited everybody and I think you really see that with I mean Colin how many Southern California kids are playing all over the country when I was in high school in the early 2000s there were the occasional Tom Brady to Michigan or DJ WIlliams went to Miami but for the most part you went to USC UCLA probably Oregon or Washington right it it was very rare to and now the the overlap of the recruiting is like oh I can relate to this guy all these teams are good it's just really and I think I'm more likely to watch the SEC now because they have Southern California guys or CJ Stout it's like oh he's La kid starting quarterback for Ohio State I'm in and I I think the the world is so flat now in college football the other thing is with the transfer portal I watch this quarterback at my team if I'm an Oklahoma fan what's Dylan Gabriel doing in Oklahoma it's really added think of if you're a Washington state guy you're keeping an eye on Miami there have been so many just factors of the Streamline it's so connected now to the NFL I it's just it's what college basketball used to be in the 70s 80s and 90s right if it felt like 1 a and 1B and now college football is like that you feel like you're watching the minor leagues but it feels big leagues because how cool are these games right because of the the Ambiance and the the vibe of the stadium how awesome I think one of the best things that happen in football was the Raiders going to Vegas because it created the stadium and now they have all these huge events there it's great ITW so good it was so good okay let's pivot to the NFL 49ers concerns um I I had said this is that we all know this that there's seven new playoff teams every year and there's always a good team that pulls back and I think there's argument to be made that San Francisco is concerning Trent Williams said this week I'm unhappy they don't win without Trent Williams and mcaffry playing so Trent's out mcaffry is coming on back-to-back years where he carry the ball touched the ball 400 times you you look at his history when he does that those heavy use years the next year Christian gets hurt Trent Williams iuk just signed still not sure he's happy Ricky pierceall get shot thank God he's okay and I think the Rams are super Super Bowl team I think they're in the Super Bowl bubble I think Arizona played their ass off last year at the end and is competitive and I also think Seattle's a total wild card I think my take is and this is no shot at Pete Carroll I think they kind of underachieved the last two years I like their draft picks I like their players I I'm sitting there thinking to myself is New York are the Jets going to walk in to Santa Clara and kick this team in the head are they in trouble well all we ever did was talk about auk and he wasn't the most important player not signed right or having a contract issue that's Trent Williams and every day that goes by if he doesn't play against the Jets that's a major problem who knows what the Jets are going to look like but we know they got a lot of players up front and I would imagine Hassan reck has 15 million reasons to show up this week so that they got pass rush the Ricky pearsol thing I I don't see how that doesn't rattle I mean John Lynch's at the hospital two nights ago or whatever I mean he easily could have died how many people have you ever heard of to get shot in the chest and live goes through their body and they live it's it's by the grace of God he's alive and I think his mom tweeted out something essentially saying that now from a playing standpoint he had been banged up they weren't depending on him so getting Brandon iuk I think people are overcorrecting a little bit on the ners mcaffrey said three weeks ago he would have played if they had real games I I they really they're very careful with mcaffrey Bosa and Trent when he's around in these in these fall games it it com if P's playing well they're going to be a problem because they still got Debo that KD's healthy if mcaffry comes back you got to have Trenton there because their offensive line isn't exactly loaded with first rounders and defensively coling I think they're going to be pretty good I I think their secondary is going to be awesome charvarius Ward is a highend player uh Lenor this guy they drafted a couple years ago has become really really good their safety play John Lynch might miss on some first rounders but that guy know safeties I mean they go about four deep of guys that will light you up Fred Warner still if not the best him and ran one of the best middle linebackers in the league uh their defensive line when that gets rolling they're always good I I think people are overcorrecting a little bit but I'm with you my thing goes back to Seattle is how often first year coach excellent defensive coordinator it's a big transition though that we've seen a lot of elite coordinator struggle in that spot not saying he will but until he does it we don't know uh their quarterback is still a guy that no one would pick in the top 15 if you were getting a draft that's right that's right if you told me Dak Prescott was their quarterback or so your cousins healthy I'd be like oh but I still Gino the Niners have beat him like five straight times yeah so you think McVey and Stafford are intimidated by him now their talent they they get Byron they get one of the best defenders in a draft they're drafted in the middle of the first round yeah so they are a huge wild card look at the 49ers schedule if they beat the Jets they're probably more likely to start four- one then struggle so I I'm not as down on the ners but it is not debatable they had the craziest training camp of I mean they had a player get shot they have multiple holdouts of high-end pro bowlers and all Pros uh and health concerns but I I I still like him against the Jets Colin so I think the Tom Brady Situation's fascinating I had Tom Brady Broadcasting & Raiders Ownership people asking me in the airport about this I went golfin and I had a couple people ask me about the story that he's going to be you know he's trying to be a Raiders owner and if you're a Raiders owner there are limitations on what you can do in the NFL and that had you heard about had you heard about that before like in the hall house no and so um and it's one of those things that that's above my pay grade that's management but um so for people that don't know he can't criticize officials he can't be in certain meetings production meetings I don't think the production meetings is a big deal I think have you've been watching the stuff that Brady is allowing people to see the binders he has from every single season everybody he ever faced his preparation is even compared to people who spend a lot of time preparing is literally Next Level and he just got off the field I don't worry about any of that the only part of it that concerns me and and it only may happen once every two weeks eight times a year that you may have to call at the officials and go that's a blown call um now replay helps reverse a lot of Mis calls so again it's not the 70s 80s but when I read all the stuff I thought do you view it as credibility dinged if he can't rip officials and I'm not saying Rip but be question officiating listen I I like my announcers I I think once everyone started getting on Romo Troy Aman kind of got his swag back and he he'll light into somebody and I like that uh now some people maybe like a more Rosier glass but here's the one thing there's 20 30 million people watching this game when stuff's screwed up now in football you have a pretty good idea and people don't like to hear rosecolor glasses when stuff's pretty obvious I I thought not only officials isn't it like certain things like with teams like I to me the restrictions that I read feel like God part of my big question mark with Tom because heard him on your show he's he's awesome I mean his ability to speak about complicated stuff but I was like let his true personality come out that he's known as the great teammate part of that is being one of the guys obviously ribbing some people I think that's pretty difficult it will not be difficult for him to get the coaches and the players on the phone they back that doesn't feel like a deal that doesn't matter at all that stff pton talks about that sometimes on Monday night like talk to Shawn McVey on his drive home they go him and pton get anybody on the phone in the NFL in five minutes right I I do think him not being able to do that if that's really serious couldn't you argue and listen I'm as Pro capitalism as anybody but this feels like it's going to be pretty tough if he one day actually he's just never allowed to do that it is pretty difficult to do your job if there are legit restrictions cuz it's easy this year but what about five years years from now when you have some coaches you know nothing about those production meetings do hold some value right that's one thing I I'm not saying like divest from the Raiders because that's pretty good investment invested into the NFL but it feels pretty difficult Fox is giving them almost $400 million yeah and again I read all the restrictions and listen I'm I'm a corporate opinionist so essentially I have strong opinions for companies ESPN and fox that have rights with everybody and my take has always been I can say pretty much everything and anything but I don't make it personal I'm not going to go after Roger Goodell personally or or um uh Adam Silver even now that I I I we don't have the NBA I try to be fair with people even when I'm critical of people like I for year even with Baker Mayfield I've said he is a top 20 quarterback I think he's a great guy he and Emily are wonderful people I root for the guy I thought he was immature when he came into the league so IED to qualify stuff I don't want to I don't want to be a sledgehammer I don't want to be an anvil because I I'm in these relationships too I see these Commissioners I see these coaches I don't want to be a jerk I want to be somewhat respected as a generalist or an opinionist um but the one that did jump out to me was the officiating because um and again I I Tom's such a prep monster I don't worry about the other stuff but that one I think I think what it would be it wouldn't affect him but it would mean a lot ofad bad press for him and fox and I think corporations don't like that my my theory was when I read the headline and kind of read I think Florio wrote a long thing on it was think how many owners over the last 20 years he's cost money playoff victories knocked him out because this feels like pretty innocuous what's he doing going to your practice and telling Antonio Pierce who beat him in a Super Bowl to steal some guy off a practice squad like what is really going to happen but I bet some owners or maybe VPS or people that know the truth because this feels pretty deep on the rule book for someone to dive and word gets out and they all kind of you know a group of three four and then it just kind of grows is not that they have anything against him personally but from a competitive business standpoint because the NFL is kind of unique that they're all independent entities worth billions of dollars but they benefit as a unit so sometimes they are I would say fractured and sometimes on because this doesn't gain steam with about a group of several guys coming together and making a stink right I I don't think Roger just saying you can't do this I think it's some owners and think about he he's beat a lot of people in big games that the difference how much what were the Patriots worth 20 years ago before they started rattling off Super Bowls they're worth a lot more now because of the history all tied to Tom and think the Colts might have three or four Super Bowls the Ravens the Steelers I mean there are a lot of teams that the difference of the marketing the obviously what you make when you're a Super Bowl champion get into the Super Bowl to just have an axe to grind and we saw it forever with people going after Bill on some of this stuff how about deflate gate that was the Colts yeah I mean deflate gate the irony of deflate gate is Brady after deflate gate was a more efficient quarterback his numbers went up once we knew it's almost like harbot Michigan once the Connor stallion story came out and now Harbaugh couldn't coach and they played they played their toughest games of the year late when all the Conor stallion stuff was out they beat people worse so it was like deflate gate and Harbaugh we know Tom's great we know Michigan was great but it um let's be honest deflate gate came from the Colts turn them in I think I think you could look at the Colts you know the Jets with Mangini right with the Spygate I think you could just go to their division I can't imagine the Dolphins think that highly of Tom him kicking their ass forever the bills I the AFC North teams the Steelers the Ravens and this isn't like we're going to ruin your life this is we have certain rules this is really deep in the rule book doesn't seem necessary but you know Screw you we're going to make this a little more difficult on you and it's like okay you want to join our country club we're not just letting you right in because remember Mark Davis tried to almost let him buy in at a number not equal to the actual value and the owner said no no no no no if your team is valued as X Tom needs to pay this even for a tiny percentage so they have made it I would say pretty difficult on Tom to get into this what would you consider the NFL one of the top five country clubs in America I mean it's got to be one of the most might be the most difficult thing to get involved in currently yeah I mean it's the number one TV show on every Network it's on I mean I always say this every business ever started in America is looking for marketing and has to pay a fortune for it I mean think about how much Stephen AI myself scottt Van Pelt Mike and Tony uh Nick Wright all these shows how much free publicity the NFL gets every day six months hundreds of millions of dollars on all of these talking shows radio TV free every business looking for a free ad so it's um yeah it's it's it's the best business it's one of the great business a tale in the world we're in right we can make a lot of money just talking about football because of the amount of people that want to listen and watch obviously they consume these games that's back to Tom you're right it can get weird if he has to tiptoe about things that are pretty obvious right and that I and maybe he won't care but I I think any like any human being on a new job you don't want to start it's a weird spot to be in that there's no debating that all right give Most Shocking Team me one team or one situation I'll give you mine first so I'll give you a couple seconds to think about it one team that you don't know what the hell they're GNA look like and so I I can't get my arms around Philadelphia so I'm not in love with a coach take out Nick serani one guy it's a different football team take out Nick serani calling plays Jaylen her's a different quarterback I think they've upgraded coordinators Jason Kel's gone um they are a bit topheavy I will say they've paid both receivers I mean they've they've got a lot of money at the high ends I think there's heat on serani I think Philadelphia has proven they'll bail on a Super Bowl winning coach they'll bail on Carson Wentz after they pay it's always been an intense somewhat combustible City because of the relentless nature and the the aggressive nature of the media and the fans I love Philadelphia yeah I do too I don't know what I think I think because the division is still wonky I like him but if you told me they went seven and 10 and serion got fired the week after Thanksgiving I wouldn't argue what what do I make of Philadelphia I have a hard time seeing them not being pretty good because of the talent they have and I think the coordinator upgrades are massive I mean I think fangio has been one of the better defensive coordinators if he gets the two defensive linemen they draft him from Georgia playing well they draft multiple Corners they still got sle uh I I think the talent they have on offense Kell Moore's proven to be a pretty good offensive play caller nus Meer LSU's quarterback his dad's the quarterback coach he coached Dak forever I mean they got they got real Coach Serana doesn't really they just they kind of want him to stay away but he's going to get all the heat of I think about these two games Thursday and Friday to me there's a ton of pressure on the Ravens not because anyone's jobs in Jeopardy Chiefs Ravens Thursday yeah yeah are you a real team can can you hang with this team because this team win or lose they don't care like they don't see you in January they're not worried about you you you need to prove it to me on Friday night it's like the pressure is all on the Eagles because you lose a game the Packers are good but like you just said the pressure all the weird stuff with serani the relationship with him and the quarterback I they've paid a lot of money to Jaylen and they like Jaylen I think more than Carson in terms of the guy he's just an easier guy to deal with he's focused his football the work ethic the teammates but part of it it's production based business like they're going to need you know 30 plus touchdowns here and the dynamic there their their division sucks I I'm not into Washington I I just don't think they're going to be they don't have the talent uh New York's the quarterback back situation is just terrible I I don't think they got the talent either and the Cowboys I don't think are going to be the 12 win team they're still but them and the Eagles basically feels like split most years I think anything less than 10 and being in the playoffs obviously serani would get fired but then it just gets weird like you just stick with Jaylen because like you said they that City moves quick that City moves quick and that's the thing with Young quarterback we we just saw these all these guys get drafted a couple years ago three years later they're all on different teams these guys get huge contracts now because the NFL is making so much money it's like yeah we already paid him his $70 million get him out of here we'll eat 20 million a dead cap you know Russell Wilson but it's not even just quarterbacks it happens all sorts of players so the pace in which everything happens has never been faster in the NFL and you could argue no one operates faster in terms of pressure and urgency than the Eagles so it's gonna be F I don't know either I I wouldn't bet that game Friday night because who knows like if you tell me the Eagles come out firing I'd believe you if you tell me it's weird the game's in Brazil what what are we doing does that make any sense to you I'm Pro expansion and pro growth no I text a couple people with the Eagles I'm like are you going they're like oh thank God I I I don't have to go I'm doing something else I was like that that is that's one of your Roger has been incredible the the the league office over the last the internet age the money they've made everybody most of their ideas work that to me is pretty idiotic I mean that's that's unnecessary I would say yeah yeah I I feel like um wasn't it a few years ago the Yankees opened in Japan or something and they were baseball's been doing that forever it's easy for like maybe the Mariners or the you know the the Giants but um no I mean I like the games in Mexico City uh which is an amazing City I have friends that have been there they're like oh my God you got to go in your life Best Food City maybe in you know our our region of the country um and I I like European games I was just over in London there are NFL you'd be amazed there are not just English premere there are NFL caps all over London you'll see them should have just gone there to me that feels if you are going to go just go across the pond don't go to Brazil where I saw AJ Brown said you know we went over the rules and they say no phones on the street so he's like yeah I think I'm just going to stay in my hotel room like if that are the parameters probably should cancel my my team I thought about pretty strong picking this team over the summer to win the division I'm not I'm going to pick the Texans but the Colts who I think they're pretty good and like you I love their coach watched Anthony Richardson a couple times in the preseason incredible Talent the ball flies all over the map though yeah I so it's it's hard H they if he's pretty good and stays healthy win 10 games for sure but if he is just wildly inaccurate in against good teams you're going to lose a lot of those games so it's like their margin from being to me they could be 78 or they could be 101 right it all comes down to him and obviously he's going to be Rocky but as the season goes like what Shane did with Jaylen can he just get him under control jayen doesn't have he's throws with more touch because he doesn't throw as hard yeah it's really hard for this guy to not throw like 100 mile hour fast ball it's incredible when the guy's seven feet away from him so it's it's hard to play like that in the NFL if your team is not incredibly loaded they're good but I don't know if they can overcome some games where he's like 50% because the balls are all over the map John mov three and- out podcast former NFL scout the first of about 20 some weeks in a row uh we generally we will generally do Colin's London Vacation these on Sunday night you know that but I just got back from for the record John I told my wife a couple years ago I said we're going to do a European trip at least once a year for the rest um you know probably next 15 years so we went to London for four or five days and I don't care what anybody tells you my wife is not a foodie but her family's in the food business she said it's almost sacriligious she goes I would take London food over Italy and I said just don't say it out loud we had and we were at everything from pubs the hole in the walls to high-end lunch places don't listen to anybody London may not have good weather that is a sensational maybe it's not New York but it is a sensational Food City and if you like like architecture and Parks like I I love to go on jogs or walks in like overcast days I'm a Northwest kid yeah God London London is spectacular and they have their cab system for anybody listening is fascinating it it takes three to four years to get a cab license they're called black cabs their cab system is a complete GameChanger for anybody that is not from the country and for those who live in the country so the pound is stronger than the dollar so 10B is probably $5 but if you go to if you go to England and you go to London and you just first thing you do is you exchange or you take out you know 10 pounds $300 in TS there's $10 or 10 pound cab rides all over and taxi drivers in London make Uber and lft look like such ripoffs there is no pricing they are tour guides and cab drivers you have to know it takes four to five years to be a cab driver or a a taxi driver in England you have to know every Street in the city everyone the testing is they take a test oh it's grueling it's it's a multiple year to become qualification our taxi drivers in London my wife and I were laughing we're like zigzagging back way to find like a weird Nightclub at 11 at night that some coner said hey go try this place it's uh it's called Uh Froggies and we're and we're thinking okay we couldn't find it in a weak if it had dropped us off down the street so if you go there just know the transportation you can take their version of a Subway that's fine the transportation and the food if you can get over over guys is Sensational in London I love it so as as a guy that has a large uh sh pretty good sizable uh position in Uber do they just not exist there do we have no presence and they just the taxis well they're going to school like they're medical they're gonna be doctors I mean how do you compete with that you well you can't compete with it so I never used those Services you didn't use Uber lift when you were there no no my my concierge at my hotel is said we can get you a driver for 100 pound an hour um which is probably again probably about 120 bucks I think the pound is stronger than the American dollar right now so uh or you could do a taxi so my wife and I are you know we'll just take taxis we love it and and they're Fascinating People I mean they've just got these British accents they're they're just regular people but these are careers you know you you buy that taxi it is yours these people are incredibly proud they're tour guides so if you're going to go over there it is so wonderful it it really elevates The Experience they know the city like the back of its hand it's you know what it's like it's a it's like a bigger Chicago um with even greater architecture so it's a it's a bigger Chicago with uh roer titer but the architecture is even more dramatic and I think Chicago is a is a remarkable architecture city in in North America so it's um it was it was cold over there like you're wearing pants no no it it was I you know again I like cold weather it wasn't but it's not Spain Greece it's not Paris you're not going to get the mugginess uh consistently no you you get 70 degree days all the time what was your best meal my my well I went to a place called um at 22 and had a dinner with an that was it was like in a house that had become that had residences that was remarkable I went to a place called uh 108 brazer and had a super food salad with shrimp and I told my wife three bites into it this is the greatest salad I've ever eaten in my life now the portions in London are not American portions yeah they joke about it over there you know they joke about you know we not this is not Houston you don't get a plate of brisket it's not the way it works but um just the quality they take it serious Gordon Ramsey has a footprint all over the city I mean you can't turn a corner without a Gordon Ramsey restaurant and he's helped Elevate The Culinary experience but I just think if if you're if you and your wife you know there's no language barriers tradition architecture it's Civility and the pubs are freaking incredible John any part of town any part of town in London you walk in a pub you grab a beer you're standing out in the street talking to a bloke about your favorite football team out on the street uh in alleys it's just the best is it you know it's kind of their New York City right I mean it's but it but it doesn't have that Vibe of craziness 247 well I would say um I like London listen I love Chicago is my favorite big city in the United States uh I like La Chicago Vancouver BC I love I don't love a lot of big cities um you know Boston's okay um I'm not really a Dallas Atlanta Houston don't do a lot for me I don't like to be in my car I want to walk Chicago New York I can walk Vancouver I can walk uh London you can walk everywhere um that's nice uh Covenant Garden by the way a bit of a tourist trap too crowded for my taste little young if you're young go to Covenant Garden but not my scene but I would say um compared to New York New York's bigger um I think London's easier to get around both have great Parks Central Parks you know terrific um but I'm a London fan I'm a London did you hold your own bsing about soccer over some beers with random people and pubs or was it pretty intense are they talking to like SEC people if you're in Alabama you better know your no you're not gonna fool anybody no no 86 mph fast balls get past anybody no I can't imagine all right Bud okay great stuff F on [Music] he [Music]