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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 I want to talk Raiders Chargers it was the most predictable at least stylistically it was the most predictable game it was a rock fight it was just physical brutal tough I mean it was not pretty but my favorite part this game is basically the same defense as last year they were in the right spot I mean they had one kind of M tackle on a play that ended up being a big play for the Raiders but Justin Herbert goes 16 of 25 for 135 yards no touchdowns no picks and I'm like he's gonna do that several times this year and people are gonna bang on Justin Herbert I watch that game and I'm like Harbaugh's looking at that Talent pretty light at tight end and wide receiver not a lot of game Breakers okay at running back better than average maybe not great Harbaugh looked at that game today and thought and I think they're going to win this stylistically this is how the Chargers will win they'll ugly it up Herbert won't make any mistakes he'll make four to five big throws no interceptions make the right reads this felt it almost felt like Harbaugh his first year at Michigan taking over for Brady hul he didn't have a lot of elite Playmakers but he won 10 games on just situational field position toughness and then over the course of two or three years he couldn't beat Ohio State he was he was losing games you think they should win but they didn't have NFL players the Chargers Bose is great Dern James is fantastic so was Herbert uh ran Slater's a good left tackle and not a lot of guys everybody would VI for if they were on the market I thought that game was exactly how you have to win if you're the Chargers with hard ball this year with that Talent yeah I think if you remove the quarterbacks they're the same team that's right they're very similar Herbert I didn't even know his box score I thought he made some big big throws down the stretch he did he made some big throws down the stretch and then I I had the game on mute was a Dobbins bust of the big run yeah that that is listen they their team is not going to be a sexy watch this year and the Raiders if they had Justin Herbert would be the same thing they'd have to win a lot of games kind of like the Chiefs did last year Mucky it up ugly it up and Tred to win 19 to 14 19 to 17 and I think when you watch you know let's look at that division right like I had either Denver the Chargers making the playoffs I I kind of waffled back and forth I think it is going to be difficult now we'll have to see how the rest of the AFC plays out it's obviously going to be hard for Denver with a rookie quarterback and playing on the road the Raiders have no shot Harbaugh does just because of of his quarterback I mean the guy's Talent some of these guys that hate on him it's like one you you were either just trying to be uh like counterculture and just sound different or two you know nobody in football because nobody thinks that I me just listen to the way Jim talks about him I think over the next couple years I mean we saw how Jim has built at Michigan they're going to be a serious problem as he teaches Justin Herbert how to win in the NFL yeah yeah but they they got their talent deficient yeah clearly clearly on offense and the one thing as the season goes and this goes back to the rookie quarterbacks these defensive coordinators I mean they work 18 hours a day they're going to get nine guys in the box and Herbert's gonna have to beat them with kind of random wide receivers right if they had Keenan Allen and Mike Williams in their Prime to me they would be a lock playoff team but they had to Pivot off those guys because of the money but it's Jim's a winner so betting against Jim to me seems moronic I mean just it's not going to work now is he going to win 10 games this year I don't know but he's going to have a chance to go above 500 I bet when the dust settles come December how about Antonio Pierce punting on a fourth and one late in the game and I thought I thought it was interesting because I thought well that's what defensive coaches do by the way even uh Mike McDonald the new Seahawk coach in a win Super conservative down the stretch uh Denver had a chance to get the ball back and win the game it was like defensive guys oh my God I I'm watching Antonio Pierce I'm like dude you can't be conservative with that football team the only way the Raiders can win six games is Big swings because you just don't and by the way teams with weak quarterback play will get worse over the season because the defense will be on the field for more snaps defensive players get hurt more than offensive players statistically in the league so a team like the Raiders you get to like week four to five to six when the defense is literally on the field the whole game you're going to be Los loing guys left and right you got to take swings I think one of the elephant in the room in that game and you saw him a couple times on the sideline is Devonte Adams on that team makes no sense none and if people still think he can play if you his value has diminished because as time goes on you make a lot of money and you don't produce it the same way you're just not worth as much but if you can get rid of them at the trade deadline for a second and a third like to me that's it's probably time to Pivot 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 DraftKings H 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 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saying he's watching a seconde guy he's never been around that and his physical attributes relative to muu both those guys were the bridge quarterbacks this off season it's not even in the same ballpark mchu is a great story he's a good backup if you are forced to start him week one and now it feels like a couple teams have been forced to over the course of his career you're just you're just done like your season is over before it even begins and Sam darnold like is he gonna sustain this all season I don't know but his physical attributes and clearly he people like the guy he just needed to get around some real offensive coaches now we see back toback here cow hand then Kevin oconnell gets a chance to play I understand he's playing the Giants and they suck but Colin he looked pretty good today you know it's I want to talk about the Broncos and Seahawks because again I thought Bo had his moments I'm watching Seattle and I say this respectively to Pete Caroll I think Seattle has Elite Talent I just don't think people know the players but Walker they wide receivers they have tremendous Young Corners they got a consistent pass rush they got the Murphy kid in the draft the top defensive tackle a Fant left today it's Gino is what he is like he's a really solid he's a great story he is what he is he's not GNA lose you a lot of games he's not gonna win you a lot of games but I'm watching that game today and and Shawn pyton coached his ass off for a half he got them I mean a lot of this was Seattle doing getting safeties and it was quirky and then all of a sudden by the second half you're like okay now we're off script and now B knck is rookie quarterback and he just you know that's the difference between a veteran Dak in the second half and Bo Knicks in the second half B's like okay now they adjusted so I got the everything on the script I figured out now it's all off script and I'm watching that Seattle Team John and I don't I think you called him one of the surprise teams I'll just say it right now maybe they're not Baltimore I think they are really talented they really they fly around the field defensively I actually was kind of on the other side side but their talent my issue with them is they've been they were poorly coached but they've been winning nine games yes you know it's not like it's not like they've been winning five a good division yeah that's what I'm saying so how do they go from do you think they could win 11 I still think their offensive line has some question marks they got they got punked Gino has his limitations but you're right I mean Kenneth Walker there's a chance at the end of the year he's a top five running back yeah how about the the catch Lockett made to seal the game he's third wide receiver and he's been there Jesus he's been great for 10 years he's got to be one of the more underappreciated players of his generation might not even be close I think I could play for my team any day now if their defense is better they still might be a nineish win team but could they beat the 49ers in a game because they haven't beat the 49ers in five games not play two years ago in the playoffs not with so if they if they can play at a more physical brand my question marks you never know with a coordinator going to a head coach he's young I think he's 37 years old and their offensive coordinator who we all loved in college who was the board's right hand had never coached in the NFL they showed his resume today he was at sou Falls not that long ago that's a pretty quick jump now he clearly knows what he's doing and so their coaching staff might just be better I saw I watch John Schneider's press conference at the end of training camp you can tell he thinks they got something not he knows their team is talented but like he thinks the coaching staff's pretty good so like can they beat McVey and Kyle can they split can they go two and two because if they can then maybe they're not nine and eight they're 10- seven and they're like the six or seven seed I I would say that's possible not going to overreact to playing Denver who it's just you could tell they're a little Talent deficient still with with the rookie quarterback but yeah I mean it's hard not to he's an easy guy to root for Gino's an easy guy to root for I I just wonder in Sunday night Monday night games and Tom Brady calling it if you're both 4- one or however the schedule and you're playing the ram or you're playing the ners are you I'm not picking Gino Smith home or away yeah I will say this about bonck and I talked about this because I saw him play Live Twice he is much more mobile than people give him credit for way more mobile he ran in for a touchdown today on a pump fake he you know it it's he looks smallish you don't think you know 61 college starts you don't seem as a great athlete I thought today he I know one of the interceptions was a great play and I love the Seahawk corners and again they're all overwhelmed they don't have a ton to work with I don't know how good their offensive line is I think B knck is gonna work I don't think they won a ton of games but I when I watched them today I never felt he was rattled I thought he made two throws that were like rookie throws in the second half I'm like oh Jesus Bo but I kind of like bake that in like I don't know when I watched him today I never felt he was you I kind of just my low after watching Caleb I'm like Jesus this is rough I watched them and I was like if you told me my Thanksgiving it all clicked I'd be like all right I could see it well you know what where it set in with me is last night at 11:00 at night watching the Big 10 play they had multiple Big 10 games going Oregon and USC your Trojans look better in Oregon right now that's just a fact Oregon's a mess there's a drop off at quarterback Dylan Gabriel has been a productive player but there is a dramatic difference between Dylan Gabriel who's probably not even a draft pick and a guy that was just a top 15 pick immediate starter week one like that's a pretty big deal right when you look at Oregon I know they got a their offensive Line's a mess but if your offensive line is a mess and this goes back to Cleveland if your quarterback can be mobile you either got to do two things what Payton and Tom could do forever they played with a lot of average offensive line get rid of the ball like that yeah or run around for your life Lamar Jackson the other night and you get caught like deshun Watson you're kind of doing neither well B Knicks can scramble Jaden Daniels can scramble yeah so if your offensive Line's going to suck and you're not going to picky apart the in the pocket really quick you got to be able to move and bow speed translates like physically to me like talent-wise everyone anoints Caleb as his all-time great talent he's really talented to me like Josh Allen and John Elway are probably on their own little tier but I think Bo Nick's physical attributes are like a plus characteristic yeah they got that going now he threw a pick in the Red Zone like it's it's it's hard but yeah I'm not out on him by any means I I've actually he's really grown on me he's a guy that during the preseason even the day like that's tough to go on the road against a defensive coordinator who's a head coach they're flying around can't hear yourself think like that's it's a tough tough environment in those spots like this is back to Caleb and Bo their environments were completely different one was home one was like a catered dinner and the other one was like make a festar meal here's mayonnaise and here's a piece of beef you know it's difficult [Music]