Colin reacts to the Rams dismantling the Vikings in the last game of wild card weekend!
He explains why the past two games have downgraded Sam Darnold from a 50m/yr contract to something more similar to a Baker Mayfield-esque 30ish million/yr deal. He heaps praise on the Rams defense, specifically Jared Verse and dives into why the Rams will give the Eagles a real game (4:00).
Finally, he discusses the potential of Deion Sanders landing the head coaching job for the Dallas Cowboys and why Jerry Jones would be enamored with the “buzz” Deion could create around the Cowboys and his ability to sell tickets (15:00).
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Okay. Instant reaction on the Rams hammering the Minnesota Vikings, Well, Sam Darnold had a chance at some point to be a fifty million dollars quarterback, and he'll probably now get closer to a Baker Mayfield contract, which will be in the thirty millions. I might kind of take away the last couple of weeks is I think Minnesota is going to move off Donald and go with JJ McCarthy and back up with Daniel Jones. I think it was I think for the most of the season that you couldn't do that. I think you you know, I think all of us watched through the course of the season and thought you can't let Sam go. But this is the way the league works. I mean, coaches get fired because of bad back to back games at the end of the season. And I think it's that simple. I just think the last couple of weeks you could see the frustration Kevin O'Connell. And by the way, tonight was mentor Hersus student McVeigh against Kevin O'Connell. I mean McVeigh with extra prep time, they looked really good. But I think Kevin O'Connell's frustration on the sideline, he's, you know, very authentic and when he's angry and his frustration with Sam Donald and listen, I like Bo Nicks, I like Sam Donald, I like Justin Herbert. They all played poor football. They all fell behind early in the first half, and they're trying to make plays and you know, last game of the year, you're trying to make plays. And frankly, the Rams defense has gotten so much better. I mean, the Rams are really an interesting story. They have not missed on their defensive draft picks. They've missed them some offensive draft picks two two at well, second round receiver never been as good as they thought. Logan Brus kind of a miss interior O. Ligneman, second or third round guy. They don't miss on defense. Jared Verse is incredible. That's a ten time pro bowler. I mean there are his speed and power for his size. He was chasing down Darnold at the end of the game and you're like, get two hundred and sixty pound guy, shouldn't run like that. He is a bull had a touchdown on that fumble recovery in the first half of the game. I think when you look at the Rams, they had eight sacks in the first month of the season. They had eight sacks tonight and Greg Cosell said last Thursday on the show and I asked him, I said, I'm kind of go either way in that game, and he stopped me and he said, the Rams defensive line, if you look at the film, is going to be a major problem for the Vikings and it will decide the game. And that's why I picked the Rams. I said that with Chad Bilman on Sharper Square. Greg co Sell he does as a HANDFLT times during the year he feels so strongly about something and he just said, DRAMs d line will decide the game and they just haven't missed. Kobe Turner, Jared Verse Young from a couple of years ago, Braden Fisk Florida State. I mean they just all those guys can play, and their back end is more mid round guys, but really well coached. You get nothing free over the top. They're a combination of a young, athletic, twitchy team getting better every five to six weeks. You lock up and you think, Okay, this team is better than they were, you know, in September and October, and they're gonna give Philadelphia a real game. Now Philadelphia played so poorly. I think they'll be really focused. But this Rams d line, it won't be muted by Philadelphia's on line. I mean they'll they'll pressure. They'll pressure Jalen Hurts to some degree. And Hurts hasn't played, you know, from concussion on. We'll see what we get. Generally, when quarterbacks get concussions, they can be fuzzy for a couple of weeks. I think Jalen Hurts will play much better football against the Rams than he did this past week against Green Bay. And I like Philadelphia in that game. I thought the Rams for about three quarters played perfect football tonight. But you know, going back to Sam Darnold, I think Donald And this is what's great about the NFL is that you know, after Buffalo lost the Rams, I'm like, oh boy, Buffalo is not good enough defensively, and then they go on a run. And as I've often said with kids, the days are long, the years fly by. The NFL week to week, you don't know exactly what you're getting. But over the course of a year, great coaches with great quarterbacks win a lot. So if you look at the AFC, it's Mahomes and Andy Reid has left, John Harbon, Lamar Jackson, Sean McDermott and Josh Allen and Demiko Ryans and CJ. Stroud. You look over in the other and you know what a shock is. Stafford and McVeigh once again are ready to go. You've got the great Detroit staff and Jared Goff. So this stuff over the course of time, when Stafford is healthy and people aren't getting to him, I mean, when's the last time. I mean he hasn't felt pressure in a month. So the Rams are really good on both lines. They just couldn't stay healthy for the first eight weeks. But right now now Puka got banged up to night, so Kyron Williams. If those guys come back, they'll be at full strength against Philadelphia. I think they've got a shot again. The McVeigh and Stafford equation, they've got a shot. But it looked like tonight when they jumped out to that leads it felt like Andy Reid off a buy, and I don't think there's any I think Andy Reid and McVeigh are the best play designers in the league. And I think McVeigh is conn It's like the opposite of the Pittsburgh Steelers. McVeigh is constantly updating and adapting and evolving his schemes, his sets. You just don't know what you're getting with him. I thought he got a little predictable about three to four years ago, and he probably thought that too, and now you're never quite sure what you're getting. The Rams are a really good team, and I thought Minnesota had an amazing year. But listen, we all kind of thought they were a third or fourth place team. And the truth eventually comes out. The truth came out with the Broncos. They got into the playoffs, but they were a year ahead of schedule. The truth came out with the Chargers. What a great story. They're not a great team. They need more offensive playmakers. So the truth comes out the longer and the longer any business exists. You know, it's like good football teams. There's always been a theory if you have a better football team, you want more plays. So you just you know, Ohio State earlier this year, I was I think it was Urban Meyer talked about this. They weren't They weren't playing very fast, and considering how good they were, they weren't producing a lot of plays in the game. Now, if you watch Ohio State play, they're playing more up tempo and faster, and that's what Ohio They shouldn't want to play like they have the best players, and so you slow the game down when you're trying to kill the clock or eat clock and you don't feel you have good personnel. I'm looking at the Rams right now, and I don't think they're as good as Detroit or Philadelphia or Buffalo in terms of overall talent. But I don't think the gaps. I don't think the GAP's that big. Now. They need everybody healthy, So Kien Williams has to play. They're not terribly great. Blake korm hasn't done anything this year as a rookie. Ronnie Rivers, Fresno State running back is a number three guy. If Kien Williams is not available, it's not quite. The offense isn't as punchy. But you know, I was looking around at some numbers. Let me just look real quick. I was talking about Donald. Every Donald early sack everyone early. He held onto the ball for at least three point two seconds. And again, Joe Burrow does that a little bit. Joe Burrow was looking for big play. He'll hold the ball just a little longer. The difference is Burrow is a more accurate thrower than Donald. Donald. The ball can sail. He's not quite as naturally accurate. But a lot of these quarterbacks, Andrew Luck did that, Joe Burrow does it, Donald does it. You know, Big Ban at times did that. They hold the ball a little longer because they want the big play. Sam loves to throw the ball down the field. He'd prefer not the dink and dunk. He's always been almost to a fault. He wants to throw it deep. But the thing with Donald, he was a great student all year. He just bombed the final. It doesn't mean he's a n F student. He's a B student, he's not an A student. And there's only about seven of those in the league, or six. But I think the teams that were exposed this weekend, Minnesota got beat up, Denver got beat up, Chargers got beat up, Packers got beat up. Are any of you surprised? I mean, really, it's we went into this weekend. We're like Buffalo, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Rams was going either way. But after cole Sell said what he told you and me, I like the Rams. But I don't think it was a terribly surprising weekend. I think eventually you get exposed in this league at this level. And playoff football is different, you know, it's such a It's just it's the same thing in playoff baseball. It's the same thing in playoff basketball. Is that it is hard pro athletes. It's hard to fake it. You know, you're playing Carolina, it's week seven. It's hard. Sometimes people have lives and wives and kids and they're banged up and to get complete attention and urgency. And the NFL keeps expanding the schedule. You get into these playoff games and those coaches those games are often standalone. The entire league is watching it. There's a real vanity. Like Sean McVay put on a coaching clinic tonight. That was a flex. That first half was an absolute flex by Sean McVay mentor teaching student. So fun weekend. The big dogs advance. Now you know there's at least four new playoff teams every year, four new playoff teams. So I've been pretty good. I've been pretty lucky at predicting the four new playoff teams. Teams to keep your eye out for. And remember what I said Washington. You guys all you were very critical, very hurtful. I'm gonna tell you, if they have a good draft and they have the most cap room, keep your eye on New England. You think I'm crazy. You thought I was nuts for the Washington. You thought I was nuts to the Rams before Mike Frable, Josh McDaniel. If they go by a T. Higgins hit on another running back, shore up the old line, keep your eye on New England. That's my surprise team next year, and not just because I like Mike Vrabel. So we headed too. The next weekend of games, I'll tell you, starting with Notre Dame on Thursday, over Penn State until tonight Rams kind of hammering the Vikings. That was about as good to five day stretch of football as I remember. The games weren't all great, but and I hope you know this. I'm so grateful for what I do and so thankful for this I get to sit and watch football and then shoot the you know what on this thing. I want to talk if I could, about Dion Sanders to the Dallas Cowboys. So I got a text tonight from Jordan Schultz and he reported Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has spoken with Deon Sanders regarding the possible job, and there is some mutual interest here. Coach Prime is considered a top candidate, though the Cowboys plan to interview other candidates. I thought it was very interesting talking to Matt Moseley today on my show. And Matt's been covering the Cowboys forever. Whenever you see a Cowboy press conference after a game, Matt's the one with the dark sunglasses. Very very funny guy. Baylor guy, funny guy, really like him. Does the Doomsday podcast with edwarder Boy also like and you know, he said something today, He's not going to hire some young offensive coordinator. What really bothered Jerry. This year was empty seats and the apathy around the Cowboys, and that really bothered Jerry Jones. And that's why Dion. You know, first, I think that's not going to happen. Deon Sanders is going to sell tickets. Is he the best candidate? I don't know. I mean we were all surprised how well they did at Colorado. Colorado was like a bottom three college football program when he arrived. He was getting like five star athletes. So so I think I think Deon Sanders could build a good staff. But this is Jerry. I mean, let's let's be honest. Name another coach. But in fact, I don't think there's another coach you could hire that would create more buzz than Dion Sanders. I don't think Belichick would create that buzz. We've seen Belichick. We saw the last several years, grumpy Bill Belichick. You know, I don't. I mean, it would be interesting. I think Dion Sanders would be sort of a revelation and people there'd be a lot of mystery. Mystery fascinates people. That's why conspiracy theorists on podcasts. I mean, one of the things that really gets attention for people with small audiences in you know, the podcasting space is a conspiracy theory. People are interested. It's it's the mystery, it's the unknown, and that's why magic's so popular and we all know it's fake. But it's like, oh, how did you do that? And I think Dion Sanders has a how will he do? Quality? I mean, Mike Rable's gonna win in New England, right like Harball was going to win with the Chargers. I mean that's Andy Reid, Kansas City, a lot of Dan Quinn, Cliff Kingsbury. They were going to do just fine in Washington. I don't know how Diane would do as a pro coach. I don't know. He's a better football coach in college than I would have guessed. There's not that many former star players that make good coaches. You need patience, you got to be a grinder, and a lot of star players are just naturally gifted. You know. It's like, how many all time great baseball players are great baseball managers. I mean, Doc Rivers was a pretty good player. A good player wasn't a great player. So I mean Jason Kidd has been successful, that's Jerry West, but Jerry West didn't like coaching. He liked gmming the late Jerry West. So I think Dean would be fascinating. And I think when Matt Moseley said that today that the apathy around the Cowboys really got Jerry's attention. And there's a sameness to Mike McCarthy. He's a very good coach. He's not fascinating, he's not captivating. He didn't have a vibe. He's not cool, he's not alpha. Mike McCarthy's just a nice guy, good football coach. So I think McCarthy's going to go and light it up. If he goes to Chicago, I think he'll do really well. Or with the Steelers or with the Jets. Bears is where I think it fits best. I think Dion to the Cowboys. Listen, I'm in the interesting business. Wouldn't you watch? You know? My take on Dallas is I just Troy Aikman said this on ESPN today. I don't think it's a great job. I think New England. I think the Charger's job with Herbert was a great job. Had your left tackle had a couple of good pass rushers, had Derwin James had a good draft pick like that was a good job. I think I think New England's a pretty good job. The roster's not very good. You got Drake May and Robert Krafts. He has stability and ownership and the quarterback of the future. I don't think Dallas. I think you just have to navigate around an outrageous contract to a quarterback who got worse after his first injury and now he's recovering from a second. So I don't think it's a great job. You know, Deon would make it, however, a captivating and that's what we're all here for. The volume