NFL Week 9 PREDICTIONS: Steelers wasting Rodgers, Chiefs to Super Bowl | THE HERD w/ Colin Cowherd

Colin Cowherd discusses the biggest storylines from Week 8 and heading into Week 9 of the NFL. He starts with the Pittsburgh Steelers and whether they are wasting Aaron Rodgers. Next Colin discusses A.J. Brown and why the Philadelphia Eagles need to trade him. Finally Colin breaks down why Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are headed for another Super Bowl ahead of their matchup with Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills.

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Welcome to the Herd’s official YouTube channel. Make sure to like and subscribe. Don’t forget to check out the Colin Coward podcast, all of our NFL instant reactions, and more football content. All right, so um the NFL is pretty cruel when it comes to coaches. I mean, it feels like Greg Papovic coached forever in San Antonio. Spolstra coaching forever. Steve Kerr’s got a job as long as he wants it. But in the NFL, Andy Reid got fired. Bill Bellichic got fired. Uh, Cowboys got a new owner. Tom Landry got fired. Um, I don’t know what to do with Pittsburgh. Mike Tomlin, the Steelers are broken, but it’s the defense that’s broken. The Pittsburgh defense for the fourth straight year is the most expensive in the league. Yesterday, trade deadline coming up. They got a safety from the New England Patriots, Kyle Duggar. That’s not going to solve it. When you watch that Green Bay game, Sunday Night Football, man, is it apparent Green Bay is a very progressive, smart, and current franchise. Aaron Rodgers is keeping them afloat. Actually, the Steelers are averaging 5.4 yards a play. That’s good. I looked this morning, top three red zone offense, yards per play, red zone, turnovers. Aaron Rogers influence has been really, really impressive. He’s having a sneaky year. you’re not throwing the ball deep downfield. Aaron’s done his part. But right now, that defense, you can’t pay the most for something and get lousy production. That’s how TV shows get cancelled. That’s the Steelers. Four straight year, highest paid defense, and they’re bad. It’s the worst in Tomlin’s era. It’s like paying 80 bucks a month for a streaming service with no hits. At some point, where are the hits? And I’ve said this with Aaron Rogers, he can be divisive and polarizing. He’s actually really good. He not throwing the ball down the field. This is not going to be Jaylen Herz down the field to Devonte Smith. It’s not going to be Matt Stafford down the field to Puka. That’s not what this offense is. It is. It It’s not. This offense is big, large human beings, 15 yards and in. But red zone, that’s a quarterback stat, too. They’re kind of good this year. They’re kind of good. They don’t turn the ball over a ton. So, what do you do with Mike Tomlin? I’m not anti-defensive coach, but the really good defensive coaches make an impact immediately. Mike Frabel comes in. Patriots 22nd defense before Mike got there fourth this year. Uh Mike McDonald got to Seattle 30th to 14th. Now they’re top 10. I mean, the Rams don’t spend anything on their defense. They’re second. It’s cheap labor, right? So when you have veterans, you’re paying them a fortune and they’re awful. Kyle Duggar is not going to be the answer. So I don’t know what you do. It feels like the Steelers are broken. I’ve always said I judge coaches on their side of the ball. Say what you want about Lincoln Riley at USC. The offense is fine. You can argue he’s not a head coach. He’s not a culture creator. You argue what you want. He gets his side. I mean, the Rams offense is almost always good. They can take fifth round Puka, third round Cooper Cup in his prime, uh, fourth, fifth round Kiran Williams, an undrafted starting left tackle. Shawn McVey is squeezing every bit of juice out of that Rams offense. Mid low round guys, he’ll make him work. They got a seventh round receivers already have a touchdown pass this year. But with Mike Tomlin, he’s good at the podium, but I think the franchise is broken. Here’s Mike. We all have to own it. Um certainly you start with the schematics, man, because you know that’s the leadership component of it. And certainly we’ll be looking at everything that we’re doing, man, because some of these problems are somewhat repetitive and we’re not getting better fast enough. So the the story yesterday, they brought in traded a draft pick. They brought in a safety from New England to try to fix it because they’ve got injuries, which of course everybody in the league has, but great brands can usually pivot faster to get it right. But right now they’re broken. Um there’s a lot going on. Today’s show is brought to you by our new presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Bet. Great partners. On Hard Rock Bet, you don’t have to wait for week nine to kick off all the action. And you want to get in on that action. It’s the golden time of the year with basketball, homers, hat tricks, always something to bet on. If you haven’t tried your first bet on Hard Rock Bet, there’s still time to get 150 bucks in bonus bets. If you win, just place a $5 bet. Five bucks, that’s it. If it hits, you not only get your winnings, but 150 bucks in extra bonus bets from Hard Rock Bet. If you think baseball is slow, even when titles on the line, not when you bet. 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Um, Amar St. Brown, Montgomery, Jameson Williams, the offensive line. The question is because you’re they draft so well that, you know, Branch, they’re not paying, Jamir Gibbs, they’re not paying, they’ve got stars, they’re not paying. So, a lot of it is when you, you know, Philadelphia has hit, the Eagles have hit on a lot of their first and second round picks the last three years. So, you end up having six star players that you’re not paying. Yeah. Now, Philadelphia this off season had to move off people. But, I I’ve said before, you pay a quarterback and you pay a left tackle. You would you have to pay somebody in the defensive front. All move off corners. linebackers, safeties, all move off wide receivers, quarterback, left tackle, and somebody in that front. Like the Rams are going to pay Jared Verse. He’s in year two or three. They’re going to pay him. Hutchinson’s numbers, but but Colin, look at the screen. Okay, so that’s interesting about the edge rushers outside. Take away Micah, right? Because he just got the deal. He’s on a new team. Uh TJ Watt and the Steelers are not really a playoff team. They’re not a contender. Miles Garrett is on arguably the worst team in the league. He’s frustrated, but he’s picking up five sacks in a game. D Hunter is good, but I don’t think the Texans are a contender. Max Crosby, we know the Raiders stink. Bosaw, they got injuries. Hendrickson, they’re not a playoff team. If you pay your edge rusher top dollar often, you’re not really a contender. I mean, I that’s what the numbers are saying on the screen. So, maybe you have a point like you just got to pay offense and cobble together defense. No, I think when I and I’ve talked to this um I talked to this with a general or manager right now that’s in first place and he said, “Listen, you’re going to pay a quarterback and your left tackle and you’d love to pay a weapon. You’ll have to pay a weapon eventually somewhere.” He said, “On defense, stay young, fast, and as cheap as you can because defensive players get hurt more often.” He goes, “But if you get a guy in the front five, a Max Crosby or Hutchinson or a Miles Garrett, pay them. There is no other Miles Garrett on the market.” And I’m not trading him if I’m Cleveland. There’s just nothing out there like him. It’s like Aaron Darnold, even when the Rams when we’re in St. Louis. We disagree there. Um, you wouldn’t trade Miles Garrett? No, there’s nobody on the market like him. So, okay, so you’re one and seven. What are we doing? Well, that but it’s not Miles Garrett’s problem. He’s one of your But Miles Garrett’s not bringing you three, four wins to get you respectable to the playoffs. But there’s nobody in the world that’s as good as him at that position. You get draft picks, 30% of draft picks in the first round fail. I’m not giving up the world’s best blank for a 70% hit rate. Well, I thought the C I thought you liked what the Cowboys got for Micah Parsons in return. Cowboys were different. Cowboys have their quarterback. Cowboys are offensively excellent. Their defense was bad with Micah. The Browns defense is excellent because of Miles Garrett. The Cowboys defense was awful with Micah Parson. So, move him, get flexibility, and get first round picks. I mean, the Browns already have two first round picks. They don’t need a third. I mean, what they need is the world’s best pass rusher. Okay, so the Buffalo Bills call the Browns and say, “Hey, we’ll give you two future ones and I don’t throw in, give us Miles Garrett. We think he’s the missing pink piece.” Do you do it if you’re the Browns? They’ve already got two ones. That’s not their need. Their need isn’t more first round picks. Their need is more great players. that right now Cleveland I mean Dallas’s need was flexibility and Dallas also smartly because they have a Cleveland has to waste those two first round picks either both or one on the quarterback Dallas has that Dallas is in a great position they can take those ones and move down and get more picks are going to have to use those ones and maybe move up exhaust both of them to get the right quarterback so it’s interesting because this goes in all to Hutcherson for the playoff game against the Lions you have to scheme against Hutcherson. He can wreck your game. That’s right. Mah Parson, same deal. Kansas City doesn’t have that. Chris Jones is not that guy of the He’s not as young as those two. The Buffalo Bills right now, they don’t have that guy. I mean, hell, the Baltimore Ravens don’t. You could make an argument that Detroit and Green Bay are the two best teams in the NFL. The Indianapolis Colts, you know, I I know you referenced talking to a first place GM. Maybe it was Chris Ballard. Listen, they don’t have a defensive player you got to scheme for, do they? No. No. I’m aware of No. No. If I’m Indianapolis, I absolutely would give up a first round pick for Miles Garrett. Absolutely. Cost you more than that because they got their TJ. Oh, no, no, no. And I like TJ, but he’s not Miles right now. No, my If I Indianapolis, I bet you they’ve called on Miles Garrett. I bet you Ballard has. The question is Cleveland probably wants two first round picks and the Colts probably want to give up one. And uh Cleveland could use another receiver. We’ll give you Pierce and we’ll give you number one pick. You give us Miles Garrett. That’s probably what that sounds like. I would rather give up Pearson. Anthony Richardson. The Steelers need a quarterback next year. Anthony Richardson. No. No. No. GM thinks that’s the answer. All right, let’s move on to Lamar Jackson. It’s official. He’s in at quarterback this week for the Ravens Thursday Night Football against Miami. He says every game going forward is must win. Coach pretty much touched on that talking about that. uh with us in the uh team meeting. You know, each and every game going to be like a win or go home game, you know. Um we started off first season ever starting off like this slow. So, we’re going to have to just do or die right now each and every week. They’re going to go on a run, baby. Yeah, they’re going to go on a run. Again, you could get exotic. I think the Ravens are a great teaser like I don’t see them losing this game, but I don’t necessarily know that they win by eight or more. I mean, I think this is a get right spot. Would you agree for Baltimore? Well, I think what I saw this past weekend was a lot of favorites winning big. And I see a bunch of favorites. They’re going to win big again, including Baltimore. Now, there are some dogs. I I like the Commanders on Monday night against Seattle getting three and a half. I like that dog. There are a couple of dogs I like, but it feels like J, you and I talked about this last year that the NFL last year for the first time in my life felt a little like the NBA where the bottom like six to seven teams are unwatchable and not very viable after the first six weeks. Yeah, first six weeks of the NBA or NFL season. The bad teams can fool you. Right now, I think Chicago Bulls are fooling people, but eventually you’ll go on a five, six game losing streak because of lack of personnel and you become kind of unwatchable and not a not a great team, right? Yeah, same in the NFL. This past weekend, you saw some defenses look like they quit, like they just didn’t have dudes and and so trade deadline is a chance for the good teams to get better and the bad teams to get worse. Now, think about that. That’s what the trade deadline is. The good teams will give you capital to get a better player. So, you think Tennessee is bad now? You you you think New Orleans isn’t good now? Take out Alvin Camaro. the gap between good and not good in the NFL. Last year and this year is starting to feel very NBA and I this weekend I think Baltimore cruises tomorrow. Well, it’s it’s interesting because Miami isn’t being talked about as a seller, but maybe they should be. I guess the problem is we don’t know who GM or the coach are going to be next year. Um I think the Jets are in that category of really rotten teams, right? The Bengals. Yeah. Um there there’s a lot of them. You’re right. It’s it’s not great. Uh final story, Colin, let’s go to the Bears. Chicago Bears tough loss to Tyler Huntley uh in Baltimore. The offense was not very good and uh the penalty problem continues. 10 different players combined to commit 11 penalties. U that was the seventh time in seven games this season the Bears had more penalties than their opponent. Ben Johnson talked about the penalty woes. We’re on a mission here this week to get this all cleaned up and I I have complete confidence that we’ll do that. We’ve talked about it with the players. Um we we’ll certainly make sure that uh there they understand especially now that we we lost a game and um the penalties were a big culprit is as to why we didn’t have the success we wanted to I think. Yeah. Now now you know it’s funny I I talked to a Bears fan. I was uh just one yesterday I talked to one okay and he goes it’s very painful for us in quarterbacks and I said it’s not all bad news. They’re good on the opening drive. Roma Dunay and Caleb have a real relationship and they’re getting sacked about half as much. It’s not doom and gloom. This team is better than last year offensively. The downside is they’re not necessarily great on third down. They don’t complete many passes like last year and their operations are clunky with penalties. But it’s um I don’t know. I I I look at this game this weekend. I have gone against the Bears the last couple of weekends. I like Chicago at Cincinnati. I like Chicago. Oh boy. Do you want to wait for the injury report? Cuz if they don’t have guys in the secondary to cover Jason Higgins, Flaco’s going to torch him. Uh but I do agree the Bears offense should I mean the Jets had 500 yards against the Bengals. The Bears have a better offensive mind than Ben Johnson. This this is I think this is going to be also Chicago was pretty inept offensively. So they got to look themselves in the mirror. They’re facing a team with better personnel. They got a better defense than Cincinnati. Cincinnati’s home field advantage is not a thing. Irrelevant. Yeah. It So my my take is this is a Bears weekend. Bears win this weekend by a field goal or more. Interesting. I don’t hate it. I haven’t really considered this game because it’s just two rotten teams. Yeah. Yeah. Jay Mack with the news. By the way, I thought there was a very interesting story in The Athletic today. AJ Brown discussing a relationship with Jaylen Herz. It’s a fascinating article. This thing’s not going to work. And and AJ Brown’s identity in this article is basically getting the football. He admits his words. He’s a loner, struggles to make friends. His words, well, Jaylen Herz is a more social animal. Uh AJ Brown is a loner. It’s it’s oil and water. They’re not adversaries that it’s just never going to blend. AJ Brown is a little like Prince. He’s never going to be part of a band. Remember, We Are the World. He wanted to do his separately. Quincy Jones like, “We’re not going to do that.” Like, some people are solo artists, and I think AJ Brown is that. I mean, I think he I don’t they’ll be a perfect fit with maybe any quarterback, but when you read this article, I mean, think about the Eagles more than any team in the league are defined by ugly and a collective, the tush push. ugliest playing football, but it’s really team football. Everybody going in one direction. And there’s AJ Brown last week didn’t play best offensive performance. So, it’s interesting when you read the article, you know, he’s largely acknowledging he doesn’t make friends easily. You know, his dopamine, the article says, is getting the football in his hands. And it’s a it’s a really interesting article and he is a really odd fit. It is not. You don’t have to be an enemy or an adversary. Some stuff doesn’t fit. Some personalities don’t fit. Here’s Nick Serriani on kind of hoping the AJ Brown thing works itself out. You know, I’ve almost forgot about what happened a couple weeks ago. You know, just working on ways to get better. Um, I know he wants to do everything he can do to get back out there. We’re excited to be able to get him back. Um, you can only you can only judge things off your interactions and how they are in the building and AJ’s been great uh in the building and my interactions. I’m always in communication with all our guys, you know, obviously AJ as well. And so um looking forward to when he can get back. Yeah, it’s uh you know, you have sympathy for him reading the article like his words. He’s like, I have I have I don’t have difficulty. I love some teammates, but I don’t really make friends. and he’s kind of a loner. And I mean, Philadelphia is one of those teams. It’s it’s I mean, the GM is the most important person. It’s sort of a I mean, when Chip Kelly came to Philadelphia, he had a winning record and got fired cuz Chip was doing things his own way. Chip had his own identity. He was the guy that changed football, sped it up. Chip didn’t really fit in Philadelphia. He won in Philadelphia with B-level quarterbacks and C quarterbacks. He didn’t fit in Philadelphia. Yeah, Roseman, Philly guy. Feels like Philadelphia. It’s very much a collective. Um, and AJ’s kind of a loner. So, good article, really interesting, well written. The athletic, try it out. Colin, can I ask you on AJ Brown real quick? So, he’s been in Philadelphia for four seasons. They’ve been to two Super Bowls. Yeah. And he’s been uh all pro three times. Everybody’s got I think it’s working. Don’t Don’t you think that is working? I think with high maintenance receivers, DK Metaf was working in Seattle. Well, well, no, no, no, no, no. They didn’t get to know Super Bowl. No, no, no. But he was highly productive and now he’s a Steeler and Seattle found a new number one who’s more of a team guy. So, everybody’s got I mean, there’s just doesn’t matter what business it is. DK Metaf was a great Seahawk and then he wasn’t. And then they’ve got a new number one guy that is closer in age to the rest of his offensive teammates. And so, you know, Green Bay, Aaron Rogers, very effective. Green Bay worn out the welcome. Pat Riley always has said this. Coaches have about 10 years then the message, you know, it’s it’s white noise. It it it players don’t listen. Joel Class around the corner. So, um on Tuesdays I do herd hierarchy. One of the reasons I’ve had the Kansas City Chiefs number one for a month and her hierarchy is the best way I would explain how I view the Kansas City Chiefs is the same way I view the company Apple. I don’t always love the stock price, but I trust the leadership and like the company. Don’t always love the stock price. Not every product works. Um, and I’m looking at Kansas City this morning. Their last time they won a Super Bowl, they averaged 202 points a game. This year they’re averaging 26. And Apple or the Chiefs ability to fix problems quickly. Like their run game early this year was awful. Oh, I watched that last week. Pretty good. Their O line lost Joe Tuni was not good early. It’s It’s ranked fourth by PFF today. Their wide receiver group six weeks ago kind of a mess. Now I think it’s the deepest in the sport. I’ve said this about the Rams um and McVey, they just fix stuff fast. The Kansas City Chiefs, I don’t always love the stock price or the products. I trust the management. I trust the company. Chicago Bears, Ben Johnson. Last year, Bears were dead last in offense. Right now they’re they’re top 12 and and we still think they’re inconsistent at quarterback. So I know they have the right coach. So everybody has dips. It could be Meta. It could be Microsoft. It could be the Kansas City Chiefs. Say this for Shawn Payeyton rebuilt them. Shawn Peyton re remember the Rams a couple years ago. Shawn Peyton rebuilt with the dead cap money of Russell Wilson. They’re still paying rebuilt him in a year. still paying dead cap money. Um, Kyle Shannan, to his credit, using a backup quarterback, eight high-end starters gone, still viable, still in the playoff picture. I think it’s mostly offensive guys. I I always say this, I can always tell when a guy doesn’t have real confidence. I mean, you can go to the gym, have the big chest, you’re going to have the big truck, but when a guy is rigid and doesn’t like change, he doesn’t trust himself. Forget what he’s projecting out. He doesn’t trust himself. Okay. Andy Reid trusts himself. Shawn McVey, Kyle Shanahan, Shawn Payeyton. They rebuild all the time. They move off stuff all the time and it’s not working. That’s the ultimate confidence. It’s just they just had to get that they had to get Rashid Rice back. I mean, they still don’t have their left tackle. O line’s ranked fourth. If you really do trust yourself, you’re okay to rebuild stuff cuz you know, you may miss, but you’re more likely to hit. It’s like when Shawn Peyton was calling out Russell Wilson, he didn’t have Bicks yet, but he knew it was a big quarterback draft coming up and he knew he was going to get one of those quarterbacks and he got the one he liked and would turn it around and he did. He made the playoffs in a division with Herbert and Momes. Game five tonight. Blake Snail going for the Dodgers, but it’s the Blue Jays. Five of the six guys hitting over 300 in the series are Toronto Blue Jays. Is LA in trouble? Here’s Jmack with the news. No. No. Turn on the news. This is the Herdline news. All right, let’s start with George Pickins, Colin. really savvy move by Jerry Jones to bring on Pickkins. Uh kind of a buy low from Pittsburgh, but guess what? Uh it’s it’s gone amazing. He hasn’t been a locker room distraction, but uh Colin, hey, they got to pay him if they want to keep him. And interestingly, as much as Jerry Jones has talked about this team, reports indicate that Dallas has yet to engage with Pickkins’s reps on an extension talk. I listen, you don’t want to go overboard. It’s obviously mid-season. Pickkins is cooking. I called the Cowboys uh the Bengals of the NFC. That’s starting to look true, right? You get Burrow, T. Higgins, and and Chase. And now you got Dak Pickins and Lamb. I don’t know what Jerry does here. This is not an easy decision. Well, it’s got a little Austin Reeves feel to it. Is that Austin Reeves offers duplication on things you already have from people that do it better. Luca’s better with the ball in his hands than Austin Reeves. LeBron’s better in the ball in his hands than Austin Reeves. Do I need a third guy? CD Lamb is better at separating than George Pickins. CD Lamb is better deep than George Pickins. Why do I need duplication? I would rather move it and because he’s going to have a big year with this offense and Dak. He’s going to have a nice year. Can I get a third or a fourth round back for him? He’s been a good guy. He’s been a good teammate. He’s been wildly productive. I’m not saying you don’t sign him. I’m saying I always think I want to pay, here’s the way I would look at it, J-Mack. I want to pay different skill sets in the NFL. I want to pay a quarterback who distributes the ball. I want to pay a left tackle who protects the insurance policy for the quarterback. I want to pay somebody big money who can catch the ball and run with it. I want to pay somebody who can attack the quarterback. I want to pay somebody who can cover the best weapon. M I get really uncomfortable if I was a GM paying two people who do the same thing. Well, so the Rams went out and got Devonte Adams and we basically crown them. Oh my gosh, they’re amazing. They have Dvonte and Puka. I would say pick and lamb have slow down. They’re not paying Puka. He’s a fifth round pick. Fair. By the time they pay Puka, Devonte is gone. They’re not paying two people. It’s a f financially you’re invested. You’re too overindexed into wide receivers. What I’m saying is yes, cuz CD Lamb’s a one. I can go and they’ve got what they what I would say is in this draft, I would draft another receiver. They need an edge rusher and a corner. Then I would draft a receiver or a tight end. You can get that for much less pay. So it’s like the Lakers. They’re overindexing on guys that can score with a ball in their hands. They’re underindexing on rim protection and wing athleticism. Okay. So, when you’re when you’re talking about paying big money, I want a team that has everything, but when you’re talking big money, the Chiefs do it, right? Travis gets it, Momes gets it. They even let Joe Tony go and then Chris Jones gets it. Yeah. So, and and and and basically they would not pay Tyreek Hill because their take was we already got one guy that gives us 10 targets and nine catches. That’s Kelsey and he blocks. Okay, so let let me ask. So, uh, a lot of the basic shows out there are going to be like, Dak’s playing like an MVP. Well, I could argue Dak is the same guy he’s always been. What has changed is he now has Pickins and Lamb, and that is manipulating the defense. I mean, you could pick your poison here, Colin. If you’re going to leave Pickins one-on-one on the outside, he’s going to win 90% of those battles. He’s huge. He’s got great hands, great catch radius, and then you’re going to What are you going to leave Lamb open one-on-one? He’s going to cook most of the DBs in this league. So, I would say Dak looks like an MVP candidate because of the addition of Pickkins. I don’t think it’s Shottenheimer. I think it’s probably Pickkins and Lamb. Would you agree? Well, I think the value to Pickkins and it’s a good argument is that with him and CD both on the field, you can’t cheat. Yeah. On the run game and that’s why the run game is exploding for Dallas. I like Javvante Williams, but the reality is when Sidi is out, you can cheat a little. When Sidi and Pickins are together, you can’t cheat at all. I think these are healthy debates. I mean, the Bengals I mean the Bengals play Jamar Chase and the T. Higgins and the Joe Burrow and why is their defense so bad? Cuz they don’t they’re I I just think you have to be very very careful. I mean e the Rams moved off Cooper. They’ll move off Devonte Adams. Not this year, maybe not next year, but the year after. So I you have to be careful about paying the same position twice. So let’s say Jerry, watch this segment. Hey guys, guys. So, so what do we do with Pickkins? I would say JNC Consulting say, “You know what? Your offense is set if you pay Pickkins, Colin. The offensive line’s banged up, but everybody should return. Tight end, you’re good. Running back, you’re good. You could go draft five or six defensive players and maybe you get three starters and all of a sudden, I think the Cowboys, if they keep pickings, can turn this around kind of quickly.” Well, ask yourself this. When When CD Lamb was out, Dak had 10 touchdowns and no interceptions. And that’s CD Lamb. Yeah. So, George Pickins, do you think it’s a surprise that he’s much better with a better quarterback in Dak than he was in Pittsburgh? My take is George Pickkins is not Jamar Chase or Justin Jefferson where he excels with anybody. He got frustrated in Pittsburgh. The reason Pickkins is so good is Dak. The quarterback makes the receiver. The receiver doesn’t make the quarterback. Go to Larry Fitzgerald’s career. He was always really good, but when he had Carson Palmer, he has his Curt Warner, he has his best quarterbacks. I bet if you go to Larry Fitzgerald’s numbers, they were better. Yeah. Than the backups. Yeah. What if I told you that Pickins was the Old Navy to Jamar Chase’s J Crew? We’ll give you 80% of the quality at much cheaper cost. Because I think Pickkins is probably like a top 12 receiver in the league, Colin. He’s not that far off. 15. I mean, Yeah, I don’t know. I don’t know. I like him. I I’m not going to bet or T. Higgins? T. Higgins. I like Te’s temperament. Okay. All right. Let’s move on. Uh Minnesota Vikings, Colin, they are starting JJ McCarthy this week. Um he’s very, you know, injuryprone. I guess he’s played in two games in two seasons. Well, uh he’s matching up with former Michigan teammate Aiden Hutcherson. And they go back a ways. It’ll be exciting, you know. Um we we have a great relationship and um I gota probably got to shoot him a text this week at some point. Um letting him know uh and uh no, I’m I’m super excited. Um he’s he’s a great competitor, great player, and um I’m looking forward to it. Now, uh you know, me and JJ will get our first matchup um if you want to call it that. But no, it’s it’s going to be um it’s going to be fun. I’m sure we’ll we’ll laugh a little bit out there and um yeah, it’ll be great. Yeah, I um I 8 and a half I it feels like Lions are passed, right? Yeah. I mean, if the Lions won 30 to 17, I wouldn’t be shocked. I I feel the same way about Baltimore tomorrow. If you told me Baltimore just came in and whacked Miami, which I think they’re going to do. I mean, I looked at the schedule this weekend, there were two underdogs I like. One of them is the Commanders. It’s another heavy favorite weekend and trading deadline. Some of these bad teams are going to be moving pieces. They’re going to get worse. Let me ask uh this Daryus Christian Darasowl. They’ve been Vikings offensive line’s been so hurt. I mean, Wentz is dead. I mean, he’s he’s done for the season. I just I don’t know if they can hold up against Hutcherson because that Lions front, McNeel’s back, they’re pretty good. I I think I’m with you. I think I like the lion.