Colin gives his instant reaction to the Broncos beating the Browns in a 41-32 shootout on Monday Night Football!
He tells the tale of two quarterbacks in Jameis Winston and Bo Nix: Jameis is wildly talented but incredibly inconsistent and shows bad judgement, while Bo shows incredible poise in the pocket and makes good decisions… but has a more limited ceiling.
He also points to the Broncos having the right pieces in the right places in order for them to make a playoff game and drops a hint about his upcoming “Herd Heirarchy”.
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reaction on the Broncos at Home is a favorite, winning
forty one thirty two, three picks, two pick sixes against
Jamis Winston. With the Broncos, win Bo Nicks is now
the first quarterback ever to go six and oh is
a favorite in his rookie season. So and I look
at him now. They're eight and five Denver in the
(01:11):
seventh seed. They get a bye, Perfect time for a
buye to get healthy, awful, win in a good mood,
and then they host a colts team that can struggle
to move the football. So this this was my pick
for the most underrated team in the league, the Denver Broncos.
It was not just Sean Payton, but of course Sean
Payton was part of it. He's a great coach. You know,
(01:32):
take out Andy Reid. Honestly, take out Andy Reid. Who's
who's the best coach in the league, Jim Harbaugh, Sean Payton.
I mean, Kyle Shannan's having, you know, every few years
a rough year. So Sean Payton in one season turned
around the worst franchise maybe in my life, the New
Orleans Saints, and he's doing it, you know, in year
two with the Denver Broncos eight and five. You know
(01:56):
what's interesting is I want to talk about Jamis Win.
Jamis is a combination of a multitude of things. He
doesn't have great judgment, but he's wildly talented. So there
was a beautiful football. You know, he threw almost sixty
times tonight, two pick six's, and he makes bad throws.
He's a combination of consistently productive but inconsistent, as not
(02:21):
many people like him. If he was a baseball player,
he'd be like Adam Dunn or Dave Kingman, home runner, strikeout.
But I've always liked watching him play because he's just
he'll always do something. He's just incredibly entertaining to watch,
and he's got a weird personality. But like players like him.
He's probably the best quarterback in the NFL that I
would never build around. But if he's a backup, he's
(02:43):
the best backup by a mile in the league, by
a mile. Jameis Winston is a little like that bachelor
party in Vegas with the guys. It's a lot of fun,
but there's going to be some really bad judgment and
you'll probably end up regretting it. That's that's Jameis Winston's career.
(03:03):
He is a good time, but you look back and think, humhm,
what were we thinking? That was a little dangerous. I
wouldn't do that again. And He's is a little bit
the opposite of bow Knicks, whereas bo Nicks, I think
has great judgment, has a lower ceiling, actually runs, is
(03:24):
more athletic than Jameis Winston, doesn't quite have Jamis's arm,
But again, like on that final drive. You this, the
comp to Drew Brees is so perfect. On that final drive,
you know, bow Knicks four or five fifty eight yards,
sets up for the field goal. They take the lead
a couple of big throws to Courtland Sutton. By the way,
(03:46):
bow Knicks now has two fourth quarter comebacks this year?
How many is Aaron Rodgers have? That, by the way,
is more than Herbert Allen Russ Rodgers Borough commined, so
he's And the other thing, did you see Sean Payton
regularly two different opportunities having him drop back in the
end zone with a good Cleveland pass rush. So Sean
Payton trusts his judgment. Just when I see Bonick's play,
(04:11):
what I see is confidence. I mean he had a
pick down the field. He's not a dink and dunker.
He'll throw the ball down the field. Plays with a
ton of confidence and just the way he throws the ball.
He I saw him play in college twice live, ten
to fifteen times on TV minimum, and I honestly feel
(04:34):
like his arm is better as a pro. Is the
altitude in Denver where everything travels further from a golf
ball to a fly ball to a pass. It just
looks like his arm is just a little bit stronger
than it was in college. And you know, I just
when I watched Denver, I said this in the offseason.
They've got too many good players, you know, even the
(04:56):
receiving court A Mims. Franklin's got some talent. Courtland' and
I've liked forever. Their running backs are capable. Bowls is
an elite left tackle. They ran the football tonight. There's
just not a lot I don't like about him. It's
a quarterback coach league, and they've got weapons. They've got
a pass rusher, they got a left tackle, they got
a coach and a quarterback. We say this all the time.
(05:18):
Remember when the Rams surprised everybody last year, And I
said McVeigh, Stafford, Cooper, cup Cooka Nakua, Like, if you
have the coach, the quarterback, weapons, a left tackle, and
a pass rusher, you're gonna be good in this league.
And so they check a lot of boxes. And I
think bo Nick's having so many college starts, you're just
ready to play. Now. We may be seeing his ceiling.
(05:40):
This may be it, but if this is it, you
can you can get to a conference championship with this,
with Sean Payton's coaching. And remember this is probably the
leanest roster bo Knicks will ever play with. I mean,
they're gonna have Russell Wilson's cap. Hit is still part
of the equation, but it's much lower next year, and
after that you're home free. So you know, I'm just
(06:04):
I'm looking at bow Nicks on third down tonight, seven
for eleven hundred and fifty six passing yards and a
touchdown thrown from the end zone, final drive to win it,
fourth quarter, come from behind, excellent on third down, They
got their guy and throw this out there. Rookie quarterbacks
against Jim Schwartz, the Browns coordinator. Entering tonight, We're eight
(06:26):
eighteen and one, and bo Neix beat him. It's a
real thing, man, And so you know, I was thinking
about that today, Like Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield can
both play out of that recruiting class. Bow Knicks can play,
Drake may can play, Caleb Williams has real talent, Jayden
Daniels can play. The hit rate on first round quarterbacks
(06:47):
to me feels like it's going up. Even Mac Jones,
who was a miss, had one good year, right, Like
even the misses these days feel like they can play
a little bit. So I think I think kids come
in more mature, think they come in with a lot
more snaps and special tutoring, and so, you know, it
was just getting a lot of hits in this quarterback class.
(07:09):
And I still think JJ McCarthy. I know it was
just preseason, but he looked good. And Michael Pennix, I
think is going to be behind that Atlanta offensive line
with Drake London in pretty good running game, I think
he's going to be fine. So forty one to thirty two,
you know. And I wrote a couple of notes here.
When you look at the Cleveland Browns, one of the
(07:30):
things I think is such a strength of the NFL.
That's Shaun Watson contract is the worst in the history
of the league, there's no doubt about it. But yet
teams can go find a Baker Mayfield on his third
or fourth team, a Sam Darnold at Jamis Winston. The
quarterback coaching is better right than ever. Guys are rehabbing.
(07:51):
Geo Smith could win the division. I mean, you're just
seeing so many second and third acts, and I think
a lot of that is quarterback coaching. There's so many
good young coaches out there. I mean, you all thought,
I we all thought basically Gino Smith was done. You know,
I'm I'm watching him spin it. You know, Jamis Winston
I thought was done like four years ago. He was
(08:13):
such an odd bird. But I you know, I just
it's I love to see when these young quarterbacks hit.
And I can remember before the season I had talked
to I think I think it was Mark Sanchez said
to me. He said, don't be surprised if Bonnicks has
the best season as a rookie. He said, Caleb, Drake
May and Jaden Daniels have defensive coaches, so it's going
(08:36):
to depend on the coordinator. The sensibility of the franchise
is going to be in Denver, highly efficient and very
aggressive offensively. It's like a constant tutor with Sean Payton.
He said, that's going to be such an an advantage.
Plus the sixty one college start. So I think it
was Mark Sanchez who told me that. He said, Bonix
is gonna pop. It's going to take him a few weeks,
(08:58):
which it did first couple of weeks. The games fast,
but I think Denver's a real team. And again it
goes back to components, coach, quarterback, pass rusher, weapon, left tackle,
elite corner. Those check all the boxes. This to me,
Denver could absolutely, even as a road team, go win
a playoff game. Can they win two in the AFC?
(09:19):
I don't know if they can, but they can win
a playoff game, no doubt in my mind. And I think,
you know it's this year? Is it me? Or have
the standalone games been really really good this year? You know,
when the schedules came out before the season, I noticed
the Amazon Prime games, I thought it was the best
(09:42):
Amazon Prime games. And I basically look at a game
and think, is that ore at least one elite quarterback?
If it is, I'll watch. And we've had some really
good standalone games on Sunday Night, Monday Night Football, Thursday
Night Football. And the speaking of quarterbacks, I was thinking
about this yesterday. I think Bryce Young now over the
last five If you go to the last five games
(10:03):
Bryce Young and c J. Stroud, if you'd never seen
him play before, you could argue Bryce Young is every
bit as good or better than c J. Stroud and
he's working with a lot less. So again, the quarterback coaching,
these guys came in was more snaps. Not everybody hits
at the same pace. I mean, Sean Payton and Boonex
were ready to be really good really quickly. You know,
(10:23):
kayleb Williams and Chicago's going to take some work. They
got to get the right coach. But Broncos are eight
and five, another win a bye, they host the Colts,
and I think it's the team capable of winning the
playoffs because you know this year, I mean, the one
team in the AFC which doesn't appear to have any
flaws is Buffalo. You know, Kansas City is pretty shaky
(10:44):
offensive tackle and the receiving corps is in, you know,
a group in the making. Baltimore bat on the back end,
Justin Tucker now a liability at kicker, Chargers not dynamic
enough at playmaker. Now they got running backs banged up,
so everybody feels like they're just a little off. Buffalo
(11:05):
is the exception. So to me, Denver can play with
anybody outside of I wouldn't. I wouldn't trust them to
go to Buffalo in a cold weather game and win.
I think they get out man there. But I think
they could go to Pittsburgh. I think bo Nix is
better now than he was two months ago. I think
they could go to Pittsburgh and compete two really good defenses,
the offensive coach against Mike Tomlin. That's a little bit
of an edge, you know, playing as an underdog. Pittsburgh's
(11:27):
great as an underdog, not as great as a favorite.
I think Denver could go to a Pittsburgh and win
a playoff game. Wouldn't be favored, probably a three or
four point dog. But again, you know, Sean Payton is
an underdog. Bow Knicks has shown late game expertise. It's
a real team. So my herd hierarchy I have to
send my herd hierarchy, and I think Denver's going to
(11:47):
be I think there's only four teams I feel can
win the Super Bowl today, Philly, Detroit, Kansas City, Buffalo.
I think Pittsburgh's close, and I think Green Bay is
really close. Denver's can to make the herd hierarchy somewhere.
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team burnout in its tracks. Plus, your team can achieve
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(00:23):
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reaction on the Broncos at Home is a favorite, winning
forty one thirty two, three picks, two pick sixes against
Jamis Winston. With the Broncos, win Bo Nicks is now
the first quarterback ever to go six and oh is
a favorite in his rookie season. So and I look
at him now. They're eight and five Denver in the
(01:11):
seventh seed. They get a bye, Perfect time for a
buye to get healthy, awful, win in a good mood,
and then they host a colts team that can struggle
to move the football. So this this was my pick
for the most underrated team in the league, the Denver Broncos.
It was not just Sean Payton, but of course Sean
Payton was part of it. He's a great coach. You know,
(01:32):
take out Andy Reid. Honestly, take out Andy Reid. Who's
who's the best coach in the league, Jim Harbaugh, Sean Payton.
I mean, Kyle Shannan's having, you know, every few years
a rough year. So Sean Payton in one season turned
around the worst franchise maybe in my life, the New
Orleans Saints, and he's doing it, you know, in year
two with the Denver Broncos eight and five. You know
(01:56):
what's interesting is I want to talk about Jamis Win.
Jamis is a combination of a multitude of things. He
doesn't have great judgment, but he's wildly talented. So there
was a beautiful football. You know, he threw almost sixty
times tonight, two pick six's, and he makes bad throws.
He's a combination of consistently productive but inconsistent, as not
(02:21):
many people like him. If he was a baseball player,
he'd be like Adam Dunn or Dave Kingman, home runner, strikeout.
But I've always liked watching him play because he's just
he'll always do something. He's just incredibly entertaining to watch,
and he's got a weird personality. But like players like him.
He's probably the best quarterback in the NFL that I
would never build around. But if he's a backup, he's
(02:43):
the best backup by a mile in the league, by
a mile. Jameis Winston is a little like that bachelor
party in Vegas with the guys. It's a lot of fun,
but there's going to be some really bad judgment and
you'll probably end up regretting it. That's that's Jameis Winston's career.
(03:03):
He is a good time, but you look back and think, humhm,
what were we thinking? That was a little dangerous. I
wouldn't do that again. And He's is a little bit
the opposite of bow Knicks, whereas bo Nicks, I think
has great judgment, has a lower ceiling, actually runs, is
(03:24):
more athletic than Jameis Winston, doesn't quite have Jamis's arm,
But again, like on that final drive. You this, the
comp to Drew Brees is so perfect. On that final drive,
you know, bow Knicks four or five fifty eight yards,
sets up for the field goal. They take the lead
a couple of big throws to Courtland Sutton. By the way,
(03:46):
bow Knicks now has two fourth quarter comebacks this year?
How many is Aaron Rodgers have? That, by the way,
is more than Herbert Allen Russ Rodgers Borough commined, so
he's And the other thing, did you see Sean Payton
regularly two different opportunities having him drop back in the
end zone with a good Cleveland pass rush. So Sean
Payton trusts his judgment. Just when I see Bonick's play,
(04:11):
what I see is confidence. I mean he had a
pick down the field. He's not a dink and dunker.
He'll throw the ball down the field. Plays with a
ton of confidence and just the way he throws the ball.
He I saw him play in college twice live, ten
to fifteen times on TV minimum, and I honestly feel
(04:34):
like his arm is better as a pro. Is the
altitude in Denver where everything travels further from a golf
ball to a fly ball to a pass. It just
looks like his arm is just a little bit stronger
than it was in college. And you know, I just
when I watched Denver, I said this in the offseason.
They've got too many good players, you know, even the
(04:56):
receiving court A Mims. Franklin's got some talent. Courtland' and
I've liked forever. Their running backs are capable. Bowls is
an elite left tackle. They ran the football tonight. There's
just not a lot I don't like about him. It's
a quarterback coach league, and they've got weapons. They've got
a pass rusher, they got a left tackle, they got
a coach and a quarterback. We say this all the time.
(05:18):
Remember when the Rams surprised everybody last year, And I
said McVeigh, Stafford, Cooper, cup Cooka Nakua, Like, if you
have the coach, the quarterback, weapons, a left tackle, and
a pass rusher, you're gonna be good in this league.
And so they check a lot of boxes. And I
think bo Nick's having so many college starts, you're just
ready to play. Now. We may be seeing his ceiling.
(05:40):
This may be it, but if this is it, you
can you can get to a conference championship with this,
with Sean Payton's coaching. And remember this is probably the
leanest roster bo Knicks will ever play with. I mean,
they're gonna have Russell Wilson's cap. Hit is still part
of the equation, but it's much lower next year, and
after that you're home free. So you know, I'm just
(06:04):
I'm looking at bow Nicks on third down tonight, seven
for eleven hundred and fifty six passing yards and a
touchdown thrown from the end zone, final drive to win it,
fourth quarter, come from behind, excellent on third down, They
got their guy and throw this out there. Rookie quarterbacks
against Jim Schwartz, the Browns coordinator. Entering tonight, We're eight
(06:26):
eighteen and one, and bo Neix beat him. It's a
real thing, man, And so you know, I was thinking
about that today, Like Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield can
both play out of that recruiting class. Bow Knicks can play,
Drake may can play, Caleb Williams has real talent, Jayden
Daniels can play. The hit rate on first round quarterbacks
(06:47):
to me feels like it's going up. Even Mac Jones,
who was a miss, had one good year, right, Like
even the misses these days feel like they can play
a little bit. So I think I think kids come
in more mature, think they come in with a lot
more snaps and special tutoring, and so, you know, it
was just getting a lot of hits in this quarterback class.
(07:09):
And I still think JJ McCarthy. I know it was
just preseason, but he looked good. And Michael Pennix, I
think is going to be behind that Atlanta offensive line
with Drake London in pretty good running game, I think
he's going to be fine. So forty one to thirty two,
you know. And I wrote a couple of notes here.
When you look at the Cleveland Browns, one of the
(07:30):
things I think is such a strength of the NFL.
That's Shaun Watson contract is the worst in the history
of the league, there's no doubt about it. But yet
teams can go find a Baker Mayfield on his third
or fourth team, a Sam Darnold at Jamis Winston. The
quarterback coaching is better right than ever. Guys are rehabbing.
(07:51):
Geo Smith could win the division. I mean, you're just
seeing so many second and third acts, and I think
a lot of that is quarterback coaching. There's so many
good young coaches out there. I mean, you all thought,
I we all thought basically Gino Smith was done. You know,
I'm I'm watching him spin it. You know, Jamis Winston
I thought was done like four years ago. He was
(08:13):
such an odd bird. But I you know, I just
it's I love to see when these young quarterbacks hit.
And I can remember before the season I had talked
to I think I think it was Mark Sanchez said
to me. He said, don't be surprised if Bonnicks has
the best season as a rookie. He said, Caleb, Drake
May and Jaden Daniels have defensive coaches, so it's going
(08:36):
to depend on the coordinator. The sensibility of the franchise
is going to be in Denver, highly efficient and very
aggressive offensively. It's like a constant tutor with Sean Payton.
He said, that's going to be such an an advantage.
Plus the sixty one college start. So I think it
was Mark Sanchez who told me that. He said, Bonix
is gonna pop. It's going to take him a few weeks,
(08:58):
which it did first couple of weeks. The games fast,
but I think Denver's a real team. And again it
goes back to components, coach, quarterback, pass rusher, weapon, left tackle,
elite corner. Those check all the boxes. This to me,
Denver could absolutely, even as a road team, go win
a playoff game. Can they win two in the AFC?
(09:19):
I don't know if they can, but they can win
a playoff game, no doubt in my mind. And I think,
you know it's this year? Is it me? Or have
the standalone games been really really good this year? You know,
when the schedules came out before the season, I noticed
the Amazon Prime games, I thought it was the best
(09:42):
Amazon Prime games. And I basically look at a game
and think, is that ore at least one elite quarterback?
If it is, I'll watch. And we've had some really
good standalone games on Sunday Night, Monday Night Football, Thursday
Night Football. And the speaking of quarterbacks, I was thinking
about this yesterday. I think Bryce Young now over the
last five If you go to the last five games
(10:03):
Bryce Young and c J. Stroud, if you'd never seen
him play before, you could argue Bryce Young is every
bit as good or better than c J. Stroud and
he's working with a lot less. So again, the quarterback coaching,
these guys came in was more snaps. Not everybody hits
at the same pace. I mean, Sean Payton and Boonex
were ready to be really good really quickly. You know,
(10:23):
kayleb Williams and Chicago's going to take some work. They
got to get the right coach. But Broncos are eight
and five, another win a bye, they host the Colts,
and I think it's the team capable of winning the
playoffs because you know this year, I mean, the one
team in the AFC which doesn't appear to have any
flaws is Buffalo. You know, Kansas City is pretty shaky
(10:44):
offensive tackle and the receiving corps is in, you know,
a group in the making. Baltimore bat on the back end,
Justin Tucker now a liability at kicker, Chargers not dynamic
enough at playmaker. Now they got running backs banged up,
so everybody feels like they're just a little off. Buffalo
(11:05):
is the exception. So to me, Denver can play with
anybody outside of I wouldn't. I wouldn't trust them to
go to Buffalo in a cold weather game and win.
I think they get out man there. But I think
they could go to Pittsburgh. I think bo Nix is
better now than he was two months ago. I think
they could go to Pittsburgh and compete two really good defenses,
the offensive coach against Mike Tomlin. That's a little bit
of an edge, you know, playing as an underdog. Pittsburgh's
(11:27):
great as an underdog, not as great as a favorite.
I think Denver could go to a Pittsburgh and win
a playoff game. Wouldn't be favored, probably a three or
four point dog. But again, you know, Sean Payton is
an underdog. Bow Knicks has shown late game expertise. It's
a real team. So my herd hierarchy I have to
send my herd hierarchy, and I think Denver's going to
(11:47):
be I think there's only four teams I feel can
win the Super Bowl today, Philly, Detroit, Kansas City, Buffalo.
I think Pittsburgh's close, and I think Green Bay is
really close. Denver's can to make the herd hierarchy somewhere.
Tune in tomorrow Thursday Night Football is on. It's only
(12:08):
on Prime video, best season yet, packed with big rivalries
and even bigger stars al Michaels, Kirk Kurbstreet, Kaylee Hartung.
Every week games you can't miss coverage begins at seven
Eastern with Football's Best Party TNF Tonight Thursday Night Football Tonight.
If you're not a Prime member, no problem, sign up
thirty day free trial, cancel any time Thursday Night Football
(12:28):
and it's on Prime Video. Restrictions apply. Seeamazon dot com
slash Amazon Prime for details.
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