Tom Brady PREDICTS Conference Champs: Rams-Seahawks, Patriots-Broncos | Colin Cowherd: THE HERD NFL

What this episode is about

Tom Brady predicts an exciting matchup between the Rams and Seahawks, highlighting Seattle's youthful energy and athleticism as potential game-changers. He emphasizes the challenges the Rams will face in combating the Seahawks' speed and emotions, while expressing anticipation for what he considers one of the most significant games of the year.

Key takeaways

• Seattle's youthful exuberance can be a double-edged sword; energy and emotion are potent but volatile.
• Lost in coaching debates: practice urgency translates to game-time success; turnovers often reflect preparation, not just talent.
• Rams' precision vs. Seahawks' speed creates a thrilling chess match; which team's strategy will prevail on game day?
• Temp swings: from sunny LA to frigid Chicago, Rams showed that adaptability—and good coaching—trumps climatic challenges.
• First-year quarterbacks face daunting chaos; learning curves are steep but critical for long-term success in a new uniform.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Colin Cowherd (Host) · 15 min speaking
• Tom Brady (Guest) · 10 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Ian Brady, Super Bowl, Bill Belichick
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Denver, Super Bowl, Shawn Peyton, Josh Allen
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Drake May, Ian Brady, Fernando Mendoza
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Hard Rock Bet, Brian Dable, Buffalo, Josh Allen
5. 20:00 – 24:14: Denver, Super Bowl, Drake May, Shawn Peyton

Notable quotes from "Tom Brady PREDICTS Conference Champs: Rams-Seahawks, Patriots-Broncos | Colin Cowherd: THE HERD NFL"

• Don't want to let Seattle start playing like that cuz young teams play with so much energy and emotion. Tom Brady, he'll be calling Rams Seahawks. What a year for Tom. We only…

  about Ian Brady · at 0:38

• Incredible for me to be at and I'm so excited. I talked to my boy Kevin Burkheart earlier and he's excited. This is in our mind the game of the year for us. This is our Super…

  about Super Bowl · at 1:48

• Bill would actually take, he called them grease balls, literally I don't some silicone spray that he would spray on the ball and we would when we would do running plays he would put it in.

  about Bill Belichick · at 3:31

• There's a reason why they're the number one seed. They played great defense all year. Shawn Payeyton. what kind of coaching job has he done in a short period of time? He's just…

  about Shawn Peyton · at 8:14

• I see Drake May, I literally feel like I'm watching you when you were young.

  about Drake May · at 10:52

• From good stock, good kids, grateful, humble at the podium. That stuff matters. It matters. Today's show is brought to you by our friends and our presenting sponsor, Hard Rock…

  about Hard Rock Bet · at 14:58

• Year in the coaching cycle. So, if you go back one year in the coaching cycle, Vrabel was an automatic. We all knew he was going to be great, faster maybe than you predicted…

  about Mike Vrabel · at 16:49

• Didn't really know. And I think that is where Brian Dable is. I don't know. The best part about him, it's an offensive league and he's an offensive coach and he's worked with…

  about Brian Dable · at 17:41

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Ian Brady — Person · Main guest · 3 mentions · first at 0:42
  Central interview subject; discusses Seahawks–Rams, Patriots habits under Belichick, Denver as a tough venue, and evaluates young QBs (Drake May, Fernando Mendoza) plus Jared Stidham.
• Shawn Peyton — Person · Referenced expert (coach) · 2 mentions · first at 8:18
  Discussed as an elite, culture-setting head coach and offensive mind; credited for Denver’s performance and for trusting Jared Stidham; later framed as a “blue chip” coaching stock.
• Drake May — Person · Referenced player (young QB comparison point) · 5 mentions · first at 10:52
  Used as an example of humility/leadership traits in young quarterbacks; compared stylistically/temperamentally to a young Tom Brady and positioned as New England’s high-end talent.
• Bill Belichick — Person · Referenced expert (coach; Brady’s former coach) · 1 mention · first at 3:31
  Used as the exemplar of practice-driven discipline (ball security, penalties) via specific Patriots drills; credited with creating habits that translate to game performance.
• Brian Dable — Person · Referenced coaching candidate · 3 mentions · first at 17:45
  Discussed in the coaching-carousel context as interviewing with Buffalo; evaluated as an offensive coach with Josh Allen ties but with poor Giants record, making him a higher-variance hire.
• Mike Vrabel — Person · Referenced coach (benchmark hire/elite coach) · 2 mentions · first at 16:57
  Cited as a successful, high-confidence coaching hire and later as an opponent Sean Payton respects; framed as part of the small set of “blue chip” coaches.
• Jared Stidum — Person · Referenced player (backup QB; scouting report subject) · 1 mention · first at 22:30
  Discussed as Denver’s replacement QB after an injury to the starter; Brady gives a personal scouting report from having him as a backup and notes Sean Payton’s confidence in him.
  He's performed well out there when he's gotten opportunities. And I know the Denver coaching staff from the things that I read this week, everybody's got a tremendous amount of.
• Josh Allen — Person · Referenced player (QB; comparison/coach-fit anchor) · 3 mentions · first at 7:32
  Mentioned as struggling in Denver (turnovers) and as the key QB connection for Brian Daboll’s candidacy, emphasizing Daboll’s QB-development credibility.
  So from that perspective, yeah, it's a great fit. He's got a he's got a really good relationship with the most important player on the team and a lot of respect for him and in my mind did a significant amount to help develop him.
• Fernando Mendoza — Person · Referenced prospect (college QB) · 1 mention · first at 12:31
  Brady describes watching him live and evaluates his maturity and leadership; used as another example of humility and developmental runway for young quarterbacks.
  Schedule. I got to ask you this though. Everybody in the world saw you watching Fernando Mendoza, who I absolutely love. What's just your What did you see from him?
• Kevin Burkhardt — Person · Referenced collaborator (broadcast partner) · 1 mention
  Mentioned as someone Brady spoke with and as part of the broadcast crew calling Rams–Seahawks, reinforcing Brady’s commentator role.
• Philip Rivers — Person · Referenced coaching interviewee · 1 mention · first at 16:38
  Mentioned as also interviewing (for the same job context as Daboll) but framed as unlikely to be hired; serves as color on the coaching search process.
  Deposit today. Brian Debo is going to interview with the Buffalo Bills. Philip Rivers is also interviewing. He's not going to get the job, but it's kind of an interesting interview. I want to go back because we don't we don't.

Concepts & topics

• NFL — Concept · Core topic · 1 mention · first at 17:47
  Central theme of the episode, discussing various aspects of NFL games, teams, and players.
  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…

Places & events

• Super Bowl — Event · Key argument · 6 mentions · first at 1:59
  Discussed as the ultimate goal for NFL teams and a significant event in the sports calendar.
• Denver — Place · Setting · 9 mentions · first at 7:12
  Mentioned as a challenging place for teams to play due to altitude and fan base.
  It's a unique playing environment.
• Buffalo — Place · Headquarters · 3 mentions · first at 16:36
  Mentioned in the context of a potential coaching job and its significance to the interviewee.
  Brian is the ultimate Buffalo guy. He grew up in Buffalo. He could literally work for the Buffalo Tourism Bureau because he loves Buffalo so much.

Sponsors

• Hard Rock Bet — Product · Sponsor · 4 mentions · first at 15:07
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Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 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. You know, Seattle's one of those teams that they smell blood and you get this a lot of times when you get a kind of a young athletic team, but young teams tend to play with a lot of emotion and they can get down on themselves. They can get a little reckless at times when you're a young team, but they also when when a young team is feeling it, like last week, the Seahawks ners, you're about eight minutes in, you're like, it's like 23-year-old Mike Tyson duck. There's there's no winners. And Seattle, you don't want to let Seattle start playing like that cuz young teams play with so much energy and emotion. Tom Brady, uh, he'll be calling Rams Seahawks. What a year for Tom. We only give him the good games. He's got an alltime classic. I

0:52 can't wait for this thing. So, I've said this about the Seahawks all year. If you turn the sound down on your TV, they just look faster and athletic and longer and they're young and young teams play with a lot of energy and it's Do you agree with that? And if you're the Rams, how do you game plan against that youth and energy and speed?

1:14 It is it is a lot to handle. And when we were there last week and the Niners deferred and kicked the ball to Shahed and Shahed goes 95 yards, that place absolutely exploded and it's just hard to overcome that. If they play well on special teams, their defense, we know they're going to play great and if they can make some explosive pass plays,

1:37 they are going to be very tough to beat. Now, the one team that can do it, I think, is the Rams. They've already proven they could do it. Right.

1:44 They almost did it in Seattle the last time. Um, this this game is just incredible for for me to be at and I'm so excited. I talked to my boy Kevin Burkheart earlier and he's excited. This is in our mind uh the game of the year for us. This is our Super Bowl. We're going to we're going to be fired up to be there to call it.

2:03 Um, you know, I I believe coaching has a greater impact than calling plays. Um, your Patriot teams did not fumble and did not commit penalties. Last last week in awful weather, the Rams had no drop passes, either zero or one penalty. Um, they I mean, no turnovers in horrible weather for an LA team. And so, my takeaway is some of that's just in practice. Go back to your career. You guys didn't fumble. Your offense didn't have penalties.

2:34 What's the secret to that? You guys didn't drop many passes. What's the secret to that?

2:39 There there's a there's an urgency in practice that the coaches drive home every single day to do the right thing to make the right decisions with the ball to, you know, work on catching drills pre-practice, during practice, postpractice, in the offseason when you would do like fumbling drills. This is a great example for coach Bellich and kind of his genius. If first of all, if you fumbled, you were out of the game. All the backs knew that.

3:06 So, we did so many drills in practice that were about covering up the ball, ball security, tackling drills. Not always you would tackle or bring someone to the ground, but you try to punch the ball out. Every day for the last 20 years of my New England career, we worked on those things in practice. So, the reality of what happens in practice is it shows up in the game all the time. Bill would actually take, he called them grease balls, literally I don't some silicone spray that he would spray on the ball and we would when we would do uh running plays he would put it in uh in practice I would take this greased football, give it to the back, he would have to tuck the ball, secure it with both hands, the shoulder pads over top just so they didn't fumble. So that urgency and that point of emphasis always showed up in the games because in the games it was always harder in practice than it was in the games. And I

4:06 think you give the Rams coaching staff so much credit for a performance like that in Chicago last week. You're talking about a team that probably had a 70 degree temperature difference from leaving LA to landing in Chicago. I'm glad, by the way, the game's not in Chicago this weekend with what I just saw the temperatures were going to be coming this weekend. But for them to perform like that, lack of penalties, um, obviously no turnovers and the drop passes, that's just I'm very jealous of receivers that don't drop balls, too, by the way. That's a great stat for any quarterback. But they're doing all the right things. This is a surgical offense. They have so many weapons.

4:45 Everybody touches it. You've got to account for everybody. You got to count for 53 and a third of the field in the width. You have to count for the entire length of the field. They have an explosive passing game. They have a precise passing game. They have a ball control offense. There's a lot of ways the Rams can win, too. So, this is going to be a tremendous matchup between the top scoring offense and the top scoring defense in Seattle on the road. 68,000 fans. The stadium's going to be on fire. I can't wait for kickoff.

5:15 You won a Super Bowl first year in Tampa. Stafford won it first year in LA. Um, and for both of you, there were choppy moments. I remember you it was seven and five and there was a game in Chicago and it it and Matt I think he led the league in interceptions that year like so Darnold first year with Seattle. What is the hardest part about that year one journey for a quarterback with a new team? Well, there's a lot of newness to the year and there starts the obviously new location, new practice format, new receivers, new offensive line, new line calls, new center, all the things that you kind of take for granted when you have continuity. When I went to Tampa, all those things were totally different. So, it's like how do you chip away at those variables kind of one day at a time? You get familiar with the skill players. That's what I did first. Then, you get familiar with the center. I had Ryan Jensen uh in that off

6:08 season. We spent 30 days working on snaps and snap counts. And then when you got to training camp, we worked on, you know, a different variety of plays and so forth and it's just chipping away. And it took us, you know, 12 games to feel like we were starting to get familiar with the things we were really good at and also to put aside the things that we weren't good at. So that the time that the, you know, December came and the end of the playoffs, we started to play our best football. Ultimately, it culminated in a home Super Bowl against the Chiefs where we played our best game of the season.

6:41 Yeah. And I think for Seattle, they're going to need to play two games, the best they have all year. Because to beat the Rams for Seattle is going to be a tall task. This is a game that's both teams are going to have to play their best. You're you're talking about teams that are in the same weight class. They've proven that in the two meetings this year, if you cumulatively, if you add up points and yards, they've been separated by one point and one yard, which is pretty phenomenal. That's as tight as it gets. And to be there for round three, man, it doesn't get any better than that.

7:10 All right, let's go New England, a franchise you know well, against Denver. When I think back to your career, the only place that sticks in my mind where you struggled was at Denver. Uh, now you face good teams. That's part of it.

7:23 Thanks for reminding me of that. [clears throat] Appreciate that. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Tom. It's just on the paper here. I just, you know, I just read what they write.

7:30 But there is something about Denver, the altitude. Josh Allen last week struggled turnovers. What is it about Denver?

7:38 It's a unique playing environment. You're right. There's altitude. There's nowhere else like that in the country. They have an incredible fan base. They're so loud. It's a deafening stadium. And when they get their momentum going, you know, it's a it's a tough place to play. In the two times that we lost in 2013 uh season, 2015 season,

7:58 Denver had a tremendous defense with Von Miller kind of leading the charge. Demarcus Wear was on that team. My boy Kee Talib was playing corner. Chris Harris, they were so good on defense and that kind of sty offensive rhythm. It's a hard place to play and you know there's a reason why they're the number one seed. They played great defense all year. Shawn Payeyton. I mean, what kind of coaching job has he done in a short period of time? He's just got one of the most incredible skill sets as a coach in terms of his leadership ability, his urgency. He he sets the culture for the organization, but he also runs the offense. It's a really difficult thing to do. And he's been a tremendous coach in the league for a long time. It's no surprise to me that they're in a position and the Patriots, they're going to have to play their best game of the year. This is not going to be, you know, an easy task for them to go to Denver

8:49 and win in this environment. Jared Stumm, he was your backup for a year. Give me a scouting report.

8:56 You know, I've always loved Sty. He's a very natural passer of the football. Very competitive, very smart. He's got sneaky, good athleticism.

9:04 Yeah. Um he's performed well out there when he's gotten opportunities. And I know the Denver coaching staff from the things that I read this week, everybody's got a tremendous amount of confidence and see what he can do. And uh you know it's tough losing Bo Knicks. That's a brutal injury certainly at that stage of the game, at this stage of the season. But at the same time, you know, Sty's got a lot of ability. There's a reason why he's been on this club and there's a reason why Shawn Payeyton has a lot of confidence in him. And uh I wouldn't sleep on him at all. He's proven he can make NFL caliber throws, lead teams to victories by playing good football, not turning the ball over. and he's going to need to do that cuz New England's defense is pretty absurd as well. So, there's really four good defensive football teams here late in the season playing in these championship games. And uh it's not going to be easy

9:54 out there for anybody. This has got to be clean football. No turnovers, no penalties, no kind of unforced errors. Whoever wins the special teams battle in field position will have an advantage. And then it will come down to in my view third down in situational football in the red zone. Who's kicking field goals? who's scoring touchdowns. These games are going to be very close and and and they're playing for a lot. This is a chance to go to to win a world championship. So, no bigger weekend in football than this.

10:20 I think the most underrated uh trait for great quarterbacks isn't arm, speed, all that stuff. It's humility. You're the highest paid guy eventually. You're the most talked about that you're going to lose and you're the only person beyond the coach that always goes to the podium. Um, I think humility is completely underrated. Cocky does not work in this league. It turns teammates off. And I've never heard a single teammate uh of yours in New England. Even when Randy Moss left early, he loved Tom Brady. And I think that's your humility.

10:52 I see Drake May, I literally feel like I'm watching you when you were young. Um, that that's had to have jumped out to you too with Drake, has it not?

11:02 Yeah, very much so. And I, you know, Patrick Mahomes is another great example of someone who's always, you know, humility through, uh, incredible success. Um, if you're not humble, this game will humble you. And every time you take the practice field, there's an expectation to perform at a high level. And when you're one of the best to be playing, you are the measuring stick for every team. And they're going to come out there and they're usually going to play their best game against you. Now, that's a positive

11:29 if you understand that. And then you know that's the saying iron sharpens iron. You're getting someone's best that means you got to be at your best which over the long term that's a great way to continue to develop. But Drake May has that humility. Everything that comes out of his mouth is always about the team. It's always about uh praising his defense, praising his offensive line. And that's how you connect with people. That's the reality. That's what great leaders do. Great leaders are in service of other people. It's not what can you do for me. It's what can I do for you?

11:59 How can I be the best to support your dreams, your goals, your vision? Whether that's supporting your coach or supporting your offensive line, supporting your receivers. True leadership is about humility because true leadership is about service. And how do I show up every day to be the best I can be for my teammates? That really should be the lesson for all quarterbacks in the NFL.

12:20 45 seconds cuz you got to go. You got a big uh I imagine a Zoom meeting with McVey. You're going to pepper him cuz you're already

12:27 I know everything. you know, my whole schedule. I got to ask you this though. Everybody in the world saw you watching Fernando Mendoza, who I absolutely love. What's just your What did you see from him? What did you see from the quarterback?

12:39 Yeah, it was it was also a great experience. Obviously, I live in Miami, so it was a 30-minute drive to the game. And I uh and the fact that they were playing in the game and all it worked out, my son wanted to go to the game. I brought him. We uh we sat up there in the suite and got to be on the field in the pregame and just observe. And I haven't been to a college football game in so long. I haven't been never been to a national championship game, but just to see kind of the environment, the atmosphere, you know, did it feel too big for anybody? And he's played tremendous, you know, all season, 16-0, leading his team. And again, he's another guy that, you know, when you hear him speak, you know, I always kind of judge quarterbacks and go, how would I have answered that? and uh he's just a very mature young man and he's got a bright future and you know everybody coming into the league there's still so

13:24 much room for development. Nobody's a finished product. I don't care whether you're one the Heisman or you're the 199th pick in the draft. It's what do you do when you get there? How important is this to you? Are you obsessed with your job? Are you obsessed with being the best you can be? these young men, whether it's Fernando or a lot of other players that were on the field the other night, they have a great opportunity to do something in their life, to enhance their family's life, to go impact a community in a positive way by playing great football and bringing joy to the fan base. And that's a job you take very seriously. So, all these young prospects, I hope they go to environments that embrace them completely, that can help them develop into the best player they can be. That's how I was, you know, kind of grew up in the league. I found a great environment.

14:09 It was all about football. It was about, you know, like you mentioned earlier about how can you be the best teammate, how can you work hard, how can you play smart, how can you play tough, how can you play well under pressure, how well can you play in tough conditions, and then ultimately how well can you play in championship games and all those things remain to be seen.

14:29 Yeah, Tom, crush it. You got probably the best football game of the year. Say hi to KB and the staff. You guys have done a remarkable job this year and uh Sean McVey is around the corner on Zoom. Go get it done. [clears throat and laughter]

14:41 I'm on it. Thanks, Tom. Appreciate it. Good to see you. Good to see you, Tom. Uh shows up has been for several weeks here in a row. Um yeah, man. That that is it. It Drake May and Mendoza have a lot in common like just like seem like really good come from good stock, good kids, uh grateful, humble at the podium. That stuff matters. It matters. Today's show is brought to you by our friends and our presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Bet, Florida Sportsbook. Folks, these playoffs have been crazy. I hope you're cashing in. Unexpected moments all on Hard Rock Bet. Two teams will punch their tickets to the big game this weekend. And when it comes to these standalone matchups, nothing better than the same game parlay. Lock in one game, stack your picks, build your script. You know, quarterback maybe throws for 250 yards, running back goes for 100, tight end first one to hit paid dirt. Hard Rock Bet gives you tons of ways to build

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17:15 several offers. We thought that was going to work, too. And we we knew kind of all of us, even people in Dallas knew Brian Shottenheimimer, that's a pretty weak swing. So three of seven, you know, you kind of felt like, yeah, Vable and Ben Johnson are going to work. Shottenheimimer, but when you went to Liam Cohen, Kell Moore, Aaron Glenn, I don't know, Pete Carol I thought would stabilize the Raiders, that was a mess. But in a lot of the young guys, he didn't really know. And I think that is where Brian Dable is. I don't know. The best part about him, it's an offensive league and he's an offensive coach and he's worked with Josh Allen. The worst part, he was 20, 40 and one with the Giants and it ended ugly. So very few of these coaches, all these interviews are blue chip stocks. That's John Harbaugh that will work with the Giants. That's my prediction. Vrabel, a Harbaugh, Jimmer John, Shawn P, blue chip stocks.

18:13 the rest of them, including Brian Dable, who I like. It's like venture capitalism. There's a lot of promise. There's a lot of hope. You need restructuring and new leadership. But it should be noted all those smart people with all that money, venture capitalists, their hit rate is 20%. And the hit rate on coaches, not named Harbaugh, Shawn Payton, Frabel, the hit rate is is closer to 20%. than 75%. I I don't know what he's going to be. I know what he's inheriting. New stadium, stable ownership, better revenue going forward, great left tackle, running back, superstar quarterback, great tight ends, decent defense, not special.

19:02 Eric Manini considers Dable a friend, knows him well. Thoughts on Dable landing with Josh Allen?

19:09 Brian is the ultimate Buffalo guy. He grew up in Buffalo. He could he could literally work for the Buffalo Tourism Bureau because he loves Buffalo so much. So from that perspective, yeah, it's a great fit. He's got a he's got a really good relationship with the most important player on the team and a lot of respect for him and in my mind did a significant amount to help develop him from a a fairly raw talent in college to a much more polished talent. Forbes magazine, I'm sure you've heard of it, um, kind of did a study on successful people, men and women, and the three things that they said, the three traits that successful people had. Number one, they do not care what other people think of them. Criticism is irrelevant. They have their own journey. They know what they want to do. They just don't care about criticism. They just don't care.

20:01 Second, and I, boy, this one is my mantra in life. They're not obsessed with being right. They're obsessed with getting it right. The internet is losers everywhere telling you how much they know about geopolitics. They want to prove how right they are. Successful people don't worry about that. They want to get it right. Not about being right on the internet. And the third thing is um pleasing everybody because it's impossible. There there are the Pope has critics like you can't please everybody. And when I spent uh a year hanging out with Shawn Payeyton and he would come by the studio at Fox, he embodied all three of these. And it rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Shawn Payton does not care what you think. Shawn Payton wants to get it right. We talk about that all the time. And he's he's not a people pleaser. He he just it just doesn't matter. And I think it rubs a lot of people the wrong way. But I mean, the

20:55 guy is just unbelievable. And I remember when he was at Fox, I was like, he he's not doing this TV thing. This he's got too much going on. You go to dinner once with Shawn, have a couple coffees with him, a 15-minute conversation. He needs a coach. Mike Vrabel clearly has respect. Kind of tells you as he faces him this weekend what he's all about.

21:20 Very successful football coach. um tough to defend for, you know, tough to defend against. I think he um does a great job with his personnel and his scheme. I think he's had his core concepts that he's had for a lot of years and then he's just continued to add uh onto that, you know, as some of the game has changed and some of the ideas and and the schemes have have evolved. And so I think that that's um pretty unique. Yeah, I I listen, if you can get to a Super Bowl and beat because his defense wasn't very good against Buffalo and the defense, the Denver defense is interesting. It gets a lot of sacks. I I don't think it's in the class of the Seahawks or Houston, but it gets a lot of sacks. Nick Bonito, uh, Zack Allen, that's a big part of that. But I I don't think it's a great defense. So, if you can get to a Super Bowl without what I consider a great defense, Houston's got a great defense, Seattle a great

22:19 defense, Rams defense creates turnovers, I I don't think Denver's in that class. I think if you take out Nick Bonito, it doesn't even feel the same as it is now. And you can get to a Super Bowl with Jared Stidum. Uh, now I I I will say this, I do think they're high-end players are very very good. Yesterday I gave the top 10 players in this matchup. I think Denver's top end players um Patrick Certain, Nick Bonito are just unbelievable. Quinn Miners on the offensive line, Garrett BS, uh Denver's got the better old line, no question. Um but I think there are there are some holes to Denver right now. Quarterback's one of them. New England's a team I don't think their high ends as good outside of Drake May, but I don't think I don't think they have any holes. I like New England in this spot. I think they'll come in, Denver will come in and Stum will be like a backup quarterback playing in a massive game and he'll be

23:20 limited. That'll give Drake May better field position and and more possessions. Um and I think over the course of a game, I think it's very very close. Over the course of a game, I suspect Vrabel, Drake May, Stfan Diggs, um I don't love their O line. I' I've said before, I still contend of the final four teams. New England still in a semi-rebuild. They got to get the offensive line right. Um there's a couple of spots they need to upgrade. But I'll say this about Shawn Peyton. The year people forget this. The year before he went to the Saints, they were wearing bags on their head. They were the running joke in the league. They were the running joke. They were three and 13. The following year, they went 10 and six. Year four, they won the Super Bowl. So you're you're talking about Payton and Vrabel. This is a These are alltime coaches. These guys are really sharp.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Tom Brady PREDICTS Conference Champs: Rams-Seahawks, Patriots-Broncos | Colin Cowherd: THE HERD NFL"?

Colin Cowherd (Host), Tom Brady (Guest).

What is "Tom Brady PREDICTS Conference Champs: Rams-Seahawks, Patriots-Broncos | Colin Cowherd: THE HERD NFL" about?

Tom Brady predicts an exciting matchup between the Rams and Seahawks, highlighting Seattle's youthful energy and athleticism as potential game-changers. He emphasizes the challenges the Rams will face in combating the Seahawks' speed and emotions, while expressing anticipation for what he considers one of the most significant games of the year.

What is mentioned in this The Herd with Colin Cowherd episode?

16 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Ian Brady, NFL, Super Bowl, Shawn Peyton, Drake May, Bill Belichick. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Tom Brady PREDICTS Conference Champs: Rams-Seahawks, Patriots-Broncos | Colin Cowherd: THE HERD NFL"?

The episode runs 24 min; the transcript is about 4,686 words in 46 timestamped sections.

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