The Herd with Colin Cowherd

Nick Wright recaps Week 1 of the NFL season, starting with Patrick Mahomes returning from his knee injury to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a win over Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football. Is KC back to Super Bowl contention? Will Sean Payton take back playcalling duties from Davis Webb? Next, Nick reacts to Cris Collinsworth & PFF's reaction to backlash following their rating of Chicago Bears' quarterback Caleb Williams after his performance against the Carolina Panthers in Week 1 of the NFL season. Nick breaks down why PFF needs to figure out their identity and stop misleading their consumers. Later, Nick shares his predictions for Week 2 of the NFL season! #Volume
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Where Colin was right and where he was wrong
Colin also shares his Herd Hierarchy after week 1 of the NFL season: 1) Bills… 4) Bears… 10) Eagles.
Nick Wright from First Things First joins the show to talk about the Chiefs bouncing back as Super Bowl contenders and why it’s time to hold Justin Herbert accountable after the Chargers loss to the Cardinals.
Colin gives his Blazing 5 picks for the weekend
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San Francisco 49ers rookie running back Kaelon Black joins Richard Sherman to discuss his path from James Madison and Indiana to the NFL, including winning a national championship and being selected by the 49ers in the third round of the 2026 NFL Draft. Kaelon breaks down what he has learned from Christian McCaffrey, shares what it was like to huddle with Brock Purdy, and discusses meeting Trent Williams and Fred Warner. He also explains why Kyle Shanahan’s attention to detail has stood out since he arrived in San Francisco. Black also reflects on his first NFL game in Australia, the transition from college football to the 49ers offense, his rookie-year mindset, and his goal of helping San Francisco compete for a Super Bowl. After opening the season as McCaffrey’s primary backup, Black led the 49ers with 14 carries for 65 yards in the Week 1 win over the Rams in Melbourne.

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Daniel Cormier IS BACK with the DC fighter check-ins at UFC 331 in Los Angeles, this time sitting down with the former flyweight champion and top contender in the division, Alexandre Pantoja ahead of his title fight rematch against Joshua Van! Pantoja speaks on the "DISRESPECT" from Van leading up to the fight this week, and why he has to treat Joshua "like a child." Plus, hear Alexandre's take on the freak injury he had in their first matchup, and why he thinks he was going to FINISH HIM in the first fight. And hear what he has to say about him potentially having come back early to fight Tatsuro Taira, and why he decided to wait for this championship bout.
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Colin’s top takes of the week.
First, he’s joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out” on The Volume.
They break down the massive week 1 offensive explosion by Caleb Williams and the Bears (3:00), laud the Ravens as looking the best of every team in week 1 (9:00), and try to diagnose why everything went so horribly wrong for the Chargers (16:30)
Colin is joined by Super Bowl champion and host of “The Manningcast” Eli Manning.
They dissect the Giants opening the season with a win over the Cowboys (26:00), how it feels for Eli to watch his nephew Arch Manning playing on the huge stage at Texas (33:00), and preview two of the biggest week 2 games (39:00).
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