About this episode

Colin Cowherd discusses various NFL preseason topics with guest John Middlekauff, including quarterback performances and player injuries.

Colin is joined by John Middlekauff, host of “3 and Out” on The Volume. They start with Colin attending the Bears preseason win over the Browns and offer their biggest questions surrounding the Bears in Caleb Williams second season under Ben Johnson (2:00). They move to Ty Simpson having a great debut for the Rams in his first preseason game and Colin argues that young quarterbacks ending up with head coach like Sean McVay is like hitting the lottery, and that the Rams weren’t crazy to spend a first round pick on a quarterback while Matt Stafford is still the starter (8:00). They pivot to the 49ers and the highlight trend of Christian McCaffrey getting injured the year after leading the league in touches… which he did last season (16:30).  They also wonder whether Giants QB Jaxson Dart will stay upright after getting smoked during their first preseason game after getting beat up last year (24L15). Colin argues that Fernando Mendoza’s intangibles and work ethic are going to further elevate the Raiders #1 overall pick (32:00).  They wonder who gave Jayden Daniels the terrible advice to send a cease and desist to LSU over his former #5 going…

People in this episode

Host: Colin Cowherd

Guest: John Middlekauff

Topics covered

• NFL Preseason
• Quarterback Performance
• Injuries
• Player Intangibles
• Team Dynamics
• Franchise Purchases

Keywords

• NFL
• preseason
• quarterbacks
• injuries
• Caleb Williams
• Christian McCaffrey
• Fernando Mendoza
• Ty Simpson
• Jaxson Dart

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seahawks, Raiders, Bears, Browns, LSU, Rams, Volume

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