Colin Cowherd Podcast Prime Cuts - Cowboys Crush The Draft, Did Rams Reach For Simpson? The Myth Of Michael Jordan, LIV Golf Goes Belly Up

Jumping right in, I pushed back on the outrage over Chicago’s mid‑round skill pick; with Ben Johnson calling plays, a burner who can return has real value, the way great coaches elevate later picks. You can’t grade it in a vacuum—scheme and developer matter as much as the name on the card.

Their top of the draft made sense to me: a plug‑and‑play Oregon safety and, after a surprise retirement, an Iowa center who screams long‑term starter. I weigh this class by the top 50 because the later rounds were thinned by NIL and extra eligibility, and any Chicago offensive pick is clearly tied to Johnson’s vision.

Coaching is the swing factor; I flagged fifth‑rounders like Kamari Ramsey with DeMeco Ryans or Justin Joly with Sean Payton as guys who could pop because of fit. That’s why I get Chicago stacking tight ends for more 13 personnel—think what McVay did—so the so‑called polarizing TE pick can be a toolbox move, not a reach.

Tight ends are back, and with zone runs you just need big bodies to win position, not pancake blocks. I liked Chicago’s haul, including the productive Texas corner who slid, and I could see Kmet becoming a DJ Moore‑style trade chip if Loveland takes off.

The Rams drafted like a team protecting a title window: hedge Higby’s cost and health with a field‑stretching Ohio State tight end, add a ready tackle, and make sure Stafford and his eventual understudy are covered. It won’t wow graders, but it fits their protect‑Matt plan.

The true flashpoint was taking Ty Simpson that high; this wasn’t a Packers‑style flyer late in the round, it was a premium slot for a non‑premium ceiling. You’re paying first‑tier capital without first‑tier upside while Stafford has basically mastered the position mentally and isn’t walking away from that job.

Fair, and meanwhile Dallas felt like it drafted with a point to prove after the criticism, then hit the jackpot when Caleb Downs fell. Once you land that kind of center fielder, going heavy on defense in a weak class is totally defensible.

Jerry even admitted they got lucky, and Downs can instantly run the show on the back end while being athletic enough to splash early. Add a traits‑rich UCF lineman and, with Dak healthy, that’s a ten or eleven‑win playoff outfit.

Switching gears, I welcomed J.A. Adande—now hosting Dynastic with Chuck Todd—and asked about reports that LIV Golf’s funding is drying up and how he’d weigh the business against the ethics in coverage. From day one I saw it as a disruptor that pressured the PGA to treat stars better, even while I wrestled with the sports‑washing piece.

Covering it is different from joining it, and TV never embraced LIV, likely to protect PGA ties, so it never became a real broadcast product. Print chased the formation story, but as a sports league it didn’t get ABA‑style treatment, and without rights fees it couldn’t stick.

I get why players chased guaranteed money, and I even went to an event to see it, but the larger question was how to square it with all the other American institutions doing business with the same funders. That tension never fully went away.

For me, Jamal Khashoggi’s murder made it feel fundamentally wrong, especially as a journalist. Even as sovereign wealth money seeps into NBA and NFL ownership because valuations demand it, I couldn’t detach the tour from that act.

Before we wrapped, I brought up Steve Kerr’s Jordan‑LeBron contrast and how LeBron’s self‑awareness and availability differ from Jordan’s mystique in a pre‑social era. I’ve always wondered if the secrecy around MJ supercharged his aura.

There were two Michaels: before 1991 he was accessible and did local stuff, after that the fame boxed him in. Without social media he dodged the daily meme culture LeBron lives in, and under today’s spotlight his image might look a lot more human.