Colin Cowherd predicted the Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks would meet in the NFC title game, and after Monday night\u2019s 34-17 Chicago win, he thinks the Bears are the best team in football. Cowherd revealed his latest Herd Hierarchy, featuring a new team at No. 1 after the defending champion Seahawks, last week\u2019s top team, fell to 4-4. Here are Cowherd\u2019s Week 8 Herd Hierarchy rankings: Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “Kansas City is still good, but they\u2019ve got to clean up the penalties, they\u2019ve got to clean up the kicking game. Back-to-back losses to Seattle and Denver, they\u2019re going to go 8-2 because the next three games are a layup before they have to go to Buffalo in a short week. “They have the worst penalty differential in the league. They need a No. 2 wide receiver. I think they\u2019re fine, they\u2019ve got a great coach, great DC. Travis Kelce, 37, I prefer he not be the No. 1 target on big plays. I think they\u2019re just kind of unraveling in a few spots \u2026 I think they\u2019ll clean it up and be a top-five team by Thanksgiving.” Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “They\u2019re playing better defense! Jack Campbell, though \u2014 cross your fingers. Great player, great human. He\u2019s going to be out, and that doesn\u2019t help. “They\u2019ve outgained opponents in five straight games. They are very reliant on the health of their O-line, because Jared Goff can be a sitting duck if he doesn\u2019t have time. I never really trust their defense in a big spot \u2014 maybe I have them low, I have them No. 9.” Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “I\u2019d take the Rams to beat the Lions if they played on a neutral field, because I just think if Davante Adams is healthy they have a great offense, too. It is remarkable how much they depend on him, even with Puka Nacua, all the tight ends, Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay. “When Davante Adams doesn\u2019t play, 26th-ranked passing offense. So, Myles Garrett is coming back, only team in the top five in offense and defense. They\u2019re an uneven team, they\u2019re yet to play four quarters of great football \u2026 they\u2019ve got to cinch that up.” Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “People think I have the Jags low. It\u2019s the division. What am I supposed to do when you play the Titans twice a year and the Colts twice a year? And I don\u2019t even know if I like the Texans now. \u2026 Liam Coen is the best coach in the league nobody talks about. If that guy was coaching in L.A. or New York or Chicago, he would be the talk of the league. “They do a lot well, but it\u2019s a bad division. I probably should have them at six or five, I\u2019ve got them at seven. I will say: Travis Hunter, Parker Washington, those are two of the top five athletes in the NFL.” Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “The Patriots are beat up. I think it\u2019s the most underrated team in the league. They were missing their No. 1 receiver, their No. 2 receiver, their No. 3 receiver, their No. 2 back, their No. 1 tight end: Drake Maye put the franchise on his shoulders in the second half. And I think they\u2019re really good \u2014 five straight games with multiple touchdown passes, and they haven\u2019t had a lot of their weapons. “They got the Packers, Lions and Bills coming, I think they could sweep those teams. \u2026 Drake Maye, I\u2019ll take the over on one Lombardi Trophy. They just got to get healthier.” Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “By an inch, Buffalo. No. 1 scoring offense. Multiple giveaways in four of their last five games. That\u2019s why I keep them here. You can\u2019t do it. You just can\u2019t do it. It\u2019s like the Chiefs and penalties. I love a lot! You can\u2019t give me \u2018worst penalty differential,\u2019 that\u2019s starting to sound like stuff the Cowboys do. “Too many giveaways for this team, and they are bad on the back end. Which means you can outplay a team and then lose. It\u2019s like a bad bullpen in baseball. Can\u2019t have it.” Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “Seattle\u2019s fine. Like Kansas City, it\u2019d be nice if they had another receiver in the building. But Monday night they\u2019re playing musical chairs with the offensive line \u2014 they don\u2019t have their left tackle, left guard or right guard. That\u2019s not going to work with Jeffery Simmons and Montez Sweat, who are game wreckers. “It was the first game back for their running back, it was their third-straight primetime game. \u2026 Seattle\u2019s got too many good players, too good of a coach, too much talent \u2026 last night was a bad spot, I still think they are a top-four team.” Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “I\u2019ve given up trying to figure out Denver. Fifteen straight one-possession wins. I don\u2019t get it. I don\u2019t get how you can be bad in every first half offensively. I love their personnel. In fact, if you need a wide receiver, call them. They got guys like Marvin Mims Jr. they don\u2019t throw to. “I love their talent, and there is something that QB Bo Nix unlocks late in games. They\u2019re 5-0 in one-score games. But they\u2019ve been outgained by almost 700 yards. They do things historically that make no sense, but roster, head coach, playmakers, pass rush \u2026 I can\u2019t deny it.” Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “They\u2019re going to get healthier now. Nick Bosa, Christian McCaffrey, Mike Evans, Deebo Samuel coming back. Look at their schedule, they\u2019re going to start stockpiling wins. “Three of their six wins this season have come against the Seahawks, Broncos and Rams. Really well-coached, really good team \u2014 fewest big plays allowed, so they make you march down the field on them.” Cowherd\u2019s thoughts: “What do you want me to say? I mean, Jeffery Simmons and Montez Sweat, their big weakness was \u2018well, the back-end.\u2019 Well, now they\u2019re not blitzing. Lowest blitz rate of the season, and yet they pressured Sam Darnold 12 times and sacked him three \u2014 should have been six. “And oh, by the way, they\u2019re getting back their high-priced safety in December, Malik Muhammad their corner cover is coming back in a couple of weeks. So the safety and the corner positions, viewed as weaknesses, are going to be empowered and emboldened here in the next month and a half.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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