Colin Cowherd Sounds Alarm On 'Overrated' NFL Team Entering 2025
Fox Sports' Colin Cowherd had a pretty harsh critique of one NFL team that many consider to be a Super Bowl contender.
On Thursday's edition of The Herd, Cowherd made the case that the Green Bay Packers are "overrated" as the No. 5 ranked team in the NFL by The Athletic. Cowherd remarked that he doesn't see the Packers as having enough elite players.
Cowherd did a comparison between the Packers and the 14th-ranked Broncos and found that Denver seems to have more elite players than Green Bay does.
NFL fans weren't ready to write the Packers off as easily as Cowherd did. Some pointed out that Green Bay has more elite players than the Fox Sports host let on, while others believe that the organizational stability will get them over any hurdles:
"Xavier McKinney at 10 invalidates this whole list he easily behind Surtain," one user replied.
"Zach Tom (4th PFF OT, $88M), Kenny Clark (3× Pro Bowl), Rashan Gary (elite rush win rate), Jordan Love (top‑10 EPA/play), Nate Hobbs (CB1), Christian Watson (WR1), Xavier McKinney (All‑Pro S, 8 INTs). That's 7 difference-makers," wrote another.
"I can't ever rule them out cause the organization is just run so well. But I really just don't see all that much talent in the team. Good QB, great RB, Elite Safety. Everything else is just ok? They'll be good I just don't see them being SB contenders," a third wrote.
"Colin saying this means they're a Superbowl lock," another joked.
The Packers certainly fell below expectations in 2024. Despite going 11-6 in the regular season, that was only good for third in their own division as the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings combined for 29 wins and swept them in the regular season.
They certainly didn't have the formula down pat by mid-January as they got blown out by the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the playoffs.
Will the Packers regress in 2025? Or will they prove Cowherd wrong?Colin Cowherd Sounds Alarm On 'Overrated' NFL Team Entering 2025 first appeared on The Spun on Jul 24, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 24, 2025, where it first appeared.
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