THE HERD - Hour 3 - Matt Hasselbeck stops by The Herd

Colin Cowherd welcomes former NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck for a candid conversation about the emotional and psychological toll of retiring from professional football. Hasselbeck reveals that for quarterbacks, retirement isn't always about physical decline but often stems from mental fatigue—sitting through repetitive run-game meetings at 40 years old, feeling disconnected from the game's rhythm, and realizing life has moved on. He shares a revealing insight: the Green Bay Packers' unique ownership structure, with 100,000 fans as co-owners, creates an inescapable public identity that can be exhausting, likening it to being a Beatle in Liverpool. This pressure, he argues, contributed to Aaron Rodgers’ frustration with the organization despite his success. Hasselbeck also challenges the narrative around Shadur Sanders, calling him 'underdrafted' and arguing that quarterbacks don’t need elite physical traits to succeed—Dak Prescott and Brock Purdy prove that processing ability and pre-snap mastery can compensate. The episode closes with a satirical but pointed critique of investigative journalist Pablo Torre’s recent exposé on mentalists, where Cowherd defends magicians as entertainers, not frauds, and calls for a more respectful standard for Pulitzer-level scrutiny when dealing with illusionists.