Kirk Herbstreit reveals NFL teams with 'strong possibility' of reaching Super Bowl, talks relationship with Raising Cane's

Kirk Herbstreit believes two NFL teams are separating themselves in this season’s Super Bowl race. On3 spoke to Herbstreit at a Raising Cane’s event in Nashville last week, and he was asked which teams have the best chance to reach the Super Bowl.

“What a year to try to predict the Super Bowl. There’s so much parity,” Kirk Herbstreit told On3 and a group of reporters. “I think the Rams. I’m going to actually call Rams, Seahawks (on Thursday). The winner of that game could be a team that could, in the NFC, become in the driver’s seat. The AFC is just so wide open. There’s been such interesting stories with New England and Denver, and even Indy with Daniel Jones. Now with that injury, I don’t know if they’re going to be able to hold up.

“I would say maybe a Rams … Don’t hold me to this, but I would say I think a Rams, New England Super Bowl would be a strong possibility as we sit here. But it’s still a long way to go.”

The Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots are in positions to play in the Super Bowl. LA has an 11-3 record, and the team is in first place in the NFC. New England is also 11-3 and one game behind the Denver Broncos for the lead in the AFC.

Kirk Herbstreit says Raising Cane’s is a ‘great partner’

The head coaches for both teams have Super Bowl experience. Rams head coach Sean McVay has led the team to two Super Bowl appearances and won it all during the 2021 season. Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel won three Super Bowls when he was a member of the team in the early 2000s.

Herbstreit was at the Nashville flagship Raising Cane’s last week to work a “shift” with his two-year-old golden retriever, Peter. The former Ohio State quarterback worked the front counter, signed autographs, and cooked chicken fingers.

“I’m good friends with Todd (Graves), and Raising Cane’s has become a great partner of mine,” Herbstreit said. “I travel all over to campuses during the season, and it’s fun to see Cane’s at every one of them. I’m a chicken snob, and the Chicken Fingers make me come back again, again and again,” said Herbstreit. “Todd is like family to me, and it’s been cool to watch him grow all over the country and beyond. Todd is still the same guy he’s always been after all these years. He treats his friends and family so well, and it makes me want to be around him – he’s like a brother to me.”