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Speaker 1: Man getting pumped for this one tomorrow afternoon, three thirty

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Speaker 1: to it, but welcome in the program. We're gonna talk

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Speaker 1: a lot of Texans, a lot of Texans, Jets, plenty

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Speaker 1: of stuff going on. Appreciate you being here. I am

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Speaker 1: John Harris, football an Knowlson's sideline reporter, and so glad

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have our deep splint Interview of the Week

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Speaker 1: with Ryan Griffin. Had a big ball game last week

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Speaker 1: and hopefully Griffin is gonna be big down the stretch

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Speaker 1: of the year figuratively and literally. But he's going not

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Speaker 1: quite home. But here's the one of the things about

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Speaker 1: I'd imagine he's gonna have a few folks at the

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Speaker 1: Ryan Griffin will be here. I'm gonna give you my

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Speaker 1: first Community Credit Union first glance keys to the game

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Speaker 1: in this one. And I would I would love to

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Speaker 1: be able to tell you, Ah, you know, I'll just

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Speaker 1: roll out the balls and you'll be good. You're better

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Speaker 1: than the Jets. You're plus five on them. They're four

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Speaker 1: in nine, you're nine and four. You're a better football

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Speaker 1: team on paper. Yes, I think that is the case.

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Speaker 1: I think the Texans would have a number of Pro

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Speaker 1: down and I'll go through how we're gonna do that.

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Speaker 1: What are the keys to victory? We'll go through that.

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Speaker 1: Then we're gonna go behind enemy sidelines Randy Lyon, who

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Speaker 1: covers the Jets for Jets dot com. And then I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna give you all of my picks. I missed last night. Boy,

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Speaker 1: what a game that was. Huh. Chargers Chiefs Thursday night

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Speaker 1: maybe the most anticipated Thursday night game all year long.

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Speaker 1: Now we've had a few good ones. Rams Vikings was

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Speaker 1: how does that impact everything in the AFC. Well, now

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Speaker 1: to know Joe Spider Web. We also have a little

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Speaker 1: of the audio for you some good stuff. Who is

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Speaker 1: the jolliest Texan player? Who is the grinch? And I'll

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Speaker 1: just say this, the players didn't always say other players

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Speaker 1: DJ Reader, I think one of the better interior defensive

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Speaker 1: the all important injury report. Now, I will admit this

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Speaker 1: here in Texans All Access. The Choose Fun Moment of

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Speaker 1: Each week I turn it over to my good friend

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Speaker 1: Great day to be alive. It is a great day

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Speaker 1: a lot of books early on, even in camp, he

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Speaker 1: was he almost seemed like a smaller offensive lineman. Yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's easy to throw him the ball because

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Speaker 1: he's gonna catch it. You know, he's he's a talented

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Speaker 1: guy when it turns and comes in terms of you know,

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Speaker 1: running routes and catching the ball. He's got big hands

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Speaker 1: and so I'm not going to go into a scouting

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Speaker 1: report a big baby, but he's, uh, you know, he's

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Speaker 1: he's extremely talented and uh, you know, he's got a

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Speaker 1: lot in front of him, you know, if he works.

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Speaker 1: What's that group like the tight ends group, because it's

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Speaker 1: changed a lot since you've been there, but it's a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun. You've got two rookies and they're they're

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Speaker 1: both pretty different in personality. Now you've been here through

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Speaker 1: not just this coaching staff, but your rookie year was

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Speaker 1: very different from the rookie year that these two are

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Speaker 1: racing right now. Yeah. Absolutely. I just try to make

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Speaker 1: it as easy as possible for these guys. I know

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Speaker 1: how difficult this come in this league, you know, with

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Speaker 1: grown men and and try to perform, you know, week

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Speaker 1: to week, and it's such a long season coming from college.

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Speaker 1: So I just try to make it really easy on him,

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Speaker 1: help him out as much as I can. And uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, it seems like, you know, we're having fun,

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Speaker 1: but it really comes down to winning some games here

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Speaker 1: at the end of the year. Do you talk to them,

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Speaker 1: especially during that nine game win streak, I know it's

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Speaker 1: it's hard to not get excited. I mean, all of

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Speaker 1: us in the building obviously are excited, but as players

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Speaker 1: you try to keep it even keel. But for a rookie,

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Speaker 1: I would imagine it's even harder because you almost have

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Speaker 1: to explain to them, hey, it's not always like this,

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Speaker 1: right right, and uh, you know, i'd tell him there

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Speaker 1: has been a lot of close games and that's the NFL,

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Speaker 1: you know, and we just happen to pull some of

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Speaker 1: them out just because you know what we've been playing

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Speaker 1: like and finishing drives and things like that. But I

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Speaker 1: think in terms of, you know, keeping these guys level headed,

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Speaker 1: it starts with Obie. You know. Obi has a real

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Speaker 1: tight grip on these rookies, and you know, I don't

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Speaker 1: think he's gonna let them, you know, get bigger than

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Speaker 1: you know there you goos will let him. So I

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Speaker 1: think that starts with Obi and the man on top.

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Speaker 1: I was talking to Damarius Thomas last week. He said

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Speaker 1: that when he got here, in order to build chemistry

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Speaker 1: with Deshaun, he would go to his house for dinner

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Speaker 1: and watch film. DeAndre Hopkins has said that the tooth

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Speaker 1: and play cards or play card games. Now, as a

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Speaker 1: tight end, you have to develop that chemistry with Deshaun,

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Speaker 1: but then you also have to do some things that

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Speaker 1: offensive linemen are expected to do. How do you balance

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Speaker 1: that and do you guys do anything special to sort

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Speaker 1: of build that chemistry? Sure, you know we uh as

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Speaker 1: an offensive line and tight ends. You got two groups

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Speaker 1: to sean. Yeah, we all go out to dinner, you know,

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Speaker 1: if we try to get out once a week and

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Speaker 1: you know, just talk about something other than football. You know,

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Speaker 1: obviously football comes up when we're together, and no doubt

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Speaker 1: about it, but it's about building that chemistry, you know

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Speaker 1: between all of us. You know, it's like eleven players,

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Speaker 1: you know, playing as one, so that's really important to us.

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Speaker 1: And you know, we spent a lot of time with

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Speaker 1: each other. So one dinner a week is good enough

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Speaker 1: I think for every like we're good. Yeah, all right,

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Speaker 1: you're a bit of a mystery because you're not on

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Speaker 1: social media. You're still not on social media, so most

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Speaker 1: of the players, we kind of know what they're into,

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Speaker 1: what they're up to. You like to keep a low profile,

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Speaker 1: But if you were on social media, what do you

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Speaker 1: think most of your posts would be about? If except

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Speaker 1: for football other than football. What do you think you're posted. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't. I wouldn't post about football. Uh, you know

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Speaker 1: things that interested me like NBA basketball, big basketball fan.

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Speaker 1: You know, Celtics are my team, but you know, since

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Speaker 1: I've been in the city watching a lot of Rockets

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Speaker 1: and uh you know the Astros and Socks as well.

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Speaker 1: I'm a baseball guy, so I don't know. I'd I'd

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Speaker 1: keep it light, but you know, I wouldn't keep it

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Speaker 1: at all. Obviously you're still plans anytime. No one's pushing

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Speaker 1: you in that direction, No chance, I got nothing a game,

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Speaker 1: so everything that loes on that so and I do

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Speaker 1: think probably you get teammates sharing stuff with you if

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Speaker 1: if anything were to come up on Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: I I lurk. Don't give me a wrong like I like,

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Speaker 1: I'm not on Instagram pages, but you know I'll be

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Speaker 1: on Reddit. I'll know what's going on in the world. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but uh yeah, I'm not trying to you know, live

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Speaker 1: my life you know online all right? Back to back

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Speaker 1: games on the road up on the East Coast? Is

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Speaker 1: that exciting for you? Being an East Coast guy? It

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Speaker 1: would have been, but my bloods thinned out. You know,

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Speaker 1: alretty drastic place, so uh yeah, it's gonna be interesting.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't seem too bad in New York, but uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: playing outside it's fun. And uh, you know, playing in

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Speaker 1: the Metal Lands growing up watching you know some you

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Speaker 1: know Jets football. Obviously, I was a Patriot fan growing up,

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Speaker 1: so you know, big rivals there and I'm excited to

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Speaker 1: get it going. All right, We're excited to see you

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Speaker 1: out there as well. Ryan Griffin on Texans Radio. Thanks,

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Speaker 1: I'm trying. Thanks. Yeah. I mentioned that to Bill O'Brien

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Speaker 1: the other day, You're talking about facing the Jets, and

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Speaker 1: he kind of was slow playing it a little bit,

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Speaker 1: and I was like, ohbee, it's the Jets. There's something

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Speaker 1: Jets or the Giants playing up there, and especially for

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Speaker 1: a guy like Griff who's from London are New Hampshire

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Speaker 1: growing up as a Patriots fan. You see the Patriots

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Speaker 1: and the Jets taking each other on and I don't

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Speaker 1: know if they were great games, but there were always

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Speaker 1: games that took place in the Metal Lands where the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: I remember two thousand and seven the streak for the

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Speaker 1: Patriots the game to go sixteen, you know, they had

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Speaker 1: to beat the Giants, and they beat the Giants thirty

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Speaker 1: eight thirty five. That game took place at MetLife Stadium.

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Speaker 1: What a what a tremendous game that was there in

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Speaker 1: the Metal Lands with the Patriots winning that game. Patriots

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Speaker 1: the Jet, that's many many battles they've already faced each

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Speaker 1: other this year and game the Jets could have won

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Speaker 1: that any offense, but did not. So looking forward to

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Speaker 1: doing the same thing as the Patriots. Get just enough offense,

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Speaker 1: defense stops him, keeps him out of the end zone,

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Speaker 1: and get a win and a big factor and that

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Speaker 1: is going to be Ryan Griffins, So we appreciate him

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Speaker 1: stopping by to spend a few minutes with us. Now

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Speaker 1: we're gonna play the game on Saturday, and it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be rainy and it's gonna be kind of ugly, but

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Speaker 1: that's Northeast football in December here in Houston. Hopefully it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit better weather, but either way.

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Speaker 1: how will they get a win? I'll give you my

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Speaker 1: first community credit Union first glance keys to the game

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Speaker 1: next right here on Texans All Access. What is up? Everybody?

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to a Friday edition of Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris Football, aanos and sideline reporter.

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Speaker 1: Because we get ready for a matchup with the New

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Speaker 1: York Jets, j Ets, Jets, Jets Jets. I kind of

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Speaker 1: want to hear it once and then that's it, because

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Speaker 1: I think they do that chant. I think first downs,

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Speaker 1: big big plays, all that kind of stuff. So hopefully

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Speaker 1: we don't hear that. I'd like to hear at once, though,

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Speaker 1: I'd like to say that I heard it. I met

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Speaker 1: up there for a Giants game. We faced the Giants

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Speaker 1: twenty fourteen didn't turn out well, but the last time

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Speaker 1: Texas played the Jets at home, that was a win.

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Speaker 1: On the road. In twenty twelve, that was also a win.

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Speaker 1: As I said to Mark the other day, what's the

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Speaker 1: one thing that stands out about twenty twelve? And the

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Speaker 1: first thing you think of as Brian Cushing and Kush

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Speaker 1: had that knee injury, Matts Lawson with a low block.

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Speaker 1: I say, Legal wasn't real happy with Matt Slawson from

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Speaker 1: that point Ford, because I think that twenty twelve season,

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Speaker 1: I think Cushing was Cushing was one of the best,

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Speaker 1: if not the best, inside linebacker at that point. I mean,

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Speaker 1: ye have Patrick Willis, you had some good ball players.

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Speaker 1: Luke Keikley was still young in his career. The Cushing

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Speaker 1: was one of the top three linebackers in the league,

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Speaker 1: inside linebackers in the league, and he had, as I

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Speaker 1: said many times, he was a hard and soul of

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Speaker 1: that team. He went down. Yeah, the Texas continue to win,

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Speaker 1: but I think down the road there were just opportunities

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Speaker 1: where Cushing's presence would have been big. But that happened

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Speaker 1: last time in twenty twelve. That will not happen on

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Speaker 1: Saturday for any of the Texans at all. Now, let's

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Speaker 1: get into our Keys to the Game. Let's time for

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Speaker 1: this week's first Commute Credit Union First Glance Keys to

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans. All right, let's start with the Texans defense

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Speaker 1: this week. Start with that group. Tough week last week,

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Speaker 1: I think against the Indianapolis Colts, in particular, that stretch

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Speaker 1: about midway through the second to midway through the third,

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Speaker 1: a little later than midway through the third. First, first

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Speaker 1: pretty good except for that one mistake at the very

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Speaker 1: end of the game. In between, not so good. So

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Speaker 1: how does the Texans defense get back on track. Well,

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Speaker 1: let's start with our keys. Can you ever, one no

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Speaker 1: particular order, put Robbie Anderson in Quicksand. I've said a

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Speaker 1: few times this week, I think he's the Jets version

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Speaker 1: of Will Fuller, or he's as close as you're gonna

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Speaker 1: get now. Because they don't have a DeAndre Hopkins, he

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Speaker 1: If they had a Hopkins, then Anderson would be the

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Speaker 1: deep threat and you'd have to treat him like Will

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Speaker 1: Fuller all the time. Now you're gonna have to treat

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Speaker 1: gotta put him in quicksand. Anything he catches, he catches

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Speaker 1: but you've got to be plastered to number eleven. Eleven

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Speaker 1: could be a huge problem. You've got to put Robbie

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Speaker 1: Anderson in quicksand number two. Make Sam Donald do it

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Speaker 1: from the well I mentioned it last week, I mentioned

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Speaker 1: the week before that because you're facing Baker Mayfield, you're

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Speaker 1: facing Andrew Luck, facing Marcus Mariota, you're facing Sam Donald.

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Speaker 1: They all can beat you out of the pocket and

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Speaker 1: they can kill you out of the pocket. Now, the

638
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: one thing I think they did a great job of

639
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 1: against Tennessee. I thought they did a decent job of

640
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: it against Cleveland, helped force the three turnovers early. But

641
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: I don't think they did a great job of it

642
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 1: against Andrew Luck. And that was to make the quarterback

643
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: throw from the well. If you make Donald throw from

644
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: the well, even if even if you had Andrew Luck

645
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: thrown from the well, he hurt you. Donald is not

646
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: gonna hurt you as of yet from the well. He's

647
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,239
Speaker 1: not gonna throw from the pocket and just beat you,

648
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: just straight up protection, take go through my reads and zip.

649
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: He's not gonna do that, not yet. Anyway, He'll get there,

650
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 1: but he's not there yet. Mechanics are all jacked up.

651
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: I mean, he's kind of all over the place. He

652
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 1: wants to run and make plays on the move where

653
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: he can find more open receivers and trust it that way.

654
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 1: Make him do it from the well once he's out

655
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 1: of the pocket. It's trouble can number three Bill Brian

656
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 1: mentioned this, Mark and I've talked about this. Russian coverage

657
00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:02,720
Speaker 1: must work better together the rush If you got plastered coverage.

658
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: There's one play in particular, I remember that Andre Hall

659
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 1: interception where you could see the coverage was locked down.

660
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 1: It was great. It's two man. They were manned up

661
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 1: across the board with Andre Howe and Justin reading the

662
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 1: back end playing over the top of it, reading Andrew

663
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: Luck's eyes. They got some pressure with Whitney Merciless who

664
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 1: stepped off its spied and then when the guard left,

665
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: Whitney came and forced Andrew Luck to have to drop

666
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: down a kind of three quarters and throw ball went

667
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: a little high. Andrew how made the pick. That was

668
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 1: Russian coverage together. They've got to do more of that.

669
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 1: They need to do more of that now. The offensive

670
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 1: line for the Jets is not of the caliber the

671
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: Colts is at this point. So Russian coverage you gotta

672
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 1: work together. Number four, the back seven or seven back

673
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 1: seven or even eight, depending on how many of the rush.

674
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: My backers in secondary must know where their help is

675
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: at all times. They must know where their leverage is

676
00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 1: at all times and where they can assist at all times. Now, basically,

677
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 1: what I'm saying to that is they're gonna be situations

678
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 1: where you're not when the secondaries, in particular coverage. The

679
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 1: linebackers are your coverage. Last week, I thought there were

680
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: too many guys that had eyes on Andrew Luck and

681
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: not trying to find receivers. You cannot get lost in

682
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Okay, quarterback gonna throw. Yeah, I know you've

683
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: got to read the eyes of the quarterback. I get that.

684
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 1: But you gotta know what the receivers are doing behind you,

685
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 1: in front of you. If they're in front of you,

686
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 1: there's somebody behind you. You gotta know where all of

687
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: that has taken place. Where's your leverage, where's your help?

688
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: And then guys that got to do their jobs. You

689
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: can't go covering for one guy. Oh I thought it

690
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,719
Speaker 1: was gonna go. No, do your job. When you know

691
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: your job is secure, then you can go help somebody else's.

692
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: But secondaries got to know where the help is. You

693
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 1: gotta know where your leverage is. The wide receivers lined

694
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 1: up outside the numbers, keep them outside the numbers, step inside,

695
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: do what you gotta do. Use your leverage and your

696
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: help and you And because the Texas don't have a

697
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: guy that's just gonna lock somebody up, they just don't.

698
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: They don't have a Jalen ramsay, they don't have a

699
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: Byron Jones. They don't have just a lockup corner that hey,

700
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: go go get him and we'll handle the no. So

701
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 1: they've got to play together in the secondary every single week,

702
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: no matter what, be disciplined. Read routes, read releases, don't

703
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,439
Speaker 1: get caught on rail routes like the Colts ran last week,

704
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,360
Speaker 1: Eric Ebron scoring a touchdown where he rolled in and

705
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: basically he and t Y Hilton because there was so

706
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: much thought about Hilton, He's just gotta running up the

707
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 1: rail with Ty and just ducked inside and Lux saw

708
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,360
Speaker 1: him no pressure on him through the touchdown pass, and

709
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 1: well the rest is history at that point. So the

710
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 1: back seven, back eight, they gotta they've got to know

711
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 1: where their help is, where their leverage is, and what

712
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 1: their leverage is, and where they can assist each other

713
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 1: at all times. Number five, I think the Jets screen

714
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: game could be huge. Now I haven't seen him throw

715
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,800
Speaker 1: a ton of screens, but I just feel like there's

716
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:05,320
Speaker 1: gonna be not an intimidation factor, but there's gonna be

717
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: something about this pass rush, especially after last week, like,

718
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 1: oh man, they're really gonna want to get after Sam,

719
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: let's throw some screens. Screening game is gonna be huge.

720
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,919
Speaker 1: They've got to be aware of it. You cannot lose

721
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,320
Speaker 1: your keys. You've got to if you're a defensive lineman,

722
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: if you read screen, get out of dodge, and you've

723
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 1: done a decent job of that. Take away the screen game.

724
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: Treat it like the run game, and you have an

725
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: opportunity to shut them completely down. Now one did I

726
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: put with the defense. That's really special teams is don't

727
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 1: give the Jets opportunity return. Andre Roberts was phenomenal last

728
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: week running kicks back. You had five kicks return four

729
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy six yards. The first two ended up

730
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 1: in Buffalo territory. One at to forty six turned to

731
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: fuel goal one. He got all the way down to

732
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 1: the eight yard line to Buffalo next play touchdown. His

733
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: two other returns to the Jets thirty five and to

734
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 1: the Jets thirty nine. That's huge advantage in fuel position.

735
00:35:57,440 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: Don't kick it to him. If you do kick it

736
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: to him, you better tell Acklaman inside the twenty five.

737
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:05,760
Speaker 1: Make the Jets have to go seventy five every single time.

738
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 1: Slip it over to the Texans offense. Number one, play

739
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: action passes will be there watching the Bills. Every time

740
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: that Josh Allen stuck a hand or the ball in

741
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 1: two running backs belly, the linebackers are ready to jump

742
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 1: on it. That left routes across the middle open. Now

743
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: Alan missed him, DeShawn won't, and that's got to be key.

744
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 1: Play action is massive. Number two, Fine Pro Bowl safety

745
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams every single play. I know you point out

746
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: the mic, but you might at some point. There's thirty three,

747
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: there's thirty three. He's gonna line up in a number

748
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: of different spots. He'll come line up as essentially a

749
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: will linebacker and play the run. He'll come line up

750
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: as an outside linebacker and blitz. He'll drop in the

751
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: middle third, he'll play underneath coverage, he'll rob the middle.

752
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: He'll do a number of different things that Texans have

753
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 1: to be aware of. You must know where Jamal Adams is.

754
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 1: You must account for him in the coverage and in

755
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: the If you're gonna run the ball, you've got to

756
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: count him in the run game and the past game

757
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 1: at all times. Even if he's the eighth defenditive box,

758
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,839
Speaker 1: you must account for him. If you don't. He will

759
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 1: make the play and it's trouble number three. I mentioned

760
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: this to Mark last night. The Nickel's coming. The Nickel

761
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,799
Speaker 1: Blitz is coming. Even if they stopped the first time,

762
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 1: second time, they're still gonna bring it. The Texans have

763
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 1: not handled that exceptionally well this year, and I guarantee

764
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,919
Speaker 1: it's something well, I shouldn't say they haven't handled it well.

765
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 1: There have been times where it's been lacking. And I

766
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 1: could think of the Tennessee game Week two. They cleaned

767
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,240
Speaker 1: it up. They had it cleaned up for a while,

768
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,799
Speaker 1: then the Browns brought it a few times, they got

769
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: beat on it once or twice. Then they cleaned it up.

770
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: But then the Colts brought it and they struggled with it.

771
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 1: They got to clean it up. And I guarantee the

772
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: Jets are going and worked for them. We're gonna do it,

773
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: and they're probably gonna do it until they just exhaust

774
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: every opportunity. Now out it's probably Jamal Adams coming. I

775
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: would guess he's probably the best opportunity. He's probably the

776
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,839
Speaker 1: best fit to do that, but that could end up

777
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 1: being trouble for them. That's a good cover guy out

778
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,240
Speaker 1: of the secondary, but they're gonna trust Jamaine Johnson and

779
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: Morris Clay. Weren't a buster screen to be able to

780
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,239
Speaker 1: cover the Texans receivers essentially one on one. So they

781
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 1: can bring that blitz and if the Texas will pick

782
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 1: it up, well there you go for They're gonna force

783
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,240
Speaker 1: the Texans have to pick it up. So the Texans

784
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,399
Speaker 1: better have a plan for it at all times. Number four,

785
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,879
Speaker 1: Take the profit. When the Jets play zone, there were

786
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: a ton of open areas to throw the football against them.

787
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:43,600
Speaker 1: Against the Jets from the Bills, Josh Allen just wasn't

788
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: gonna be consistent enough to hit those areas. He wanted

789
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: to scramble and run. If there are open areas, take

790
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: them now. Don't need to Sean take it hits. We

791
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 1: need him protected, We need the ball out. Let the

792
00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: receivers get yardage and get up field. More series of downs,

793
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 1: more first downs, and it snowballs in a good way.

794
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: Take the profit. When the Jets play zone. Number five,

795
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,919
Speaker 1: the Jets did not account for Bill's quarterback Josh Allen

796
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 1: scrambles or design runs at all. I don't know if

797
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: they just lost him they forgot Oh, he's just a

798
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: big gangly, gunslinging, tall dude. He killed them. And the

799
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 1: thing was as Allen had been running the ball the

800
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 1: last two or three weeks really well, like he's one

801
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: of the top rushers in the league. There are gonna

802
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: be rushing yards there for Deshaun Watson. We're gonna have

803
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: to pick and choose the spots where the Texans can

804
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: take advantage of that. But there are gonna be rushing

805
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: yards there for de Seawan. Be it scrambles, be it

806
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:51,799
Speaker 1: design runs, slide, get down, get out of bounds. Don't

807
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: take needless hits. And it's not as if Deshaun wats to.

808
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: I know he's trying to get first downs, etc. But

809
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: just know how value you are. Don't you taking a

810
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: bunch of hits. But there will be rushing yards there

811
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:07,080
Speaker 1: on the field, no question. Number six, last one. The

812
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 1: Texans have to eliminate the push and penetration up the

813
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 1: field in the run game. That was a killer. Now

814
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:17,799
Speaker 1: you're a coach of Brian talked about the movement. The

815
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: Coats did a lot of moving. They dart inside, they

816
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 1: would slant inside, you know, they would jump from b

817
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 1: gap to a gap on the snap. They would stem

818
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 1: before the snap right before the snap and then play.

819
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,879
Speaker 1: They would jump into both a gaps. But Marcus Holt

820
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: was a problem six two ninety five, and he just

821
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: ran up field. He just I'm not gonna do anything

822
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,839
Speaker 1: else but run up field. It's actually not a bad plan.

823
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: That gave the Texans some issues up in Indianapolis. It

824
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: gave him issues the other day. I don't think Letard

825
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,280
Speaker 1: Williams will play it that way. He plays more technically sound,

826
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,879
Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. But that might be something

827
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: that Jets try and do. Just try and penetrate and

828
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: get up field and disrupt, if nothing else, the Texans

829
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: zone running game. But then the Texans have to counter.

830
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: We talked about that last week because we knew that

831
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:06,439
Speaker 1: the Colts would do that. We knew the Colts would

832
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,240
Speaker 1: get up field. We knew the Colts were penetrate, especially

833
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 1: Marcus Hunt. They threw screens, they tried to go back

834
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 1: across the grain, they tried to run some of the

835
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: split zone keep with Deshaun Watson. They did some of

836
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 1: those things. They just didn't do it enough. But you

837
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: gotta eliminate that penetration up the field. Maybe you change

838
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: a couple of the blocking schemes so that maybe Leonard

839
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 1: Williams or McClendon or whomever's inside doesn't get kind of

840
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:33,239
Speaker 1: that running start and just flying up the field. But

841
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 1: you gotta eliminate that. If you're gonna run the football,

842
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 1: you gotta eliminate that penetration. Now, I'm not saying you

843
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: gotta knock a guy five yards out field or they play,

844
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 1: but you've got to make sure that the penetration doesn't

845
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 1: get up field and disrupt the zone blocking scheme. And

846
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,280
Speaker 1: most importantly, what you don't want is for the running

847
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 1: backs to see that and then make a cut off

848
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: of that. That's what happened, and the running back is

849
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 1: schooled to do that. If they see somebody getting up field, boom,

850
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna cut it back immediately. Well, the Colts played

851
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 1: it right. The Colts essentially with that penetration, sent him

852
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 1: back to help. If you limit it that penetration, you

853
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: give the back a three way go. You can bang it,

854
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: bounce it, and you can bend it back. But the

855
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 1: culture taking those away. If you eliminate that penetration, then

856
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 1: you give the options back to your runner. Lamar Miller

857
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 1: and Alfred Blue, especially when you're in the zone running game.

858
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Speaker 1: So just some keys right there to a win over

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Speaker 1: A little bit about the New York Jets from Randy

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882
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 1: I'm John Harris Football, Aniston side on reporter. Sign to

883
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Speaker 1: go behind enemy sidelines. I gave you my keys, and

884
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,839
Speaker 1: each every Friday we find out what the other side

885
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Speaker 1: is thinking. Randy Lange covers the Jets for Jets dot Com.

886
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 1: He's rounding that team every single day and a good friend,

887
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 1: DPC who caught up with him earlier this week to

888
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: get the opposing sideline view. Here's Randy Lang of Jets

889
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 1: dot Com joining me today. Randy Lang, he's been covering

890
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: the Jets two thousand and seven as an editor, writer, reporter. Randy,

891
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,759
Speaker 1: how's it going today. I'm doing fine, and you know,

892
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: it's always good to be working the week after a

893
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 1: victory on the road, especially, Yes, we enjoyed that quite

894
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,759
Speaker 1: a bit this season. Unfortunately, this is not one of

895
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,360
Speaker 1: those weeks, and that brings me actually to my first question.

896
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: Both the Texans and the Jets snapped streaks this week.

897
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: The Texans snapped their nine week win streak and the

898
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 1: Jets obviously six game losing skid ended against the Bills.

899
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 1: What's the mood right there right now covering the team? Well,

900
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:34,240
Speaker 1: I would say that the mood is very upbeat because

901
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 1: the Jets, to a man, believed that they were not

902
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,080
Speaker 1: the team that they were putting on the field during

903
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,879
Speaker 1: that six game skid. They are a young team, They're

904
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,839
Speaker 1: very confident for the most part, and when they got

905
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,480
Speaker 1: the deal done and made the comeback official against the

906
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 1: Bills last week, they were very happy campers in the

907
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 1: New air Field locker room, and they continue this week

908
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 1: as they get ready for the Texans. I know the

909
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 1: record is not really what anybody wants to see right

910
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:01,880
Speaker 1: now far as the Jets are concerned, But how is

911
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 1: the mood as far as finding the franchise quarterback in

912
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold. It seems like there's a lot of reasons

913
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 1: for optimism moving forward, aren't they? Yeah, there is definitely.

914
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 1: I think Jet fans and certainly the organization embraced Sam

915
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: Darnald when Mike mcagnan, the GM and former employee the Texans,

916
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 1: I might add, did the work and got the Ducks

917
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:31,279
Speaker 1: in a row to draft Darnold third overall, and he

918
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,879
Speaker 1: started out the season as the starter. Started the first

919
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:36,879
Speaker 1: nine games. The first six were very promising at three

920
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,040
Speaker 1: and three. Then he went on a little skit along

921
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,240
Speaker 1: with the team three games and then got hurt against

922
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,880
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, so he did not play from that Miami

923
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: game until the Buffalo game on Sunday. But he did

924
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: some very nice things in the second half, especially showing

925
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 1: that he was back from the injury, and that also

926
00:45:55,640 --> 00:46:00,360
Speaker 1: he's quite precocious for being the youngest starter in the NFL,

927
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,840
Speaker 1: and I don't know since the merger, maybe at twenty

928
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: one years and less than a hundred days, I think.

929
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 1: And so he showed that, you know, he could he

930
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: could shake him bake out there on the field when

931
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 1: he threw that touchdown pass to Robbie Anderson to get

932
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 1: the Jets within a score or actually tied it up

933
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 1: to twenty twenty, and then after the Bills kicked the

934
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: field goal to go ahead, he led his first game

935
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,719
Speaker 1: winning drive all the way down to fourth and goal

936
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:30,359
Speaker 1: at the one and handed off to Elijah McGuire who

937
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:33,759
Speaker 1: scored the winning touchdown. So all signs of pointing up

938
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 1: for Sam Darnold on the Jets. What have you seen

939
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 1: from his development over the course of the season and

940
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:41,759
Speaker 1: during that three game stretch where he was out, how

941
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 1: much do you think mentally he got better? Well? I

942
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:50,200
Speaker 1: think he definitely benefited from watching Josh McCown. He has

943
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,720
Speaker 1: great respect from m account who's a sixteen year veteran,

944
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: started thirteen games for the Jets last year, did very

945
00:46:56,120 --> 00:47:01,759
Speaker 1: well all things considered. But you know, Josh and Sam

946
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:05,120
Speaker 1: have been very close in the meeting rooms and on

947
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 1: the field. So Josh, even though he was even though

948
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 1: Sam was starting the first nine games, he took a

949
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 1: little breath and watched Josh operate and said he learned

950
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:17,399
Speaker 1: a lot from him. There what Sam has shown since

951
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:20,799
Speaker 1: he got here. I think everybody who's talked about him

952
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: agrees that he is someone who doesn't make a lot

953
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:28,239
Speaker 1: of mistakes the second time. He gets him cleaned up

954
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:30,880
Speaker 1: and figures him out after one time, and then he

955
00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 1: moves on and looks better for it. He's deceptively mobile.

956
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:40,960
Speaker 1: He's not a running quarterback like the Shawn Watson perhaps

957
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:44,200
Speaker 1: or some others we've seen, like Josh Allen against the

958
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,759
Speaker 1: Bills last week, but he is mobile enough in the

959
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:48,839
Speaker 1: pocket and he does like to throw on the run.

960
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: Sometimes I can get him in trouble, but other times,

961
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:55,359
Speaker 1: as I mentioned with the Robbie Anderson play, he went

962
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:57,279
Speaker 1: to his right, circle back, went to his left and

963
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: hit Robbie Anderson with a dart and made it all

964
00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 1: look very easy. So all of those things coming into play.

965
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 1: He seems to be able to throw every ball. And

966
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 1: we haven't really seen everything from Sam Darnald yet, but

967
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:11,319
Speaker 1: I think, you know, there's there's a lot of intelligence

968
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:15,240
Speaker 1: there and a lot of moxie. And he's very old

969
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 1: for his age, you know, he's like a rookie's playing

970
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 1: like a fifth year veteran. Yeah, a lot of excitement

971
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,919
Speaker 1: around Sam, especially after that Week one win that they had,

972
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,799
Speaker 1: the big win over the Lions at Detroit, and the

973
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:29,360
Speaker 1: Jets in general have had some pretty convincing wins this

974
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 1: season against Indianapolis and Denver, but then obviously they've had

975
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 1: the losses as well. What do you think is the

976
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 1: biggest reason for the inconsistency, Well, it's some youth at quarterback.

977
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:41,399
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold I think still leads the NFL and interceptions

978
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 1: thrown not by a lot, but I think he's definitely

979
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:46,680
Speaker 1: up there, So that was one part of the equation.

980
00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:48,839
Speaker 1: The other part is that the Jets went through a

981
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,799
Speaker 1: very bad injury period where they were losing players either

982
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:55,160
Speaker 1: for a game at a time or to the injury reserve,

983
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: and so as a result, that was hurting the continuity.

984
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:01,919
Speaker 1: The offensive line has been a little up and down.

985
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 1: The running game, they lost Balal Powell early on, and

986
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:08,759
Speaker 1: so they've been going with Isaiah Crowell, who's not a

987
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 1: bad back at all, but he's also been knicked up

988
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,759
Speaker 1: and has been playing on a bad ankle. So you know,

989
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 1: you've got all those things going on. And wide receiver

990
00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:19,600
Speaker 1: situations were up and down. They they you know, had

991
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,040
Speaker 1: a few receivers that they brought in early and they'd

992
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:24,440
Speaker 1: let go to mid season and Quincy and nun was

993
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:28,040
Speaker 1: coming back very good, but sometimes, you know, he's prominent

994
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 1: in the game, plans sometimes remain curse. Other times it's

995
00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:33,759
Speaker 1: it's been hard to find a wide receiver getting open.

996
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:37,120
Speaker 1: So all of those things were playing into the six

997
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:40,160
Speaker 1: game losing streak. The defense was kind of up and down,

998
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,720
Speaker 1: giving up big plays, although they're playing well on third

999
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:47,440
Speaker 1: down and in the red zone, but still getting burned

1000
00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:51,440
Speaker 1: a few times. And paying for it. So all in all,

1001
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:53,680
Speaker 1: it was just one of those things where nobody really was,

1002
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:55,960
Speaker 1: you know, to blame game after game, but a lot

1003
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:59,120
Speaker 1: of players were just having a little trouble getting continuity,

1004
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:00,840
Speaker 1: and I think the injury is playing into it, and

1005
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 1: so they were looking for a way to bust out

1006
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:05,240
Speaker 1: of this thing and they did finally find it against

1007
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,879
Speaker 1: the Bills. Yeah, let's focus on the defense for a bit,

1008
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,560
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien. He had some high praise for the second

1009
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:13,279
Speaker 1: year's safety Jamal Adams. He had the strip sack on

1010
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:18,040
Speaker 1: Sunday on Josh Allen. How does he affect opposing quarterbacks? Well,

1011
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:24,200
Speaker 1: Jamal has become an extremely potent player in his second year.

1012
00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:27,719
Speaker 1: He was very good in his rookie season, but he's

1013
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:31,120
Speaker 1: developed and he's starting to win converts. I mean, people

1014
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,920
Speaker 1: are saying this guy is whether they say he's the

1015
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:36,280
Speaker 1: best on the Jets defense, or he's a pro bowler

1016
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:39,160
Speaker 1: for sure or whatever. He's starting to get that kind

1017
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:42,080
Speaker 1: of recognition around the league. He gets it from playing

1018
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 1: all over the field. He's in the deep middle, but

1019
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:47,399
Speaker 1: he'll come up into the box a lot. They'll send

1020
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 1: him on blitzes on occasion. He's had some strip sacks,

1021
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 1: He's gotten some hand his hand on some balls in

1022
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 1: the backfield for incomplete passes. He's making tackles behind the line,

1023
00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:01,160
Speaker 1: leads the Jets in TFLs also as a leader in

1024
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:03,759
Speaker 1: an interesting stat that I don't see a lot of

1025
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:07,240
Speaker 1: people keeping, which is making stops on third and fourth

1026
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 1: down that opponents don't convert on. And he's got eleven

1027
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 1: of those leading the team, which is normally a linebackers role.

1028
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:16,839
Speaker 1: So he is doing it all for the Jets, and

1029
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:19,920
Speaker 1: he is getting that recognition, and he's a very big

1030
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 1: part of what they do on defense and takeaways. That

1031
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:25,399
Speaker 1: also seems to be big area Jets defense is capitalizing

1032
00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:27,760
Speaker 1: on what's been the key to success when it comes

1033
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,520
Speaker 1: to forcing turnovers. They had three against the Bills on Sunday,

1034
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:33,880
Speaker 1: Yeah they did, but you know, they went through a drought.

1035
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:38,719
Speaker 1: It was very strange because they had started to make

1036
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,520
Speaker 1: a name for themselves in turning the ball over through

1037
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:43,560
Speaker 1: the first I think it was six games during that

1038
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,040
Speaker 1: three and three start, and then they went five games

1039
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:48,680
Speaker 1: with no takeaways. They just had nothing. They couldn't get

1040
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:53,000
Speaker 1: the balls to save their lives. And then for whatever reason,

1041
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 1: it started again when Tremaine Johnson, you know, leaked up

1042
00:51:56,560 --> 00:52:00,440
Speaker 1: and you know, snared a real short in cut Marcus

1043
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: Mariota took it for a touchdown. Two weeks ago, Tremaine

1044
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:06,680
Speaker 1: had two more picks, his first two pick game for

1045
00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:09,920
Speaker 1: the Jets and his fourth overall for the Jets against

1046
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,560
Speaker 1: the Bills. And you know they had the three takeaways,

1047
00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:14,279
Speaker 1: so they seem to be back on the theme. But

1048
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: you know, those those turnovers, they, as they like to say,

1049
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:19,840
Speaker 1: the coaches always say, they come in bunches. The Jets

1050
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:21,520
Speaker 1: would like to see a bunch more against the text.

1051
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:24,359
Speaker 1: Randy Andre Roberts still a big factor in the Jets

1052
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:26,279
Speaker 1: return game. Can't believe what he's able to do at

1053
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:29,240
Speaker 1: this point in his career. What makes them so elusive

1054
00:52:29,239 --> 00:52:31,520
Speaker 1: to bring down on punts and kickoff returns, and how

1055
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: surprises everyone up there at how well he's doing at

1056
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: this point in his career. I think everyone's pleasantly surprised,

1057
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 1: although not wildly surprised, because Todd Bowles, you know, he

1058
00:52:43,719 --> 00:52:48,400
Speaker 1: had some familiarity at a previous stop with Andre, and

1059
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:50,960
Speaker 1: I believe it was Arizona, so he knew of him,

1060
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 1: and the Jets have been looking for a returner to

1061
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:58,080
Speaker 1: settle down that position. For the last two years, they

1062
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:01,200
Speaker 1: just kept trying guys in the turnstyle was whirring away there.

1063
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 1: But Roberts came in a very professional, very solid citizen,

1064
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:09,480
Speaker 1: and a great veteran, and then he's got this nice

1065
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 1: little burst and he's got some change of direction, and

1066
00:53:12,239 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, this guy is like lighting it up.

1067
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 1: In the NFL. He is first in punt return average

1068
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:21,560
Speaker 1: among the qualifying punt returners. He is now fourth and

1069
00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:25,320
Speaker 1: kickoff return average, which he improved on with his fifty

1070
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:28,000
Speaker 1: one and eighty six yard returns against the Bills that

1071
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 1: were very helpful in the comeback. And he leads the

1072
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 1: league easily at this point in total kick return yards.

1073
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 1: So he's doing it all, and he even helps out

1074
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:41,880
Speaker 1: on offense occasionally, and he's making a legitimate pitch for

1075
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:44,640
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl birth as well as Jamal and perhaps

1076
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:46,640
Speaker 1: Jason Myers. All right, Randy was going to ask you

1077
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,480
Speaker 1: what storylines you're working on this week. Actually, here in Houston,

1078
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: a lot of people are very interested in the weather

1079
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,560
Speaker 1: report up in New York supposed to be about forties

1080
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:58,200
Speaker 1: fifties and raining. Is that a storyline up there in

1081
00:53:58,239 --> 00:54:01,080
Speaker 1: New York And if not, what are the storylines you're

1082
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:03,480
Speaker 1: focusing on? Well, don't say that. The weather at this

1083
00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 1: time of year is always something to keep an eye

1084
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:10,759
Speaker 1: on for a sidebar or a pregame angle. Um, we're

1085
00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,279
Speaker 1: hearing the same thing up here that it's going to

1086
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,200
Speaker 1: get a little warmer and it may rain during the game.

1087
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:18,879
Speaker 1: So that's uh, you know, take that for what it's worth.

1088
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:21,600
Speaker 1: It could slow people down, or it could give some

1089
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:25,440
Speaker 1: other players an opportunity to show that they can can

1090
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:28,680
Speaker 1: move on a wet track and not let it bother them.

1091
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 1: But as far as the other storylines, and it's Sam

1092
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:34,960
Speaker 1: Darnold making his second start since the injury and his

1093
00:54:35,080 --> 00:54:38,279
Speaker 1: first start since leading his first comeback, so I think

1094
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:40,200
Speaker 1: a lot of fans want to see if he can

1095
00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:42,520
Speaker 1: continue that and if the Jets offense is starting to

1096
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:46,480
Speaker 1: feel better about itself. I think, you know there, the

1097
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:50,480
Speaker 1: defense is set definitely looking forward to the challenge of

1098
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:53,400
Speaker 1: the the Texans offense. They know of the dangers that

1099
00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:57,759
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson can present, and they saw first hand a

1100
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,439
Speaker 1: few years ago what DeAndre Hopkins can do to them,

1101
00:55:00,719 --> 00:55:03,200
Speaker 1: and they also know about what Lamar Miller could do

1102
00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:06,359
Speaker 1: because Lamar is the only NFL back ever with two

1103
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:10,520
Speaker 1: ninety seven yard runs or longer in a career. He

1104
00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:12,680
Speaker 1: did it once this year, as you well know, and

1105
00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:14,800
Speaker 1: he did it once at the end of the twenty

1106
00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:18,439
Speaker 1: fourteen season against against the Jets. That's right, that's right.

1107
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:20,920
Speaker 1: So you know, they're very well aware of what this

1108
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:24,640
Speaker 1: what can happen, and they have given up some long

1109
00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:27,759
Speaker 1: running plays and some you know, passing plays. Although the

1110
00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:31,719
Speaker 1: past defense has been you know, pretty consistent, but the

1111
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:33,799
Speaker 1: run defense, I think they want to tighten that up

1112
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:35,880
Speaker 1: and that's going to be a big challenge against the Texans.

1113
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:39,040
Speaker 1: All right, good stuff. Randy Lang is editor, writer reporter

1114
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,120
Speaker 1: for the Jets, been covering the team since two thousand

1115
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:43,880
Speaker 1: and seven. Randy, thanks so much for the time. Thanks

1116
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:46,120
Speaker 1: for having me. I appreciate it. Great stuff there from

1117
00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:49,920
Speaker 1: Randy Lang, who covers the Jets for Jets dot Com.

1118
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:53,640
Speaker 1: You talked about that twenty fifteen game against DeAndre Hopkins.

1119
00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:56,600
Speaker 1: Problem in some sense is that there are only two

1120
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:59,200
Speaker 1: players all the Jets defense are on a roster at

1121
00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:03,400
Speaker 1: that time, Leo Williams, Leonard Williams and Buster Screen. That

1122
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:07,080
Speaker 1: was it, and Lamar Miller's run, nobody was on the roster.

1123
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:10,600
Speaker 1: Nobody was on the roster and defensive side that faced

1124
00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:13,759
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller ninety seven yard runs. So and of course

1125
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,719
Speaker 1: Lamar's doing that for the Dolphins. So look, anytime you

1126
00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:19,280
Speaker 1: start thinking about things back in twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen,

1127
00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:22,759
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, it doesn't seem like that long ago. But

1128
00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 1: roster's changed so quickly in the NFL. Now, three years

1129
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,160
Speaker 1: difference this roster in twenty eighteen versus what it was

1130
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:33,400
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen light years different. So yes, they're aware

1131
00:56:33,400 --> 00:56:35,480
Speaker 1: of him, but they're gonna be more aware of Lamar

1132
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:37,000
Speaker 1: Miller for the ninety seven yard run he had the

1133
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:38,680
Speaker 1: other night as opposed to the one that he had

1134
00:56:38,719 --> 00:56:40,840
Speaker 1: back in twenty fourteen. And they're gonna be aware of

1135
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:43,520
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins because everything that Hopp has done since he

1136
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:47,719
Speaker 1: the league in twenty thirteen. But great stuff. Appreciate Randy

1137
00:56:47,800 --> 00:56:50,399
Speaker 1: Lyan for stopping by coming up. It's gonna be our

1138
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:53,440
Speaker 1: Texans pick up segment. I pick every game in the

1139
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:56,279
Speaker 1: NFL straight up and against the Spreadnext right here in

1140
00:56:56,320 --> 00:57:09,840
Speaker 1: Texans All Access Week fifteen is upon us in the

1141
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:13,399
Speaker 1: NFL schedule. Your Texans will go face the New York

1142
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:18,120
Speaker 1: Jets tomorrow four thirty Eastern kickoff. If you're go into

1143
00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:21,760
Speaker 1: the game, up there a rand Gear B four thirty

1144
00:57:21,800 --> 00:57:24,440
Speaker 1: here three thirty local time, and we'll have everything for

1145
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:28,800
Speaker 1: you on Sports Radio six ten starting at twelve thirty.

1146
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,800
Speaker 1: I think it is our pregame show. We'll have Texas Unlimited.

1147
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:33,440
Speaker 1: You can check out on Houston Texas dot com. We

1148
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,880
Speaker 1: got all kinds of great pregame stuff here from Mark

1149
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 1: Andre and myself, John McClain, Robert Handle you here from

1150
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:43,200
Speaker 1: a lot of different people from up and East Rutherford,

1151
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 1: and it will be a wet one, there's no question

1152
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:49,160
Speaker 1: about that. On Sun excuse me, Saturday. Gotta make sure

1153
00:57:49,160 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 1: you say Saturday tomorrow against the New York Jets. Now,

1154
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,960
Speaker 1: with week fifteen upon us, that means it's time to

1155
00:57:57,160 --> 00:58:02,280
Speaker 1: make our picks. It's time for Texans pick them presented

1156
00:58:02,520 --> 00:58:05,880
Speaker 1: by Train and go to Houston Texans dot com. You

1157
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:10,680
Speaker 1: can still play now, that's something you can do because

1158
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:12,840
Speaker 1: it is Friday. This is something we do every Friday,

1159
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:15,160
Speaker 1: and you have a chance to win great weekly prizes

1160
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:19,040
Speaker 1: like autographed items, Texas tickets, or even a cruise. All

1161
00:58:19,040 --> 00:58:21,640
Speaker 1: you gotta do is download the Texans mobile app to play.

1162
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:24,720
Speaker 1: Now it's Texans pick them now. I do mine a little,

1163
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:27,960
Speaker 1: let's say a little differently, but I pick mine straight

1164
00:58:28,080 --> 00:58:31,640
Speaker 1: up and against the spread. It's always fun to do

1165
00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:34,200
Speaker 1: with that because when you talk about the spread, then

1166
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:36,400
Speaker 1: it's not so much I'm talking about, Hey, here's the

1167
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:39,160
Speaker 1: way that you can go win gambling. I don't really

1168
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:42,040
Speaker 1: want you to do that per se, but it's a

1169
00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:44,040
Speaker 1: good way to talk about the games and how close

1170
00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:46,320
Speaker 1: the games are gonna be, or things I've seen down

1171
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:49,080
Speaker 1: on the field. Two teams maybe we've seen like two

1172
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:50,800
Speaker 1: of them that are playing on Saturday. We'll get to

1173
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:52,680
Speaker 1: that in just a second. So I pick them straight

1174
00:58:52,800 --> 00:58:56,680
Speaker 1: up and against the spread. So let's get rolling. But

1175
00:58:57,520 --> 00:59:02,840
Speaker 1: first I need my game picking music. And there it

1176
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:06,600
Speaker 1: is just I should say, it's just films music. It's

1177
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:10,200
Speaker 1: NFL films music gets me hype. Really, to be honest

1178
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:12,360
Speaker 1: with you, Yeah, I pick games. I get hyped. I

1179
00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:14,720
Speaker 1: do that all right. Saturday it kicks off with the

1180
00:59:14,760 --> 00:59:18,280
Speaker 1: Texans going to New York Houston to six point favorite.

1181
00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 1: You know how I feel about picking the Texans games.

1182
00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:23,120
Speaker 1: I don't pick against harden Head, so I just leave

1183
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:27,320
Speaker 1: that one alone and don't touch it. The evening game though,

1184
00:59:27,560 --> 00:59:30,760
Speaker 1: and we'll start here the Cleveland Browns. The five and

1185
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:34,680
Speaker 1: seven Cleveland Browns take on the Denver Broncos. Now, how

1186
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:38,000
Speaker 1: about this. Cleveland wins this game on the road, they'll

1187
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:40,640
Speaker 1: go to six seven and one. That would make Denver

1188
00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 1: six and eight. Cleveland have a better record than Denver

1189
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:47,320
Speaker 1: at that point. And I believe if Cleveland wins, they're

1190
00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:50,920
Speaker 1: still alive in the playoff race heading into week sixteen. Now,

1191
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,840
Speaker 1: I think they need some some obvious things to happen

1192
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:57,200
Speaker 1: in front of them, and also in Week fifteen. But

1193
00:59:57,520 --> 01:00:00,120
Speaker 1: Cleveland stays in the playoff race. Denver with the win,

1194
01:00:00,520 --> 01:00:05,560
Speaker 1: stays in it. But it's not looking as clear, I guess.

1195
01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:07,360
Speaker 1: But seven and seven will be better than six seven

1196
01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:10,360
Speaker 1: and one. Denver's a three point favorite. I think Denver's

1197
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:14,040
Speaker 1: gonna get it done. I think Vans Joseph has I

1198
01:00:14,040 --> 01:00:16,040
Speaker 1: think he kind of, I don't want to say, took

1199
01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:17,960
Speaker 1: the blinders off this week, but he just took the

1200
01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:20,480
Speaker 1: filter out and he just said Case Keenan needs to

1201
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:24,320
Speaker 1: make more plays point blank in the story period done.

1202
01:00:25,160 --> 01:00:28,720
Speaker 1: And I've seen I've seen coaches challenge Case before and

1203
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:31,640
Speaker 1: It's turned out well for them because Case says answered

1204
01:00:31,640 --> 01:00:33,600
Speaker 1: the bell, and I think Case is gonna answer the

1205
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:35,440
Speaker 1: bell this time. I think Cleveland had a great win

1206
01:00:35,520 --> 01:00:38,480
Speaker 1: last week against Carolina, but I do think that Denver's

1207
01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:41,920
Speaker 1: past rush will get to Baker. Even if it results

1208
01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:44,240
Speaker 1: like you did hear in interceptions, that actually better for Denver.

1209
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:46,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give Denver a close win here. I think

1210
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:49,760
Speaker 1: it's actually by three, but since the spread is three,

1211
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:53,360
Speaker 1: I'll take Denver to win and cover the spread, and

1212
01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:56,600
Speaker 1: that'll finish Saturday's games, hopefully with a Texans win and

1213
01:00:56,720 --> 01:00:59,280
Speaker 1: with a Broncois win over to Cleveland Browns. That brings

1214
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:01,680
Speaker 1: us to some day and it starts in the AFC.

1215
01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:05,480
Speaker 1: Arizona goes to Atlanta. Nothing on the line here, Atlanta

1216
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:08,520
Speaker 1: at ten point underdog. I think Atlanta is gonna win

1217
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:10,040
Speaker 1: the game, but ten points is too rich. I think

1218
01:01:10,040 --> 01:01:11,680
Speaker 1: Arizona is gonna play a little bit better. They've been

1219
01:01:11,680 --> 01:01:15,600
Speaker 1: playing better. They beat the Packers a couple weeks ago.

1220
01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:17,720
Speaker 1: They're playing a little bit better football. And they didn't

1221
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:20,280
Speaker 1: play great last week. But cut up, cut it down,

1222
01:01:20,600 --> 01:01:23,040
Speaker 1: up and down. The roller coaster for Arizona at this

1223
01:01:23,080 --> 01:01:25,720
Speaker 1: point of year. But I think Atlanta win the game.

1224
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:27,720
Speaker 1: But I think Arizona is gonna play tight. I think

1225
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:29,920
Speaker 1: it gets inside that ten point number. It's taking Atlanta

1226
01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:32,200
Speaker 1: to win, but Arizona to show up and play and

1227
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:35,080
Speaker 1: get inside that ten point number. Detroit goes to Buffalo.

1228
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:39,000
Speaker 1: Detroit five and eight. Been all over the map this year.

1229
01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:41,640
Speaker 1: Big a good win for them since a big win,

1230
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:44,200
Speaker 1: but a good win for them last week against Arizona Cardinals.

1231
01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:47,760
Speaker 1: Buffalo should have beaten the Jets. I'll be honest with you.

1232
01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:49,560
Speaker 1: Should have been the Jets. I've said that this week.

1233
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:52,760
Speaker 1: Buffalo had them dead the rights, but they fumbled the

1234
01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:55,840
Speaker 1: ball number of times interception Late, they gave up two

1235
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:58,400
Speaker 1: big kickoff returns that set up the Jets for scores.

1236
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:01,160
Speaker 1: They should have beaten the Jet but didn't. I think

1237
01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:03,240
Speaker 1: they'll get this one done. I think they'll beat the Lions.

1238
01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:05,160
Speaker 1: It feels like a three to four point win. They

1239
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:06,840
Speaker 1: spread this two and a half, so I'll take Buffalo

1240
01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:08,600
Speaker 1: to win it to cover that two and a half.

1241
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:10,720
Speaker 1: Josh Allen playing a little bit better, not great. If

1242
01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:12,800
Speaker 1: you got to force him to throw, which Detroit will

1243
01:02:12,840 --> 01:02:16,560
Speaker 1: make him do. Detroit will make him throw, so Buffalo

1244
01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:18,240
Speaker 1: is gonna have to design some runs for Josh Allen.

1245
01:02:18,280 --> 01:02:20,080
Speaker 1: But he's been running the ball very, very well. In fact,

1246
01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:21,880
Speaker 1: think the last three weeks he's one of the top

1247
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:24,400
Speaker 1: five rushers in the league. As a quarterback, he's done

1248
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:27,360
Speaker 1: a nice job. From that perspective, you gotta throw it cleaner,

1249
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:29,440
Speaker 1: But I think he will, like Buffalo's defense, will bounce

1250
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:32,880
Speaker 1: back as long as they're not facing short fields all time.

1251
01:02:33,160 --> 01:02:34,840
Speaker 1: I felt like that entire game against the Jets, they

1252
01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:36,800
Speaker 1: were just on short fields against the Buffalo defense. I

1253
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:38,479
Speaker 1: didn't give them a shot at all. So I'm gonna

1254
01:02:38,480 --> 01:02:43,120
Speaker 1: get Buffalo the win and the cover over Detroit. Green

1255
01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:47,040
Speaker 1: Bay goes to Chicago Chicago coming off that big win

1256
01:02:47,240 --> 01:02:50,560
Speaker 1: over the La Rams on Sunday night and Aaron Rodgers,

1257
01:02:51,360 --> 01:02:53,200
Speaker 1: I won't say, you talk some trash, but he talked

1258
01:02:53,240 --> 01:02:56,280
Speaker 1: about what the text the Packers texts, what the Packers

1259
01:02:56,360 --> 01:02:58,240
Speaker 1: would have to do a few weeks ago, and he

1260
01:02:58,280 --> 01:03:00,000
Speaker 1: started going through the well, we gotta win this game.

1261
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:01,440
Speaker 1: I'm gonna win this game. Then we go to Chicago

1262
01:03:01,480 --> 01:03:05,040
Speaker 1: where we always win. And he's right, they have always

1263
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:09,919
Speaker 1: won since twenty ten. They've always won. Whether Rogers playing

1264
01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:14,800
Speaker 1: quarterback or not. I think it changes. I think Chicago

1265
01:03:14,920 --> 01:03:17,680
Speaker 1: wins this. The spread is seven. I don't feel good

1266
01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:19,520
Speaker 1: about the spread. I think I think Rogers and Green

1267
01:03:19,520 --> 01:03:21,720
Speaker 1: Bay will keep it close, but in the end, the

1268
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:26,160
Speaker 1: Bears defense will find a way to pull out that win.

1269
01:03:26,360 --> 01:03:30,360
Speaker 1: It'll be close, it'll be twenty three, twenty twenty one, seventeen,

1270
01:03:30,760 --> 01:03:33,960
Speaker 1: twenty eight, twenty four kind of thing. Bears will win,

1271
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:37,520
Speaker 1: but it's gonna get inside that seven point number. Oakland

1272
01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:42,240
Speaker 1: goes to Cincinnati, Cincinnati's gonna win and cover. I think

1273
01:03:42,920 --> 01:03:45,200
Speaker 1: Cincinnati he's a favorite by two and a half. The

1274
01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:47,200
Speaker 1: Bengals a flat out quote. I noticed that a a couple

1275
01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:49,480
Speaker 1: of weeks ago against the Cleveland Browns watching him on tape.

1276
01:03:49,640 --> 01:03:55,160
Speaker 1: Oh man, they quit and they've quit. They battle hard

1277
01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:57,520
Speaker 1: against the charges. I'll give him that, but I'm taking

1278
01:03:57,520 --> 01:04:00,000
Speaker 1: Cincinnati to win and cover. Get a six win from

1279
01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:04,040
Speaker 1: Marvin Lewis. I would think on his last few weeks

1280
01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:06,120
Speaker 1: as Bengals head coach. But you never know what's gonna

1281
01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:08,280
Speaker 1: happen in Cincinnati. I think at times we've thought to

1282
01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:10,240
Speaker 1: that through Marvin Lewis's career, and he stayed there as

1283
01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:12,560
Speaker 1: the head coach. So I'm gonna take Cincinnati beat oak

1284
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:14,880
Speaker 1: Oakland got the win of the year last year for

1285
01:04:14,920 --> 01:04:17,280
Speaker 1: them beating the Steelers. So since Natie gets them and

1286
01:04:17,360 --> 01:04:19,200
Speaker 1: covers that two and a half wint spread, all right,

1287
01:04:19,240 --> 01:04:23,040
Speaker 1: here we go. Now it gets interesting with these new

1288
01:04:23,160 --> 01:04:28,880
Speaker 1: games coming up Dallas Indie. A win for Dallas clinches

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01:04:28,920 --> 01:04:32,520
Speaker 1: the division. A win for Indianapolis keeps them alive in

1290
01:04:32,560 --> 01:04:35,120
Speaker 1: the playoff race, and depending on what happens with the Texans,

1291
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:39,520
Speaker 1: Indianapolis stays alive for the AFC South Division race. Indie's

1292
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:42,080
Speaker 1: favored by two and a half. I think this Zach

1293
01:04:42,160 --> 01:04:46,040
Speaker 1: Martin injury is a bigger one than maybe anybody's letting

1294
01:04:46,080 --> 01:04:49,200
Speaker 1: on because that Colts defensive line can get after it.

1295
01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:53,520
Speaker 1: I would love Dallas to win, trust me, I would

1296
01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:56,720
Speaker 1: love Dallas to win. I don't think that it happens.

1297
01:04:56,920 --> 01:04:59,880
Speaker 1: I think Indianapolis gets to win and they'll get the cover.

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01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:02,640
Speaker 1: It's gonna be close. I think this is a anywhere

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01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:05,120
Speaker 1: from a three to six point win, nothing more than that.

1300
01:05:05,520 --> 01:05:08,280
Speaker 1: But I think the Colts kind of found themselves again

1301
01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:10,479
Speaker 1: against US last week. I think they'll do it again

1302
01:05:10,520 --> 01:05:13,000
Speaker 1: against Dallas. I think they'll slow the Cowboys training the

1303
01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:15,160
Speaker 1: Cowboys have played very well at home this year. On

1304
01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:18,240
Speaker 1: the road, they've played okay at times, But I think

1305
01:05:18,040 --> 01:05:22,280
Speaker 1: the the cults are a different animal altogether. And Matt

1306
01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:25,640
Speaker 1: Everflews knows the Dallas offense. He spent time with the

1307
01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:29,240
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys and the defensive coaching staff. I think that's

1308
01:05:29,280 --> 01:05:31,400
Speaker 1: gonna give them a leg up. He's defense coordinated for

1309
01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:32,960
Speaker 1: the Colts. I think the Colts win that and cover

1310
01:05:33,040 --> 01:05:35,240
Speaker 1: that unfortunately, but I'm cheering like hell for the Cowboys.

1311
01:05:35,360 --> 01:05:38,520
Speaker 1: How about that? Miami goes to Minnesota, Minnesota's favorite by

1312
01:05:38,520 --> 01:05:41,920
Speaker 1: seven and a half. Miami had maybe the play of

1313
01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:44,800
Speaker 1: the decade, maybe the play of the century to beat

1314
01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:47,480
Speaker 1: the Patriots last week, and then in a locker room

1315
01:05:47,520 --> 01:05:50,240
Speaker 1: something stood out to me. They're all channing CNX one

1316
01:05:50,320 --> 01:05:53,160
Speaker 1: or cwns. They see wednes they see Wednesday. They're still

1317
01:05:53,160 --> 01:05:55,240
Speaker 1: in the playoff hunt. If you're in a playoff hunt,

1318
01:05:55,240 --> 01:05:57,280
Speaker 1: you want to come right back the next day and

1319
01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:00,400
Speaker 1: start getting ready for Minnesota. I think Minnesota bounces here.

1320
01:06:00,600 --> 01:06:03,600
Speaker 1: New offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski takes over John d. Philippo.

1321
01:06:03,720 --> 01:06:06,760
Speaker 1: I think Minnesota finds a way to win. They'll win

1322
01:06:06,840 --> 01:06:09,320
Speaker 1: by seven spread, seven and a half. Miami will get

1323
01:06:09,320 --> 01:06:11,600
Speaker 1: to cover. Minnesota will get to win. Need Miami to

1324
01:06:11,680 --> 01:06:14,240
Speaker 1: lose that one, need them to lose, Just trust me

1325
01:06:14,280 --> 01:06:17,680
Speaker 1: on that. Tennessee goes to the Giants. So here's your

1326
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:22,920
Speaker 1: East Rutherford Meadowlands back to back Saturday Night Texans Jets

1327
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:29,560
Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon Tennessee Giants. Need the Giants to win this one,

1328
01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:31,880
Speaker 1: and I think the Giants will. I'm gonna take the upset. Well,

1329
01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:33,640
Speaker 1: it's not even an upset. The Giants are favorite by

1330
01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:36,200
Speaker 1: two and a half. I know the Titans got a

1331
01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:38,360
Speaker 1: little bit of a mini buy. They have to have it.

1332
01:06:38,480 --> 01:06:40,400
Speaker 1: The Giants have to have it to keep alive in

1333
01:06:40,440 --> 01:06:42,960
Speaker 1: the playoff race. I think the Titans have been two

1334
01:06:42,960 --> 01:06:45,080
Speaker 1: and consistent. The one thing about the Giants haven't been

1335
01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:47,800
Speaker 1: in consistent. They've actually they've been rising, They've been ascending

1336
01:06:47,840 --> 01:06:51,760
Speaker 1: and playing better football. I'm gonna take the Giants to

1337
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,360
Speaker 1: knock the Tennessee Titans out of the playoff race, out

1338
01:06:54,360 --> 01:06:57,800
Speaker 1: of the AFC South Division standings, and out of that race.

1339
01:06:58,040 --> 01:06:59,520
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Giants to win to cover that

1340
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:02,640
Speaker 1: two and a half. Washington goes to Jacksonville. Washington started

1341
01:07:02,760 --> 01:07:05,480
Speaker 1: Josh Johnson Jacksonville's favored by seven and a half. As

1342
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:08,840
Speaker 1: a result, I don't know that Jacksonville could put up

1343
01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:11,240
Speaker 1: seven and a half points right now, but I'm gonna

1344
01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:13,120
Speaker 1: go with Jacksonville to cover that seven and a half

1345
01:07:13,280 --> 01:07:17,439
Speaker 1: or Washington, because Washington is dreadful, dreadful. After Alex Smith

1346
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:21,120
Speaker 1: got hurt, the season just went gone. Then Cole McCoy

1347
01:07:21,160 --> 01:07:24,800
Speaker 1: got hurt, went further in the tank. Then Mark Sanchez

1348
01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:28,919
Speaker 1: did Mark Sanchez things. And now it's Josh Johnson, who,

1349
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:31,760
Speaker 1: by the way, was the Texans backup quarterback at this

1350
01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:35,400
Speaker 1: time last year. He's starting for Washington Jacksonville. Let me

1351
01:07:35,400 --> 01:07:37,480
Speaker 1: tell you how it December a trip that Jacksonville went

1352
01:07:37,640 --> 01:07:41,520
Speaker 1: with a backup quarterback signed twenty seventeen. Let's go Jacksonville

1353
01:07:41,520 --> 01:07:43,040
Speaker 1: to win and cover that seven and a half. It'll

1354
01:07:43,080 --> 01:07:46,120
Speaker 1: be like ten nothing, fourteen three, something like that. But Jacksonville,

1355
01:07:46,120 --> 01:07:49,000
Speaker 1: get it thought. Tampa Bay goes to Baltimore. Tampa Bay

1356
01:07:49,040 --> 01:07:51,480
Speaker 1: is still in the mix in the NFC. They'll put

1357
01:07:51,560 --> 01:07:54,000
Speaker 1: up some points. Baltimore's favored by nine. That's a little

1358
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:56,560
Speaker 1: too rich for me. I'm going with Tampa Bay again

1359
01:07:56,560 --> 01:08:00,280
Speaker 1: inside the number of Baltimore to win at home. Seattle

1360
01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:03,680
Speaker 1: goes to San Francisco potentially the hottest team in the league.

1361
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:07,520
Speaker 1: I should say, arguably the hottest team in the league.

1362
01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:11,280
Speaker 1: The Seattle Seahawks going to San Francisco. George Kittle. They

1363
01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:12,840
Speaker 1: better find a way to stop him. Two hundred ten

1364
01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:15,840
Speaker 1: yards last week, he was five yards away from the

1365
01:08:15,880 --> 01:08:21,120
Speaker 1: tight end record all time. He's a stud. But Seattle's

1366
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:23,719
Speaker 1: playing with a lot to play for. San Francisco's kind

1367
01:08:23,720 --> 01:08:26,800
Speaker 1: of free and easy. Seattle's favorite by four and a half.

1368
01:08:26,840 --> 01:08:30,120
Speaker 1: That feels exactly right, not four and a half, but

1369
01:08:30,240 --> 01:08:32,920
Speaker 1: like four four would be inside the number four to

1370
01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:34,840
Speaker 1: five points. I mean, you're traveling right where I thought

1371
01:08:34,840 --> 01:08:37,120
Speaker 1: it would be. But I think Seattle, with a lot

1372
01:08:37,160 --> 01:08:40,599
Speaker 1: to play for, will end up winning this football game.

1373
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:43,000
Speaker 1: I just don't like that four and a half. I

1374
01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:44,840
Speaker 1: would stay away from it, but forced to pick, I'll

1375
01:08:44,840 --> 01:08:46,560
Speaker 1: pick Seattle to win and to cover that four and

1376
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:51,200
Speaker 1: a half. New England goes to Pittsburgh on Sunday afternoon.

1377
01:08:51,560 --> 01:08:55,360
Speaker 1: We've seen this song and dance before. Pittsburgh and New

1378
01:08:55,400 --> 01:08:57,479
Speaker 1: England played one of the games of the year last year,

1379
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:02,000
Speaker 1: and I would expect that again. But neither teams got

1380
01:09:02,040 --> 01:09:05,479
Speaker 1: any sort of Hot Street going New England last week,

1381
01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:08,240
Speaker 1: loses down in Miami. All kinds of things went wrong

1382
01:09:08,280 --> 01:09:11,000
Speaker 1: for them down in Miami. Pittsburgh has lost three in

1383
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:14,679
Speaker 1: a row to AFC West teams. They've lost to every

1384
01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:16,479
Speaker 1: team but the Chiefs, and then they got the Chiefs

1385
01:09:16,479 --> 01:09:21,439
Speaker 1: coming up soon. I think, gosh, this one is it's

1386
01:09:21,479 --> 01:09:25,640
Speaker 1: New England favored by one, so it's essentially a pick them,

1387
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:28,439
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go with Pittsburgh to save its season.

1388
01:09:28,680 --> 01:09:32,479
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, they will find a way, Judu

1389
01:09:32,520 --> 01:09:36,479
Speaker 1: Smith Schuster, Pittsburgh finds a way to win this one,

1390
01:09:36,800 --> 01:09:39,840
Speaker 1: They'll upset New England. I guess I don't know if

1391
01:09:39,880 --> 01:09:41,760
Speaker 1: that's much of an upset. New England's favored by one.

1392
01:09:41,920 --> 01:09:45,160
Speaker 1: Let's go with Pittsburgh to save its season and fight

1393
01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:48,920
Speaker 1: off and keep fighting off the Baltimore Ravens. Philadelphia takes

1394
01:09:48,920 --> 01:09:51,880
Speaker 1: on the La Rams. Carson Wentz is out of this one.

1395
01:09:51,880 --> 01:09:54,200
Speaker 1: This is a pretty important one for the Texans as well,

1396
01:09:54,560 --> 01:09:57,520
Speaker 1: because if the Rams win this one, then the Eagles

1397
01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:01,360
Speaker 1: essentially are out of the playoff race. They may sit

1398
01:10:01,520 --> 01:10:04,920
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz the rest of the year. Nick Foles is

1399
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:08,920
Speaker 1: no pushover, but I'd rather face Folds than I would

1400
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:13,639
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, especially the way Philadelphia is playing, and if

1401
01:10:13,680 --> 01:10:17,559
Speaker 1: that season is definitely over, it doesn't mean you think

1402
01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:20,280
Speaker 1: for Philadelphia. It could mean a lot for the Texans,

1403
01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:24,599
Speaker 1: depending how this entire weekend shapes out. The Rams are

1404
01:10:24,600 --> 01:10:26,960
Speaker 1: favored by twelve and a half. I'm taking the Rams

1405
01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:29,479
Speaker 1: to win. I think Philadelphia get inside of twelve and

1406
01:10:29,479 --> 01:10:31,800
Speaker 1: a half number. Philadelphia is still is playing, They're still

1407
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:34,760
Speaker 1: playing hard, they still got some athletes tight ends are

1408
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:37,160
Speaker 1: as good as they get Zach Ertz, Dallas Goddard. They'll

1409
01:10:37,200 --> 01:10:39,639
Speaker 1: give the Rams and push the Rams, but forty one

1410
01:10:39,720 --> 01:10:41,479
Speaker 1: thirty one gets you a cover by the Eagles. So

1411
01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:44,000
Speaker 1: that's why I'm going with Rams to win, Philadelphia to

1412
01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:48,439
Speaker 1: cover on Sunday night, But the Eagles, with a loss

1413
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:51,599
Speaker 1: out of the playoff race, the Texans coming in, they

1414
01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:53,960
Speaker 1: may start sitting some dudes, which would be kind of nice,

1415
01:10:53,960 --> 01:10:56,920
Speaker 1: but the Rams will light up that secondary. Philadelphia's secondary

1416
01:10:57,280 --> 01:11:01,320
Speaker 1: is banged up like nobody's business. And then Monday night,

1417
01:11:01,360 --> 01:11:05,080
Speaker 1: New Orleans goes to Carolina. New Orleans is favored by

1418
01:11:05,120 --> 01:11:09,920
Speaker 1: seven on the road. This is a playoff slash super

1419
01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:12,640
Speaker 1: Bowl like game. This is it for Carolina? This it?

1420
01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:14,400
Speaker 1: This is the last house of the left is Mark

1421
01:11:14,439 --> 01:11:19,160
Speaker 1: would say Carolina must must have this one. And I

1422
01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:21,160
Speaker 1: think that Carolina is gonna find a way to keep

1423
01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:23,840
Speaker 1: it close. But in the end, Drew Brees, Drew Brees

1424
01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:26,920
Speaker 1: and New Orleans win this thing one twenty eight thirty

1425
01:11:26,960 --> 01:11:30,719
Speaker 1: eight thirty five by about three points. So give Carolina

1426
01:11:30,760 --> 01:11:34,200
Speaker 1: the cover, but New Orleans the win on the road,

1427
01:11:34,439 --> 01:11:37,719
Speaker 1: and that'll give them twelve wins. That'll keep them right

1428
01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:40,400
Speaker 1: on par with the Rams for that number one seed.

1429
01:11:40,479 --> 01:11:43,240
Speaker 1: Nothing's been settled, nothing's been clinched over there in the NFC,

1430
01:11:43,680 --> 01:11:47,360
Speaker 1: but those two are fighting for the top two spots.

1431
01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:51,160
Speaker 1: I don't think the Bears can get there. Maybe they can,

1432
01:11:51,240 --> 01:11:53,519
Speaker 1: but they'd have to have meltdowns by both the Saints

1433
01:11:53,560 --> 01:11:55,439
Speaker 1: and the Rams. I don't think it happens. I think

1434
01:11:55,479 --> 01:11:58,160
Speaker 1: both the Rams and the Saints win this weekend. I

1435
01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:00,640
Speaker 1: think that both teams do not cover, but they do

1436
01:12:00,720 --> 01:12:02,920
Speaker 1: get wins. At this time of year, that's all it's important.

1437
01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:05,080
Speaker 1: But because we're picking against the spread, that's how I

1438
01:12:05,080 --> 01:12:07,080
Speaker 1: think it will go. Let care a lot of battles

1439
01:12:08,080 --> 01:12:11,439
Speaker 1: as as much as it will all season in a

1440
01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:13,800
Speaker 1: must win situation. They'll be there, but the Ram, the

1441
01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:16,760
Speaker 1: Saints will make just one too many plays. Saints win,

1442
01:12:17,080 --> 01:12:21,600
Speaker 1: Panthers cover, Eagles cover, Rams win. So that's how the

1443
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:23,800
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1448
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Speaker 1: it's our Players Segment, with our Players segment, I turned

1449
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Speaker 1: over them. It's a little get to know, it's a

1450
01:12:42,160 --> 01:12:44,880
Speaker 1: little Kjack TV, a little bit of this, a little

1451
01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:46,840
Speaker 1: bit of that. Oh and it's our final Word with

1452
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:49,919
Speaker 1: Drew Doherty. And this week it's with the Man DJ

1453
01:12:50,400 --> 01:14:00,720
Speaker 1: Reader right here. Coming up next on Texas Access, We've

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01:14:00,760 --> 01:14:03,439
Speaker 1: got one final segment on this Friday evening of Texans

1455
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:06,400
Speaker 1: All Access from Monday, Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host,

1456
01:14:06,760 --> 01:14:10,720
Speaker 1: John Harris. Glad to be with you this evening, as always.

1457
01:14:10,800 --> 01:14:15,160
Speaker 1: Game tomorrow three thirty right here, three thirty Houston time,

1458
01:14:15,280 --> 01:14:17,680
Speaker 1: four thirty local times. So if you're up there in

1459
01:14:18,320 --> 01:14:22,479
Speaker 1: East Rutherford, bring your rain gear, stay dry and cheer

1460
01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:25,000
Speaker 1: on your Texans. If you're here, three thirty will start

1461
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:28,080
Speaker 1: to kickoff. I'm sorry the pre game show count out.

1462
01:14:28,120 --> 01:14:32,800
Speaker 1: The kickoff at twelve thirty local time, so be there.

1463
01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:35,120
Speaker 1: You got Mike Meltzer and Sean Pendergast will take you

1464
01:14:35,160 --> 01:14:37,360
Speaker 1: through that. I'll pop on Robert Hensley will pop on

1465
01:14:37,800 --> 01:14:39,760
Speaker 1: Mark and Andre John mcclem We got all kinds of

1466
01:14:39,800 --> 01:14:41,920
Speaker 1: guests on there as well. Then the game, Mark, Andre

1467
01:14:42,120 --> 01:14:44,600
Speaker 1: myself and then postgame Sean pender Gas, Paul Gallant, a

1468
01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:47,120
Speaker 1: season shorts. We'll have you. Hopefully we're talking about win

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Speaker 1: number ten all rights. Final segment we always devote to

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Speaker 1: the players, and it's the holiday season on kjack TV.

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Speaker 1: And you gotta see the video. But I got the

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Speaker 1: audio for you, but you gotta see the video. It'll

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Speaker 1: make your day. There's no doubt it'll make your day. Now.

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Speaker 1: kjack TV Holiday Edition. Ho ho ho, it's Jack of

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Speaker 1: Claus with another edition of Kjack TV. The Holidays Edition.

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Speaker 1: Shout out ARTI man KJACKTV. We bat I'm here with

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Speaker 1: my favorite guy in the world. Two fold two five,

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Speaker 1: keep it real live and you know we steam light

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Speaker 1: bees out the high fun bun hey, jake me out,

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Speaker 1: bunt up up. Who's the jolliest on the team? Jollies,

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Speaker 1: plenty of energy, always smiling, just just that jolly, just

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Speaker 1: jolly all the time. I gotta give it to Chris

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Speaker 1: the Coverton man. He always jolly, coming here with a smile,

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Speaker 1: lowers excessive a little bit. That's a good one. Who

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Speaker 1: what about you? Who's the jolliest on the team? I

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Speaker 1: probably said Dealing Cole. Yeah, I probably said Dealing Cole.

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Speaker 1: Who who the jolliest of you? I'd probably say Clowning,

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Speaker 1: He always clowning around on saying I might be with

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Speaker 1: maybe when the Merciless, When the Merciless, when it all

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01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,519
Speaker 1: got smiling, You're always cool, were always jumping around and

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Speaker 1: having a good jown. So saying the Merciless, okay, that's

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Speaker 1: a that's a okay, that's a good one. It's probably

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Speaker 1: my guy here smiles all the time. Smiles. Man, who's

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Speaker 1: the grinch on the team? Now, Oh, no doubt a

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Speaker 1: doubt that jd that clown. Okay might say cold me

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Speaker 1: is man misic, Hey me me me, it wouldn't meet me.

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Speaker 1: It wouldn't meet me. Jack and Claus, Hey, we got

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Speaker 1: some stuff for you. Shout out alrety, Look alright, it

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Speaker 1: got some stuff for us. Man, I got a tea

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Speaker 1: shirt you right here. We all gonna say thank you.

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Speaker 1: Artic one two three one day. Man, they're trying to

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Speaker 1: put grin shot coach midget, he's the best man, like

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01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:46,200
Speaker 1: a creep said, it wasn't me, coach, that wasn't me.

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Speaker 1: Great stuff there, I'm telling you. You You gotta see the video.

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Speaker 1: Kareem Cream add some help with Justin Reid, his h

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Speaker 1: his elf. You gotta check out the video. The video.

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Speaker 1: It's fantastic, all right. It's get to know Joe Webb.

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Speaker 1: You're a Joe webbing there. They asked him who was

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01:18:01,360 --> 01:18:03,640
Speaker 1: the jolly. He said, clown. He's always climbing around. Le's

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01:18:03,680 --> 01:18:05,840
Speaker 1: get to know Joe Webb a little bit, as he

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01:18:05,880 --> 01:18:12,559
Speaker 1: spent some time with Drew Doherty. Let's get to know

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Speaker 1: the Spider. It's all brought to you by IW Mark's

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Speaker 1: Joe Webb Quarterback Special Teams Extraordinary. How good is it

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Speaker 1: to be in Houston? Man? Feel good? Man? Feel good?

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01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:24,200
Speaker 1: To be back in the South? Yeah? Yeah, what are you?

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Speaker 1: What's your first impression of the city. It's hot. They

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01:18:27,520 --> 01:18:29,479
Speaker 1: are hot. But that's no problem for a Southern guy. Yeah,

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01:18:29,479 --> 01:18:32,040
Speaker 1: that's no problem. But I love a city. You know,

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01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:33,880
Speaker 1: it's a big, big city. It's a lot of things

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01:18:33,920 --> 01:18:35,840
Speaker 1: to do, so I love it. Tell us about the South.

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Speaker 1: Where'd you grow up? What'd you do? What was it like?

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Speaker 1: What was your favorite part of it? Grew up in Birmingham, Alabama?

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01:18:41,360 --> 01:18:45,080
Speaker 1: You know, outside all day until mom calling you in

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Speaker 1: the house. Ye are you playing out? Football? Football, basketball, baseball,

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01:18:52,760 --> 01:18:57,120
Speaker 1: throwing rocks, hide, whatever you whatever you think of you

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01:18:57,240 --> 01:18:59,040
Speaker 1: name it. You're kind of surprised at hide and see

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01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:01,880
Speaker 1: never became a sport. Yeah, I think I would have

1533
01:19:01,960 --> 01:19:04,760
Speaker 1: been pretty good at Ye've been good sneaking around hat it.

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Speaker 1: What's the best part of going home? And what's the

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01:19:07,280 --> 01:19:11,160
Speaker 1: trickiest part of going best part of going home? You

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Speaker 1: get your good home cooked meal about your Mom's the

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Speaker 1: best meal is? I can't even see they're like choosing

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Speaker 1: your best your favorite child. Yeah. What are a few

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01:19:21,280 --> 01:19:25,000
Speaker 1: good meals that's a good good grill? Pork chops, you know,

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Speaker 1: h maggots, you know, greens um, black guy pee, you

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01:19:31,200 --> 01:19:33,599
Speaker 1: got a good sud and food. I like your mom

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01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:35,600
Speaker 1: already because a lot of people do a lot of

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01:19:35,600 --> 01:19:37,360
Speaker 1: different things of pork chops, you don't really need to

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01:19:37,400 --> 01:19:38,840
Speaker 1: you put them on a grill. Yeah, I think that's

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01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:40,800
Speaker 1: the best way to do it. Perfect. Yeah, I like it.

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Speaker 1: Tell Tell her I'm a fan, even though I don't

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01:19:43,040 --> 01:19:45,760
Speaker 1: know her. Okay, So there's some great foods that you

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01:19:45,800 --> 01:19:48,720
Speaker 1: obviously like. What's one food? But if you could just

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01:19:48,840 --> 01:19:50,720
Speaker 1: eliminate from the face of the earth, you never have

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01:19:50,760 --> 01:19:52,120
Speaker 1: to eat it. Nobody else has to eat it. What

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01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:56,280
Speaker 1: you're gonna eliminate mushroom? Mushrooms? Yeah, but they taste so

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01:19:56,320 --> 01:19:59,560
Speaker 1: good on steak man, come on, uh yeah, but I

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01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:02,479
Speaker 1: don't oh man, Mario probably gave me a bad take.

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01:20:02,560 --> 01:20:04,599
Speaker 1: You know. I thought, when I ate mushrooms, I get

1555
01:20:04,640 --> 01:20:08,880
Speaker 1: beat like little Mario. Didn't happen that I had to

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01:20:08,880 --> 01:20:10,599
Speaker 1: get rid of it. What if you would have gotten

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01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:12,960
Speaker 1: big like Mario, would you have your your your idea

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01:20:12,960 --> 01:20:16,760
Speaker 1: on mushrooms Changer. Maybe I would have played old line. Yeah,

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01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:18,639
Speaker 1: and you know like mushrooms too, right, Yeah, I would

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01:20:18,720 --> 01:20:23,360
Speaker 1: love much. Okay, if you could turn the ocean into

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01:20:23,400 --> 01:20:25,719
Speaker 1: any liquid other than the liquid it is. Now, which

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01:20:25,800 --> 01:20:29,800
Speaker 1: liquid did you choose? I was sitting into Luis. You

1563
01:20:29,840 --> 01:20:32,320
Speaker 1: know what Elma speaks for, man, I'm gonna speak for America,

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01:20:32,840 --> 01:20:39,000
Speaker 1: and I would say wine wine, red wine, white wine, whatever, whatever,

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01:20:39,439 --> 01:20:42,559
Speaker 1: whatever would you prefer? Spider, I solute you. This has

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Speaker 1: been a fun interview. It's been good getting to know you.

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Speaker 1: I like those girl pork chops. I like sitting with Toustcrunch.

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01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:51,040
Speaker 1: I like you, Spider, Joe Webb. It's been so much

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01:20:51,080 --> 01:20:54,400
Speaker 1: fun having Joe Webb this year be a preseason games

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01:20:54,439 --> 01:20:57,759
Speaker 1: when he's playing quarterback, regular season games where he's playing

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01:20:58,080 --> 01:21:02,599
Speaker 1: everywhere in the field, all special teams played receiver. Last

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01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:05,519
Speaker 1: week had a couple of catches. He is such a

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01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:08,960
Speaker 1: great dude in the locker room. I'm glad we had

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Speaker 1: to get to know this week with Joe Webb. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's the timing is dead on, all right, it's time

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01:21:13,560 --> 01:21:16,720
Speaker 1: for the final word. But Drew Doherty every week he

1577
01:21:16,760 --> 01:21:19,799
Speaker 1: catches up with one of the players all the team,

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01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:22,880
Speaker 1: and he's kind of gone through the roster, if you will,

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01:21:23,200 --> 01:21:25,280
Speaker 1: he's got all the way down, I should say all

1580
01:21:25,280 --> 01:21:29,000
Speaker 1: the way down. But if you go numerically to DJ Reader,

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Speaker 1: the Pride of Greensboro, North Carolina, Drew take it away.

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Speaker 1: Thanks a lot of fellas. We've got defensive end, nose tackle,

1583
01:21:37,360 --> 01:21:38,599
Speaker 1: we can call you a bunch of different things. Well,

1584
01:21:38,600 --> 01:21:41,120
Speaker 1: we've got DJ Reader here, DJ Texans looking to get

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Speaker 1: back on the winning track. You got the New York

1586
01:21:43,360 --> 01:21:45,760
Speaker 1: Jets to do that against. What's the biggest challenge with

1587
01:21:45,840 --> 01:21:49,040
Speaker 1: that offensive front? I think they're they're young, but they

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01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:50,799
Speaker 1: do a lot of things. I think that that offense

1589
01:21:50,920 --> 01:21:53,240
Speaker 1: is young, but it's it's a big play offense. They

1590
01:21:53,280 --> 01:21:55,439
Speaker 1: have a lot of big play guys building to him,

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01:21:55,479 --> 01:21:56,960
Speaker 1: you know, with a lot of guys like Robbie and

1592
01:21:57,000 --> 01:21:59,320
Speaker 1: those guys outside. And then they got a young quarterback

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01:21:59,360 --> 01:22:01,720
Speaker 1: as well and takes chances. So I think we just

1594
01:22:01,720 --> 01:22:04,000
Speaker 1: got a good group coming up. Yeah, you bring up

1595
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:06,599
Speaker 1: the young quarterback and Sam Darnold. He was picked third

1596
01:22:06,640 --> 01:22:08,640
Speaker 1: overall in the draft for a reason. What are some

1597
01:22:08,680 --> 01:22:10,599
Speaker 1: of those reasons that you've seen on the film so far?

1598
01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:12,920
Speaker 1: He's got cannon, and he's athletic. You know, he can

1599
01:22:12,920 --> 01:22:14,519
Speaker 1: do it all. And you know he's just a young

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01:22:14,560 --> 01:22:17,519
Speaker 1: guy in a system who's willing to take chances and

1601
01:22:17,600 --> 01:22:19,400
Speaker 1: go out there and be gutsy to win games. I

1602
01:22:19,439 --> 01:22:21,719
Speaker 1: think that's the biggest thing you've seen about him all years,

1603
01:22:21,800 --> 01:22:23,840
Speaker 1: just him willing to go out there and play hard.

1604
01:22:24,120 --> 01:22:26,320
Speaker 1: Win nine in a row, you drop one. But over

1605
01:22:26,360 --> 01:22:29,280
Speaker 1: the course of this last ten games, you guys have

1606
01:22:29,320 --> 01:22:31,240
Speaker 1: done a good job at getting to the quarterback and

1607
01:22:31,439 --> 01:22:33,880
Speaker 1: causing problems. What do you think has been the main

1608
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:37,760
Speaker 1: thrust behind all that? Man focus on being relentless, you know,

1609
01:22:37,880 --> 01:22:39,560
Speaker 1: not being to know about getting back there. You know,

1610
01:22:39,600 --> 01:22:41,080
Speaker 1: we know him, we're gonna get back there. We're gonna

1611
01:22:41,080 --> 01:22:43,240
Speaker 1: creat pressure and knowing that's what's truly going to help

1612
01:22:43,280 --> 01:22:45,120
Speaker 1: the team win. And I think we're doing a good

1613
01:22:45,200 --> 01:22:47,160
Speaker 1: job of focusing on that. And you know, guys hone

1614
01:22:47,200 --> 01:22:49,599
Speaker 1: in and know that it's not just an individual effort

1615
01:22:49,600 --> 01:22:51,599
Speaker 1: to getting back there's a group effort. And we can't

1616
01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:53,800
Speaker 1: get mad if you know, one back, one guy gets

1617
01:22:53,800 --> 01:22:55,760
Speaker 1: back there more. You know, as long as somebody's getting

1618
01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:57,640
Speaker 1: back there creating pressure that helps the team. Yeah, I

1619
01:22:57,680 --> 01:22:59,719
Speaker 1: like that you bring that up because J. J. Watt

1620
01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:01,880
Speaker 1: he has twelve and a half sex. But you see

1621
01:23:01,920 --> 01:23:04,759
Speaker 1: guys like yourself. You see guys like Christian Comington, Clowney

1622
01:23:04,800 --> 01:23:08,280
Speaker 1: down the line, done getting to the quarterback at spots

1623
01:23:08,280 --> 01:23:11,479
Speaker 1: throughout these last ten games. Yeah, you know, I'm you know,

1624
01:23:11,520 --> 01:23:13,400
Speaker 1: if one guy's not doing it, we know another guy's

1625
01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:15,080
Speaker 1: got to step up. A guy's gotta get back there

1626
01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:17,800
Speaker 1: to create every great pressure. And even if you're not

1627
01:23:17,960 --> 01:23:20,560
Speaker 1: sacking him or you're in his face, you know, he

1628
01:23:20,680 --> 01:23:22,880
Speaker 1: knows those stars gotta come out quick because somebody's coming.

1629
01:23:22,960 --> 01:23:25,160
Speaker 1: So I think we'll do a good job of working

1630
01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:28,080
Speaker 1: as a group, as a full front and the defensive

1631
01:23:28,120 --> 01:23:30,160
Speaker 1: doing that. Last three games have been at home. Now

1632
01:23:30,200 --> 01:23:32,719
Speaker 1: you're playing in New York. Not gonna be the greatest

1633
01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:34,840
Speaker 1: of weather, but really it's not gonna be awful weather

1634
01:23:34,960 --> 01:23:37,000
Speaker 1: either either way. I mean, it's it's something that you

1635
01:23:37,000 --> 01:23:39,280
Speaker 1: guys are just accustomed to playing in, right, Yeah, you know,

1636
01:23:39,400 --> 01:23:41,360
Speaker 1: you're just kind of we're used to moving around a

1637
01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:43,639
Speaker 1: little bit, and we got guys from everywhere on our team,

1638
01:23:43,680 --> 01:23:45,519
Speaker 1: so everybody's kind of used to different things. So I

1639
01:23:45,560 --> 01:23:48,080
Speaker 1: think it'd be a little colder'll be right a little bit. Yeah,

1640
01:23:48,120 --> 01:23:50,559
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, hopefully it won't be too cold

1641
01:23:50,720 --> 01:23:53,320
Speaker 1: and we'll be good. Yeah, does that kind of I

1642
01:23:53,360 --> 01:23:55,080
Speaker 1: don't want to say bother you guys, but there were

1643
01:23:55,160 --> 01:23:56,960
Speaker 1: questions in the middle of the week about the weather.

1644
01:23:57,000 --> 01:23:59,000
Speaker 1: It's just that's what you do. Your football player. You're

1645
01:23:59,000 --> 01:24:01,000
Speaker 1: playing in the weather and it's nothing. He's just playing it.

1646
01:24:01,320 --> 01:24:02,800
Speaker 1: You never know what's gonna happen, so you just gotta

1647
01:24:02,800 --> 01:24:04,439
Speaker 1: be ready to just in the elements. You know, we're

1648
01:24:04,439 --> 01:24:06,200
Speaker 1: excited to just go up there and play, no matter

1649
01:24:06,200 --> 01:24:07,800
Speaker 1: what the weather is, like, go up there's gonna be

1650
01:24:07,840 --> 01:24:09,400
Speaker 1: a good game and facing a good team, and you

1651
01:24:09,400 --> 01:24:11,400
Speaker 1: know we're trying to we're trying to get our faceback.

1652
01:24:11,439 --> 01:24:13,360
Speaker 1: We lost last week, so we want to get a win.

1653
01:24:13,720 --> 01:24:16,639
Speaker 1: Mood in the locker room, I guess, quote unquote it

1654
01:24:16,680 --> 01:24:18,760
Speaker 1: seemed to me to be fine. I mean, you got

1655
01:24:18,840 --> 01:24:20,559
Speaker 1: you don't win nine in a row by being up

1656
01:24:20,560 --> 01:24:22,920
Speaker 1: and down and all over the place. To you gotta

1657
01:24:23,000 --> 01:24:25,679
Speaker 1: take it, take the head understanding. Noah, it's a it's

1658
01:24:25,680 --> 01:24:28,920
Speaker 1: a warning shot. You know, you know there's still things

1659
01:24:28,920 --> 01:24:31,040
Speaker 1: gonna happen. You know, you just can't get complacent. I

1660
01:24:31,040 --> 01:24:32,639
Speaker 1: think that was what we got. We got a shock shot,

1661
01:24:32,640 --> 01:24:34,200
Speaker 1: and we gotta get it back on trying. And I

1662
01:24:34,240 --> 01:24:36,519
Speaker 1: think that's what everybody's focus is at. I like it. Well,

1663
01:24:36,560 --> 01:24:38,599
Speaker 1: best of luck to you, DJ Reader, Hope you beat

1664
01:24:38,640 --> 01:24:40,720
Speaker 1: the Jets and we'll talk to again real soon. Appreciate it,

1665
01:24:40,800 --> 01:24:45,000
Speaker 1: thank you. Perhaps it's natural, and this happens every single

1666
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:48,880
Speaker 1: year no matter what. Those tackles just don't get a

1667
01:24:48,920 --> 01:24:51,960
Speaker 1: lot of credit. And I shouldn't even call him a

1668
01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:53,519
Speaker 1: nose tackle because he does so much more than that.

1669
01:24:53,600 --> 01:24:55,960
Speaker 1: He's not just a nose tackle. And that's one of

1670
01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:57,760
Speaker 1: the reasons I bring us up. I think DJ Reader

1671
01:24:57,760 --> 01:25:00,639
Speaker 1: has played tremendously this year. I think from the day

1672
01:25:00,640 --> 01:25:03,160
Speaker 1: that he set foot in this building, he has been

1673
01:25:03,439 --> 01:25:06,599
Speaker 1: instrumental in this defense. I think he had really one

1674
01:25:06,680 --> 01:25:08,880
Speaker 1: bad game this year that I can remember just watching

1675
01:25:08,920 --> 01:25:10,920
Speaker 1: on film. I should say bad. I think there are

1676
01:25:10,920 --> 01:25:14,840
Speaker 1: a couple of plays that I really kind of set

1677
01:25:14,840 --> 01:25:16,599
Speaker 1: the tone on that day, if you will, a couple

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Speaker 1: of plays where he didn't play like he normally normally would.

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01:25:21,200 --> 01:25:23,760
Speaker 1: But all year long, he has been phenomenal. He has

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01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:28,960
Speaker 1: been a major reason reason why teams cannot run the football,

1681
01:25:29,680 --> 01:25:32,559
Speaker 1: cannot move him out of the way he gets pass

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01:25:32,600 --> 01:25:35,280
Speaker 1: pressure he gets at least in the face of quarterbacks.

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01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:36,720
Speaker 1: He's not gonna get a bunch of sacks. He got

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01:25:36,760 --> 01:25:39,000
Speaker 1: two against New England, but he's not gonna get a

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01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:41,479
Speaker 1: bunch of sacks. But the way that he holds up

1686
01:25:41,479 --> 01:25:44,639
Speaker 1: against double teams, the way that he takes on single blocks,

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01:25:44,760 --> 01:25:48,200
Speaker 1: you cannot move him. He pursues the football sideline to

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01:25:48,280 --> 01:25:52,920
Speaker 1: sideline for a guy that's three twenty eight pounds. I

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01:25:52,960 --> 01:25:54,760
Speaker 1: don't know, DJ, I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you

1690
01:25:54,800 --> 01:25:58,439
Speaker 1: wig is right now, But that's a dude. DJ Reader

1691
01:25:58,600 --> 01:26:01,960
Speaker 1: is a football playing dude, and I love having him

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01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:03,680
Speaker 1: on this team. And he has met so much this

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01:26:03,800 --> 01:26:09,200
Speaker 1: team inside. And I think of a lot of guys

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01:26:09,200 --> 01:26:11,719
Speaker 1: that are getting Pro Bowl considerations when I've looked around

1695
01:26:11,720 --> 01:26:14,439
Speaker 1: in the league and I look at interior players, DJ's

1696
01:26:14,479 --> 01:26:17,680
Speaker 1: probably not gonna get that recognition because he doesn't have

1697
01:26:17,720 --> 01:26:21,000
Speaker 1: a ton of numbers. But why are the Texans so

1698
01:26:21,080 --> 01:26:23,719
Speaker 1: good against the run? Well, because they're stout in the middle.

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01:26:23,880 --> 01:26:26,280
Speaker 1: Brandon Dunn has done a really nice job against the

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01:26:26,360 --> 01:26:28,280
Speaker 1: run as well. Cub's done a nice job when he's

1701
01:26:28,280 --> 01:26:29,559
Speaker 1: gone in there. Coup has been a little bit more

1702
01:26:29,600 --> 01:26:32,640
Speaker 1: on the pass rush side. But DJ, you try to

1703
01:26:32,720 --> 01:26:35,599
Speaker 1: move that big dude, you're not gonna You're having no success,

1704
01:26:36,280 --> 01:26:39,880
Speaker 1: none whatsoever. I mean, it's been it's been really good

1705
01:26:39,880 --> 01:26:43,439
Speaker 1: to watch that guy progress and become the player that

1706
01:26:43,560 --> 01:26:45,719
Speaker 1: we all wanted him to be. I saw a Senior

1707
01:26:45,720 --> 01:26:49,200
Speaker 1: Bowl and I thought he was fantastic, and we drafted him.

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01:26:49,200 --> 01:26:50,680
Speaker 1: I thought he'll play it first the second now, but

1709
01:26:50,720 --> 01:26:52,800
Speaker 1: he'll be really good. He's played a lot of third

1710
01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:56,439
Speaker 1: downs and he has an instrumental piece in this run defense,

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01:26:56,520 --> 01:26:59,120
Speaker 1: in particular getting after the quarterback in the past game.

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01:26:59,160 --> 01:27:01,360
Speaker 1: I think ninety eight is fantastic. I think he deserves

1713
01:27:01,360 --> 01:27:03,600
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl consideration. I don't think he can't get it,

1714
01:27:03,760 --> 01:27:06,599
Speaker 1: but I think he definitely deserves it. And that's your show, folks.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people will thank Ryan Griffin DPC to

1716
01:27:08,760 --> 01:27:13,160
Speaker 1: Randy Langagets dot Com, Mark Vannimer, Bill O'Brien, Kjack TV,

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01:27:13,360 --> 01:27:17,200
Speaker 1: Kareem Jackson, Joe Webb, Drew Doherty and DJ Reader will

1718
01:27:17,200 --> 01:27:20,400
Speaker 1: see tomorrow everybody. Kickoff is three thirty local countdown to

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01:27:20,479 --> 01:27:22,960
Speaker 1: kickoff at twelve thirty. See that everyone is always go

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Speaker 1: Texas