1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: Rick blow Upside has the first Animore up the sideline 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: forty thirty ten five touchdown. Jostin there is no off 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: season for your Houston Texans. Game day is every day. No, 4 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: it's Texans, All Exans, Hello Texans, Welcome to the program. 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: Mark bandon Beer with you with John Harris. Tonight, Let's 6 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: have some fun, shall we. As many of you are 7 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: on vacation right now, enjoy that many of you are 8 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: not and grinding away in the hot summer months working well. 9 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: Thank you for doing whatever it is you do, contributing 10 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: to our society. And Johnny, we will be contributing to 11 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: people's ears one week from tomorrow morning a training camp 12 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: when we do Texans Training Camp live eight to ten 13 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: am right here in these airwaves on Sports Radio six ten, 14 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: as we have done for so long, I mean forever, 15 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: we've done shows on these airwaves from Texans training camps 16 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: Texans Radio. This is the tenth year. We will be 17 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: out there wherever they are at training camp, whether it's 18 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: been at the Greenbrier on the road at Green Bay, 19 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: San Francisco, wherever the place is that they practice, in 20 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: this case the Houston Methodist Training Center, and we're on 21 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: every night six to seven in the offseason. Some people 22 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: are still surprised about that. Really do you do that? 23 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 1: What is there to talk about? Lune BLUNEA right, my friend, 24 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: I mean, we never run out of stuff, and tonight 25 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,839 Speaker 1: I think I wanted to start here. By the way, 26 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: a little bit later on second segment, I saw Gary Cone, 27 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: Mets broadcaster. I guess the Mets were in Cincinnati, and 28 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: he was doing a funny piece on Skyline chili and 29 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: how overrated it is thinking about overrated foods in opponents city. 30 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: So we'll do that in segment too, and everyone can 31 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: chime in. Even if you've never been on the road 32 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: with the Texans, you've been to some of these cities 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: where the food they are known for might be overrated. 34 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: So we'll discuss those things in addition to some football talk. 35 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: But Johnny, let's start with the offense, shall we. Yes, 36 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: let's do so. And by the way, you said ten 37 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: years only eight matter, if you know what I mean, right, 38 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: the eight that you've been a part of. And I 39 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: did write about this, by the way, I think it 40 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: was in a brew or something. Maybe it was in 41 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: the yearbook. I don't know where I wrote about it. 42 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: But I said, when you came over and started doing 43 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: the coverage with us, it went to another level and 44 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: it's never been better. So I did give you props, 45 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: my friend. Let's thank you very much. Let's do this. 46 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: I want to talk offense and I want to talk 47 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: quarterbacks because look, July twenty fifth is a report day 48 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,679 Speaker 1: for the QBS, and look, we all know the big 49 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: story out there. We have been talking about. Actually, we 50 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 1: haven't been talking about it on this show all offseason long. 51 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: I've been saying it's the big story out there. We 52 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: don't really discuss it because of legal matters and everything. 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: But that is a big day because we don't really 54 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen, how it's all gonna go down, 55 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:01,679 Speaker 1: and we'll all we'll all find out together on Sunday 56 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: how this thing, at least that part of it plays out. 57 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: And as Nickossarios said a while back, you know, we're 58 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: all hoping for a resolution. I don't know if we 59 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: get it soon. Maybe we do, maybe we don't, but 60 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: it'll be another step towards something. But what you have 61 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: here are quarterbacks that you've had in the building in 62 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:22,839 Speaker 1: the offseason that we know we're going to be there, 63 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: and that would be to Rod Taylor. That would be 64 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: Davis Mills, and it was formerly Ryan Finley and now 65 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: Jeff Driscoll. All right, so let's start with the QBS here. 66 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: I don't want to do every position group necessarily, but 67 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: it's so important to talk about this very important position 68 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: when you evaluate what they can bring to the table 69 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: offensively in twenty twenty one, Johnny, I think Tim Kelly 70 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: this is kind of exciting to me, as he found 71 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: his footing as the season went along. Last year, they 72 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: really moved the ball splendidly through the year. We saw that, 73 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: but they started to run it a little bit better too. 74 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: I think we all agree they got to take care 75 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: of the football. We don't expect as many explosive plays. 76 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: But are you with me that with the improvements in 77 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 1: the line and with the amount of running backs they have. 78 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: I know they've taken some hints on the media for 79 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: like all these guys too old in the backfield, But look, 80 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: I think they have enough guys where enough will be 81 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: available to make a difference in the ground game. And 82 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: it all feeds off that. You get my drift, Yes, absolutely, 83 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: and Drew and I did our end the Lab podcast, 84 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: and we focused on Phil Lindsay, but of course we 85 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 1: kind of I don't say one on a tangent, but 86 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: went on some associated topics that were pretty similar and 87 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: one that I kind of hit on. And it's it's 88 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: every coach's challenge, but I think even more so this 89 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: year depending on what obviously happens with the quarterback situation. 90 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: And you're right, we look I mean, even even off 91 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: the air, we you haven't been really able to talk 92 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: about much of anything because we just don't know what's 93 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: going to happen with that position. But to me, the 94 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: way I think about the whole thing is when you 95 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: have a tremendous quarterback, what it does is it just 96 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: it just you know, increases the margin for error. You 97 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: don't have to be perfect, which we saw in twenty eighteen. 98 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: You are perfect on your offensive line, but yeah, your 99 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: offensive still able to move because de Sean was able 100 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: to handle things and do things sometimes on his own 101 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: quite simply. But when you don't have a talent of 102 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: that magnitude, you don't have an Aaron Rodgers, you don't 103 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: have a Drew Brees. You know, you don't have a 104 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: Deshaun or whatever the case might be your margin for 105 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: error is slim in that you've got to, as an 106 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator make sure that you are maximizing the talent 107 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: that you do have. Okay, let's look at this offensive line. 108 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: Your offensive line, it's it's a I've seen each and 109 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: every one of these dudes up some personal and they're big. 110 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: So does that mean that it's more of a power 111 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: based scheme or is it more of a zone blocking scheme. Well, 112 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: if it's more of a zone blocking scheme, okay, what 113 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: about your running backs? How do your running backs fit that? 114 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: Because David Johnson's a very good zone runner. I think 115 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay could run in either. Rex Burkehead has run 116 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: in either, he's been zone in power Mark Inger is 117 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: probably a little bit better power runner, power gap scheme running, 118 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: and his zone runner. My point in all that is 119 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: you've got to find at each of your positions what 120 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: fits best. But it starts at the quarterback position. So 121 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: what fits best? Because over the last few years, the 122 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: deep ball was something that fits very very well. You 123 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: had receivers like Will Fuller and like to go deep, 124 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: and quarterback love to throw deep, Sean love throwing it deep. 125 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: But that might not be what you have. What you 126 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: have with Tara Taylor, with Davis Mills. You may not 127 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: have that big arm quarterback that's just gonna launch forty 128 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: fifty yards down field. That might not be what they 129 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: do well. What is it they do well? They read quickly, 130 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: they get the ball to their weapons, and then the 131 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: weapons go make something happen. So that on the surface 132 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: kind of something like that, that's kind of boring. You 133 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: deep ball and you're just gonna throw a bunch of 134 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: check down outs and all that kind of stuff. But 135 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: if you're throwing the ball to guys that get out 136 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: in space and they could do something with the ball 137 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: in space, that gets kind of exciting. So which guys 138 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: do you want to get out in space very quickly 139 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: that you can get the ball too, Like a Philip 140 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: Lindsay catches it out in the flat boy, he's one 141 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: on one with the safety out there. I'll take about 142 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: chances at number thirty's gonna make somebody miss. I'll take 143 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: my chances. That's maximizing. When Lindsay does well, he's very 144 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: good in space. David Johnson is excellent with cutbacks off 145 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: his own runs, and he's really good as a receiver. 146 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: How do we maximize that? So Rod Taylor, find out 147 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: what it is that he does and does well and 148 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: then emphasize that as soon as you can and can 149 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: and then really work on that and hammer at home. 150 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: Find the same thing. For Davis Mills every rep he gets, 151 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: what does he do well well? He really mean, these 152 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: intermediate routes are very very good. He loves hit to 153 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,679 Speaker 1: tight end up the seam. He loves doing these certain things. 154 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: Find those things, find them early, and then get the 155 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: offense going based off of that. So that to me 156 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: is kind of the key in all of this. When 157 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: you have Deshaun Watson, then it's not as pertinent to 158 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: fight all those things because he sort of finds them 159 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: for you. But if you don't have quite that talent 160 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: at quarterback, and whether you do or you don't have 161 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: him or not, which I don't know how to feel 162 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 1: about it, to be honest with you, but if it's 163 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: somebody else at quarterback, there aren't very many people that 164 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: can step in there that are at his level. So 165 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: what do they do well that you still can get 166 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: great value out of even if it's different from what 167 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: he did the last few years? And that's something that 168 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: Tim Kelly is gonna be charged with finding and I 169 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: think with a guy like David Johnson, he found that 170 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: he found that late in the year. Whether it's what 171 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: happens to ants or not, but they found it late 172 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: in the year. Like, hey, wait a second, he can 173 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: be a good zone running receiving threat. We liked this, 174 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: but we kind of hammer him in there with duo 175 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: or hammer him in there with you know, inside zone ants. 176 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: That's so good. Wide zone, outside zone cutbacks and receiving 177 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: boy fits pretty well. So from that standpoint, I'm kind 178 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: of curious to see how all that comes together and 179 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: instead of punting squares into round holes, square pegs and 180 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: round holes, you know, start kind of finding Okay, well, 181 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: this guy's more of a triangular hole. What can we 182 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: have to make a triangular fit to make it a 183 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: good fit? And I think that's gonna be the challenge 184 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: of Tim Kelly starting very very soon. Yeah. Well, I 185 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: think he's, like I said, sort of gotten his legs 186 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:00,040 Speaker 1: as last year went along, and I think it's a 187 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: good year for him. This is year three as a coordinator, 188 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: coming into his own and contrary to some belief out 189 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: there pundit's belief they have some talent here. I mean, 190 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: the line is better than you think, the receivers are, 191 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: the tight ends are at least good, and the running backs. 192 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: I know, health has to be there, but the same 193 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: health has to be there. Johnny. It's like saying you 194 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: have to outscore with the porters. I mean, that's just 195 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: where we are, Yea. What do we expect to know 196 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 1: from Taylor throwing the football here? Look, last year you 197 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: led the league in passing here. You're not going to 198 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: do that this year. And maybe you don't want to 199 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 1: do that because both times the Texans have done that, 200 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: they didn't go to the playoffs, Right, So you want 201 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 1: to be balanced, You want to create that somehow. You 202 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: just mentioned what you can do with the backs and 203 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: how you can get fits against certain looks. But what 204 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: are you expecting out of Taylor throwing the football? What 205 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: you get from him with these receivers, tight ends and 206 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: throwing to the backs? Well, the thing I like about um, 207 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: it's funny. I was talking with David Union tex Saggs 208 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: my weekly Texis interview, and he was asking me about 209 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 1: a M's receivers and the thought that well, they could 210 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:06,760 Speaker 1: be one of the better groups in the league and 211 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: as well, how are you classifying the tight end and 212 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: the two running backs or are all very good receivers? 213 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: Because if you throw those three into the group and 214 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: call it a pass catching group, then it could end 215 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 1: up being a pretty dynamic group. And I bring it 216 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: up because I think from a passing game standpoint, I 217 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: think everybody can contribute through the tight ends, wide receivers 218 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: and the running backs. I don't think there's anybody where 219 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: you go, well, don't throw him the ball. You don't 220 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: want to. You don't want to throw him the ball. 221 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: He's limited. I mean, you think about the tight ends 222 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: with Aikins, Wearing and Brevin Jordan as a start. We'll 223 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,079 Speaker 1: see what eau Claire and Quasenberry and Izzo can do 224 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: as receivers. But for the most part, those three, Jordan, 225 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: Nakins and Wearing all catch it very well receivers. We 226 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: know the group that's there, led by by Brandy Cooks, 227 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: Chris Connley comes in rookie Nico Collins drafted to be 228 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 1: an outside threat, and then the running backs I think 229 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: are all good receivers. I mean, we see David Johns 230 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: would be a great receiver. I think Philip Lindsay had 231 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: thirty five catches in each of his first two years, 232 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: which is not a bad total to have for a 233 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,559 Speaker 1: guy fresh shot of college. So in rex Burkehead, you 234 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: know can catch the ball in the backfield as well. 235 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: So you've got receiving threats all over the place. And 236 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: I bring that up as it pertains to Toad because 237 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: he's got an opportunity to go to the buffet and 238 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: kind of find something to his liking. Hey, this team, 239 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 1: this team potentially plays tight, tight, tight on intermediate shallow routes. Okay, 240 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: do you have an opportunity to get behind him? Do 241 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: you have anybody that can get behind him? Yeah, you 242 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: got a couple of speed demons. You know, Brandon can 243 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: go deep. You know Nico Collins can go pick it 244 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: off the top of somebody's head down the field. You 245 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: got a team that's just not going to give up 246 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: the deep ball, but they'll give you some intermediate stuff. Okay, 247 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: do you have options? Do you have players in that 248 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: realm that can go get Yes, and running backs can 249 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: get in those routes tight ends for sure. You know, 250 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 1: Brandy Cooks. I used to football one on one the 251 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: other day, um on the fact that yeah, he's he's 252 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: got speed, but man, he'll run those intermediate routes and 253 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: those shallows and those short routes too because he's tough 254 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: as a two dollars steak. So um, you've got opportunities there, 255 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: quick routes, bubble screens. You got guys that Kiki qt 256 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: u push passes, you know, Kiki coming in motion taking something. 257 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: I think to Rod's gonna have the opportunity, whoever the 258 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: quarterback he is, it's gonna have the opportunity to kind 259 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: of go to the buffet and see what he likes 260 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: and everything. I think from that perspective, he's gonna be 261 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: at his disposal. Good. All right, Johnny, I think I 262 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: broke up there for a moment. Yeah, yeah, you just 263 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: said you said good, and I was like, okay, Mark, 264 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: get me, gi me. I was no. I was talking 265 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: to uh yeah, good, and then I dropped off. I 266 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: was talking to Eddie, our producer, because he just chimed 267 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: in while while you were talking, just to make sure 268 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: something was okay with my with my gizmo here. It's 269 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,079 Speaker 1: a very technical term here, Johnny. Of course, giz mo 270 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: is a broadcasting device. Yes, that's very important. Obviously, isn't 271 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: there a legit there's a legit device called a gizmo? 272 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: Isn't no, Oh, there's probably there, probably is, because you 273 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: know what, there there's no thing sacred and generic terms anymore. 274 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: Everything becomes everything becomes a brand name. Everything becomes a 275 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: brand name. Now, Yeah, I just can't stand it. I 276 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: want some generic terms to remain generic. And then sometimes 277 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: the opposite happens, where a corporate or brand name becomes 278 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: a generic term, like Xerox for instance, or FedEx becomes 279 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: a generic term. I'm gonna gonna become verbs, right, or 280 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: like coke meanings all sodas in Texas? Right? Yeah? That 281 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: was That was a hard one to understand when I 282 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: got here to Texas because I lived in Wisconsin, where 283 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: everything was pop. You want to pop, yeah, I want 284 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: you know, Mountain New, and here it was you want coke? Yeah? 285 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: What kind? On? I forget the first time that we 286 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: went to a restaurant, the Harris family went to a 287 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: restaurant and the waiter waitress came over and asked my 288 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: mom if she wanted to coke and she's like, um, yeah, 289 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: and he goes what kind She's like, well, did you 290 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: not just say Coke. I mean her mind was blown, 291 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: absolutely blown. So we had to get over that. But 292 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: you're you're absolutely right about the brand names becoming uh 293 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: used in place of you know, should you overnight something 294 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: or you're just gonna go fed exit. I'm gonna go 295 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: fed exit, but I'm gonna use DHL. So there you go. 296 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: All right? Tight ends here, Johnny. There was a caller 297 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: that was kind of amusing on sports Radio six ten. 298 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: It was gushing about the potential of Holley Wearing. I heard, 299 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: and you know, I hope he's right. I hope Wearing 300 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: turns into a ten time All Pro. We'll see what 301 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: happens there. But they did draft Rev and Jordan. You 302 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: talked about him a little bit and a lot previously. 303 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: But what about this group here, as I think, look, 304 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: you need to go right for them to be considered 305 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: a good group, There's no doubt about that. But you 306 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: got a good place to start here with Jordan Nakens 307 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: who has experience making plays, and Farah who looked pretty 308 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: good for you last year. I think there are a 309 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: lot of different options here. Are you gonna get a 310 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: Kidler or a Kelse? I guess we have to start 311 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: calling him Travis Kelse now because apparently that's what he 312 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: said his name is instead of Kelsey. But but oh, 313 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: please don't do that. I don't know he said that 314 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: in an interview. He just said, well, I don't know 315 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: why he got brought up. I just happened to see 316 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: it on social media at some point and it said, well, 317 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: you know that people have been saying it wrong for years. 318 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: It's Kelse, not Kelsey. And was like, well, then correct 319 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: them way back when either way, yes, either way, the 320 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: with the tight Ends there's a I just I like 321 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: this group, and I know people probably think I'm crazy, 322 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,680 Speaker 1: but I really like it. And I heard Dennis call 323 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: into six ten the other day. I told Sean a Seth, 324 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: I said, it was really and I said, you had 325 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: Collie Wearing his dad Dennis calling. And I'm joking when 326 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: I say that, because I don't know if that Collie's 327 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: dad is Dennis. But it sounded like something a dad 328 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 1: would do, call in and go, hey, let me tell 329 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: you about my my Calle Wearing. Let me tell you 330 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: about him, I think. And Dennis actually said some of 331 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: the things that I think could be true for the 332 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 1: standpoint of if he can stay healthy, He's got incredible 333 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 1: athletic ability, and at San Diego State it was really 334 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: that third year where things click for him. And again, 335 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: I know this gets over said, and I've said this 336 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: a few times, but how has not played a lot 337 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: of football in his life? He played one people his 338 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 1: senior year in high school, and then he played three 339 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: years at Senego State. He was injured all of his 340 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 1: rookie year. He played maybe half the year last year. 341 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,400 Speaker 1: So he hasn't played a lot of football now up 342 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: at this level. Okay, sorry, no excuses like that's you 343 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: can't you can't walk back in after three years and 344 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: go I want to do contract, I want to stick around. Well, 345 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: you haven't really done a whole lot. Well, you haven't 346 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: played a lot of football. You can't really use as 347 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: a reason or an excuse anymore. You gotta you have 348 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: to just do. You have to prove yourself. And that's 349 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: what Collie Waring has to do. He's got to be 350 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: healthy to be able to do it. And I guarantee 351 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 1: you you know, training camp, everybody gets nicked up a 352 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: little bit here and there, and it'll probably happen to 353 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: Collie and everybody'd be like, ah, here we go again. 354 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: But we've seen guys in this organization. Even Jevan Clowne's 355 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: exhibit A twenty fourteen couldn't get himself on the field 356 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: micro fracture surgery that he played maybe a game and 357 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: a half all year long, and I was like, oh okay. 358 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,959 Speaker 1: Then twenty fifteen he comes back and he's on and 359 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: off the field, and everybody, I just remember it was 360 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: going into that season of twenty sixteen, every like he's 361 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: a bust. He's a bust, he can't do anything. In 362 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen comes around and Clowney turns it up and 363 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:01,359 Speaker 1: it's like, holy smokes. Now Wearing is not quite on 364 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: that athletic level, but he is athletically gifted at that position, 365 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: and to me, he can be an X factor. But 366 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: you throw Brevet Jordan in there, and if he's mature 367 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: enough to handle stepping in and being a guy that 368 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 1: can contribute, he can kind of latch onto this offense 369 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: right away. Brevit Jordan's got, He's got a different type 370 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: athletic ability. He is so smooth with his hands, he'll 371 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: block his an inline blocker. He can be used as 372 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: a receiver a lot like Wearing was at San Diego State, 373 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: so there's something with those two athletically, But if Jordan 374 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: Nakin stays healthy, I think it's really hard to not 375 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: think about how ACH's not going to be part of 376 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: your offense in some way, shape or form. And I 377 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: think we saw last year against the Patriots, Jordan Nakin 378 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: sort of Jordan Nakins I don't want to say coming 379 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: out party, because the problem with it was he had 380 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: such a good game against the Patriots, but then the 381 00:19:58,520 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: rest of the year he just looked like he was 382 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: kind of a funk, Like it just didn't like it 383 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 1: didn't click. I don't know what it was, but pots oh, 384 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: he was so good. He Kyle Dugger was playing him 385 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: and man coverage and Aikins just roasted him, roasted him. 386 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: And that's Those are the kind of things that Jordan 387 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: Nakins has got to provide. But not for a game 388 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: against the Patriots a couple of games here. He's got 389 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: to do it all seventeen games. I mean, he's got 390 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,400 Speaker 1: to be a reliable, reliable threat. And this is year 391 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: number four, eighteen, nineteen twenty twenty one. Yeah, it's all right, 392 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: yeah four, So he's jeez, Yate's gone fast. I mean 393 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: it just hit me to day. I like man Justin 394 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: Reidson his fourth year because they were the same, they 395 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: were in the same draft class. Jordan Aikins has got 396 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: the ability to win in all actually all three areas short, intermediate, 397 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 1: long of the passing game. I think the long is 398 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: not quite but I don't know that you need him. 399 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: And you got guys like Nico Collins, Chris Conney, guys 400 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,440 Speaker 1: that can stretch the field. But for a tight end, 401 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: he can get some of those deeper intermediate areas of 402 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five yards, you know, over long, over routes, 403 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: deep over routes. He can get there, then maybe some 404 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: other guys can't, and then he can do something with 405 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: it after the catch. I like this group. Man. We 406 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: said it before, Oh I got as stay healthy. Well yeah, no, duh, 407 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: they got to stay healthy. But I think this group 408 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 1: has shown. You know, last year, Aikins started fast, then 409 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: got dinged up with that concussion, and then the season 410 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 1: just kind of from that point, Wearing has never truly 411 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: been fully and completely healthy but for a few games 412 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: and then he just hasn't been able to kind of 413 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: find his way. But Kylie's been working with Rod Taylor. 414 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: They threw in the offseason Atlanta, and hopefully that's something 415 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: that pays dividends that at least one of those tight 416 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 1: ends can step up and start making plays. Look, we 417 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: had Will Fuller and DeAndre Hopkins in twenty sixteen, and 418 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: yet Fenrowitz and Ryan Griffin caught I think one hundred 419 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,120 Speaker 1: and eleven passes between them, and they were fantastic outlets 420 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,679 Speaker 1: for brock Oswader. I could see that happening again with 421 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: a couple receivers that are forty five plus receptions, a 422 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: couple of guys, I could see that happening for sure. 423 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: To give them outlets and move the sticks with those 424 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: like Fedorowitz and Ryan Griffin did back in twenty sixteen, 425 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: five years ago. Johnny, who's the possession receiver. Who's gonna 426 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: play that role? Because look, Cooks is capable of doing it. 427 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 1: Let's not pretend that he's just a deep threat. I 428 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,439 Speaker 1: mean Cooks can run routes and can get open in 429 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 1: short range. Obviously, Cob can Maybe Qt emerges as that guy, 430 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 1: or is it somebody we're not thinking about. I think 431 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: it's Cobb saw Randall walking around the building today and 432 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,399 Speaker 1: just remind him. Sometimes I forget Randalls. I forget Randalls 433 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,719 Speaker 1: here because you know COVID twenty twenty last year, we 434 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: saw him and then we saw him for I think 435 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 1: ten games, and he got hurt in that Patriots game 436 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: on the touchdown in the north end zone and that 437 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: was it. And it was it's like, man, you got him. 438 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: Kind of reminder sells it. Oh yeah, Randall's here. I 439 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: think Randall could. I think Randall could be that guy. 440 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: And you know, but it's it's gonna take. It's gonna 441 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna take this full group and I 442 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: and I look, I think Brandy Cooks can be like 443 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: he said. I wrote that article the other day and 444 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,640 Speaker 1: I didn't want to call him a possession receiver. But 445 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: he's so fast that teams are so scared of him 446 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: going deep that they'll sit, they'll they'll they'll sit on 447 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: all that deep stuff. And so he catches stuff underneath. 448 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: He catches you know, deep comebacks and routes across the middle. 449 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: But man, he's quick to run a little five yards, 450 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: snag a little shallow across the middle, you know, settle 451 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: up in between linebackers and zone just pick up seven 452 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: yards here or there. I mean, he's he's got that 453 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,120 Speaker 1: in his bag. He's got that club in his bag 454 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: for sure. So I think I think Cob QT and 455 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: Cooks all have kind of go to possession receiver like qualities. 456 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: It's just that Cooks and Qt in particular, because they 457 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: got some juice, they could take it and do something 458 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: with it deep down field as well. So I think 459 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: you have options in that realm. And I think it 460 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: was gonna come down to who's ever at quarterback finding 461 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 1: what matchup ends up playing out the best for that 462 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 1: particular receiver. If you're gonna give, you're gonna end up 463 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: double or you know, buzzing under Brandon Cooks and things 464 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: like that. Okay, well then Cobby QT You're gonna have 465 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: to be those guys, and that's fine. I just don't 466 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: like pigeonholing Kiki into oh, he's just a slot receiver 467 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: or Randall to be in just a just a slot receiver. 468 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: I think those guys can do some things down the field. 469 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: We've seen it with Kiki for sure. And I think 470 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: Randall's got that club in his bagage to matter him 471 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: staying healthy and showing it this year all right, Johnny, 472 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 1: good stuff, love talking offense. Can't wait to see it 473 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: in action, can't wait to see what they do with 474 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: training camp practices starting a week from tomorrow at the 475 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: Houston Methodist Training Center. Now coming up, Usually we do 476 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: Who's Better on a Tuesday night. I'm gonna change it 477 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: up because I saw Gary Cohne, Mets broadcaster kind of 478 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: making a fun well very much making fun of Skyline Chilian, 479 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 1: Cincinnati on a video that was on Twitter but part 480 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: of their baseball broadcast. But it got me thinking overrated 481 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: foods in cities that we visit. 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I saw 507 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: a video last night Gary Cone mets broadcaster Incensity making 508 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: fun of Skyline Chili, which is a famous dish. Well 509 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: it's a famous place in Cincinnati that serves alleged chili. 510 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: And I say alleged because chili purists do not agree 511 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: that it's chili. They think it's just spaghetti sauce or something, 512 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 1: and they think it's overrated. I think it's overrated too. 513 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: It's something I've never really felt compelled to get again. 514 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: So let's do overrated foods in NFL cities. We've been 515 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: to Cincinnati many times. We actually went to the Montgomery 516 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: in for ribs and that was pretty good. But do 517 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: you agree that skyl Chili's overrated? Absolutely a thousand percent. 518 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: We could still be friends. I just don't understand, first 519 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: of all, the chili. I mean, you know, chili is 520 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:40,120 Speaker 1: a in Texas, is a whole different animal. So when 521 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:41,959 Speaker 1: you see it going spaghetti like, I don't know if 522 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,959 Speaker 1: I First of all, I don't know if I care 523 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: for that too much. But beyond that, I don't know 524 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,239 Speaker 1: the chili looks all that good. Now I do like 525 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: heaping helping a cheese. That yeah, that I'm okay with. 526 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: But that's probably the top of the list is Skyland Chili. Okay. 527 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: Oh him going after that was I was like, oh wow, 528 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,439 Speaker 1: good for him. I was kind of chuckling. I was like, Okay, 529 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 1: good for him for saying it, because a lot of 530 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: people think it. All right, So let's do this I'll 531 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: pick a city with my overrated food. You agree or disagree, 532 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: then you pick one. Okay. I'm just gonna go around 533 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: the league here in no particular order, and I'm gonna start. 534 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: I'm talking with you Chicago people, You Chicago landers. I 535 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: think deep dish pizza, oh wow, good is overrated. I'm 536 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: a New York slice guy. Okay. And this has nothing 537 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: to do with preference of city. I like Chicago a lot. 538 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: It's a great town. That pizza is too deep, too doughey, 539 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: too carbo hydrate filled for me. I want my thin 540 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: sliced New York pizza all day, every day. Don't come 541 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: at me with the deep dish thoughts. Wow, holy smokes. Look, 542 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 1: we went to Chicago last year and it's the first 543 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 1: time I've had deep dish in a long time, and 544 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: I wanted to loom on the naughties and I ended up. 545 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: It was because obviously COVID was we couldn't go to 546 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: the place. We had to just have uber each bring 547 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: it to us. So I went out in a lobby. 548 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: I'm standing in the lobby and I'm talking to the 549 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: concierge and I told him what I did. He goes, oh, 550 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna you're gonna love it. You're gonna love him, 551 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: like oh, okay, it was fabulous. It was absolutely fabulous. 552 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: I will eat pizza of any and all kinds, any 553 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: and all kinds. I will no doubt have deep dish 554 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: pizza I like. I like my pizza actually the one 555 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: that I make my Uni pizza of him, which is 556 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,959 Speaker 1: very very good. But but Jack and I went to 557 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: go have Star Pizza the other day. Oh my god, 558 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 1: holy smokes. I actually used to like that too. I 559 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: haven't been there in a while. They they are deep, 560 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: they are deep, and it's pretty good. Okay, but I'm 561 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: talking about Chicago. You go, yeah, okay, this one's for Charlotte. 562 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: And this one gets a little it gets a little 563 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,560 Speaker 1: dicey in some sense, because I love I love my 564 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: family in Charlotte. I love my family in North Carolina. 565 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: Oh boy. But it was my first time in actually 566 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: in North Carolina, I believe, no second time. I drove 567 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: through with my roommate a couple of years prior. Anyways, 568 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: I go, my brother in law is about it is 569 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: gonna get married. And so Paige was my first time 570 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: to meet the family. And she's allo sid She's like, look, 571 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna have barbecue. And I'm like, oh, yes, I'm 572 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: thinking brisket, I'm thinking ribs. I'm jacked. I pull up 573 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: and I'm like, what's that. They're like, Oh, that's barbecue, barbecue. 574 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: And I'm like, that's not the barbecue that I know. 575 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 1: And they're like, oh yeah, this is eastern North Carolina barbecue. 576 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: Now I will say, I will say Charlotte not quite 577 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: Eastern North Carolina barbecue. Charlotte does get some of the 578 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:09,480 Speaker 1: some of the South Carolina m barbecue, and it's all 579 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: it's all different. I've grown to like eastern North Carolina barbecue. 580 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: But it's a vine it's a vinegar based sauce. It's 581 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: just just a little it's a it's different. It is 582 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: an acquired it's an inquired taste. But I know the people, 583 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: and I know my father in law. If he's listening, 584 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,760 Speaker 1: he is ready to string me up right now because 585 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: he's not gonna like what I'm saying about eastern eastern 586 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: North Carolina barbecue. I have grown to really really like it. 587 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: But man, if anybody from that state tells me, oh, yeah, 588 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 1: our barbecue is, but do not even do not even 589 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: come at me with that at all. About Eastern North 590 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:55,120 Speaker 1: Carolina barbecue very good, but not on part. It's kind 591 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 1: of like to your to your point, you would eat 592 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,719 Speaker 1: deep dish. It's good, but it's not you. It's not 593 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: New York style team. Yeah, same same kind of thing. 594 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: Eastern North carol It's it's an acquired table like beer, 595 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 1: as they often say, it's a very acquired taste. All right, 596 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you another overrated food in the city. 597 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: We go to Baltimore. We don't got to Baltimore all 598 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: the time, right, just don't do it all the time. 599 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: They came here last year. But when you go to Baltimore, 600 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: what's the first thing people say? You need to order? 601 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: Crab cakes? Exactly. And I'm gonna tell you right now, 602 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: over rated crab cakes because of this. Now, I'm not 603 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: saying they can't be good. They can be good. But look, 604 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: if you give me the choice of so many different foods, 605 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: crab cakes on my depth chart, they're not even on 606 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: the practice squad. Okay, they're on waivers, and I could 607 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: pick them up if I want to. But I've got 608 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 1: like steaks, burgers, brisk I've got every kind of meat 609 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 1: ahead of them. I've got other kinds of fish ahead 610 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: of them, Like they're not making my team. So I 611 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: would say rab cakes as a regional food are overrated. 612 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: Now crabs themselves from Baltimore. Okay, that's a different deal. 613 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 1: Although sometimes those crabs are just more work than they're worth, 614 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,560 Speaker 1: you know, like I'm working my butt off here to 615 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: get a bite. You know, I'm crushing crab shells and 616 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: it's you know, I don't mind getting messy. You have 617 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 1: a newspaper out everywhere, and then I got one bite 618 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,400 Speaker 1: of crab. I mean, I'd like to get a little 619 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: bit more food for the amount of effort I'm putting it. 620 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: I lose weight eating crabs for Maryland. Anyway, go on, Okay, 621 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: we don't go to Chicago often. You picked on Chicago. 622 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 1: I'm pick up Chicago too, but for a different reason. 623 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: There's another overrated food in Chicago. Heck, yeah, have you 624 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: seen those things they called the Chicago Dog? Oh no, 625 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 1: they Okay, so it brought. No, it's a it's a 626 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: hot dog, but they dress it up and it's got 627 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 1: it's got all these different items on there. The it's 628 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: it drives me insane because I look at it and 629 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: I see a pickle, I see lettuce, there's tomato onion. 630 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:11,360 Speaker 1: It's like a hamburger. And it's a hot dog. Like, no, 631 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 1: you listen, I don't mind. You're gonna dress up the 632 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,239 Speaker 1: hot dog. But you put mustard and hot dog, that's cool. 633 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,439 Speaker 1: You wanta put chili on a hot dog, that's cool. 634 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: You will put cheese and chili on hot dog. I'm 635 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,160 Speaker 1: fine with that. But they'll come with me with a 636 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: pickle and lettuce. And the people that I know from Chicago, 637 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: they swear by these things. And I'll tell you this 638 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 1: quick funny story. We I was asked to do this 639 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,719 Speaker 1: thing for our friends at Aaron Mark at the stadium 640 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,359 Speaker 1: about some of these foods that are gonna be there. 641 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:46,319 Speaker 1: And I had Lovey Smith, who coached in Chicago. Had 642 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: Frank Ross who said he hadn't et a hot dog 643 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,399 Speaker 1: in ten years, which wasn't surprising. He's seeing coach Ross. 644 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,320 Speaker 1: Then I had Coach Cully, and then I had Tim Kelly, 645 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:59,680 Speaker 1: who is from Chicago, and he started talking about the 646 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: One of the items was was a barbecue hot dog 647 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,200 Speaker 1: and he's like, well, this isn't like the dogs I 648 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,839 Speaker 1: get in Chicago. I'm like, yeah, because you don't put 649 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 1: a farm on it. This is the way you need 650 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,720 Speaker 1: to eat a hot dog. You can eat a hot dog. 651 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: You don't want to eat veggies on it. No, not 652 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: too much, just a little relish, a little on your relish, 653 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,240 Speaker 1: Like I'm I'm cool with relish, but you're gonna dress 654 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: it up like these Chicago dogs. No lettuce, lettuce, pickles. 655 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,759 Speaker 1: Forget it, okay, forget all right, all right, moving right 656 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: along here, Gosh, I have so many to choose from, Johnny, 657 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:35,880 Speaker 1: I don't know where to be get all right, So 658 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: Miami and I love Miami. You know this, but you know, 659 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,359 Speaker 1: and I hate I'm not insulting the people or the country, 660 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 1: but I'm not a big fan of the Cuban food 661 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:52,279 Speaker 1: in Miami. I know that's like sacrilege, right, sacrilege. But 662 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 1: the rice and beans, look, I think it's okay. But again, 663 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,839 Speaker 1: if I have choices, that's not making my top four 664 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: on the depth chart. It's just not I'll eat it, 665 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,959 Speaker 1: it'll be good, but to me, like, oh, I gotta 666 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,400 Speaker 1: have some of the Cuban food. If that's your thing, fine, 667 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,919 Speaker 1: but I personally think, look, I'm gonna stamp overrated on there, 668 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,400 Speaker 1: Like if I go to Miami, I'm going down to 669 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 1: Joe's Stone Crab. And look, there's a system to get 670 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: in there. Anybody who's listening, who knows what I'm talking about. 671 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 1: It's not Joe's crab Shack. That's another kind of place. 672 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,920 Speaker 1: This is Joe's Stone Crab in South Florida on Miami Beach. 673 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:31,200 Speaker 1: And you gotta know when to tip, how much to tip. 674 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,520 Speaker 1: And luckily, you know, I was a Miami Hurricane guy, 675 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:38,400 Speaker 1: so I had the system and it is the best 676 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,760 Speaker 1: place to go, but it's very hard to get into. 677 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,440 Speaker 1: But anyway, that's a kind of crab I like, or 678 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 1: the kind of food I like in my oam. Okay, 679 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 1: how about a Cuban sandwich? See, that's better if you 680 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 1: have it in a sandwich form. Obviously it's a different 681 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,560 Speaker 1: kind of thing than you standard rice and beans and 682 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,960 Speaker 1: all of that. Have another city, Oh boy, let's see, 683 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:05,640 Speaker 1: I can help you out. Okay, here's one Atlanta, and 684 00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: here's here's here's Atlanta. What is Atlanta known for food? Oh? 685 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:14,720 Speaker 1: That's my that's exactly my point. That's exactly my point. 686 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:20,560 Speaker 1: What is it Atlanta known for? Food? Wise? Southern barbecue? 687 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: I mean, you'd think, but I've eaten there a few times, 688 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,719 Speaker 1: like different places, and I've always thought it to be good. 689 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 1: But I'm like, when I go a place, go to 690 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: a place, I want to have what the local region 691 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,920 Speaker 1: is and watch this one Jacksonville. You know, you know 692 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,239 Speaker 1: I love Jacksonville, my wife there. I loved my time there. 693 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:46,040 Speaker 1: There is no native cuisine at Jacksonville. Whatsoever we did, 694 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:49,880 Speaker 1: I mean, stripmall ribs, there's still comparison anywhere, but there's 695 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,880 Speaker 1: no My wife and I should talk about this all 696 00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:54,000 Speaker 1: the time, like, Hey, what's the what's the thing you 697 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 1: got to have in Jacksonville to eat? And you're like, 698 00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 1: I don't know, seafood. I guess okay, Like there was 699 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:05,680 Speaker 1: never a native cuisine. Atlanta and jackson are kind of 700 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,080 Speaker 1: the same in that regard. There's nothing. You go to 701 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: Atlanta like, oh, I'm going to get this or I'm 702 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,839 Speaker 1: going at least when you go to Baltimore, you're like, oh, 703 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get crab kicks. I'm gonna go get some 704 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,480 Speaker 1: crab I'm gonna do something like that. You go to 705 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,000 Speaker 1: those two places Atlanta Jacksonville, and you're like, man, I 706 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: don't know we'll see. I'm not sure. I mean Jacksonville. 707 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,280 Speaker 1: I mean they've added a few restaurants since I've been there, obviously, 708 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:34,040 Speaker 1: but they're good restaurants. But there's nothing that screams Jacksonville 709 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,600 Speaker 1: to me at any of those places. And that is 710 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:40,000 Speaker 1: probably the most frustrating thing about those two cities in particular. 711 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: All Right, I'm gonna run through these really quick, and 712 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,720 Speaker 1: then you can you can comment. Okay, I think Philly 713 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,520 Speaker 1: cheese takes for the most part, are very overrated. Okay, 714 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 1: it's hard to find a really good one. I know, 715 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: I know, not a popular take necessarily, but look again, 716 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:58,480 Speaker 1: not high on my depth chart. All right, cities where 717 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:01,360 Speaker 1: the food is not over rated, where it is properly 718 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 1: rated as excellent. New Orleans, I don't you know, we 719 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:07,319 Speaker 1: know where to go in New Orleans, but there's so 720 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 1: many great places. Look, I want to stayd a Marry 721 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,000 Speaker 1: out there and their stuff was amazing. If New Orleans 722 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,680 Speaker 1: is incredible, the competition. If you're not serving good food, 723 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna die fast in New Orleans as a business. 724 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,800 Speaker 1: So the competition keeps you good, right. I also think 725 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:27,439 Speaker 1: that when we go to Boston, the clam chowder is excellent, right. 726 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,800 Speaker 1: I love that. I think I think lobster, Yeah, anywhere 727 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,719 Speaker 1: in Boston it's gonna be good again. Competition keeps it good. 728 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:36,719 Speaker 1: I think lobster is kind of an overrated thing. I 729 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,880 Speaker 1: like it. I like the lobster tail, but lobster again, 730 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:42,880 Speaker 1: a lot of work for maybe something that's probably not 731 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,040 Speaker 1: worth the money overall, unless you have money to burn. 732 00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,480 Speaker 1: I don't. Another city with the food is not overrated 733 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,279 Speaker 1: is Kansas City. I know the barbecue is different, but 734 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: they'll burn ends, So come on, jack Stack. I'd rather 735 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,120 Speaker 1: be in Texas, yes, but we go there and it's 736 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,520 Speaker 1: mouth watering. It's good. I love the that food. We're 737 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: making a lot of people hungry right now. And also Indy, Johnny, 738 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,680 Speaker 1: I think Indy with all the steakhouses and the shrimp 739 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:10,840 Speaker 1: cocktail being a thing that's citywide, that piping hot whatever 740 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 1: head exploding shrimp cocktail sauce, I think that that's not overrated. 741 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,560 Speaker 1: That's really nice and it's kind of grating on the curve. 742 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,600 Speaker 1: It's where you are because it's you know, they've made 743 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,840 Speaker 1: it their thing. I credit Indie with a lot of stuff. 744 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,520 Speaker 1: I just hate the colts like poison. I had to 745 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,240 Speaker 1: mention that again because I just do. Yeah, I agree 746 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:30,000 Speaker 1: with you about Indie for sure. And he's one of 747 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,160 Speaker 1: those cities where you're like, yeah, I'm going to Indianapoli. 748 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,560 Speaker 1: It's like, oh man, you're gonna blast and people are like, what, 749 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,680 Speaker 1: I love our division cities. I mean, even though Jacksonvilles 750 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 1: have quite a cuisine, we do love going to Mudville 751 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 1: Grill where we can get strip more ribs, but all 752 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:48,920 Speaker 1: three places are fantastic. Nashville's I don't know exactly what 753 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,640 Speaker 1: Nashville's native cuisine is supposed to be kind of a 754 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,839 Speaker 1: Southern country mixed with some seafood in there. I don't know, 755 00:40:55,120 --> 00:41:00,279 Speaker 1: but that's really good, really really good. The one thing 756 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:01,800 Speaker 1: that we don't have a lot of experience with this 757 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,000 Speaker 1: West Coast. We don't have a ton of experience with that, 758 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:06,960 Speaker 1: and oh we yeah, so that we'll experience it a 759 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,480 Speaker 1: little bit with San Francisco this year. What should be 760 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,280 Speaker 1: kind of fun. And I don't know what the native 761 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,719 Speaker 1: cuisine is. What that SuDS? What's the native cuisine in Phoenix? 762 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,960 Speaker 1: It's a roadrunner, Okay, coming up, we'll go around the league. 763 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:25,280 Speaker 1: Former Texans coach in a big, big, troubling situation healthwise, 764 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:31,279 Speaker 1: We'll get it to that and more on Texans Radio. 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Miller brewin Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ninety six calories 782 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:37,400 Speaker 1: three point two cars pert twelve ounces carves pert twelve ounces, 783 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:42,560 Speaker 1: carves per twelve No back to more Texans talk on Texans, 784 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,640 Speaker 1: Alexis all right, let's go around the league, Mark vanderber 785 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:51,600 Speaker 1: John Harris with you as Jets assistant coach. Greg Knapp 786 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 1: is in critical condition following a bicycle accident over the weekend, 787 00:42:56,040 --> 00:43:00,840 Speaker 1: and Nap coached quarterbacks here the Kubiak Era for time, Johnny. 788 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,960 Speaker 1: He's been around the league a lot of different places. 789 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:08,080 Speaker 1: San Francisco, Denver, Atlanta, had an infamous exchange with Michael 790 00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:12,000 Speaker 1: Vick and Atlanta as a coordinator. But everybody loves this guy. 791 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:15,839 Speaker 1: He is a tremendous coach. Or Laski was tweeting about him. 792 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:18,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure other people have weighed in as well. Fifty 793 00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:20,800 Speaker 1: eight years old and he was hit by a motorist 794 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:26,040 Speaker 1: while on a bicycle in California, and oh man, I 795 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,759 Speaker 1: have no idea what happened, but I gotta say, if 796 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:31,200 Speaker 1: you ride a bike on streets where cars are, and 797 00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,560 Speaker 1: most people will ride bikes end up there, eventually you 798 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,600 Speaker 1: got to be so careful and you just trust the drivers. 799 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:40,080 Speaker 1: And look at this day and age, man, it's more 800 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,480 Speaker 1: dangerous than ever. You have more safety features than ever 801 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:47,920 Speaker 1: on an automobile, but you also have the phone, and 802 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,000 Speaker 1: that is a problem with a lot of people. And 803 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:52,080 Speaker 1: I'm just praying it wasn't something like that. I don't 804 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:54,480 Speaker 1: have any other details, but our prayers are out there 805 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,840 Speaker 1: Greg Nap and his family and Nap and critical condition 806 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,239 Speaker 1: following that bike accident. Yeah, and I've heard nothing but 807 00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:04,560 Speaker 1: great things about Greg Nap wherever he's been. There was 808 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,080 Speaker 1: the one I can't remember what blow up that was. 809 00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:08,960 Speaker 1: There was something on the sidelines without I think it 810 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:13,240 Speaker 1: was t O actually at some point. But either way, 811 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:19,120 Speaker 1: he's always been given the highest kudos in some sense, 812 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:23,719 Speaker 1: and hopefully everything is gonna gonna turn out. But man, 813 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,280 Speaker 1: just as really set story. I saw the Jets post 814 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,680 Speaker 1: today and that was a statement from Robert Solom. I went, oh, no, 815 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,319 Speaker 1: I don't like this, and I was like, oh, wait 816 00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,640 Speaker 1: a second, who's Greg? And that saws Greg Nap And 817 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,840 Speaker 1: my heart just sank, oh, because I know he's got 818 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,440 Speaker 1: many people that he knew here and while he was 819 00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:40,799 Speaker 1: here with Houston. So I just hate that for him 820 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:46,000 Speaker 1: and his family absolutely, And look, every NFL team getting 821 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:49,120 Speaker 1: ready for camp right now, as the protocols are kicking 822 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:52,840 Speaker 1: in and I'm watching the numbers carefully. I'm just praying 823 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,320 Speaker 1: everything just sort of stays calm here as we head 824 00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,920 Speaker 1: for the season. Johnny, I mean, this is going to 825 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:04,760 Speaker 1: to be really interesting to see everybody get back in camp. 826 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:09,040 Speaker 1: Some players vaccinated, some not. They'll agree with how the 827 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:13,600 Speaker 1: unvaccinated players will be labeled unvaccinated. I hate to use 828 00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:16,680 Speaker 1: that word labeled, but they will be. And also, we 829 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,879 Speaker 1: got to pray that the numbers don't spike because they're 830 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,080 Speaker 1: going in the wrong direction of many cities. And this 831 00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:24,960 Speaker 1: is absolutely not what we want to see as a society, 832 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:27,520 Speaker 1: and this is the football show would certainly, you know, 833 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,880 Speaker 1: we stick to that for the most part, and we 834 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,080 Speaker 1: don't want to see it in the NFL, no doubt. 835 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,400 Speaker 1: And that's I was mentioning it today in Tech Saggs. 836 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:39,759 Speaker 1: It's become such a political statement one way or the other. 837 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:42,600 Speaker 1: And I said many years ago, politics and religion, those 838 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,560 Speaker 1: two things will stay on the radio, they will stay 839 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,960 Speaker 1: with me. You won't know my politics, you won't know 840 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,080 Speaker 1: my religion. That's just not something to talk about. And 841 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,960 Speaker 1: I hate it in some sense because this has become 842 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:56,600 Speaker 1: so politicized, whether you get the shots, whether you don't, 843 00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:58,760 Speaker 1: whether you wear a mask or not. I'm like, oh, 844 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:03,080 Speaker 1: hashtag freedoms and whatever. Hopefully people will just do the 845 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:06,839 Speaker 1: right thing and we can get back where we need 846 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:11,239 Speaker 1: to for the NFL, for people's everyday lives, etc. And 847 00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:13,880 Speaker 1: hopefully these numbers won't continue to spike. This delta variant 848 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,359 Speaker 1: has been kicking everybody's but it sounds like all right. Well, 849 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:21,200 Speaker 1: later on as the week progresses, you'll hear from Nick Ferguson, 850 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,560 Speaker 1: Drew Doherty caught up with him, wrote a story about that, 851 00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:26,040 Speaker 1: Jonathan Joseph I caught up with him. That's all coming 852 00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:27,960 Speaker 1: up within the next few days. We have John McClean 853 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,480 Speaker 1: on as well, so big shows Wednesday, Thursday, Friday here 854 00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:33,520 Speaker 1: on Texans All Access. Johnny, thanks so much for being 855 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:36,480 Speaker 1: with us as always as we bring it to you 856 00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:40,239 Speaker 1: live tonight. Thank you Eddie Petty Penn for producing Eddy 857 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:42,719 Speaker 1: doing a great job on the board. Have a great 858 00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:45,200 Speaker 1: night everyone. 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