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Speaker 1: Welcome into Texans All Access. On a Tuesday, Texans are

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Speaker 1: back at home after two game road stretch. They're taking

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Speaker 1: on the Chargers. We are talking about this week's matchup.

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Speaker 1: What do the Texans need to do to get a win?

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Speaker 1: You guys, come on, is that the initial question. We'll

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Speaker 1: go right to the right there. I like this. I

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Speaker 1: like this very much. You know what they need to

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Speaker 1: do fast, the way that we want it. That's how

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Speaker 1: we're gonna run the show. They've been telling you what

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Speaker 1: they need to do, close out, finish, however you want

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Speaker 1: to word it. Score a point or two, well, preferably

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Speaker 1: more than that, and you can't really get one. But

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. Please. They're playing a team they

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Speaker 1: beat last year, which was really a great win. But

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Speaker 1: you can't really talk about last year. It's a very

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Speaker 1: different Charger team. Actually, in some ways, this one might

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Speaker 1: be more depleted because of the injury bug and the

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Speaker 1: way Herbert's ribs might be feeling may or may not

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Speaker 1: with the numbness or whatever he's gonna be feeling after

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Speaker 1: they get done with him medically before the game, if

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Speaker 1: you catch my drift. But that's it played better in

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, how about that For football analysis, I

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Speaker 1: got one give Damian Pierce the ball a little bit more,

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Speaker 1: and if not that, just keep him in the game

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Speaker 1: a little bit more than you already have. It's gone

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Speaker 1: up each week as far as touches, all that stuff

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Speaker 1: snaps in the first week, I can't remember when the

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Speaker 1: last time he was he touched the ball, but I

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Speaker 1: believe it was the third quarter. The next week it

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Speaker 1: was the eleven thirty mark, and this week he didn't

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Speaker 1: touch the ball for the last six minutes of the game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: even if he does not touch on the ball, make

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Speaker 1: sure he's in there. Just spread out that time out

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Speaker 1: that he's in the game with the offense. So it's

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Speaker 1: the whole way through and not you don't see him

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Speaker 1: at the end. I think you got to have him

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Speaker 1: in the game. This offense is a totally different animal

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Speaker 1: when he is. There are more fangs with this offense

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Speaker 1: when he's in it. All right, So four third and

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Speaker 1: one situations in the game, if you look through them all,

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Speaker 1: Damian Pierce got the ball on one of those. Yeah

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Speaker 1: it was a loss. Sure, that was the one where

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Speaker 1: Kenyan Green was injured on the play. The other three

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Speaker 1: short passes incomplete. I think you're onto something. I mean,

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Speaker 1: granted that's only one out of four, but more third

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Speaker 1: and one situations. Love, he wants to convert them more.

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Speaker 1: Maybe you just go with the short were easy, keep

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Speaker 1: it simple, stupid, run the play. I'm not saying, hey,

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Speaker 1: every third one you must give to Pierce. So I'm

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Speaker 1: just saying, in general, have him. He wasn't on the

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Speaker 1: field for the last six half minutes. Well, I think

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Speaker 1: because the second time. But rookies are gonna make mistakes

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Speaker 1: and mean and lose the fumble, and part of that

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Speaker 1: luck because of the way the ball is shaped. But

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Speaker 1: let's send him out there. Let's send that offense out

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Speaker 1: there with all the AMMO at your disposal. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's funny because with Pierce being a rookie, it's kind

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Speaker 1: of like having a rookie quarterback who might throw a

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Speaker 1: pick or two, but they get a lot of production anyway, right,

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Speaker 1: and you want to clean that up. And obviously you

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Speaker 1: want to clean up fumbles. But they didn't lose them,

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Speaker 1: so that's a good thing. I just think he's your

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Speaker 1: best offensive player right now. I mean, I'm not going

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Speaker 1: to get the line involved in this conversation. But really,

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Speaker 1: when you look at it, Cooks is an outstanding receiver,

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Speaker 1: but this year hasn't been outstanding for him just yet.

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Speaker 1: And it's not all his fault. You have to be

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Speaker 1: able to find ways to get him the football. But

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Speaker 1: as far as productivity, right now, Pierce is the guy,

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Speaker 1: and we'll see how they handle him against the charge.

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Speaker 1: If I'm Jeff Driskell, I'm very offended right now because

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Speaker 1: when Jeff Keller is the game, it's a little bit exciting.

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Speaker 1: And I was disappointed that they didn't call him up

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Speaker 1: from practice squad. I know they can only do it

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Speaker 1: three times, but I really thought at some point we're

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Speaker 1: just gonna see him on the active roster and then

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Speaker 1: that'll just be a part of the game. Well, I

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Speaker 1: just thought it's very very telling. Over the last couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks, we've heard, hey, we've got to finish, we've

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Speaker 1: got to finish, We've got to finish from Lovey Smith,

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Speaker 1: all the assistants, all the players, and then last week

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Speaker 1: before the game, Lovey Smith said we got to finish.

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Speaker 1: But Damian Pierce is actually an example of somebody who

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Speaker 1: is finishing when he's in the game and when he

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Speaker 1: gets the ball he finishes runs and he punishes these

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Speaker 1: doing that for a good stretch of last week's game

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Speaker 1: the week before. So let's have him in there. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm all for let's have him in there. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna make it. There's gonna be a time when

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Speaker 1: he probably does fumble a game away from you. But

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Speaker 1: I think if you give him the chance and give

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Speaker 1: them the opportunities, more good will come from it. He's

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Speaker 1: supposed to bad. He's gonna have to play through that.

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Speaker 1: You're absolutely right, and just like you're playing Mills here

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Speaker 1: you know, a long time starter. I should say Pierce

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Speaker 1: should be handled maybe the same way I think he

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Speaker 1: will be Drew. I think he got more carries this

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Speaker 1: time than last time than the time before, more yardage

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Speaker 1: as a team. They still have yet to rush for

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Speaker 1: one hundred yards as a team. That's tough, man, That

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Speaker 1: is really difficult to accept, but you have to. You're

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Speaker 1: where you are after three games, and maybe they can

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Speaker 1: increase the production on Sunday. I'm torn on this because

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Speaker 1: I love watching Damian Pierce out there, but I can

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Speaker 1: see the flip side of it. I mean, I think

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Speaker 1: two one, the first fumble, he was right back in there,

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Speaker 1: which I was happy to see. Second fumble, you feel

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Speaker 1: like the game is right there in your hands. He

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Speaker 1: fumbles it. It's dangerously you know, close to the end

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Speaker 1: zone there. I mean, you have to make an example

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Speaker 1: out of it. The difference is like Davis Mills can

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Speaker 1: throw two interceptions, but a quarterback is just such a

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Speaker 1: different position than a running back, and then a rookie

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Speaker 1: at that. So I understand why they did have to

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Speaker 1: just take him out of the game. But you know,

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Speaker 1: you you hope that that teaches him a lesson moving forward.

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Speaker 1: He does have to go through, but I mean, I

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Speaker 1: can't fault them for taking him out there. I was

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Speaker 1: more upset the week before when he left the game

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Speaker 1: early because I didn't I didn't see why he didn't

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Speaker 1: play for that majority well, I think the week before

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Speaker 1: I saw it looked like there was a mix up

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Speaker 1: before a play with Davis Mills pre snap, was communicating

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Speaker 1: on it, but I'm I'm there. Clearly was a miscommunication

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Speaker 1: But then he fumbled early and against Chicago gets right

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Speaker 1: back into it again. I'm saying, and I'm you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm with you as far as hey bring him out

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Speaker 1: for a little bit and talk to him, but send

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Speaker 1: him back in. Don't don't go such long stretches of

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Speaker 1: time without him on your offensive. All right, Well, the

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Speaker 1: Jags and the Colts are both sitting at two and one.

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Speaker 1: Tennessee and the Texans both have two losses each. What

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Speaker 1: does the team need to do to get over the

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Speaker 1: high Levey Smith says, this team is really close. We're close,

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Speaker 1: and that's what you want to be first. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's a lot of foot there's a lot of football

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Speaker 1: left to go in the season, and each week we're

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Speaker 1: learning something. But it seemed like we're getting close and closer,

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Speaker 1: you know, an overtime game and then it seemed like

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Speaker 1: one possession right at the end. But the focus first

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Speaker 1: has to be on doing more before we get to

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Speaker 1: the end of the game. That's where we're saying, you know,

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Speaker 1: just playing a run better. Earlier I talked about the

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Speaker 1: third and one situations, So it's really that, and I

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Speaker 1: just knowed the guys at the end. It's not like

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Speaker 1: we're exhausted or something like that. The guys are playing hard.

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Speaker 1: We just got to play a little bit better ball

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Speaker 1: at the end. And that's encouraging to hear Levey Smith

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Speaker 1: say that. I think that the football gods have shined

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Speaker 1: down on the Texans through three games, even though they

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Speaker 1: haven't won any Look at all the injuries that have

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Speaker 1: last week, David Montgomery goes out early, doesn't come back,

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Speaker 1: Jerry Judy the week before. This week, you've got a

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Speaker 1: really banged up Justin Herbert. They've lost their left tackle

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Speaker 1: for the season. Joey Bosa is probably not going to play.

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Speaker 1: You've got all these opportunities to win the game. You

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Speaker 1: come really close and all you need to do is score,

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Speaker 1: like a field goal or a touchdown on the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: You're so close, but yet it feels like we're owin

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Speaker 1: three mark? Does it not? It does feel like oh

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Speaker 1: talking about this how because a tie is a neutral result,

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Speaker 1: it feels the way the rest of the games have gone. Right.

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Speaker 1: If you'd won these last two, it feels like a win.

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Speaker 1: But since you lost these last two, feels like a lost.

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Speaker 1: Don't ask me what would happen if you split, because

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Speaker 1: they didn't do that. We are where we are, but

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Speaker 1: they are close. Yes, I said this in the offseason.

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Speaker 1: I said this publicly. They could be a better team

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Speaker 1: and have a similar record, but the games are closer

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Speaker 1: because last year yet all those blowouts. Maybe they don't

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Speaker 1: to stay in these games and have similar situations. Maybe

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Speaker 1: they prevail from here on out. I don't know. You

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Speaker 1: see what happens on Sunday. It's tough to digest. But

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Speaker 1: the things that you thought were going to improve this

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Speaker 1: year did not necessarily improve. You thought your offense would

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Speaker 1: second stretch of last year. I think just seeing him

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Speaker 1: early in camp, you thought, Wow, the chemistry that he's

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Speaker 1: gonna have with Nico Collins is gonna be really good.

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Speaker 1: I haven't really seen him really emerged yet. You've seen

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Speaker 1: him get a couple of big chunk plays, but definitely

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Speaker 1: want to see more of that. You thought the tight

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Speaker 1: ends would get really involved, Well they kind of have.

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Speaker 1: We have. It's been different every single week. Three touchdown

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Speaker 1: receptions by the tight ends and nobody who was in

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Speaker 1: training camp with this team, So that's kind of weird. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that is a wild stat right there. Yeah. One thing

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Speaker 1: that is better is the run game. You're running the

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Speaker 1: and you're doing that with a guy in Pierce who

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Speaker 1: he only got four yards to carry this last weekend.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't feel like that because of some of the stuff,

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Speaker 1: the great stuff he was doing. But it's like you said,

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Speaker 1: one that that'll add up and take away from the games.

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Speaker 1: But what you're seeing from him is tantalizing. And I

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Speaker 1: think I still think the day is going to break

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Speaker 1: here soon and he is going to have a day.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna have days where we are just walking away

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Speaker 1: I don't know what adults, but the kids are excited

427
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Speaker 1: that the Pro Bowl is now going to culminate in

428
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Speaker 1: a flag football game after a week week of players

429
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Speaker 1: skills competitions. I bring it up because on the Peyton

430
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Speaker 1: on the Maning Cast last night, Peyton said that he's

431
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Speaker 1: gonna make it fun. He's actually a part of this entire,

432
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Speaker 1: this entire Pro Bowl thing, and he's gonna be one

433
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Speaker 1: of the coach He's gonna be part of the coaching staff.

434
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Speaker 1: Good for the AFC versus NFC flag football game. He said,

435
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Speaker 1: We're gonna make it fun. We might have some beer

436
00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,120
Speaker 1: checking contests, hot dog eating by offensive lineman will take

437
00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,360
Speaker 1: suggestions I'm here, so they're not just limiting it too.

438
00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:45,240
Speaker 1: It's not just football skills. Yeah, kicking and throwing the

439
00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,040
Speaker 1: ball the longest and all that stuff's accurate. I was

440
00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,360
Speaker 1: thinking about this, and I didn't bring this up yesterday

441
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Speaker 1: because we are really focused on Sunday's game. But does

442
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Speaker 1: the name Robert Edwards mean anything to you? This was

443
00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,520
Speaker 1: a player who ripped up at me in a flag

444
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Speaker 1: football game on the beach, just to touch football on

445
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Speaker 1: the beach in Hawaii. Yes, so, I mean the beach

446
00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,119
Speaker 1: is a different deal. Playing football in the sand and

447
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,880
Speaker 1: it's weird to run in the sand. It's not ideal.

448
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Speaker 1: But I'm wondering how they feel about flag football because

449
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,119
Speaker 1: you can still get hurt. These guys are competitive. Nobody

450
00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:19,919
Speaker 1: wants to lose. You know what we wants to hear

451
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:24,399
Speaker 1: at the practice bubble during a business ops event walking football,

452
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Speaker 1: Yes we did. It was I hear. I think you

453
00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:32,800
Speaker 1: were you're probably just you know, socializing it eating, But

454
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Speaker 1: we had a walking football. You were not allowed to

455
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Speaker 1: You had to just walk really fast and if anybody

456
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Speaker 1: was caught jogging that was a penalty. And it was

457
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Speaker 1: really funny. Guys. You would run a fatter like walk

458
00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,200
Speaker 1: walk but it was hilarious. You know, you don't have

459
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Speaker 1: to place the ball just perfectly, and it looked like

460
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Speaker 1: a bunch of British, Hello, we're playing walking football. It

461
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Speaker 1: was just awkward football room. I'm sure it looked awful.

462
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Speaker 1: Looks like they all have to go to a bathroom.

463
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Speaker 1: You know, you know what, why not do a walking

464
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Speaker 1: flag football? Walking flag football with the NFL. I don't

465
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Speaker 1: think it's entertaining for other people. I don't know what

466
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Speaker 1: you would be to watch. They're doing the right thing

467
00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,080
Speaker 1: to get rid of the game. The game had to go.

468
00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,040
Speaker 1: I thought maybe they could have done a thud type

469
00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,240
Speaker 1: game where it looks, let's just not really tackle. But

470
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Speaker 1: you know, it's not football, so you can't even compete

471
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Speaker 1: with that. We've all covered one, we've all covered a

472
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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, and I don't know about you guys, but

473
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Speaker 1: the first time I was on the field and saw

474
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Speaker 1: the action, I was stunned. Because we're on the field

475
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Speaker 1: for regular season games. It's it's like I said, it's violent,

476
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Speaker 1: high collisions, all that stuff. I was on the field

477
00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:41,600
Speaker 1: and I looked up and it looked like the offensive

478
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Speaker 1: and defensive linemen going at it. We're playing Pattycake, and

479
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Speaker 1: I don't blame him. I don't blame them. They didn't

480
00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,280
Speaker 1: want to get hurt. There's nothing riding on this thing,

481
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 1: but it's it's a glaring reminder when you see that

482
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Speaker 1: how much different game speed is versus that the playoffs,

483
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Speaker 1: the regular season, the preseason, and gosh, the Pro Bowl.

484
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,320
Speaker 1: I think it's ripe for some great ideas. I think

485
00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,000
Speaker 1: you can mike up players in game, you can put

486
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Speaker 1: go pros on their head. I remember I was at

487
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Speaker 1: one where they had a guy with a phone in

488
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,919
Speaker 1: game doing social media while he was running around, Like

489
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,199
Speaker 1: I feel like there's so many opportunities for that. I

490
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,439
Speaker 1: think it if Peyton Manning is coaching, then maybe you

491
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Speaker 1: get the coaching staff to do the announcing or something,

492
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,600
Speaker 1: or to do the commentary behind it. I mean, just

493
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000
Speaker 1: mix it up. Why do we have to fit in

494
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Speaker 1: these rules? No flag football? You're right, do we haven't

495
00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,399
Speaker 1: follow any rules at all. You can do anything. You

496
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,280
Speaker 1: can do it. The sky's the limit for this, so

497
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,640
Speaker 1: why not do it. It's funny what you just said, Drew,

498
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,320
Speaker 1: because I remember the same kind of thing when I

499
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Speaker 1: first saw the Pro Bowl in Hawaii and then I

500
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,159
Speaker 1: saw the one in Phoenix, and they played harder, the

501
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Speaker 1: first one they had on on the mainland in a

502
00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,160
Speaker 1: long time. They played a little bit harder. The crowd

503
00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,359
Speaker 1: was really into it, and I think that was a

504
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,679
Speaker 1: big factor. What was at that one? And Jay mcdevin

505
00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,280
Speaker 1: and I covered that one, but I remember, oh nine,

506
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Speaker 1: I was at the nine game in Miami and Demique,

507
00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:04,680
Speaker 1: so that wasn't the first one back in the mainland anyway.

508
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:09,000
Speaker 1: Then one in Miami, you know nine and Demiko went

509
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,280
Speaker 1: nuts relative to Pro Bowl play right in the context

510
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Speaker 1: of a Pro Bowl. He was really playing hard. That

511
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,879
Speaker 1: was one where Shop was the Pro Bowl MVP. He

512
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,359
Speaker 1: was really playing pretty hard. And I thought, did he

513
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,359
Speaker 1: get the memo that this is the Pro Bowl You're

514
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 1: not supposed to go all out because the Pro bowls weird.

515
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,840
Speaker 1: If a defensive player wins MVP unless you have like

516
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:28,879
Speaker 1: ten picks, well another game check was a lot bigger

517
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 1: for the winners than the losers, So that might have

518
00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,359
Speaker 1: a little role, didn't say. Antonio Smith turned it on

519
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:38,160
Speaker 1: a little bit too on the line the twelve Yes, yeah,

520
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,879
Speaker 1: and so yeah, the eleventh season just finished. It was

521
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Speaker 1: January twelve, Okay, because he played in both. He had

522
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Speaker 1: two Pro Bowls, right, yeah, probably. So now it's in Vegas,

523
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Speaker 1: I feel like I want to cover. Of course you

524
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,920
Speaker 1: did in Vegas. We got it. Are we going to

525
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Speaker 1: get some guys there? Well, maybe Jerry Hughes with his

526
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,159
Speaker 1: twenty two point six seventy save, Jerry Hughes breaks the

527
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Speaker 1: NFL ruck. Jerry Hughes if he breaks loose like we're

528
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Speaker 1: talking about, happen, why not, Let's take a break, Let's

529
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Speaker 1: come back. Let's talk more Chargers. Texans coming up on

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Speaker 1: Texans All Axis. Welcome back, Texans All Access. We usually

531
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Speaker 1: go around the league at the end of the show,

532
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,600
Speaker 1: but I thought one important point of note. The hurricane

533
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 1: ian Ian headed for Tampa Bay has really put things

534
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,320
Speaker 1: in disarray for Florida. I feel like his Houstonians, we

535
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Speaker 1: can empathize. Oh. Absolutely. So it appears that the Tampa

536
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Speaker 1: Bay box are now practicing in Miami because Miami hasn't

537
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,080
Speaker 1: away game, so they've moved their practices there, and they

538
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,879
Speaker 1: might actually have to move their game against the Chiefs

539
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,880
Speaker 1: to a neutral site if things continue to get worse

540
00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,640
Speaker 1: through Sunday, so they might play at a neutral site

541
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Speaker 1: in like Minneapolis, or something. Has any team ever had

542
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Speaker 1: a good season when dealing with a hurricane or having

543
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 1: a game relocated. I gotta imagine it's happened, but I

544
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,399
Speaker 1: don't have anything off the top of my head, because

545
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,120
Speaker 1: with the Texans, every time there's been a hurricane, it's

546
00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,400
Speaker 1: been a bad season or a rough season. OH eight

547
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,159
Speaker 1: was supposed to be a good season. Week two you

548
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 1: had Ike to deal with, right, and that forced postponement

549
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,160
Speaker 1: of a game, which luckily the Ravens and the Texans

550
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 1: had the same bye week and they were supposed to

551
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,440
Speaker 1: play that week, so they moved the game to their

552
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,920
Speaker 1: bye week, right, But that meant the Texans really got

553
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 1: no bye week because even though you're off that week,

554
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: the worst Yeah, and it's a week to buy where

555
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,480
Speaker 1: you're dealing with the hurricane aftermath. Right, And it was Ike,

556
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,360
Speaker 1: which was a really big deal as opposed to OH five,

557
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 1: which was Rita and that wasn't a big deal. But

558
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: everyone thought it was gonna be a big deal because

559
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Speaker 1: they saw the video from Katrina a few weeks before

560
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 1: and they were freaking out. That's when you had everyone

561
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 1: on the road stranded for twenty four hours because the

562
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 1: game get canceled it. No, it did not, because that

563
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,399
Speaker 1: was right before the season. I think it was. I

564
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Speaker 1: forget it was after. I know it was after, obviously

565
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Speaker 1: after Katrina. And I remember getting back from the fourth

566
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Speaker 1: preseason game from Tampa and that's when the evacuums were

567
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 1: in the dome and I remember we were getting back

568
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 1: that night and the dome was buzzing. But it was

569
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Speaker 1: not a good season. It was not a good season.

570
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Speaker 1: Was two and fourteen and then Harvey hits. We all

571
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Speaker 1: know about that. We're in Dallas, stranded there for a

572
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Speaker 1: few days, and that was you know, we had the

573
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Speaker 1: good part of it, and everyone's back here dealing with it.

574
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:22,040
Speaker 1: We wanted to come help and we did eventually. But

575
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Speaker 1: I remember talking to Bill O'Brien and I said, you

576
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,720
Speaker 1: might want to call Koby Act to see you know what.

577
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Speaker 1: I didn't phrase it this way, but the dudes and

578
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,720
Speaker 1: don'ts of hurricane coach management because we had a rough

579
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Speaker 1: time with it in Oh wait, and he's like thanks

580
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 1: love vandy Um. I mean he's joking around now, he's

581
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,959
Speaker 1: joking around, like what happened? You know? I told him,

582
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,919
Speaker 1: He's like, oh thanks, And uh what ensued was actually

583
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,800
Speaker 1: a great start that season with Watson and everything, but

584
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Speaker 1: then he got hurt. You know the rest of the story.

585
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Speaker 1: Four and twelve. So hurricane records for the Texans major

586
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: hurricane involvement two and fourteen, eight and eight. But it

587
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,159
Speaker 1: was a three and seven start, right, And it was

588
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 1: four and twelve and twenty four twelve and that I

589
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 1: remember we had just come back from West Virginia. We

590
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,000
Speaker 1: had like a couple of days. We're going to the

591
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Speaker 1: Saints practice facility for joint practices. And I remember think,

592
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Speaker 1: because I kind of freak out with hurricanes. I mean,

593
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 1: I'm not native to Houston, so it still freaks me

594
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,879
Speaker 1: out a bit. And I said, is anybody worried about

595
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: this big storm in the Gulf And a few people said, yeah,

596
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 1: it looks I remember talking to Greg Bailey. He was

597
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: telling me what their weather report. City's like, Oh, yeah,

598
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 1: it looks bad. But yeah, here we were getting ready

599
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: to head to New Orleans for three four days for practicing.

600
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,680
Speaker 1: So yeah, but they didn't think it was going to

601
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Speaker 1: be that bad. I remember having conversations bad all right,

602
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 1: having conversations with ABC thirteen. We knew the hurricane itself

603
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: was bad, but we didn't think Houston was going to

604
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 1: suffer the brunt of it. About two or three days out,

605
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: it was still because we had a broadcast to manage

606
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,680
Speaker 1: with them, and we had to decide whether to do

607
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 1: the box inside the game and you know, do that

608
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: whole thing, you know, like the oj car chase started

609
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,200
Speaker 1: the NBA Finals, and you know, do the weather report

610
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,679
Speaker 1: during the game. How do we handle this with the

611
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: broadcast because there was going to be a game, the

612
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: game would be played, how do we handle the broadcast.

613
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 1: There were a lot of conversations about that. I was

614
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,920
Speaker 1: in all of them, and at the time a couple

615
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: of days out, we thought that it's okay. But then

616
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:17,680
Speaker 1: that night it was clear, oh, this is way worse

617
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: than we thought. We were gonna fly home. Originally, during

618
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,640
Speaker 1: the game, during the hurricane, if we could have beat it,

619
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Speaker 1: it was It was actually right during the well, about

620
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 1: two hours before the game, it was thought, we're gonna

621
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Speaker 1: go home tonight, make it. And then a couple hours

622
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Speaker 1: go by, We're not going home tonight. Yeah, but we

623
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Speaker 1: didn't know until Bill O'Brien in the postgame press conference.

624
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Speaker 1: The third question was about the hurricane. The first two

625
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 1: were about Tom savage and how he looked. And then

626
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Speaker 1: the third question, I think it was from John McLean's, like,

627
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: what are you guys gonna do about the hurricane? And

628
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 1: then very nonchalantly, O'Brien said, basically in paraphrasing, Oh yeah,

629
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Speaker 1: we can't go back to Houston. We're gonna fly to

630
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Speaker 1: Dallas instead. And I was like, oh yeah, he said

631
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Speaker 1: were He said, we're praying for Houston, We're going to Dallas,

632
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: right right right. And we ended up at Dallas, and

633
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 1: I gotta say the football ops team did an outstanding

634
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,200
Speaker 1: job of putting us up. That night. We checked into

635
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Speaker 1: a hotel like two in the morning and we just

636
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 1: got in and that's a lot of people. You're moving

637
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 1: around in a short amount of time. And we all

638
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Speaker 1: did laundry the next day. The laundry party was a

639
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 1: lot of fun because we had like four days worth

640
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 1: a dirty laundry and we didn't know how long we're

641
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: going to be out, and we all had this, you know,

642
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: and as a woman, I'm like, I just really need

643
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: some clean clothes. Maybe everybody else is gonna rewear their

644
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 1: dirty Yeah, we went to a laundry. Matt had a

645
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 1: laundry party and that you know that that I'll never

646
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: forget sitting in the lobby of that hotel and think,

647
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 1: you know, we all felt so helpless. All the TV

648
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: screens were on what was going on in Houston, and

649
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: feeling so helpless, and we're just thinking, you know, we're

650
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: worried about our family, We're worried about everybody in Houston,

651
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 1: and what can we do to help? Gosh, I wish

652
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: we could help, We're just so far away. And then

653
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 1: JJ wats up there on like ESPN and CNN saying

654
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: I'm going to donate one hundred thousand if anybody wants

655
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: to donate to my go fund meat and I'm looking

656
00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,479
Speaker 1: at Jay, you know that's in this hotel. Yeah, like

657
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 1: that looks like my room, except it's his room. And

658
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 1: then thirty seven million dollars later, we all know how

659
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 1: that ended. But I think that if I learned anything

660
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: out of that entire experience, it was no matter how

661
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 1: helpless you feel in a situation, you can always ask

662
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 1: for money. I didn't think you were going you can

663
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: always ask for money, could always help others DP that

664
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 1: That's the lesson that too, just might not respond in

665
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: the same way, maybe not maybe dp's on Twitter. I

666
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: have seven dollars and ninety five cents so far donated. Yes,

667
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 1: it loo, but Steady wins. The rate sounds all right.

668
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 1: In another good news, well good news slash somewhat good news,

669
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: Texans run defense has been a big talking point all

670
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 1: week for the last few weeks about how many yards

671
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Speaker 1: they've allowed. I was looking at some of these stats

672
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: for the Chargers. You guys, uh, their run game is

673
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: not looking so hot right now. They only put up

674
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: twenty six yards rushing last week against the Jaguars. They

675
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 1: were averaging fifty nine yards rushing per game. That's last

676
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and they're only averaging two point six

677
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: four yards per carry, also last in the end. Well,

678
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: a lot of fun game? Is this the game that

679
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,760
Speaker 1: the Texans are in defense can get back on track? Well,

680
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: the Chargers are probably sitting there in LA right now saying, hey,

681
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 1: we can get back on tracks. So look, they've got

682
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: a lot of talent there, they do. But you mentioned

683
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 1: their offensive line injury issues. By the way, did Scotty

684
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 1: Questenbury start for them against US last year? I think

685
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 1: he did? Might have Yeah, yeah, so I think that Look,

686
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 1: who knows this it's a great question. It's definitely worth

687
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: bringing up that they've had trouble running the ball. Now

688
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: against the Jags, the game gets away from them, right

689
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: they're passing a bunch with their injured quarterback. I just

690
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: believe that when you look at what they've got a quarterback,

691
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: if you're calling plays for the Chargers, it is hard

692
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,479
Speaker 1: not to say, let's press that Herbert button again because

693
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: this is fun. And on top of that, yes, two

694
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 1: point six not a good average. Also got to remember

695
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: they throw to Eckler quite a bit. He gets a

696
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 1: lot of touches catching the ball. I think he had

697
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: nine catches last week, and I think around a dozen

698
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: combined in the first two weeks. So he's going to

699
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 1: get the ball, not always going to be handoffs, but

700
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: it's something you still have to contend with. So the

701
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: running back spot still a dangerous, dangerous position for them.

702
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: It's just they're not not the conventional way. They're not

703
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 1: running it like like they probably liked to, but they

704
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: still use him. It's almost it's almost the inverse of

705
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: the Bears offense that we faced last week. Herbert is

706
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 1: a passing quarterback and then there the Bears run game,

707
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 1: actually was eighth in the NFL. They did a good

708
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 1: job with David Montgomery and it seemed well. We found

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00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: out every other back on that roster was also very

710
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 1: successful running the ball. But this team struggles with the

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00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 1: run game, and it'll be it'll be interesting to see

712
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: which which team fares well on the ground. I mean,

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Speaker 1: are the Texans gonna have a better running game? Are

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00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 1: the hard running game? Both teams have sort of struggled

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00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: on the run. I think the Texans are obviously trending

716
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: in a better direction, charges are trending downward. Another point

717
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: of note, this defense tied for fifth in the NFL

718
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 1: and sacks ten sacks. I know, Mark, you'd mentioned that

719
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: might be the best start or one of the best

720
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: starts as far as the pass rush goes. And then

721
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: you're dealing with a bang UPO line plus Justin Herbert

722
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Speaker 1: that's injured. Is this a team that's going to be

723
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: well suited for this pass rush? Yeah? Yeah, maybe you

724
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 1: get some Hay made that way against Herbert like you

725
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: did last year where you did very well against him.

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00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: I don't like that last year occurred relative to this

727
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 1: year's game, because they are not taking anything lightly and

728
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 1: you never really do in the NFL. I think maybe

729
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: sometimes it works out that way with certain teams and

730
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: certain performances you see week to week. Did the Chiefs

731
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: take the Cults lightly? They shouldn't have the culture loaded

732
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: with talent that the Chargers take the Texans lightly? Last year?

733
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Speaker 1: I don't know. The Texans were coming off oh victory

734
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: over the Jacksonville Jaguars, so they shouldn't have been. But

735
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 1: that's in nature. Sometimes maybe the Texans matchup pretty well

736
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: against this team. We'll see how it goes. I think

737
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: they probably, Yeah, this Texans bunch right now against this

738
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: Chargers bunch right now, Yeah, they probably do match up

739
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: better than most instances. But to your point, Chargers are

740
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: definitely not going to get broadsided by the Texans this

741
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: time around. There's no way. Basically after what you just said.

742
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,280
Speaker 1: It happened in very recent memory, very late last season,

743
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: and it really, I mean it kept them from from

744
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 1: going to the playoffs. They were on their way to

745
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: go to the playoffs. Yeah, it's sort of hamstrung them

746
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: the rest of the way. So, yeah, you're not going

747
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 1: to broadside them, but you're still you're still matching up

748
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 1: pretty darn well. With them based on their injuries and

749
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 1: based on what you do versus what they do. Well.

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00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: All right, so do you remember what date this game

751
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,919
Speaker 1: was played on last year, by the way, because Christmas? Yeah,

752
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: right after Christmas. I had to look it up because

753
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: it felt like in my memory like, yeah, that was

754
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,439
Speaker 1: like late November, maybe early December, and it's the day

755
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 1: after Christmas, and I'm thinking, what the seventeen game schedule

756
00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 1: definitely elongates things. I mean, it literally does, but it

757
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,920
Speaker 1: also makes a game like this seemed like it's about

758
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 1: three quarters of the way through it just in my mind,

759
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 1: and the ache of the year sometimes that that twenty

760
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 1: seventy used to be. It used to be a long

761
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: time ago. Yeah, but now we're going into January, and

762
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 1: buckle up because when they go to eighteen games, I

763
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: believe this thing's going to the end of January and

764
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,240
Speaker 1: you're gonna play the Super Bowl on President's Day weekend

765
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 1: or beyond. All right, well, let's go around the NFL.

766
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 1: We got some news a former Texans quarterback it's going

767
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: to make his start on Sunday. That's all coming up.

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00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 1: One final segment of Texans All Access Welcome Back. One

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Speaker 1: final segment of Texans All Access before the break, I

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00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: teas did a former Texans quarterback's going to make his

771
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:45,880
Speaker 1: start on Sunday, to which Drew reply Tom Savage rock

772
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: Brock would be interesting. No, Brian Hoyer, He's gonna make

773
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: his first start since twenty twenty, and that's because Patriots

774
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:55,759
Speaker 1: quarterback Mac Jones suffered a high ankle sprain at the

775
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: end of their Sunday loss to Baltimore. So you know

776
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 1: what's funny. If I was looking at Brian Hoyer stats,

777
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: he has only started one game for the Patriots and

778
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:08,399
Speaker 1: all of his years there, dare they not play him?

779
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 1: Been so much time? Well, they had a guy named

780
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 1: Tom Brady for most of that time. Hey, speaking of

781
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 1: Brian Horror, I don't know that I ever discussed this

782
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 1: with you two because it happened so long ago. But

783
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen season Jags are really really good, right, and

784
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: they play the Patriots in the AFC title game that year. Yes,

785
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: and before that title game, someone from the Buffalo Bills Mafia,

786
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 1: So Bill's Mafia, a fan took a tweet that I

787
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:47,800
Speaker 1: had from back in twenty in which I just tweeted,

788
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: Brian Hoyer will start versus Jacksonville, and they just retweeted that,

789
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: and they had a prominent enough following that a lot

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00:36:56,719 --> 00:37:00,839
Speaker 1: of people took that literally and thought Brady's just been

791
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: that had just been tweeting, you know that. They thought

792
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,879
Speaker 1: it was a day old tweet and not a two

793
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: year old tweet, and they this thing is the most

794
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 1: viral tweet that I ever had go out there. I

795
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 1: mean it had thousands and thousands and thousands of retweets comments.

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00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: I mean I got attack on Twitter for it, and

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00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 1: I didn't know what to do. I was like pumping

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00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: gas when I saw it for the first time, and

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00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: I was like, I'm just gonna lay out on this

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00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 1: one and stay silent. But yeah, that's all that got

801
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: some run. That's that's pretty good. But that's not as

802
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: good as Mark's birthday tweet from twenty thirteen when he

803
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: announced a trade. Yeah, but that wasn't my tweet. Somebody

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00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: hacked me legitimate tweet. It was just two years old,

805
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 1: and people were thinking it was engagement. Did you get it? Thousands?

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00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 1: Really easily the most retweeted thing that I ever did.

807
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, mine got a time because I not me.

808
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: The hacker said that we traded match Shop to the

809
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns for Josh Gordon. This isn't twenty thirteen when

810
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: things are starting to go a little iffy at Best

811
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: for Shop. This was after the Seattle game headed out

812
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 1: to San Francisco. It was so embarrassing I deleted it.

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00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:08,799
Speaker 1: It was my birthday, so my phone was blown. I

814
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: was giving my kid a bath and my phone's like this.

815
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: This is like, it's smoking. I'm like, oh, it's my birthday. Marks,

816
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: like all these people wanting to wish me. Finally it's

817
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: ringing and it's Tanya Ganguli and I thought, what is

818
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:24,239
Speaker 1: this she wishing me? This seems something's up, so I

819
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,360
Speaker 1: answered it. She said, have you been hacked. I'm like,

820
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: I'll call you back. Meanwhile, the kids like trying to

821
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: learn how to swim when Love was Liam at that

822
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 1: boy like six months old. I'm like, you'll be fine

823
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,359
Speaker 1: in the bath. I gotta deal with this tweet, so

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00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,760
Speaker 1: I deleted it. My favorite it was just a perfect

825
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: storm because it was Mark's birthday. Who Mark turns off

826
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: his Facebook notifications because so many people wish him a

827
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,959
Speaker 1: happy birthday, So you just assumed all these media people

828
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: were calling to wish you a happy birthday. Wow, but

829
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: they were not. But you know, ever since then, Mark's

830
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: so paranoid when he tweets. I think Luke told us

831
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 1: me and Drew once that when mind add tweets, he

832
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: will keep checking his phone and he won't let anyone

833
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: touch him when he's on his phone because he's afraid

834
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: that we might bump a key and he might type.

835
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 1: Luke add it onto that that he and I guess

836
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: he and Liam will will kind of like jab at you.

837
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,879
Speaker 1: It gets you furious. And then I had that that

838
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: botch tweet with hard knocks right when I did hashtag

839
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 1: hard knocks. Fortunately I forgot the uh, I forgot the end,

840
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 1: but I caught that that was caught very quickly by

841
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 1: JP Shadrick of the Jags. No, what did he do?

842
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: He liked it? Liked it, No, he liked it. I

843
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,399
Speaker 1: don't even think he retweets. He liked it. And then

844
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: I noticed, Oh I noticed it because I was putting

845
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,520
Speaker 1: it on Instagram and my phone just did this. You know,

846
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 1: it knows what you just wrote, so it's like, oh,

847
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 1: is this what you want to say? Again? I was like,

848
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,759
Speaker 1: I wrote that on Twitter. I deleted it before it

849
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,720
Speaker 1: got out, Thank goodness selling air by the way Hoyer.

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Speaker 1: After he left here, he was fifteen and eleven as

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Speaker 1: a starter in this league with the Texans and the Browns,

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Speaker 1: and he was over one with the Cardinals. That was

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Speaker 1: after three years in New England. But after he left

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Speaker 1: the Texans, things started to get a little rougher for him.

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Speaker 1: Chicago one and four and then just doesn't really win

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Speaker 1: another game ever. The last time he won a game

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Speaker 1: was with the Bears in twenty sixteen. So the Patriots

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Speaker 1: are going to give him a go. Look, he's got

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Speaker 1: a lot of talent. You know, he could throw the football,

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Speaker 1: and we'll see what happens with them. I'm not really Look,

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Speaker 1: I can't say I'm rooting for him because I hate

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Speaker 1: the Patriots like poison and like Brian's a good guy.

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Speaker 1: Hope he plays well and they lose. But you know,

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Speaker 1: I just I'm surprised that they have not found another

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Speaker 1: backup quarterback. I mean maybe they want like a Matt

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Speaker 1: Shop situation where it's just a guy that's been in

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Speaker 1: the league a long letter time. Brian can play. He

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Speaker 1: can make plays for you, there's no doubt. So well,

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Speaker 1: we'll see what happens with the Patriots on Sunday, because

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Speaker 1: it seems like Matt Jones might be out for a

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Speaker 1: little while with the high ankle spraining up. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: he threw three picks in that loss to the Ravens. Look,

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Speaker 1: it's going rout for the second of your quarterbacks except

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Speaker 1: for Trump Lawrence right now. But you know, this is

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Speaker 1: kind of a week to week thing. Let's see if

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Speaker 1: we can get better results this weekend. Lots of season

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Speaker 1: left to play, lots of Texans Radio left as well.

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Speaker 1: Johnny Harris will be up next with Texans matchup. He's

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Speaker 1: gonna look back at the Bears, look ahead to the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: It's all coming up. You can check out Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: dot com for all of our coverage this week. And guys,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do for Texans All Access. Thank you for listening,

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Speaker 1: and go Texans.