1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: What's going on? Everybody. Welcome in to a Friday nation 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: of Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: So glad to be with you on this Friday evening. 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: I am John Harris, your host each and every Friday 5 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: evening for All Access football analysts. It's south On, a 6 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: reporter and very thankful. And I'll tell you why I'm 7 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: thankful later in the show, but very thankful to be 8 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: doing the show. Well for plenty of reasons, but I 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: think this weekend in particular is one in which we 10 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: all should give thanks because about seventy one thousand plus 11 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: of us will be in NRG Stadium, thousands of you 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: will be watching the game on home at home, and 13 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: it's another Texans Sunday, right, It's just a Sunday. You 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: watch Texans football. That's just what you do. When lose, draw, 15 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter, that's what you do on Sunday. Right, Well, 16 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: this Sunday of any Sunday, just stop and think about 17 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: what you'd be doing if the Texans weren't here. But 18 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: the Texans are here, and they're here thanks to the 19 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: hard work of a man that we're going to recognize 20 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: on Founder's Day. That being the founder of this team, 21 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: a Bob McNair, who on October sixth, nineteen ninety nine, 22 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: finally got the thumbs up that the thirty second franchise 23 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: in the NFL was going to be the Houston franchise. Now, 24 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: we didn't know the name of the team, didn't know 25 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: the coaches and all that kind of stuff, didn't even 26 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: know what Energy Stadium was gonna look like, but they 27 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: had a plan in Bob McNair was the man who 28 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: led that plan and brought us to where we are today. 29 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:25,919 Speaker 1: I wrote about this earlier on Friday, thinking about Bye Weeks. 30 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: I think about Bye weeks all the time as Bye 31 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: Week's a weird plan. On Monday night was weird because 32 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 1: you see all these games happening on Sunday and you're 33 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: typically a part of it, and then all of a 34 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: sudden you're not. You're just sitting there watching at home, like, man, 35 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: this is weird. And I've said this before Mark and 36 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: Andre and maybe we all kind of get on our 37 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: group texas we're watching games like this is weird. I 38 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: feel like I should be somewhere because it's such a 39 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: part of our Sunday ritual to be in a stadium somewhere, 40 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: calling a game, getting ready for a game, all that 41 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. What if we what if the whole 42 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: city had those every single week? As in, what if 43 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,559 Speaker 1: we didn't have football here? I mean, what we do, 44 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: what we do with that? And look, I know the 45 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: Texans can be going to be frustrating, and there have 46 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: been games that you wanted him to win that they didn't, 47 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:16,839 Speaker 1: and well, you'd like to win a championship, and people 48 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: wanted to happen faster, they wanted to happen sooner than later. 49 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: I get all that. I understand that, but man, sometimes 50 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 1: step back and go, woo, we have football here. We 51 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: lost it for three years and then some it was 52 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: a three year difference between when the Oilers left and 53 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: the Texans found out there were going to be an 54 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: existence on October six, nineteen ninety nine, so we ended 55 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: up going what six years without football. I'm not saying that, oh, 56 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: gali ge, we didn't win. Oh that's okay, because we 57 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: have football. I'm not saying that. But every once in 58 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: a while, just step back and go, you know what, 59 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: we have football. We have NFL football in this city, 60 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: and that's something to be very very thankful for so 61 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: we will give thanks later in the show with one 62 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: of the coolest things I think that we've done that 63 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: was spearheaded by Drew Doherty that you'll hear in the 64 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: final segment, which kind of tells the story through mister 65 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: McNair's eyes of how the franchise came to be. There's 66 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: stuff in there that I listened to. I was like, 67 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: I didn't I didn't know that. Holy cow, I didn't. 68 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: I didn't know that, and remember that and Drew tells 69 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: a really, really good story. So we'll have that later 70 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: for you. We will also have on this show Carlos 71 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: Hyde Lapo. Dbcity sat down with him for a deep 72 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: slant interview of the weeks we'll have that will have 73 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: my first community credit unifirst glance. He's the game. How 74 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: will the Texans get a W in this game against 75 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons? The potent and explosive Atlanta Falcons. Mark 76 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: Damire's gonna stop by. We do this once a week. 77 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: It's the only time all week that market I get 78 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: to sit down and actually talk about what's going to 79 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: happen in the game and what we think is gonna 80 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: happen in the game. And things that look forward to, 81 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: so we'll have that for you. I've got my predictions 82 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,160 Speaker 1: for all games straight up and against the spread, and 83 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: then our final segment I turned over to the players 84 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: most times, and I do Tonight we got Bescar TV 85 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: Play Reporter brought to you by Arctic, and we've also 86 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: got Drew Dorty's the final Word of Drew Dorty and 87 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: this week is DJ Reader. But I've got that extra 88 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: special little podcast that Drew did that I think is 89 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: the perfect capper to take us into the weekend to 90 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: kind of tip a cap and just say thanks to 91 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: mister McNair who will go into the Ring of Honor 92 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: on Sunday on Founder's Day. So we got plenty to do, 93 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: so let's get this show rolland with some hot reads 94 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: I brought to you by Geico fifteen minutes can see 95 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: your fifteen percent or more on car Insurance, And each 96 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: and every Friday, we started off with the head coach 97 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: of your Houston Texans, Bill O'Brien. Coach, how do you 98 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: see this team on offense? Because they can move the football. 99 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: They've been an opposing territory a lot, just haven't been 100 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: able to finish drive. So what are you looking at 101 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: when you look at their offense. Yeah, I mean I 102 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: think Matt Ryan's the second leading passer yardagewise in the league. 103 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: You know, I think that they've moved the ball quite well. 104 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: I mean they have a lot of weapons with Julio 105 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: Jones and Snow and Ridley and then the tight end 106 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: Hooper and then their back freeman, the other back White. 107 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: They've got a lot of good players. They're left tackles 108 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: a great player, Jake Matthews. So I think what has 109 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: come down to for them is turnovers. You know, they've 110 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: turned the ball over quite a bit and they've had 111 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: some untimely penalties. But they're a very dangerous team. There 112 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: are a few short way years away from being in 113 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. You know, it wasn't long ago they 114 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: were in a Super Bowl. Matt was an MVP, So 115 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: you know, they've got a great team. In my opinion, 116 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: we've got a big challenge ahead of us. They haven't 117 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: run it as well as they've wanted to, but numerous 118 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: guys out of their camp this week said we got 119 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: to get back to running the football. Is it's still 120 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: about stopping the run for you first? With a lot 121 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: of these teams you face every week, I think so. 122 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I think if you can get get the 123 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: offense behind the chains, you know, if they're second and 124 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: ten and then they're third and ten, or even if 125 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: they're third and twelve. I mean we saw that last 126 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: week with us. I mean we were behind the chains 127 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: on third down the whole day. So I think if 128 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: you can stop the run and not allow them to 129 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 1: get to third and five, third and four, I think 130 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: that's a big part of your game plan. So if 131 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: we can do that, then that allows our pass rushers 132 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: to really take over the game, which I think we 133 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: have the ability to do now. Defensively, they've put pressure 134 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: on the quarterback, but just haven't gotten a lot of 135 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: sacks and they haven't produced the takeaways they've wanted to. 136 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: But it seems like they're getting some penetration there to 137 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: the backfield. Yeah, their defense is built on speed. They 138 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: have a lot of speed. They've got a great inside 139 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: defensive tackle named Grady Jarrett, number ninety seven. Hopefully we 140 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: don't hear his name called to too many times. He's 141 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: a great player. And then they have two guys off 142 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: the edge and Beasley and McKinley that are very very 143 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: good players. They've got speed at linebacker and trufonic corner. 144 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: They've got a lot of talent and I think that 145 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 1: you know they've they've they've had some some good snaps 146 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: this year that we've watched, and we've got to be ready. 147 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: It's a big, big challenge for us. You've run the 148 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: football well this year, and I got to imagine that's 149 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: something you want to continue, but you want to finish 150 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: more drives. We have to. I mean, we've done it. 151 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 1: We've done that pretty well in two games, but two 152 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,160 Speaker 1: other games we haven't done that. So we've got to 153 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: find some consistency. I think we need to continue to 154 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: run the ball and we've got to you know, definitely 155 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: improve in the passing game quite obviously. But you know, 156 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: when we've been in the red zone, we've been pretty good. 157 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: But we have to get in there and we've got 158 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: to finish drives. Last year you were top two and 159 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: drive start offensively and defensively. This year there have been 160 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: some weird situations changing some of that. How do you 161 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 1: see that part of your game and how important that 162 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: is against Atlanta? I think that's very important every week 163 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I think if you can play the field 164 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: position game, if it's a third and long near midfield, 165 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: let's let's get out of it. Let's punt. Let Brian 166 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: Punty's punting very well and put it inside the five 167 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: and then make them drive. And if we can go 168 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: three and out, we get it on a short field. 169 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: So I think we've got to really do a better 170 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: job of playing the game, managing the game in all 171 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: three phases. And I think if we do that, we'll 172 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: find more consistency in how we're playing. Coach, thanks a 173 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: Left for joining us, Good luck, Thank you Annie. All Right, 174 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: let's get to our next hot read, and that is 175 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: going to be Yes, give me a little Texans audio 176 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: jukebox and today you know what that means. We're gonna 177 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: go meet a new Houston Texan and that would be 178 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: Mike Adams. Now, I was am seeing an event today 179 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: for the Battle of the Piney Woods tomorrow and I 180 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to interview Casey Keeler, who is the 181 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: head coach of the same Houston State Bearcats, and he 182 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: made a comment at some point about, yeah, you guys 183 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: just signed one of my players, and I was like, man, 184 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: who do we signed for seeing Houston State. Then I 185 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: realized he's talking about Mike Adams from Dell where from 186 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: Delaware And Mike was actually asked about winning that national 187 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: championship back in two thousand and three when he was 188 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: playing for the Blue Hands and playing for Casey Keeler. 189 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: Who's gonna be in the Battle of Plenty was tomorrow 190 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: at an Energy Stadium. I think that my greatest memory 191 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: of that was just putting up I'm not scoring at all, 192 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: And from a defensive standpoint, that's like huge. I mean, 193 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: it's the biggest stage ever in did you and they 194 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: lay an egg? That's nice. When you can shut a 195 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: team out completely, that's the best. There's no there's absolutely 196 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: no doubt about it. Now let's fast forward two taking 197 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: on the Falcons, and Adams talked about facing the Falcons 198 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: and said, yeah, the record doesn't really tell you who 199 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: the Falcons are. This is an explosive group. We got 200 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: a big challenge ahead of us. I think they're still capable. 201 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: I think their record doesn't show they really are. You 202 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 1: know a lot of people looking at their record like, oh, 203 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: this is all welcome partner. No, they get paid too, 204 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: and and the difference is a lot of people looking 205 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: at the record, but we're watching the team. You're watching 206 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: the film on these guys, and these guys are pretty good. 207 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: So we got a good challenge ahead of us. But 208 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: you would be ready. Yeah, they're gonna be ready, There's 209 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: no question about that. And hopefully Mike's gonna be ready. 210 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: I don't know how much of this defense he knows, 211 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: not totally sure, but this is a as he said, 212 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: a capable, capable team, There's no question about that. He 213 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: talked about playing the Falcons, said it's always been sort 214 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: of fun and interesting, and hopefully he's saving a little 215 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 1: bit for Sunday against him. Obviously, I played against these 216 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: guys the last couple of years, but you know it's 217 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,839 Speaker 1: gonna be fun and interesting. But I've seen that, he said, 218 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: he played him when he was with the Panthers. He 219 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: was with the Cultural long time. He was with the 220 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: Panthers the last couple of years, so he's seen this 221 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: group a couple of times a year for the last 222 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: couple of years. So it's obviously good to have a 223 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: guy like Mike Adams in the locker room for your Texans. 224 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: Let's move on to DeAndre Hopkins. Now we talk about 225 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about the offense later in the show 226 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: as we do our first Community Credit Union first Glance 227 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: Keys to the Game. I've talked about what this group 228 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: can really do that they've got some explosive pieces. Got 229 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: playmakers everywhere you look. Oh yeah, you know a couple 230 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: of players here and there. But you know, with this offense, 231 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: we could turn all real fast. You know, you got 232 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: playmakers everywhere. That's true. There's no question hop obviously is 233 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: one of them. But he's gonna face the defense that 234 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: features a corner of Desmond Desmond Truffont, who has played 235 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: very well up until last week against the Titans. People 236 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: thought he was playing some Pro Bowl football through the 237 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: first three games of the year. I've talked about playing 238 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: against that guy and play against his Falcon secondary. Um. 239 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: You know, they got they got some town or whatever. 240 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: They you know, they got some some tall guys, they 241 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: got a little bit everything. I know they down in safety, 242 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: but you know they still got guys players out there. Now. 243 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: The last time the team was down to safety was 244 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 1: the LA Chargers, and the Texans found that all game long. 245 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: With the Falcons did last week because they put DeMont 246 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: de kay Z at safety, who is typically the nickel, 247 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: and they went that way. I don't know if it 248 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: worked out exceptionally well, but I wouldn't be surprised if 249 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 1: they go back to it. With Keyan O'Neill out for 250 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: the year. He got injured against the Indianapolis Colts and 251 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 1: that's a big loss for them. So they're missing his physicals, 252 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: his physicality, his leadership. They're missing a lot with countter 253 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: Neil out. But it's just big Demante Kyz is the 254 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: safety that will step in for him. Texans could attack him, 255 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: no doubt. Now, Hop's been around here for a long time. 256 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: He's seen a lot of different things. He knows this 257 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 1: is a good team, and he knows this team knows 258 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: what to do. You know, we've been here before and 259 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you know what situation. So I feel like 260 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: they notice is a new team. But some of the 261 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: guys that were here last year, and I'm pretty sure 262 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 1: some of the new guys, you know, if they started 263 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: season off like this, so we know we have a 264 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: good team and we know what we gotta do. They 265 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: know what they've got to do. I feel like I've 266 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: heard that before and James Harden said that, but the Rockets, 267 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: and the Rockets went out and got Russell Westbrook. I 268 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: don't think the Texas can go and get Russell Westbrook. 269 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: But they know what they have to do, and offensively, 270 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: it's pretty clear what this team has got to do hopping. 271 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: The guys know they hit a couple of passes that 272 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: they missed on last week, and this offense is gonna 273 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: going to be rolling. It's just a matter of doing 274 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: it consistently. So there you go. That is, and that'll 275 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: do it for your Hot Reads on this Friday evening again, 276 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: Hot Read sponsored by Geico fifteen minutes you can save 277 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. 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Yes, 282 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 1: he is going to step into studio and Deep's gonna 283 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: have a chance to interview him for the first time. 284 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: And I know every time that player comes to the 285 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: Texans always think about, Man, what's that deep slant interview? 286 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: You're gonna be like this is a good one with 287 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: Carlos high DP Citter's Deep Plant Interview sponsored Bike's Finity 288 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: coming up next on Texans All Access. I've said this 289 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: often and many of you know that I used to 290 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: be a teacher. So this note is going out to 291 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: all your teachers out there. 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The Saturday before the season started, 310 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: Carlos Hide became a Texan and from that moment he 311 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: has been invaluable to this offense. Let's get to know 312 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: a wappo a little bit BETTERPCI, you had a chance 313 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: to do a Deep Slant interview with Carlos and here 314 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: it is deep you take it away. Welcome to the 315 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: Deep Slant presented by Vixfinity. Our guest this week, Carlos Hide. 316 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: Welcome Carlos, Thank you for having me. I've heard your 317 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: team is called you Los. You go buy El Guappo. 318 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: You got like a lot of different nicknames. See high 319 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: my coach, my high school coach. Call do with this 320 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: like Spanish theme going on with your nicknames. I was 321 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: looking at some of your Instagram Your captions are even 322 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: in Spanish too. Yeah. Is that because you're El Guappo 323 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: or was that before El Guappo? Uh? Kind of both, 324 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: kind of both. But I know I know a lot 325 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: of Spanish. You know a little Spanish yeah, I learned 326 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: some words. You did. Where did you learn Spanish? Just uh, 327 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: just like along the way life? Yeah, yeah, alone a way. Yeah, 328 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: you've told the story about how you came up with 329 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: the El Guappo nickname. Yeah, so you basically it was 330 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: in college, right, you were at Ohio State and you're 331 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: reading an article and okay, so my question is this, 332 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: because I've not heard you explain this. Why was somebody 333 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: writing an article about you and calling you handsome? It 334 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,200 Speaker 1: wasn't just it wasn't just about me though, it was 335 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: about It was about other running backs too. It was 336 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: given running backs nicknames. Okay, and my nickname was Oguappo, 337 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: but I don't think they was calling me Oguappo, like 338 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: just saying like he's handsome though, Okay, it was calling 339 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: meo Guoppo from the movie. There's a movie. Oh and 340 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: Guoppo is like a villain, so that's what they was calling. 341 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: Twitter is gonna get really mad at me for not 342 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: knowing that. So you're like the villain in a movie. 343 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: All right. You're also a dad. You had a baby 344 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: last year, right? Is it true that you played in 345 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: a Thursday night game and then went to the hospital 346 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: and we're there for your son being born. Is that true? Yeah? Oh? 347 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: I was actually at the hospital before the game. You were, 348 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: you know, and I was trying to decide do I 349 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: want to stay for the baby or do I go 350 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: play the game? Um? Yeah, So you made a decision 351 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: and you went to the game. You had a great 352 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: game too, right, Yeah? Um? I did all right? I 353 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: did enough to get us to win one. I feel 354 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: like you scored a couple of touchdowns. Is that score? Yeah? 355 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: Score one of them. One of the touchdowns got called back, 356 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: but I scored. And then were you throughout the game 357 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: nervous because you can't check your phone or anything? What's happening? Right? 358 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: I have my phone on the sideline. You were allowed, 359 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: So I wasn't allowed. I just a game on phone 360 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: as somebody and they told him, you know, just just 361 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: hold it, you know, just check on my phone. And 362 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: some come up. I'm gonna leave, You're gonna leave. Okay. 363 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: So now you've got a son. He's not illito or anything? 364 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: Is he really? Oh? I totally made that up. That's great. 365 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: What do you like as a dad? What am I like? Yeah? 366 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: What do you like? Um? I think I'm a cool dad. 367 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: He's spoiled. Thought, I'll give him whatever you want. He's 368 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: my first child to last. Yeah, I understand that, and um, 369 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: you know he's a baby though, so you know, I 370 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: let him get his way right now. Well as he 371 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 1: gets older though, here starts to realize he got to 372 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: work for what he wants. As a baby, he can 373 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: have what you want. Sure, he's just a baby, he 374 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: does all right. The year that you've had it's just 375 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: been crazy. So from week one last year you've had 376 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: a baby to week one of this year, you've been 377 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 1: with four different teams right, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Kansas City. And 378 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: then here's what's that been like for your career wise? 379 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: Because you you've been through a lot in your six years. 380 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: But what's this whole last year been like for you? Oh? Well, 381 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: getting traded when I was in Cleveland to Jacksonville, that 382 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: was unexpected. Um, that happened right before the Texas played 383 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,239 Speaker 1: Jacksonville too. I remember you were not playing in that game, 384 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: because yeah, it sort of happened during Yeah, that was 385 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: the week I got traded with was playing the Texans. 386 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: But yeah, that was I wasn't I wasn't expecting that, 387 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: you know, I was preparing for Tempa Bay that week. Um, 388 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: and then I got a phone calls and I just 389 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: got traded at Jacksonville. At the time, you know, I 390 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 1: was just I was I was salty about it. I mean, 391 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 1: I was down about it. And then you know, I 392 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: was like going to Florida, so I was kind of 393 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,440 Speaker 1: happy about that part. Um. And then I got to 394 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: high school in Florida. Yeah, I got my grandparents, I 395 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: got my my uncle, they still lived there, So I 396 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: was excited for that part. But then I got there 397 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: and I was like it was a lot of running 398 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: backs in that room, right. Yeah. Well it just I 399 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: just it was it was confusion or just I didn't 400 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: know my role there. It's just to me, it wasn't 401 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: a happy place. So you know, I was kind of 402 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: my days down to get out of there. So you did. 403 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: So you go to Kansas City for like an off season. Yeah. 404 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: Then I go to Kansas City, And you know, I'm 405 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: thankful for my time in Kansas City because when I 406 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: was in Kansas City, they it got me back into 407 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: you know, like a real ground for football, made me. 408 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: You know, they they they got the best out of 409 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: me there pretty much. The way they was working this. 410 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: You know the way they worked the running bags there. 411 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: You know they they be on they be on the 412 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: running bags. You know, real hard there. You know it's 413 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 1: not you can't just come in there and have a 414 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: day off. You know, you gotta be on it. Um. 415 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 1: So you know that prepared me. Um. So when I 416 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: got here, Actually, you know, when I got here, I 417 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: was I was ready to go. You know, I was like, 418 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: well I was in Kansas City. Wasn't like I was 419 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: just you know, going through the motion. You were working. Yeah, 420 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: I was working. So when I came here, I was like, 421 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: I'm ready to go. You know, tell me the players 422 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: I need to run and you know I'm gonna make 423 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: them work. So, yeah, you showed up And I was 424 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: talking to Kenny Stills about this too. You guys showed 425 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: up right before that week one game that we can 426 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: before and then you had really just that week to 427 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 1: sort of prepare and get ready. But you know you 428 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: were so productive in that first Monday night game. So 429 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: did it feel pretty easy to sort of transition into 430 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: the offense. What's it like for a running back to 431 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: get used to a new offense. Well, you know, I've 432 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: I've ran you know, outside zone where we run here, 433 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 1: I've ran in before, so I'm familiar with it, and 434 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: I mean pretty much all the players we run here 435 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: I've ran before. So it's not like it's anything new 436 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: to me, right. The only thing that would be new 437 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: to me is the um the name called, like the 438 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: play called, like the name of the name of the play, 439 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 1: the protection, something like that to be new. But other 440 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: than that, you know, everything else is the same. So 441 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 1: it's Kabbycat League too, though, So it's not like you 442 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: go be like, I've never heard of, never done this 443 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: run before, right, it's the language probably, I would imagine 444 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: getting just getting around the city too. You moved to 445 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: a new place, you got a new city, you got 446 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: a new facility, get to know everybody. I'm still not 447 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: familiar with the city. You don't know what you're wearing. 448 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: It's only been a few weeks. I know how to 449 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: get to the facility and my place, and that's about it. 450 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: That's about it. And now I get to the gallerya too. 451 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: That's important. That's important getting to the gallery. I agree, 452 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: all right, So you've been a lot of fun to watch, 453 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: Like everyone talks about your ability to break tackles, and 454 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: you're just a downhill runner and you sort of run angry. 455 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: Is there someone that you watched growing up that you 456 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: emulate your style after? I was a big Riggy Williams 457 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: saying growing up. Yeah, you know, back when he was 458 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: back with the Dolphins doing his thing. You know, so 459 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: I used to watch him and I usually wore thirty 460 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: four because of him he did. Yeah, So when I 461 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 1: started my Pop Warner football career, you know, I word 462 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: thirty four all way up until my first year in 463 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: the league. Actually, you said that you do a lot 464 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 1: of different things. You run the ball, you want to 465 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,919 Speaker 1: catch the catch as well. Do you feel like you 466 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: were starting to scratch the surface of everything that you 467 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: can do in this offense? I know that it's still 468 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 1: pretty early for you. You know, last week I got 469 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: a chance to you know, catch the ball. Yeah, it 470 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: was like the first time since I've been here that 471 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: I was you know, I got to show my hands 472 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: off a little bit um when I was productive in 473 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 1: the passing game. So, you know, I just think, you know, 474 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: each week, though, we get the build. You know, each 475 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: week they get to find out more of what I 476 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 1: can do, and you know, each week, you know, just 477 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: shan get more confidence in what I can do, and 478 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:24,159 Speaker 1: now you know, I'm I'm gonna be expecting him, you know, 479 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: Tom check it down to me like I'm a receiver too, 480 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,040 Speaker 1: don't forget don't yeah, yeah, yeah, So I don't think 481 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: he's all forget about me now, you know that at 482 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 1: the last week. So now he's like, I got more 483 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: than just you know, the receivers. I can throw it too. 484 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 1: I can throw it to the running backs. Now. So 485 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 1: what's it been like getting to know Shaun? Because you 486 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: probably saw him from Afar, right, I would imagine if 487 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: you've seen what he can do, But what's he like 488 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: when you actually get to work with him up close, 489 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: you're in the huddle with him. Yeah, it's been It's 490 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: been great working with Desaun though. You know, I've enjoyed it. 491 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: You know, he helps me out to it in the 492 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: running game because he's a threat to run the ball also, 493 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: so teams can't release key and o me though, So 494 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 1: it's helpful. You know, we work together. And he's a 495 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 1: hell of a player too though. You know, he's he's 496 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: an exciting guy to watch. Um, he's a leader. You know, 497 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: he's he's been doing a good job, you know, right now, 498 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: we just we just need to click, you know, the 499 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: passing game and running game and get it all going. 500 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: There's not many players in the league that can say 501 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 1: they played for both Patrick Mahomes and DeShawn Watson, Right, So, 502 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: how how do those two? I mean, they were so 503 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: highly sought after in that draft class. I mean, obviously 504 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes gets drafted one spot before Deshaun and they 505 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: they're friends, they follow each other. But how does how 506 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: do they compare when you see them? Obviously they're they're 507 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: different than the run way, but in a lot of ways, 508 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: they're pretty similar too, aren't they. Yeah? I mean they're 509 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: too young, exciting quarterbacks. You know, they the next the 510 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: next big thing to you know, take over this this league. 511 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: You know, you know, Tom Baby, next generation of quarterbacks, right, yeah, so, 512 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: but yeah, they're too exciting guys, you know to play 513 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 1: and watch the play with and watch. Like you said, 514 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: I got the play with both though. It was exciting. Though. 515 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: You come here and Duke Johnson's here. He showed up 516 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 1: maybe a few weeks before you. You played with him 517 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: in Cleveland as well. You guys have that relationship. How 518 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: nice has that been that you have someone in the 519 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: running backs room you've already had a relationship with before 520 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: you got here. Yeah, that was cool to come here 521 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: and um, you know already have a relationship with, you know, 522 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: with the fuller running back Duke. Duke has been helpful too, though, 523 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: you know, he's he's helped me, you know, learn the 524 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: offense also, even though it was new to him too though, 525 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 1: but he kind of knew weeks. He knew a little 526 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: more than yeah, than what I've knew him. But he's 527 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: he's definitely been helpful. He's another guy though, you know, 528 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 1: he run downhill too though, you know, he get his 529 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: past now he run he run over somebody too. Though 530 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: you lobby for more catches, does he lobby for more runs? 531 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 1: Do you guys kind of go back? And because you 532 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: guys are both you, I mean, you guys are great 533 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: one too punch. So I just I just I just 534 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: I don't I don't really care, you know, I just 535 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: want to win, you know, just somehow, some way, just 536 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: get the ball to who you need to get the 537 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: ball to so we can win. You know, That's all 538 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: I really care about. I don't really be living for 539 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: more runs or anything, more catches or nothing. I'm just 540 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: let's win your first game as a rookie in San Francisco. 541 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 1: You won. He was Monday Night football. You had a 542 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: spin move for a touchdown? Is yeah? Is it true 543 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: that you got a call from Lebron James after the game. Yeah, 544 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: with my trainer, My trainer, David Alexander, Um, him and 545 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: Lebron the best friends, and um he called me. He 546 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: was well Lebron at the time, So I taught to 547 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 1: Lebron after the game. But I knew Lebron from college though. 548 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: You know, Ohios back in the Hard State used to come. Yeah, 549 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: he used to come and talk to us, so you know, 550 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: I was already familiar. So you weren't like star struck 551 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: or anything. He called you weren't. What did he say 552 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: to you? You're saying good game, Yeah, good game, just 553 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: like any other fellow athlete would tell you a good game. 554 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: You know. I felt like, as a rookie, that's a 555 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: big deal. You get to get a touch on my 556 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 1: name from Lebron. But if I was if I never 557 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 1: met Lebron, then I'm probably with ads the veterans in 558 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: the locker room that it would be a big deal. 559 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: Now call them and you're a rookie. Who okay, if 560 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 1: you score like a winning touchdown, you have a big 561 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: game now with the Texans. Who's a celebrity that you 562 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: would be starstruck if they called you? No, I don't 563 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 1: know because I would just be like, I don't I 564 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 1: don't mean like a super I'm not like like like 565 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: you know some people are like a doward fan when 566 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: they see like certain people. Yeah, that's not you. No, 567 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: I'm just more cool about it, you know, I'm just 568 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: like I appreciate it. Thank you for you know, if 569 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: lebron caused here is a rookie and you don't get starstruck, 570 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: I guess I guess no one's gonna make you start 571 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,199 Speaker 1: start well, hopefully somebody does call you and you have 572 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: a lot of great games here in the future. Carlos, 573 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: I'm okay with my mom just calling me mom. That's 574 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,719 Speaker 1: the perfect answer. Yeah, all right, Thank you so much. 575 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: Your calls you a lot this season after something one. 576 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: Thanks Carlos. Great interview there with Carlos Hide courtesy of 577 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: The Deep Plant Interview of the Week, brought to you 578 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: by Exfinity. We get back Carlos Hide's name. You might 579 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,159 Speaker 1: hear in our Keys the game. I'll have those for 580 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: you next right here on Texans All Access. It's time 581 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: to really dive into this matchup with the Atlanta Falcons 582 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: on Sunday. So it's time for our first Community Credit 583 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 1: Union first Glance Keys to the Game ACCU, the official 584 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: credit union of the Houston Texans. Welcome back to Texans 585 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: All Access from the Honday Texans Radio studio. I am 586 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: John Harris, football analysts and salade reporter, and this is 587 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: my favorite segment of the entire week. Why because it's football. 588 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: It's football, it is XS and os, it's football strategy. 589 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 1: I love it. I've done this for a long time. 590 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: Keys to the Game. It was one of the first 591 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: things I ever wrote for for my website. It was 592 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: one of the first things that I ever wrote for 593 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: Coms Football News. It became kind of a staple for 594 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 1: Cons Football News to a point where when I was 595 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: doing it the first couple of years, I would do it, 596 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: but I had a full time job, so sometimes I 597 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: didn't get to it till later in the week and 598 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 1: my boss was like, look, you need to get those enemy. 599 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: I was like, I dude, I'm coming. He goes, It's 600 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: not me, it's asking him. It's like Fox because Fox 601 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,479 Speaker 1: Sports was putting it on their front page because we 602 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: Colls Football News was tied into Fox Sports. So they 603 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: really liked it. So hopefully you like it. If not, 604 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 1: well I'm gonna continue to do it because you got 605 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: to know about what's happening on Sunday with the Falcons 606 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 1: coming into town. Right, So here are your keys to 607 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: the game. Let's start with the Texans defense. The Falcons 608 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: have been turned the ball over on average twice a game. 609 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: They had a couple of moments now turnovers. Obviously we 610 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: know about fumbles interceptions, but the Falcons also turn it 611 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: over on downs a couple of times. Those are considered 612 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: turnovers not in the stat sheet, but those are considered 613 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: turners as well. They did not execute on fourth down. 614 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: But really it's it's the fumbles. It's the interceptions that 615 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: are the ones I'm talking about. They've got six interceptions 616 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: through four games. Is Matt Ryan. He's got six interceptions 617 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: through four games. Two fumbles. That makes eight, that's two 618 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: per game. I'm asking the Texans to just get one 619 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: turnover because when you're turning the ball over as much 620 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: as you are, and then you do it again, even 621 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: if it's just once, it can end up being a 622 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: mind game for you, a little bit like, oh, we 623 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: keep turning the ball over, and then all of a sudden, 624 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: everybody gets a little bit They step back from things 625 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 1: a little bit, They get a little bit safe, they 626 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: don't kind of push the boundaries a little bit because 627 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: you haven't turned the ball over, and now you don't, 628 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: you definitely don't want to do it again. So I 629 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: think that's one thing that can take away a little 630 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: bit of the explosiveness of this Atlanta Falcon's offense. Turn 631 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: it over early. Get them to turn it over early, 632 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: get on a strip, second interception. I don't care. Make 633 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: it happen early, because you want to get in their 634 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: heads a little bit. Have them turn the ball over early. 635 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: If they have a ton of success early on, or 636 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: maybe not even a bunch of success, but they're just 637 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: not turning the ball over, they may grow confident from 638 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: that as the game wears on. I'd rather hit them 639 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 1: in the mouth early, get an interception, get a fumble recovery, 640 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: and then have them over the sidelines going, oh man, 641 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: we can't keep turning the ball over. I guarantee you 642 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: will reduce the explosiveness of that offense just enough, just 643 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 1: enough so get one turnover and hopefully do it right away. 644 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: Number two. Now this one, I'm gonna say this because 645 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: I know it's a lot harder to do than it 646 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: is to say, but do not let Julio Jones ever 647 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: go one on one. And there will be times where 648 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: you look out there and you're like, well, there's Julio 649 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: one on one. There's Lonnie Johnson or Bradley Roby or 650 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: Jonathan Joseph up there to press Julio Jones pressing one 651 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: on one. I guarantee if that's gonna happen, there's gonna 652 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: be help over the top. There should be two guys 653 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: devoted to Julio Jones. And I give you the New 654 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: England Patriots. Now, the New England Patriots did a lot 655 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: of doubling of Julio Jones, but that's not really kind 656 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: of my point here. I'm talking about what the New 657 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: England Patriots did. It DeAndre Hopkins for years against Hopkins, 658 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: but the Patriots would do would be to take the 659 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: second corner. They'd have two, you know, two good corners, 660 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: but they take their second corner and he would be 661 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 1: on Hopkins but they would always have a safety there 662 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: to help wherever DeAndre went. So it was always in 663 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: Patriots parlance, double ten, you're gonna double ten wherever he goes. 664 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: And when you saw Belichick miked up on a Thursday 665 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: night game in twenty sixteen, you could see him double ten, 666 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: double ten. They were doubling DeAndre Hopkins where ever he went. 667 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: So they would take Logan Ryan and put him on 668 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins and then give help from Devin mccordy or 669 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 1: Patrick Trumer whomever to double on Hopkins everywhere he went. 670 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: And then they would single Carver whoever the other receiver was. 671 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: In twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen, you know, that's how they 672 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 1: would handle it. And then they would do that in 673 00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen as well, because Will Fuller was hurting that game. 674 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: So what I look at and this one is take 675 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 1: that same philosophy. Double eleven Julio Jones's number, double him 676 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,280 Speaker 1: all game long, and take your chances going man to 677 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:15,320 Speaker 1: man on the other guys. And I'm not take educated risks, 678 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: and I'm not saying you play man to man the 679 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: whole game. But that was sort of the philosophy for 680 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: the Patriots was to take the best corner and put 681 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: them on our number two receiver and just lock them 682 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,920 Speaker 1: up one like that guy's gonna get nothing, but he's 683 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 1: also gonna get no help. The help is going to 684 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: come from the other side against DeAndre Hopkins. Same thing here. 685 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: Give the help to whoever's cool at covering Julio Jones, 686 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: and then hope that whatever guy other guys you have 687 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: to cover. Mohammed's knew Calvin Ridley. Hopefully those guys get 688 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 1: taken care of with what they're doing man to man. 689 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 1: So maybe that's Bradley Roby and j Joe man to 690 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: man and Lonnie Johnson's covering Julio Jones because he's a 691 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: bigger guy. He can handle the physicality, and then you 692 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: give safety help to Lonnie the whole game. The Titans 693 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: tried some of that. I don't know how successful they were, 694 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 1: but they did hold Julio Jones the four catches. So 695 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 1: that's got to be a philosophy there, because I think 696 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: when you hold Julio in check, you end up slowing 697 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: this offense down, not exponentially, but significantly. Number three, I 698 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: can't emphasize this word enough. Tackle non offensive tackle, not 699 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: defensive tackle tackle as in the act of the verb tackle. 700 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 1: The tackling has got to be on point. It's been 701 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,479 Speaker 1: pretty good. I will admit I think the tackling has 702 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 1: been pretty good. I don't think there have been stages 703 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: where I've watched his team and go, oh man, the 704 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: tackling is just so bad. There are NFL teams that 705 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,240 Speaker 1: you watch and you go, ploy the tackling is really 706 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,479 Speaker 1: atrocious for that team. This team, it's not really been 707 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: the case, not at all. Really, the tackling has been 708 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: really good, but I'm emphasizing it because of DeVante frame 709 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: in the running back. He's not the tallest guy, but 710 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: he is powerful. He's five nine to ten and just 711 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:58,479 Speaker 1: packed with power, and he likes to unleash that power 712 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: on defenders tackle him one on one. So you've got 713 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 1: to tackle, and it can't be a solo tackle every 714 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 1: single time. They're gonna be times when it has to be, 715 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,720 Speaker 1: but they're gonna be times when you need to get 716 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 1: everybody to the football. Do not give him a seam. 717 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: Do not get out of your gaps. The Titans at 718 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,719 Speaker 1: times would get out of their gaps. The Colts that 719 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: actually types were better about it. The Colts. They would 720 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 1: penetrate and get up field and he would he would 721 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: slice through and back. In twenty fifteen, we got out 722 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: of our gaps a bunch and he exploited it. So 723 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 1: b gap discipline, but mainly tackle tackle DeVante Freeman with 724 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: everything you got. Tight end. Austin Hooper is a major problem. 725 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: This is one of those games. Sean Gibso thought is 726 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: very very good. When he was asked to cover Greg 727 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,879 Speaker 1: Olsen in the passing game last week. This week gets 728 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 1: Austin Hooper. You may not know. Austin Hooper's not maybe 729 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,080 Speaker 1: as well known as Greg Olson, but Austin Hooper has 730 00:34:55,120 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 1: been crushing it lately. He has been, if not the 731 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,880 Speaker 1: number one receiver because that's Julio Jones, he probably has 732 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,239 Speaker 1: been the number two receiver, pushing Mohammed Sanew and Calvin 733 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,319 Speaker 1: Ridley to the background a little bit more. Austin Hooper 734 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 1: has been outstanding, really really good. This is a game 735 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,839 Speaker 1: in which the safeties and linebackers have got to take 736 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,280 Speaker 1: away Austin Hooper. I mean, it's a lot to consider. 737 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 1: That's the whole thing about the Falcons. It's a lot 738 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,919 Speaker 1: to consider. But Austin Hooper has been a dude lately 739 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 1: and we got to slow him down. And last, it's 740 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:28,800 Speaker 1: certainly not least the offensive line. Now, when the season started, 741 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,920 Speaker 1: the Falcons were going to start Jake Matthews left tackle, 742 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:37,360 Speaker 1: Chris Lynstrom I'm sorry, James Carpenter at left guard, Alex 743 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,440 Speaker 1: Macketts center, Chris Lynstrom at right tackle or right guard, 744 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 1: and then Kayla McGarry at right tackle. Now they might 745 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: have moved Lynchtam over to the left side and put 746 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: jamm Brown at right guard. They will not have Lynstrom, 747 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,360 Speaker 1: they may not have Alex Mack, they may not have 748 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:58,960 Speaker 1: Jamal Brown. Injuries affecting all of them, so their offensive 749 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 1: line may be shaken up little bit. The only thing 750 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: that's going to be consistent are the two tackles. Jake Matthews, 751 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,839 Speaker 1: who JJ Watt has seen before all the way back 752 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,319 Speaker 1: to hard Knocks in twenty fourteen, and he also saw 753 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,320 Speaker 1: him twenty fifteen in that game in Atlanta which didn't 754 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: go well. And then you got Kaylen McGarry on the 755 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 1: right side, who's a rookie, and Kayla McGary is gonna 756 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: be a very good player. In fact, that was one 757 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:17,960 Speaker 1: of the players I wanted the Texas to take a 758 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 1: look at. I loved everything about him as demeanors, athleticism, everything, Bud. 759 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 1: He's a rookie and he missed about three weeks of 760 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: training camp dealing with a hard condition, So it's not 761 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,040 Speaker 1: as if he's completely up the speed. Now he's working 762 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,799 Speaker 1: through his issues and he is. He's probably better than 763 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: what they what the Falcons having the inside, But James 764 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: Carpenter at guard was the guy that Texas software a 765 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: little bit last year with the Jets. They've had success 766 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 1: against him. Alex Mack is dealing with an elbow issue, 767 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,399 Speaker 1: and if he's dealing with the elbow and he's trying 768 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:45,960 Speaker 1: to block some of the guys the Texans have, that 769 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 1: could be trouble. Then you've got Jamal Brown who was 770 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: banged up last week. They went to West Schweitzer, a 771 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,200 Speaker 1: backup guard, and then they got McGarry, a rookie. This 772 00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 1: is an opportunity for the defensive line to find the 773 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,799 Speaker 1: weak spot up front and then exploit it. Find that 774 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 1: week spot and exploit it. Now it might be multiple spots, 775 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,759 Speaker 1: given the issues that the Falcons have had from an 776 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,399 Speaker 1: injury standpoint and just the personnel they have up there. 777 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,359 Speaker 1: But this an opportunity for this defense up front to 778 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,680 Speaker 1: take over the football game and make life miserable on 779 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan. All right, flip it over to the offensive 780 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 1: side offense. I know a lot of people want to 781 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 1: talk about the offense. I think this one not easy, 782 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: but I think it's more straightforward. Number one, to run 783 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: the ball against the Falcons, you've got to eliminate the 784 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 1: penetration number ninety seven. In particular, Grady Jared is one 785 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: of the better interior players in the league. He can 786 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,520 Speaker 1: be a force. The last time he played an Energy stadium, 787 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 1: he had three sacks. When was that? That was the 788 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,719 Speaker 1: Super Bowl? He had three sacks of Tom Brady. He 789 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: was an absolute dude, and he's gotten even better since 790 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,760 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. But he wants to run into the backfield 791 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:50,680 Speaker 1: and penetrate all day. That leaves seems in the run game, 792 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,439 Speaker 1: Carlos Hide and Duke Johnson must exploit that number two. 793 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: If you run it well, and really you know you 794 00:37:58,080 --> 00:37:59,360 Speaker 1: have to run it well, But if you do, I 795 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,360 Speaker 1: think it sells the play action that much more. Sell 796 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,960 Speaker 1: sell sell throw the play action, good run fakes on 797 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 1: play action. The Titans went to this first drive the 798 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,640 Speaker 1: first half, first drive in the second half, and both 799 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,040 Speaker 1: times they hit big plays both times. In fact, the 800 00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,120 Speaker 1: one of the first half one for fifty five yard touchdown. 801 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 1: All right, key number three. The interior receiving game, tight 802 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,960 Speaker 1: ends and Kiki Qt they've got to step up now. 803 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 1: I don't think you can put everything on them last week. 804 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,840 Speaker 1: Obviously it's not always about them, but they've got to 805 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,640 Speaker 1: get opened. They got to show their numbers. They gotta 806 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,160 Speaker 1: catch the football, they gotta get a field. This interior 807 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,399 Speaker 1: passing game has got to go to a different level. 808 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:38,960 Speaker 1: It gains the Chargers. I felt like we were on 809 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: a verge. Like against the Chargers, you can see it like, okay, man, 810 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:42,839 Speaker 1: this is weekend, week out, this is gonna be tough. 811 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,839 Speaker 1: And then last week we didn't really see that. Now, 812 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,520 Speaker 1: the Panthers were doing a really good job of taking 813 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,680 Speaker 1: some things away, and that was one of the things 814 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:51,680 Speaker 1: they wanted to take away, especially with Shaq Thopson and 815 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,440 Speaker 1: Kei Lee playing underneath on some things. The safety's driving 816 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,840 Speaker 1: on some of those shorter routes with the slot receivers 817 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 1: in the tight ends. But this is the week where 818 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,439 Speaker 1: maybe the Falcons are a little more deep conscious, maybe 819 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: they want to take away those deep shots and maybe 820 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,279 Speaker 1: they'll give more thanks to the tight ends and to 821 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,319 Speaker 1: the wide receivers on the inside. Texans have to exploit that. 822 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,560 Speaker 1: They have to have to have to be able to 823 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 1: find those routes and those things inside. Those ten to 824 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,440 Speaker 1: fifteen yard routes are invaluable. Moving the sticks, that's one 825 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,400 Speaker 1: of the ways you can do it. Getting those guys involved. 826 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:25,720 Speaker 1: Number four, This is simple, real simple. Keep attacking down 827 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:29,480 Speaker 1: the field, deep down the field. It will happen. And 828 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:32,520 Speaker 1: I stress the word will will Fuller will make a 829 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,480 Speaker 1: play down the field. Will Fuller will be a big 830 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: part of the offense. He will make the big play. 831 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,279 Speaker 1: Deshaun hits him. It's going to send this place in 832 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:45,120 Speaker 1: the hysterics, because that's what this offense has been looking for, 833 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,080 Speaker 1: that big play. They've been wanting it. They've been sitting 834 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,279 Speaker 1: on it. They've been sitting on it, and it's been there, 835 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,959 Speaker 1: they just haven't hit on it. It will happen. Keep 836 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,840 Speaker 1: attacking it down field, not to a point where you 837 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,759 Speaker 1: force it and make bad decisions. Stone a ball on 838 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,319 Speaker 1: the field, but there will be opportunity. Every team thus 839 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 1: far has given the Texans opportunities to throw the ball 840 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:07,319 Speaker 1: down the field. Jacksonville, we couldn't hang on to it. 841 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:11,600 Speaker 1: Against Carolina, we just missed it with the throw. It's 842 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 1: bound to hit. But in games against the Saints, hit 843 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 1: a big one down the field, and Will Fuller against 844 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:19,000 Speaker 1: the Chargers hit all kinds of big ones down the field. 845 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: Protect it, get down field. Nobody can run with Will Fuller. 846 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,719 Speaker 1: You just gotta protect it and give him just a 847 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: step of space. And to Sean can put it on him. 848 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:31,200 Speaker 1: Sean puts it on him. Will's getting open. They're gonna 849 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,120 Speaker 1: hit the big play. And maybe it's not Will. Maybe 850 00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,040 Speaker 1: ends up being kicky this week. Maybe it ends up 851 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,319 Speaker 1: being down there Hopkins. But to me, Will is the 852 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:39,960 Speaker 1: one that could really kind of pop the top off 853 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:43,320 Speaker 1: of things because he is so explosively fast. But that's 854 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:48,319 Speaker 1: got to hit. Keep attacking down the field. And once 855 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,960 Speaker 1: you hit those shots down the field, then that's where 856 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,520 Speaker 1: those intermediate ones come in with the interior passing game. 857 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,560 Speaker 1: And last, and certainly not least, getting the left lane. 858 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,800 Speaker 1: Let's go one hundred miles an hour early and never stop. 859 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 1: I don't mind taking this thing to mock five and 860 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,279 Speaker 1: going the whole way like that, pulling off only in 861 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:08,200 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter when you're up thirty eight to ten, 862 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:12,280 Speaker 1: which would be kind of nice. This offense can score, 863 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,759 Speaker 1: It can put the ball in the end zone. It 864 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:19,439 Speaker 1: just hasn't at home for whatever reason. Missing some deep 865 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,600 Speaker 1: shots last week, hold on to it a little bit 866 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,840 Speaker 1: too long, receivers not getting quite open, protecting not being pristine, 867 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,279 Speaker 1: all those things working together, not running it as well 868 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,000 Speaker 1: as you really could or want to. Let's put all 869 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,320 Speaker 1: those pieces together. But let's amp up the rhythm a 870 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:36,200 Speaker 1: little bit. Let's take it up a notch. Let's play fast, 871 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:39,759 Speaker 1: let's do things quickly, and let's go I just think 872 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,040 Speaker 1: this group, and I've said this a few times, is 873 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:46,120 Speaker 1: just better served moving at a faster pace. But when 874 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,359 Speaker 1: they get in rhythm, when they get the fifth gear 875 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,560 Speaker 1: and it's boy and there's an open left lane, they 876 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,000 Speaker 1: can go. Now. Let's do it now. The other side, Canto, 877 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,200 Speaker 1: the Falcons can do it too. So hopefully your defense 878 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:58,839 Speaker 1: is on point to be able to slow that down. 879 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,200 Speaker 1: But off offensively, let's open a can of whoop ass 880 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:06,240 Speaker 1: this week. Let's put it on them. Run game, short tomnia, 881 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:11,080 Speaker 1: intermediate passing game, deep shots, up tempo, everything let's put 882 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,759 Speaker 1: it on these guys offensively this week. This is the 883 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 1: time to really unleash, so the fans at home get 884 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:19,000 Speaker 1: a chance to see what this offense can really truly do. 885 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,720 Speaker 1: All right, those are your first Community Credit Universe Clance 886 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,480 Speaker 1: Keys to the Game, ACTUALLYCU the official Credit Union of 887 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:28,200 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. Let's bring our Voice of the Texans 888 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,240 Speaker 1: in next Mark vandermuirre's gonna join me and talk about 889 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,200 Speaker 1: this one and a little bit of cod football as well. 890 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,040 Speaker 1: Next on Texans oxis, Welcome back to a Friday edition 891 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:39,160 Speaker 1: of Texans All Access, our second hour of the show. 892 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,760 Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, Football US and silent reporter 893 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,319 Speaker 1: for your Houston Texans, joined now by the Voice of 894 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,799 Speaker 1: the Texans. It's our weekly get together. We don't do 895 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: this throughout the week except this one time, so you 896 00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,520 Speaker 1: gotta wait till Friday for the greatness of Mark Vandermuir 897 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:53,759 Speaker 1: and John Harris. I have a programming note for you. 898 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:57,200 Speaker 1: You do on Monday morning from eight We're always on 899 00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,440 Speaker 1: eight to ten video six ten. Of course, Texas Monday, 900 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,120 Speaker 1: we're gonna be commercial free from eight to eight thirty. 901 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,920 Speaker 1: We're gonna go sleep the half hour, sweep the leg, 902 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:09,840 Speaker 1: sweep the leg out of the commercial break. So what 903 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,880 Speaker 1: you're saying is that you and I are gonna have 904 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,520 Speaker 1: to carry thirty whole minutes. Yeah, I don't know how 905 00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:17,000 Speaker 1: we'll do it the day after a game. Yeah, I 906 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:18,520 Speaker 1: don't know how we're gonna do this. I don't know 907 00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 1: how it's gonna talk about what are we gonna do? 908 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,799 Speaker 1: So what any new Netflix shows over the weekend? Mark? 909 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,200 Speaker 1: We haven't talked too much about this one, but it's 910 00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:29,319 Speaker 1: sort of kind of hit me right in a face today, 911 00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 1: and it even really wasn't paying intentionally. We had a 912 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:36,080 Speaker 1: Battle of Pinewoods coaches luncheon today, Yeah, and had both coaches, 913 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,520 Speaker 1: Kobe Carthel from Stephen F. Auston and Casey Keeler, And 914 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,359 Speaker 1: I've got to know them a little bit when they 915 00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:43,320 Speaker 1: came down to the field for a preseason game. But 916 00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:44,759 Speaker 1: I've got to know Casey over the last few years 917 00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,200 Speaker 1: because I've called games at at Sam Houston State and 918 00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:49,640 Speaker 1: so production meetings and see him on the field and stuff. 919 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,600 Speaker 1: And he had been the coach at Delaware for a 920 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,919 Speaker 1: long time. They were championship in two thousand and three, 921 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,040 Speaker 1: and so today I was doing a Q and A 922 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,400 Speaker 1: with both the coaches, and I mentioned being in an 923 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:04,680 Speaker 1: NFL environment, and Casey says, yeah, I got to see 924 00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:06,680 Speaker 1: one of my former players. You tech, the Texans just 925 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,399 Speaker 1: signed one of my former players, and I'm like, who 926 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:13,520 Speaker 1: signed from sam Houston State. Then he goes Mike Adams. Oh, 927 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,520 Speaker 1: who played for him at Delaware. Mike Adams was a 928 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:18,840 Speaker 1: Blue Hen. He was he was a Blue Hen and 929 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,520 Speaker 1: I think he played. I was trying to do the math. 930 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,160 Speaker 1: I was like, did he plan that championship team? He 931 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:24,880 Speaker 1: might have He might have played on the two thousand 932 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,040 Speaker 1: and three championship team. That's the one championship that Casey has. 933 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,920 Speaker 1: When he was at Delaware, he also coached Joe Flacco. 934 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,960 Speaker 1: Then he ended up going to sam Houston State in 935 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,640 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen. But Mike Adams has been around so long 936 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:39,800 Speaker 1: that it dates all the way back to the beginning 937 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,840 Speaker 1: of Casey Keiler's Delaware tenure. That is amazing to be 938 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:47,160 Speaker 1: there that long and Casey killer to coach for two 939 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:51,680 Speaker 1: powerhouses and one Double A or FCS. That's pretty impressive stuff. 940 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:55,200 Speaker 1: It still blows my mind that Johnny, you see some 941 00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:58,000 Speaker 1: of these guys getting hired in college football when you're wondering, 942 00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:00,360 Speaker 1: why doesn't Casey Killer have one of these jobs? You know, 943 00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:02,920 Speaker 1: why doesn't somebody just take a shot at Casey Kielan? 944 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:05,399 Speaker 1: You know why not? Yeah, I mean, the guy's won 945 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:09,000 Speaker 1: and it can't be that different. And if he puts 946 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,400 Speaker 1: together a good staff, right, I mean, he's got to 947 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:14,359 Speaker 1: be able to do something productive considering all the guys 948 00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:17,319 Speaker 1: who flame out at the FBS level. Yeah, I'm I've 949 00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:19,359 Speaker 1: been surprised. I thought Universe Houston might take a look 950 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:22,800 Speaker 1: at him after Major Applewhite was let go. But obviously 951 00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,160 Speaker 1: Jane is a good hire team and in the school 952 00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:27,719 Speaker 1: had their eye on Danna, so there's no question. But 953 00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,120 Speaker 1: he is a really good coach. He has done a 954 00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:32,960 Speaker 1: heck of a job with that same used state program. 955 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:36,719 Speaker 1: And look, we gotta give credit Willie Fritz who went 956 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,560 Speaker 1: from same Houston State to Georgia Southern. From Georgia Southern 957 00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,319 Speaker 1: over at Tulane. They've done. He's done a heck of 958 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,040 Speaker 1: a job over at Tulane, got to win over in 959 00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:47,360 Speaker 1: uish Houston and he played Drew Jordy's SMU must tags 960 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:54,239 Speaker 1: this weekend. It's a huge game. This SMU ranked for 961 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:59,239 Speaker 1: the first time since Oh no, yes, it is since 962 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:03,400 Speaker 1: before the death since the death penalty in nineteen eighty six. Gosh, 963 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:08,120 Speaker 1: how about that since post Ron Meyer the late that is. 964 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,239 Speaker 1: I saw that and I knew sm you would be 965 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:11,960 Speaker 1: ranked because they had a couple of big wins. I 966 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,759 Speaker 1: knew they would be ranked. And of course True and 967 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:16,880 Speaker 1: Omar have been talking about it, but they are the 968 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:20,280 Speaker 1: ranked number twenty four. It's the first time since prior 969 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,239 Speaker 1: to the death penalty that they've been ranked. That's incredible. 970 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:27,680 Speaker 1: It's real. It's really amazing, it really is. It's it's unbelievable. 971 00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:29,719 Speaker 1: One of the things that I talked about while I 972 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:33,400 Speaker 1: was up there, Mark was, you know, we have the 973 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:34,960 Speaker 1: battle of planning ons has been going on for ninety 974 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,840 Speaker 1: four years. It's been in this building for ten years, 975 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:40,600 Speaker 1: and it's really found a nice home here at Energy Stadium. 976 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,239 Speaker 1: But that game never comes to Energy Stadium if the 977 00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,880 Speaker 1: Texans don't exist, if this building doesn't exist, which all 978 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:50,000 Speaker 1: leads back to Bob McNair, and I talked to them 979 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:53,400 Speaker 1: about Bob McNair and the impact that he had in 980 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:57,480 Speaker 1: because he brought the Texans here that had ramifications of 981 00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:59,120 Speaker 1: a college football because then we can bring his college 982 00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:01,520 Speaker 1: football rivalries here, including Battle of the Piney Woods, the 983 00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:05,480 Speaker 1: Texas Bowl, the Advocate Texas Kickoff. All those games we 984 00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:07,720 Speaker 1: can now have in this building in large part because 985 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:10,520 Speaker 1: of what Bob did, and so I thought it was 986 00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:13,880 Speaker 1: really cool that this weekend where we do celebrate Founder's Day, 987 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:15,680 Speaker 1: we also have Battle of the Piney Woods to be 988 00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:18,160 Speaker 1: able to celebrate Coude football and pro football on weekend 989 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,560 Speaker 1: where we're celebrating by well, it's part of the mission 990 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,439 Speaker 1: of doing great things for Houston and bringing these other 991 00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:27,200 Speaker 1: kinds of events, not just Houston Texans football. And you know, 992 00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:30,640 Speaker 1: the building itself obviously has the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, 993 00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,160 Speaker 1: and they do a great job doing great things for 994 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:36,000 Speaker 1: Houston themselves. But you know, the Texans do their thing 995 00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:38,720 Speaker 1: and have so many other events that they can bring 996 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:41,520 Speaker 1: in soccer too, by the way, but the Piney Woods, 997 00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,160 Speaker 1: I love it. I love the tradition, I love the 998 00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:45,600 Speaker 1: Southern Conference. You know that I did the championship game 999 00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:49,640 Speaker 1: for the Basketball Men's Basketball League every year at the 1000 00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:52,479 Speaker 1: Merrill Center and Katie and I love doing that. I'd 1001 00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:54,240 Speaker 1: love to do this game too, and I've been offered 1002 00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:56,320 Speaker 1: to do it. But you know how I feel about 1003 00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,600 Speaker 1: working Saturdays when that's all I got with my boys. 1004 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,279 Speaker 1: The vander Boys have to have some time on Saturday. 1005 00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:06,160 Speaker 1: We got to do our thing. But I will check 1006 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,000 Speaker 1: this one out for sure, because I know that Stephen F. 1007 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:11,400 Speaker 1: Austin's not having the great greatest year. They're coming off 1008 00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:14,600 Speaker 1: a win though, coming there in a rebuilding process. But 1009 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:16,840 Speaker 1: I love the whole thing. I love the league because 1010 00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:20,480 Speaker 1: you know what, it's education for all, Johnny, It really, 1011 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,680 Speaker 1: it really is. Not everybody's gonna go to UT and 1012 00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:26,200 Speaker 1: A and M and nor they nor should they. You know, 1013 00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:29,919 Speaker 1: these schools are great schools, and hey, Sam, Houston State 1014 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:33,160 Speaker 1: is a great communication school with all the local media 1015 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:35,680 Speaker 1: guys who have been there like Randy McElvoy and Craig 1016 00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:37,359 Speaker 1: Ackerman and people like that. And then you go back 1017 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:39,200 Speaker 1: to Dan Rather and the kind of program they have 1018 00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:42,680 Speaker 1: in the hands on experience and my buddy Bill Shooning 1019 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,080 Speaker 1: from the San Antonio Spurs for maybe the voice of 1020 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,399 Speaker 1: the Texas Longhorns. So well, back to your point also, 1021 00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:51,080 Speaker 1: how many times the Longhorns and Ages played in this building, 1022 00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:53,920 Speaker 1: not against each other, because I'd be too awesome for 1023 00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:57,440 Speaker 1: words and they wouldn't do it, probably because don't get 1024 00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,520 Speaker 1: me started on why they don't play. But that's so 1025 00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:01,720 Speaker 1: cool that they've played here a lot, those two schools 1026 00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:04,160 Speaker 1: that Rise and you of age. Yeah, absolutely, And you 1027 00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,359 Speaker 1: said doing great things for Houston, doing great things for 1028 00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:09,920 Speaker 1: not just Houston, but the great Houston community, state, the 1029 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:11,959 Speaker 1: state of Texas. You know that meant a lot to Bob. 1030 00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,799 Speaker 1: But let's get to this one against Atlanta. Texas are 1031 00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:20,000 Speaker 1: favored by five, and it's a Vegas thing. I always 1032 00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:22,320 Speaker 1: I do my predictions. I'll do them the next segment, 1033 00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:25,080 Speaker 1: but I always tell people I never pick hearthead, I 1034 00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:27,520 Speaker 1: never go again. So I never picked that game. But 1035 00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:29,880 Speaker 1: when I saw that, I was like, I don't I 1036 00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:31,920 Speaker 1: don't know not that the Atlanta Falcons are looking at 1037 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,320 Speaker 1: the spread going, oh, oh my gosh, that's polton board material. 1038 00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:38,840 Speaker 1: They're not gonna do that. But I I worry about 1039 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:43,040 Speaker 1: this Falcons team because it feels kind of like us 1040 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:45,640 Speaker 1: offensively in that and maybe even more so because Matt 1041 00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:47,919 Speaker 1: Ryan's been playing for so long that they can flip 1042 00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:49,279 Speaker 1: a switch and be as good as it wants to 1043 00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:51,799 Speaker 1: be at any point. How about this, They had the 1044 00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:55,440 Speaker 1: ball eleven to wait, eleven possessions last week. Seven of 1045 00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,799 Speaker 1: the possessions they were in plus territory, but they only 1046 00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:03,040 Speaker 1: scored ten points wh penalties, fall stars, turnovers in convert 1047 00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:06,600 Speaker 1: the red zone to the Falcons is the Bermuda triangle 1048 00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:09,680 Speaker 1: right now. The ball gets lost in there and they 1049 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,360 Speaker 1: just can't find it again. So they can get going 1050 00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:15,759 Speaker 1: at any time, just like the Texans can get going 1051 00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:17,840 Speaker 1: at any time, and it's a matter of which team 1052 00:50:17,880 --> 00:50:20,040 Speaker 1: is going to get going. Maybe they both get going 1053 00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:21,960 Speaker 1: and it's forty one to thirty eight. I don't know, 1054 00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:24,919 Speaker 1: and look, is the Texas come out on top. I'll 1055 00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,440 Speaker 1: take it. I might need therapy after the game, but 1056 00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:29,400 Speaker 1: I'll take it for sure. I'll take any kind of 1057 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:32,880 Speaker 1: win this Sunday. It's both teams in desperate need of 1058 00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,440 Speaker 1: getting well. It's really weird when you have two teams 1059 00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:38,319 Speaker 1: that have this kind of offensive talent held the ten 1060 00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,680 Speaker 1: points in their own building and then they meet the 1061 00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:44,280 Speaker 1: very next week. It's weird stuff. And this game's scary, 1062 00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:47,160 Speaker 1: Chinny because I think anybody who plays the Falcons this 1063 00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:49,880 Speaker 1: year should be scared because of all the firepower they 1064 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,600 Speaker 1: do have, even though it's kind of dormant for lack 1065 00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:54,439 Speaker 1: of a better word as far as finding the end zone. 1066 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:56,040 Speaker 1: But they are moving the ball. They through for nearly 1067 00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:59,240 Speaker 1: four hundred yards last week. Yeah, they threw in particular 1068 00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:01,399 Speaker 1: the second half. For mean, they they found a lot 1069 00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:04,440 Speaker 1: of what they were looking for. Now, I've said a 1070 00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:06,560 Speaker 1: long high I feel about the Titans. But the Titans, 1071 00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:09,480 Speaker 1: to me, the big surprise in that game was the 1072 00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,600 Speaker 1: Titans putting up twenty four in the first half. Yeah, 1073 00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:14,640 Speaker 1: twenty four. Now they didn't score the second half. They 1074 00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:16,640 Speaker 1: scored twenty four. But then when you look at the 1075 00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:21,880 Speaker 1: numbers of the Falcons on defense, I'm like, wait, this 1076 00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:24,239 Speaker 1: hold up, pulled up. This team is one in three. 1077 00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,200 Speaker 1: I mean, offensively their third in the league in passing, 1078 00:51:27,239 --> 00:51:29,279 Speaker 1: we would expect that they're not running the ball at all. 1079 00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:34,200 Speaker 1: So there's that. But defensively, they're tied for seventh in 1080 00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:36,880 Speaker 1: the league giving up the least yards through the year 1081 00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:38,960 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifteen yards. They're only giving up three 1082 00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:42,319 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty five per game total, which is eighth 1083 00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:44,399 Speaker 1: in the league. So there's seventh in the league against 1084 00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:48,040 Speaker 1: the past eighth in the league total. Like, what is 1085 00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:52,839 Speaker 1: the possession possessions? It's it's ending possessions with turnovers, right, 1086 00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:55,520 Speaker 1: because Ryan's been picked off six times, he's turned it 1087 00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:58,319 Speaker 1: over another time. He's tied for third in the league 1088 00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:02,680 Speaker 1: and turning the ball over all, right, So seven total 1089 00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,880 Speaker 1: turnovers for Ryan. So there's that that ends possessions and 1090 00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,480 Speaker 1: creates extra for the opponent. You know. So sometimes the 1091 00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:10,800 Speaker 1: stats don't tell the whole story. Four games is a 1092 00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:14,840 Speaker 1: nice little clip. It's a nice little statistical significant sample, 1093 00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:18,279 Speaker 1: if you will, but it still doesn't tell the whole story. There. 1094 00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:21,319 Speaker 1: They're sort of an aberration, if you will. Uh, And 1095 00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:23,160 Speaker 1: I think that they feel like they can get it 1096 00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:26,280 Speaker 1: going at anytime, especially in that division, and the Texans 1097 00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:27,960 Speaker 1: feel like they can get it going at any time. 1098 00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:31,920 Speaker 1: So here we go. I I'm enamored with this question 1099 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:36,360 Speaker 1: I got from I was on nine two nine the 1100 00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:38,719 Speaker 1: Fan in Atlanta and they asked me this question, and 1101 00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:41,120 Speaker 1: I knew I kind of had a feeling it was coming. 1102 00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:45,479 Speaker 1: And you sort of mentioned it is this a must 1103 00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:48,960 Speaker 1: win for each team? No, but you know what it is. 1104 00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:54,080 Speaker 1: It's uh if you don't win this one, especially for them, 1105 00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:56,800 Speaker 1: although for the Texans it's not too pretty when you 1106 00:52:56,840 --> 00:53:00,160 Speaker 1: go to Kansas City sub five hundred, right, Indianapolis to 1107 00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:02,759 Speaker 1: Kansas City and Indie you go two and three if 1108 00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:05,920 Speaker 1: you happen. I mean, no, it's not a good situation 1109 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:08,239 Speaker 1: for either team. It's not a must win because I 1110 00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:11,600 Speaker 1: always think must wins are ones that really eliminate or 1111 00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:17,200 Speaker 1: virtually eliminate you from any possibility. Must win. Yeah, and 1112 00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:19,520 Speaker 1: you know, unfortunately, we've seen it too many times that 1113 00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:22,560 Speaker 1: fortunately unfortunately however you want to spin that, but the 1114 00:53:22,600 --> 00:53:25,280 Speaker 1: Texans have been in trouble every year under Bill O'Brien. 1115 00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:27,600 Speaker 1: Every year they've been in trouble last year and three 1116 00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:30,200 Speaker 1: trouble the year before obviously was trouble all the way 1117 00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:33,440 Speaker 1: throughout twenty sixteen, they're six and three, but then they 1118 00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:35,680 Speaker 1: lose three in a row, six and six, they're in trouble. 1119 00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:38,720 Speaker 1: They dig themselves out. They've dugged themselves out of trouble 1120 00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:42,480 Speaker 1: every year under row'brian. The first, second, third, in the 1121 00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,680 Speaker 1: fourth was what it was last year. Every year other 1122 00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:49,239 Speaker 1: than twenty seventeen, they've dug themselves out of a either 1123 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:52,320 Speaker 1: three game losing streak or in twenty fifteen, which is 1124 00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,399 Speaker 1: actually the biggest hole they had, which was two and five, 1125 00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:57,680 Speaker 1: they dug themselves out of that one. Yeah, so they're 1126 00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:00,880 Speaker 1: really good at digging themselves out of adverse situation. So 1127 00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:03,080 Speaker 1: I can never write off the Texans, even if they 1128 00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:07,200 Speaker 1: would lose this one and next week. But let's be honest, 1129 00:54:07,239 --> 00:54:10,040 Speaker 1: this is tough. It's a tough schedule, and people say, oh, no, 1130 00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:12,280 Speaker 1: second half it that's a lot easier. What is easy? 1131 00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:14,560 Speaker 1: After you see Carolina with a backup quarterback. Now I 1132 00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:16,719 Speaker 1: find it interesting because I have the NFL network out 1133 00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:19,960 Speaker 1: of my office and on the crawl I get a 1134 00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:22,840 Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew's stat, which is he's what seven and one 1135 00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:25,000 Speaker 1: tds to pick, you know, and he's doing well. They're 1136 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,719 Speaker 1: two and two and look they've got something going on here. 1137 00:54:27,719 --> 00:54:30,560 Speaker 1: It's tied for first. And then I see a stat 1138 00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:32,440 Speaker 1: for Kyle Allen three and I as a starter in 1139 00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:35,960 Speaker 1: relief of Cam Newton. So I'm thinking, interesting, you know 1140 00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:38,879 Speaker 1: that these two quarterbacks who have given you a little 1141 00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:42,319 Speaker 1: bit of trouble at home are doing well against other 1142 00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:45,680 Speaker 1: two wasn't well it was, and they have good defenses, 1143 00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:49,000 Speaker 1: you know, so look that's no excuse Texans have to 1144 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:51,839 Speaker 1: do better on offense at home. But it's not like 1145 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:55,120 Speaker 1: Carolina is a layup team and we talked about it 1146 00:54:55,239 --> 00:54:57,880 Speaker 1: last week. However, when you look at the rest of 1147 00:54:57,920 --> 00:54:59,600 Speaker 1: the schedule, that was one you really had to get 1148 00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:01,640 Speaker 1: you so you gotta make up for it later. But 1149 00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:03,359 Speaker 1: don't worry about that right now. All you could do 1150 00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:05,640 Speaker 1: was worry about Sunday. That's what they've got their focus on, 1151 00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:07,040 Speaker 1: and let's hope they get it done. I mean, the 1152 00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:10,279 Speaker 1: Panthers lost a close game to the Rams at home. 1153 00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:15,040 Speaker 1: Then with cam probably about fifty or sixty percent, they 1154 00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:18,000 Speaker 1: lose close to the Buccaneers, so they're owing two to start, 1155 00:55:18,040 --> 00:55:20,160 Speaker 1: but then you know, they pop back and win that 1156 00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:22,399 Speaker 1: third game it's at Arizona. They put up thirty eight 1157 00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:24,160 Speaker 1: points in the process, and you're like, Okay, well which 1158 00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:27,120 Speaker 1: team are they? The team that And then when I stopped, 1159 00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:28,600 Speaker 1: when I thought about that, I was like, you know what, 1160 00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:31,440 Speaker 1: it's the same team. They really didn't do anything different 1161 00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:35,439 Speaker 1: with Kyle Allen than they did in the first two games. 1162 00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:37,880 Speaker 1: They just executed a little bit better and their defense 1163 00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:40,600 Speaker 1: played lights out against us. And we obviously didn't play 1164 00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:43,160 Speaker 1: very well last week. But this week, this is the 1165 00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:44,840 Speaker 1: time this offense has got to get cranked up. And 1166 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:46,959 Speaker 1: I go back to what Drew Dorty said and has said, 1167 00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:51,600 Speaker 1: Shaun Watson very rarely has bad games or games you 1168 00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:56,360 Speaker 1: would consider bad, subpar, subpar, Very rarely does he follow 1169 00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:58,839 Speaker 1: up what you would consider a subpar game with another one. Oh. 1170 00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:04,120 Speaker 1: I think he's he's yeah, this is gonna be something. Now. 1171 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:07,040 Speaker 1: You hope he doesn't force it, right, But I just 1172 00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:09,919 Speaker 1: have a feeling he's gonna make some hay this week. Now. 1173 00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:11,640 Speaker 1: Is that enough to get the job done? Because you 1174 00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:14,239 Speaker 1: mentioned all right, not only we talked a lot about 1175 00:56:14,239 --> 00:56:16,400 Speaker 1: their offense. Let's go back to their defense for a minute, 1176 00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:19,280 Speaker 1: because you talked about them earlier in this segment. Johnny 1177 00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:21,640 Speaker 1: I was reading about how they get pressure, and we 1178 00:56:21,719 --> 00:56:23,960 Speaker 1: brought it up with Bill O'Brien. They do get pressure, 1179 00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:26,520 Speaker 1: but they don't get set, they don't get home, they 1180 00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:30,279 Speaker 1: don't force turnovers. But the football nerds will tell you 1181 00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:32,560 Speaker 1: they do get into the backfield and they make noise. 1182 00:56:32,719 --> 00:56:34,440 Speaker 1: It's just not the right kind of noise to help 1183 00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:37,239 Speaker 1: them win. Tag McKinley, Vic Beasley. Those guys can get 1184 00:56:37,239 --> 00:56:39,840 Speaker 1: to the quarterback, so if you hold it too long, 1185 00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:42,799 Speaker 1: you're gonna end up having to deal with those guys. Yeah, 1186 00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:44,680 Speaker 1: that's definitely not what you want to do. He's got 1187 00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:46,320 Speaker 1: to find a way to get rid of that football. 1188 00:56:46,360 --> 00:56:48,920 Speaker 1: And look, you think, this is what they do. I 1189 00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:50,759 Speaker 1: know everybody's been talking about it all week, you know, 1190 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:53,640 Speaker 1: in the world of what we do. But this is 1191 00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:57,200 Speaker 1: what they do, the Texans, Deshaun Watson, the offense. They've 1192 00:56:57,239 --> 00:56:59,239 Speaker 1: been meeting talking about this stuff all week. Let's hope 1193 00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:01,239 Speaker 1: they've solved some of these issues and they're ready to 1194 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:04,759 Speaker 1: erupt on Sunday, no doubt. Mark appreciate it. Thank you, 1195 00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:07,000 Speaker 1: Thanks Jottie. We get back. Let's go around the NFL 1196 00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:09,800 Speaker 1: doing it my way. That means making predictions on every 1197 00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:12,239 Speaker 1: game straight up and against the spread. Right here in 1198 00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:14,399 Speaker 1: Texans All Access. This Sunday is gonna be a great 1199 00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:18,720 Speaker 1: Data Energy stadium. October six, twenty nineteen, is twenty years 1200 00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:22,400 Speaker 1: to the day that we found out the Houston Texans 1201 00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:23,920 Speaker 1: were coming to life. Now we didn't know they were 1202 00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:26,720 Speaker 1: gonna be called the Texans, but we didn't know that 1203 00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:31,960 Speaker 1: Bob McNair had done an unbelievable job in doing the 1204 00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:34,960 Speaker 1: work to essentially bump LA out of the way and 1205 00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:38,240 Speaker 1: jump in there and become the thirty second franchise for 1206 00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:41,240 Speaker 1: the NFL. The NFL wanted a franchise in LA badly. 1207 00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:44,000 Speaker 1: For whatever reason, I don't know why, but they wanted 1208 00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,880 Speaker 1: a franchise in LA and Bob nair said, Look, in 1209 00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:50,040 Speaker 1: the city of Houston, we need football back, and Boby 1210 00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:52,560 Speaker 1: Naire was instrumental in getting it back. So twenty years 1211 00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:56,400 Speaker 1: to the day, on Sunday, October sixth, twenty nineteen, we 1212 00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:59,680 Speaker 1: will celebrate the man who helped bring football back to 1213 00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:02,680 Speaker 1: this You brought football back to this city. I know 1214 00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:04,160 Speaker 1: he had a lot of help. He would tell you 1215 00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:05,680 Speaker 1: if he were still with us, that he had a 1216 00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:08,480 Speaker 1: lot of help in doing it. But the name Bob 1217 00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:11,720 Speaker 1: mcnaire should resonate for all of youth football fans in 1218 00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:14,400 Speaker 1: the city of Houston. Think about this way. Think about 1219 00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:15,920 Speaker 1: what you do on a bye week. What are you 1220 00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:18,560 Speaker 1: doing a bye week? Maybe you mow the yard, maybe 1221 00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:21,880 Speaker 1: you watch the NFL Red Zone. I know I feel weird. 1222 00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:24,840 Speaker 1: Andre Mark and I every single year get on a 1223 00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:27,200 Speaker 1: group text like this is weird we should be playing today. 1224 00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:30,280 Speaker 1: It's just weird. Well, what if you had a fall 1225 00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:34,200 Speaker 1: full of bye week Sundays, Because that's what we had 1226 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:37,120 Speaker 1: for about three years. In October six, nineteen ninety nine, 1227 00:58:37,120 --> 00:58:39,240 Speaker 1: Bob McNair walked to that walked out of that room 1228 00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:43,200 Speaker 1: in Atlanta with a Houston franchise. It was such a 1229 00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:47,040 Speaker 1: great day. Now that gives us here in the city 1230 00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:48,960 Speaker 1: of Houston a lot to talk about as it pertains 1231 00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:51,320 Speaker 1: to the NFL. And so I use this segment to 1232 00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:53,000 Speaker 1: go around the NFL, but do it my way, and 1233 00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:55,920 Speaker 1: that is to make some predictions straight up and against 1234 00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:58,320 Speaker 1: the spread. You know how I do this, and I 1235 00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:00,360 Speaker 1: love to do it. So let's dive into the games 1236 00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:02,400 Speaker 1: that we've gotten. Now, we've got some teams on by weeks, 1237 00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:04,840 Speaker 1: We've got some teams going over to London to play games. 1238 00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:06,720 Speaker 1: We're kind of at that point in the schedule where 1239 00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,280 Speaker 1: we got things like that happening, so not as many games, 1240 00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:13,200 Speaker 1: got games over on foreign soil, which I'm looking forward 1241 00:59:13,240 --> 00:59:15,040 Speaker 1: to ours in a few weeks. But man, I think 1242 00:59:15,040 --> 00:59:17,120 Speaker 1: it's coming up a lot faster than I assumed. But 1243 00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:20,440 Speaker 1: plenty of games to talk about, plenty of points spreads 1244 00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:21,760 Speaker 1: to look at, some of them that kind of give 1245 00:59:21,800 --> 00:59:25,280 Speaker 1: that little doghead turn like WHOA really huh interesting? We'll 1246 00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,080 Speaker 1: talk about that right about. But I need my music 1247 00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,480 Speaker 1: before I say now, I need my music. Ah, there 1248 00:59:30,520 --> 00:59:33,240 Speaker 1: it is, all right, let's go prediction time. Here we go. 1249 00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:37,280 Speaker 1: The first game of the day might point, it might 1250 00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:40,680 Speaker 1: be the worst game of the day. I would tell 1251 00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:42,439 Speaker 1: you that somebody's gonna get a win in this one. 1252 00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:46,520 Speaker 1: When the Arizona Cardinals go to the Cincinnati Bengals. Now, 1253 00:59:46,560 --> 00:59:49,720 Speaker 1: I would tell you that I'm not sure I'm convinced 1254 00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:53,440 Speaker 1: of it, especially considering the Cardinals have a tie already 1255 00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:56,880 Speaker 1: this year. The Cardinals three and one, the Bengals oh 1256 00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:00,960 Speaker 1: and four, and I don't know that either team. I mean, 1257 01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,440 Speaker 1: the Bengals were really close in Week one. They went 1258 01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:05,480 Speaker 1: out to Seattle, lost by one. You saw what Seattle 1259 01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:09,240 Speaker 1: did to La Rams last night, but when it came 1260 01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:12,520 Speaker 1: that was holy smokes, with a fun football game to watch. 1261 01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:14,640 Speaker 1: The Bengals played close with Seattle have then at one 1262 01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:17,640 Speaker 1: point game, have not played it close since got thumped 1263 01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:20,800 Speaker 1: last week in Buffalo. It's just or two weeks ago 1264 01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:24,640 Speaker 1: in Buffalo and haven't been able to get off the schneide. 1265 01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:26,960 Speaker 1: But the Bengals are favored by three. I think that's 1266 01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:28,560 Speaker 1: vegas Is way of saying, we don't know, we have 1267 01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:31,480 Speaker 1: no idea none whatsoever. But I'm gonna ride with Vegas 1268 01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:33,720 Speaker 1: on this one. I think Vegas is probably about right, 1269 01:00:34,040 --> 01:00:35,440 Speaker 1: I think since Santa's gonna win this one, and I 1270 01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:37,440 Speaker 1: think they're gonna win it by about three. But since 1271 01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:39,400 Speaker 1: I'm forced to pick, let's pick the Bengals to win 1272 01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:43,680 Speaker 1: and to cover at home against Arizona Cardinals. The Bills 1273 01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:46,760 Speaker 1: go to the Titans. This will be a noon game 1274 01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:49,080 Speaker 1: that we'll have our eyes on, obviously, while ours is 1275 01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:51,280 Speaker 1: going out against the Atlanta Falcons. But the Bills lost 1276 01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:54,120 Speaker 1: last week to New England. Got down inside the five 1277 01:00:54,200 --> 01:00:58,080 Speaker 1: yard line, could not score to take a seventeen sixteen lead, 1278 01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:01,480 Speaker 1: got stopped at the one yard line, turn it over 1279 01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,960 Speaker 1: a little while later, got back down inside there the 1280 01:01:05,120 --> 01:01:07,800 Speaker 1: Patriots came up with another stand. The Bills were close 1281 01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:10,200 Speaker 1: to being four and oh, but there are three and 1282 01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:13,880 Speaker 1: one and they go to Tennessee. Now, Josh Allen's status 1283 01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:15,439 Speaker 1: is going to be up in the air for this one. 1284 01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:18,000 Speaker 1: But the Titans are coming off a huge win against 1285 01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:21,120 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons after two division losses to the Colts 1286 01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:23,520 Speaker 1: and the Jags. The Titans got it together on the road, 1287 01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:26,560 Speaker 1: lit up the Falcons for twenty four points in the 1288 01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:28,800 Speaker 1: first half. Now didn't score in the second half. But 1289 01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:30,960 Speaker 1: one night game twenty four to ten, the Tits are 1290 01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:32,800 Speaker 1: at home a three point favorite. I like the Titans 1291 01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:34,520 Speaker 1: in this one, as much as it pains me to say. 1292 01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:36,320 Speaker 1: I would love to see the Titans to lose. Would 1293 01:01:36,320 --> 01:01:37,880 Speaker 1: love for Buffalo are gonna win and go to four 1294 01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,160 Speaker 1: and one, But I think both teams are gonna be 1295 01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:41,520 Speaker 1: three and two after this is all said and done. 1296 01:01:41,560 --> 01:01:43,640 Speaker 1: I think Tennessee gets a touchdown win. I don't think 1297 01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:45,720 Speaker 1: it's much more than that, but seven to more than three. 1298 01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:48,080 Speaker 1: So we're going with the Tennessee Titans to win at 1299 01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:51,760 Speaker 1: home over the Buffalo Bills. Our first game in London 1300 01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:57,600 Speaker 1: includes the Chicago Bears and the Oakland Raiders. Now, the 1301 01:01:57,680 --> 01:02:02,640 Speaker 1: Bears are coming off a sound defeat of the Minnesota Vikings. 1302 01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:07,880 Speaker 1: Just punished them physically, caused all kinds of problems, if 1303 01:02:07,880 --> 01:02:10,160 Speaker 1: you will, with the Vikings. After the game, the Bears 1304 01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:14,600 Speaker 1: were physically dominant. The Raiders went in Indianapolis and I 1305 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:17,120 Speaker 1: was I mean, if I could have bet that ninety 1306 01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:18,760 Speaker 1: nine times out one hundred, I would have vote, I 1307 01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:20,720 Speaker 1: would have I would have picked the Colts, and I 1308 01:02:20,840 --> 01:02:23,760 Speaker 1: did last week. But the Raiders came through the seven 1309 01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:25,960 Speaker 1: point victory helped us out a little bit. Raiders are 1310 01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:30,320 Speaker 1: two and two, playing better football. The Bears a different story. Now, 1311 01:02:30,920 --> 01:02:32,640 Speaker 1: Chase Daniel, it does look like he is going to 1312 01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:34,840 Speaker 1: start at quarterback for the Chicago Bears, and the Bears 1313 01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:37,280 Speaker 1: are favored by five. I actually don't know if I 1314 01:02:37,440 --> 01:02:40,480 Speaker 1: love that five point spread. I do like the Bears, 1315 01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:42,800 Speaker 1: and I like this to be low scoring. So take 1316 01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:45,800 Speaker 1: the under. Whatever the under is, go under, and let's 1317 01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:48,800 Speaker 1: go with the Bears to win, but the Raiders to cover. 1318 01:02:48,840 --> 01:02:50,480 Speaker 1: The Raiders get inside that five. I feel like this 1319 01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:53,320 Speaker 1: is a three, three or four point win for the Bears. 1320 01:02:53,360 --> 01:02:55,200 Speaker 1: I don't think it's much more than that. I don't 1321 01:02:55,240 --> 01:02:56,880 Speaker 1: think it's more than that. I think that's about where 1322 01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:59,080 Speaker 1: it is. So let's go with the Bears to win, 1323 01:02:59,240 --> 01:03:01,400 Speaker 1: Raiders to get in that five point cover. The Bucks 1324 01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:04,000 Speaker 1: and the Saints two big wins for these NFC South teams. 1325 01:03:04,080 --> 01:03:07,720 Speaker 1: The Bucks went out to La put fifty five on 1326 01:03:07,800 --> 01:03:11,080 Speaker 1: the Rams. Now it was not all the offense. Dom Kins, 1327 01:03:11,080 --> 01:03:13,520 Speaker 1: who had a fumble return. Shack Barrett was incredible rushing 1328 01:03:13,560 --> 01:03:15,600 Speaker 1: off the edge against the Rams, but the Bucks beat 1329 01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:17,800 Speaker 1: the Rams out in La. After losing to the Giants. 1330 01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:20,560 Speaker 1: Now they go into New Orleans where New Orleans gonna 1331 01:03:20,640 --> 01:03:23,400 Speaker 1: big Sunday night win against Cowboys. Didn't score a lot 1332 01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:25,560 Speaker 1: of points, but the defense was top knots. This is 1333 01:03:25,560 --> 01:03:29,040 Speaker 1: a great battle. I think the Saints only favored by three. 1334 01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:31,600 Speaker 1: I think that's probably the Drew Brees Teddy Bridgewater factor. 1335 01:03:31,680 --> 01:03:34,200 Speaker 1: Let's go with the Saints to win and to cover. 1336 01:03:34,680 --> 01:03:36,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if the Bucks can replicate that against 1337 01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:39,560 Speaker 1: a really good defense like the Saints have, so I 1338 01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:41,240 Speaker 1: think the Saints will do enough to put the ball 1339 01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:43,520 Speaker 1: in the end zone. The Bucks have proven that they've 1340 01:03:43,520 --> 01:03:46,640 Speaker 1: got some defensive pieces, but they haven't proven that they 1341 01:03:46,640 --> 01:03:49,120 Speaker 1: can play great defense at all times. They gave up 1342 01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:51,200 Speaker 1: thirty two the Giants. He gave up forty two rams. 1343 01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:52,800 Speaker 1: The Saints are gonna put up in the twenty. I 1344 01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:55,120 Speaker 1: think the Bucks will be held under that. So let's 1345 01:03:55,160 --> 01:03:57,280 Speaker 1: going to Saints to win and to cover that three 1346 01:03:57,320 --> 01:04:01,240 Speaker 1: points spread the Vikings and Giants. The Giants are coming 1347 01:04:01,280 --> 01:04:04,680 Speaker 1: off two wins in a row. Giants beat the Bucks, 1348 01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:08,360 Speaker 1: Giants beat the Redskins, Vikings up and down, lost to 1349 01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:12,360 Speaker 1: the Falcons. Sorry beat the Falcons lost to the Packers, 1350 01:04:12,680 --> 01:04:15,720 Speaker 1: won an next game which is the Raiders lost the Bears, 1351 01:04:16,200 --> 01:04:18,600 Speaker 1: so if we're following that, the Vikings should win. But 1352 01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:21,640 Speaker 1: this one's in the Metal Lands at MetLife Stadium. But 1353 01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:25,320 Speaker 1: no se Quon Barkler. He's been out for a couple 1354 01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:27,400 Speaker 1: of weeks now. I think that could end up being 1355 01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:30,760 Speaker 1: the factor. Vikes are gonna show Daniel Jones some defenses 1356 01:04:30,800 --> 01:04:32,560 Speaker 1: like he hasn't seen. I'm gonna take the Vikings to 1357 01:04:32,560 --> 01:04:34,160 Speaker 1: win this one. They're favored by four and a half. 1358 01:04:34,240 --> 01:04:36,080 Speaker 1: I'm not sure I love that spread. Well, we're gonna 1359 01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:37,840 Speaker 1: go to Vikings to win this by touchdown. The passing 1360 01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:41,160 Speaker 1: game gets going again with theelan and digs, and everybody's 1361 01:04:41,160 --> 01:04:43,160 Speaker 1: happy after this one. So let's go Vikings to win 1362 01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:45,480 Speaker 1: and to cover on the road against Daniel Jones and 1363 01:04:45,560 --> 01:04:49,400 Speaker 1: the New York Giants. The New York Jets go to 1364 01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:52,080 Speaker 1: the Eagles. The Jets coming off a bye week. Sam 1365 01:04:52,120 --> 01:04:55,840 Speaker 1: Donald's still not clear of Mono. The Eagles off that 1366 01:04:56,080 --> 01:04:58,320 Speaker 1: huge Thursday night win on the road at Green Bay, 1367 01:04:58,400 --> 01:04:59,840 Speaker 1: going in as a one or two team going into 1368 01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:04,439 Speaker 1: Bay and then getting sousd early. They were down big 1369 01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:06,080 Speaker 1: early in that game, but then came back one night 1370 01:05:06,120 --> 01:05:07,880 Speaker 1: game thirty four twenty seven, had a couple of goal 1371 01:05:07,920 --> 01:05:10,200 Speaker 1: line stands, did a great job stopping at Packers. That 1372 01:05:10,240 --> 01:05:12,040 Speaker 1: got them to tune and two gave them some confidence. 1373 01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:15,000 Speaker 1: The Eagles win this game, and then I don'tna say big. 1374 01:05:15,400 --> 01:05:17,720 Speaker 1: I would say fourteen's big, But the spread is fourteen 1375 01:05:17,760 --> 01:05:20,360 Speaker 1: and a half. So with no Darnald, you know what, 1376 01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:22,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna lay it. I'm gonna lay the fourteen and 1377 01:05:22,560 --> 01:05:25,560 Speaker 1: a half. I'm taking Philadelphia winning a cover that fourteen 1378 01:05:25,560 --> 01:05:27,200 Speaker 1: and a half to win by seventeen or more. The 1379 01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:30,320 Speaker 1: Ravens and the Steelers, this game is a little different 1380 01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:32,720 Speaker 1: than it typically looks on the schedule. Every time the 1381 01:05:32,760 --> 01:05:36,160 Speaker 1: schedule comes out, you look at Steelers Ravens, Okay, this 1382 01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:37,920 Speaker 1: is gonna be a great game. What do we like 1383 01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:40,320 Speaker 1: in this one? Well, the Ravens are coming off two losses. 1384 01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:43,960 Speaker 1: How the Steelers did get a win last week to 1385 01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:46,560 Speaker 1: get off the schneides. The Steelers are one in three. 1386 01:05:46,640 --> 01:05:49,080 Speaker 1: They on a Monday night took care of business against 1387 01:05:49,080 --> 01:05:53,000 Speaker 1: the cinc Sati Bengals. Steelers are dog at home, a 1388 01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:54,720 Speaker 1: three and a half point dog. I don't know if 1389 01:05:54,720 --> 01:05:56,400 Speaker 1: I like that. I don't know if I like that 1390 01:05:56,440 --> 01:05:58,840 Speaker 1: at all. Let's sure I'd like Baltimore to win this one. 1391 01:05:58,840 --> 01:06:01,280 Speaker 1: You know what, Let's go with Pittsburgh with the upset. 1392 01:06:02,480 --> 01:06:04,680 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh with the upset, and obviously they'll get inside that 1393 01:06:04,800 --> 01:06:06,080 Speaker 1: three and a half, so I can still win with 1394 01:06:06,080 --> 01:06:08,320 Speaker 1: the spread, even the Baltimore Ravens win. I just feel 1395 01:06:08,320 --> 01:06:10,160 Speaker 1: like Pittsburgh may be ready to turn the corner a 1396 01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:12,240 Speaker 1: little bit. They're not a great football team right now, 1397 01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:15,040 Speaker 1: but I think they're good enough to at home, ride 1398 01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:16,720 Speaker 1: the momentum of that win last week and get to 1399 01:06:16,720 --> 01:06:18,360 Speaker 1: two and three. That would knock the Ravens at two 1400 01:06:18,360 --> 01:06:20,800 Speaker 1: and three. School to Steelers with the upset win over 1401 01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:25,400 Speaker 1: the Ravens at home. Patriots take on the Redskins. The 1402 01:06:25,400 --> 01:06:30,000 Speaker 1: Patriots to face two for teams this year. They faced 1403 01:06:30,040 --> 01:06:32,760 Speaker 1: the Dolphins earlier, they faced the Redskins. New England's favored 1404 01:06:32,760 --> 01:06:35,560 Speaker 1: by fifteen on the road, lay it. New England wins 1405 01:06:35,640 --> 01:06:39,800 Speaker 1: and covers the fifteen. The Jaguars and the Panthers. This 1406 01:06:39,880 --> 01:06:43,760 Speaker 1: one's sweet. Now. The Texans are the youngest franchise, but 1407 01:06:43,960 --> 01:06:47,640 Speaker 1: the second youngest brother are these two Jaguars and Panthers. 1408 01:06:48,280 --> 01:06:50,960 Speaker 1: I'm torn on this one. Kyle Allen against Gardner Minshew 1409 01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:52,680 Speaker 1: was not where we were promised at the beginning of 1410 01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:53,960 Speaker 1: the year. But I do think it's gonna end up 1411 01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:56,919 Speaker 1: being a really good football game. I think the Panthers 1412 01:06:56,920 --> 01:07:01,120 Speaker 1: just overall better football team than the Jaguars. I think 1413 01:07:01,120 --> 01:07:03,760 Speaker 1: it's a close game, or I should say, a low 1414 01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:05,760 Speaker 1: scoring game. But I do think the Panthers are in 1415 01:07:05,800 --> 01:07:07,280 Speaker 1: the end gonna pull away in this one. They're gonna 1416 01:07:07,320 --> 01:07:09,680 Speaker 1: win this by four twenty one seventeen. That's more than 1417 01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:11,120 Speaker 1: three and a half. So let's get the Panthers with 1418 01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:14,800 Speaker 1: a win and a cover over the Jaguars. The Broncos 1419 01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:18,760 Speaker 1: oh and four. Broncos go into the Chargers two and two. 1420 01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:22,920 Speaker 1: Chargers favored by six and a half at home. I 1421 01:07:22,960 --> 01:07:25,760 Speaker 1: think the Broncos will play this one close. I'm kind 1422 01:07:25,800 --> 01:07:28,440 Speaker 1: of going against against what I originally thought. How do 1423 01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:29,640 Speaker 1: you think the Chargers will win? But I think the 1424 01:07:29,640 --> 01:07:31,760 Speaker 1: Broncos will get inside that number. Let's give the Chargers 1425 01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:34,920 Speaker 1: to win, give the Broncos to cover. The Packers and Cowboys, 1426 01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:38,280 Speaker 1: Oh what a game that's gonna be Sunday afternoon. The 1427 01:07:38,360 --> 01:07:40,360 Speaker 1: Cowboys are favored by three and a half. I think 1428 01:07:40,360 --> 01:07:42,080 Speaker 1: the Cowboys are gonna win this by more than that. 1429 01:07:42,120 --> 01:07:44,040 Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys win this by a touchdown. I 1430 01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:45,640 Speaker 1: think the Packers will come in and put some points 1431 01:07:45,640 --> 01:07:48,080 Speaker 1: on the board, but the Cowboys will rebound from that 1432 01:07:48,120 --> 01:07:49,920 Speaker 1: Sunday Night lost to the Saints. They get a win 1433 01:07:50,040 --> 01:07:52,280 Speaker 1: and a cover over the Packers, and then Sunday Night, 1434 01:07:52,360 --> 01:07:54,760 Speaker 1: we will all in Houston be paying attention to this 1435 01:07:54,760 --> 01:07:57,440 Speaker 1: one because it's the upcoming opponent. Can't say the Chiefs 1436 01:07:57,640 --> 01:08:00,360 Speaker 1: and a division opponent the opponent after the Chiefs the 1437 01:08:00,360 --> 01:08:04,280 Speaker 1: Colts on Sunday Night. Kansas City's an Levin point favorite. 1438 01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:07,080 Speaker 1: The Cults are coming off a loss. I do think 1439 01:08:07,080 --> 01:08:08,480 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are gonna win, but I'm gonna get this 1440 01:08:08,520 --> 01:08:10,080 Speaker 1: Colts to cover in this one. I think they're gonna 1441 01:08:10,080 --> 01:08:12,160 Speaker 1: get inside that. I think there's a ten point game, Max. 1442 01:08:12,640 --> 01:08:14,960 Speaker 1: I think the Colts will get inside and we're not 1443 01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:17,040 Speaker 1: gonna quite get revenge for last year because they're not 1444 01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:18,439 Speaker 1: gonna win this game. But I think the Chiefs will 1445 01:08:18,439 --> 01:08:21,639 Speaker 1: win it. But the Colts do get inside that number 1446 01:08:21,640 --> 01:08:24,920 Speaker 1: and the Monday Night Browns the forty nine ers. It's 1447 01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:27,320 Speaker 1: gonna be a good football game, really good football game. 1448 01:08:27,400 --> 01:08:30,120 Speaker 1: San Francisco favorite by four. Brown's going out to play 1449 01:08:30,120 --> 01:08:32,680 Speaker 1: another night game. They played a Monday night and a 1450 01:08:32,680 --> 01:08:35,080 Speaker 1: Sunday night already, they're going out to play a Monday night. 1451 01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:37,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go at the forty nine ers. They're coming 1452 01:08:37,400 --> 01:08:39,280 Speaker 1: off bye week, They're playing at home on a Monday night. 1453 01:08:39,400 --> 01:08:41,320 Speaker 1: Brown's got to travel. Let's go at to forty nine 1454 01:08:41,360 --> 01:08:43,920 Speaker 1: ers to win and also cover the four. They're gonna 1455 01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:45,400 Speaker 1: win this by a touchdown. Won't be more than that. 1456 01:08:45,439 --> 01:08:47,559 Speaker 1: It'll be about a touchdown. But the forty niners get 1457 01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:50,400 Speaker 1: to win and the cover. So there you go. All right, 1458 01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:53,559 Speaker 1: Next segment, last segment, it's our players segment. We do 1459 01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:55,840 Speaker 1: this every single week. Return over the last segment to 1460 01:08:55,880 --> 01:08:57,880 Speaker 1: the players. We've got the final word, Judhority, We've got 1461 01:08:57,920 --> 01:09:00,280 Speaker 1: player reporter a lot for you in the final segments. 1462 01:09:00,320 --> 01:09:04,880 Speaker 1: Day right where you are one final segment of this 1463 01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:07,240 Speaker 1: Friday edition of Texans All Access from the Hounday Texans 1464 01:09:07,360 --> 01:09:09,880 Speaker 1: Radio Studio. I am your host, John Harris Football as 1465 01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:12,280 Speaker 1: a silent reporter, glad to be with you. And typically 1466 01:09:12,400 --> 01:09:16,719 Speaker 1: on this final segment, we have a couple of staples. 1467 01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:18,840 Speaker 1: For sure, we have a play reporter brought to you 1468 01:09:18,960 --> 01:09:21,400 Speaker 1: by Arctic, and we also have the final word brought 1469 01:09:21,439 --> 01:09:24,000 Speaker 1: to you by Drew Dorty. Now I like to add 1470 01:09:24,120 --> 01:09:26,519 Speaker 1: in something that has to do with the players in 1471 01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:30,000 Speaker 1: the final segment each every Friday. But I'm making one exception, 1472 01:09:30,520 --> 01:09:34,880 Speaker 1: and I'm making one exception because of what Sunday is. 1473 01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:41,160 Speaker 1: It's Founder's Day. October sixth, twenty nineteen, twenty years to 1474 01:09:41,280 --> 01:09:44,280 Speaker 1: the day that Bob McNair and the city of Houston 1475 01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:47,280 Speaker 1: found out that football was coming back. Drew Doherty did 1476 01:09:47,560 --> 01:09:53,839 Speaker 1: an unbelievable podcast that featured interviews with mister McNair, featured 1477 01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:58,280 Speaker 1: sound from back in nineteen ninety nine. It's an amazing 1478 01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:00,680 Speaker 1: it's an amazing podcast, and wanted to make sure that 1479 01:10:00,720 --> 01:10:04,120 Speaker 1: I played it because I think I was sitting listening 1480 01:10:04,160 --> 01:10:06,120 Speaker 1: to it a lot of times. I'll take stuff and 1481 01:10:06,120 --> 01:10:07,960 Speaker 1: I'll just put it in. I'll listen to different pieces 1482 01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:09,640 Speaker 1: of it when people send me stuff to put on 1483 01:10:09,760 --> 01:10:13,200 Speaker 1: the show. I was hanging on every word. It's really 1484 01:10:13,280 --> 01:10:15,360 Speaker 1: really well done, and it tells a really good story 1485 01:10:15,400 --> 01:10:16,600 Speaker 1: for a lot of people that may not know the 1486 01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:20,800 Speaker 1: story of how the Texans started. Mister McNair tells some 1487 01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:23,840 Speaker 1: pretty great stuff in this interview, and I figured, you 1488 01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:25,920 Speaker 1: know what Drew spent a lot of time on this 1489 01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:28,200 Speaker 1: It's tremendous. I want to play it for you guys. 1490 01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:30,720 Speaker 1: So we've got three things we're gonna do. We're gonna 1491 01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:33,400 Speaker 1: start off with though, Play Reporter brought to you by Arctic, 1492 01:10:33,479 --> 01:10:36,519 Speaker 1: the official Coolers and Tumblers Other Houston Texans visit Artic 1493 01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:41,280 Speaker 1: Coolers dot com. Artic Coolers overbuilt, not overpriced. Play Reporter 1494 01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:44,400 Speaker 1: in our world means b SCAR TV. This week, it's 1495 01:10:44,439 --> 01:10:49,120 Speaker 1: emoji's in group chats. Yeah, here you go sing on? 1496 01:10:49,439 --> 01:10:52,080 Speaker 1: Is it on? Are we good? Okay, welcome back to 1497 01:10:52,240 --> 01:10:56,920 Speaker 1: another episode of b SCAR on TV. We have some 1498 01:10:57,160 --> 01:11:00,439 Speaker 1: special guests today. Say read how you have feel how 1499 01:11:00,520 --> 01:11:03,200 Speaker 1: you feel? It was in folks, How are we doing today? Man, 1500 01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:06,280 Speaker 1: big big chilling? Hey you got you got the Arctic 1501 01:11:06,360 --> 01:11:10,000 Speaker 1: hat on? Man, that's swagsa come on, you know, come 1502 01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:14,280 Speaker 1: up Arctic representing the brand, Jake. I appreciate you being here. Man, 1503 01:11:14,439 --> 01:11:17,320 Speaker 1: you are. You've been a great addition to the squad 1504 01:11:17,400 --> 01:11:22,080 Speaker 1: and to the rock Boys. The rock Boys been out there, 1505 01:11:28,479 --> 01:11:31,200 Speaker 1: hain't come back. I ain't get over here. Man. Do 1506 01:11:31,320 --> 01:11:34,240 Speaker 1: you ever put your group chatter on? Do not disturb? No, 1507 01:11:34,360 --> 01:11:36,960 Speaker 1: I can't. That's forbidden. Forbidden, can't have it on do 1508 01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:39,000 Speaker 1: not to serve. It's got to be active at all times. 1509 01:11:39,360 --> 01:11:42,360 Speaker 1: Know that both of my phones on silent messages too. 1510 01:11:42,520 --> 01:11:44,760 Speaker 1: I just don't like my phone ringing that much. Now 1511 01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:48,519 Speaker 1: the beeping science, I'm gonna read it though. Now I'm 1512 01:11:48,520 --> 01:11:50,880 Speaker 1: gonna get back to everybody. No, my phone's on silence 1513 01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:52,960 Speaker 1: all the time anyway, so I'll just flip it upside 1514 01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:54,519 Speaker 1: down if I don't want to hear it. But I mean, 1515 01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:56,080 Speaker 1: Wh'm in a group chat, my brothers and a couple 1516 01:11:56,080 --> 01:11:58,519 Speaker 1: of buddies. They send one hundred and fifty text messages 1517 01:11:58,520 --> 01:12:00,400 Speaker 1: in a half hour. I don't even my phone to 1518 01:12:00,439 --> 01:12:02,280 Speaker 1: be vibrating one hundred and fifty times and thirty minutes. 1519 01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:11,200 Speaker 1: You know what's your favorite emoji? Favorite emoji? That one 1520 01:12:16,200 --> 01:12:19,240 Speaker 1: probably the smirky face smurt faceing me in so many 1521 01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:22,200 Speaker 1: things in twenty nineteen. That's my Probably that's my favorite emoji. 1522 01:12:22,360 --> 01:12:26,800 Speaker 1: Are you an L L guy or a haha guy? Yo? 1523 01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:29,560 Speaker 1: You know what crazy some phrases. Thing happened yesterday, So 1524 01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:32,519 Speaker 1: I think my brother was texting me or sending like 1525 01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:33,960 Speaker 1: a meme to the group chat or something like that, 1526 01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:39,439 Speaker 1: and I responded, ha ha, ha Lol, So you was 1527 01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:42,479 Speaker 1: really rolling. Yeah, I was laughing. I was laughing, laughing. 1528 01:12:42,760 --> 01:12:46,680 Speaker 1: We're like, we're lafe laughing. What do you say find out? 1529 01:12:47,560 --> 01:12:50,519 Speaker 1: My mom used to be like, it's an hundred care 1530 01:12:50,720 --> 01:12:55,280 Speaker 1: just wanted to be Jake. I appreciate you being here 1531 01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:58,599 Speaker 1: in htown once again and uh coming on be scar 1532 01:12:58,720 --> 01:13:04,559 Speaker 1: TV man boys, come on, man, get on, get in here. 1533 01:13:05,400 --> 01:13:17,160 Speaker 1: All right? All right, everybody pick up their instrument now. 1534 01:13:17,240 --> 01:13:19,600 Speaker 1: But you can't see on that video, which is a 1535 01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:22,000 Speaker 1: shame is you can't see the video. You can't see 1536 01:13:22,040 --> 01:13:24,280 Speaker 1: the three rock boys playing all their instruments with that 1537 01:13:24,439 --> 01:13:26,880 Speaker 1: music going. You got, you got the gist of video 1538 01:13:26,920 --> 01:13:28,800 Speaker 1: with the music, but you kind of got to watch 1539 01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:31,920 Speaker 1: the video to see the queuing up the guitars and 1540 01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:34,360 Speaker 1: the drums and everything else they had going on. That's 1541 01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:37,920 Speaker 1: pretty good stuff the rock Boys, WI Merciless, Brent Scarlett 1542 01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:40,519 Speaker 1: and Jacob Martin. All right, it's time for the final 1543 01:13:40,560 --> 01:13:43,200 Speaker 1: Word with Drew Dorty in this week it's with one 1544 01:13:43,240 --> 01:13:45,960 Speaker 1: of the Lunch Pale Crew. Got the Rock Boys, You 1545 01:13:46,040 --> 01:13:49,320 Speaker 1: got the Lunch Pale Crew. DJ Reader has been absolutely 1546 01:13:49,400 --> 01:13:51,880 Speaker 1: awesome this year. He's an awesome interview and he sat 1547 01:13:51,880 --> 01:13:53,920 Speaker 1: down with Drew. Thanks so much. We've got DJ Reader 1548 01:13:53,960 --> 01:13:57,160 Speaker 1: with us and DJ another big game ahead. But let's 1549 01:13:57,160 --> 01:13:59,200 Speaker 1: talk about what you guys as a front seven have 1550 01:13:59,320 --> 01:14:02,400 Speaker 1: been doing this season. Seems like over the last few 1551 01:14:02,439 --> 01:14:05,240 Speaker 1: weeks really kind of fine in a rhythm. Oh yeah, 1552 01:14:05,240 --> 01:14:07,680 Speaker 1: we're trying to get more comfortable with each other, a 1553 01:14:07,680 --> 01:14:09,519 Speaker 1: lot of guys that played together before. We're just kind 1554 01:14:09,520 --> 01:14:12,200 Speaker 1: of getting that rhythm of the season and just trying 1555 01:14:12,240 --> 01:14:14,800 Speaker 1: to do better improve each week. You know. We talked 1556 01:14:14,800 --> 01:14:17,559 Speaker 1: with JJ Watt on Wednesday and he had many, many 1557 01:14:17,600 --> 01:14:19,639 Speaker 1: good things to say. He basically had this laundry list 1558 01:14:19,680 --> 01:14:22,519 Speaker 1: of all the reasons that you are a good teammate 1559 01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:24,720 Speaker 1: because you chase down screens, You're good in the run game, 1560 01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,599 Speaker 1: he knows where you are at all times. You're creating 1561 01:14:26,760 --> 01:14:29,880 Speaker 1: pressure up the middle. What's it like having the season 1562 01:14:29,880 --> 01:14:32,600 Speaker 1: you're having our personal level? Um, it feels good, you know, 1563 01:14:32,720 --> 01:14:35,000 Speaker 1: but um, it's just great, man. You have those guys 1564 01:14:35,040 --> 01:14:37,280 Speaker 1: out there rushing with you, and you know, it's a 1565 01:14:37,320 --> 01:14:38,760 Speaker 1: fun time. They're gonna be what we're supposed to be, 1566 01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:40,320 Speaker 1: especially in the run game and stuff like that. They 1567 01:14:40,360 --> 01:14:41,720 Speaker 1: do a good job of creating the edge the way 1568 01:14:41,720 --> 01:14:44,280 Speaker 1: I can take advantage inside and you know him and 1569 01:14:44,320 --> 01:14:48,679 Speaker 1: with the presents they create off the edge, it helps 1570 01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:50,160 Speaker 1: me out a lot in the middle, you know. So 1571 01:14:50,360 --> 01:14:52,040 Speaker 1: I'm just able to help those guys out and get 1572 01:14:52,080 --> 01:14:54,360 Speaker 1: pressure to those guys hopefully the quarterback can't step up 1573 01:14:54,400 --> 01:14:56,360 Speaker 1: so they can get sacked. It's not surprising to us 1574 01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:58,200 Speaker 1: who've been watching the team for a few years. It's 1575 01:14:58,240 --> 01:15:00,040 Speaker 1: not surprising, you know, because we also hear JJ he 1576 01:15:00,200 --> 01:15:02,240 Speaker 1: say these things, you know, on a regular basis, and 1577 01:15:02,320 --> 01:15:05,200 Speaker 1: he's not been just saying it this year. Have you 1578 01:15:05,320 --> 01:15:07,320 Speaker 1: been surprised at all though, by what you've been able 1579 01:15:07,360 --> 01:15:09,800 Speaker 1: to do? No, Just I know what work I put in. 1580 01:15:09,880 --> 01:15:11,479 Speaker 1: I put on a lot of work this offseason. Um, 1581 01:15:11,560 --> 01:15:13,080 Speaker 1: it was important to me just to be better for 1582 01:15:13,360 --> 01:15:16,120 Speaker 1: as a teammate. I see those guys progressing, and I 1583 01:15:16,240 --> 01:15:17,880 Speaker 1: just want to progress and just get better. And so, 1584 01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:20,800 Speaker 1: you know, it doesn't surprise me. I'm I'm blessing. I'm 1585 01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:22,240 Speaker 1: happy that I'm able to do it right now, and 1586 01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:24,720 Speaker 1: you know, I'm just excited and glad this season is 1587 01:15:24,760 --> 01:15:27,080 Speaker 1: going good. As a defense, you guys are doing a 1588 01:15:27,200 --> 01:15:29,519 Speaker 1: great job at getting the takeaways. You're gonna get in 1589 01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:33,519 Speaker 1: on the takeaway game. What's going on. I'm trying. I'm 1590 01:15:33,560 --> 01:15:35,080 Speaker 1: trying to get there, man, I'm trying to make some plays. 1591 01:15:35,120 --> 01:15:37,840 Speaker 1: Get there. I gotta make some more. I gotta make 1592 01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:40,200 Speaker 1: some more getting on the takeaway action. I almost got 1593 01:15:40,240 --> 01:15:43,160 Speaker 1: a couple of recoveries on the fumbles, but I gotta 1594 01:15:43,200 --> 01:15:45,439 Speaker 1: do better. All right, We're gonna hold you to that one. 1595 01:15:45,479 --> 01:15:47,519 Speaker 1: All right. All right, let's talk about Matt Ryan and 1596 01:15:47,600 --> 01:15:50,519 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. A very skilled guy who's got a 1597 01:15:50,680 --> 01:15:54,639 Speaker 1: lot of experience in this league. Twelfth season in the NFL. 1598 01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:57,120 Speaker 1: What's the challenge with him? Just a good quarterback, a 1599 01:15:57,160 --> 01:16:00,760 Speaker 1: lot of weapons, and you know that's always a fair challenge. Um, 1600 01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:03,040 Speaker 1: but we're ready for it. You know, you always feel 1601 01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:05,360 Speaker 1: those kind of guys. But we're excited for it. And 1602 01:16:06,240 --> 01:16:08,120 Speaker 1: now we play as a defense and know what we do, 1603 01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:10,320 Speaker 1: and he's excited to go out there on Sunday and play. 1604 01:16:10,360 --> 01:16:12,320 Speaker 1: We got a couple of days left to get ready, 1605 01:16:12,439 --> 01:16:15,160 Speaker 1: so um, we're gonna keep studying them. But he does 1606 01:16:15,200 --> 01:16:18,759 Speaker 1: a good job with utilize his weapons, stays in the pocket, 1607 01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:21,400 Speaker 1: taking out the pocket too crazy, But you know he's 1608 01:16:21,560 --> 01:16:24,479 Speaker 1: he is mobile. It's not like he's a Grandpas standing 1609 01:16:24,520 --> 01:16:26,760 Speaker 1: back there. Like a lot of offensive lines in the 1610 01:16:26,840 --> 01:16:28,880 Speaker 1: fifth week of the season, there's some mixing and matching 1611 01:16:28,960 --> 01:16:31,360 Speaker 1: going on. There's some banged up parts there. What do 1612 01:16:31,479 --> 01:16:33,880 Speaker 1: you make of that? At Land offensive line? Um, they're good. 1613 01:16:33,920 --> 01:16:35,280 Speaker 1: They do a good job in doing what they do. 1614 01:16:35,600 --> 01:16:38,160 Speaker 1: They got some veteran leaders up there. Um got a 1615 01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:41,400 Speaker 1: good left tackle, center's very savvy. And then they're just 1616 01:16:41,479 --> 01:16:43,519 Speaker 1: kind of mixing matches pieces. But those guys work decent 1617 01:16:43,560 --> 01:16:45,800 Speaker 1: together and they're doing a good job of mixing in 1618 01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:49,080 Speaker 1: and you know, just had some tough losses, so they're fighting. 1619 01:16:49,320 --> 01:16:51,519 Speaker 1: But um, I think they're a decent group and it's 1620 01:16:51,520 --> 01:16:53,400 Speaker 1: gonna be a good challenge for us on Sunday. All right, 1621 01:16:53,400 --> 01:16:56,320 Speaker 1: you're part of the Lunch Pale Crew. Is there a union? 1622 01:16:56,760 --> 01:17:00,320 Speaker 1: Is there a rivalry with Friendly Friendly? Wise with the 1623 01:17:00,439 --> 01:17:03,400 Speaker 1: Rock Boys and the Linebacker Recruit Union. We collab with 1624 01:17:03,439 --> 01:17:05,599 Speaker 1: those guys all the time. Yeah, So we got our 1625 01:17:05,640 --> 01:17:08,479 Speaker 1: nice Instagram pictures and those guys get those good sacks 1626 01:17:08,520 --> 01:17:10,840 Speaker 1: and we just have fun. But um, you know, that's 1627 01:17:10,840 --> 01:17:14,479 Speaker 1: a fun group. Rock boyser they're lit. But h LPC 1628 01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:17,800 Speaker 1: we have collabs with him. The rock Boys are lit. 1629 01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:20,840 Speaker 1: The LPC. We have collapsed with him. Well, thanks so 1630 01:17:20,960 --> 01:17:22,960 Speaker 1: much for the time, DJ reader. Best of luck on 1631 01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:25,400 Speaker 1: Sunday against the Falcons. Hope you get that turnover and 1632 01:17:25,479 --> 01:17:28,840 Speaker 1: hope a win comes for the Houston Texas apreciate it. 1633 01:17:29,120 --> 01:17:32,600 Speaker 1: And finally, this evening celebrating Founder's Day on Sunday, you 1634 01:17:32,680 --> 01:17:36,040 Speaker 1: got another backstory. Drew Doherty did a whale of a 1635 01:17:36,160 --> 01:17:40,240 Speaker 1: job with this. This will help you appreciate how football 1636 01:17:40,320 --> 01:17:43,360 Speaker 1: came to be in Houston thanks to one man, Bob McNair. 1637 01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:46,760 Speaker 1: What were you doing In early October of nineteen ninety nine. 1638 01:17:47,080 --> 01:17:49,920 Speaker 1: J J. Watt was a ten year old in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1639 01:17:50,360 --> 01:17:53,840 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson was four growing up in Georgia. The top 1640 01:17:53,920 --> 01:17:56,880 Speaker 1: song in the country was Heartbreaker, a Mariah Carey collaboration 1641 01:17:56,960 --> 01:18:00,360 Speaker 1: with Jay Z, while the movie Double Jeopardy Story Ashley 1642 01:18:00,439 --> 01:18:03,400 Speaker 1: Judd and Tommy Lee Jones was winning at the box office. 1643 01:18:04,120 --> 01:18:07,439 Speaker 1: There was no NFL team in Houston. The Oilers had 1644 01:18:07,479 --> 01:18:10,240 Speaker 1: packed up and left after the ninety six season, so 1645 01:18:10,720 --> 01:18:13,160 Speaker 1: the city was in the middle of its third straight 1646 01:18:13,400 --> 01:18:16,679 Speaker 1: autumn without a team to cheer. But on October sixth 1647 01:18:16,720 --> 01:18:20,880 Speaker 1: of that year, everything changed, and it did so because 1648 01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:24,920 Speaker 1: of Bob McNair. But first we've got to rewind a 1649 01:18:24,960 --> 01:18:29,280 Speaker 1: little bit before the running shoot days of the late 1650 01:18:29,360 --> 01:18:32,000 Speaker 1: eighties and early nineties, and well before Love You Blew 1651 01:18:32,080 --> 01:18:35,799 Speaker 1: in the seventies. It's the early nineteen sixties and McNair 1652 01:18:36,240 --> 01:18:38,840 Speaker 1: is a young businessman who's been in town for just 1653 01:18:39,080 --> 01:18:41,800 Speaker 1: a few years. He was an Oilers fan. Well, I 1654 01:18:41,920 --> 01:18:44,479 Speaker 1: remember going to the first Oilers game over in Jefferson 1655 01:18:44,560 --> 01:18:47,240 Speaker 1: Stadium and they were playing on a clayfield. I don't 1656 01:18:47,280 --> 01:18:49,400 Speaker 1: know if it was a blade of grass on that field. 1657 01:18:49,479 --> 01:18:53,519 Speaker 1: It was bad. I knew a couple of the players, 1658 01:18:53,800 --> 01:18:56,639 Speaker 1: and I mean you could hauler to them and they'd 1659 01:18:56,720 --> 01:18:59,559 Speaker 1: hauller back. I mean they'd hear you, because they weren't 1660 01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:02,400 Speaker 1: that many of the people out there. Those early Oilers 1661 01:19:02,600 --> 01:19:05,080 Speaker 1: won a pair of AFL championships, and in the late 1662 01:19:05,200 --> 01:19:08,439 Speaker 1: nineteen seventies, the steel Curtain of Pittsburgh was the only 1663 01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:11,200 Speaker 1: thing that kept them from the Super Bowl A decade later. 1664 01:19:11,439 --> 01:19:14,839 Speaker 1: They'd stockpiled talent on those running shoot teams, but ultimately 1665 01:19:15,240 --> 01:19:19,800 Speaker 1: come up short creatively and in heartbreaking fashion, again and 1666 01:19:19,920 --> 01:19:22,920 Speaker 1: again and again. Bud Adams took the team to Tennessee 1667 01:19:22,960 --> 01:19:25,280 Speaker 1: after the nineteen ninety six season rapped, but he did 1668 01:19:25,360 --> 01:19:29,759 Speaker 1: not kill the NFL football dreams of Houston and Bob McNair. 1669 01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:32,599 Speaker 1: McNair had become a billionaire in the nineteen nineties when 1670 01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:36,120 Speaker 1: he sold his company Cojen to Enron, but he wasn't 1671 01:19:36,200 --> 01:19:38,560 Speaker 1: new to the scene to the powers that be in 1672 01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:40,720 Speaker 1: the NFL. I used to go to the games with 1673 01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:44,320 Speaker 1: Bud Adams and sit in his suite, and the commissioner 1674 01:19:44,400 --> 01:19:47,320 Speaker 1: would come down occasionally, and when he did, Bud would 1675 01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:49,599 Speaker 1: sit him next to me. So I knew Tag Naboo, 1676 01:19:49,760 --> 01:19:52,000 Speaker 1: and I'd met some of the other owners. I had 1677 01:19:52,040 --> 01:19:55,680 Speaker 1: the political backing of the community, and I felt that 1678 01:19:55,880 --> 01:19:59,160 Speaker 1: I had a good opportunity to put together a plan 1679 01:19:59,640 --> 01:20:03,200 Speaker 1: that would lead to a stadium that would be acceptable. 1680 01:20:03,520 --> 01:20:07,200 Speaker 1: And I knew that I would be acceptable because I 1681 01:20:07,320 --> 01:20:10,000 Speaker 1: knew these folks and they knew me, and I had 1682 01:20:10,040 --> 01:20:13,439 Speaker 1: the financial resources to do it. But doing it was 1683 01:20:13,479 --> 01:20:16,320 Speaker 1: easier said than done. Standing in the way was the 1684 01:20:16,439 --> 01:20:19,200 Speaker 1: second largest city in the country, a place that lost 1685 01:20:19,439 --> 01:20:24,000 Speaker 1: not one, but two NFL teams two years before Houston did. 1686 01:20:24,240 --> 01:20:26,960 Speaker 1: Los Angeles was the competition, if you want to call it. That. 1687 01:20:27,320 --> 01:20:32,120 Speaker 1: The unfortunate thing, but not surprising, was that the league 1688 01:20:32,200 --> 01:20:35,720 Speaker 1: really favored Los Angeles. It was really not a fair competition. 1689 01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:38,200 Speaker 1: You know, it was a bigger TV market. If they 1690 01:20:38,240 --> 01:20:41,000 Speaker 1: could make it happen there, that's what they wanted to do. 1691 01:20:41,400 --> 01:20:44,200 Speaker 1: It was an uphill battle, and I would just another 1692 01:20:44,320 --> 01:20:47,160 Speaker 1: instance of being the underdog. I've been the underdog most 1693 01:20:47,160 --> 01:20:50,640 Speaker 1: of my life. That didn't phase me. The NFL desperately 1694 01:20:50,760 --> 01:20:53,639 Speaker 1: wanted a team there, and it gave the city every 1695 01:20:53,800 --> 01:20:57,799 Speaker 1: chance it could to make it happen. But McNair was patient. 1696 01:20:57,920 --> 01:21:01,519 Speaker 1: The NFL would say to those seeking the franchise, you 1697 01:21:01,640 --> 01:21:03,720 Speaker 1: have to have your plan in for the stadium and 1698 01:21:03,840 --> 01:21:06,559 Speaker 1: the financial plan. Everything's got to be in place by 1699 01:21:06,600 --> 01:21:09,160 Speaker 1: a certain date. And we'd get to that date we 1700 01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:12,280 Speaker 1: had it, they wouldn't. They'd extend the date. They'd say, well, 1701 01:21:12,439 --> 01:21:14,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna move this out, give them another ninety days 1702 01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:17,519 Speaker 1: or whatever. They did that I think twice, and I 1703 01:21:17,640 --> 01:21:21,519 Speaker 1: finally told tag Leeboo. I said, Paul, look, either we're 1704 01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:24,280 Speaker 1: gonna have a firm date and it's a drop dead deal, 1705 01:21:25,200 --> 01:21:28,320 Speaker 1: or I'm out of here and I'm not gonna I'm 1706 01:21:28,360 --> 01:21:30,519 Speaker 1: not gonna hang around if you keep doing this. They 1707 01:21:30,640 --> 01:21:34,000 Speaker 1: set a date for like July thirtieth, they awarded the 1708 01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:39,559 Speaker 1: franchise to Los Angeles on a contingency basis, and they 1709 01:21:39,640 --> 01:21:43,040 Speaker 1: gave them another thirty days to finalize their deal. And 1710 01:21:43,280 --> 01:21:47,600 Speaker 1: so as we left the meeting, the media all you know, 1711 01:21:47,800 --> 01:21:50,000 Speaker 1: hit me and said, well, how do you feel now 1712 01:21:50,080 --> 01:21:53,920 Speaker 1: that you've lost? I said, well, we haven't lost and said, oh, yeah, 1713 01:21:54,040 --> 01:21:56,840 Speaker 1: you've You've lost to us going to Los Angeles. Said 1714 01:21:56,880 --> 01:21:58,600 Speaker 1: I don't think so, and they said why is that. 1715 01:21:59,240 --> 01:22:01,360 Speaker 1: I said, they'll ever we get their deal put together, 1716 01:22:01,640 --> 01:22:04,519 Speaker 1: and then when that happens, it automatically goes to us. 1717 01:22:04,600 --> 01:22:07,559 Speaker 1: It's already been approved that way, So I feel good. 1718 01:22:07,640 --> 01:22:12,519 Speaker 1: I'm just waiting for the thirty days to expire. It 1719 01:22:12,680 --> 01:22:15,839 Speaker 1: was October fifth, and the Houston sports media was already 1720 01:22:15,880 --> 01:22:18,879 Speaker 1: there in Atlanta covering the Astros and Braves in the playoffs, 1721 01:22:19,400 --> 01:22:21,920 Speaker 1: but the possibility of pro football coming back to town 1722 01:22:22,400 --> 01:22:24,800 Speaker 1: had a lot of people excited. Here's a snip from 1723 01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:27,840 Speaker 1: Channel two's newscast the night before and just a matter 1724 01:22:27,880 --> 01:22:30,000 Speaker 1: of hours, we should know if Houston is getting the 1725 01:22:30,120 --> 01:22:34,120 Speaker 1: thirty second NFL franchise. Our big story tonight Houston's NFL shot. 1726 01:22:34,280 --> 01:22:37,959 Speaker 1: After three hours of meetings, league owners started the countdown 1727 01:22:38,040 --> 01:22:41,080 Speaker 1: clock for a critical decision that may hinge on a 1728 01:22:41,160 --> 01:22:46,600 Speaker 1: proposal by Houston businessman Bob McNair. We're happy to have 1729 01:22:46,680 --> 01:22:51,280 Speaker 1: the opportunity to hopefully bring this to a conclusion. We've 1730 01:22:51,320 --> 01:22:54,679 Speaker 1: been working on a long time and so we're ready 1731 01:22:54,760 --> 01:22:57,559 Speaker 1: for some decisions. We'd like to see that happen tonight. 1732 01:22:57,680 --> 01:23:00,360 Speaker 1: All the NFL will say is that McNair's proposal is 1733 01:23:00,400 --> 01:23:03,360 Speaker 1: impressive and that they are confident a decision will be 1734 01:23:03,479 --> 01:23:06,240 Speaker 1: made tomorrow. When McNair embarked on the journey to get 1735 01:23:06,240 --> 01:23:08,960 Speaker 1: a pro franchise, he had an idea of what it 1736 01:23:09,080 --> 01:23:12,360 Speaker 1: might cost. That idea turned out to be a little 1737 01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:14,880 Speaker 1: bit low, and it was interesting because when I first 1738 01:23:14,920 --> 01:23:17,840 Speaker 1: started on that trip, Budd said, this is probably cost 1739 01:23:17,920 --> 01:23:20,599 Speaker 1: three hundred billion dollars. So I said, okay, Well, at 1740 01:23:20,640 --> 01:23:23,280 Speaker 1: this point we were at six hundred. Okay. I had 1741 01:23:23,360 --> 01:23:25,800 Speaker 1: determined that six to fifty was it. I was not 1742 01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:28,200 Speaker 1: going to pay more than six to fifty. After that, 1743 01:23:28,640 --> 01:23:30,640 Speaker 1: he met with a pair of owners, One of them 1744 01:23:30,760 --> 01:23:34,479 Speaker 1: was Carolina's Jerry Richardson, who explained the situation to McNair, 1745 01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:37,840 Speaker 1: We're not going to get it approved unless we get 1746 01:23:37,880 --> 01:23:40,880 Speaker 1: it seven hundred million. That way, each team was getting 1747 01:23:40,880 --> 01:23:42,880 Speaker 1: a payment of like five million a year for like 1748 01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:45,559 Speaker 1: two or three years. I said, well, there's no way 1749 01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:47,920 Speaker 1: I can justify it. And he said, well, what if 1750 01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:50,479 Speaker 1: we let you pay for it over three years? So 1751 01:23:50,720 --> 01:23:53,720 Speaker 1: I said, thinking about time value of money in I said, 1752 01:23:53,760 --> 01:23:56,760 Speaker 1: well that helps, and but that's not enough. He said, 1753 01:23:56,800 --> 01:23:58,720 Speaker 1: well what if we give you a Super Bowl? So 1754 01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:02,640 Speaker 1: I said, okay, And that's what nailed the deal. And 1755 01:24:02,800 --> 01:24:06,560 Speaker 1: the deal Matt Houston was back in the NFL. We 1756 01:24:06,600 --> 01:24:09,760 Speaker 1: can say Houston again, Houston, we do not have a 1757 01:24:09,840 --> 01:24:12,280 Speaker 1: problem anymore. We do not have a problem. Finally, we 1758 01:24:12,400 --> 01:24:14,960 Speaker 1: get a thirty second football team of the National Football League, 1759 01:24:15,200 --> 01:24:17,920 Speaker 1: and that's where we start our news. NFL Commissioner Paul 1760 01:24:17,960 --> 01:24:22,280 Speaker 1: Taglibu laid out the reasons McNair in Houston got a franchise. 1761 01:24:22,800 --> 01:24:26,680 Speaker 1: I think the key thing was both the quality of 1762 01:24:26,760 --> 01:24:32,839 Speaker 1: the stadium, the fan interest in the NFL in Texas, 1763 01:24:33,280 --> 01:24:37,000 Speaker 1: and the quality of the ownership in Bob McNair. Dallas 1764 01:24:37,080 --> 01:24:39,920 Speaker 1: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was glad to have a football 1765 01:24:39,960 --> 01:24:44,320 Speaker 1: team south down forty five once again. They were determined 1766 01:24:44,439 --> 01:24:47,639 Speaker 1: to have that NFL team and have this expansion franchise 1767 01:24:47,760 --> 01:24:52,400 Speaker 1: come to Houston. I'm really I'm glad that they were rewarded. 1768 01:24:52,880 --> 01:24:56,040 Speaker 1: We've done our due diligence, We've done our homework. Everything 1769 01:24:56,200 --> 01:24:59,200 Speaker 1: is in place, and it became obvious, I think to 1770 01:24:59,320 --> 01:25:04,160 Speaker 1: everyone that this was just a very solid proposal. Steve Patterson, 1771 01:25:04,240 --> 01:25:07,519 Speaker 1: who would ultimately be a senior vice president chief development 1772 01:25:07,560 --> 01:25:09,640 Speaker 1: officer for the team in the early days, was a 1773 01:25:09,720 --> 01:25:12,080 Speaker 1: part of that crew back in ninety nine that helped 1774 01:25:12,160 --> 01:25:15,720 Speaker 1: McNair land the expansion franchise. He was ecstatic after the 1775 01:25:15,800 --> 01:25:18,200 Speaker 1: news was announced, and I think it's really a great 1776 01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:21,200 Speaker 1: story about dreaming the great dreams and pulling them off. 1777 01:25:22,240 --> 01:25:23,960 Speaker 1: A lot of people didn't think we do it, but 1778 01:25:24,120 --> 01:25:27,000 Speaker 1: we did. Houston is a first class major league city, 1779 01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:29,800 Speaker 1: and I think it's important that we have the major 1780 01:25:29,880 --> 01:25:32,880 Speaker 1: league sports there and to not have the NFL there 1781 01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:36,920 Speaker 1: was just something that was unacceptable to me. And I'm 1782 01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:39,560 Speaker 1: happy to say that that condition is not going to 1783 01:25:39,640 --> 01:25:43,519 Speaker 1: exist but much longer. And I'm proud of Houston and 1784 01:25:43,760 --> 01:25:46,320 Speaker 1: I know that it'll be a great showcase for the NFL. 1785 01:25:46,640 --> 01:25:49,640 Speaker 1: McNair and company left Atlanta quickly got to work on 1786 01:25:49,840 --> 01:25:52,240 Speaker 1: getting set for opening Day, which was just a bit 1787 01:25:52,360 --> 01:25:55,000 Speaker 1: less than three years away in two thousand and two, 1788 01:25:55,479 --> 01:25:58,840 Speaker 1: they still had to name the team, give it some colors, uniforms, 1789 01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:02,639 Speaker 1: assemble a personnel in business, staff, a choir, players, get 1790 01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:05,519 Speaker 1: a stadium and practice facility built, amongst other things. But 1791 01:26:05,640 --> 01:26:08,200 Speaker 1: in the end, the man who described himself as an 1792 01:26:08,280 --> 01:26:12,280 Speaker 1: underdog was an underdog no more. Bob McNair brought NFL 1793 01:26:12,360 --> 01:26:15,240 Speaker 1: football back to the city of Houston, and this weekend 1794 01:26:15,320 --> 01:26:18,360 Speaker 1: we should all give thanks. We will celebrate Bob McNair 1795 01:26:18,680 --> 01:26:20,600 Speaker 1: on Sunday at Founder's Day. He will go up in 1796 01:26:20,640 --> 01:26:23,080 Speaker 1: the Ring of Honor alongside Andrea Johnson. It's gonna be 1797 01:26:23,120 --> 01:26:25,000 Speaker 1: a wonderful day. Hope you're going to be there with 1798 01:26:25,200 --> 01:26:27,280 Speaker 1: us to enjoy it. Thank you so much for listening, everybody, 1799 01:26:27,360 --> 01:26:28,479 Speaker 1: and as always, go Texans.