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Speaker 1: What's happening? Everybody. Welcome into a Wednesday edition of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access from the Honday Texans Urio studio or the

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Speaker 1: mobile version of it. I'm your host, John Harris, football

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Speaker 1: analyst and sideline reporter. So glad to be with you

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Speaker 1: on another wonderful evening. Man, if you didn't go out

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Speaker 1: today and just take a walk for like five minutes,

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Speaker 1: or go to the the grocery store and just take your

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Speaker 1: time walking in or whatever, Man, you wasted a day.

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Speaker 1: This is such a beautiful day. I've said this before.

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Speaker 1: These are the days why you live in Houston. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you've got to love it. It's another Cults week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: two weeks after the other one. I was trying to

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Speaker 1: think of, Man, if we ever had that situation where

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Speaker 1: we played the Cults in particular, like we've done this

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Speaker 1: with the Titans. We did last year where we played

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Speaker 1: the Titans in Week fifteen in Week seventeen, So we've

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Speaker 1: done it against the Titans. I don't know if we've

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Speaker 1: done it against the Jags, but this first time I

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Speaker 1: could remember it happening with the Colts because it's typically

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Speaker 1: a September or early October and then December The only

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Speaker 1: time that I could think of was back in twenty

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Speaker 1: eighteen when we played them in Week fourteen and then

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Speaker 1: played them in the playoff game in the Wildcard Round,

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Speaker 1: which essentially would have been a week eighteen, and that

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Speaker 1: was four weeks in between this one week in between

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Speaker 1: week well in between two weeks from last time we

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Speaker 1: played the Colts. So it will be in Lucas Oil Stadium,

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Speaker 1: where we have had some really amazing wins, which is

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Speaker 1: kind of weird to say because had I said that

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Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen, well I couldn't say it in twenty fourteen,

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Speaker 1: but we had one of twenty fifteen, the first one

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Speaker 1: ever twenty sixteen. We duplicated that. Twenty eighteen went up

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Speaker 1: there and won one of the best NFL games I've

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Speaker 1: seen thirty seven thirty four and overtime against the Colts.

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Speaker 1: Kyme Fairbaron knocking one home near the end of overtime.

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Speaker 1: I think it was the last play of the game

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Speaker 1: actually in overtime. So there have been some jos he's

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Speaker 1: up there. Last year's game up there, thirty to twenty

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Speaker 1: three is weird game because as it's going on and

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Speaker 1: the culture doing some good things, I'm like, nah, look,

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Speaker 1: we're okay, they're not gonna beat us, not today, No way,

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Speaker 1: They're They're not that good. They're just not gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: Koby Brisset's not gonna Yeah, okay, he's playing pretty well, man,

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Speaker 1: god Lee, he's making a lot of completions and he's

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Speaker 1: putting some points up on the board. But even at

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Speaker 1: thirty to twenty three, the Texans had the ball. At

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Speaker 1: the end of the game, I thought, look, they're gonna

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Speaker 1: drive down, They're gonna score touchdown, kick the extra point,

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Speaker 1: going over time, kick a field goal and win this sucker.

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Speaker 1: But it just didn't happen. Texans ran out of timeouts.

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Speaker 1: I had to rush at the end and then it

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Speaker 1: was an interception. Like I've said, every game dating back

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Speaker 1: to twenty thirteen. After twenty thirteen, minus the playoff game,

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Speaker 1: every game has been a one score game, a one

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Speaker 1: score game, and the one in Houston just recently should

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Speaker 1: have been a once Well, it ended up being one

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Speaker 1: score twenty six, twenty but it should have been a

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Speaker 1: Texans victory twenty seven, twenty six. But I digress. It's

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Speaker 1: time to look ahead to this matchup against the Colts.

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Speaker 1: The Colts coming off a big second half blowout of

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Speaker 1: the Raiders, and the Raiders defensive coordinator Paul Gunther got

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Speaker 1: fired after that game, and I could completely see why

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Speaker 1: after watching it. But man, now that's on the Raiders though,

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Speaker 1: this is the Colts. They have done a really nice job.

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Speaker 1: They did a really nice job in that game of

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Speaker 1: getting space and separation, not only in the passing game,

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Speaker 1: but in the run game too. That's really where they

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Speaker 1: got gashing, gaping holes. That Jonathan Taylor, the rookie running

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Speaker 1: that's where he really took advantage. So we got a

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Speaker 1: lot to talk about tonight. Mark's gonna join us for

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Speaker 1: our Men behind the MIC's segment with Matt Taylor. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if we got a chance to do it

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Speaker 1: Mark Wall so join me. We'll hear from We'll go

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Speaker 1: behind Enemy Sidelines tonight with DP City. We'll go in

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Speaker 1: and that means Romeo Crenell. So let's get to some

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Speaker 1: Texans audio jukebox rack style. Yeah, we'll have some a

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Speaker 1: little bit later in the show, in which we talked

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Speaker 1: to JJ Watt and to Shaun Watson. In fact, Romeo

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Speaker 1: Crenell was asked about the Sean, this has been a topic.

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Speaker 1: I'm I mean, I'm trying to like wrap my brain

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Speaker 1: around this thing, and I mean, I look, I get it.

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Speaker 1: I really do understand it that you don't want anything

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Speaker 1: of a football tragic nature to happen to the Sean

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Speaker 1: to hamstring the twenty twenty one season. Like, I completely

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Speaker 1: get that. But you still got games to play, and

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Speaker 1: the spirit of the game, the spirit of competition. You

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Speaker 1: want to see DeShawn in those games, There's no doubt,

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Speaker 1: but such it's been a hot topic. Romeo Cornell was

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Speaker 1: asked about Deshaun in these next three games. My deal

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Speaker 1: is really in this game, we play this game to win,

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Speaker 1: and there's a season to be played. And if you

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Speaker 1: shut down Watson, then should just shut down the rest

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Speaker 1: of the team and everybody pack up and go home

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Speaker 1: with three games left, you know, And we're in the

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Speaker 1: gonna try to win as many as we can. Amen, Rack,

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Speaker 1: hey man, and look, let me reiterate. I do not

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Speaker 1: want to see the Shaw Watson get hurt. I completely

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Speaker 1: all of that, but they're great leaders. Rack was asked

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Speaker 1: Anytime you lose you know your starters who are good players,

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Speaker 1: it has an impact. We have to kind of count

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Speaker 1: try to feel that void. And that's all that we

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Speaker 1: because that's exactly where we're going with this. You have

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Speaker 1: what they can do. This is a key evaluation period.

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Speaker 1: There's no pre season games to evaluate them. So now

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Speaker 1: So here's the rack I had to say about getting

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Speaker 1: make sure I say this clearly. Sacks are on everybody. Everybody.

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Speaker 1: got to get rid of the football, and the offensive

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Speaker 1: to sacks, not all on the offensive line, not on

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Speaker 1: We're seeing him play the best he has since twenty eighteen.

429
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Speaker 1: And part of it is that Philip rivers even in

430
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,719
Speaker 1: those opportunities when maybe t wise numbers and production hadn't

431
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,439
Speaker 1: been where we've been used to seeing it. Ty, excuse me.

432
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 1: Philip was distributing the ball to so many different receivers,

433
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Speaker 1: I mean nine, ten eleven guys who he would get

434
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 1: passes to any given weeks. So it started to be

435
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 1: that they were spreading the ball around so well, it

436
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,760
Speaker 1: was only a matter of time before you just weren't

437
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:47,439
Speaker 1: going to be able to keep everybody covered all the time.

438
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,040
Speaker 1: And in that game against Tennessee, you saw the big

439
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,159
Speaker 1: chunk play you saw him. I mean it was very

440
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,720
Speaker 1: vintage Ty, a little toe drag in the end zone

441
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,040
Speaker 1: for the touchdown grab, and I think he really did

442
00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 1: build a lot of momentum and some common evidence off

443
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 1: of that. And you know the way that he plays

444
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,760
Speaker 1: in Houston, it's just that mindset that he has where

445
00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,240
Speaker 1: he loves to play in that environment, and so he

446
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,879
Speaker 1: was able to keep that rolling. And one of the

447
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: things I believe also that his open things up for

448
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 1: Ty is the complementary run game that we've seen, especially

449
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,000
Speaker 1: with Jonathan Taylor and the production that he is having.

450
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:24,920
Speaker 1: I don't want to say that he was having rookie

451
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,160
Speaker 1: struggles like that's not it at all. But you did

452
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,160
Speaker 1: not see the rushing attack in numbers that you saw

453
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,840
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, and so it just kind of took

454
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,760
Speaker 1: a while collectively for this offense to really see that

455
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,280
Speaker 1: ground game get going. Lily anticipated that it would like

456
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,640
Speaker 1: they wanted to see it going. So that's the thing

457
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,320
Speaker 1: is when you do start to see the production from

458
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,760
Speaker 1: your running backs, and then that's just kind of continuing

459
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,520
Speaker 1: to open up the playbook for t Y Hilton. And

460
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,679
Speaker 1: he's a tough guy once he gets rolling, he's a

461
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 1: tough guy to contain. Yeah, we've certainly seen that firsthand.

462
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Speaker 1: Let me ask you about Jonathan Taylor, because the last

463
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 1: time we chatted it was him, it was Hindes. They

464
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 1: were both sort of splitting the carries. But he's really

465
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,879
Speaker 1: coming off of a standout performance, especially in that win

466
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: against the Raiders one hundred and fifty yards rushing, two touchdowns.

467
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,400
Speaker 1: Has he solidified himself as a three down back? Are

468
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,359
Speaker 1: the Colts looking at him possibly as the guy? And

469
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,719
Speaker 1: what happens next year when Marlon Mack comes back as

470
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,639
Speaker 1: they're starting, is there a little bit of that discussion

471
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,640
Speaker 1: going on well? Of course, also when you talking about

472
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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor's production in twenty twenty, he's one of just

473
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Speaker 1: four rookies this season to have multiple hundred yard rushing games.

474
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Speaker 1: And then he's the first Colts rookie to have multiple

475
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,199
Speaker 1: hundred yard rushing games since Joseph a die Back in

476
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,920
Speaker 1: two thousand and six, a guy who was integral to

477
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 1: your Super Bowl team back then in that season. So

478
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 1: one of the things you look to is I do

479
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,000
Speaker 1: think that he has solidified himself as that bell cow back,

480
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 1: so to speak. That's always the verbiage that you hear

481
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,120
Speaker 1: in terms of the guy who is getting the bulk

482
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Speaker 1: of the carries. I do think that the Colts will

483
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,400
Speaker 1: very much continue to mix things up because it's a

484
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,720
Speaker 1: priority to have night Hines in position to make some

485
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,400
Speaker 1: plays and use him in you know, some of those

486
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 1: past catching roles as well. We've seen Jonathan Taylor also

487
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: get his hands on the ball in the receiving game

488
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,920
Speaker 1: as well, and that's one of the things that has

489
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,040
Speaker 1: really diversified his ability in his production. Within this offense.

490
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,480
Speaker 1: One thing worth noting that you do have to think

491
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: about for Marlon Mack is that he's in a contract year,

492
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 1: so it is going to be interesting to see what

493
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 1: happens in the offseason. He's continuing to make great progress.

494
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Speaker 1: He posted a video the other day where he was

495
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 1: up and running on the treadmill as he comes back

496
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 1: from that torn achilles. So there are a lot of

497
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,199
Speaker 1: questions surrounding the future of this running back position, so

498
00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,000
Speaker 1: it's going to be interesting to see what unfold. I

499
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,719
Speaker 1: can tell you that Marlon Mack is a very highly respected,

500
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: very well admired, highly regarded teammates and just guy in

501
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 1: the organization. So he is certainly someone who is looked

502
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,120
Speaker 1: upon as a great leader in this locker room. Jonathan

503
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 1: Taylor were eyes heavily on Marlin Max's perspective. Marlin has

504
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,680
Speaker 1: come in and he sat in on meetings when he's

505
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 1: able while he's juggling his own rehab, when he's able

506
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,920
Speaker 1: to provide perspective, tried to jump in and do so

507
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,240
Speaker 1: to help guide Jonathan Taylor. So this is a great

508
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 1: situation where you feel like those two guys in a

509
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,880
Speaker 1: one two punch or what Frank Reich likes to call

510
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 1: a one one punch because he thinks they're both deserving

511
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: of number one back distinction. There's a ton of promise

512
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: for what those guys bring in terms of being a

513
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: tandem on the field that you would like to see

514
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,879
Speaker 1: that if it's able to come to fruition in twenty

515
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: twenty one. There were high hopes for what that would

516
00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 1: look like in twenty twenty unfortunately losing Marlin due to

517
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 1: the end injury, but certainly Jonathan Taylor is proving his

518
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,200
Speaker 1: reliability that we saw coming out of University of Wisconsin.

519
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 1: All Right, this Colt's offense against the Texans in the

520
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 1: second half scoreless, they come back out against the Raiders,

521
00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: had such a great win forty four twenty seven that

522
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 1: the Raiders fire their defensive coordinator after the game, Paul Gunther.

523
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: So that leads us to our next gent stat presented

524
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 1: by AWS. The Colts actually ranked fifth in the NFL

525
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 1: in points per game. They're averaging twenty eight point six

526
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,959
Speaker 1: points per game. So let's start with Philip Rivers. I mean,

527
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,959
Speaker 1: has is he playing the best football you've seen so

528
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 1: far this year? Was the Raiders game just an anomaly?

529
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:24,199
Speaker 1: What do you see him taking from that game and

530
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 1: caring for for the next three weeks. I really point

531
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,159
Speaker 1: to Philip did not have a great game at Cleveland

532
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: that lost the Browns. I see as a really as

533
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 1: a pivotal point for this offense. And after the game,

534
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: it was interesting and and dp you know, hearing Philip

535
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 1: Rivers press conferences as long as we have in the

536
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: in the NFL, I don't think anything surprises you because

537
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,959
Speaker 1: he's a guy who offers a lot up typically, and

538
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 1: he was incredibly candid in that conversation. A week later,

539
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: a couple of years after, it was a week removed

540
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 1: from the Cleveland game, from that loss, when he admitted

541
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: he went back and he read all of the beat

542
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 1: writers were writing, and they said, you know, if if

543
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 1: Rivers stinks it up, you guys better write Rivers stunk

544
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,479
Speaker 1: it up, you know, And he didn't play well. And

545
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 1: so he looked at all that and he was like,

546
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,880
Speaker 1: you know what, they're They're right. I didn't didn't play

547
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 1: up to my standard. I didn't play up to the

548
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 1: cult standard. I didn't play to the standard that we

549
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 1: practice within. And he channeled all of that and then

550
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: has put this team in such great position offensively. I mean,

551
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the numbers on Sunday against Oakland, nineteen

552
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 1: of twenty eight passing for two hundred and forty four

553
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns, one eighteen almost one nineteen passle rating,

554
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: and that's been really consistent with where his production has

555
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 1: been leading up to the by coming out of that

556
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: loss to Cleveland, and then afterwards it's continued to be

557
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: at that same level. He's distributing the ball very very well.

558
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 1: And a couple of things to keep in mind as well,

559
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 1: he's played games where he's been out his starting center.

560
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 1: We've had rotation at left tackle because Anthony Costanzo has

561
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 1: that mcl sprain, and and you saw l Raven Clark

562
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 1: common Larraven Clark in the game against the Texans goes

563
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: down with the torn acl you're on your third left

564
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: tackle in Chad's Green. So then when Anthony Costanzo goes

565
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: out in the game against Oakland, they moved Quenton Nelson

566
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 1: over to left tackle. So you think about how impressive

567
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: it is Philip Rivers, not just kind of collectively the

568
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 1: numbers he's putting up, but especially to the turnovers that

569
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: he's avoiding and doing so with some rotation on that

570
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: offensive line, having some different guys mixing in or guys

571
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 1: sliding over into different positions. But to me, I really

572
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,920
Speaker 1: look to that point that lost to the Browns as

573
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 1: being a pivotal point for this offense and for Philip.

574
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,719
Speaker 1: I mean you think about as well. He came in

575
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 1: on a one year deal. It's a one year you know,

576
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 1: as you call it, proved it type of contract, and

577
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 1: a lot of people, you know, we're looking to, oh,

578
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 1: is this the right move for the Colts. Of all

579
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: the free agent quarterbacks who are out there in the

580
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,400
Speaker 1: twenty and twenty twenty free agency, Oh man, we're gonna

581
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 1: sews plays out. When you look at the situation now,

582
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: I think it would be tough to find a lot

583
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: of Indianapolis Colts fans who would not put their support

584
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 1: behind wanting to see Philip Rivers back as an Indianapolis

585
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 1: Colts in twenty twenty one. Well, you enjoy his press conferences.

586
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 1: I always enjoy his micd ups. I think that you

587
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: guys should mike him up as often as possible. I

588
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: saw JJ Watt chatting with him at the game here

589
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: at Energy Stadium, and I whispered to the person next

590
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 1: to me from six feet away, I said, I wish

591
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: it was a mic on him because I really want

592
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 1: to know what those who are talking about, because I

593
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: bet it's hilarious. It's really funny. And JJ Watt does

594
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 1: say that that's some of the most entertaining trash talk

595
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 1: on the field comes from Philip Rivers. Never just ap points,

596
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: and he always does it without cursing. That's the great

597
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 1: that's the amazing part. Yes, the production department, our job

598
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 1: is made easier because we don't have to edit or

599
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 1: bleep anything out. It's just a lot of gosh gosh

600
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 1: darted starlogies. Yeah, exactly. All right, let's talk with those

601
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 1: Colts defense because you mentioned mentioned injuries on the offensive line,

602
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 1: but the defense has also suffered through its share of injuries.

603
00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,400
Speaker 1: No Darius Leonard, no Xavier Rhoades. What can you tell

604
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 1: us about those two? I know that they mean a

605
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 1: lot to that Cold's defense. Oh, they certainly do. And

606
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: you saw the impact when they went out in that loss,

607
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: or in that loss in the win or Las Vegas.

608
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 1: Thank you saying the loss. I'm still not used to it.

609
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 1: I actually earlier was recording something and I said Oakland.

610
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: It's I think you said Oakland. It's okay, It's all good.

611
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 1: A couple of years, yeah, okay, good good. I need

612
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: my own Anyway, in the win at Las Vegas, you

613
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: did see Xavier Rhodes and you saw Darius go out

614
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: late in that game, and you know, eh, I mean,

615
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: those guys are veteran guys leaders within your defense. So Darius,

616
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: they're really monitoring the back issue this week. Their first

617
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: practice of the week will be on Wednesday, so we'll

618
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 1: see what capacity he's able to practice. In Xavier roads,

619
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: it's a need. So when we heard from Frank Reich

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00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 1: on Monday afternoon, he said that those are situations that

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00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: would be monitored over the course of the week. One

622
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 1: thing to me that is encouraging is that neither of

623
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: those guys were ruled out. They were both just questionable

624
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 1: for the remainder of the game in Las Vegas. So

625
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: not necessarily does that give you any medical diagnosis or

626
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: anything like that, but it is to me indicative of

627
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: it's not as severe as those potentially could have been.

628
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 1: So I would certainly look to very closely watching the

629
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: injury reports over the course of the week with Darius,

630
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: with the back injury and Savior Roads with the knee,

631
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 1: because you talk about two of the most physical players

632
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: on the field, and you need those guys. You need

633
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: those guys for this stretch. So and they're also to

634
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: the really I mean kind of the same thing with

635
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 1: talking about your defense. When you talk about guys like

636
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 1: JJ Watt and what he's battled through, it's tough to

637
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: keep those guys off the field, right They want to

638
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 1: be out there. They're such competitors. So it would take

639
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 1: a lot for either of those guys or both of

640
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: those guys to be sidelined in this game coming up

641
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: against Houston. But it will be certainly something to really

642
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 1: watch for, and they will be cautious in terms of

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Speaker 1: monitoring their progress and being safe moving forward. All right,

644
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 1: good stuff, Lara, What are some of yours storylines heading

645
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 1: into Sunday's game. I know it's a big, a big

646
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: week for the Colts, as are the next remaining weeks

647
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: as they look to make their playoff push. Well, certainly

648
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: you're looking to Anthony Costanzo and looking at his availability

649
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,280
Speaker 1: moving forward and what that means for this offensive line

650
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: if he's unable or he ended up coming back in

651
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 1: to that game. Of course he left just for a

652
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: driver too. With that offense was able to return, so

653
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: that is encouraging. You do want to be sure that

654
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: he continues to make that steady progress over the course

655
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:31,359
Speaker 1: of this week, because you don't just need him this week,

656
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: you need him, you know, for these games remaining moving

657
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: forward as well. So the health of Anthony Costanzo is

658
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: certainly going to be something that we're continuing to watch.

659
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 1: And basically it seemed like that there was a little

660
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: bit of a tweak that he felt early on in

661
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,959
Speaker 1: the game at Las Vegas that just needed to be reinforced,

662
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,320
Speaker 1: and that he came out after that felt pretty strong.

663
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: But certainly you do want to be sure that he

664
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Speaker 1: practiced as well and without limitation or with minimal limitation.

665
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 1: I think the other things you mentioned this defense and

666
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 1: how does Kenny Moore come back and continue the performances

667
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 1: that we've seen in back to back weeks. He had

668
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 1: to pick on Deshaun Watson, he had the miraculous, so

669
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 1: impressive one handed interception in the end zone on Darren

670
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 1: Waller picking off Derek Carr. I mean that's just I

671
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:19,359
Speaker 1: mean one of the plays of the year. I think

672
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,760
Speaker 1: that's not even coming from my perspective as a culture reporter.

673
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: That's in everything I'm reading on social media, all of

674
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 1: the chatter you're seeing nationally, and so for Kenny to

675
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 1: be on this like stretch of games that he is on,

676
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: and this defense is one that prides itself on takeaways,

677
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 1: and we saw Cary Willis last week against the Raiders

678
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: with a pick six as well, and they're going to

679
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: need to continue that moving forward. So for me, a

680
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,839
Speaker 1: lot of focus on this defense and continuing to be

681
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: really disruptive, play really fast and physical. You mentioned giving

682
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:53,280
Speaker 1: up among the fewest points allowed so far in the NFL,

683
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 1: and you're going to need them to continue to just

684
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,720
Speaker 1: be as disruptive as they have been, especially in shutting

685
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: down teams in the second half as we look through

686
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 1: this stretch of December and hopefully a few more weeks

687
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: after that. All right, great stuff there from dep and

688
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:11,799
Speaker 1: from Lara Overton of the Indianapolis Cults. Well we get back.

689
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 1: Let's hear from the quarterback of your Houston Texans, Deshaun Watson,

690
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: met with the media today. While that for you next

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00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: back into the show. And here from de Shaun Watson,

704
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 1: who met with the media earlier today, knock around town

705
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,879
Speaker 1: among fans and media that you shouldn't play the rest

706
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 1: of the season to keep you from getting her. Number one,

707
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 1: what do you think about that? And number two? What

708
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: would be your reaction if they came to you and

709
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 1: told you they were going to do it? Honestly, I

710
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: don't know if me personally, my heart and just my

711
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,239
Speaker 1: gut would just be like, hey, yeah, I would I

712
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: would agree with that, um, just because of the passionate

713
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:49,880
Speaker 1: love of the game, just being around my teammates and

714
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 1: being out there on that field. I know there's a

715
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: lot of the fans and people are looking for you know,

716
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: future and things like that, but right now I live

717
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: in and kind of in the presence. I want to

718
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 1: finish this season now strong. Um. I want to continue

719
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: to get the reps um that I want to get

720
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: to be able to continue to grow as a quarterback

721
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: and as a player and as a teammate. And I

722
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 1: just want to, like I said, I just want to

723
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,880
Speaker 1: continue to finish this season our strong. So um. You know,

724
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,879
Speaker 1: of course, you know safety is always first, but at

725
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,360
Speaker 1: the same time, I want to finish these three games.

726
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: Do you have things that you can still work on

727
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 1: in games that don't mean anything as far as the

728
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: playoff race, Oh, definitely definitely. Just me as a quarterback,

729
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: me as my leaderships. Every rep that I get as

730
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: a perfect opportunity for me to continue to build my

731
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,840
Speaker 1: trust and build the confidence as a quarterback. And what

732
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 1: I see as as what defenses are trying to do

733
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,319
Speaker 1: to me, the different throws and different opportunities that we have,

734
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,839
Speaker 1: and that's what I'm you know, kind of working on,

735
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,840
Speaker 1: is trying to be you know craft myself and craft

736
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,400
Speaker 1: this team and what we want to do in the future.

737
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: Aaron Wilson, he just Sean, how you doing. I'm good,

738
00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: I'm good, Sean. With the coaching search and GM search

739
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: or see a lot of directions. What did you see?

740
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,240
Speaker 1: What kind of feedback you had gotten from Patrick Mahomes

741
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: about Eric bi enemy and just what you think about

742
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: him as a coach. I haven't spoke the Patrick about

743
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 1: Eric Um, but I've known about about Eric, you know

744
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 1: from what I hear from guys uplaying that team. He's

745
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: a great guys, a fun guy to build around, very creative. Um.

746
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: Everyone like like some I haven't heard anything bad Um,

747
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,360
Speaker 1: and that's pretty much it. So yeah, I haven't. I

748
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 1: haven't spoke too much about that PATCHA and with Chad

749
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: and also Keiki, what have you thought about their development

750
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 1: now that they have the breps and that you've had

751
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 1: a few weeks with them, Just what do you think

752
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 1: about the way they played in the timing that you're

753
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 1: starting to develop with them. I mean, both of those

754
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,319
Speaker 1: guys are just growing as confidence confident players, and that's

755
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,319
Speaker 1: what that's what this leaders about. Confidence and going out

756
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: there being as detail and sharp as possible, and both

757
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: of those guys who couldn't continue to grow, just like myself.

758
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm happy for those guys that have

759
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,719
Speaker 1: the opportunities that they have and make something out of

760
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: those opportunities. So um, you know they're those guys are

761
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,879
Speaker 1: always working each and every day and you know, trying

762
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:12,560
Speaker 1: to do whatever they can to make this team win

763
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: JJ and watch said, there's obviously things that need to

764
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 1: be changed, there's going to be a new regime, and

765
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,240
Speaker 1: you're doing those things. But when you have a quarterback

766
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: in this league, you have a chance. When you got

767
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 1: a guy like four, you're gonna have my pretty change

768
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:27,120
Speaker 1: things very quickly. What does that mean you coming from JJ? I, Man,

769
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 1: it means a lot. Um. He actually told me that

770
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 1: in the person looked me in my eyes and told

771
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,799
Speaker 1: me that, um, And it means it means the world

772
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:36,879
Speaker 1: from coming from a Hall of Famer and guy who

773
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: who's played a lot of different a lot of football

774
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 1: at the very very very highest level like he still

775
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 1: is today. And I mean, it's just it boosts my

776
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 1: confidence in my will and just my I guess me

777
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,279
Speaker 1: as as as a teammate. Um, and that's what I

778
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:54,399
Speaker 1: That's the energy I want to continue to give off

779
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 1: regardless if I'm on the field, off the field as

780
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: hope and um, that's what I live by and that's

781
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: what I you know, present to people has giving them

782
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:03,920
Speaker 1: a hole, giving them opportunities to be able to go

783
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:05,799
Speaker 1: know that every time I'm on the field, that we

784
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 1: can have a chance to win. When did he tell

785
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: you that? And how did it? How did they how

786
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 1: did it happen to come up? I mean we're just talking,

787
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: We're just kind of just casually talking, but he told

788
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,279
Speaker 1: me that, uh, sometime earlier this year. I mean there's

789
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 1: been hands so of course my career, you know been

790
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 1: here you know from us, you know, rehabbing together from

791
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 1: our knees and you know, throughout the course. But you

792
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:31,240
Speaker 1: know this year was when he when he said it again,

793
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: was you know, more like a longer conversation where we

794
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: you know, kind of sat down and just talked about

795
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: you know, the future. I was gonna say, depending on

796
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: what happens with the coaching staff, it could be on

797
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: your third play color and in five years next year.

798
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: What how often all do you think that as a

799
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 1: gun a factor has affected uh, your just year development

800
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,839
Speaker 1: as a quarterback in this league. I've been getting better

801
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 1: each and every year. My main focus right now as

802
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,319
Speaker 1: the ending up as coach with Tim Kelly and the

803
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 1: staff here, I'm not really focused on on that right now.

804
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: I'm just finishing out this last three weeks and I've

805
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: been the best player and play call it that we

806
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,919
Speaker 1: can be Sean, are you're worried about the way y'all

807
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: played in UH Chicago could be the way you play

808
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. That was definitely an embarrassing

809
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 1: UH performance and definitely you know, for me as an individual,

810
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: I can't allow that special offensively, but as a whole team, Um,

811
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 1: so we got to go out there with a little

812
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: bit more pride and a little bit more swaggery regardless

813
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 1: of the situation. So, um, that's not on in the

814
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: back of my mind. That's not on the front of

815
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 1: my mind either, um, And we just can't allow that

816
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 1: to happen again. With the rotation that's been going at

817
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: left guard, does that affect anything in terms of timing

818
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: and just the protection and ideally how much would you

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00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 1: guys like to see someone be the primary guard to

820
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 1: be out there? So each week? I mean, that's the

821
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 1: plan to have somebody out there. But you know, that's

822
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 1: more of a question for one of those you know,

823
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: one of the old lineman um lt Nick, you know,

824
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,280
Speaker 1: Zach Titus, one of those guys that that that's playing

825
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: that position with those guys. For me, whoever is in there,

826
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: you know, we have the same standard and you know,

827
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,240
Speaker 1: make sure we tell the protections and get the heights

828
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 1: and things like that, right, But yeah, that's more for

829
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 1: for the old line. It's an old line question, Sean.

830
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 1: You guys just played the Colds obviously, and it was

831
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: a real disappointing ending. Does that do anything for you

832
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,919
Speaker 1: guys emotionally, just that it's that fresh in the mind.

833
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,080
Speaker 1: Was a crushing defeat. But then to play them again

834
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 1: and get another shot at them, what is the what

835
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,799
Speaker 1: is kind of the feeling for you heading into this

836
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 1: game right there and try to get a w That's

837
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 1: the base thing. Not worried about that that ending of

838
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 1: that loss. And then we can't worry about last year,

839
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 1: last week against Chicago. We just got to continue to

840
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:50,439
Speaker 1: push forward and focus on the new opportunity and new

841
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 1: the new game that we have now. So Deshan, if

842
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 1: you are going to play these last few games and everything.

843
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,400
Speaker 1: What can you do to protect yourself and try to

844
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,799
Speaker 1: make sure that to make sure that you come out

845
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,240
Speaker 1: of this thing on skate. Continue to play. I'm playing.

846
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: Don't get hesitant, don't don't try to do anything different. Um,

847
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 1: you know, I just continue to play. I go playing.

848
00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:12,280
Speaker 1: That's that's just that's what it's been keeping me healthy.

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Speaker 1: You know, there is the man to shun Watson speaking

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Speaker 1: of the man, the man capital T capital M. Mark

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Speaker 1: Vandamer will join me next. We share a lot of

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Speaker 1: memories from twenty fifteen. Tell you why right here on

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Speaker 1: Texas or Access. Welcome back this Wednesday edition of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access. I'm your host, John Harris from Bio Society

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856
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: good pal, the Voice of the Texans. He is all

857
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 1: thought out from his trip to Chicago. I mean wait,

858
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,160
Speaker 1: that was me. It's not Mark Vandamir joining me. Mark.

859
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 1: How you doing, my friend, Johnny? I'm doing great, but

860
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: I'm not thought out because I live at Houston, Texas

861
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 1: on this very day where it's a little nippy. But

862
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 1: we shouldn't complain because if people from Chicago actually heard this,

863
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: they'd say what, this is a beach day for us.

864
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 1: We'd be on Lake short drive walking and our tank tops,

865
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 1: really enjoying the weather. And I guess we shouldn't complain. Yeah,

866
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 1: we definitely don't complain too much. I said it to

867
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:15,279
Speaker 1: start the show. This is one of those days that

868
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 1: you live in Houston for you go outside for a

869
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 1: five ten minute walk or more. I mean, it's up

870
00:45:20,239 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 1: to you. Whatever you want to do with it is

871
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: totally fine you go out there, but hopefully, hopefully you

872
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: were able to enjoy it. Even at night, even right now,

873
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 1: you can go out and get a walk in. It's

874
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,920
Speaker 1: not too bad. There won't be wind. I mean, it'll

875
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: be very very nice. So just appreciate Houston for all

876
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,280
Speaker 1: you've got, because, like you said, you could be in Chicago,

877
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,279
Speaker 1: where it's probably in the twenties or snowing like it

878
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,319
Speaker 1: isn't my parents in Wisconsin right now, So you could

879
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,399
Speaker 1: have that, but you don't because you know you live

880
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:52,600
Speaker 1: in Houston. Now, if you're listening on podcast and you're

881
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 1: hearing that, going, well, I live in Siberia, well I can't.

882
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 1: I can't help you with that, So I'm sorry, I

883
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: really can't. Mark. There's a lot, a lot going on,

884
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: and we're gonna I'm gonna try and hit on us

885
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 1: much as humanly possible. But one of the biggest pieces

886
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 1: of news kind of came down, I think early this morning.

887
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 1: I don't know who was the first report this. I

888
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:19,880
Speaker 1: believe it was Schefter according to his sources, Lewis Riddick,

889
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 1: who we see in here on Monday Night Football that

890
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: we haven't I don't think, because we haven't played Monday

891
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: night football this year. But if you've watched a night

892
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: football at all, you've heard Lewis Riddick on the air,

893
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 1: and he is and has apparently interviewed for the GM

894
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: job here in Houston. He is also apparently going to

895
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: interview in Detroit, where Detroit made a very interesting move

896
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 1: in hiring Chris Spielman to be I believe they're they're

897
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:52,560
Speaker 1: Jamie Roots. In some sense, it sounds like so that's

898
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: more a yeah, yeah, except exactly so. Riddick interview here,

899
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,680
Speaker 1: Riddick interview in Detroit. Apparently Jacksonville wants to talk to

900
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,279
Speaker 1: him as well, but he hasn't confirmed up anything there

901
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:08,440
Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. Mark, we do a segment called gut Reaction,

902
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: Your gut reaction to hearing that news or reading that

903
00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: news that came out from I believe with Schefter and

904
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,759
Speaker 1: other sources as well. Well, you know, the funny thing is,

905
00:47:17,840 --> 00:47:20,360
Speaker 1: Johnny a couple of weeks ago, I don't think anybody

906
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 1: was thinking about Lewis Riddick as a candidate for GM

907
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,319
Speaker 1: right for I'm not saying this team or I was

908
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: thinking for any team. I didn't see his name out

909
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: there on the list. You know, we were talking about

910
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 1: guys who were maybe you know, Ballard's number two and

911
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:38,320
Speaker 1: Chris Greer's number two, people like that, or maybe a

912
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,560
Speaker 1: John Dorsey or people like that. I like Lewis Riddick.

913
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:44,319
Speaker 1: I think, first of all, I like this booth. I

914
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: know they're not perfect. Leavey makes some mistakes, Greasy makes

915
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: some mistakes. They've had some moments. I know they'd want back.

916
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 1: I can evaluate them as broadcasters a lot better than

917
00:47:54,560 --> 00:48:01,560
Speaker 1: football talent pickers, if you will, talents. But look, I

918
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:04,000
Speaker 1: like his demeanor, you know what I mean. I think

919
00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: that any team that gets him, uh, as far as

920
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: the GM show, it's gonna be great. He's got all

921
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:13,880
Speaker 1: this national on Eric thinking already. I see you think, Johnny,

922
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: I look at it from my point of view. But look,

923
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 1: we all want to win. Winning is the most important thing. Um.

924
00:48:18,840 --> 00:48:20,759
Speaker 1: But it's funny you mentioned those other teams all of

925
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:24,400
Speaker 1: a sudden, like and when a name gets elevated in

926
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:27,759
Speaker 1: the news, it becomes this hot commodity, right, And who

927
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,800
Speaker 1: knows who else is going to surface during this whole process,

928
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:33,680
Speaker 1: because we're just getting it rolling here. You know, this

929
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 1: is the first one, the earlier reports we heard today

930
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 1: and everything it's like, oh, then it's buzzing throughout the day. Uh. Look,

931
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 1: there's no track record to evaluate here, really, you know

932
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 1: what I mean. Uh, it's not like, Look if Rick

933
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:47,720
Speaker 1: Smith was going for a job, and he wouldn't obviously

934
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: get this one, but uh, Rick Smith was going for

935
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:53,320
Speaker 1: another job. You've got drafts upon draft, you have drafts

936
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:56,560
Speaker 1: for days to look at and free agent acquisitions to

937
00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:00,160
Speaker 1: look at and really evaluate. That's the problem with anybody

938
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:04,400
Speaker 1: who hasn't drafted before, who hasn't gone through multiple drafts.

939
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,359
Speaker 1: But they could present a plan. They could present this

940
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:08,960
Speaker 1: is how I would set it up. This is how

941
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 1: I would have set that up. Now, hindsight obviously is

942
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. But you know, if you had a Daniel

943
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: Jeremiah or somebody like that, or somebody with a Harris

944
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:20,720
Speaker 1: one hundred or whatever, where they could say, look here's

945
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 1: where I had these guys ranked. Bengo, I've got I

946
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,160
Speaker 1: do have a track record to an extent. This was

947
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:29,839
Speaker 1: my board and this is could have, would have, should

948
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 1: have right here. Now it's you know, obviously the universe

949
00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:34,919
Speaker 1: changes if you're sitting in the seat, but there's something there.

950
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,400
Speaker 1: Maybe he has some of that stuff, certainly from when

951
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: he was working in football operations in front offices. So

952
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:44,399
Speaker 1: I think it's intriguing. You know. Look, I think that

953
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,080
Speaker 1: it's an interesting start and we'll see where it goes

954
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 1: from here. What's your reaction, Yeah, you know, it's interesting.

955
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 1: You bring up the Harris one hundreds. I got. I

956
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:57,640
Speaker 1: got curious, like what and where would I have gone

957
00:49:57,640 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 1: if I just literally just trusted my board. I was

958
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: just kind of messing around, looking like, all right, let

959
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:05,160
Speaker 1: me go back and look at these drafts. If I

960
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 1: just trusted my board for what I had into Harris

961
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: one hundred to final Harris one hundred in twenty nineteen,

962
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:16,879
Speaker 1: for example, our number twenty three pick would have been

963
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:22,160
Speaker 1: Montest Sweat from Mississippi State six six two sixty runs

964
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:25,360
Speaker 1: four four to play outside linebacker for us, my buddies,

965
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:27,640
Speaker 1: his agent. So I feel like negotiations would have been

966
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:33,399
Speaker 1: gone great. Um. But then at pick number fifty four,

967
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 1: the top player on my board right was DK Metcalf.

968
00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:40,839
Speaker 1: Oh boy, so you would have walked out of there

969
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:43,799
Speaker 1: with montest sweat in DK Metcalf. And at that point

970
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:47,280
Speaker 1: I just stopped because I started to kind of cry

971
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,000
Speaker 1: in my beard, my water I don't drink. So this

972
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:53,279
Speaker 1: is twenty nineteen. But the old line, See here's if

973
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 1: in the interview would be like, now, what about the

974
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 1: old line? What would have Yeah, well, I can go back.

975
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:01,160
Speaker 1: I can go back further because in twenty eighteen, my

976
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:03,600
Speaker 1: highest ranked player on the board by the time we

977
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:06,080
Speaker 1: would have picked was Zeus Brown. He's now at the Ravens.

978
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:09,319
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's turned out. That's turned out fairly well.

979
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 1: So you know that's the thing, Like I've gone back. Yes,

980
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:14,360
Speaker 1: it's just a media record, but I've gone back and

981
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:16,520
Speaker 1: I've looked at mine as well, and I'm just curious

982
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:19,399
Speaker 1: to see because I think that's the one thing when

983
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:23,879
Speaker 1: you hire somebody in that particular role, like head coach,

984
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:26,759
Speaker 1: I think is head coach is different and unique in

985
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 1: some sense because as a head coach you can say, well,

986
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:34,440
Speaker 1: here's my coordinator record and what I've done, and I'm

987
00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:36,319
Speaker 1: gonna call plays. You have no idea how that guy's

988
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: gonna be as head coach, but you can at least go, okay, well,

989
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:44,960
Speaker 1: coordinator wise, pretty darn good. So you have that at

990
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:48,520
Speaker 1: least that. But when you're taking somebody from scouting or

991
00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 1: elevating them from a particular position, like, you have no

992
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,080
Speaker 1: idea what that track record is. They may have been

993
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:57,480
Speaker 1: very instrumental as a pertains to the draft and pushing

994
00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:02,560
Speaker 1: particular players that you drafted, etc. And if you know

995
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 1: those within the organization, then great. I think my favorite

996
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 1: story is we used to have a scot by the

997
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:11,120
Speaker 1: name of Mike Martin. My thing is with the Panthers.

998
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: Now right, he's are the Panthers. So I was talking

999
00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:15,719
Speaker 1: to Mike one day. We're just kind of talking about

1000
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:19,000
Speaker 1: the draft process, and I said to Mike, well, I

1001
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:20,719
Speaker 1: don't know why we got on this topic, but we

1002
00:52:20,719 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 1: were talking about Aaron Foster. And he goes, let me

1003
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:24,960
Speaker 1: tell you the story about Aaron Foster. And he said

1004
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:28,759
Speaker 1: that was my area, and he said I had a

1005
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:30,759
Speaker 1: pretty high grade on him just based on a football player,

1006
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:32,279
Speaker 1: but we were kind of concerned with some of the

1007
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:34,440
Speaker 1: stuff off the field. You know, he's, you know, Arian,

1008
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:36,680
Speaker 1: he's a little you know, just a little quirky. So

1009
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: he spoke terradactyl at a press conference. Terradactyl exact. I

1010
00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 1: don't know what that does to your draft grade, but

1011
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:45,919
Speaker 1: it definitely is some sort of eyebrow raiser. I wonder

1012
00:52:45,960 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 1: if this is good or bad terradactyl. Yeah. So they

1013
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:52,399
Speaker 1: and so apparently they get through the draft and they

1014
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:54,400
Speaker 1: look up and they got this high grade on Arian

1015
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:59,319
Speaker 1: and Mike says to Rick Rick Smith and says, hey, man,

1016
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:01,839
Speaker 1: Arian Foster still up on a board. I love his talent.

1017
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:04,600
Speaker 1: And Reck's like, well, go go get him. And so

1018
00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:06,480
Speaker 1: he called him and got him. And it's like, those

1019
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:08,440
Speaker 1: are the stories that you really kind of need to know.

1020
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:10,640
Speaker 1: Mike wanted to be a GM. That's a great story

1021
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:14,440
Speaker 1: for him to tell about that. M guys that have

1022
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:16,880
Speaker 1: been GM's before I can point their trucker. You mentioned

1023
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:19,719
Speaker 1: John Dorsey. John Dorsey can point too well. I did

1024
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:22,600
Speaker 1: this in Kansas City. I did this with the Browns,

1025
00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:25,799
Speaker 1: and the results are right there. You know. The one

1026
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 1: thing with Lewis Riddick is, yeah, he can point to

1027
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:34,160
Speaker 1: his time in Philadelphia. I think it's with Philadelphia, and

1028
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:37,280
Speaker 1: I think I'm with you. I think if the GM

1029
00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:39,600
Speaker 1: Show would be really fun because you get him on

1030
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:41,879
Speaker 1: the mic, he ain't gonna be scared, so I think

1031
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 1: that would be that would be kind of fun. But

1032
00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:47,239
Speaker 1: just his demeanor, how he delivers his message on my

1033
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: Football I think is very well received and I like

1034
00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:55,160
Speaker 1: listening to him. I think he's got good plans. It's

1035
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 1: been seven years, I think since he's been in scouting,

1036
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:01,440
Speaker 1: so how things change. But at least he's got sort

1037
00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:03,160
Speaker 1: of a tracker and say, hey, look when I was

1038
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:06,960
Speaker 1: this role of Philadelphia, I was instrumental in finding these

1039
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 1: players and you know, here's my evidence, etc. Has he

1040
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:12,520
Speaker 1: ever been the guy leading a draft. I don't know.

1041
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,320
Speaker 1: That always seemed to be Andy Reid when he was

1042
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:19,440
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia or right afterwards. It was Chip Kelly who

1043
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:22,520
Speaker 1: was instrumental in doing that. But it's intriguing because it's

1044
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:25,640
Speaker 1: a name that a lot of people know, in large

1045
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:27,839
Speaker 1: part because he's been on ESPN and the bag got

1046
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:31,000
Speaker 1: put on Monday night football this year. So it's it's

1047
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:34,279
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting, Mark, going into twenty twenty one, just

1048
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:39,880
Speaker 1: all the different new machinations heading in, it's gonna be Oh,

1049
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:43,319
Speaker 1: it's gonna be excited. There's no doubt about that. I

1050
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:46,800
Speaker 1: mean his alright, So Washington Redskins as a Scout Director

1051
00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:51,000
Speaker 1: of Pro Personnel, Eagles Scout Assistant Director of Pro Personnel,

1052
00:54:51,080 --> 00:54:55,239
Speaker 1: Director of Pro Personnel. So nice little resume for him.

1053
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:58,839
Speaker 1: And you know, sometimes I think guys were on broadcasting

1054
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:01,279
Speaker 1: for a while. If they're working hard at it, you know,

1055
00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:04,560
Speaker 1: people people like you who really look at the talent

1056
00:55:04,719 --> 00:55:06,920
Speaker 1: and really evaluate the talent on top of being on

1057
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:09,799
Speaker 1: the air. I think that that could be a good thing.

1058
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:13,520
Speaker 1: So who knows. And again, apparently there's some demand out

1059
00:55:13,520 --> 00:55:16,239
Speaker 1: there are some interests, some curiosity. So we'll see how

1060
00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:18,960
Speaker 1: it plays out. And as we said, it's a process.

1061
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:21,719
Speaker 1: So you're gonna see more reports, you're gonna hear more

1062
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:23,839
Speaker 1: things in the next few weeks. So I just thought

1063
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:26,399
Speaker 1: it was that was an eye opener today. Yeah, no

1064
00:55:26,440 --> 00:55:29,759
Speaker 1: doubt about that now. Mark. One of the things that

1065
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:34,319
Speaker 1: I always I always think about, I want to do

1066
00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:38,439
Speaker 1: a little bit of Texans All Access story time. Can

1067
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:41,160
Speaker 1: we do a little Texans All Access storytime. Let's do

1068
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:45,120
Speaker 1: it story time. Okay, what story? Yes, here's the story

1069
00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:48,800
Speaker 1: I would like for you to tell. Okay, the first

1070
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:55,400
Speaker 1: win ever at Indianapolis in twenty fifteen. The first win ever, well, Johnny,

1071
00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 1: you would know. Let's see the Patriots Sunday night game

1072
00:56:00,280 --> 00:56:05,040
Speaker 1: was right before, was it not? It was it was Patriots.

1073
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:08,479
Speaker 1: Oh no, it was. Yeah. I think you're right, because

1074
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:12,200
Speaker 1: we went to Buffalo. I remember they flexed the game

1075
00:56:13,040 --> 00:56:15,719
Speaker 1: with the Patriots the Sunday night before we went the Buffalo,

1076
00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:17,840
Speaker 1: and so everybody's all excited about New England that we

1077
00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:22,000
Speaker 1: forgot about Buffalo and then Buffalo Beatles and then we

1078
00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:24,319
Speaker 1: played the Patriots on a Sunday night. So now at

1079
00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:27,919
Speaker 1: that point we're six and seven and we're getting ready

1080
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:31,200
Speaker 1: to go to Indianapolis. Yes, yeah, And that loss to

1081
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:34,759
Speaker 1: the Patriots was a bludgeting. That was twenty seven to six.

1082
00:56:35,239 --> 00:56:39,360
Speaker 1: And Brian Hoyer got concussed again, right, So there it was.

1083
00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:42,040
Speaker 1: That's two concussions on the year. The first one happened

1084
00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:44,480
Speaker 1: against the Bengals in a prime time or Monday night football.

1085
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:47,280
Speaker 1: We know what happened. The Patriots there was no comeback.

1086
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:50,239
Speaker 1: And there you go to Indy and you're starting t J.

1087
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:52,600
Speaker 1: Yates again and you're hoping that where's the Yates magic?

1088
00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:54,600
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes we think about going to Indy and

1089
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:56,479
Speaker 1: we think, oh, Yates was in there for the whole

1090
00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:59,000
Speaker 1: time since Monday Night football and the Jets and no

1091
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:02,520
Speaker 1: Hoyer came back. They beat the Saints and we just

1092
00:57:02,520 --> 00:57:04,160
Speaker 1: went over the rest of it. So there you are

1093
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:06,120
Speaker 1: at Indy with t J. Yates. We're thinking you can

1094
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,320
Speaker 1: win a game with t J. Yates beat the Jets

1095
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:12,160
Speaker 1: at home. The Colts aren't that great, but Hasselbeck and

1096
00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:15,680
Speaker 1: a diaper got us earlier in the year. Never beaten

1097
00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:18,880
Speaker 1: Indie and Indie can it happened? Yates takes off on

1098
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:21,800
Speaker 1: a running play right and bangs up the knee and

1099
00:57:21,840 --> 00:57:25,040
Speaker 1: he's out, and now Brandon Whedon has to come in. Who,

1100
00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:28,400
Speaker 1: by the way, is a great answer to a trivia question.

1101
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:30,720
Speaker 1: Who's the only player to ever start games for the

1102
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:33,800
Speaker 1: Cowboys and the Texans in the same season at quarterback? Right?

1103
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:37,000
Speaker 1: So Eden who was let go from the Cowboys Texans

1104
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:39,320
Speaker 1: get him and look, it was a great acquisition. That

1105
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:42,680
Speaker 1: was a great in season. I need a quarterback for

1106
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:46,760
Speaker 1: emergency purposes acquisition. He's got first round talent arm talent.

1107
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,480
Speaker 1: I mean, he was drafted in the first round. And

1108
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:51,280
Speaker 1: here's Brandon Weeden on your roster and now you desperately

1109
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:53,720
Speaker 1: need him at Indie and they're trying to slug their

1110
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:57,200
Speaker 1: way through a game. Now they played defense well enough,

1111
00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:01,840
Speaker 1: well enough to slow him down and the highlight and

1112
00:58:02,120 --> 00:58:04,280
Speaker 1: you're here in that highlight again this week because the

1113
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:06,240
Speaker 1: Texans are going up to Indian. They've won three of

1114
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:08,680
Speaker 1: the last five up there, which is just incredible when

1115
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:11,800
Speaker 1: you think about that, considering they hadn't won their until

1116
00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:15,080
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. But I'll never forget the past to jail

1117
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:18,600
Speaker 1: and strong able to win that. And just Johnny, because

1118
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:21,439
Speaker 1: like so many games as an announcer, as a fan,

1119
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:23,160
Speaker 1: you feel the same kind of thing, which is just

1120
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:25,520
Speaker 1: you know, you're white knuckling your way till the fourth quarter,

1121
00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:29,280
Speaker 1: like stop after stop that you're making and every first

1122
00:58:29,280 --> 00:58:32,040
Speaker 1: down is crucial, every stop, every third down that they

1123
00:58:32,120 --> 00:58:34,320
Speaker 1: have feels like the end of the world is about

1124
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:38,920
Speaker 1: to occur. And you know, finally, finally you get that stop,

1125
00:58:39,120 --> 00:58:42,160
Speaker 1: finally you get that win. And I'll never forget I've

1126
00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:45,439
Speaker 1: told it many times, but I'll never forget it being over.

1127
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:49,720
Speaker 1: And they did it, and I just felt so elated.

1128
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:53,320
Speaker 1: And after the game there's always this long commercial break

1129
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:55,400
Speaker 1: where I'm able to go to the restroom after the

1130
00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:57,480
Speaker 1: game because that might be needed, you know, after like

1131
00:58:57,560 --> 00:58:59,560
Speaker 1: all right, let's get out of here. And I just

1132
00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:02,360
Speaker 1: opened up the radio booth door and I raised my

1133
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:06,360
Speaker 1: arms in the air like triumphant, and you know, so

1134
00:59:06,480 --> 00:59:09,720
Speaker 1: unprofessional really for a radio answer, like you know, it's

1135
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 1: press box. You're supposed to be objective, not in your boots,

1136
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:16,120
Speaker 1: but once you get out of the boots, objectivity please.

1137
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:18,640
Speaker 1: But I couldn't help it. I was so happy. Not

1138
00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:20,320
Speaker 1: too many people saw me do that, you know, with

1139
00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:23,480
Speaker 1: some cults people probably, and was probably distasteful to them,

1140
00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:26,360
Speaker 1: But come on, you guys have won every game in

1141
00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:30,160
Speaker 1: indeed since two thousand and two, URCA don't beat downs,

1142
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:35,680
Speaker 1: Lucas Oil Stadium beat downs, and finally you breakthrough, and Johnny,

1143
00:59:35,720 --> 00:59:37,400
Speaker 1: I've thought about it, and you know, I've talked about

1144
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:39,800
Speaker 1: that game in that season for a long time. That

1145
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:42,200
Speaker 1: is my favorite Texans win. It might not be the

1146
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:45,040
Speaker 1: best win they've ever had, but it's my favorite win

1147
00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:48,080
Speaker 1: because it was so special. And I know a lot

1148
00:59:48,120 --> 00:59:50,280
Speaker 1: of the fans here, you know, they watched the games

1149
00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:52,280
Speaker 1: on TV, listen on the radio. But you know, to

1150
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:55,960
Speaker 1: go up there and always lose from two thousand and

1151
00:59:55,960 --> 01:00:00,360
Speaker 1: two through two fourteen, always losing, come close a few times,

1152
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:04,240
Speaker 1: but always lose, and then to finally breakthrough was phenomenal.

1153
01:00:04,280 --> 01:00:06,120
Speaker 1: And then you're gonna win the division because you hadn't

1154
01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:08,120
Speaker 1: won the division since twenty twelve. You had the winning

1155
01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:11,040
Speaker 1: season in twenty fourteen, but you didn't win the division. So, Johnny,

1156
01:00:11,120 --> 01:00:14,000
Speaker 1: that's my story and I'm sticking to it now. That's

1157
01:00:14,040 --> 01:00:16,520
Speaker 1: my story, and I just love that day. I'll always

1158
01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:20,640
Speaker 1: remember that. Well, you I think you know the story. Now.

1159
01:00:20,680 --> 01:00:22,960
Speaker 1: Some people have heard this story. Some people haven't. You

1160
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:27,880
Speaker 1: mentioned the Jalen Strong touchdown. So on that Jalen Strong touchdown,

1161
01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:32,840
Speaker 1: it's obviously I'm I'm standing right at the goal line

1162
01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:37,080
Speaker 1: and so I'm watching this whole thing unfolded. It literally

1163
01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:40,040
Speaker 1: is feet in front of me, and I mean I

1164
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:42,960
Speaker 1: can see everything, and I can see that Jalen is

1165
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:46,760
Speaker 1: about to score, but there are there's a mosh pit

1166
01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:51,920
Speaker 1: of bodies diving. The Quell Jackson is diving there's another

1167
01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:54,880
Speaker 1: cults defensive back diving, so there's like all these people

1168
01:00:55,120 --> 01:01:00,880
Speaker 1: diving for the pylon basically. And so before the play,

1169
01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:03,960
Speaker 1: I've never done this, but I was behind the yellow line,

1170
01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:07,960
Speaker 1: no doubt. I even made sure I was. And I

1171
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:09,840
Speaker 1: said the side judge was in front of me, like

1172
01:01:09,840 --> 01:01:12,120
Speaker 1: directly in front of me, and I moved just a

1173
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:14,120
Speaker 1: little bit to get out of his way, and I

1174
01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:16,480
Speaker 1: just said, for some reason out loud to him, I think,

1175
01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:18,120
Speaker 1: as I was nervous, I just said, you got a

1176
01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:22,000
Speaker 1: lot of room over here. So when that place is

1177
01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:26,320
Speaker 1: literally coming right at me, I see Jalen's score and

1178
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:30,320
Speaker 1: I down in the field, I just I just jump

1179
01:01:30,440 --> 01:01:35,080
Speaker 1: up in the air like with excitement. Well with that

1180
01:01:35,120 --> 01:01:38,240
Speaker 1: whole mosh pit of bodies, that side judge like worked

1181
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:42,200
Speaker 1: his way back into the behind the yellow line basically.

1182
01:01:42,760 --> 01:01:45,120
Speaker 1: And so when I'm landing, and I mean I've got

1183
01:01:45,120 --> 01:01:47,720
Speaker 1: all of a two inch vertico at this point when

1184
01:01:47,720 --> 01:01:51,800
Speaker 1: I land, I literally he's in my lap basically. So

1185
01:01:51,840 --> 01:01:54,480
Speaker 1: as I land instead just landing like a normal jump,

1186
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:57,440
Speaker 1: I land like I'm going to like air hug him,

1187
01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,000
Speaker 1: like I'm gonna give him a COVID hug. That really

1188
01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:03,680
Speaker 1: don't contact one another. My arms go out wide, my

1189
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:08,880
Speaker 1: legs spread, I land, I never touch him, and then

1190
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:11,480
Speaker 1: I realized, okay, haven't it okay? And I just take

1191
01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:14,120
Speaker 1: off running to go kind of get out of the way,

1192
01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:18,920
Speaker 1: but also kind of to celebrate. So I'm like, okay,

1193
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:20,600
Speaker 1: but I knew I was where I was I needed

1194
01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:23,200
Speaker 1: to be. I knew I was fine right Well, then

1195
01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:26,480
Speaker 1: at the right before the kickoff, he walks over to

1196
01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:28,400
Speaker 1: me and he goes, He kind of has this whole

1197
01:02:28,440 --> 01:02:30,720
Speaker 1: slic smile. He goes, I felt you, and I was like,

1198
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:32,600
Speaker 1: I was like, sir, I didn't. I didn't touch you

1199
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:34,400
Speaker 1: at all, and he goes, he goes, no, no no, I

1200
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:37,760
Speaker 1: goes no. I know that he goes, but we were

1201
01:02:37,840 --> 01:02:41,240
Speaker 1: awfully close to one another. He just kind of looked

1202
01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:43,280
Speaker 1: at me, smiled and walked away, and I was like,

1203
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:47,680
Speaker 1: you know what, today, I'm sorry. I just don't care

1204
01:02:48,040 --> 01:02:50,880
Speaker 1: because if we finish and win this game, it'll be

1205
01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:54,280
Speaker 1: the first time we've done this ever. That's fine. I'll

1206
01:02:54,320 --> 01:02:56,120
Speaker 1: have a story that I'll take to my grave with

1207
01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:59,680
Speaker 1: that one. And I played this on replay on Tuesday night,

1208
01:02:59,720 --> 01:03:04,120
Speaker 1: Mark and to me, your final call is fantastic, But

1209
01:03:04,320 --> 01:03:07,280
Speaker 1: when aj Boyer picks off the pass to win it.

1210
01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:11,760
Speaker 1: That's what it's like. We've done it, because all we

1211
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:14,040
Speaker 1: gotta do at that point is take take a knee,

1212
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:16,560
Speaker 1: and it's it's over. Maybe once or twice, I can't remember,

1213
01:03:17,240 --> 01:03:18,840
Speaker 1: but I remember you threw it down to me, and

1214
01:03:18,880 --> 01:03:22,120
Speaker 1: I'm watching the sideline, like I'm just watching everybody on

1215
01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:25,960
Speaker 1: the sideline, and I see everybody over there got you know,

1216
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:28,160
Speaker 1: people that have been there forever. You know, people that

1217
01:03:28,520 --> 01:03:31,120
Speaker 1: you know, the general public may not know, Doug West,

1218
01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:35,120
Speaker 1: Jeff Kaplan, they've been there forever. Even some players that

1219
01:03:35,120 --> 01:03:37,040
Speaker 1: have been around for a long time, and they're just

1220
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:40,280
Speaker 1: hugging one another and smiling, and it's like they've never

1221
01:03:40,320 --> 01:03:44,120
Speaker 1: done that Indianapolis. You know, they've never done that Indianapolis.

1222
01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:46,240
Speaker 1: And I just thought that was such a cool moment.

1223
01:03:46,560 --> 01:03:50,040
Speaker 1: It was just my second trip up there. But having

1224
01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:52,880
Speaker 1: watched all of those games over the years, there were

1225
01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:56,480
Speaker 1: just such frustration, and I know there was frustration amongst

1226
01:03:57,160 --> 01:03:59,840
Speaker 1: everybody in twenty fourteen, like that should have been the

1227
01:04:00,080 --> 01:04:05,080
Speaker 1: year hurt seventeen ten. That loss right there, with the

1228
01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:07,640
Speaker 1: Savage coming in and not playing, you know, I mean,

1229
01:04:07,640 --> 01:04:10,560
Speaker 1: he's a rookie getting coming off the bench, so he

1230
01:04:10,600 --> 01:04:13,720
Speaker 1: had no reps. Boy, Johnny, we've always talked about it.

1231
01:04:13,720 --> 01:04:16,760
Speaker 1: If Fitzy stays upright in that game, if he's able

1232
01:04:16,760 --> 01:04:19,240
Speaker 1: to play the whole game, I'm not saying you automatically

1233
01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:20,919
Speaker 1: win it, but you got a pretty good shot because

1234
01:04:20,920 --> 01:04:23,840
Speaker 1: the defense was dialed in that day holding him. You know,

1235
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:26,640
Speaker 1: an Andrew Luck team that would eventually go. Didn't they

1236
01:04:26,640 --> 01:04:28,600
Speaker 1: go to the AFC Championship game a year? Yeah? And

1237
01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:31,800
Speaker 1: fourteen yep they did. But you know the one we're

1238
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:34,600
Speaker 1: talking about, the twenty fifteen one sixteen to ten to final.

1239
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:36,840
Speaker 1: That's one of those scores where if I could just

1240
01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:38,880
Speaker 1: say the score of a game like thirty to nothing,

1241
01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:40,840
Speaker 1: you know what that is. That's the chief playoff game.

1242
01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:43,960
Speaker 1: If I say nineteen sixteen is Dallas Sunday Night overtime.

1243
01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:46,480
Speaker 1: If I say nineteen ten, that's obvious. You know, there's

1244
01:04:46,520 --> 01:04:48,280
Speaker 1: certain All you have to do is say the score

1245
01:04:48,320 --> 01:04:51,240
Speaker 1: ten to six. That's Ingles Monday night er. You just

1246
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:53,520
Speaker 1: know what game it is. Not all scores have that

1247
01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:58,240
Speaker 1: kind of longevity, that kind of memory recall, but certainly

1248
01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:00,800
Speaker 1: this one does. At sixteen to ten, yeah, no doubt,

1249
01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:04,160
Speaker 1: about it, Mark, that was fun. I appreciate you going

1250
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:07,280
Speaker 1: meet down memory landon. Hopefully we'll have another one on

1251
01:05:07,360 --> 01:05:10,720
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Colts in twenty twenty. Thank you, my friend.

1252
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,680
Speaker 1: Let's go, damn right, let's go. Let's go beat the

1253
01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:18,240
Speaker 1: Colts on Sunday. All right, it's time for this week's

1254
01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:22,000
Speaker 1: Stats Challenge, brought you by Schlumberge. Visit Houston Texans dot

1255
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:26,080
Speaker 1: com today to register to take the Stats Challenge. And

1256
01:05:26,120 --> 01:05:28,080
Speaker 1: for this one, I give you a number, and it's

1257
01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:32,320
Speaker 1: three four one. Now it's not an area code. Three

1258
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:35,080
Speaker 1: hundred forty one yards is what Deshaun Watson passed for

1259
01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:38,600
Speaker 1: the last time the Texans played Annapolis Colts just two

1260
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:42,120
Speaker 1: weeks ago. He did it without Will Fuller, he did

1261
01:05:42,120 --> 01:05:44,440
Speaker 1: it without Kenny Stills. He did it without Randall Cobb.

1262
01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:47,240
Speaker 1: He did it with Brandon Cooks, Chad Hansen and Kiki

1263
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:50,160
Speaker 1: qt his tight ends, his running backs. That's what he

1264
01:05:50,200 --> 01:05:54,000
Speaker 1: did with. And here's hoping Sunday there's more of that

1265
01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:57,000
Speaker 1: if needed. Let's see more points. Three to forty one

1266
01:05:57,080 --> 01:05:59,960
Speaker 1: yards is a pretty big mats of ball against that defense,

1267
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:03,680
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. And that is our stat Challenge

1268
01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:07,040
Speaker 1: brought to you by slumber J. All right, we get back.

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Speaker 1: We are going to here from number ninety nine JJ Watt.

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Speaker 1: He met with the media today as well. It's here

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Speaker 1: where he's got to say. Next. Funt Tectans All Access,

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Speaker 1: the holiday break for all of you teachers out there,

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Speaker 1: but I have something for you, especially those that teach

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Speaker 1: Analysis of the Reporter, No, would be a really good

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Speaker 1: teacher and would be really fun teaching math is J. J. Watt.

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Speaker 1: He sat with the media today to answer all of

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Speaker 1: their questions. Let's take a listen in Chicago. Could be

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Speaker 1: the way you play the rest of the season instid

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Speaker 1: of the way you played against the calls? Um, I

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Speaker 1: hope that's not the case. I mean, we're gonna go

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Speaker 1: out there and try and win the game. What do

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01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:00,840
Speaker 1: you have to do, individual lead to make sure that

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Speaker 1: doesn't happen? Make a whole lot of plays, That's what

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Speaker 1: I have to do. JJ. How involved in the how

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Speaker 1: much do you pay attention to the process the team's

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01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:13,000
Speaker 1: going through hiring a new digital manager and a new

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Speaker 1: head coach, and how involved would you want to be

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Speaker 1: in that process. I'm just doing my job. I'm coming

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Speaker 1: to work, I'm trying to get better on the field,

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Speaker 1: and I'm trying to make plays to help us win

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Speaker 1: football games. That's all. That's all I can do. Brandon

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Speaker 1: and Justin, I just feel like you'll take up what

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Speaker 1: will it take to make up with some of those losses,

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Speaker 1: and just your thoughts on kind of the impact of

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Speaker 1: not having those two guys. Yeah, I mean we've lost

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Speaker 1: obviously a lot of guys throughout the whole year, whether

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Speaker 1: it was its starters, it's backups, it's injuries, it's suspensions,

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Speaker 1: whatever it may be. Has obviously been a whole lot

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Speaker 1: of depletion. So you got to find a way to

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Speaker 1: go out there, next man up, step in, do their

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Speaker 1: job and try and win a football game. Yeah, a

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Speaker 1: lot of guys will obviously want to pick up the slack.

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Speaker 1: But what have you seen from Ross Blacklocks his progression

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Speaker 1: and rules to that he would see an increase in

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Speaker 1: playing time likely? Yeah, I mean if you get some

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Speaker 1: more reps, more opportunities. So the only way you can

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Speaker 1: get better in this league is, like I said, the

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Speaker 1: whole season long is to play football. So more game reps,

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Speaker 1: more opportunities to prove what you got, and uh opportunities

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Speaker 1: to get better. J J. What's the toll that this

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Speaker 1: is taken on you. I figure, once you get on

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Speaker 1: the field, it's just playing football for you. But in between,

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Speaker 1: what's the toll that all of this is taken on you?

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Speaker 1: This season? Yeah, I mean it's just every week it's

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Speaker 1: something I think that's you know, kind of been. It's

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Speaker 1: just that's that's kind of what has been. Whether it's articles,

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Speaker 1: or it's suspensions, or it's whatever it may be. I mean,

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Speaker 1: every week it seems like there's been something, um, And

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Speaker 1: you just want to play football and you want to

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Speaker 1: be winning, and it's a lot easier to deal with

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Speaker 1: things like that when you're winning. So when you add

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Speaker 1: losing to the equation and then you're dealing with coaching

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Speaker 1: searches and all this other stuff as well, it's um.

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Speaker 1: It is obviously just a compounding effect. This season hasn't

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Speaker 1: gone how we had hoped it would. It hasn't gone

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Speaker 1: all I hoped it would. Um, Like I've said all

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Speaker 1: year along the expectation, this should be nowhere near the expectation.

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Speaker 1: Obviously I don't believe it is, but yeah, it's certainly

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Speaker 1: it certainly hasn't been enjoyable, that's for certain. JJM Way

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Speaker 1: off topic here, man, how much? How would you describe

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Speaker 1: the fanfare when you signed your letter of intent and

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Speaker 1: what stands out as you remember that day, which is

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Speaker 1: so significant for so many people in high school football. Um,

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Speaker 1: I'm from Wisconsin, so the fan for it wasn't nearly

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Speaker 1: what it's like down here in Texas, but it was

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Speaker 1: still a special day. Obviously, it's an opportunity to it's

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Speaker 1: a dream, you know, it's a dream come true. It's

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Speaker 1: it's a testament to everybody's work, not only we're just

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Speaker 1: I was talking about field today, about the people that

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Speaker 1: make successful people successful. It's never just one person. It's coaches,

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Speaker 1: it's teammates, it's parents, it's teachers, it's everybody friends, and

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Speaker 1: so National sign Day is a culmination of all that.

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Speaker 1: For high school kids. So many people help get them

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Speaker 1: to that point, to make them successful and to give

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Speaker 1: them that opportunity. Um, but I always whenever I'm talking

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Speaker 1: to a high school kids moving on to college, I

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Speaker 1: always say National Signing Day is an incredible day. It's

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Speaker 1: there's fanfare, there's TV cameras, there's everything. But don't let

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Speaker 1: that be the highlight of your career. Go out there

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Speaker 1: and make new memories and make new great make new stories,

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Speaker 1: and have new successes. Um. I think that's what makes

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Speaker 1: people truly successful, is when you're striving for that next success.

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Speaker 1: Did you do that long enough ago that that you've

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Speaker 1: still faxed in the old school facts to get that

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Speaker 1: into the school? Yeah, I mean, I don't know how

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Speaker 1: to operate a fax machine. It was, it was. It

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Speaker 1: was a little thankfully, it was a little outdated even

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Speaker 1: there at my time, So I'm okay with that. Is

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Speaker 1: there any advantage playing a team two times in three weeks?

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Speaker 1: M I mean, if there is, they have the same advantage.

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Speaker 1: So I don't think that there's necessarily advantage from one

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Speaker 1: team or another. Obviously there's gonna be a lot of similarities.

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Speaker 1: Nobody's changing their entire playbook in a two week time period.

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Speaker 1: But there's also a chance to switch things up if

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Speaker 1: you want to try and catch them off guard. They

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Speaker 1: can try and catch us off guard, whatever it may be.

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Speaker 1: But there's a familiarity, and there is a you still

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Speaker 1: have some of the plays and memories fresh in your

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Speaker 1: mind that you can go out there and and hopefully

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Speaker 1: either make him right or continue the success you had.

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Speaker 1: What have you seen from Corey and when he's added

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Speaker 1: to the team, since he's been on the active roster. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's a veteran guy. We came in the

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Speaker 1: same draft class, so he has a lot of experience.

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Speaker 1: He's had a lot of success in this league. So

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Speaker 1: I think that he's he wants opportunities obviously, as you should.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's what you guys want to get on

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Speaker 1: the field, want to play. He had the sack in

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland game, which is great, UM, and he's he's

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Speaker 1: a great player. So I think with opportunity he plays well.

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Speaker 1: And I think he also has good resources some of

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Speaker 1: the young guys too. J J. What do you make

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Speaker 1: of you guys being the same team that almost beat

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Speaker 1: Indie and really just came one, you know, one play

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Speaker 1: at the end away from having a chance to do that,

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Speaker 1: and then also being the same team that that did

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Speaker 1: what it did in Chicago. And do you take any

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01:13:24,720 --> 01:13:27,120
Speaker 1: I guess, kind of solace in the or any kind

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Speaker 1: of confidence in the fact that you guys were able

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Speaker 1: to do what you did against Indy. Well, I mean

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Speaker 1: to say we're the same team is is a pretty

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Speaker 1: big stretch, UM, But there's obviously been a lot of

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Speaker 1: things that have changed in that time period. M A

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Speaker 1: whole lot of things that have changed. Um. So uh,

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Speaker 1: it's a much bigger conversation for another day certainly. Um,

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Speaker 1: but there's I've said it before. You know, you got

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Speaker 1: a quarterback in this league, you got a chance, and

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Speaker 1: um there's obviously things that need to be changed, and

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Speaker 1: there's going to be a new regime here doing those things. Um,

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Speaker 1: but when you have a quarterback in this league, you

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Speaker 1: have a chance, and you got a guy like four,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have an opportunity to change things very quickly.

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Speaker 1: There is number ninety nine. JJ Watt having met with

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Speaker 1: the media earlier today, all right, we're gonna close this

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Speaker 1: thing now with my good friend Drew Doherty and we'll

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Speaker 1: go in the Lab holiday style. Yeah, that's next on

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access. We got one final segment left here

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Speaker 1: on this Wednesday edition of Texans All Access. I am

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Speaker 1: John Harris, football Analyston's sideline reporter and one half of

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Speaker 1: the In the Lab podcast, And I will fully admit

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Speaker 1: to you that dude Drew Dorty and I on this

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01:14:35,040 --> 01:14:37,920
Speaker 1: edition stared at each other for about three or four

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01:14:37,960 --> 01:14:42,400
Speaker 1: minutes on the zoom call and went what we're gonna do?

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01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:47,000
Speaker 1: And we thought about quoting Christmas movies or holiday movies

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01:14:47,040 --> 01:14:49,320
Speaker 1: the entire time, and I thought, now that's probably not

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Speaker 1: the right way to go. What should we do? Well,

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Speaker 1: then we got an idea, well, Drew got an idea,

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Speaker 1: and then we ran with it and we started giving

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Speaker 1: out gifts, stocking stuffers and a gift under the tree.

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Speaker 1: That was a pretty good idea. Here's our in the

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Speaker 1: Lab podcast for this week. Check it out. Since it's

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Speaker 1: this season, and you love Santa Clause and I love

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Speaker 1: Santa Clause, and we all love Santa Clause. And Santa's

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Speaker 1: coming to this house, I think because there's been four

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Speaker 1: little good boys and girls at the Puston household, and

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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a good Christmas. What do

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01:15:24,640 --> 01:15:27,639
Speaker 1: I want from Santa? Football wise? What do you want

1446
01:15:27,680 --> 01:15:30,080
Speaker 1: from Santa football wise? If you could, if you could

1447
01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:33,120
Speaker 1: put an idea under the tree and wrap it up

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Speaker 1: in a present, what would you like to unwrap the

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Speaker 1: morning of December twenty fifth. It could be short term,

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Speaker 1: it could be long term, But what would you like

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01:15:42,760 --> 01:15:47,400
Speaker 1: for Christmas from Santa? For your Houston Texans man? That

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Speaker 1: is that's wonderful. That's wonderful. Now I'd like to think

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Speaker 1: short term and long term. Yes, let's do that. But

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Speaker 1: I'm going to start suffer a stocking stuffer and then

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Speaker 1: the the gift that takes up half the living room,

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Speaker 1: one of those. Okay, okay, um boy, man, Now you

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Speaker 1: got me thinking because I had a gift and I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to think I wanted to be my main gift

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Speaker 1: where I wanted to be my stocking stuffer. Yeah. Um,

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Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna go, Okay, I'm gonna go main gift.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna think about my stocking stuffer. Here's here's my

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Speaker 1: main gift. I want to travel corner. Here's what I mean.

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Speaker 1: Here's what I mean. And I have a corner is

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Speaker 1: a Jalen Ramsey is Adevious White, who, by the way,

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Speaker 1: I was reminded of this the other day. I think

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Speaker 1: Trevious White hilarious. And he has started this. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how he started, but I guess because he's in Buffalo.

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01:16:41,360 --> 01:16:43,760
Speaker 1: He started to have this love for hockey now and

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Speaker 1: he has this Tredevious White Goalie Academy. And so they

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Speaker 1: showed last year on Sunday night to play the Steelers

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Speaker 1: at Pittsburgh and you know they do the You know

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Speaker 1: Drew Dorty, you John Harris Brown University, and he gets

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Speaker 1: the tradevious White. He's like Tradevious White or Trey White,

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Speaker 1: Tevious White goalie academy. Those guys are travel corners. They

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Speaker 1: travel with the best receiver on the other team. He's

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01:17:09,200 --> 01:17:10,760
Speaker 1: just throw them out there. You leave them alone. You

1477
01:17:10,760 --> 01:17:12,640
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about them being a part of

1478
01:17:12,640 --> 01:17:15,599
Speaker 1: the game plans, right your thing? Ye, the other ten

1479
01:17:15,680 --> 01:17:18,160
Speaker 1: worry about the defense. Rrell Reeves, you know those guys.

1480
01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:20,360
Speaker 1: And the thing about it is Drell Reeves was a

1481
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:22,120
Speaker 1: top twelve pick. It wasn't like the top two pick,

1482
01:17:22,160 --> 01:17:26,120
Speaker 1: a top three pick. Yeah, but it's gonna be somebody

1483
01:17:26,160 --> 01:17:28,680
Speaker 1: that can travel with somebody. Now, Bradley Roby has done it,

1484
01:17:28,680 --> 01:17:31,439
Speaker 1: and I think he's done it um pretty pretty well

1485
01:17:31,479 --> 01:17:34,120
Speaker 1: at times. But Robes not a not a not a

1486
01:17:34,240 --> 01:17:36,800
Speaker 1: big guy, and so sometimes bigger receivers you're a little

1487
01:17:36,800 --> 01:17:39,080
Speaker 1: more hesitant and putting them on. But I think back

1488
01:17:39,120 --> 01:17:42,559
Speaker 1: to that Packers game and DeVante Adams is just I mean,

1489
01:17:42,600 --> 01:17:46,280
Speaker 1: he's throwing moves on guys, and I'm like, man, Darius

1490
01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:49,519
Speaker 1: Slay used to be on Davante Adams and they would

1491
01:17:49,560 --> 01:17:53,000
Speaker 1: battle one on one. Jalen Ramsey Dendre Hopkins would go

1492
01:17:53,200 --> 01:17:56,920
Speaker 1: at it one on one. Those were great battles, great battles,

1493
01:17:56,920 --> 01:18:01,000
Speaker 1: and the Hopkins battles were tremendous. Rams get some game,

1494
01:18:01,160 --> 01:18:04,559
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, Ramsey would get some, hop would win some.

1495
01:18:04,720 --> 01:18:07,679
Speaker 1: I mean it was a great bat of But Jacksonville knew, Look,

1496
01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:11,360
Speaker 1: we have somebody that can go toe to toe with Hopkins.

1497
01:18:12,040 --> 01:18:15,519
Speaker 1: And I feel like that's the kind of guy that

1498
01:18:15,960 --> 01:18:19,400
Speaker 1: if we had a guy that could step in and say,

1499
01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:21,920
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm locking it down. Who you want

1500
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:23,439
Speaker 1: it to be? You want it to be t Y Hilton?

1501
01:18:23,600 --> 01:18:27,800
Speaker 1: I got him? You want it to be DJ Chark Jacksonville,

1502
01:18:27,960 --> 01:18:30,719
Speaker 1: I got him. If you team that kind of guy

1503
01:18:30,840 --> 01:18:33,680
Speaker 1: with Robie, then all of a sudden you look up

1504
01:18:33,680 --> 01:18:37,200
Speaker 1: and go, okay, all right, let's let's give our pass

1505
01:18:37,280 --> 01:18:39,160
Speaker 1: rush some time to get back there, because we got

1506
01:18:39,200 --> 01:18:42,479
Speaker 1: two guys that are gonna make it very difficult for

1507
01:18:42,560 --> 01:18:45,520
Speaker 1: you get for you to get the ball off exactly

1508
01:18:45,560 --> 01:18:47,320
Speaker 1: when you want to get it off. So is this

1509
01:18:47,360 --> 01:18:50,000
Speaker 1: your stocking stuff or is this your big room gift?

1510
01:18:50,080 --> 01:18:52,080
Speaker 1: That sounds like, okay, you know what that's gonna be

1511
01:18:52,120 --> 01:18:54,559
Speaker 1: my stocking stuffer. That's gonna be my stocking stuffer. Give

1512
01:18:54,560 --> 01:18:56,360
Speaker 1: me a second to think about my main gift. Oh yeah,

1513
01:18:56,360 --> 01:18:58,160
Speaker 1: well I was saying for my stocking stuff er, I

1514
01:18:58,240 --> 01:19:01,080
Speaker 1: was thinking smaller. Okay, but you're you must live, you

1515
01:19:01,640 --> 01:19:05,920
Speaker 1: up in a luxurious household getting stocking stuffers like that. Yeah,

1516
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:09,559
Speaker 1: my stocking stuffer. We got those like cell of fane

1517
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:12,080
Speaker 1: packs of gum, you know, like a three pack a guy. Yeah,

1518
01:19:12,120 --> 01:19:16,479
Speaker 1: where we got like um, you know, some chocolates. So

1519
01:19:16,680 --> 01:19:20,080
Speaker 1: my stocking stuffer, I'd like it to come early in

1520
01:19:20,120 --> 01:19:22,439
Speaker 1: the form of a win over the Colts and later

1521
01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:25,080
Speaker 1: in the form of a win over the Titans. It'd

1522
01:19:25,080 --> 01:19:26,479
Speaker 1: be cool to beat the Bengals, and yeah, I want

1523
01:19:26,479 --> 01:19:28,280
Speaker 1: to win every game, but I just really, you know,

1524
01:19:28,320 --> 01:19:30,920
Speaker 1: the Chips are kind of stacked against his team right now. Yeah,

1525
01:19:30,960 --> 01:19:33,679
Speaker 1: but I'd really love to screw with those two teams.

1526
01:19:33,720 --> 01:19:35,200
Speaker 1: And I don't know how much it would really matter,

1527
01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:38,320
Speaker 1: but seeing them lose and reminding folks that they're not

1528
01:19:39,080 --> 01:19:41,400
Speaker 1: world beaters, the Colts and the Titans, because some folks

1529
01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:43,960
Speaker 1: think that they are. So that's that's my stocking stuffer.

1530
01:19:44,040 --> 01:19:47,400
Speaker 1: But I man, my stocking stuffer really pales in comparison

1531
01:19:47,439 --> 01:19:51,400
Speaker 1: to your stocking stuffer, because well, it would be awesome

1532
01:19:51,439 --> 01:19:55,280
Speaker 1: to have a guy like that on this Yeah. Well okay,

1533
01:19:55,600 --> 01:19:59,680
Speaker 1: so pair them up with Robie. Yeah. But but you're

1534
01:19:59,680 --> 01:20:04,680
Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna, you're gonna understand why you understand why

1535
01:20:04,800 --> 01:20:10,040
Speaker 1: travel corner had to go in my stocking, because my

1536
01:20:10,560 --> 01:20:19,120
Speaker 1: big gift is actually about half a ton, okay, and

1537
01:20:19,439 --> 01:20:26,360
Speaker 1: it is guards center guard the interior that will keep

1538
01:20:26,439 --> 01:20:30,200
Speaker 1: Deshaun protected for the next dozen years. Yep. And it

1539
01:20:30,240 --> 01:20:31,920
Speaker 1: could be some of the guys that are already here.

1540
01:20:31,960 --> 01:20:34,759
Speaker 1: It could be some of the guys that are here something,

1541
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:39,080
Speaker 1: it could be reconfigured a little different way. Potentially, it

1542
01:20:39,160 --> 01:20:44,480
Speaker 1: could be that. But I want about a thousand pounds

1543
01:20:44,920 --> 01:20:48,519
Speaker 1: a little less maybe of guys that protect the Shawan

1544
01:20:48,560 --> 01:20:51,120
Speaker 1: in the middle, because look, with Titus Howard and Laramy

1545
01:20:51,240 --> 01:20:54,240
Speaker 1: Tunsil there, you know, those two guys are gonna have

1546
01:20:54,240 --> 01:20:55,880
Speaker 1: to be the rocks on the outside. They're gonna have

1547
01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:58,640
Speaker 1: to be the foundation going forward. And I think you know,

1548
01:20:58,680 --> 01:21:01,360
Speaker 1: with Laramie, I think Laramie would tell you that Sunday

1549
01:21:01,439 --> 01:21:04,559
Speaker 1: was not his best day, but on his best day,

1550
01:21:04,720 --> 01:21:06,439
Speaker 1: Laramie to me, is the best tackle on the league

1551
01:21:06,880 --> 01:21:09,920
Speaker 1: on his best day, and I think Titus is on

1552
01:21:10,000 --> 01:21:12,600
Speaker 1: his way. I think Titus has got some things that

1553
01:21:12,680 --> 01:21:14,920
Speaker 1: he's got to work on, But you're not going to

1554
01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:18,880
Speaker 1: change those two tackles. The offensive line needs some help

1555
01:21:18,920 --> 01:21:21,200
Speaker 1: and we need to run the ball, and it's not

1556
01:21:21,240 --> 01:21:22,639
Speaker 1: one of those We need to run the ball through

1557
01:21:22,720 --> 01:21:25,960
Speaker 1: between the tackles. Because the thing is, you know, when

1558
01:21:25,960 --> 01:21:29,520
Speaker 1: you think about the best running offense, said this organization

1559
01:21:29,560 --> 01:21:32,680
Speaker 1: has ever had, Drew you had an upfront seat and

1560
01:21:32,720 --> 01:21:37,400
Speaker 1: that was Waite Smith, Chris Myers, Mike Brizel, those three

1561
01:21:37,479 --> 01:21:40,000
Speaker 1: guys at guard center guard. Now, those guys were under

1562
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:45,200
Speaker 1: a thousand pounds, and Arian ran it between the tackles

1563
01:21:46,240 --> 01:21:48,559
Speaker 1: because those guys did such a good job of just

1564
01:21:48,640 --> 01:21:50,720
Speaker 1: staying on blocks and keeping guys where they wanted to

1565
01:21:50,760 --> 01:21:53,400
Speaker 1: go and an area they not allowed Area to make

1566
01:21:53,439 --> 01:21:55,760
Speaker 1: his cut. So I had to make this my big

1567
01:21:55,800 --> 01:21:59,040
Speaker 1: gift because I couldn't fit I couldn't fit a thousand

1568
01:21:59,120 --> 01:22:03,559
Speaker 1: pounds into a style. Yeah, but I think going into

1569
01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:06,400
Speaker 1: you know, finishing this year, going on into twenty twenty one,

1570
01:22:07,120 --> 01:22:10,559
Speaker 1: that's an area the team that I think has got

1571
01:22:10,600 --> 01:22:15,120
Speaker 1: to be even better than it's been, whether it's reconfigured,

1572
01:22:15,160 --> 01:22:18,080
Speaker 1: whether it's the three guys that are there, but you

1573
01:22:18,120 --> 01:22:20,479
Speaker 1: know the other aspect, and they've been kind of moving

1574
01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:23,240
Speaker 1: in different guards. One week it's Sharpen, one week it's

1575
01:22:23,280 --> 01:22:26,200
Speaker 1: like last week, it's Quality, one week it's Calimete. And

1576
01:22:26,280 --> 01:22:27,960
Speaker 1: I understand what you're trying to do. You're trying to

1577
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:29,679
Speaker 1: win games, so you're trying to play the best guy.

1578
01:22:29,720 --> 01:22:32,360
Speaker 1: But there's got to be a continuity in that five

1579
01:22:32,600 --> 01:22:35,240
Speaker 1: up front, and there have been times this year when

1580
01:22:35,240 --> 01:22:38,320
Speaker 1: that continuity has been disrupted and then you can see

1581
01:22:38,360 --> 01:22:43,480
Speaker 1: there's been a communication mistake and that's that's been unfortunate,

1582
01:22:43,479 --> 01:22:45,960
Speaker 1: and so I want to have that continuity, but I

1583
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:48,360
Speaker 1: want those three guys up front to be able to

1584
01:22:48,360 --> 01:22:53,559
Speaker 1: match a little bit in that we find a running game.

1585
01:22:53,840 --> 01:22:55,680
Speaker 1: But we're not gonna find a running game until we

1586
01:22:55,760 --> 01:23:00,839
Speaker 1: find the interior three that fit absolutely perfectly for this offense.

1587
01:23:00,880 --> 01:23:02,519
Speaker 1: And look, we don't know what the offense is gonna

1588
01:23:02,520 --> 01:23:05,000
Speaker 1: look like. It might be it might be a Lafleur

1589
01:23:05,680 --> 01:23:09,599
Speaker 1: Shanahan McVay like offense. It could be something like when

1590
01:23:09,640 --> 01:23:11,880
Speaker 1: Andy Regional. We have no idea what this offense is

1591
01:23:11,880 --> 01:23:14,559
Speaker 1: gonna look like. But either way, whoever takes over as

1592
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:18,120
Speaker 1: the head coach offensive coordinator is gonna absolutely, without question,

1593
01:23:18,160 --> 01:23:21,400
Speaker 1: need to have that interior locked down. So I'm gonna

1594
01:23:21,400 --> 01:23:23,519
Speaker 1: ask for it for Christmas for twenty twenty and let

1595
01:23:23,520 --> 01:23:26,160
Speaker 1: that bleed into twenty twenty one and be on. That's cool.

1596
01:23:26,200 --> 01:23:28,439
Speaker 1: I like that. It's a good gift. Um. I do think.

1597
01:23:29,520 --> 01:23:31,960
Speaker 1: I think whoever takes over when that happens, I think

1598
01:23:31,960 --> 01:23:34,599
Speaker 1: the offense is gonna get better. I think it's gonna

1599
01:23:34,640 --> 01:23:37,920
Speaker 1: get simplified a bit. And that's that's not to say

1600
01:23:37,960 --> 01:23:41,759
Speaker 1: it's gonna get dumbed down. I think sometimes like Akam's Razors,

1601
01:23:41,800 --> 01:23:44,559
Speaker 1: simplest is the best. It's the straightest point, and I

1602
01:23:44,600 --> 01:23:47,240
Speaker 1: think that's gonna just like, if you've liked what you've

1603
01:23:47,240 --> 01:23:50,920
Speaker 1: seen from de Shaan this year, just wait, I mean,

1604
01:23:50,960 --> 01:23:53,360
Speaker 1: just wait till he is in a system it's gonna

1605
01:23:53,360 --> 01:23:56,000
Speaker 1: be kind of catered towards him because this system was

1606
01:23:56,040 --> 01:23:58,479
Speaker 1: in place before he got here. Okay, I love your

1607
01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:03,400
Speaker 1: half ton of man muscle. They're on the offensive side

1608
01:24:03,400 --> 01:24:05,960
Speaker 1: of the ball. You know what I want? I want

1609
01:24:05,960 --> 01:24:09,920
Speaker 1: a statistic. I want on average next season, and hey,

1610
01:24:09,960 --> 01:24:11,760
Speaker 1: you can start it on Sunday if you like and

1611
01:24:11,880 --> 01:24:14,840
Speaker 1: carry it on throughout. I want twelve quarterback hits a game.

1612
01:24:15,479 --> 01:24:20,320
Speaker 1: Oh okay, yes, that's getting greedy, I know, but I

1613
01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:23,479
Speaker 1: want to free I want to say the other f

1614
01:24:23,640 --> 01:24:28,760
Speaker 1: for I want to mess with closing quarterbacks. Okay, you'll

1615
01:24:28,800 --> 01:24:32,080
Speaker 1: get some sacks. Yeah, you're not gonna always get sacks.

1616
01:24:32,120 --> 01:24:35,000
Speaker 1: But if you get twelve quarterback hits, that guy's not

1617
01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:37,880
Speaker 1: gonna be that comfortable. That guy's gonna make mistakes. That

1618
01:24:37,920 --> 01:24:39,960
Speaker 1: guy is gonna check down and he's not gonna check

1619
01:24:39,960 --> 01:24:41,720
Speaker 1: down and have the success that Trubisky had. That was

1620
01:24:42,760 --> 01:24:45,080
Speaker 1: the defense will say that's unacceptable. We heard Romeo Carnell

1621
01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:47,120
Speaker 1: say that's unacceptable. But if you if you make a

1622
01:24:47,200 --> 01:24:51,639
Speaker 1: quarterback do what Trubisky did Sunday, in most instances, you're

1623
01:24:51,640 --> 01:24:55,439
Speaker 1: gonna walk away a winner by ten points. But I

1624
01:24:55,479 --> 01:24:57,640
Speaker 1: want to get after the quarterback. We haven't seen it

1625
01:24:57,640 --> 01:25:00,639
Speaker 1: in a while around here. That's been about two years really,

1626
01:25:00,960 --> 01:25:03,680
Speaker 1: and I want to make these guys uncomfortable. So give

1627
01:25:03,720 --> 01:25:07,280
Speaker 1: me twelve quarterback That's that's probably asking too much, but

1628
01:25:07,640 --> 01:25:09,880
Speaker 1: what we've seen from this this defense is front seven

1629
01:25:09,960 --> 01:25:12,840
Speaker 1: this year has not been good enough, and they'll want

1630
01:25:12,920 --> 01:25:14,960
Speaker 1: to get exotic because a lot of these sacks. Think

1631
01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:17,400
Speaker 1: about it, a lot of these sacks have come from safeties.

1632
01:25:17,400 --> 01:25:20,519
Speaker 1: And that's nice, it's fun, that's cool. But let's get

1633
01:25:20,520 --> 01:25:22,360
Speaker 1: back to the bread and butter of the front seven guys,

1634
01:25:22,640 --> 01:25:27,080
Speaker 1: specifically the defensive Linehan's linebackers getting the quarterback to the ground,

1635
01:25:27,479 --> 01:25:29,320
Speaker 1: you know, to kind of a kind of corollary to

1636
01:25:29,400 --> 01:25:33,559
Speaker 1: that Drew is you know that the you know, the

1637
01:25:33,560 --> 01:25:36,120
Speaker 1: Oiler's house of pain, Bolson Prede, all that kind of stuff.

1638
01:25:36,880 --> 01:25:39,120
Speaker 1: That's not really where I'm going with this, But what

1639
01:25:39,160 --> 01:25:43,400
Speaker 1: I want is when teams see us on the schedule,

1640
01:25:43,640 --> 01:25:48,160
Speaker 1: they go, oh, boy, that's going to be a physical

1641
01:25:48,160 --> 01:25:51,639
Speaker 1: ball game. Yeah, they know, they like, well, we better

1642
01:25:51,680 --> 01:25:53,680
Speaker 1: buckle up, man, because these dudes are going to hit

1643
01:25:53,720 --> 01:25:56,519
Speaker 1: his right in a jaw. And there are teams that

1644
01:25:56,600 --> 01:25:58,920
Speaker 1: you think about like that the Ravens. Like when you

1645
01:25:58,920 --> 01:26:00,640
Speaker 1: think of the Ravens, whether whether this is true or not,

1646
01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:02,960
Speaker 1: I mean they give it forty two points last night,

1647
01:26:03,479 --> 01:26:06,320
Speaker 1: Monday night. Um, but do you think about the Ravens.

1648
01:26:06,360 --> 01:26:09,759
Speaker 1: Did you go, boy, I need my big boy pads

1649
01:26:09,800 --> 01:26:11,720
Speaker 1: for this one, you know, And like the rest of

1650
01:26:11,760 --> 01:26:13,599
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, you kind of got to put an asterisk

1651
01:26:13,680 --> 01:26:17,840
Speaker 1: on everything like that. Ravens, that's an asterisk Ravens team.

1652
01:26:17,880 --> 01:26:20,800
Speaker 1: Like what we're seeing right now, that's a vastly different

1653
01:26:20,800 --> 01:26:22,639
Speaker 1: team than what we saw a second week of the season.

1654
01:26:22,680 --> 01:26:26,599
Speaker 1: I mean, just incredibly different. But it's light your way

1655
01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:28,280
Speaker 1: from what we saw from them last year, which I

1656
01:26:28,280 --> 01:26:32,280
Speaker 1: think was anyways. But I just want and let me

1657
01:26:32,280 --> 01:26:34,160
Speaker 1: be clear about this. I do think some of the

1658
01:26:34,200 --> 01:26:37,880
Speaker 1: guys that are currently on the Texans defense, apart in

1659
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:40,280
Speaker 1: getting more quarterback hits, next year, you can see some

1660
01:26:40,320 --> 01:26:42,640
Speaker 1: development all the way. I do think there's gonna be

1661
01:26:42,680 --> 01:26:44,800
Speaker 1: some new faces, though they got to have and got

1662
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:48,280
Speaker 1: to make that happen too, So absolutely, And I'm with you,

1663
01:26:48,320 --> 01:26:50,720
Speaker 1: and I think that there were some personnel losses on

1664
01:26:50,800 --> 01:26:54,639
Speaker 1: defense that kind of took away some of the things

1665
01:26:54,640 --> 01:26:58,800
Speaker 1: you're talking about, UM, And I think it's it. It

1666
01:26:58,920 --> 01:27:01,479
Speaker 1: kind of wore awayte the soul of the defense. And

1667
01:27:01,560 --> 01:27:04,240
Speaker 1: you just talking about Brian Cushing. You're not talked about Cush. Cush,

1668
01:27:04,280 --> 01:27:06,599
Speaker 1: you used to always be the soul of defense. UM.

1669
01:27:06,720 --> 01:27:08,280
Speaker 1: I feel that way about b Mac and I think

1670
01:27:08,280 --> 01:27:11,680
Speaker 1: missing b Mac and look, b Max, you know, not

1671
01:27:11,760 --> 01:27:14,120
Speaker 1: the not the greatest sense of liebackers that were banned,

1672
01:27:14,160 --> 01:27:18,000
Speaker 1: but for us, b Mac provided a physical presence and

1673
01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:20,960
Speaker 1: he was the leader in the huddle. You did what

1674
01:27:21,080 --> 01:27:24,320
Speaker 1: he said and then he rocked running backs. If you

1675
01:27:24,360 --> 01:27:27,320
Speaker 1: would like to hear the rest of that podcast, I

1676
01:27:27,320 --> 01:27:30,559
Speaker 1: would encourage you to in the Lab podcast go check

1677
01:27:30,560 --> 01:27:35,160
Speaker 1: it out wherever your podcasts are acquired. If you will

1678
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:37,439
Speaker 1: stitch your iTunes. I don't know them all, but you can.

1679
01:27:37,640 --> 01:27:39,679
Speaker 1: You you know it better than I do. A big

1680
01:27:39,680 --> 01:27:43,000
Speaker 1: thanks to Drew, to J. J. Watton, de Shaun Watson,

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Speaker 1: to Mark Vandimir, to Dpcter, to Laura Overton, to my

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Speaker 1: guys back in studio. We thank you so very much.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you again next time, and as always, go Texans, Texans, Texans.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Texans All Access. We are brought to you

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Speaker 1: Now here's the Show.