WEBVTT - Wrapping up the bye week with a bang | Texans All Access 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:01.040 What has happened? 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:03.480 Everybody, and welcome into a Friday edition of Texans All 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:07.560 Access from Monday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris, 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:12.200 football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans, and it 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:14.000 is a bye week. 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:17.840 It has been quiet. It has been well. 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:20.239 I mean on Thursday and Friday, our business ops gets 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:22.120 the day's off and a bye week, so it's been 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:27.840 really really quiet. No players, no coaches, a few people rehabbing. 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:31.880 Maybe that hardly any if any business ops people in 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:34.720 a building. But we still got radio to do, and 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.519 so we will do it for you. I will take 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:39.760 you up until eight o'clock and then Mark's got. 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.000 An extra special edition. 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.159 Of Texans All Access as he has every Friday night 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:46.879 from eight to nine, So we got you for the 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:48.959 next three hours. 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:51.319 Now a bye week, they're in. 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:53.600 A whole lot going on, so we'd like to look 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:56.000 back at some of the great interviews that we've had. 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:58.000 Maybe you missed it the first time, so so be 0:00:58.080 --> 0:01:02.280 fresh to you. And it's eight height end. First segment. 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:04.960 This is great stuff because we're gonna hear from a 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:08.080 player and a coach. We're gonna hear from Kate Stover 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:12.319 player rookie. Great interview. Then we're gonna hear from his coach, 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:16.920 Jake Morland, coach in a tremendous interview. Both of them 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:18.559 are Great's a great way to start off the show. 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.520 So let's start right here with Kate Stover on with 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:22.120 me and Mark. 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:22.679 Kate. 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:24.560 I don't want to use the word tougher because it 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:27.200 makes it sound like it's a negative, But in your 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:30.959 first year in the NFL, what's been a bigger challenge 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.400 the mental part of it or the physical part of it? 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.200 Early on, I feel like mental was definitely a part 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:37.880 of it. 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:38.640 Just moves faster. 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.920 Yeah, everything just moves faster, and people move faster, and 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.320 I mean each game just keep getting more comfortable and 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.080 more comfortable and more opportunity to do something. And then 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:50.680 things just really start to slow down. And I'm starting 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:52.360 to start feel like his a game start to slot 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:52.600 for me. 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:54.280 But what about the mental part of it? 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:56.200 I mean, you're out there doing a lot of work, 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:59.880 a lot of different things, the blocking element, pass receiving, 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.120 you have to know everything the whole offense. 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:02.440 Yeah. 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:03.040 No, I mean I. 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:06.760 Kind of look at that like a kind of a compliment. 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.160 Balance with you that they're asking a rookie to be 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:10.920 able to go and move, and I do a lot 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.640 of moving. I'm always moving here, in motion here and 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:15.880 moving here, and I like doing it. I enjoy playing 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:18.200 that way. It just takes a lot, I mean takes 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.519 a lot during the week to really get yourself prepared 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:21.880 to play fast on Sunday. 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:24.119 In a tight end room, you lose Brevin. You guys 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:25.960 have pretty tight tight end room. What's that room like this? 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.560 No doubt it's really good, even I mean really obviously 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.519 really sad losing Brevin. He was really instrumental to me 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:35.600 during camp and stuff. Just him and Dalton both just 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:38.920 really really good dudes, and honestly they could have not 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.080 been good dudes to me obviously, yep. So just have 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.320 them do that and have Teaking back now. I mean 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:46.120 I didn't really know Teaking that well during camp, but 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.600 now since he's been back, like I would say, I'm 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.040 pretty close and good friends with that kid. So it's 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:52.840 just really good to have such good people in the 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:54.160 group and everybody's happy for each other. 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.880 I'm sure we discussed this, but Jake Morland, your tight 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.480 Ends coach, was an original Texan, so you can ask 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:01.960 him to tell you the story being in this building 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:03.520 before the team ever played a game. 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.120 So that's interesting stuff right there. 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:09.000 But talk to us a little bit about the offense 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:10.480 because you mentioned during the week it's a. 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:10.880 Lot of work. 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:12.919 Do you bring the playbuck home and you go over 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.440 all this stuff, because, like you said, you're out there 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.280 moving a lot and it's noticeable. 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.400 Yeah, I mean it's a lot. But then again, I mean, 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:24.280 this is your job, no, right, I mean I guess 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.040 in the lesser terms, I mean I watched my pops 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.280 get up and go to work every day. He's from 0:03:29.639 --> 0:03:32.639 five o'clock till eight o'clock at night. Like, right, if 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:34.839 all I gotta do is go and study a play 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:36.680 for studying my place for a couple hours. 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:38.120 And now I'm pretty sure I got it pretty good. 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:40.560 You don't have class, No class, I mean that's your 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.119 job now, Like there's no pay for due. I don't 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.720 got it right. You don't have study hours or anything 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:47.280 like that. So this is I mean, I just kind 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:49.040 of take that time and put it towards that. 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:51.560 Now, as a famous Buckey once said, you don't have 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.160 to play school anymore, so you don't have to worry 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:59.080 about that from from that standpoint, primetime games now gooper 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:01.520 Ohio State. You got them at all kinds at all 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.760 times throughout the day, eleven, two thirty and at night. Right, 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:06.800 But just being in primetime games is something that we 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.320 haven't seen around here for a few years. What's kind 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.680 of that nighttime element? Like for you guys, is add 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.280 a little bit more juice to it? Is it that 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:17.360 much more exciting? Is that much more exciting to play 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.239 the night game here like we did against Chicago? 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.359 What's that kind of nighttime experience? 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:21.520 Like? 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:21.760 Fair? 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.200 The hardest part of a nighttime game is waiting around 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:27.200 all day. Yeah, that's awful, I mean to me, that's why, 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:29.080 like a lot of players, you don't like playing at 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:32.120 night because you to sit there all day long just 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.480 to play right. And the hardest part about that you 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.160 got to keep yourself. You gotta keep yourself calm, right. 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.640 You can't wake up and be ready to rock, because 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:41.920 if you do, then you have to burn yourself out before, right, 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:43.800 Like there were times in college where early on I 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:46.159 would do that and you're like, I don't got no legs, 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:47.720 Like why are my legs on it? It's because you're 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:49.919 constantly like you're just thinking you're moving like you just 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.240 you got to relax. And that's I mean, one of 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.200 the harder parts for me is just growing up and 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:57.000 just relaxing and being like, dude, it's coming. 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:57.640 Just relax. 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.240 You got to keep the adrenaline kind of low, right. 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:02.200 You can't, I mean, because you can only handle so 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:03.560 much during out the day, you know what I mean. Like, 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:05.240 I didn't be able to go out there through warm 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:08.479 ups and long warm up and then low low simmer 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:10.880 all day and keep letting her build, let her build, 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.360 and then if you do it right, you're feeling damn good. 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:14.600 Eight o'clock kids. 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:15.080 Over with us. 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:16.880 When you were in college, what were some of the 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.480 louder environments you played in? Obviously at home it was loud, 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.200 but as an offense, you got to deal with all 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.120 the communication and everything, so and. 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:25.040 Here you've dealt with it. 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.360 Green Bay, Minnesota, obviously the Jet game, but I would 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.000 think Minnesota was probably number one, right as far as. 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.720 Yeah, that was just yeah Minnesota, and it's the one 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.000 game I try and forget about. 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:35.560 For the rest of my life. 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:39.360 Yeah, but I would say that was my here you go, 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.080 wake up, big fella. So that was good for me 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:43.680 to grow up in that aspect of that game. But 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.440 as far as noise wise, loud of state, I've ever 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.640 been in this Penn State and it's really close. 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.960 Okay, Yeah, I mean Mark knows. Yeah, I used to 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.200 work there a long time ago. But your boys got 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:54.919 it done this weekend. 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:56.039 They did, They got it done. 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.640 I just remember, like I mean, obviously anybody's played their 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:02.640 juice can tell you, like I mean that that's a 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:05.559 rattle to like the core. Yeah, that wow, the noise 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.200 of that, especially with if they if they get some 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:09.039 life early on, they always have life e other on 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:10.800 playing us, we don't really come. 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:14.960 Back that life gets extinguished very quickly against the Buckeyes lately. 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:16.640 Uh, that's for sure. 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:19.599 Would I know you don't want to you know, the 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:22.920 Minnesota game, it was a tough one and it's probably 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.120 one that you know, you play a ten twelve year career, 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:26.479 you'll probably look back on that. 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:27.920 Would that would taught me some lessons? 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.560 So I know it's it's one that you probably will 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:32.679 never want to forget in a sense because it'll probably 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.120 continue to drive you at some point, which you already know. 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:37.719 But did you have and have you had kind of 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:39.640 a welcome to the NFL moment at any point. 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:41.560 That was it, that was it considered. 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.440 That whole game was kind of like because up to 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.039 that point we played two games and like I was 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:48.919 kind of sparingly used obviously, like playing the fullback spot. 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:51.400 I've not played on the line yet in a full NFL. 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:52.680 Game, right, in a full game. Yeah, but you had 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:54.760 some big moments. You had the fourth down against Chicago 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:55.240 what I. 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:56.680 Mean, But like that was just from the backfield, a 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.400 little flat, like just sprinkle them in, get them used to, 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.039 like you know what I mean, and Breven goes down. Yeah, 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.160 and then they moved me to the why and like 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.640 the first two snaps of the game was a one 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.360 on one pass block with that and I'm normally I 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:13.560 mean normally like in college, I was always all right, 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:15.000 you know what i mean, But then like it just 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:17.760 was different. It's just I mean, obviously, like even to 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.080 this point, every day, like there's not there's certain things 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:21.600 in your life to stick with you and hang with 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.120 you forever, but hurt. But I tell you what, like 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:26.360 that's also something that's never gonna happen again. 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.640 It's so different, huh from practice because practice you're getting 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.120 the look team. You're not blowing the guy up in 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.200 the same way obviously as you're gonna be the game, 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.520 he's not. He's not gonna have what he's gonna have 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:36.880 against you. 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:40.960 Yeah, and even more like I I it's hard to describe, 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:43.239 but like when you're really like that was my first 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:45.440 game being in there, our first snapping game, right right, 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.160 and I've never been in that like that to me 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.400 was a really big Like whether it's a start, I 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:51.800 don't know what you consider it, but like I was 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.720 the first guy out there with the first team offense, right, 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:57.080 that's my NFL career, And I was like that was 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:58.840 big to me, know what I mean. I'm proud up 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.760 and you can forget and then you're like, god darn it, 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:02.960 he came a little kid again. 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.760 Just felt like I was six years old again that yeah. 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.600 But I mean, like you said, look, those things happen, 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:10.840 but you have lined up at fullback, you've lined up 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:13.800 at eh, you lined up at why, You've moved around, 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.320 and it feels like just watching kid, you've gotten really 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:20.000 kind of comfortable to split blocking where you're coming across. 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.200 I thought against Green Bay, I thought we were gonna 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.280 pop that one at second and twelve. You came across 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.800 and took out Preston Smith, and I thought that was 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:28.360 going to be there. 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:29.360 But that part of your. 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.120 Game really seemingly has been very very good kind of 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.559 blocking on the move. Do you feel kind of more comfortable? 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.600 Have you gotten more comfortable doing that as you've gotten here? 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:39.480 Yeah, I mean I like doing it. I do. I 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:40.640 enjoy moving around. 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.280 I enjoy being put in spots where I got a 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:44.960 little momentum with me, know, I mean, you got a 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:48.760 little you got, you got some momentum. I guess the 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:50.719 best thing for that, especially when you're blocking dudes like that. 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.640 I mean, some of those dudes are and college guys 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:56.559 are big, obviously, but some of these dudes are gigantic, right, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.000 But I still like, I like my odds when I'm moving, 0:08:59.120 --> 0:08:59.600 you know what I mean. 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.760 So in high school, Kate Stiver with US, you played 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.200 a lot of defense. You originally were a linebacker at 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.680 Ohio State, Right, that's. 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:09.760 Right, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:12.199 What do you miss about that side of the football 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:13.480 versus playing offense. 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:17.200 I feel like I'm still trying to figure this out 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:21.480 to I feel like, when you're playing defense, you can 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:25.719 one hundred percent. Set the tone all the time, and 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:29.560 if you don't make the play on defense, that's your fault, right, 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:31.920 you got blocked right for the ball. I mean, if 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:34.599 somebody's running the ball and I'm playing middle backer and 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.920 if I'm not making a play, that's on me. It's 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:38.719 not damn, they're not scheming me, you know what I mean. 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.000 On offense, a lot of this has to come down 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.760 to a lot of different parts as far as okay, like. 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:45.400 Am I even in the progression on this route? 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:46.200 Okay? 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:46.520 Other? 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.400 Thanks you you can. I feel like on defense you 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.040 can take the game over a lot faster. And that's 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:52.840 what I miss the most is being able to sit 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.120 back there in essence just headhunt, you know what I. 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:56.840 Mean, Right, you need to know where to go. But 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:58.840 on offense, correct me if I'm wrong. You've got to 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:00.120 sell things and have. 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:00.520 A little more. 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:04.160 There's so much more finesse of right, and you try 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:07.720 like you try, and honestly, that's something you try to balance, right, 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:09.520 because you got to balance round off the ball and 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:12.600 being the being trying to be then fourster on offense, 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:13.960 you know what I mean, and being the guy that, hey, 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:15.760 I'm going to stick here, Like, that's what the reputation 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:17.520 you want, you, I mean, that's a reputation I want, right, 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:19.760 And this dude's coming. He's cross cutting the back line 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:20.600 like he's going to stick you. 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:20.840 Right. 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:23.679 He's blocking on outside, so he's going to stick you right. 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:26.520 On defense, it's the same thing, except when you get 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.200 there and you arrive, it's a lot easier to get 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:33.559 excited making a one yard stop as opposed to making 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.360 a block for a five yard game. It's in essence, 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.520 it's kind of similar, but it's just even it's so 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.079 hard and like even in college trying to get the 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.000 offensive line to buy in the hey, like we got 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:47.280 to be just excited making that five yard block as 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:48.800 they are making a one yard game. 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:51.959 All right, So along those lines, in a way, you're 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.160 the all time leading scorer in basketball. 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:55.520 For your high school. Right, that's where I was going 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:56.440 with I. 0:10:56.440 --> 0:11:00.280 I once heard Doug Flutie, famous Heisman Trophy winning football players, saying, 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.240 I love playing basketball because it's just pure making plays 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:03.920 all day long. 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.320 Right, how did you enjoy that versus football? 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:06.720 I love? 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.520 I mean, this is gonna sound awful. Basketball is near 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.079 and dear to my heart. Okay, I love it, right, 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.400 just because of the fact that it also goes back 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.360 to the aspect you can take over a basketball game 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.959 mm hm. And if you've got guys that trust you 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:22.559 and believe in you and just do their job and 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.679 play defense, you can take over that basketball game and 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.600 you can ride right. And it's also it also has 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:31.000 to do with it's just so smooth, and I think 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.560 the best athletes play basketball because you got to have 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:35.640 I mean, you got to have so much touch and 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:39.040 finesse but also such a crazy amount of power and 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:40.320 IQ to play basketball. 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:42.520 And CJ was really good too. Well, that's what I 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:44.800 was going to ask you. Do you guys ever play 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.600 one on one because we have heard we have heard 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.800 that CJ. Stroud's a really good basketball player video. 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.080 Video gat he's a great basketball player. 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:54.439 So if you guys ever got one on one or 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:55.720 do you guys always have to be on the same 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:56.840 like five pickup team. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.360 I can tell you. So we had we had. 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:03.679 Like a three quarter half court inside our facilitio hostile boys. 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:05.240 Right like hardwood floor, nice like. 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:09.079 It was awesome, right, Okay, And that was honestly some 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:12.960 of my best college memories. Yeah, being in there with 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.920 twenty thirty dudes, and you got teams of four right 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.600 and you're playing and you're just picking up on your plane. 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:21.480 It was some of the best basketball I've ever seen 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:22.079 in my life. 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:22.880 And if there was a. 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.400 Camera on the wall, would have been good stuff. 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:26.160 It would have been. 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:29.240 Everybody had been like Holy moly, because I mean it's 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:31.520 just a bunch of competitors. I mean, it doesn't matter 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:33.880 what it is. I mean, everybody like it's going on. 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:34.800 It's not like your. 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:38.040 Typical I mean it's like, yeah, everybody's playing defense. Everybody 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.520 like there's no easy dunks, like everybody's contesting everything. 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:41.720 It's it was a blast. 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.320 You always had to be you always had to look 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.400 out for because we used to have those two. We 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.760 always had like a wrestler or two that played the 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:50.520 football team and then they would get onto court. 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:52.880 You always look out for that guy. 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:53.600 We had them. 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.600 That actually was obviously we've had a couple of rolled angles, 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.320 right yeah, right angles, right Yeah. Everybody tries to play 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:01.320 it off like, oh man, I can't got on my 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:04.360 car step on side, you know. 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:04.719 What I mean. 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:07.960 And at one point, uh. 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.760 I can't remember what year it was, but there was 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.640 the basketball hoop was like they chained the rim all 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:16.600 those guys like a two offseason guy forgetting Yeah, three 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.439 guys with ankles brains yeah, saying like yeah, I was 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:20.440 riding the line scooter. 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:23.439 We know what happened. 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:25.839 Okay, thanks a lot for joining us, sppreciate you guys. 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:26.280 Thanks love. 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:29.360 And the man that is leading him in that tight 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.959 end room is Jake Morland. Played in the league this 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.720 We've had such great interviews with Jake over the years 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:37.920 and this was just another one. And I figured my 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:40.760 theme being tight ends. In the first segment, let's get 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.680 tight end Kate Stover and tight end coach Jake Moreland 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:44.640 right here and. 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:46.199 Mark joining us now at studio. 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.640 It's Texans tight ends coach and original Texan and former 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:54.040 Western Michigan bronco Jake Morland in the house. How's it going, coach, Well, 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.360 it's always great to visit with you, and let's talk 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.240 about your group a little bit here. Things always evolve 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.800 and change in this league. And I want to start 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:05.400 here because we had Cad Stover in here two three 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.080 weeks ago or something. We're talking to him about playing 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:10.600 some full back. Now he plays tight end, but he's 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:12.360 got to play some full back. So how does all 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:14.960 that work when you're coaching up a rookie, especially in 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.120 some key moments. He's out there and he might not 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.800 be catching the ball or whatever, but those blocks are important. 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:20.120 Coach. 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:22.520 Yeah, for sure, you know Kay's doing a great job. 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:24.120 I think the whole room is really doing a great job. 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:26.200 But I think it's a testament to them as a room, 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:30.320 and it's a way that I guess I teach Okay, 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:33.360 anybody who's in the tight end's room, they know that 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:35.640 at any moment, they could be a wide receiver, they 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.800 could be a fullback, they could be a regular why 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.080 tight end, you know, like people are accustomed to seeing. 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.160 And unfortunately, I've actually been in some circumstances where the 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:45.600 why tight end has had to go in as a 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:48.640 tackle because we had so many injuries on the offensive 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.800 line during a game that we're the only ones that 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:53.800 knew what was happening, and we had to have that happen. 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:58.160 So it's a very fun and exciting place to be 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:01.000 in this offense because you're asked do a lot of things. 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:03.520 And going back to your original question, what Kate has 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.920 been able to do with putting together playing the why 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.440 tight end and also being in the in the backfield 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:11.200 as a fullback has been really really great coach? 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:13.240 Does that make it more I don't know if exciting 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.440 is the right word, but more exciting for you in 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:17.280 a sense that you got to know all the different 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.040 protections as you know a pass blocker. You got to 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.720 know all the different protections and blocking schemes for the run. 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:24.160 You got to know all the different routes. 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.240 It's kind of like you got your hand in everything 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:27.200 at the buffet in a sense? 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:28.720 Does that make it more fun to coach? The position? 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:29.600 That's exactly right? 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:32.120 And that's actually exactly what I tell these guys, and 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.240 I have to remind them sometimes that, you know, in 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:36.880 my opinion, we should be the second most informed person 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.440 on the field behind the quarterback, because like you said, 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:40.880 we have to know the run game, the pass game, 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.280 the pass protection game, and all of the above right, 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.520 all the routes that go along with it. So because 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.360 we have all of these things on our plate, our 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.360 plate is full. But that's how we like it, you know, 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:51.960 And so we cross train everybody because if kid breaks 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:56.360 a shoelace and slow wants to call another formation with 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:58.480 a tight end in the backfield. Well, somebody's got to 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:00.880 go fill that role. So everybody gets cross trained if 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:02.800 you're in the room, and I don't care, it's everybody 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.359 from Troy Harriston all the way to Teague in Quatoriano, 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.040 and everybody's getting cross trained in the backfield on the 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.120 line as a why and so on and so forth. 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:12.760 Dalton seems like a pretty chill, kind of quiet guy 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.480 when you see him, but one were his emotions like 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:17.160 going back. I saw him after the game and I 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.000 was like that one had to feel good. He's Dowin 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.360 felt good. How is that kind of managing that. 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:22.280 Through the week for Dalton? 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:23.320 Coach? Yeah, it was good. 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:24.960 You know, he's a pro, right, He's been in the 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:26.520 league for a long time, so he knows how to 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:29.600 manage himself and things like that. And so I tried 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:31.120 not to guess him up too much because I knew 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.640 that he was already going to be feeling that, you know, individually. 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:35.880 But he definitely had a different look in his eye, 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:37.440 I will say that, and so I just kind of 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:39.600 left it at that and just try to keep him 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:41.400 encouraged and pump him up and encourage him to keep 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:43.760 on doing what he's doing because he's playing really good football. 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:46.560 You know, he hasn't been targeted, maybe as much as 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.280 he would like, But the fact of the matter is 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:51.640 that when he is targeted, he is doing what he 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.240 needs to do, and he's doing a great job in 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:55.480 the run game, and he knows that when we ask 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.520 him to do something, he's going to be there for 0:16:57.640 --> 0:16:58.480 and be able to deliver. 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.880 Yeah, Jake Morland coaches ends for the Texans. The point 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:03.760 you just brought up, you'd love to be targeted all 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:06.199 the time. Every player who is capable of catching a 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.480 pass wants to catch all the passes. But you mentioned 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:10.560 all the dirty work that you have to do that's 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.320 utterly important. Is there a sense that or do you 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:17.120 have to remind everybody that, hey, this is seen by 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.480 all the important people in your career, right the other teams, 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.600 this team, whether you end up another place or not. 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:24.919 As you're coaching guys in training camp and whatnot, do 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.200 you need to remind them of that sometimes one hundred percent? 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:29.639 I mean, I mean, of course, guys, you know, especially 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:32.200 on this level, everybody, Hey guy, I'm open on every play. 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:33.919 You're not open on every play, even though you think 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:35.840 you're open on every play. I get it, but that's 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:38.280 how competitive these guys are, right, So in order to 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:41.920 keep on keep on fueling that competitive drive, you want 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:44.359 to let them know that when you get your opportunity, 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:46.160 you have to maximize it, and you never know when 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.560 that opportunity is going to come. It's like, you know, 0:17:48.600 --> 0:17:50.920 you play seventy plays in a game, and there's probably 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:52.560 five or six of those plays that are really going 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:54.679 to determine the outcome. The problem is you don't know 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:56.560 when those plays are going to show up. So if 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:59.680 you're not able to perform on every single play that 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.800 you're in, then you might miss your opportunity. And that's 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:04.240 the thing that we talk about the most in our 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:07.640 room is the progress is part of the process, right 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.200 and as we continue to progress through the season, are 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:12.960 we able to sustain everything that we need to do 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:14.879 play in and play out? So because you never know 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:16.760 when that one play is going to be the turning 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:17.040 point in. 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:19.240 The game, coach almost feel like there should be some 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.399 delineation at some point between using the word rookie and 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:25.800 using the year first year guy, because I feel like 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:27.920 they're no longer rookies because they've been playing a lot. 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:31.920 What have you seen from Caid since he matured from 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:34.520 a rookie to a first year player. He's lined up 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:37.480 almost everywhere. He's done a little bit of everything, including 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:39.639 being one of the Special teams players of the week. 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:42.120 What has he done as a rookie for you guys, 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.000 and what kind of growth have you seen in Kate? 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:47.720 Well, I think it starts with his approach the guy. 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:50.240 He showed up in a professional kind of a manner, 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:52.719 you know what I mean. Sometimes you have to kind of, 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.320 let's say, coach guys into say hey, this is how 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:58.639 we perform, this is how we study, these are the 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:00.240 things that we have to do. And Caid was pro 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.159 as soon as he walked through the doors, right. So 0:19:03.359 --> 0:19:08.119 his mental ability to grasp the offense has been fantastic. 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:10.000 That's why we're able to move him around and do 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:12.880 the things that we're able to do. His physical presence 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.080 has allowed him to also not only be in the offense, 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.800 but also become a real live player for us in 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:19.440 special teams. 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:19.880 Right. 0:19:19.920 --> 0:19:22.320 And so when you're a tight end, especially in this level, 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.280 you have to be able to perform both in special 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:26.760 teams and on the offense. 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:28.560 For whatever that looks. 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:30.439 Like for that particular week, and I think he's just 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:32.879 really embraced his role. Whatever we ask him to do, 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:34.560 he's going to do it to the best of his ability. 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:37.040 And he's very coachable. He wants to be coached, he 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:38.919 wants to be pushed, and he really wants to be 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:39.960 the best at what he's doing. 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:42.320 And I thought he was really open with us. We 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.680 had him in here, what maybe three four weeks ago, 0:19:45.200 --> 0:19:47.440 and he actually brought it up. We didn't really want 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:48.760 to go there, and he brought He was the one 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:51.040 who brought up the Minnesota game, and he talked about 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:54.520 the lessons he learned from that Minnesota game that he 0:19:54.600 --> 0:19:56.440 is then applying going forward. 0:19:56.560 --> 0:19:57.760 Did you see that same thing, coach. 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:00.159 I mean, that was a tough game for him, a 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:02.160 tough time against John Gernard in particular. 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:03.879 Did you kind of see that same thing from him, 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:04.640 because he talked. 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:06.880 About it very openly about how that was a real 0:20:06.960 --> 0:20:09.000 learning lesson for him that added kind of to his 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:10.840 tool kit as he moved forward, exactly. 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:12.960 And again I go back to these guys that are 0:20:13.040 --> 0:20:16.000 in my room. They are pros, and they really have 0:20:16.040 --> 0:20:17.919 a great approach to the game and they know that 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:20.640 there are things even if we lose, okay, quote unquote lose, 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:22.600 you lose a play, you lose a game, whatever, that 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:24.360 looks like, there's going to be lessons that you can 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.840 derive from that, and then if you're able to apply 0:20:26.960 --> 0:20:28.800 it as you move on through the season. I think 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:30.840 that's why we are where we are now. We went 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:32.920 through some adversity over the last few weeks, not only 0:20:32.960 --> 0:20:35.000 going all the way back to Minnesota, but as a team, 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:38.880 you know, everybody faces injuries. Get that, well, we probably 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:40.840 lost a couple of games that most people think that. 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:42.120 We should have won, including us. 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:44.760 Okay, fine, well, what can we learn from that and 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:46.639 apply now as we continue to move on and we 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:49.400 start getting into December, because that's when where we really 0:20:49.400 --> 0:20:50.400 need to be playing our best ball. 0:20:50.520 --> 0:20:50.680 Yep. 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:53.320 Jake Morland tight ends coach for the Texans. All right, 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:56.119 so you played tight end, you played the position you 0:20:56.160 --> 0:20:58.960 played in the league, and then you started coaching. So 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:02.040 when did that or how was that evolution for you? 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:05.240 Where the satisfaction is I'm teaching somebody else and I 0:21:05.280 --> 0:21:07.399 see them do something well and it just lights a 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:10.520 fuse for me. It really satisfies me, and I want 0:21:10.560 --> 0:21:11.399 to pursue this forever. 0:21:11.760 --> 0:21:14.080 It was something that I did not want to do 0:21:14.320 --> 0:21:16.200 by one hundred percent. Did not want to be a coach. 0:21:17.400 --> 0:21:19.639 In fact, when I got done playing, I was completely 0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:21.560 done with football. Didn't want anything to do with football. 0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:26.520 And then I was asked to come and be part 0:21:26.520 --> 0:21:29.639 of a staff with one of my quarterback from college, 0:21:29.960 --> 0:21:31.639 and I said, I'm going to help you out for 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:33.679 this fall, and that's it, and then I'm done. And 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:35.240 from the first moment that I stepped on the field, 0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:36.720 I knew that this is what I was supposed to do. 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:39.800 It was very hard for me at first to be 0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:42.160 able to articulate the things that I wanted my players 0:21:42.160 --> 0:21:45.160 to be able to do. For whatever reason, I had 0:21:45.240 --> 0:21:47.880 been able to just do things naturally. I couldn't really 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:50.400 explain to you why or how. I just knew how 0:21:50.440 --> 0:21:51.960 things needed to be done. Well, now I need to 0:21:51.960 --> 0:21:54.760 put it into a real, live English language to be 0:21:54.800 --> 0:21:57.080 able to articulate to somebody that they understand that they 0:21:57.080 --> 0:21:59.600 can go and perform. And so that was a very 0:21:59.760 --> 0:22:01.919 very hard thing for me to do early in my 0:22:02.000 --> 0:22:04.920 career and as I've gone to different places. The Air 0:22:04.960 --> 0:22:08.399 Force Academy is the best example because even though those 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:11.000 guys are the smartest guys, they're the bravest guys. I 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:12.439 mean all of the above. They're made up of all 0:22:12.440 --> 0:22:14.879 the right stuff, But you have a very small window 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:16.640 that you have to get all the information to. 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:17.280 These guys in. 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:19.879 And by the way, they're also worried about, you know, 0:22:20.000 --> 0:22:23.320 aeronautical engineering and protecting our country and all these other things. 0:22:23.359 --> 0:22:25.800 Football is, you know, down the lists quite a bit 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:28.560 for these guys. But it made me a better coach 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:30.919 because I needed to be very concise in the information 0:22:30.960 --> 0:22:32.240 that I was giving them so that they could go 0:22:32.240 --> 0:22:34.199 out and make it perform. So everywhere that I've been 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:37.360 I've been able to learn different things, learn different techniques. 0:22:37.480 --> 0:22:39.680 And also you got to figure out what pushes the 0:22:39.680 --> 0:22:42.040 guy's buttons and how do guys learn. Some guys learn 0:22:42.080 --> 0:22:44.280 through paper, some guys learn through video, some guys learn 0:22:44.320 --> 0:22:46.000 through walk through and so you have to be able 0:22:46.040 --> 0:22:48.639 to manipulate all of those things so everybody can be 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:49.280 on the same page. 0:22:49.320 --> 0:22:51.800 And as a coach. Now it's now technology. 0:22:51.880 --> 0:22:54.040 How do you you know with the new technology, because 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:56.359 back when we were coaching, like you're drawing it up 0:22:56.400 --> 0:22:58.159 on pads, you know, it was on paper as all 0:22:58.200 --> 0:22:58.399 you do. 0:22:58.480 --> 0:23:00.359 But I'm telling you that coaching bug hits. Man. 0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:03.520 When it strikes, it's like holy cow, definitely strike. 0:23:03.960 --> 0:23:07.000 Yes, it does strike like a lightning bolt. All right. 0:23:07.240 --> 0:23:09.040 Coming up next, one. 0:23:08.960 --> 0:23:12.600 Of the more seasoned coaches, if you will, on this 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:15.080 staff is the guy that we met for the first 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:19.320 time when he walked into our studio, and that's Bill Davis, 0:23:19.640 --> 0:23:22.000 Linebacker's coach. I mean, you talk about a guy that's 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:26.560 been around and he's seen some things. Man, he's absolutely awesome. 0:23:26.600 --> 0:23:28.159 We had a great time talking to him. Bill Davis's 0:23:28.200 --> 0:23:30.119 next right here in Texans All Access. Welcome back to 0:23:30.160 --> 0:23:32.919 Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harrits, Football Analyst, 0:23:32.960 --> 0:23:36.480 sideline reporter, and this is my eleventh year of being 0:23:36.520 --> 0:23:39.399 in this role for the Texans. Absolutely love it. Couldn't 0:23:39.400 --> 0:23:41.199 think of anything else I'd rather do on a day 0:23:41.240 --> 0:23:45.120 to day basis. Every single year, as and I remember 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:47.080 Bill Brian just talking about this, every single team is 0:23:47.080 --> 0:23:49.920 a different team. Twenty three, twenty twenty three teams different 0:23:49.920 --> 0:23:51.760 than twenty twenty four. And yeah, there was a lot 0:23:51.800 --> 0:23:53.640 of carryover. The's a lot of players back from twenty 0:23:53.640 --> 0:23:56.119 twenty three, but it's always a new team. And with 0:23:56.200 --> 0:24:00.560 a new team, every year comes new players, new coaches, rookies, 0:24:00.680 --> 0:24:03.840 free agents, you know, coaches that are coming to Houston 0:24:03.840 --> 0:24:06.840 for the first time. And we ran into one of 0:24:06.840 --> 0:24:13.320 those guys, linebackers coach Bill Davis. And I'll be really honest, 0:24:13.359 --> 0:24:15.040 when the coach took the job, I'd heard the name, 0:24:15.080 --> 0:24:18.560 I knew he'd been around, but really wasn't totally completely 0:24:18.600 --> 0:24:20.320 immersed in his story. And when I found out we're 0:24:20.320 --> 0:24:22.960 gonna interview him, like, Okay, I'm gonna go check out 0:24:23.200 --> 0:24:24.800 his background, Like, oh. 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:27.600 My gosh, yeah, I forgot he was here. Oh man, 0:24:27.640 --> 0:24:30.480 I can't. Oh yeah he was there too. Oh man. 0:24:30.480 --> 0:24:33.679 He coached this guy, Bill Davis has been around and 0:24:33.840 --> 0:24:37.040 seen some things. He has done a great job with 0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:40.200 these linebackers. And when he sat down, we had one 0:24:40.240 --> 0:24:43.440 hell of a time talking with him about his history 0:24:43.640 --> 0:24:46.320 being with the Texans, this group of linebackers he's got. 0:24:46.400 --> 0:24:49.560 This was some really fun stuff with Bill Davis, linebackers 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:51.600 coach for your Houston Texans. 0:24:51.520 --> 0:24:55.160 Joining us right now in studio. Bill Davis, linebackers coach 0:24:55.160 --> 0:24:55.800 for your Texans. 0:24:55.800 --> 0:24:57.280 How's it going, coach, It's going great. 0:24:57.400 --> 0:24:59.399 Just came off the practice field, excited about how the 0:24:59.440 --> 0:25:00.000 guys are working. 0:25:00.280 --> 0:25:03.280 Coach, when Devin White comes in, whether this really isn't 0:25:03.280 --> 0:25:06.000 about Devin so much as it is just a new 0:25:06.040 --> 0:25:07.840 player coming in in the middle of the season. Because 0:25:07.840 --> 0:25:10.119 you've been around the NFL for a long time, I 0:25:10.200 --> 0:25:11.760 know the goal is probably, hey, let's get this guy 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:13.879 on the field as soon as possible. But how do 0:25:13.920 --> 0:25:16.080 you kind of go about that process of getting a 0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:19.120 guy up to speed with something new, like learning this 0:25:19.119 --> 0:25:20.120 particular defense. 0:25:20.200 --> 0:25:21.760 So there's a lot of things that factor in. 0:25:21.880 --> 0:25:24.119 For instance, a disease came to us, but it had 0:25:24.160 --> 0:25:27.520 been in San Francisco's Yeah, you know the system before, 0:25:27.880 --> 0:25:30.800 so the words instantly turned to where he knew exactly 0:25:30.880 --> 0:25:33.440 what they meant. Devon is not so Devon's coming from 0:25:33.440 --> 0:25:36.399 two different systems that we run. So now there's a 0:25:36.440 --> 0:25:39.920 lot of all, right, here's what we call this hook 0:25:40.040 --> 0:25:43.080 curl buzz, cover three, cover four, and here's what you 0:25:43.240 --> 0:25:45.399 called it, and we just have to It's like teaching 0:25:45.480 --> 0:25:49.480 somebody to speak Spanish from German or England. You know, 0:25:49.920 --> 0:25:52.080 you've got the same meanings, but you've got to figure 0:25:52.080 --> 0:25:54.679 out the words that apply, and then you dive down 0:25:54.720 --> 0:25:57.840 a little bit deeper into specific techniques, and we call 0:25:57.920 --> 0:26:00.960 them tools or adjustments that we make win. An offense 0:26:01.119 --> 0:26:04.680 is attacking our cover three in a certain way where 0:26:04.680 --> 0:26:06.360 we have a couple of tools to beat how they're 0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:09.200 attacking us. Well, he's got to learn not only our 0:26:09.240 --> 0:26:12.520 cover three, but the tools that live within that cover three. 0:26:12.840 --> 0:26:16.520 And that's where the deeper dive takes longer to really 0:26:16.560 --> 0:26:19.359 trust that he can help you win the game and 0:26:19.400 --> 0:26:22.160 not hurt you because he just is in a situation 0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:24.600 he hasn't covered yet. We have all these OTA's, all 0:26:24.600 --> 0:26:27.719 the training camp, all these practices. These guys stack and 0:26:27.800 --> 0:26:30.200 they've gone through all those problems and they can say, oh, yeah, 0:26:30.200 --> 0:26:33.080 I remember in spring when that happened. I remember in preseason. 0:26:33.840 --> 0:26:36.240 Devin doesn't have any of that. So we just have 0:26:36.359 --> 0:26:39.240 to take him at the pace that'll go. We'll start 0:26:39.240 --> 0:26:41.399 in small packages that are real familiar to him and 0:26:41.440 --> 0:26:44.480 then and we'll grow a needed. 0:26:44.320 --> 0:26:46.160 Ye every situation is different, guys. 0:26:46.160 --> 0:26:49.000 Sure, Bill Davis with US linebackers coach for the Texans, 0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:51.399 you've been a defensive coordinator. You've coached linebackers for a 0:26:51.400 --> 0:26:54.040 long time though in this league. What about the evolution 0:26:54.119 --> 0:26:57.040 of the linebacker in the NFL. We've done shows with 0:26:57.040 --> 0:26:59.840 with Ted Johnson. We had Brian Cushing on this team, 0:26:59.840 --> 0:27:03.040 though those guys a little bigger. Seems like the sizes 0:27:03.080 --> 0:27:05.359 are changing. What do you think overall coaches, the way 0:27:05.400 --> 0:27:07.080 the linebacker position has evolved. 0:27:07.080 --> 0:27:09.040 So basically, what happens if you look at it through 0:27:09.080 --> 0:27:11.800 this real simple ends that the more big people the 0:27:11.840 --> 0:27:14.000 offense has on the field, the more big people we 0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:17.680 put on defensively, the more smaller fast people, the more 0:27:17.800 --> 0:27:21.680 smaller fast defensive players we play. And what's happened over time, 0:27:21.880 --> 0:27:24.200 And I've been in three decades now and even longer. 0:27:24.200 --> 0:27:26.640 When I was a kid and a ball boy, there 0:27:26.760 --> 0:27:28.720 was always the big players. When I say big, there 0:27:28.760 --> 0:27:30.880 was multiple tight end sets. There was always a fullback 0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:34.000 in everybody's offense. So everything was big, and our linebackers 0:27:34.000 --> 0:27:36.800 were two fifty two fifty five. That's what we looked for. 0:27:37.040 --> 0:27:41.320 Could you stop the run first? And over time the 0:27:41.400 --> 0:27:44.760 offenses have morphed into more pass heavy and in order 0:27:44.880 --> 0:27:47.160 to be better in their past, they get smaller, faster, 0:27:47.280 --> 0:27:50.120 quicker guys. So what we've done with the linebackers, especially 0:27:50.160 --> 0:27:52.560 the inside, is now what used to be a two 0:27:52.680 --> 0:27:55.920 forty five. That's what the weight and the size six ' 0:27:55.960 --> 0:27:59.359 three doesn't necessarily run real fast, but can stop the run. 0:28:00.600 --> 0:28:02.960 That is no longer what we're looking for now it's 0:28:02.960 --> 0:28:06.000 gone smaller and smaller, faster, quicker. The first thing I 0:28:06.040 --> 0:28:08.399 look for is can he run and cover? 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:09.120 Right? 0:28:09.160 --> 0:28:11.359 Because seventy percent of what he has to do is 0:28:11.400 --> 0:28:13.639 coverage and thirty percent stop the run. 0:28:14.200 --> 0:28:16.719 So where at that place? So we have to evolve. 0:28:16.960 --> 0:28:18.399 What was a safety. 0:28:18.040 --> 0:28:20.520 When I first started in the league is now a linebacker? 0:28:20.560 --> 0:28:20.800 All right? 0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:24.600 So could Jamiico Ryans be an all era linebacker? Could 0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:25.400 he play in any era? 0:28:25.640 --> 0:28:27.119 Absolutely? Okay? Good ass? 0:28:27.119 --> 0:28:29.320 And I don't only say that because he's the boss. 0:28:30.000 --> 0:28:33.040 I say that because of who Damiico is. And he's 0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:36.480 right at the end between He is big enough to 0:28:36.600 --> 0:28:38.880 handle the run and stop the run. He's athletic and 0:28:38.920 --> 0:28:43.240 fast enough to cover. You put him in coverage like 0:28:44.000 --> 0:28:45.840 they can't go Christian McCaffrey coverage. 0:28:45.920 --> 0:28:47.160 That's that's a rare coverage. 0:28:47.200 --> 0:28:49.400 Anyway you put a safety on a kid like that, 0:28:49.840 --> 0:28:52.600 now you're okay, our safety is going to have trouble. 0:28:52.920 --> 0:28:55.640 So there's different variations of who that running back is 0:28:55.680 --> 0:28:58.160 week the week who the tight end is, and you 0:28:58.200 --> 0:29:00.800 find your matchup linebacker wise the one that we match 0:29:00.880 --> 0:29:01.400 up with better. 0:29:01.440 --> 0:29:03.440 Were you attempted to suit him up last week with 0:29:03.560 --> 0:29:05.440 the kid? 0:29:05.560 --> 0:29:05.880 All right? 0:29:05.880 --> 0:29:08.440 Bill Davis with US linebackers coach for the Texans. Are 0:29:08.480 --> 0:29:10.400 you mentioned you have some history in this league? Coach, 0:29:10.440 --> 0:29:12.000 and I have a lot of places I can go here, 0:29:12.040 --> 0:29:14.320 but I want to start here. You're with Dom Capers 0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:17.000 in Carolina, the very first head coach in Texans history, 0:29:17.000 --> 0:29:18.120 and you're with him in Carolina. 0:29:18.240 --> 0:29:19.280 Had some success with him. 0:29:19.440 --> 0:29:22.720 You were coaching linebackers and Kevin Green and Lamar Lathan 0:29:22.760 --> 0:29:25.640 finished one and two in sacks. That's incredible stuff. But 0:29:25.720 --> 0:29:27.440 what was it like being with Dom and Carolina? 0:29:27.720 --> 0:29:27.800 So? 0:29:27.840 --> 0:29:30.640 I started in Pittsburgh with Dom yep So when my 0:29:30.720 --> 0:29:32.600 first broke in the league, it was Pittsburgh Steel As 0:29:32.600 --> 0:29:34.600 he was a coordinator, went on to be the head 0:29:34.640 --> 0:29:37.640 coach of the expansion Panthers, and I was just outside 0:29:37.680 --> 0:29:41.080 linebacker coach. Vic Fanguel was a coordinator. So I've really 0:29:41.080 --> 0:29:43.160 been blessed with the coaches that I've been able to 0:29:43.200 --> 0:29:46.440 be around. And Dom Capers is an absolute mentor of mine. 0:29:46.520 --> 0:29:48.920 He has been there for me the whole career. I've 0:29:49.000 --> 0:29:51.480 learned most of my defensive ball from Dom. My first 0:29:51.480 --> 0:29:54.840 seven years were with Dom. He's outstanding human being. Him 0:29:54.880 --> 0:29:57.480 and Karen are two of my favorite people on planet Earth. 0:29:58.680 --> 0:30:01.800 But when we were in Carolina and we took that expansion, 0:30:02.840 --> 0:30:05.320 I've been with two expansion teams, Carolina and the Browns. 0:30:05.320 --> 0:30:08.920 And the first expansion team they gave the league, gave us. 0:30:08.720 --> 0:30:10.280 And Jackville everything. 0:30:10.320 --> 0:30:12.200 It wasn't fair to the rest of the league. We 0:30:12.240 --> 0:30:13.520 thought of one would be fair to us. 0:30:13.840 --> 0:30:17.520 We were loaded in free agency, we had an unlimited checkbook, 0:30:17.800 --> 0:30:20.080 and we had two picks in every round. The week 0:30:20.200 --> 0:30:23.720 we both went to the championship games after year two, 0:30:24.280 --> 0:30:26.360 so it was a real quick ascent. Then later on 0:30:26.400 --> 0:30:29.560 I was in Cleveland for the expansion and they took 0:30:29.680 --> 0:30:31.640 all of those away from us, right, so it was 0:30:31.640 --> 0:30:34.320 a little bit different animal. But with Dom and Bill 0:30:34.320 --> 0:30:37.080 Poli and those guys put together a heck of a 0:30:37.160 --> 0:30:40.560 team and it was fun to the Probably one of 0:30:40.640 --> 0:30:44.000 the biggest accomplishments of my career as a coach was 0:30:44.040 --> 0:30:47.560 having Lamar Lath and Kevin Green finished first and second 0:30:47.600 --> 0:30:49.640 in the NFL and sacks, and they were starters in 0:30:49.680 --> 0:30:51.760 the Pro Bowl, and it was a year that was 0:30:51.840 --> 0:30:54.720 a lot of fun. But those players were really committed. 0:30:54.800 --> 0:30:57.160 Like this group I have now is how hard do 0:30:57.200 --> 0:30:59.600 they work? In practice? Tells you what kind of players 0:30:59.600 --> 0:31:01.840 you have and they don't all work the same. But 0:31:02.040 --> 0:31:04.240 those guys back when we were wanting two work, they 0:31:04.280 --> 0:31:07.080 earned what they You get what you earn, and they 0:31:07.120 --> 0:31:09.160 earned those that first and second coach. 0:31:09.160 --> 0:31:12.000 You mentioned it earlier about being a ball boy when 0:31:12.040 --> 0:31:13.920 you were growing up, So you've been around this thing 0:31:14.040 --> 0:31:16.640 for a real long time. Thinking back to when you 0:31:16.680 --> 0:31:19.120 were a kid and you were doing that, did you 0:31:19.160 --> 0:31:21.479 ever think it would materialize into this? Was that kind 0:31:21.520 --> 0:31:23.760 of the impetus for Oh, yeah, I'm gonna be in 0:31:23.800 --> 0:31:25.280 the NFL, I'm going to be a coach. 0:31:25.520 --> 0:31:26.640 This is what I'm gonna do. 0:31:26.800 --> 0:31:29.040 How did that experience as being a ball boy kind 0:31:29.040 --> 0:31:31.600 of project forward into what you do now? 0:31:31.800 --> 0:31:33.320 I was so blessed my upbringer. 0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:35.560 My father's first job was with the Philadelphi Eagles in 0:31:35.640 --> 0:31:38.360 nineteen seventy six. We Dick for Meal, Wow and Vince 0:31:38.400 --> 0:31:42.760 Papali actually the whole Invincible. Yeah, it was all right 0:31:42.800 --> 0:31:44.920 then when we were there and I was a ball boy, 0:31:44.960 --> 0:31:47.280 so I was in a locker room and experience all 0:31:47.320 --> 0:31:49.880 of it. Ron Jaworski and those guys coach for meal, 0:31:49.920 --> 0:31:52.720 watching him coach and the grind you put the players through. 0:31:53.160 --> 0:31:55.000 And then I was also able to go to the 0:31:55.040 --> 0:31:57.400 Miami Dolphins when my dad was with Don Shula. So 0:31:57.440 --> 0:32:01.040 I'm now a ballboy with Don Shula. And here the 0:32:01.120 --> 0:32:05.680 ball boys are are Jerry Sandusky, who's radio for Baltimore now, 0:32:06.160 --> 0:32:11.959 David Schula, Mike Shula, Orangebarger's son David. We had henting. 0:32:12.520 --> 0:32:14.360 We just had a great group of guys and we 0:32:14.360 --> 0:32:17.080 were watching coach Shula coach every day, right and you're 0:32:17.080 --> 0:32:19.800 watching them coach on game Den were Monday Night football. 0:32:19.800 --> 0:32:21.120 I'm the guy with the red ex and I'm the 0:32:21.200 --> 0:32:24.400 kid throwing the ball. Listen, coach Schula coach. So from 0:32:24.720 --> 0:32:27.280 from early on it was so much fun to be 0:32:27.320 --> 0:32:29.840 around those guys and in the locker room. The first 0:32:29.840 --> 0:32:31.400 goal was I was going to be a player. I 0:32:31.480 --> 0:32:32.840 was going to be the Hall of Fame and Joe 0:32:32.920 --> 0:32:34.920 mont danas that I was going to be. That didn't 0:32:34.960 --> 0:32:36.520 work out, like I didn't work out for a lot 0:32:36.520 --> 0:32:39.280 of people, and then there was no there was no 0:32:39.440 --> 0:32:40.280 question I was going. 0:32:40.160 --> 0:32:43.040 In the coach, there was no doubt and we're blessed 0:32:43.080 --> 0:32:45.440 for it because you're the linebackers coach of the Texans. Coach, 0:32:45.440 --> 0:32:47.360 thanks a lot for joining us, good luck, thanks. 0:32:47.120 --> 0:32:48.479 For having me, guys appreciate it. 0:32:48.680 --> 0:32:49.640 Yeah, I want to get him back. 0:32:49.640 --> 0:32:52.280 There's so many things that we didn't even get a 0:32:52.360 --> 0:32:54.440 chance to ask him because we only get the coaches 0:32:54.440 --> 0:32:57.720 for about ten minutes, and so it's there's always stuff 0:32:57.720 --> 0:32:59.080 on the cutter in your floor with all these guys 0:32:59.120 --> 0:33:01.880 are so intriguing, both players and coaches, and we'd love 0:33:02.080 --> 0:33:04.040 for them to come into studio and just chop it 0:33:04.120 --> 0:33:07.480 up with Mark and I. So we appreciate the opportunity 0:33:07.960 --> 0:33:10.840 to talk with all these coaches and players. Thanks to 0:33:10.880 --> 0:33:16.600 Texans pr Omar Everett, Lindsey Ryan, Angelique, Maria. They all 0:33:16.600 --> 0:33:18.760 do such a great job and we are so thankful 0:33:18.800 --> 0:33:21.520 for all of their efforts in getting those coaches to us. 0:33:21.560 --> 0:33:24.080 Okay, every Friday, even in. 0:33:24.040 --> 0:33:26.840 A bye week, I gotta make predictions, and just the 0:33:26.880 --> 0:33:29.200 way the show came down today, I'm moving them up 0:33:29.240 --> 0:33:31.840 a little bit and we'll go back and revisit what 0:33:31.920 --> 0:33:35.000 happened in Detroit last night, because man, what a game 0:33:35.480 --> 0:33:38.360 that was Detroit, So we'll look back at that and 0:33:38.400 --> 0:33:40.640 then we'll make picks straight up and against the spread 0:33:40.720 --> 0:33:43.040 for fun for this weekend's games. 0:33:43.040 --> 0:33:45.560 That's next the Texans All Access. What's happened? Everybody? 0:33:45.560 --> 0:33:48.000 Walking back to the Friday edition of Texans All Access 0:33:48.080 --> 0:33:50.320 from the Hunday Texans Radio studio. 0:33:50.640 --> 0:33:51.520 I'm your host, John. 0:33:51.400 --> 0:33:56.200 Harris, football analystilo reporter for your Houston Texans and this 0:33:56.280 --> 0:33:57.040 is well. 0:33:57.160 --> 0:33:58.800 Typically at the end of. 0:33:58.760 --> 0:34:02.239 The first hour, we have the status report for the 0:34:02.280 --> 0:34:04.680 game and we start talking a little bit more about 0:34:04.680 --> 0:34:06.320 the game. We've gone through the keys of the game, 0:34:06.680 --> 0:34:10.880 but obviously there's no games, no keys, and no status report. 0:34:11.000 --> 0:34:13.359 We'll save that for Miami, and that's gonna get all 0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:14.680 kinds of interesting when we take on. 0:34:14.640 --> 0:34:17.560 Miami next week. But that's next week. 0:34:18.080 --> 0:34:21.239 It's bye week time. Now, that doesn't mean that the 0:34:21.320 --> 0:34:23.760 NFL is not playing, it's just us. There are six 0:34:23.880 --> 0:34:28.600 teams not playing this weekend, the Colts one of them. 0:34:29.239 --> 0:34:33.280 I believe the Ravens are one of those teams, Texas 0:34:33.360 --> 0:34:36.000 being one of those teams, and there are three others. 0:34:36.040 --> 0:34:37.799 There's six teams on a bye this week, and it's 0:34:37.880 --> 0:34:40.719 tough to get this buye so late in the year, 0:34:40.760 --> 0:34:43.600 but good to get a weekend to rest, there's no 0:34:43.719 --> 0:34:47.080 question about that. But I'm still gonna make my predictions 0:34:47.560 --> 0:34:49.920 straight up and against the spread because it's fun and 0:34:49.960 --> 0:34:52.160 the way the show kind of is configured, it was 0:34:52.280 --> 0:34:53.799 just better to do it here than to do a. 0:34:53.800 --> 0:34:56.920 Little bit later. So we're gonna jump on it right now. 0:34:57.080 --> 0:34:58.600 So give me my music. 0:35:00.160 --> 0:35:05.080 Let's start last night recapping one of the incredible football 0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:08.520 games of the year. The Detroit Lions took on the 0:35:08.560 --> 0:35:12.560 Green Bay Packers. Now, they played in Green Bay the 0:35:12.640 --> 0:35:18.160 week right before we played Detroit, and Detroit just went 0:35:18.200 --> 0:35:20.920 in there and just smacked him around at Lambeau and 0:35:20.960 --> 0:35:21.920 it wasn't even close. 0:35:22.280 --> 0:35:24.040 Jordan Love threw a touchdown pass. 0:35:24.200 --> 0:35:27.200 Excuse me, he did throw a touchdown pass, but it 0:35:27.239 --> 0:35:29.640 was to Kirby Joseph, not to Green Bay Packer. 0:35:30.400 --> 0:35:34.680 So it was a wild not a wild game in Lambeau. 0:35:34.719 --> 0:35:38.560 It was a wild game last night, and it started 0:35:39.239 --> 0:35:43.880 with David Montgomery giving Detroit a seven to nothing leap. 0:35:43.960 --> 0:35:46.880 First and Goald Montgomery in the backfield, Lions trying to 0:35:46.880 --> 0:35:49.200 strike first hand off, Montgomery. 0:35:48.760 --> 0:35:54.960 Running to the right walk in touchdown, untouched Montgomery for 0:35:55.000 --> 0:36:00.560 the score and the Lions strike first in this huge 0:36:00.880 --> 0:36:02.240 NFC North battle. 0:36:02.719 --> 0:36:05.160 Jake Bates Fugal gave the Lines a ten to nothing lead. 0:36:05.200 --> 0:36:08.080 Then it was time for the Packers star running back 0:36:08.160 --> 0:36:10.360 Josh Jacobs to cut into. 0:36:10.160 --> 0:36:14.440 The lead, first in goal from the one seventeen pass 0:36:14.440 --> 0:36:17.160 interference calls against the Detroit d this year, most of 0:36:17.200 --> 0:36:20.719 the NFL Jacobs in the backfield handoff. Jacob's running to 0:36:20.719 --> 0:36:21.360 the left. 0:36:21.360 --> 0:36:22.640 He's in touchdown. 0:36:23.640 --> 0:36:29.720 Green Bay answers strong drive the majority on the ground, 0:36:30.080 --> 0:36:32.319 and fittingly, that's how they score it. 0:36:32.400 --> 0:36:35.239 With Jacobs in the end zone. 0:36:35.440 --> 0:36:39.439 That made it ten to seven for Detroit going into 0:36:39.480 --> 0:36:43.760 the second quarter. Later in the second quarter, Jered Goff 0:36:44.320 --> 0:36:49.280 looked like he had scored on a little quarterback sneak 0:36:49.400 --> 0:36:53.560 trap sort of thing, but he had not, so that 0:36:54.080 --> 0:36:55.399 gave Detroit a couple more. 0:36:55.280 --> 0:36:58.359 Opportunities to get any end zone on fourth down. 0:36:58.440 --> 0:37:01.640 They would eventually capitalize and take a seventeen to seven 0:37:01.760 --> 0:37:05.200 lead when Jamir Gibbs ran a little circle route into 0:37:05.239 --> 0:37:08.480 the end zone, wide open seventeen to seven Lions. 0:37:08.920 --> 0:37:11.759 Twelfth play of the drive, the fourth and goal. The 0:37:11.760 --> 0:37:14.640 ball is at the two fourteen seconds left in his 0:37:14.719 --> 0:37:18.879 first half, the Kims in the backfield, shotgun, tough looking. 0:37:18.880 --> 0:37:23.120 Brows con it's gams touchdown Lions. 0:37:24.760 --> 0:37:27.759 They go for it on fourth down and they cash in. 0:37:30.000 --> 0:37:32.680 Oh yeah, that whole go for it on fourth down thing. 0:37:32.920 --> 0:37:36.200 Oh yeah, you'll hear more about that. Both good and 0:37:36.360 --> 0:37:38.560 bad for the Lions and just a little bit. But 0:37:38.680 --> 0:37:44.480 the Lions took a seventeen seven lead into halftime. The 0:37:44.520 --> 0:37:49.960 Packers came right out on fire. Jordan Love found Tuckerkraft 0:37:50.000 --> 0:37:51.640 to cut that lead to seventeen fourteen. 0:37:52.280 --> 0:37:56.080 Packers bring Chris Brooks into the game, running back out 0:37:56.080 --> 0:37:56.839 a byu. 0:37:57.040 --> 0:37:58.040 Malik heat Is. 0:37:58.080 --> 0:38:02.120 In shotgun on third and ten from the twelve of 0:38:02.200 --> 0:38:05.919 Detroit reed motion man to the near side, three receivers left. 0:38:07.160 --> 0:38:11.120 Love gets the snap, steps up, throws end zone. It's 0:38:11.239 --> 0:38:13.800 caught touchdown Tucker Craft. 0:38:16.040 --> 0:38:18.840 Jordan Love hums it in there for a twelve yard 0:38:18.880 --> 0:38:20.640 scorer and the Packers are right. 0:38:20.480 --> 0:38:20.960 Back in it. 0:38:21.280 --> 0:38:24.319 Packers weren't done down by three. They got the ball back. 0:38:24.360 --> 0:38:27.120 It was time for Josh Jacobs to give the Packers 0:38:27.160 --> 0:38:29.600 a twenty one to seventy league snap. 0:38:29.840 --> 0:38:33.280 Love handoff, Jacobs runs it inside. 0:38:32.920 --> 0:38:37.759 And Jacob's gonna take it in for the touchdown contact 0:38:38.040 --> 0:38:39.000 on Jacobs. 0:38:39.440 --> 0:38:40.719 It didn't stop him. 0:38:40.800 --> 0:38:45.600 It barely slowed him down, and somehow the Packers have 0:38:45.760 --> 0:38:46.640 taken the lead. 0:38:47.400 --> 0:38:49.680 The Lions would take the lead back on a Tim 0:38:49.760 --> 0:38:52.880 Patrick touchdown catch. Tim Patrick had a really nice ball game. 0:38:52.960 --> 0:38:56.600 It's glad to see him have that game for the Lions. 0:38:56.760 --> 0:38:59.760 The Lions got the ball back at that point ahead 0:39:00.080 --> 0:39:04.800 twenty eight to twenty four. Keep in mind lines ahead 0:39:05.160 --> 0:39:09.799 twenty eight twenty four, But they had the ball at 0:39:09.840 --> 0:39:13.000 their own thirty one yard line and faced a fourth 0:39:13.080 --> 0:39:15.680 and one, and Dan Campbell left his offense out on 0:39:15.719 --> 0:39:20.040 a field they got stuffed and Josh Jacobs will go 0:39:20.080 --> 0:39:23.520 ahead and score and give the Packers a twenty eight 0:39:23.560 --> 0:39:27.760 to twenty four lead. Goff struck again to Tim Patrick 0:39:27.840 --> 0:39:31.480 on a one yard touchdown pass to retake the lead 0:39:31.560 --> 0:39:34.440 thirty one to twenty eight. Mcmahonus hit a field goal 0:39:34.440 --> 0:39:37.520 and tie it at thirty one, and that takes us 0:39:37.560 --> 0:39:39.960 to the end of the game, fourth and one and 0:39:40.040 --> 0:39:42.280 a really interesting decision by Dan Campbell. 0:39:42.600 --> 0:39:44.359 Do I go for it? Do I not? 0:39:44.560 --> 0:39:47.400 There's forty three seconds left in the game. Packers have 0:39:47.480 --> 0:39:51.239 no timeouts, so the Lions can kick it take the 0:39:51.280 --> 0:39:53.920 lead thirty four to thirty one. But they're given the Packers, 0:39:54.160 --> 0:39:56.680 or would have given the Packers a chance to go 0:39:56.719 --> 0:39:59.560 down and tie the ball game, send it overtime. So 0:39:59.640 --> 0:40:01.560 Dan ca Ambill said, you know what, I got the 0:40:01.560 --> 0:40:03.520 best offensive line in the league. I got the best 0:40:03.560 --> 0:40:07.040 running back duo in the league. I will trust them. 0:40:07.600 --> 0:40:10.680 David Montgomery gets the first down, they're able to run 0:40:10.719 --> 0:40:13.520 the clock all the way down and kick on the 0:40:13.640 --> 0:40:15.160 last play of the game. 0:40:15.360 --> 0:40:17.680 Jake Bates did it to the Texans. Could he do 0:40:17.680 --> 0:40:20.000 it to the Packers? Yes, he could. 0:40:22.160 --> 0:40:26.360 It is the rookie Jake Bates trotting onto the field. 0:40:30.760 --> 0:40:35.359 You said his story earlier, Ian, It's really incredible. I mean, 0:40:35.440 --> 0:40:39.360 for people that aren't familiar, the guy really got signed 0:40:39.400 --> 0:40:42.279 because of what he did in the UFL in this 0:40:42.400 --> 0:40:43.920 stadium for whatever. 0:40:43.960 --> 0:40:45.800 The UFL Detroit team's name. 0:40:45.840 --> 0:40:49.279 Is the Michigan Panthers. Yeah, Michigan Panthers. This is the 0:40:49.320 --> 0:40:50.920 Michigan Panthers right now, Jakes. 0:40:51.520 --> 0:40:54.120 This is for the number one seed in the NFC, 0:40:55.440 --> 0:40:59.120 Detroit trying to move to twelve and one on the season. 0:40:59.160 --> 0:41:00.759 This is a thirty five five yard at ten. 0:41:02.000 --> 0:41:07.240 Patton to snap it Fox the holder, Jake Bates, rookie kicker, 0:41:08.640 --> 0:41:09.960 the approach, sweeps the. 0:41:10.000 --> 0:41:14.959 Leg kick on the way, He's got the Lions win. 0:41:16.920 --> 0:41:22.799 It is a new franchise record eleven straight victories for 0:41:22.880 --> 0:41:28.919 the Detroit Lions. They outlast the Packers thirty four to 0:41:28.960 --> 0:41:34.520 thirty one. Detroit moves to twelve and one, and they 0:41:34.640 --> 0:41:37.400 maintain the number one seed in the NFC. 0:41:38.560 --> 0:41:45.920 The Lions clinch a playoff berth Drama in Detroit, Oh 0:41:46.040 --> 0:41:46.560 yeah baby. 0:41:46.600 --> 0:41:48.879 There was a lot of drama in Detroit, no doubt, 0:41:48.960 --> 0:41:50.600 but the Lions get that win. 0:41:51.239 --> 0:41:52.040 In what a game. 0:41:52.280 --> 0:41:57.680 Fourth down risks. Dan Campbell is not scared, not scared. 0:41:57.840 --> 0:42:01.560 He's ahead, He'll go for a deepen on territory, needing 0:42:01.600 --> 0:42:04.440 to run out the clock. I actually thought he should 0:42:04.480 --> 0:42:06.560 have punned it when they were head by three deep 0:42:06.560 --> 0:42:07.360 of their territory. 0:42:07.440 --> 0:42:08.799 But I thought he did the right thing at the 0:42:08.840 --> 0:42:09.399 end of the game. 0:42:09.840 --> 0:42:12.759 Don't give the Packers a shot because of forty three 0:42:12.760 --> 0:42:13.479 seconds left. 0:42:13.560 --> 0:42:16.440 I mean, I tried to figure out the way. 0:42:16.280 --> 0:42:18.840 To say this, but I felt like the risk was 0:42:18.840 --> 0:42:21.160 minimized because, yeah, the Packers can go down to kick 0:42:21.160 --> 0:42:21.680 a field. 0:42:21.440 --> 0:42:22.000 Go and beat you. 0:42:22.040 --> 0:42:24.440 That's a pretty big risk, but it kind of just 0:42:24.440 --> 0:42:27.839 felt like overtime at that point, so try to keep 0:42:27.880 --> 0:42:29.440 it from actually going to overtime. 0:42:29.600 --> 0:42:31.839 I agreed with him going forward on fourth down. 0:42:32.400 --> 0:42:33.879 I was listening to the game on mute last night, 0:42:33.880 --> 0:42:36.040 so I don't know what Alan Kirk had to say, 0:42:36.040 --> 0:42:38.120 but that's the way I looked at thirty four thirty one. 0:42:38.120 --> 0:42:40.160 Detroit wins or twelve and one Green Bay falls to 0:42:40.320 --> 0:42:43.320 nine and four. You heard Iron Eagles say the Lions 0:42:43.320 --> 0:42:46.799 clinched the playoff spot. They are that much closer to 0:42:46.880 --> 0:42:52.000 clinching the NFC North, but Minnesota's played really well, so 0:42:52.040 --> 0:42:55.560 they need Minnesota to do some things. This are they 0:42:55.640 --> 0:42:57.839 playing this weekend? I mean, there's so many teams on buys. Yeah, 0:42:57.840 --> 0:43:00.160 the Vikers are playing. Oh yeah, we'll talk about that 0:43:00.200 --> 0:43:02.319 in just a second. But either way, line's that win. 0:43:02.400 --> 0:43:06.319 Jared Goff throws three touchdowns for the Lions. Jordan Love 0:43:06.360 --> 0:43:10.200 made a couple of incredible throws. Montgomery the touchdown, James 0:43:10.200 --> 0:43:12.520 Williams had eighty yards. Christian Watson was great yet on 0:43:12.600 --> 0:43:14.360 four one hundred and fourteen yards receiving. 0:43:14.719 --> 0:43:17.480 The Lions win thirty four thirty one. 0:43:17.520 --> 0:43:20.680 Okay, let's make these picks straight up and against the 0:43:20.760 --> 0:43:24.080 spread throughout the league. The Saints are taking on the Giants. 0:43:25.480 --> 0:43:27.960 These teams are I mean, the Saints, I guess are 0:43:28.040 --> 0:43:32.960 still in it in the NFC South, but I just 0:43:33.200 --> 0:43:34.839 I don't know. I don't know what to expect from 0:43:34.840 --> 0:43:37.160 the Giants. It's probably Drew Locke, you know, Let's go 0:43:37.200 --> 0:43:39.640 at Drew Locke to get a cover for the Saints 0:43:39.719 --> 0:43:40.959 to get a win on the road. 0:43:41.000 --> 0:43:43.279 It's five and a half to spread, so let's go. 0:43:43.920 --> 0:43:46.800 Let's go. Saints win. Giants cover, Brown Steelers. 0:43:46.800 --> 0:43:49.040 They played a few weeks ago and the Browns upset 0:43:49.040 --> 0:43:49.520 the Steelers. 0:43:49.560 --> 0:43:52.319 Steelers are six and a half point favorites on the road. 0:43:52.320 --> 0:43:56.680 Make sure you're watching this on AFC North, Hard Knocks 0:43:56.680 --> 0:43:58.560 on HBO, because fantastic stuff. 0:43:58.560 --> 0:43:59.400 I'm gonna go. Steelers win. 0:43:59.440 --> 0:44:02.440 They're gonna get a little bit of revenge against Jamis 0:44:02.560 --> 0:44:04.640 Winston and the Browns in a short week play on 0:44:04.640 --> 0:44:06.680 Monday night, and they gotta go on the road to 0:44:06.680 --> 0:44:08.560 take on the Steelers. It's a bus ride, so it's 0:44:08.600 --> 0:44:12.719 not that bad. But Steelers wins. Steelers cover. Kirko is 0:44:12.800 --> 0:44:14.960 not playing well for the Atlanta Falcons, and now he 0:44:15.040 --> 0:44:17.480 goes back to take on as former team in Minnesota Vikings. 0:44:17.520 --> 0:44:20.040 The Vikings favored by six. I think they will jump 0:44:20.160 --> 0:44:23.320 all over the Falcons and all over Kirk Cousins. Won't 0:44:23.320 --> 0:44:25.600 be surprised to see Michael Pennix at the end of 0:44:25.600 --> 0:44:28.680 this one. Minnesota wins and covers the six. The Raiders 0:44:28.960 --> 0:44:32.240 taking on the Buccaneers. A and O'Connell's playing much much better, 0:44:32.880 --> 0:44:34.719 but the Buccaneers are right back in the thick of 0:44:34.800 --> 0:44:37.920 things in the NFC South, Buccaneers are fair by six 0:44:38.000 --> 0:44:40.640 and a half. They're gonna win this thing and win 0:44:40.719 --> 0:44:44.040 it by seven or more. Bucks win go to seven 0:44:44.080 --> 0:44:46.160 and six. That'll be a big one. If the Vikings 0:44:46.200 --> 0:44:49.319 win like I thought, that puts the Bucks atop the 0:44:49.480 --> 0:44:52.959 NFC South. Panthers taking on Eagles. The Panthers have played 0:44:53.040 --> 0:44:57.040 much much better lately, but Eagles are favored by fourteen 0:44:57.480 --> 0:44:58.240 for a reason. 0:44:58.520 --> 0:45:00.200 They're gonna win this thing by twenty. 0:45:00.480 --> 0:45:06.120 Let's go thirty four fourteen winn and cover for the Eagles. 0:45:06.200 --> 0:45:07.160 Jags Titans. 0:45:08.480 --> 0:45:11.040 I'd like to see the Titans lose this thing because 0:45:11.040 --> 0:45:12.919 the Titans have ten losses too, and then both would 0:45:12.920 --> 0:45:13.920 be out of the playoffs. 0:45:14.000 --> 0:45:14.560 But either way. 0:45:14.880 --> 0:45:17.640 Tennessee three and a half point favorite. This probably should 0:45:17.640 --> 0:45:23.279 be with the Jags playing Mac Jones. I think, man, 0:45:23.360 --> 0:45:25.279 this is a tough one. I think the Titans are 0:45:25.280 --> 0:45:27.040 gonna win this thing at home. But at three and 0:45:27.080 --> 0:45:29.439 a hook, I don't know who I love. So let's 0:45:29.480 --> 0:45:31.839 go Titans win this, but the Jaguars get inside that number. 0:45:31.920 --> 0:45:36.640 Let's go twenty to seventeen. Twenty seventeen. Titans win, but 0:45:36.880 --> 0:45:40.440 Jaguars get a cover. Jets Dolphins down in Miami. Miami 0:45:40.440 --> 0:45:42.880 favorite by six, coming off that Thanksgiving. 0:45:42.440 --> 0:45:43.720 Loss to the Packers. 0:45:43.760 --> 0:45:46.960 They've had the little mini by I think Dolphins arrested. 0:45:47.160 --> 0:45:49.560 Dolphins favored by six. I think they beat up the Jets. 0:45:49.600 --> 0:45:52.560 The Jets have just opened a can of quit. Forget 0:45:52.600 --> 0:45:55.400 about it, it had done. Yeah, they're done. Miami wins 0:45:55.400 --> 0:45:58.560 this thing by seven or more. Dolphins moved to six 0:45:58.600 --> 0:46:00.760 and seven with the win, and they get a Seahawks 0:46:00.800 --> 0:46:03.719 and Cardinals. That's gonna be a funball game in Arizona. 0:46:04.080 --> 0:46:09.120 Geno Smith played okay for the Seahawks, not great, but 0:46:09.200 --> 0:46:12.880 then he'll play well enough to make this one close. 0:46:13.080 --> 0:46:15.600 But in the end, Arizona's gonna come away with the win. 0:46:15.640 --> 0:46:18.320 I think Arizona's tough to beat at home. Arizona's gonna 0:46:18.320 --> 0:46:21.160 move to seven and six on the year, and Arizona 0:46:21.200 --> 0:46:23.160 will cover that two and a half points. 0:46:23.160 --> 0:46:24.160 That's what their favorite buy. 0:46:24.280 --> 0:46:26.719 Bill's going on to take a Bill's going out to 0:46:26.880 --> 0:46:30.480 La one week after clinching the AFC East, but they 0:46:30.520 --> 0:46:33.480 have designs on that number one seed in the af seed. 0:46:34.239 --> 0:46:36.880 The Rams just kind of beat up, but the defense 0:46:36.920 --> 0:46:39.000 plays well. The defense will give it a go for 0:46:39.040 --> 0:46:41.200 a while, but in the end, the Bills will win 0:46:41.280 --> 0:46:43.680 this thing. They'll win it by a touchdown. Let's go 0:46:43.840 --> 0:46:46.120 thirty one twenty four. That'll cover the three and a 0:46:46.160 --> 0:46:49.120 half Bill's gonna win and cover out in La. Bears 0:46:49.160 --> 0:46:52.799 taking on the forty nine Ers. Two teams are just 0:46:53.040 --> 0:46:55.880 kind of messes right now. For the forty nine Ers, 0:46:55.880 --> 0:46:59.799 it's injuries. For the Bears, Matt Eberflu's gone. Now you've 0:46:59.800 --> 0:47:04.640 got Thomas Brown as zerum head coach and yoc it's 0:47:04.680 --> 0:47:07.600 been all just it's been crap for the Bears since midseason, 0:47:07.680 --> 0:47:09.040 since I lost to the Commanders. 0:47:09.239 --> 0:47:09.919 It's been ugly. 0:47:10.200 --> 0:47:12.080 Let's go forty nine Ers to win this thing and 0:47:12.120 --> 0:47:13.640 cover that three and a half they'll win this thing 0:47:13.680 --> 0:47:16.319 by ten. Let's go thirty to twenty forty nine, Ers 0:47:16.360 --> 0:47:18.920 win and get the six and seven Chargers. Chiefs is 0:47:18.920 --> 0:47:22.000 a wonderful Sunday night game. Chiefs at home. They're favored 0:47:22.040 --> 0:47:25.080 by four. They played every game right at that number 0:47:25.360 --> 0:47:27.520 about four, But I think they win this thing by seven. 0:47:27.600 --> 0:47:30.680 Let's go thirty four to twenty seven. Herbert keeps it close, 0:47:30.760 --> 0:47:34.719 but the Chiefs win and cover the Monday Night Bengals Cowboys. 0:47:35.320 --> 0:47:36.440 It's the Simpsons game. 0:47:36.480 --> 0:47:37.399 It's ud be pretty fun. 0:47:37.640 --> 0:47:40.320 Since he's favored by five in Dallas, I'm going Dallas 0:47:40.320 --> 0:47:43.120 in the upset to win and then obviously cover Dallas 0:47:43.200 --> 0:47:46.480 in and upset. How about that? Okay, that finishes the 0:47:46.480 --> 0:47:49.240 first hour. We get back. It's time for Frank Ross, 0:47:49.360 --> 0:47:51.520 the Boss, to join us next right here in Texans 0:47:51.560 --> 0:47:53.399 All Access. We go on our down one are left 0:47:53.400 --> 0:47:55.640 to go right here on a Friday edition of Texans 0:47:55.640 --> 0:47:58.319 All Access. I'm your host, John Harris Football Analysts. It's 0:47:58.360 --> 0:48:01.799 time to talk to our buddy Frank Ross. Yes, Frank 0:48:01.880 --> 0:48:04.920 Ross is the Boss special teams coordinator. We had fun 0:48:04.960 --> 0:48:07.480 conversation with him back a couple of weeks ago talking 0:48:07.480 --> 0:48:09.600 about special teams kickoffs could have. 0:48:09.520 --> 0:48:11.920 Gone off for twenty minutes. We went about five. So 0:48:11.960 --> 0:48:14.680 here we go coach Ross with Mark and. 0:48:15.160 --> 0:48:18.560 In studio with us now special teams coordinator Frank Ross, coach, 0:48:18.640 --> 0:48:19.239 Great to see you. 0:48:19.280 --> 0:48:19.799 How's it going? 0:48:19.920 --> 0:48:20.560 Ready to roll? 0:48:20.640 --> 0:48:21.400 Thanks for having me. 0:48:21.520 --> 0:48:23.520 That sounds rather some dude for you. I know we 0:48:23.560 --> 0:48:25.000 have a few days before the game. 0:48:25.080 --> 0:48:26.720 It's about the crescendo, Bill. 0:48:26.719 --> 0:48:29.439 Yeah, but you have to bring it in practice every day, right, 0:48:29.520 --> 0:48:31.040 and you want your guys to do that too. 0:48:31.120 --> 0:48:32.759 During some times you have to work with that. 0:48:33.160 --> 0:48:35.960 We operate on a full capacity and then you just 0:48:36.040 --> 0:48:37.919 run out at some point. Right now, we're not running out, 0:48:37.920 --> 0:48:41.600 so we'll tempo it down when we call it a retirement. 0:48:41.760 --> 0:48:43.839 So Frank, I think about you a lot of night 0:48:43.880 --> 0:48:47.120 games because I think about the energy you bring and 0:48:47.200 --> 0:48:50.840 how hard that must be to like harness that whole 0:48:50.880 --> 0:48:56.200 thing until seven whatever at night. How tough is that 0:48:57.040 --> 0:48:59.000 for a guy that has as much energy as you 0:48:59.040 --> 0:49:01.080 do to just kind of chill and kind of like 0:49:01.200 --> 0:49:04.359 let it build as opposed to just be amped all 0:49:04.480 --> 0:49:05.720 day and then run out by halftime. 0:49:05.800 --> 0:49:07.640 Yeah, that's a great question. Honestly, I know a lot 0:49:07.640 --> 0:49:10.640 of guys that preferred day games. You wake up, got 0:49:10.640 --> 0:49:14.440 your routine and start, and there is an element of 0:49:14.680 --> 0:49:18.680 anxious weight during those those long hours before the game. 0:49:18.800 --> 0:49:21.640 So everybody's got their own way. I just know this. 0:49:21.680 --> 0:49:23.480 When the football is kicked off in the NFL, there's 0:49:23.480 --> 0:49:26.319 nothing better on planet Earth. So it's not something that 0:49:26.360 --> 0:49:27.920 you have to get hyped up, or if you do, 0:49:28.320 --> 0:49:29.440 got to find a new line of work. 0:49:29.640 --> 0:49:31.319 That's a good point, all right, coach, it's time to 0:49:31.320 --> 0:49:34.480 get the review dynamic kickoff thoughts? 0:49:34.840 --> 0:49:38.040 Is that the word dynamics still? Yeah, so there's some 0:49:38.040 --> 0:49:40.520 sarcasm there for anybody who didn't catch that. 0:49:40.600 --> 0:49:43.120 But I think I think a couple things. 0:49:43.160 --> 0:49:46.720 One, we have some midseason reports amongst the special teams 0:49:46.760 --> 0:49:51.520 coaches getting a little inside information here that the injuries 0:49:51.560 --> 0:49:54.759 are down. Okay, they've accomplished the goals of like, there's 0:49:54.800 --> 0:49:59.080 no lex injuries or a plummet of those which lex 0:49:59.200 --> 0:50:01.919 is the lower extre the hamstring pulls on a touch 0:50:02.000 --> 0:50:04.479 back for your guys that are flying down in case 0:50:04.600 --> 0:50:06.360 the ball were to be brought out of the end 0:50:06.440 --> 0:50:08.840 zone a year ago and you pull a hamstring or 0:50:08.880 --> 0:50:13.799 an unintended collision on a touchback that results in a concussion. 0:50:14.200 --> 0:50:16.360 So I think the NFL that's you know, one of 0:50:16.360 --> 0:50:19.560 the main things that definitely at this point seems to 0:50:19.560 --> 0:50:23.480 be something that's trending positive for the new play. They're 0:50:23.520 --> 0:50:25.840 definitely gonna be some iterations moving forward, in my opinion, 0:50:25.920 --> 0:50:30.440 I hope. So there's so many restrictions, right, so two 0:50:30.480 --> 0:50:32.879 players outside the numbers for the kickoff team, you can't 0:50:32.920 --> 0:50:35.640 move two players between the numbers and the hash. You 0:50:35.680 --> 0:50:38.640 can't move two players between the hashes. So that is 0:50:38.719 --> 0:50:44.880 a landlocked like you are. Your perimeters are standardized, so 0:50:45.000 --> 0:50:47.120 you know that. So the kickoff team says, okay, that 0:50:47.160 --> 0:50:49.879 backside player, this front side player, they can only get 0:50:49.880 --> 0:50:53.439 to so many places. Conversely, on the other side, there's 0:50:53.480 --> 0:50:56.360 not as much flexibility as we thought that would provide 0:50:56.800 --> 0:51:00.360 these you know, these beautiful swing returns that kind of 0:51:00.640 --> 0:51:03.520 set left and go right. And then relative to the 0:51:03.600 --> 0:51:06.640 XFL picture that everybody thought it was gonna be, kickers 0:51:06.640 --> 0:51:08.920 are better, cover players are better. Yes, So you know 0:51:08.960 --> 0:51:11.399 you have nevill Hewett flying down the field, alright, flying 0:51:11.400 --> 0:51:13.000 down the field, it might be a different story no 0:51:13.040 --> 0:51:15.120 offense to the XFL. It just you know, the guys 0:51:15.120 --> 0:51:18.640 are moving faster, so it's definitely provided some challenges and 0:51:18.680 --> 0:51:22.600 it's become a little bit more routinized and standardized. So 0:51:23.520 --> 0:51:25.759 we're gonna continue to see if it can become more 0:51:26.120 --> 0:51:27.560 exciting as we move forward with it. 0:51:28.040 --> 0:51:30.960 You've answered this before, but it's a new year. So 0:51:31.000 --> 0:51:34.600 the conversations that take place with coach Ryan's on let's 0:51:34.680 --> 0:51:36.520 kick it to the one or let's just bash it 0:51:36.520 --> 0:51:39.000 through the back of the end zone, time of the game, 0:51:39.480 --> 0:51:41.000 situation with the return man. 0:51:41.080 --> 0:51:42.000 What goes into all that. 0:51:42.120 --> 0:51:43.920 Yeah, you kind of hit on some of those things 0:51:43.960 --> 0:51:48.040 we talked about before. But yardage situation, who's covering for us, 0:51:48.080 --> 0:51:51.080 what has happened previously or earlier in the game. We 0:51:51.239 --> 0:51:53.919 mentioned this well just with the local media about Green 0:51:53.960 --> 0:51:56.080 Bay when we were up there and win one side 0:51:56.080 --> 0:51:57.719 of the field or the other. All those things are 0:51:57.760 --> 0:52:00.440 gonna matter. How can we cover how had gone to 0:52:00.480 --> 0:52:02.279 this point, what do they need to do in the 0:52:02.320 --> 0:52:03.360 game to get points? 0:52:03.800 --> 0:52:05.640 So all those are always going to factor. 0:52:06.200 --> 0:52:10.439 And to mention what you had referenced earlier last week, 0:52:10.560 --> 0:52:13.320 we were trying to put the ball in play quickly 0:52:13.760 --> 0:52:17.400 or I would say perfect placement and it goes an 0:52:17.400 --> 0:52:17.839 inch past. 0:52:17.920 --> 0:52:20.239 That's a good miss. There's no such thing as good 0:52:20.280 --> 0:52:21.480 like that is a good miss. 0:52:21.640 --> 0:52:24.040 So if they don't want to return it, that's their 0:52:24.080 --> 0:52:26.000 prerogative and we just have to just there. 0:52:26.120 --> 0:52:29.319 Coach one more for you, the punting game obviously, as 0:52:29.320 --> 0:52:32.520 far as coverage, putting itself, all of it. 0:52:32.680 --> 0:52:34.759 Your thoughts on the performance so far this year. 0:52:35.000 --> 0:52:37.920 Yeah, I think that this season we're playing our best 0:52:37.920 --> 0:52:40.440 football right now, and I think that showed out Tommy 0:52:40.480 --> 0:52:43.040 letting it rip with direction hang. We saw the gunners, 0:52:43.280 --> 0:52:46.040 I mean, other coach coordinators and coaches from other teams 0:52:46.080 --> 0:52:48.080 are commenting on our gunner play. 0:52:48.239 --> 0:52:49.480 Mishap early in the season. 0:52:49.480 --> 0:52:51.560 With protection, I thought we did a great job in 0:52:51.640 --> 0:52:56.280 protection the last few weeks, not only assignment, but actually 0:52:56.600 --> 0:52:59.920 physically dominating at the point of attack when rushers are coming. 0:53:00.080 --> 0:53:02.479 You're not just collecting a rusher, You're striking that guy. 0:53:02.880 --> 0:53:05.560 And really happy with where that's been. And to be 0:53:05.600 --> 0:53:07.640 able to flip the field in a big football game 0:53:07.800 --> 0:53:11.280 like that's everything. So to fight down there cover like banshees, 0:53:11.360 --> 0:53:13.800 that's what we want every week. I want you guys 0:53:14.080 --> 0:53:16.920 to as the guys calling the game, I want you 0:53:16.960 --> 0:53:19.840 to look at the special teams unit and say, those 0:53:19.880 --> 0:53:22.640 guys are playing violent and fast. 0:53:22.920 --> 0:53:24.680 I'm fired up, Coach, I'm ready to play next. 0:53:25.400 --> 0:53:26.279 Let's go call this game. 0:53:26.320 --> 0:53:28.280 Thanks a lot, Coach, good luck, thanks to you guys. 0:53:28.360 --> 0:53:30.239 Coming up next is a feel good Friday, and if 0:53:30.280 --> 0:53:33.400 Frank Ross doesn't make it feel good, Demko Ryans will 0:53:33.640 --> 0:53:36.480 for sure that's next right here in Texans All Access, 0:53:36.680 --> 0:53:38.920 Welcome back to this Friday edition of Texans All Access, 0:53:39.000 --> 0:53:43.439 a bye week Friday All Access Show. Appreciate you being 0:53:43.440 --> 0:53:46.479 with me John Harris, Football and sideline Reporter for your 0:53:46.600 --> 0:53:50.000 Houston Texans. But it's also a feel good Friday, so 0:53:50.040 --> 0:53:52.600 that means Demico Ryans, we had a chance to catch 0:53:52.680 --> 0:53:56.200 up with coach after the win against Jacksonville before everybody 0:53:56.239 --> 0:53:58.400 took off for the buye some great stuff and it 0:53:58.440 --> 0:54:00.200 makes you feel good on a Friday. 0:54:00.280 --> 0:54:02.680 Let's go coach with me and. 0:54:02.719 --> 0:54:04.360 Mark joining us in studio. 0:54:04.440 --> 0:54:07.480 Head Coach, Demiko riants Coach, happy bye week, here. 0:54:07.320 --> 0:54:09.960 We are, Happy bye week, finally here, finally here. 0:54:10.000 --> 0:54:12.120 It's only been since mid July, Coach. 0:54:12.200 --> 0:54:14.759 It's been a long run, but you come into the 0:54:14.800 --> 0:54:17.880 by having beaten Jacksonville, and let's start there because at 0:54:17.880 --> 0:54:20.279 the end of the game, you kill the clock with 0:54:20.400 --> 0:54:22.560 the ground game, and I know you're all fired up 0:54:22.600 --> 0:54:26.000 about that. Guys blocking Joe running. You got the job done. 0:54:26.120 --> 0:54:26.719 Ended the game. 0:54:26.800 --> 0:54:27.000 Yeah. 0:54:27.000 --> 0:54:28.799 I love to see the way we ended that game 0:54:28.880 --> 0:54:31.239 right offensively. Did not want to put the defense back 0:54:31.239 --> 0:54:33.200 out on the field, so they knew we were. 0:54:33.160 --> 0:54:34.600 Running the ball. We knew were running. 0:54:35.000 --> 0:54:37.680 He's talking through it with Bobby, He's going with our 0:54:37.719 --> 0:54:39.960 best run of the day and we show up and 0:54:40.320 --> 0:54:42.800 it's no more important block on that play than Robert 0:54:42.840 --> 0:54:44.720 Woods coming into the screen. 0:54:44.840 --> 0:54:45.319 Robert Is. 0:54:45.360 --> 0:54:47.719 We put Robert to block their linebacker. He did an 0:54:47.719 --> 0:54:50.960 exceptional job of blocking him. Our tight ends were great 0:54:51.000 --> 0:54:54.839 on that play as well, larring me. Excellent jobs lost everybody. 0:54:54.960 --> 0:54:56.600 Is what we talk about in the run game, getting 0:54:56.600 --> 0:54:59.960 a hat on a hat and controlling the line of scrimming, 0:55:00.160 --> 0:55:02.320 moving guys off the line of scrimms. That's how she 0:55:02.560 --> 0:55:04.759 looked right there, and that was a fun way to 0:55:04.880 --> 0:55:07.319 end the game, you know, to make sure we're going 0:55:07.360 --> 0:55:10.560 out in victory formationon and kneeling it out. Love to 0:55:10.560 --> 0:55:11.879 see that every single time. 0:55:12.200 --> 0:55:15.319 That's both times on a road Division game. Did it 0:55:15.400 --> 0:55:17.719 Indian Week one? You did it in Jacksonville finishing it 0:55:17.760 --> 0:55:21.000 that way and that's so it's fulfilling. But coach, that's 0:55:21.040 --> 0:55:22.640 ten nice of this to you after the game. That's 0:55:22.680 --> 0:55:26.759 ten straight road Division wins for the Texans. I don't 0:55:26.800 --> 0:55:28.520 ask you if there's any secret sauce and or once 0:55:28.600 --> 0:55:31.000 you give that up, but what is it about playing 0:55:31.160 --> 0:55:33.480 on the road in the division where you guys sort 0:55:33.520 --> 0:55:35.080 of light up a little bit and go get wins? 0:55:35.400 --> 0:55:37.080 I wish it was one thing I could put my 0:55:37.719 --> 0:55:39.879 head on that it was, you know, one thing here 0:55:39.920 --> 0:55:42.279 playing on the road, But it's really just the way 0:55:42.320 --> 0:55:46.640 our guys showed up mentally yesterday. That was that was it. 0:55:46.760 --> 0:55:49.720 Like we were in a great spot. Everybody was playing 0:55:49.800 --> 0:55:52.319 to win the game like and that was that's what 0:55:52.360 --> 0:55:55.520 you felt, the effort right, the mindset, how guys were 0:55:55.520 --> 0:55:58.239 finishing like that's what it takes every time you line up. 0:55:58.480 --> 0:56:01.319 We're not playing to not lose, you play to win. 0:56:01.520 --> 0:56:02.959 And that's that's what I saw. 0:56:03.160 --> 0:56:05.799 Did you have any concern at all that that might 0:56:05.840 --> 0:56:08.719 be the case that we've had twelve long weeks this 0:56:08.800 --> 0:56:10.160 is the thirteenth week. 0:56:10.560 --> 0:56:12.520 Man, where are they going to be physically? Where are 0:56:12.520 --> 0:56:14.280 they're going to be? Meantal, did you have a concern 0:56:14.320 --> 0:56:15.960 about that heading into the game, because. 0:56:15.760 --> 0:56:18.000 For sure, that's my concern, just when you go at 0:56:18.040 --> 0:56:20.759 it for such a long time, like it's draining, like 0:56:21.000 --> 0:56:24.560 especially physically on the body. We play a very physical sport. 0:56:24.880 --> 0:56:27.560 It's taxing on the body. And a lot of people 0:56:27.600 --> 0:56:29.960 don't see. I mean, you have these a lot of 0:56:29.960 --> 0:56:31.640 guys that are going through It may not be a 0:56:31.880 --> 0:56:35.360 really significant injury, but guys will have these nicks and 0:56:35.480 --> 0:56:37.719 bumps that they have to kind of fight through all 0:56:37.760 --> 0:56:40.640 the time, right, And I just have so much respect 0:56:40.719 --> 0:56:43.919 for the guys knowing that the pounding that they put 0:56:43.920 --> 0:56:46.840 on their bodies, and to go thirteen straight weeks without 0:56:46.840 --> 0:56:49.320 taking a break, and it was it was definitely in 0:56:49.400 --> 0:56:51.400 my mind like that we just have to push through 0:56:51.960 --> 0:56:54.319 and got to muster how to win even though our 0:56:54.360 --> 0:56:55.840 guys are physically exhausted. 0:56:56.000 --> 0:56:57.040 I want to go back to the end of the 0:56:57.040 --> 0:56:58.960 game for a moment because it's third and five and 0:56:59.000 --> 0:57:01.920 you said you're best running play, ready to go. But 0:57:02.200 --> 0:57:03.919 as the head coach, you also have to be ready 0:57:03.920 --> 0:57:05.000 for those tough decisions. 0:57:05.040 --> 0:57:06.640 What if it's fourth and one, fourth and. 0:57:06.640 --> 0:57:08.360 Two, are we gonna pun are we gonna go for 0:57:08.480 --> 0:57:09.959 it try to end the game that way. 0:57:10.160 --> 0:57:11.680 You always have to think ahead like that. 0:57:11.840 --> 0:57:14.160 Yeah, you always have to think ahead. Of course, every 0:57:14.160 --> 0:57:16.000 play you think this is gonna get the first down, 0:57:16.040 --> 0:57:19.919 but you're already kind of thinking of head and that situation, Like, man, 0:57:19.960 --> 0:57:23.120 I'm just whatever our best run is in that situation, 0:57:23.200 --> 0:57:25.800 I was thinking first down only, like, let's makes it 0:57:25.880 --> 0:57:28.360 we get But if we you know, we were in 0:57:28.360 --> 0:57:30.160 that situation and we had to punt the ball. 0:57:30.200 --> 0:57:31.880 We had to punt it and go play defense. 0:57:32.400 --> 0:57:34.400 Coach, you gave the offensive line of game ball. 0:57:34.440 --> 0:57:35.640 We talked about this a little bit. 0:57:35.880 --> 0:57:37.280 They got a couple of sacks. 0:57:37.040 --> 0:57:41.120 Early on, early game, early game, running not getting as much, 0:57:41.160 --> 0:57:42.600 and then all of a sudden, it was that drive 0:57:43.360 --> 0:57:43.960 in the third quarter. 0:57:44.040 --> 0:57:45.040 We got this six to six. 0:57:45.120 --> 0:57:47.440 You had that five play drive and they opened up 0:57:47.520 --> 0:57:49.280 Joe that long run and they Joe scored in the 0:57:49.320 --> 0:57:51.200 next one. I feel like after that you really kind 0:57:51.240 --> 0:57:54.200 of broke the damn in a sense of running the football. 0:57:54.440 --> 0:57:55.800 When you went back and looked at the tape, how 0:57:55.800 --> 0:57:57.800 did you kind of assess what the offensive line was 0:57:57.840 --> 0:57:58.240 able to do? 0:57:58.440 --> 0:57:59.480 Yeah, and that's that was it. 0:57:59.520 --> 0:57:59.680 Man. 0:57:59.720 --> 0:58:02.880 They they stayed after it in the run game, the 0:58:02.920 --> 0:58:05.600 passing game. Like the protection I thought was really one 0:58:05.640 --> 0:58:08.480 of our best days of protecting. We got a few 0:58:08.520 --> 0:58:11.040 of the same pressures we've seen getting forward to a side. 0:58:11.040 --> 0:58:14.320 I thought our guys handled that really well. They communicated well, 0:58:15.040 --> 0:58:18.480 but overall they gave CJ toime in the protection piece. 0:58:18.520 --> 0:58:20.640 In the run game, I think we're just staying after it, 0:58:21.040 --> 0:58:23.680 staying after and kind of wearing those guys down. I 0:58:23.720 --> 0:58:27.280 think that's what really made us have a good day. 0:58:27.320 --> 0:58:28.120 In the running game. 0:58:28.200 --> 0:58:31.160 I mean, Laramie did a really great job playing physical 0:58:31.640 --> 0:58:34.160 all game, Juice had one of his better games, saw 0:58:34.160 --> 0:58:38.240 a step there and improving. Just guys are getting better, 0:58:38.440 --> 0:58:40.760 and that's what's so cool to see about. You know, 0:58:40.800 --> 0:58:42.640 where we are at this point in the season, to 0:58:42.720 --> 0:58:46.360 still speak about how we're improving and getting better down 0:58:46.400 --> 0:58:49.480 the stretch like that's it's encouraging to see how much 0:58:49.520 --> 0:58:53.160 better our team can be when everybody's firing on the 0:58:53.200 --> 0:58:53.840 same cylinder. 0:58:54.000 --> 0:58:56.720 Does it surprise even you how much of a leader 0:58:56.880 --> 0:58:59.760 Joe has been for this football team and how effective 0:58:59.800 --> 0:59:02.240 I'm field as well. I know you're expecting good things, 0:59:02.280 --> 0:59:04.400 but these are amazing things you're getting. 0:59:04.200 --> 0:59:04.600 Out of him. 0:59:04.640 --> 0:59:07.320 Yeah, I mean it's not surprising just watching him when 0:59:07.320 --> 0:59:09.680 it first came into the building, Like you just feel 0:59:09.680 --> 0:59:13.440 the guy who had confidence, right, so he was sure 0:59:13.480 --> 0:59:15.760 that he's gonna turn out. Yo, He's gonna get yards, 0:59:15.760 --> 0:59:18.120 he's gonna make plays. And you felt that. And he's 0:59:18.160 --> 0:59:21.080 been the same guy from my first interaction with him 0:59:21.080 --> 0:59:23.720 when he first stepped in the building until now. Like 0:59:24.280 --> 0:59:26.240 he brings that swagger I talk about all the time. 0:59:26.240 --> 0:59:29.240 You bring a swagger in a confidence that he brings. 0:59:29.280 --> 0:59:31.200 He brings it to our entire group, and I think 0:59:31.280 --> 0:59:34.440 the old line everyone feedes off it. They're asking, like, 0:59:34.440 --> 0:59:37.400 can we run the ball again? Because they know what 0:59:37.640 --> 0:59:40.640 Joe can create even if it's not there. It's one 0:59:40.680 --> 0:59:44.240 play where the Jacksonville Jaguard they lined up kind of 0:59:44.240 --> 0:59:46.920 on the wrong side and they got to overload to 0:59:46.960 --> 0:59:49.120 our left and we're running the ball to the left. 0:59:49.160 --> 0:59:51.040 But Joe's able to put a foot in the ground 0:59:51.440 --> 0:59:55.240 and create his own explosive run just by being, you know, 0:59:55.280 --> 0:59:57.800 a dynamic player playing with great visions. So when you 0:59:57.840 --> 1:00:00.520 have a guy like that, even though you're into a 1:00:00.560 --> 1:00:03.240 brick wall, he can hit put his foot in the 1:00:03.280 --> 1:00:04.880 ground and go make a play on his own. 1:00:04.960 --> 1:00:05.959 That's big time play. 1:00:06.080 --> 1:00:07.920 And this is kind of your vision for the offense, 1:00:08.000 --> 1:00:10.160 right because CJ Is still throwing the ball a lot, 1:00:10.200 --> 1:00:13.480 your top five in passing yards, your quarterback is and 1:00:13.600 --> 1:00:15.560 Joe's doing what he's doing third in the league in 1:00:15.640 --> 1:00:17.840 yards per game. So it's all kind of working together 1:00:17.960 --> 1:00:19.680 right now. You want to see that continue it is. 1:00:19.720 --> 1:00:23.200 It's about being having a balance attack right on offense. Right, 1:00:23.240 --> 1:00:24.840 we can throw it when we need to throw it, 1:00:24.840 --> 1:00:26.560 and also when you can run the ball, it just 1:00:26.600 --> 1:00:29.240 makes it easier. Right now, we wanted to lean heavy 1:00:29.280 --> 1:00:32.040 on our play action pass game versus the Jags. We're 1:00:32.080 --> 1:00:34.600 only able to do that because of what we can 1:00:34.640 --> 1:00:36.520 do in the running game. Like you can only get 1:00:36.560 --> 1:00:39.400 the second level defenders to step up if you're effective 1:00:39.400 --> 1:00:40.840 at running the football, and so. 1:00:41.880 --> 1:00:44.000 It goes hand in hand. Right running the. 1:00:43.920 --> 1:00:47.280 Ball leads to Nico being open in the middle of 1:00:47.320 --> 1:00:50.000 the field with no defenders around him. So we just 1:00:50.040 --> 1:00:53.200 continue to work on that, having balance and making sure 1:00:53.280 --> 1:00:55.320 we're executing on all phases. 1:00:55.480 --> 1:00:58.480 Katcho's asking about fatigue level at this point of the 1:00:58.480 --> 1:01:01.080 you're both mental and physical, and you were asked about 1:01:01.800 --> 1:01:02.440 the rookies. 1:01:02.480 --> 1:01:04.680 You know, they thirteen year row. I mean, that's tough 1:01:04.680 --> 1:01:06.479 to learn. They're learning the game. 1:01:08.120 --> 1:01:10.560 Thought about the rookies that have been on the field, 1:01:11.080 --> 1:01:13.360 I felt like even though yesterday got beat on the 1:01:13.400 --> 1:01:17.120 one touchdown, Kamari was involved in the run game all 1:01:17.160 --> 1:01:18.000 game all like. 1:01:18.080 --> 1:01:19.600 He was diving into plays. 1:01:19.640 --> 1:01:22.560 He was there and for our listeners out there, if 1:01:22.560 --> 1:01:24.240 they want to go see the difference and how you 1:01:24.280 --> 1:01:27.400 play it as a defensive back, watch the Jaguars defensive 1:01:27.440 --> 1:01:29.160 back on our last play with Joe Mixon. 1:01:28.920 --> 1:01:29.400 Around the ball. 1:01:29.440 --> 1:01:30.240 He won any part of that. 1:01:30.680 --> 1:01:34.480 Kamari wanted every piece of every Teal jersey that was 1:01:34.480 --> 1:01:37.520 coming his way. We've talked about what you like about him, 1:01:37.680 --> 1:01:39.640 but to see him doing that in week thirteen, I 1:01:39.640 --> 1:01:41.080 thought that was a really big feather in the cap. 1:01:41.120 --> 1:01:42.960 What do you think about how he played yesterday and 1:01:42.960 --> 1:01:44.440 when he gave you in the run defense. 1:01:44.520 --> 1:01:47.000 Yeah, his intensity and the way he shows up as 1:01:47.040 --> 1:01:50.600 a corner. The physicality is it's unmassed, Like you don't 1:01:50.640 --> 1:01:53.360 see corners stepping up in the run game the way 1:01:53.440 --> 1:01:57.040 Kamari does. Like in a way he just flies around 1:01:57.200 --> 1:02:00.600 to the football like it's fun to watch, and corners 1:02:00.600 --> 1:02:03.880 are physical and they're tackling. That's the makings of a 1:02:03.920 --> 1:02:06.880 physical defense. The same on the other side. I talk 1:02:06.880 --> 1:02:10.280 about Robert and his blocking on the perimeter, Like your 1:02:10.280 --> 1:02:14.120 receivers are blocking, your corners are tackling. That's physical football, 1:02:14.160 --> 1:02:16.920 right everybody else on the inside, that's a given. You 1:02:17.040 --> 1:02:19.360 have to play physical. He won't make it on the inside. 1:02:19.360 --> 1:02:23.160 But Kamari, Man, he flies around and he is fun 1:02:23.320 --> 1:02:26.400 to watch, so I love watching him play. He's man, 1:02:26.440 --> 1:02:28.600 he played a lot of snaps for us, being a rookie. 1:02:28.800 --> 1:02:31.280 You know, we threw him in there and he's he 1:02:31.320 --> 1:02:33.640 has n't blinked. He's made a lot of plays for us. 1:02:33.640 --> 1:02:36.360 He's still growing as a player, but man, I love 1:02:36.440 --> 1:02:37.640 his intensity on the field. 1:02:37.760 --> 1:02:39.520 Coach, I know you've been asked a lot about disease, 1:02:39.600 --> 1:02:42.400 but one thing about his character. You were asked about 1:02:42.400 --> 1:02:45.320 that as well. This is a phenomenal individual. Johnny and 1:02:45.400 --> 1:02:47.560 I were so impressed the first time we got to 1:02:47.600 --> 1:02:50.360 spend some time with him, and anybody would be if 1:02:50.360 --> 1:02:52.120 they do get that opportunity. I know it was a 1:02:52.200 --> 1:02:55.440 rough moment yesterday, but what about disease and moving forward 1:02:55.640 --> 1:02:57.160 and what he means to this football team. 1:02:57.240 --> 1:03:00.560 Yeah, these means everything to us. He's our leader, especially 1:03:00.560 --> 1:03:02.800 on the defensive side. He's our leader. He gets our 1:03:02.840 --> 1:03:07.160 guys going, he's that communicating the communicator on our defense. 1:03:07.160 --> 1:03:10.480 He's that quarterback of the defense. So he's everything to 1:03:10.560 --> 1:03:13.960 what we do and how we can be effective. As 1:03:13.960 --> 1:03:16.640 it takes him right and you don't have that Mike 1:03:16.720 --> 1:03:18.680 backer out there like you seeing in the game. Yes, 1:03:18.880 --> 1:03:21.520 we missed him, right, we missed his presence. He was 1:03:21.560 --> 1:03:23.440 on track to have a really good game, like he 1:03:23.560 --> 1:03:27.080 had a very productive day within nineteen snaps. I think 1:03:27.080 --> 1:03:30.120 he had like five tackles, so he's having a productive day. 1:03:30.400 --> 1:03:33.200 But as he's just the character and the guy he's 1:03:33.400 --> 1:03:36.680 he's such an amazing guy. He wish, you know, everybody 1:03:36.680 --> 1:03:38.680 could get to talk to him and know him, but 1:03:38.880 --> 1:03:42.400 he's he's a guy who wears his heart on his sleeve, 1:03:42.520 --> 1:03:46.360 like he really cares about others, like not only his teammates, 1:03:46.360 --> 1:03:50.120 but others like AZ's came from a rough upbringing, so 1:03:50.200 --> 1:03:53.840 he understands what it's like to not have and he 1:03:53.880 --> 1:03:54.320 wants to. 1:03:54.240 --> 1:03:57.080 Make sure he shares and helps others. 1:03:56.840 --> 1:03:59.440 And it's important to him and that's who he is 1:03:59.480 --> 1:04:01.960 as a man, and he's caring, he's loving, He's a 1:04:02.080 --> 1:04:06.600 great guy to talk to, very intelligent young man, and 1:04:06.640 --> 1:04:08.600 I just I love working with him. I was known 1:04:08.600 --> 1:04:11.600 his ease in twenty nineteen. I got a lot of 1:04:11.640 --> 1:04:14.880 conversations with a lot of toss diseases like family to me, 1:04:15.240 --> 1:04:17.320 Like he means a lot to me, And I know 1:04:17.760 --> 1:04:20.600 the type of player that he is. He plays physical, 1:04:20.680 --> 1:04:25.960 he plays fast, and that kind of gets it's shunned 1:04:26.000 --> 1:04:28.760 because of the game we play now today where people 1:04:28.840 --> 1:04:31.400 aren't playing as fast and physical as a ease and 1:04:31.480 --> 1:04:33.760 somebody gets hit and it's like, whoa wait a minute, 1:04:33.960 --> 1:04:36.760 can you still do that? Like, yeah, it's football. It's 1:04:36.800 --> 1:04:40.120 still a violent game. It's still a physical game. But 1:04:40.880 --> 1:04:43.480 you know, we all have a ease back and everything 1:04:43.520 --> 1:04:45.240 that he's doing, and I've talked to his ease. 1:04:45.320 --> 1:04:46.560 He's in a good spot. 1:04:46.600 --> 1:04:49.480 Coach at six to six in the third quarter, and 1:04:49.760 --> 1:04:51.520 you get the ball after they kick the field goal 1:04:51.560 --> 1:04:54.520 to tie it, and we've all talked about the second 1:04:54.600 --> 1:04:57.560 half scoring problems and all that kind of stuff, and 1:04:57.600 --> 1:05:00.040 then yeah, the screen that goes awry. But then in 1:05:00.080 --> 1:05:02.840 the next four plays might have been for your better 1:05:02.920 --> 1:05:07.000 offensive plays. You hit Nico on the route, inside route, 1:05:07.560 --> 1:05:09.560 Dalton goes up and over somebody. 1:05:09.680 --> 1:05:11.640 Yeah, and then Joe hits the two. 1:05:11.560 --> 1:05:13.880 Runs back to back, and it felt like that was 1:05:13.960 --> 1:05:17.080 one of your better drives when you felt like when 1:05:17.160 --> 1:05:19.720 we felt like you needed one needed and it came 1:05:19.840 --> 1:05:21.760 up with the big drive. There was that kind of 1:05:21.760 --> 1:05:24.560 the way that you saw that five play sequence right there, 1:05:24.640 --> 1:05:25.040 that that. 1:05:25.120 --> 1:05:26.720 You had to have it and you got it. 1:05:26.920 --> 1:05:28.040 That's exactly how I saw it. 1:05:28.040 --> 1:05:30.960 It's been so much talked about our second half offense 1:05:31.040 --> 1:05:33.880 and the man, we definitely need this drive right now, 1:05:34.320 --> 1:05:38.640 and our playmakers are top players stood up and made plays, 1:05:38.680 --> 1:05:42.240 you know, Nico, Dalton, Joe, just for them to make 1:05:42.280 --> 1:05:44.400 those plays in that moment when we needed it most 1:05:44.480 --> 1:05:46.480 for us to get I think it was seventeen points 1:05:46.480 --> 1:05:49.520 in the second half when we haven't been scoring a 1:05:49.560 --> 1:05:51.920 lot of points in the second Man, it's impressive, and 1:05:52.280 --> 1:05:55.120 it goes to show like we're still improving, we're still growing, 1:05:55.600 --> 1:05:58.480 and we can be a good second half team right 1:05:58.520 --> 1:06:00.720 when we put it all together and just executing that 1:06:00.800 --> 1:06:03.400 shows right there we needed that drive. Offense stepped up 1:06:03.400 --> 1:06:04.880 and made it a big drive for us. 1:06:05.000 --> 1:06:06.600 All Right, it's bye week, but I have a feeling 1:06:06.600 --> 1:06:08.760 you're not gonna be sitting around in a Hawaiian shirt 1:06:08.800 --> 1:06:11.120 with an umbrella drink. Coach, I know that you're just 1:06:11.160 --> 1:06:13.680 spend time with a family, but there's work to do. Also, 1:06:13.800 --> 1:06:15.760 what about self scouting and all the stuff we hear 1:06:15.800 --> 1:06:17.600 about teams going through during bye week? 1:06:17.640 --> 1:06:18.680 What is there about that? 1:06:18.840 --> 1:06:21.600 Yeah, Well, with the self scouting, you go back through 1:06:22.080 --> 1:06:24.439 just your season or the last you go back through 1:06:24.480 --> 1:06:26.920 like the last four to six games to see just 1:06:26.960 --> 1:06:29.120 the things you've done well and see are there any 1:06:29.160 --> 1:06:31.920 tendencies that other teams may be picking up on that 1:06:31.960 --> 1:06:34.160 you can look at with a fresh set eye. Sometimes 1:06:34.200 --> 1:06:37.920 you get into the monotons this week, game plan onto 1:06:37.960 --> 1:06:41.560 the next. Sometimes you maybe lose sight on some of 1:06:41.600 --> 1:06:44.960 those fresh ideas that you need from studying other teams 1:06:45.000 --> 1:06:47.000 or just really taking a deep dive at yourself. 1:06:47.080 --> 1:06:49.720 So we'll look at ourselves, see. 1:06:49.600 --> 1:06:53.000 Where things we've done well, things we can change, and 1:06:53.120 --> 1:06:55.400 just see, you know, where we can lean in more 1:06:55.560 --> 1:06:59.919 on certain plays. But it's really a time to ref 1:07:00.360 --> 1:07:02.800 as coaches, So you can't come back with a set 1:07:02.840 --> 1:07:03.960 of fresh eyes as well. 1:07:04.120 --> 1:07:06.400 Coach, thanks a lot, I have a great bank you guys. 1:07:06.280 --> 1:07:08.920 All right, We get back the ultimate eleven plays and 1:07:09.040 --> 1:07:12.120 moments from the win over Jacksonville. I'll explain where this 1:07:12.160 --> 1:07:14.600 comes from next on Texans All Access. 1:07:14.800 --> 1:07:16.200 We go on final. 1:07:16.040 --> 1:07:18.480 Segment of this edition of Texans All Access, but we 1:07:18.560 --> 1:07:21.960 got more eight to nine. Mark's got you for a 1:07:22.000 --> 1:07:23.920 little bit more before we turn it over to Area 1:07:24.080 --> 1:07:27.040 forty five, which I don't know if it'll be Sean 1:07:27.080 --> 1:07:30.440 Bajanni and Patrick Crayton because I know that Sean did 1:07:30.480 --> 1:07:33.080 the morning show today with Seth, so not totally sure 1:07:33.120 --> 1:07:37.720 how that's gonna all go. That said, as it's in 1:07:37.800 --> 1:07:40.919 the previous segment. Every single Tuesday or your show called 1:07:40.920 --> 1:07:44.360 Texans Matchup, where a lot of time I do a 1:07:44.400 --> 1:07:46.480 lot of different things with it, but it's really a 1:07:46.520 --> 1:07:48.720 show that kind of looks back and kind of looking 1:07:48.760 --> 1:07:50.840 ahead all the same time. One of the things I 1:07:50.920 --> 1:07:52.600 love to do is I do the ultimate eleven plays 1:07:52.640 --> 1:07:55.600 in moments from the previous week's game, and thought, you 1:07:55.600 --> 1:07:58.479 know what, on a bye week Friday, the hell, let's 1:07:58.520 --> 1:08:00.600 go back and look at the all him to eleven 1:08:00.680 --> 1:08:05.160 plays of the win over Jacksonville and do it starting 1:08:05.240 --> 1:08:09.280 right here, no pun intended. As we get to number eleven, 1:08:10.640 --> 1:08:14.040 score zero zero Texans had to get some points up 1:08:14.040 --> 1:08:17.120 on the board. Drive stalled probably a little sooner than 1:08:17.160 --> 1:08:19.519 they wanted to, and out on the field, try to 1:08:19.600 --> 1:08:23.520 Kayme Fairbairn. And the last time we had seen Kye 1:08:23.960 --> 1:08:26.719 kick a field goal was that Energy Stadium was thirty yarder. 1:08:26.720 --> 1:08:28.479 It's when he makes his sleep. And he missed it. 1:08:28.800 --> 1:08:31.800 And I've never seen Kayemie react to a miss the 1:08:31.840 --> 1:08:34.120 way that he did that one against Tennessee. 1:08:34.680 --> 1:08:36.240 So when he tried it out here to line. 1:08:36.120 --> 1:08:38.760 It up from fifty three, I thought, man, I was 1:08:38.840 --> 1:08:41.639 cheering so hard for him. Inside, I'm just like, come on, Kymie, 1:08:41.960 --> 1:08:45.360 come on, baby, knock this one home. And he did. 1:08:46.000 --> 1:08:49.280 Fifty three yards out. Kymie knocked it home to give 1:08:49.320 --> 1:08:51.160 the Texas a three to nothing lead. He comes in 1:08:51.800 --> 1:08:53.400 number eleven and starts us. 1:08:53.320 --> 1:08:56.200 Off fifty three yard at tech left tash Mark. 1:08:56.240 --> 1:08:58.920 The snap is down, Fairbar's kick is on the way, 1:08:59.040 --> 1:08:59.840 and it's good. 1:09:00.080 --> 1:09:01.080 And the man who has. 1:09:00.960 --> 1:09:04.840 More fifty yard plus field goals in a season than 1:09:04.880 --> 1:09:08.000 anyone else in NFL history makes another one to get 1:09:08.040 --> 1:09:11.240 the first points of the game. Three nothing, Texans fourteen 1:09:11.240 --> 1:09:12.799 to fifty one to go in the second. 1:09:13.000 --> 1:09:14.200 All right, it's getting number ten. 1:09:14.320 --> 1:09:17.360 Now I've told you before, if Texas get beat, I 1:09:17.439 --> 1:09:20.599 pay homage at number ten for the visitors. But Texas 1:09:20.640 --> 1:09:24.080 didn't get beat, so I continue, that's right, and we 1:09:24.120 --> 1:09:24.639 go defense. 1:09:24.680 --> 1:09:24.880 Here. 1:09:25.640 --> 1:09:30.559 This play, I think shows the impact of one Tim Settle. 1:09:31.400 --> 1:09:34.200 This play right here is a play that teams have 1:09:34.280 --> 1:09:36.760 tried to run onto Texans all year long. Some have 1:09:36.840 --> 1:09:38.840 had a little bit of success, not a ton but 1:09:38.840 --> 1:09:40.640 it's a trap play. And with the way that the 1:09:40.680 --> 1:09:44.640 Texans play their defense up front, defensive guys are penetrating 1:09:44.680 --> 1:09:45.719 a lot, they're going. 1:09:45.560 --> 1:09:48.720 A field, it's seemingly easy. 1:09:48.360 --> 1:09:55.840 To trap them. But Tim Settle played this run absolutely perfectly, 1:09:56.320 --> 1:09:58.800 blowing it up in the backfield early in the game 1:09:59.120 --> 1:10:01.840 to set the tone. Great play here, Tim Settle coming 1:10:01.880 --> 1:10:02.960 in at number ten. 1:10:03.560 --> 1:10:06.560 Wow, here's Lawrence under center second and eight from the 1:10:06.640 --> 1:10:09.839 Jacksonville eighteen one back et and they feed him again. 1:10:09.640 --> 1:10:12.200 And he's up Audrey. 1:10:12.400 --> 1:10:15.720 Now it wasn't Audrey was settled Settle from his defensive 1:10:15.760 --> 1:10:20.759 tackle spot, the former Bill just blasting into the backfield 1:10:20.800 --> 1:10:23.000 and bringing out atn to fourth third in law I. 1:10:22.920 --> 1:10:24.479 Thought he would have a good day to day. 1:10:24.520 --> 1:10:29.040 He's been dynamic as an inside pass rusher and starting 1:10:29.040 --> 1:10:32.120 to show those the run stopping abilities to go along 1:10:32.160 --> 1:10:32.960 with it all. 1:10:33.080 --> 1:10:36.920 Let's get to number nine, and it's an appreciation post. 1:10:37.520 --> 1:10:39.840 I guess that's a thing that the kids doing now 1:10:39.840 --> 1:10:41.840 a social media I say, kids, I guess I'm probably 1:10:41.880 --> 1:10:44.080 doing it too. I just probably don't do it as 1:10:44.400 --> 1:10:46.760 well like the other kids do, but I am doing 1:10:46.800 --> 1:10:51.760 it here. It's an appreciation for both Joe Mixon and 1:10:51.840 --> 1:10:54.880 the offensive line. He goes for over one hundred again 1:10:55.320 --> 1:10:58.080 on the ground. Offensive line I felt like had it's 1:10:58.280 --> 1:11:01.080 maybe its best game. Gave it two sacks early and 1:11:01.160 --> 1:11:03.840 then that was it. And then in the second half 1:11:03.880 --> 1:11:09.360 they really started breaking down the Jaguars defense. So Joe 1:11:09.360 --> 1:11:12.519 Mixon a couple of great runs here early in the game. 1:11:12.600 --> 1:11:14.240 You'll hear more from him a little bit later too, 1:11:14.280 --> 1:11:15.559 But here's Joe number nine. 1:11:16.479 --> 1:11:18.720 Texans get up to the line first down at the 1:11:18.800 --> 1:11:21.360 Jaguars twenty one, Stroud on their center with mixing in 1:11:21.360 --> 1:11:21.960 the backfield. 1:11:23.080 --> 1:11:24.080 CJ looks it over. 1:11:24.200 --> 1:11:26.519 Jack's loading up at the line, Stover in motion to 1:11:26.520 --> 1:11:28.920 the left side, hand off mix and running right, trying 1:11:28.920 --> 1:11:30.920 to shake by Attackler has a little room along the 1:11:30.960 --> 1:11:33.719 right side. Bye fifteen ten and push to the bounds 1:11:33.720 --> 1:11:35.040 at the eight yard line. 1:11:35.080 --> 1:11:35.719 First down. 1:11:35.840 --> 1:11:39.920 Run Johnson with the tackle and the Texans have a 1:11:40.080 --> 1:11:43.080 first in goal after that thirteen yard pickup by Joe 1:11:43.120 --> 1:11:47.200 mix at his best run of the day, IRV Smith 1:11:47.280 --> 1:11:50.400 lined up left CJ under center with Mixing in the backfield. 1:11:50.479 --> 1:11:52.720 First down at the Jacksonville thirty two yard line. 1:11:52.760 --> 1:11:54.720 Stover in motion to the left and they toss it 1:11:54.760 --> 1:11:56.960 to mix and running that way, trying to turn the corner, 1:11:57.240 --> 1:11:59.559 and does gets up the left sideline across the twenty 1:11:59.560 --> 1:12:02.080 five going to mark him out where close to a 1:12:02.160 --> 1:12:02.639 first down? 1:12:02.720 --> 1:12:03.360 He's got it. 1:12:03.720 --> 1:12:05.280 Ten yard run, Joe Mix it. 1:12:06.520 --> 1:12:09.280 All right, Let's get to the oat shoe and it's 1:12:09.479 --> 1:12:13.439 Jimmy War Jimmy stepping into that nickel position, and a 1:12:13.439 --> 1:12:15.519 couple of years ago, there's ayah, there's a lot of 1:12:15.520 --> 1:12:18.000 consternation coming from Jimmy when he's playing in San Francisco 1:12:18.200 --> 1:12:19.320 and he didn't want to play the nickel. 1:12:19.360 --> 1:12:20.360 You want to play safety. 1:12:20.600 --> 1:12:23.240 And he's been playing safety here for the first couple 1:12:23.320 --> 1:12:25.599 of years and only stepped into a nickel role when 1:12:26.000 --> 1:12:30.000 something was going on with that position. A little bit 1:12:30.000 --> 1:12:32.000 in twenty twenty three, then he got banged up Mistress 1:12:32.120 --> 1:12:34.360 of the Year. But twenty twenty four that's been Jaalen 1:12:34.400 --> 1:12:37.400 Petrie's position, and Jalen has rocked it. Jalen has been 1:12:37.439 --> 1:12:41.479 absolutely fantastic, but lost him to injury, and that's a 1:12:41.520 --> 1:12:44.439 gutting injury, I mean, just a cut punch injury for 1:12:44.439 --> 1:12:46.640 a number of different reasons. But Jimmy knows how to 1:12:46.640 --> 1:12:49.720 play that position, and he plays the run like a 1:12:49.960 --> 1:12:53.439 monster when he is at that nickel spot. So number eight, 1:12:53.479 --> 1:12:58.439 here's Jimmy and oh yeah, I can hear Jimmy. Let's 1:12:58.439 --> 1:12:59.240 see if you know what movie. 1:12:59.240 --> 1:13:01.760 That's from Bigsby in the backfield Lawrence and they gotten 1:13:01.760 --> 1:13:02.840 first down Jackson from there. 1:13:02.840 --> 1:13:04.000 Twenty four here's bigs be. 1:13:04.400 --> 1:13:09.439 Tripped up in the backfield by Jimmy Ward. A TfL. Wow, 1:13:09.640 --> 1:13:10.840 great job by Jimmy. 1:13:10.880 --> 1:13:14.240 There are times that you know when he's playing this 1:13:14.360 --> 1:13:17.559 Petrie role and down in the box, this is what 1:13:17.600 --> 1:13:18.439 he likes to do. 1:13:19.280 --> 1:13:21.920 He there a TfL. 1:13:21.439 --> 1:13:24.640 For Jimmy Ward as he brings down Bigsby, who is 1:13:24.800 --> 1:13:26.960 tough to bring down at times. 1:13:27.200 --> 1:13:30.800 All right, let's get to number seven, and this was 1:13:30.880 --> 1:13:32.840 one of my favorite drives of the game. 1:13:34.240 --> 1:13:34.920 I don't. 1:13:35.160 --> 1:13:37.760 I don't really know why, other than it felt like 1:13:37.800 --> 1:13:41.040 the offense was finding its way, it was finding its rhythm. 1:13:41.040 --> 1:13:44.840 There was a nice, you know, smooth wave to it. 1:13:44.960 --> 1:13:47.080 You know, it wasn't rocky and all over the place. 1:13:47.120 --> 1:13:48.799 It just felt like it was really smooth. 1:13:49.400 --> 1:13:49.519 Uh. 1:13:49.640 --> 1:13:53.280 And CJ was throwing the pigskin man. He was doing 1:13:53.320 --> 1:13:57.599 a tremendous job throwing it. These three passes came on 1:13:57.760 --> 1:14:01.240 this one drive. Joe catches one of the backfield for nine. 1:14:01.600 --> 1:14:05.479 Then John Metchi caught one and I thought he was 1:14:06.200 --> 1:14:08.280 I didn't think he was down, so I'm like, John, 1:14:08.320 --> 1:14:09.080 get up and run. 1:14:09.120 --> 1:14:10.360 Well he did, and they. 1:14:10.240 --> 1:14:11.559 Got the first down, but then they had to move 1:14:11.560 --> 1:14:15.360 it back because apparently Antonio Johnson grazed him with the pinky. 1:14:16.160 --> 1:14:18.840 And then the final one and I always love being 1:14:18.880 --> 1:14:21.760 in position for these. This was an out route to 1:14:21.800 --> 1:14:25.679 Nico Collins on the last one, and Nico is running 1:14:26.120 --> 1:14:29.680 right at me, And I always wonder how hard it 1:14:29.760 --> 1:14:32.960 is for officials with that toe tap on the sideline, 1:14:33.800 --> 1:14:36.439 and I just happened to be right the right spot 1:14:36.800 --> 1:14:39.920 and being down there. As much as I am, I 1:14:40.040 --> 1:14:42.240 can train my eyes, and I have trained my eyes 1:14:42.320 --> 1:14:44.639 like watch his feet like I didn't see Nico catch 1:14:44.680 --> 1:14:45.840 the ball, He just looked at the feet. Did he 1:14:45.880 --> 1:14:48.680 get him in bank bank, Yes, got the toe tapper in. 1:14:49.520 --> 1:14:52.400 But it happened so fast. Man, I could see why 1:14:52.439 --> 1:14:55.400 officials aren't able to see that a lot of times 1:14:55.439 --> 1:14:56.559 because they're down the field. 1:14:56.600 --> 1:14:59.240 They're not right at that right spot where I happen 1:14:59.280 --> 1:14:59.479 to be. 1:14:59.560 --> 1:15:01.720 But man, it's one of those things that I won't 1:15:01.760 --> 1:15:04.639 forget because it's one of the reasons I love being 1:15:04.680 --> 1:15:06.719 down there because you see the action, like I see 1:15:06.760 --> 1:15:10.360 his feet go bang bang, and it's awesome. So on 1:15:10.400 --> 1:15:12.920 this drive, the Texas put points up on the board 1:15:13.320 --> 1:15:16.200 and they did it after these three throws from c J. 1:15:16.320 --> 1:15:19.519 Stroud to Joe Mixon, John Metchi and Nico Collins. 1:15:19.880 --> 1:15:24.000 Nico Collins short side right, CJ. Stroud shotgun with twenty eight, 1:15:24.120 --> 1:15:27.719 Joe mix into the backfield. Stroud fakes the gift. CJ 1:15:27.880 --> 1:15:30.599 has time, pumps throws to Mix in right side forty 1:15:30.600 --> 1:15:33.120 five and out of mounts with the forty two yard line, 1:15:33.160 --> 1:15:36.880 they pick up nine. The coverage by a Lucan on 1:15:37.040 --> 1:15:40.120 the running back mix in who could do it through 1:15:40.160 --> 1:15:43.479 the air on the ground any which way you please. 1:15:44.400 --> 1:15:48.680 Houston taking its sweet time huddling up. Metsch Nico and 1:15:48.760 --> 1:15:53.160 del go widside right, Stroud and the gun. Second down 1:15:53.160 --> 1:15:57.400 in fourteen for the Texans. Here's CJ in the pocket pumping, 1:15:57.520 --> 1:16:00.800 CJ scrambling. CJ in trouble, gets out of the jam, 1:16:00.880 --> 1:16:04.640 throws and this is caught by Metchi rolling catch inside 1:16:04.640 --> 1:16:07.000 the thirty two and he never got tagged down. Gets 1:16:07.080 --> 1:16:10.080 up and runs for the first down, and they'll mark 1:16:10.160 --> 1:16:11.599 him at the twenty six yard line. 1:16:11.640 --> 1:16:13.559 I think it was Tank dell Over telling him eight, 1:16:13.920 --> 1:16:15.400 you weren't touched, Get up and run. 1:16:15.800 --> 1:16:18.280 Yep, he didn't have the first down at the time. 1:16:18.479 --> 1:16:23.320 Monterk Brown brought him down and they'll mark him at 1:16:23.320 --> 1:16:25.439 the twenty six yard line. It's a nineteen yard pass 1:16:25.479 --> 1:16:30.120 play to John Metshie, first down at the Jacksonville twenty 1:16:30.160 --> 1:16:30.880 nine yard line. 1:16:30.880 --> 1:16:33.200 Offset Ie formation pierces in the game. 1:16:36.040 --> 1:16:38.400 CJ fakes to give a boot to the right side, 1:16:38.400 --> 1:16:41.840 there's pressure, He scrambles out further right, throws down field. 1:16:41.920 --> 1:16:46.120 It's Nico toe Tapper in the red zone, sixteen yard line, 1:16:46.360 --> 1:16:50.000 first down, Houston Texans, thirteen yards. 1:16:51.439 --> 1:16:54.479 All right, let's get to number six and at number 1:16:54.560 --> 1:16:57.479 six at put number four Kamari Lassiter. 1:16:58.040 --> 1:17:00.960 Now I is the game is going on. 1:17:01.360 --> 1:17:04.320 I'm watching Kamari and I'm like, man, that dude's playing fearless, 1:17:04.320 --> 1:17:07.719 Like that's Kareem Jackson like stuff, diving into the phrase, 1:17:07.960 --> 1:17:12.960 you know, being forced contained on runs making tackles at 1:17:13.000 --> 1:17:17.439 number six is a TfL for Kamari. So I'm gonna 1:17:17.479 --> 1:17:19.040 play that for you. Then I want you to listen 1:17:19.080 --> 1:17:21.919 to the clip of a question that I asked Demiko 1:17:22.120 --> 1:17:23.840 about Kamaria after the game. 1:17:23.880 --> 1:17:24.439 But take a listen. 1:17:24.479 --> 1:17:27.840 This is at number six, Kamori last with a five yard TfL. 1:17:28.320 --> 1:17:30.160 Here's Jones and the gun. I'm third and three from 1:17:30.200 --> 1:17:33.559 the Houston seventeen. Jones takes the snap, hands off to Etn, 1:17:33.680 --> 1:17:35.920 running to the right side, lasting or chasing him down 1:17:35.920 --> 1:17:37.880 and pushing him out of allens at the twenty one 1:17:37.960 --> 1:17:39.240 yard line and loss on the player. 1:17:40.160 --> 1:17:44.040 There was a tough handoff here between Jones. 1:17:43.680 --> 1:17:46.120 Who tripped as he got the ball to Etn and 1:17:46.200 --> 1:17:49.440 the Texans blew up the plate immediately. 1:17:49.040 --> 1:17:50.800 Forcing a loss. Fourth down. 1:17:50.840 --> 1:17:52.800 They'll obviously go for it, but now it's fourth and 1:17:52.840 --> 1:17:55.080 eight instead of fourth and three or less. 1:17:55.920 --> 1:17:58.080 I absolutely love this dude, I'm telling you. I love 1:17:58.120 --> 1:17:58.840 Kamara Lasser. 1:17:58.880 --> 1:18:01.360 I love the way he plays, loved him at Georgia, 1:18:02.000 --> 1:18:03.759 and I was so glad that he became a Texan. 1:18:03.800 --> 1:18:06.200 But the one thing that really has stood out, I 1:18:06.200 --> 1:18:08.200 mean he covers well, I mean he's competitive, I mean 1:18:08.240 --> 1:18:10.160 all that kind of stuff, But he comes up and hits, 1:18:10.200 --> 1:18:12.599 he strikes. He wants to play physical out on the edge, 1:18:12.960 --> 1:18:14.719 and so that stood out to me in the game 1:18:14.760 --> 1:18:19.639 against Jacksonville. So I asked Demiko Ryans about that particular thing, 1:18:19.680 --> 1:18:20.760 and this is what he had to say. 1:18:20.880 --> 1:18:23.360 Yeah, his intensity and the way he shows up as 1:18:23.360 --> 1:18:26.960 a corner. The physicality is it's unmatched. Like you don't 1:18:27.000 --> 1:18:29.720 see corners stepping up in the run game the way 1:18:29.760 --> 1:18:33.400 Kamari does like and the way he just flies around 1:18:33.520 --> 1:18:36.320 to the football like it's fun to watch. And when 1:18:36.320 --> 1:18:39.880 your corners are physical and they're tackling, that's the makings 1:18:39.880 --> 1:18:42.479 of a physical defense. The same on the other side, 1:18:42.560 --> 1:18:45.479 I talk about Robert and his blocking on the perimeter, 1:18:45.720 --> 1:18:48.559 Like your receivers are blocking, your corners are tackling. That's 1:18:48.560 --> 1:18:52.200 physical football, right everybody else on the inside, that's a given. 1:18:52.280 --> 1:18:54.080 You have to play physical. He won't make it on 1:18:54.120 --> 1:18:57.640 the inside. But Kamari, Man, he flies around and he 1:18:57.840 --> 1:19:00.880 is fun to watch, so I love love watching him play. 1:19:00.920 --> 1:19:02.840 He's made play a lot of snaps for us, being 1:19:02.880 --> 1:19:04.800 a rookie. You know, we threw him in there and 1:19:04.840 --> 1:19:06.920 he's he has him blinked. He's made a lot of 1:19:06.960 --> 1:19:10.080 plays for us. He's still growing as a player, but man, 1:19:10.120 --> 1:19:11.719 I love his intensity on the field. 1:19:11.880 --> 1:19:15.439 All right, Let's get to number five and it's that man, 1:19:15.560 --> 1:19:18.960 Nico Collins, and I love seeing Nico get involved in 1:19:19.000 --> 1:19:21.640 the game early on. But I find fascinating is that 1:19:21.640 --> 1:19:23.679 one of his better games was the first one against 1:19:23.720 --> 1:19:25.720 Annapolis Colts. He had six catches for one hundred and 1:19:25.720 --> 1:19:28.800 seventeen yards, but he really didn't get involved until the 1:19:28.880 --> 1:19:32.120 deep ball in the second quarter. But he got involved 1:19:32.160 --> 1:19:36.400 early in this one against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and that 1:19:36.479 --> 1:19:38.599 probably was the right thing to do. In the first matchup, 1:19:38.800 --> 1:19:40.680 he had twelve catches for one hundred and fifty one 1:19:40.760 --> 1:19:44.120 yards in a tuddy and they got him involved early 1:19:44.720 --> 1:19:48.200 early in this one. First, he had this fifteen yarder 1:19:48.200 --> 1:19:49.880 to kick off his receiving. 1:19:49.479 --> 1:19:52.679 Game, first down from the Houston sixteen. Stroud under center 1:19:52.800 --> 1:19:56.000 mixing in the backfield. Shroud throws back to his left 1:19:56.040 --> 1:19:59.160 after looking right, and here's a pass to Nico breaking 1:19:59.160 --> 1:20:01.000 a tackle and take it man with him across the 1:20:01.040 --> 1:20:04.000 thirty to the thirty one yard line. Savage with the tackle, 1:20:04.320 --> 1:20:06.759 took a little sleigh ride with Nico Collins. 1:20:06.920 --> 1:20:10.160 First down, Houston fifteen yards. 1:20:10.240 --> 1:20:14.320 I hope the time that he missed doesn't hurt him, 1:20:14.400 --> 1:20:17.320 because I think he's putting together not only a Pro 1:20:17.400 --> 1:20:20.920 Bowl season, but an All Pro season. That's that's how 1:20:20.960 --> 1:20:24.160 good I think Nico Collins has been and what he 1:20:24.320 --> 1:20:26.040 means to this Texans offense. 1:20:26.479 --> 1:20:28.840 And then a little while later, he was running the 1:20:28.840 --> 1:20:33.920 deep over route and Tyson Campbell couldn't stay with him, stumbled, fell, slip, 1:20:33.960 --> 1:20:38.400 whatever it was, Nico wide open, big forty yard game 1:20:38.479 --> 1:20:40.599 that helped set up the first score of the game. 1:20:40.640 --> 1:20:44.679 Here's CJ to Nico. It's the second part of number five. 1:20:45.280 --> 1:20:48.519 Nico Collins short side left, Stroud under center, first down, 1:20:48.560 --> 1:20:54.000 Texans at their twenty five offset I formation. CJ back 1:20:54.040 --> 1:20:58.439 to throw, looking looking, firing downfield and wide open. Nico 1:20:58.479 --> 1:21:01.479 across the forty five right side and spun down at 1:21:01.479 --> 1:21:06.120 the thirty five yard lineup Jacksonville big play to number twelve, 1:21:07.080 --> 1:21:10.960 the hit by Monterrek Brown. This is good for forty yards. 1:21:11.200 --> 1:21:13.960 All right, Let's get to number four and move on 1:21:14.280 --> 1:21:16.040 to the fourth quarter. 1:21:16.120 --> 1:21:21.240 Early in the fourth quarter, talking about a sixteen to 1:21:21.320 --> 1:21:23.520 six game at this point. 1:21:24.080 --> 1:21:26.800 And the Texans have shown a lot more in. 1:21:26.760 --> 1:21:29.519 The second half. Kick the kick field goal at a touchdown. 1:21:29.960 --> 1:21:32.280 They've taken a sixteen to six league. Defense is holding 1:21:32.320 --> 1:21:34.519 the jag Jags not really doing much with mac Jones 1:21:34.520 --> 1:21:37.080 at this particular point. I think I gotta put more 1:21:37.120 --> 1:21:38.840 points on the board, right, They gotta get more up 1:21:38.880 --> 1:21:39.400 on the board. 1:21:39.720 --> 1:21:43.160 And it was this drive right here that I loved. 1:21:43.280 --> 1:21:45.599 I loved this drive CJ. 1:21:46.280 --> 1:21:48.160 They didn't just go to a shell and just let 1:21:48.240 --> 1:21:50.599 CJ hand off the show. CJ is gonna sling it, 1:21:51.080 --> 1:21:54.160 and so two throws here on this drive that gave. 1:21:54.000 --> 1:21:55.320 Them a twenty three to six league. 1:21:55.320 --> 1:21:58.920 First, it was the deep out from CJ to Tank 1:21:59.040 --> 1:22:01.920 for twenty three yards. This was a nice, nice ball 1:22:02.240 --> 1:22:04.280 pitching catch, perfectly done right here. 1:22:07.000 --> 1:22:08.599 CJ. Stroud under center. 1:22:09.080 --> 1:22:13.640 Stroud fakes to give CJ throwing downfield and God is 1:22:13.720 --> 1:22:16.960 man at the thirty two yard line. Tank Dell first 1:22:17.040 --> 1:22:22.080 down Texans. Nice play of twenty three yards to the 1:22:22.160 --> 1:22:24.519 second year receiver out of the University of Houston. 1:22:24.600 --> 1:22:27.200 Yeah, and he beat a pretty good defender. He's been 1:22:27.200 --> 1:22:31.240 in this league a while. In Ronald Darby from the 1:22:31.280 --> 1:22:35.960 writer at Florida State in Tallahassee, now in his tenth year. 1:22:36.720 --> 1:22:38.680 The second part of number four. 1:22:40.040 --> 1:22:44.080 Takes me back to the game against Jacksonville last year 1:22:44.120 --> 1:22:49.240 twenty twenty three, Week three. Tank had a big catch 1:22:49.720 --> 1:22:52.880 down the field that got Damien within the got Damien 1:22:52.960 --> 1:22:56.960 one yard touchdown. Late in the game, Tanks wide open 1:22:57.000 --> 1:22:59.360 on a third and three CJ hit some ballgame put 1:22:59.360 --> 1:23:01.200 thirty seven up on the board, beat the Jacks. 1:23:01.320 --> 1:23:03.880 Both of those were broken coverages. 1:23:04.800 --> 1:23:06.920 So in the offseason when the Jaguars went out and 1:23:06.960 --> 1:23:10.160 got Ryan Nielson as a defensive coordinator, who I thought 1:23:10.200 --> 1:23:13.080 was a fine defense coordinator with the aon Falcons, I thought, Okay, 1:23:13.080 --> 1:23:15.360 those days are over. They're not gonna blow coverages. Well, 1:23:15.720 --> 1:23:18.080 let me introduce you to the second part of number four. 1:23:18.439 --> 1:23:20.799 The Texans came out a bunch set three wide receivers 1:23:20.800 --> 1:23:24.320 over to the right side, and a very simple concept. 1:23:24.560 --> 1:23:27.040 As Dalton Schultz said, this is like training camp, like 1:23:27.280 --> 1:23:32.759 day one install, John Metchi drives up and across. Nico 1:23:32.840 --> 1:23:35.840 goes vertical, and because Mechi had gone across, he took 1:23:35.840 --> 1:23:37.760 like three, like three guys went with him. I don't 1:23:37.760 --> 1:23:40.240 know why three guys went with him. The corner stayed 1:23:40.280 --> 1:23:43.799 with Nico. Dalton went out to the flat and Dalt's 1:23:43.880 --> 1:23:44.120 on the. 1:23:44.040 --> 1:23:48.040 Flat gone, hey, hey, hey, hey, CJ. I'm over here. 1:23:48.240 --> 1:23:49.880 Well that was not the first read. 1:23:50.080 --> 1:23:52.639 So CJ went through his reads and like Mechi, no, Nico, 1:23:52.760 --> 1:23:56.439 no Dalton, Oh my god, and then zip zipped it 1:23:56.479 --> 1:23:59.040 out to Dalton gets to the end zone. This would 1:23:59.080 --> 1:24:01.000 be the last touch of the day, gave to Texas 1:24:01.040 --> 1:24:02.040 a twenty three to six lead. 1:24:02.160 --> 1:24:03.880 This is the second part of number four. 1:24:03.960 --> 1:24:04.240 CJ. 1:24:04.360 --> 1:24:05.799 Stroud to Dalton Schultz. 1:24:06.880 --> 1:24:10.280 Third down and ten from the Jags twenty two yard line. 1:24:10.880 --> 1:24:14.160 Stroud shotgun one pack, daring bunch formation right. 1:24:14.280 --> 1:24:17.520 CJ takes the snap. Here's pressure Stroud flowing. 1:24:17.120 --> 1:24:21.600 To his right. He's got his man, Schultz. Five touchdown Houston. 1:24:23.040 --> 1:24:25.120 CJ to Schultz. 1:24:26.600 --> 1:24:29.559 And that's the second second half touchdown of this game. 1:24:31.479 --> 1:24:33.920 For all intents and purposes, at this point, the game 1:24:34.080 --> 1:24:36.160 was done. Yes, the Jaguars tacked on a couple of 1:24:36.200 --> 1:24:40.040 touchdowns to get it twenty three to twenty, but game 1:24:40.120 --> 1:24:42.559 was over at that point that Texas were able to 1:24:42.560 --> 1:24:45.680 hold on. But we'll get to a few more end 1:24:45.720 --> 1:24:47.600 of the game's sort of situations. 1:24:47.680 --> 1:24:48.280 But I'm goen. 1:24:48.320 --> 1:24:52.479 We go back to the first half for number three, 1:24:52.560 --> 1:24:55.840 and I'm just I just happened to be watching this 1:24:55.920 --> 1:24:59.679 particular route because I see Derek stingly press man against 1:24:59.680 --> 1:25:02.160 Bran Thomas Junior, and I'm like, oh, yeah, these are 1:25:02.240 --> 1:25:04.800 things I'd love to watch from field level, just man 1:25:04.880 --> 1:25:09.400 and man one on one and Thomas takes off and 1:25:09.439 --> 1:25:11.920 I'm like, I know stink can run, but I love 1:25:11.960 --> 1:25:15.040 when sting trails a little bit because he's just gauging. 1:25:15.120 --> 1:25:16.679 It's like he's ready to pounce. 1:25:17.160 --> 1:25:19.160 He takes a look up, sees where the ball is, 1:25:19.240 --> 1:25:22.600 he's where he is, looks back like he's managing all this. 1:25:22.680 --> 1:25:25.679 So as he's running, staying in phase with Brian Thomas Junior, 1:25:26.040 --> 1:25:28.800 Trevor Lawrence thought he had him, threw it deep. 1:25:29.600 --> 1:25:32.559 Derek Stingley goes up over the top and. 1:25:32.600 --> 1:25:35.559 Takes it away for his third interception of the year, 1:25:35.640 --> 1:25:37.639 and it comes in at number three. 1:25:38.000 --> 1:25:40.479 I'm third and eleven Lawrence in the gun, gets the snap. 1:25:40.560 --> 1:25:43.000 He's got a lot of time now. He throws long Dawnfield, 1:25:43.080 --> 1:25:45.839 got a man downfield, but it's intercepted by Derek Stinglee 1:25:45.960 --> 1:25:49.920 Junior running to his right thirty forty forty five fifty 1:25:50.000 --> 1:25:51.000 cutting to the left. 1:25:50.840 --> 1:25:52.759 Side of the field. That crossed a forty five. 1:25:52.640 --> 1:25:55.400 Yard out of the forty three as the hit is 1:25:55.439 --> 1:25:59.280 made by bigsby Derek Stinglee Junior with that takeaway. 1:25:59.600 --> 1:26:03.320 It's been a while, but now that's interception number three 1:26:04.040 --> 1:26:06.840 on the season for Stingley. Had a couple of his 1:26:06.960 --> 1:26:10.839 hands on a couple before this one in previous games. 1:26:11.200 --> 1:26:15.479 But that's what he does. He entices quarterbacks to throw 1:26:15.560 --> 1:26:18.479 over his head. But he's got closing speed and he 1:26:18.560 --> 1:26:22.519 knows exactly where he is in reference to the receiver 1:26:23.400 --> 1:26:26.120 and the football, and he can turn it on and 1:26:26.240 --> 1:26:28.080 close and finish. 1:26:27.840 --> 1:26:31.479 Close and finish is the exact right way to put 1:26:31.520 --> 1:26:34.400 exactly what Derek Stingley did right there at number three. 1:26:34.479 --> 1:26:38.400 I mean, just a tremendous play going up over the 1:26:38.439 --> 1:26:42.280 top to make that catch for a third interception of 1:26:42.320 --> 1:26:42.679 the year. 1:26:43.200 --> 1:26:45.280 Probably should have about six or seven at this point. 1:26:45.280 --> 1:26:47.800 I don't know why teams continue to try him, but 1:26:48.439 --> 1:26:50.360 they do and they're paying the price for it. 1:26:51.280 --> 1:26:52.519 And that was his third interception. 1:26:52.680 --> 1:26:55.479 Hopefullys putting together an all Pro year, worst case of 1:26:55.520 --> 1:26:58.880 Pro Bowl year. He definitely deserves it, no doubt. Okay, 1:26:59.400 --> 1:27:02.960 number two, number one. I went back and forth and 1:27:03.120 --> 1:27:07.200 I settled on this order. I'm not sure why. I 1:27:07.360 --> 1:27:08.840 think I know why. I'll tell you about it at 1:27:08.920 --> 1:27:12.880 number one, But at number two, to me is a 1:27:13.040 --> 1:27:16.519 five play drive when it's six to six. The Jaguars 1:27:16.560 --> 1:27:18.599 had kicked the field goal to start the second half 1:27:19.160 --> 1:27:21.800 after the Texans gone three and out start the second half, 1:27:21.880 --> 1:27:23.840 and kind of thought, son of a bee, here we 1:27:23.960 --> 1:27:24.320 go again. 1:27:24.960 --> 1:27:25.679 I can't do anything. 1:27:25.760 --> 1:27:29.120 Second half offense is just gonna go into hibernation again 1:27:29.160 --> 1:27:31.720 in the second half. But the Texas got the ball 1:27:31.840 --> 1:27:35.120 tied six to six. On the first down of this drive, 1:27:35.880 --> 1:27:38.800 they threw a screen and something looked weird about the screen. 1:27:38.880 --> 1:27:41.320 The ball then gets tipped. Savage dives for it. You 1:27:41.400 --> 1:27:44.040 can't get it, and I just remember thinking, man, that 1:27:44.160 --> 1:27:47.280 looks so ugly. God, can we get it going? And 1:27:47.360 --> 1:27:50.479 then all of a sudden it switched. 1:27:50.800 --> 1:27:51.320 The flip. 1:27:51.640 --> 1:27:56.720 The switch got flipped and four plays later, the Texans 1:27:56.920 --> 1:28:00.960 were in the end zone. First, it was a throw 1:28:01.000 --> 1:28:03.559 from CJ. Stroud to Nico Collins across the middle. 1:28:04.120 --> 1:28:06.880 Second and ten Texans from their thirty six to sixth 1:28:06.960 --> 1:28:09.120 game in the third, Stroud shotgun. 1:28:09.320 --> 1:28:11.520 Here's the snap, CJ firing. 1:28:11.280 --> 1:28:13.719 Over the middle, and he's got his man, Nico Collins, 1:28:13.720 --> 1:28:16.680 across the fifty to the forty seven yard line, and 1:28:16.880 --> 1:28:18.439 Nico is slow. 1:28:18.280 --> 1:28:18.640 To get up. 1:28:18.680 --> 1:28:19.479 He's hitting the head. 1:28:19.880 --> 1:28:22.559 Here's got hit in the back of the head, and. 1:28:24.320 --> 1:28:27.880 They may force him to the sideline is to get 1:28:28.000 --> 1:28:28.400 checked out. 1:28:28.439 --> 1:28:29.400 He's going on his own. 1:28:29.560 --> 1:28:31.920 Yeah, He's running off the field and Jared Wayne's gonna 1:28:32.000 --> 1:28:37.280 check in. Cisco had the hit on Collins, who's at 1:28:37.360 --> 1:28:41.000 the sideline holding his head. Twenty two yard play to 1:28:41.080 --> 1:28:43.719 the Jags forty eight yard line. Gotta move the football 1:28:44.000 --> 1:28:45.640 six to six, game, nine twenty five to. 1:28:45.680 --> 1:28:48.840 Go in the third. Then CJ found Dalton Schultz out 1:28:48.880 --> 1:28:49.679 in the right flat. 1:28:50.120 --> 1:28:54.080 Dalton leaped over a defensive back, got hammer by Traymon Walker. 1:28:54.320 --> 1:28:57.960 I'm laughing because Dalton's okay, but his post on Twitter 1:28:58.080 --> 1:29:01.080 afterwards was pretty awesome. It's from Hallidagan Night's the movie, 1:29:01.120 --> 1:29:05.840 which I love he talked about yep and his car's 1:29:05.920 --> 1:29:07.880 flying in the air, and that's what he Dalton felt 1:29:08.040 --> 1:29:09.920 when he was up in the air on this one. 1:29:10.080 --> 1:29:12.320 But he made the catch, ain't got a first down. 1:29:12.600 --> 1:29:14.720 It's the second play of this little four play run. 1:29:15.200 --> 1:29:18.240 Here's Stroud under center at the Jags forty eight first 1:29:18.320 --> 1:29:19.759 and ten CJ fakes. 1:29:19.560 --> 1:29:21.080 The Gibb throws back to his right. 1:29:21.160 --> 1:29:25.200 Shultz forty five hurdles a man across the forty first down. 1:29:25.280 --> 1:29:28.240 To the thirty seven yard line and he's down. 1:29:28.520 --> 1:29:29.519 He's slow to get up. 1:29:30.320 --> 1:29:34.040 Tried to hurtle someone and came right down on his shoulder, 1:29:35.000 --> 1:29:39.280 his shoulder and his neck, and boy, that is painful for. 1:29:39.400 --> 1:29:42.120 You're trying to make a play, Dre, but you sacrifice 1:29:42.160 --> 1:29:47.040 the body. And he's definitely holding his throat area as 1:29:47.120 --> 1:29:50.559 he gets up on his knees. And the medical team 1:29:50.680 --> 1:29:53.200 comes out to take a look, led by head athletic 1:29:53.280 --> 1:29:56.439 trader Roland Ramirez, and now we're looking at a replay. 1:29:57.840 --> 1:29:58.080 Boy. 1:29:58.120 --> 1:30:01.080 He hurdles Darby, but Darby gets hold of his left 1:30:01.160 --> 1:30:04.840 leg and he comes down hard, elbow and head on 1:30:05.000 --> 1:30:09.920 the ground as Pravon Walker got on top of him 1:30:09.960 --> 1:30:10.960 as he was coming down. 1:30:12.360 --> 1:30:15.959 Then it was time for Joe Mixon and the offensive 1:30:16.040 --> 1:30:19.240 line and the tight ends and the wide receivers, and 1:30:19.320 --> 1:30:22.080 I bring them all in because at various points in 1:30:22.160 --> 1:30:24.760 this game, the wide receivers and tight ends blocked their 1:30:24.840 --> 1:30:28.280 guts out, so they all always gets the recognition. But 1:30:28.439 --> 1:30:30.519 on this play, the old line did a tremendous job. 1:30:30.600 --> 1:30:33.800 On his zone play, Kate Stover hammered the backside with 1:30:33.920 --> 1:30:37.560 Laromy Tunsell. Joe cuts it back. The corner got in 1:30:37.720 --> 1:30:40.400 way too far. Joe cut outside of him. Thirty yards later, 1:30:40.400 --> 1:30:42.120 He's got the ball at the six yard line. It's 1:30:42.160 --> 1:30:44.439 the third part of number two first. 1:30:44.280 --> 1:30:46.479 Down at the thirty seven yard line of the Jags. 1:30:46.560 --> 1:30:50.479 Stroud under center, with Mixon in the backfield. Jagg's loading 1:30:50.600 --> 1:30:54.960 up the box. Here Dwayne short side right handoff Mixon 1:30:55.040 --> 1:30:59.000 starting right, cutting left thirty five thirty twenty five twenty 1:30:59.040 --> 1:31:02.160 to the left sideline and out of bounce inside the ten. 1:31:02.240 --> 1:31:06.280 First and goal Houston. Joe mixing his biggest run of 1:31:06.320 --> 1:31:06.719 the ten. 1:31:06.720 --> 1:31:09.880 Got all he could get, and with Darnelle Savage and 1:31:09.920 --> 1:31:14.160 a couple of other Jaguar defenders giving chase, he goes, well, 1:31:14.280 --> 1:31:16.040 I got all I can get. You got an angle, 1:31:16.080 --> 1:31:19.280 I'm just gonna step out of bounds right here. That's 1:31:19.320 --> 1:31:21.879 a nice run by Joe Mixon. 1:31:22.200 --> 1:31:26.080 Thirty yard run on the cutback, first and goal inside 1:31:26.160 --> 1:31:26.679 the seven. 1:31:27.240 --> 1:31:30.719 Okay, mark clarified at the seven, not quite the six, 1:31:30.840 --> 1:31:34.040 but either way, it was one more play and this 1:31:34.240 --> 1:31:36.200 time they didn't cut it back to the left. 1:31:36.479 --> 1:31:39.320 They just ran it to the left and they ran 1:31:39.479 --> 1:31:40.320 this beautifully. 1:31:40.439 --> 1:31:43.439 Larimy tons up on Ventrel Miller, Kate stole Over the 1:31:43.520 --> 1:31:44.920 great block on the edge. 1:31:45.240 --> 1:31:46.520 Juice on the inside. 1:31:46.560 --> 1:31:49.639 I mean, this play is blocked beautifully, and Joe Mixon 1:31:49.760 --> 1:31:52.200 sauntered in for a touchdown. They gave the Texans a 1:31:52.320 --> 1:31:55.639 thirteen to six lead, and it was just the second 1:31:56.320 --> 1:32:01.080 touchdown in the second half since the New England game. Man, 1:32:01.160 --> 1:32:04.719 this was awesome stuff from Joe Mixon, the offensive line, 1:32:04.760 --> 1:32:06.080 everybody involved in this one. 1:32:06.240 --> 1:32:07.719 To finish up number two. 1:32:08.960 --> 1:32:11.160 Stroud and the gun mix into his right, first and 1:32:11.240 --> 1:32:14.799 goal inside the seven, bunch formation right for the Texans. 1:32:14.880 --> 1:32:17.920 Stover in motion to left handoff, Joe running left. 1:32:17.800 --> 1:32:22.719 Across the five to the goal line. Touchdown Joston Joe Mixon. 1:32:24.680 --> 1:32:26.839 The Texans take the lead. 1:32:30.040 --> 1:32:33.240 And when they needed it most, there is the shot 1:32:33.280 --> 1:32:35.920 in the arm known as Joe mixon thirty yard run 1:32:36.400 --> 1:32:39.559 to set up first and goals seven yard run, Hello, 1:32:39.760 --> 1:32:40.280 end zone. 1:32:41.240 --> 1:32:44.680 So that leads me to number one. And I know 1:32:44.760 --> 1:32:46.880 you probably think in No. Eighty a second, I played 1:32:46.920 --> 1:32:50.439 both touchdowns. I mean I played pretty much every CJ. 1:32:50.560 --> 1:32:54.800 Stroud to Nico Collins pass. CJ to Nico, got the 1:32:54.880 --> 1:32:59.519 touchdown to Schultz, Like what haven't I played the finish? 1:33:00.640 --> 1:33:04.559 The finish of this game was maybe the most important 1:33:04.600 --> 1:33:07.840 thing because it brought back that Week one feeling of 1:33:07.960 --> 1:33:12.439 being in Indianapolis up to you got the ball, Can 1:33:12.520 --> 1:33:14.160 you keep your defense off the field? 1:33:14.960 --> 1:33:18.280 Yes? Can you get a first down and then maybe 1:33:18.439 --> 1:33:21.080 another first down? Yes? And yes. 1:33:22.040 --> 1:33:27.479 On these two runs, Joe Mixon stuck a stake in 1:33:27.560 --> 1:33:29.720 the ground and said, Nope, we're finishing this game. The 1:33:29.840 --> 1:33:32.200 defense is not going back on a field that was 1:33:32.240 --> 1:33:36.479 a weary entire defense, and the offensive line, the tight ends, 1:33:36.920 --> 1:33:41.479 Robert Woods and Joe Mixon made sure that this one 1:33:41.800 --> 1:33:44.519 was going to end with them in victory formation at 1:33:44.640 --> 1:33:48.040 number one. Joe Mixon's, well, we'll start number one at 1:33:48.040 --> 1:33:52.000 two parts number one, he gets his fourteen yard run 1:33:52.120 --> 1:33:56.760 for a first down to put the Jaguars in peril. 1:33:57.240 --> 1:33:59.360 I formation behind CJ. Stroud. 1:33:59.439 --> 1:34:03.800 Second and two from the Houston thirty. Here's Woods in 1:34:03.880 --> 1:34:08.479 motion to the left. CJ takes the snap handoff, Mixon 1:34:08.640 --> 1:34:11.280 running left, has a little hole thirty five forty left 1:34:11.360 --> 1:34:13.200 sideline and brought down at the forty. 1:34:13.000 --> 1:34:13.880 Four yard line. 1:34:14.280 --> 1:34:20.720 Joe Mixon Cisco with the hit, first down, run fourteen yards, reload. 1:34:20.880 --> 1:34:25.520 And then needing five yards to shut it down completely. 1:34:26.280 --> 1:34:29.840 Texas handed to Joe three tight ends on the field. 1:34:30.439 --> 1:34:32.040 Full back in the backfield Kate. 1:34:32.000 --> 1:34:33.720 Stover old school pro. 1:34:34.120 --> 1:34:38.360 I just run lead sown to the left side and 1:34:38.520 --> 1:34:40.880 go finish it. And that's what they did. And this 1:34:41.040 --> 1:34:42.519 is the second part of number one. 1:34:43.000 --> 1:34:45.320 As CJ will get up to the line of scrimmage 1:34:45.439 --> 1:34:46.160 I formation. 1:34:46.439 --> 1:34:49.719 Third down and five across the Houston forty nine yard line. 1:34:49.840 --> 1:34:53.439 Mixon the tailback. Here's the toss to Joe running left, 1:34:53.720 --> 1:34:56.960 has room. He's got it across the forty two to 1:34:57.080 --> 1:34:57.760 the forty one. 1:34:58.240 --> 1:34:59.160 That's gonna do it. 1:34:59.520 --> 1:35:02.160 The tech he says, we'll kill the clock and they 1:35:02.200 --> 1:35:09.920 will beat Jacksonville today. Toss to Joe Mixon, got the blocks, 1:35:10.080 --> 1:35:12.600 got the run, got the first down, and got the. 1:35:12.960 --> 1:35:17.600 W tremendous stuff, tremendous UL three eleven, and man, what 1:35:17.800 --> 1:35:18.639 a fun, fun. 1:35:18.560 --> 1:35:20.920 Show it's been to put together, even on a bye week. 1:35:21.000 --> 1:35:23.559 Appreciate everybody that was involved on my guys back at 1:35:23.560 --> 1:35:24.559 Sports Radio six ten. 1:35:24.640 --> 1:35:25.320 Thank you so much. 1:35:25.400 --> 1:35:28.120 We'll see you on Monday as we gear up for 1:35:28.160 --> 1:35:30.720 the Miami Dolphins in the final stretch of the twenty 1:35:30.800 --> 1:35:31.559 twenty four season. 1:35:31.600 --> 1:35:33.400 Seeing that everybody, and as always, go Texans. 1:35:33.600 --> 1:35:37.719 Hello Texans, Welcome to the Bonus Hour, the weekly Bonus 1:35:37.760 --> 1:35:40.360 Hour of Texans Radio. Here Friday night, eight o'clock. We 1:35:40.479 --> 1:35:42.959 huddle together. If you're listening to this on a podcast 1:35:43.080 --> 1:35:46.160 later on, well we appreciate that as well. But we've 1:35:46.200 --> 1:35:48.559 got a lot to get to tonight because it's been 1:35:48.560 --> 1:35:51.759 a busy night already. You already heard from Nick Cassario, Jamiko, Ryan's, 1:35:51.840 --> 1:35:54.960 numerous coaches, players, all of it in the first couple 1:35:55.000 --> 1:35:57.040 of hours. It's bye week, so we're sort of reviewing 1:35:57.080 --> 1:35:59.840 some of our content. Obviously, we talked a lot this 1:36:00.040 --> 1:36:03.640 week about the suspension and everything else. Look back to 1:36:03.720 --> 1:36:05.679 it on Monday when this team gets back to work 1:36:06.040 --> 1:36:08.679 and prepares for the Miami Dolphins in those three games 1:36:08.720 --> 1:36:10.760 that they have in eleven days. It is gonna be 1:36:11.040 --> 1:36:14.080 huge coming up starting Monday, and it's all gonna go 1:36:14.240 --> 1:36:16.200 very fast from there, the final four games of the 1:36:16.280 --> 1:36:19.360 season and then the postseason. But you're not there yet, 1:36:19.800 --> 1:36:20.679 you haven't clinched. 1:36:21.000 --> 1:36:21.680 You gotta do it. 1:36:22.240 --> 1:36:24.720 The Colts they can't help you this weekend because they 1:36:24.760 --> 1:36:25.880 have a bye as well. 1:36:26.400 --> 1:36:27.200 That's the fact. 1:36:27.320 --> 1:36:29.759 So Texans and Colts they do a lot of things together, 1:36:30.000 --> 1:36:34.439 Like they'll always play the same NFC Division teams on 1:36:34.600 --> 1:36:37.800 the road in the same year. So the Colts went 1:36:37.880 --> 1:36:41.000 to Green Bay already those kinds of things. They went 1:36:41.080 --> 1:36:45.519 to Minnesota and they relived the blown lead of what 1:36:45.720 --> 1:36:47.800 was that last year? My gosh, it seems like a 1:36:47.920 --> 1:36:50.200 lot longer ago than that, but that's the case. 1:36:50.360 --> 1:36:50.719 Anyway. 1:36:51.000 --> 1:36:54.040 In this hour, we'll hear from David Fletcher, later general 1:36:54.120 --> 1:36:58.360 manager of the Kinders Texas Bowl. But first Andre War 1:36:58.360 --> 1:37:01.280 at Indy Kalou. They're on every week Exans Monday. Indeed 1:37:01.320 --> 1:37:04.000 does the preseason color commentary, Andrey does you know what 1:37:04.080 --> 1:37:07.120 Andrey does? He does color commentary and the Texans radio network. 1:37:07.160 --> 1:37:08.640 He's got a game tomorrow, I think is the MAC 1:37:08.720 --> 1:37:12.400 Championship in Detroit. Anyway, we had a lengthy visit went 1:37:12.520 --> 1:37:18.160 over a bunch of things regarding the Texans, regarding their lives, 1:37:18.479 --> 1:37:20.479 a whole bunch of other stuff. We are going to 1:37:20.600 --> 1:37:23.240 jump in mid conversation, and we were talking about, of 1:37:23.360 --> 1:37:26.439 all things, the Dallas Cowboys when they used to do 1:37:26.560 --> 1:37:29.040 that offensive line up and down move. We were talking 1:37:29.040 --> 1:37:32.599 about old school football stuff. We were talking about coaches 1:37:32.640 --> 1:37:35.360 like bum Phillips and Don Schulette and the branding of 1:37:35.439 --> 1:37:38.439 those guys, Tom Lantry. So we started off with that 1:37:38.600 --> 1:37:40.760 Dallas part of the conversation. Remember they used to do 1:37:41.040 --> 1:37:44.679 in the offensive lineman up and down before the snap. 1:37:45.479 --> 1:37:47.599 Why don't any Why doesn't anybody do that anymore? 1:37:47.600 --> 1:37:49.559 I don't know's it used to look sweet as all 1:37:49.600 --> 1:37:51.240 get up. Yeah, it really loved it. 1:37:51.400 --> 1:37:51.599 Man. 1:37:51.800 --> 1:37:54.680 It was kind of emulated in the in the you 1:37:54.840 --> 1:37:58.799 playing sandline football, grass live football, whatever. 1:37:58.560 --> 1:37:59.880 You want to call it. We do it on the 1:38:00.040 --> 1:38:00.640 street as well. 1:38:00.720 --> 1:38:02.639 And if play the game where if you get close 1:38:02.680 --> 1:38:04.840 to the grass, that's when you can hit a guy. Yes, 1:38:08.560 --> 1:38:10.840 you never go towards the sideline because that's when they 1:38:10.880 --> 1:38:12.000 can unload on you. 1:38:12.400 --> 1:38:15.320 But it was that was just sweet. I bet it's 1:38:15.439 --> 1:38:17.000 creative it was sweet. 1:38:17.080 --> 1:38:19.559 It was They were the first to really use, uh 1:38:19.800 --> 1:38:24.120 start using really technology to help in scouting players and 1:38:24.240 --> 1:38:26.599 things of that sort, and you know, streamlining a lot 1:38:26.680 --> 1:38:26.840 of it. 1:38:27.120 --> 1:38:30.519 I got to say that that era of football coaches 1:38:30.680 --> 1:38:32.400 had brand identity. 1:38:32.560 --> 1:38:33.400 Bum Phillips. 1:38:33.840 --> 1:38:37.960 Bum Phillips was his own brand, Tom, his own brand, 1:38:38.080 --> 1:38:40.040 Chuck Nole, you know these guys. 1:38:40.880 --> 1:38:44.880 Yeah, it was exactly right. 1:38:45.080 --> 1:38:47.880 Don Shula his face is a logo. I mean it's 1:38:47.920 --> 1:38:51.560 one of those guys, right. His grandson, Chris Shula is 1:38:51.600 --> 1:38:53.519 the defensive coordinator for the Rams, and they were here 1:38:53.560 --> 1:38:55.800 for practice this summer and he kind of has that 1:38:55.960 --> 1:38:59.200 Shula face, you know, those those jaws, the same way 1:38:59.280 --> 1:39:05.320 with a hat exactly, Paul Brown, Lombardi. And remember when 1:39:05.400 --> 1:39:07.320 Mike Nolan wanted to wear a tie when he was 1:39:07.360 --> 1:39:09.080 head coach of the forty nine ers and they actually 1:39:09.160 --> 1:39:11.040 let him do it because his dad did it. 1:39:11.439 --> 1:39:13.759 And there should be more of that. I like Demiko 1:39:13.880 --> 1:39:15.080 with the red dry fit. 1:39:15.200 --> 1:39:19.320 He usually wears the red coach at at Minnesota pj 1:39:19.479 --> 1:39:21.240 F College. 1:39:22.000 --> 1:39:22.840 He wears a time like. 1:39:24.479 --> 1:39:27.760 See that's good, Harball as the Michigan coach kind of 1:39:27.800 --> 1:39:29.000 had that brand look. 1:39:29.760 --> 1:39:32.560 Was in his mind you know, thought he was resurrect 1:39:32.600 --> 1:39:36.479 and yeah, something he just started to look like him, 1:39:36.600 --> 1:39:39.799 dressed like him, had that academic like everything. 1:39:40.439 --> 1:39:41.080 It was crazy. 1:39:41.240 --> 1:39:43.559 Yeah, the Belichick was probably the last one with that brand. 1:39:43.640 --> 1:39:47.240 With the cutoff sweatshirt. Yeah, the hoodie, Yeah, the hoodie 1:39:47.400 --> 1:39:49.360 and the cut off sleeves. 1:39:49.720 --> 1:39:51.320 And now it feels like the league makes them all 1:39:51.360 --> 1:39:53.840 wear the same thing on Sundays. It feels like it's 1:39:53.880 --> 1:39:56.960 just you know, but Demiko, I like the red dry fit. See, 1:39:57.120 --> 1:39:59.439 I'm gonna tell the equipment guys here. I'm gonna tell 1:39:59.520 --> 1:40:03.240 Darwin he should always have red. Okay, that's that's what 1:40:03.320 --> 1:40:04.120 we should lobby for. 1:40:05.040 --> 1:40:06.200 He always has no. 1:40:06.360 --> 1:40:08.200 But he some games. 1:40:08.920 --> 1:40:10.639 I think he was wearing the salute to service. 1:40:10.880 --> 1:40:13.439 I wonder is one of those closer attention to this. 1:40:13.760 --> 1:40:15.720 Yeah you wear red until you get beat. 1:40:16.160 --> 1:40:19.639 Yeah you beat again, you switch back. 1:40:19.960 --> 1:40:23.720 Yeah, don't mess with a winning street. But question for 1:40:23.840 --> 1:40:25.439 both of you guys, because you know we're just here 1:40:25.520 --> 1:40:27.680 talking all right, this is the Players Show, but no 1:40:27.760 --> 1:40:30.559 player availability this week. So we've got a former player 1:40:30.640 --> 1:40:33.559 andre Ware and any Kalou of course, but you guys, 1:40:33.560 --> 1:40:35.559 as former players, both of you have this in common. 1:40:35.600 --> 1:40:40.320 You've built great careers after playing NFL football, right, great 1:40:40.360 --> 1:40:44.679 careers and different careers. All right, Dre obviously great broadcaster. 1:40:44.840 --> 1:40:46.880 I know you have other interests too, You're not going 1:40:46.960 --> 1:40:48.760 to talk about them, and I know you have other 1:40:48.840 --> 1:40:52.080 things going on. You got other irons in the fire 1:40:52.360 --> 1:40:56.160 or whatever. Yeah, but anyway, what does that take? And 1:40:56.360 --> 1:40:59.920 why don't more guys set themselves up better for post play? 1:41:01.040 --> 1:41:03.799 It's difficult because I know you have to pour yourself 1:41:03.840 --> 1:41:06.280 into your pro football career. But as we all know, 1:41:06.640 --> 1:41:08.920 no matter what age you retire, even Tom Brader, you're 1:41:08.920 --> 1:41:11.479 still a pretty young man relatively. I mean he might 1:41:11.520 --> 1:41:14.519 be on you know, the oldest one, but most guys 1:41:14.560 --> 1:41:17.240 are in their thirties at best. If you're in your thirties, hell, 1:41:17.320 --> 1:41:20.120 you've had a tremendous career. When you retire, what does 1:41:20.160 --> 1:41:20.439 it take? 1:41:21.000 --> 1:41:23.280 Well, the reason why a lot of guys don't prepare 1:41:23.320 --> 1:41:26.840 themselves and you know their blessing is their curse. You 1:41:26.920 --> 1:41:29.160 have to be a little bit detached from reality to 1:41:29.320 --> 1:41:31.720 make it to the NFL. You have to have a 1:41:31.880 --> 1:41:34.880 mindset where most average people are the common person are 1:41:34.880 --> 1:41:37.000 going to be like, man, he's crazy. You know, how's 1:41:37.000 --> 1:41:39.280 this kid from Dickinson think he's gonna win the Heisman 1:41:39.479 --> 1:41:40.920 when he goes to you of age. But you have 1:41:41.000 --> 1:41:43.560 to have that unrealistic mindset just to make it to 1:41:43.600 --> 1:41:46.120 the NFL. And I also think that hurts you because 1:41:46.160 --> 1:41:48.760 while you're in the NFL, you're thinking, oh, I'm going 1:41:48.840 --> 1:41:51.080 to sign three more contracts, I'm gonna sign the one 1:41:51.120 --> 1:41:53.760 hundred million dollar deal, and I don't really have to 1:41:53.840 --> 1:41:57.000 worry about life after football because you feel like you're 1:41:57.040 --> 1:41:58.800 gonna be great and that's what got you there. But 1:41:58.920 --> 1:42:01.840 it's tough to throw in being real with yourself. So 1:42:02.000 --> 1:42:04.120 for me, I can't speak for anybody else, and everyone 1:42:04.240 --> 1:42:07.559 has a different story. Being an undersized fifth round pick 1:42:07.720 --> 1:42:10.720 from Rice. I even go in, as stupid as it 1:42:10.760 --> 1:42:13.160 may sound, I went into the NFL thinking I'm going 1:42:13.200 --> 1:42:14.800 to be a Hall of Famer. You know, we can 1:42:14.920 --> 1:42:16.840 laugh about it now, but I really thought I was 1:42:16.880 --> 1:42:19.720 gonna be a Hall of Famer. Yeah, yeah, that's the mentality. 1:42:20.120 --> 1:42:22.040 And after a while, I said, Okay, you know what 1:42:23.320 --> 1:42:26.360 reality hit after like year five or six. You know, 1:42:26.400 --> 1:42:27.920 I want to play as long as I can, but 1:42:28.000 --> 1:42:30.040 I also want to make sure when I'm done playing, 1:42:30.080 --> 1:42:31.840 I don't have to work for anybody. So then that's 1:42:31.880 --> 1:42:34.400 when I started, you know, when got my real estate 1:42:34.520 --> 1:42:36.519 license and became a broker in the off season and 1:42:36.640 --> 1:42:39.599 started buying apartments houses. I still thought I could be great, 1:42:39.960 --> 1:42:42.120 but I just knew that the end was gonna come. 1:42:42.280 --> 1:42:44.040 But with some of these players, especially the ones that 1:42:44.120 --> 1:42:47.400 start early on, you know, they're not thinking about what 1:42:47.560 --> 1:42:49.519 am I going to do in ten years. Their thought 1:42:49.640 --> 1:42:52.080 is I'm going to sign three four deals, be set 1:42:52.160 --> 1:42:54.439 for life and not have to worry about life after football. 1:42:54.880 --> 1:42:58.080 And I understand it because I was there. But at 1:42:58.200 --> 1:43:01.400 some point you do have to start thinking about life 1:43:01.520 --> 1:43:04.639 after and it's never easy. Even when I had things 1:43:04.680 --> 1:43:07.880 set up when I was done in two thousand and nine, 1:43:08.560 --> 1:43:12.000 it still took a couple of years to accept the 1:43:12.080 --> 1:43:14.000 fact that I wasn't a football player anymore. 1:43:14.479 --> 1:43:16.479 It's a great way to put it because I'm jotting 1:43:16.520 --> 1:43:20.000 down some notes and the one thing I think a 1:43:20.080 --> 1:43:23.560 lot of players miss when they are drafted, when and 1:43:23.880 --> 1:43:28.599 family members really miss this that are around a player 1:43:29.160 --> 1:43:32.559 after he's drafted and he's in the NFL, that it's 1:43:32.680 --> 1:43:36.160 never your decision when it's over. Everybody goes into it 1:43:36.280 --> 1:43:39.040 thinking I'm going to retire at this age and do it. 1:43:39.080 --> 1:43:42.640 I think you got this beautiful picture mapped out, and 1:43:43.000 --> 1:43:46.680 it's never your decision when it's over with, And it 1:43:46.800 --> 1:43:49.360 can be over as early as after high school. It 1:43:49.439 --> 1:43:52.840 can be over after you're done in college, or you're 1:43:53.120 --> 1:43:55.760 lucky and you get to play x amount of years 1:43:55.800 --> 1:43:59.360 in the NFL. But at some point somebody's going to 1:43:59.400 --> 1:44:02.679 say you're not good enough. And guys have a hard 1:44:02.800 --> 1:44:05.720 time accepting that. Then you got to be real with 1:44:05.760 --> 1:44:09.519 yourself when it's over, and they keep chasing it for 1:44:09.600 --> 1:44:12.480 a while, or keep trying to live the same lifestyle 1:44:12.960 --> 1:44:16.559 they live when they were playing, And there's a lifestyle 1:44:16.600 --> 1:44:18.840 you have to live when you're playing to know that 1:44:18.920 --> 1:44:21.120 you're setting yourself up for later on in life. 1:44:21.479 --> 1:44:24.080 You're not spending it. You're not you know, the guy 1:44:24.160 --> 1:44:25.440 that's buying the bottle. 1:44:25.240 --> 1:44:27.840 Every bottle service every time you guys go out and 1:44:28.320 --> 1:44:30.559 have a good time, or you're you know, you're taking 1:44:30.640 --> 1:44:33.720 care of the bill. Every money runs out. You can 1:44:33.800 --> 1:44:35.760 spend it making millions, you can run. It can run 1:44:35.800 --> 1:44:36.120 out on you. 1:44:36.280 --> 1:44:38.960 What's the percentage of lottery winners who go bankrupt? 1:44:39.120 --> 1:44:42.240 It's winners. 1:44:42.479 --> 1:44:44.320 And then you got to you gotta get into something 1:44:44.400 --> 1:44:47.439 that you're passionate about, that you really you really love 1:44:47.560 --> 1:44:51.479 to do, and it's not a lot of guys find 1:44:51.520 --> 1:44:55.479 themselves chasing what they used to make and that can 1:44:55.560 --> 1:44:57.000 get you in a lot of trouble as well. You 1:44:57.080 --> 1:45:00.320 start chasing money. Yeah, you got to have taken carry 1:45:00.320 --> 1:45:03.080 yourself on the front end while you're playing. That gives 1:45:03.120 --> 1:45:06.760 you the opportunity to really hand pick what you want 1:45:06.800 --> 1:45:09.400 to do in your next career and then from there 1:45:09.880 --> 1:45:11.639 you find something that you're passionate about. 1:45:11.760 --> 1:45:16.240 I'll say this, there's a lot of positive and successful examples, 1:45:16.680 --> 1:45:19.320 but you know, we tend to focus on the negatives, 1:45:19.360 --> 1:45:20.800 and a lot of the guys that I know who 1:45:20.840 --> 1:45:24.400 are having success post playing career, they're not the biggest names, 1:45:24.560 --> 1:45:26.480 so they kind of, you know, had my mentality. 1:45:26.560 --> 1:45:30.000 But it's kind of like the guys that you played 1:45:30.040 --> 1:45:32.800 with in college. The stars aren't the ones that are 1:45:32.880 --> 1:45:34.920 necessarily go on to do X, Y and Z and 1:45:35.000 --> 1:45:37.759 run corporations exactly and become doctors. 1:45:37.920 --> 1:45:40.880 It's the walkomeicker guys played. 1:45:41.000 --> 1:45:45.280 They're the most successful, more successful in terms of the 1:45:45.439 --> 1:45:49.200 life or lifestyles that that were on the call on 1:45:49.280 --> 1:45:49.880 your teams in. 1:45:49.880 --> 1:45:52.240 College, and often coaches are like that too. Not all 1:45:52.280 --> 1:45:55.320 the time, but that often happens. Dray, how did you know? 1:45:55.640 --> 1:45:58.720 How did you because you handled yourself well? How did 1:45:58.800 --> 1:46:01.040 you know how to handle yourself as far as being 1:46:01.080 --> 1:46:05.479 a pro and then transitioning into not being a professional 1:46:05.520 --> 1:46:07.120 athlete anymore and building your life. 1:46:08.240 --> 1:46:10.880 I think it just goes back to how you were raised. 1:46:11.840 --> 1:46:15.040 There's there's an arrogance that can come with playing professional 1:46:15.120 --> 1:46:18.400 sports that you have to get over once it's once 1:46:18.439 --> 1:46:23.160 it's once you're done. I've seen guys that have acted 1:46:23.280 --> 1:46:26.439 like a holes while they were playing, and then all 1:46:26.479 --> 1:46:28.880 of a sudden they need to get into a certain 1:46:28.960 --> 1:46:32.759 industry and people remember how you acted when you were playing. 1:46:33.160 --> 1:46:36.639 So I just respect everybody, and that's how I did 1:46:36.680 --> 1:46:39.040 it along the way, when you're at your highest peak, 1:46:39.479 --> 1:46:43.080 and as you're transitioning, you you're the same way, And 1:46:43.560 --> 1:46:46.200 I would say, just be consistent and the way you 1:46:46.320 --> 1:46:49.559 treat people so that doors will open for you. Because 1:46:49.600 --> 1:46:52.880 you were in d Kalu or Mark Vandermer, this awesome 1:46:53.000 --> 1:46:56.280 quarterback that played X amount of years. Oh heck, yeah, 1:46:56.320 --> 1:46:59.479 he's trying to transition into what we're doing. Yeah, that 1:47:00.240 --> 1:47:02.200 is a little bit easier to open, and you can 1:47:02.280 --> 1:47:04.200 kind of handpick which one you want to go through. 1:47:04.600 --> 1:47:07.439 But if you're the a hole, those doors don't open 1:47:07.960 --> 1:47:13.720 nearly as fast. Yeah, I mean yeah, people remember, they 1:47:13.840 --> 1:47:18.639 remember interactions. Will I will meet somebody in my weekly 1:47:18.840 --> 1:47:22.160 travels that I've met fifteen twenty years ago, and I 1:47:22.240 --> 1:47:25.120 took a picture with their daughter and spent time. But 1:47:25.640 --> 1:47:27.439 you know, I knew the car was getting ready to 1:47:27.560 --> 1:47:29.479 leave and you were in a hurry, but you you 1:47:29.600 --> 1:47:31.880 took the time to take this picture with my daughter. 1:47:32.120 --> 1:47:34.920 They show it to you and they're appreciative of it. 1:47:35.320 --> 1:47:38.800 And so that's that's kind of an example of if 1:47:38.880 --> 1:47:42.080 you needed that guy, you don't treat everybody the same 1:47:42.120 --> 1:47:44.639 because you don't know when you're gonna need somebody. 1:47:45.360 --> 1:47:46.960 It's got to be tough, though. When you guys were 1:47:47.000 --> 1:47:50.000 players and people want a picture. 1:47:49.800 --> 1:47:52.000 Or a crap, I signed every one of them if 1:47:52.040 --> 1:47:57.479 I could, because one some day they're gonna stop asking. Yeah, 1:47:57.640 --> 1:47:59.800 And that's that's kind of how how I tell my 1:48:00.400 --> 1:48:01.880 so is, well, why do you sign all of them? 1:48:01.960 --> 1:48:05.880 And this that because one day they won't ask, but 1:48:06.040 --> 1:48:08.080 you want to keep them asking. But the fastest way 1:48:08.120 --> 1:48:10.360 they won't ask is to say no, and then that 1:48:10.479 --> 1:48:12.960 starts to spread itself around. 1:48:12.800 --> 1:48:14.200 And all the way to the internet and all that 1:48:14.360 --> 1:48:16.639 Now that gets spread pretty quick. 1:48:16.800 --> 1:48:19.679 And dy Kalu and Andre Ware visiting on Texans Radio 1:48:19.760 --> 1:48:21.560 this week, and we're gonna have more of that conversation 1:48:21.680 --> 1:48:25.280 coming up, including stuff about the booth, stuff about Andre's 1:48:25.360 --> 1:48:27.640 high school career. Why did he choose football? He was 1:48:27.720 --> 1:48:31.160 drafted in baseball as well, also played basketball. Are all 1:48:31.200 --> 1:48:34.280 the kids playing three sports these days? No, most of 1:48:34.360 --> 1:48:36.320 them are not. We'll talk about all that stuff. It's 1:48:36.360 --> 1:48:38.960 coming up here on Texans Radio. Great to have you 1:48:39.080 --> 1:48:42.160 listening tonight to the Bonus hour of Texans Radio Friday night, 1:48:42.200 --> 1:48:43.880 eight o'clock hour. We go over some of the best 1:48:43.960 --> 1:48:46.599 content of the week and Andre Wear and dy Kloud's 1:48:46.640 --> 1:48:50.560 visit outstanding. Let's continue with some of that conversation with 1:48:51.240 --> 1:48:54.639 going back to Dickinson High School. Andre's high school career, 1:48:54.800 --> 1:48:57.960 drafted in baseball, played basketball. 1:48:57.560 --> 1:48:59.920 Obviously played a little football. Let's dig it. 1:49:00.160 --> 1:49:02.000 Mark wants to go way back. He was to go 1:49:02.080 --> 1:49:02.839 way back. 1:49:03.680 --> 1:49:07.000 Because I love these stories because, uh, Dickinson High School 1:49:07.280 --> 1:49:09.800 and you played for dub Ferris, that was your coach 1:49:10.280 --> 1:49:12.679 and when we did the morning show together from seven 1:49:12.720 --> 1:49:14.960 through oh nine, which, man, as I say that, it 1:49:15.040 --> 1:49:17.360 sounds like a long time ago down Dre, Oh my gosh, 1:49:17.439 --> 1:49:19.200 but it feels like ten minutes ago that we did that. 1:49:19.280 --> 1:49:22.680 Show eighteen years ago. Man, that's holy crap. And I 1:49:22.760 --> 1:49:27.479 remember listening to you everything. Yeah, that flies by you, 1:49:27.600 --> 1:49:28.200 but you you. 1:49:28.240 --> 1:49:30.439 Would impart and it was great. And I gotta say this, 1:49:31.240 --> 1:49:34.439 Dre was an excellent morning host. Excellent. 1:49:35.080 --> 1:49:38.320 So once I learned how to wake up, once you 1:49:38.400 --> 1:49:38.960 learned how to drink. 1:49:39.240 --> 1:49:42.400 Once I once I corrupted you with coffee, and I'm. 1:49:42.240 --> 1:49:45.080 Still drinking it to this. Sorry twenty something years later. 1:49:45.240 --> 1:49:47.840 Sorry, that's sorry, but I'm not I'm not just saying 1:49:47.880 --> 1:49:50.760 this because you're here. I just think that people got 1:49:50.800 --> 1:49:52.640 to know a different side of you, right, you know, 1:49:52.720 --> 1:49:57.439 they knew you as the Heisman Trophy winner, NFL guy broadcaster, great, 1:49:57.560 --> 1:50:02.000 great game broadcaster, national TV, Texans Radio great, but just 1:50:02.080 --> 1:50:04.040 being able to tell stories, you know, sit there for 1:50:04.120 --> 1:50:07.080 four hours a day and tell stories and Dub Ferris, 1:50:07.120 --> 1:50:10.400 your high school coach playing at Dickinson, the Gators, all 1:50:10.520 --> 1:50:13.640 that stuff. There were people calling and who remembered you 1:50:13.760 --> 1:50:14.599 from those days. 1:50:15.000 --> 1:50:16.080 But what would those. 1:50:15.960 --> 1:50:19.800 Days like playing high school ball there and Dickinson. They've 1:50:20.000 --> 1:50:22.720 kind of improved the facility since just a little bit, just. 1:50:22.760 --> 1:50:23.240 A little bit. 1:50:23.600 --> 1:50:26.880 No, it's it's fabulous and Dickinson will always be home 1:50:26.960 --> 1:50:31.000 for me. It's why, like I don't understand how guys 1:50:31.120 --> 1:50:34.679 transferred so much in college, because where do you call home, 1:50:35.240 --> 1:50:38.080 you know, after you played in eight places or however 1:50:38.200 --> 1:50:39.240 many they're playing now. 1:50:39.640 --> 1:50:41.240 But it's a special place for me. 1:50:41.479 --> 1:50:44.679 I got the chance to go to breakfast last week 1:50:44.760 --> 1:50:47.439 with Coach Ferris, and he and Miss Ferris, and we 1:50:47.520 --> 1:50:50.040 were in San Antonio, had a game that night, and 1:50:50.160 --> 1:50:52.559 we sat down and got I wish we had more time, 1:50:52.680 --> 1:50:54.040 you know. It was just one of those where I 1:50:54.120 --> 1:50:58.080 had a late morning zoom production meeting for the game 1:50:58.200 --> 1:51:01.160 that night and had had to zoom or get. 1:51:01.040 --> 1:51:01.479 Out of there. 1:51:02.000 --> 1:51:06.479 But he is as passionate about the game of football 1:51:06.920 --> 1:51:11.360 as as he's ever was. I wish that every young 1:51:11.479 --> 1:51:14.800 man that puts a helmet on will have the relationship 1:51:15.160 --> 1:51:18.479 that I have with my high school coach, because it's 1:51:18.560 --> 1:51:22.559 a special one in a sense that when I was young, 1:51:22.760 --> 1:51:26.479 he became kind of my father figure and he calls 1:51:26.600 --> 1:51:27.120 me his son. 1:51:27.240 --> 1:51:29.559 Now and I call him Dad and things of that sort. 1:51:29.640 --> 1:51:32.360 It's a deep relationship that you know, my father passed 1:51:32.360 --> 1:51:34.439 when I was six years old, So I learned a 1:51:34.520 --> 1:51:37.599 lot in a short period of time from him. From 1:51:37.640 --> 1:51:40.160 the time I met him in seventh grade, he had 1:51:40.240 --> 1:51:43.240 my attention. We came in as freshman and he sits 1:51:43.320 --> 1:51:46.200 us down on this mat where I've seen numerous guys 1:51:46.280 --> 1:51:49.240 throw up from off season workouts, and he tells me, 1:51:49.600 --> 1:51:51.840 tells all of us, it's either my way or I'm 1:51:51.840 --> 1:51:53.600 going to get you out of here, and if you 1:51:53.640 --> 1:51:57.280 want to play, you adapt. And I wish things were 1:51:57.360 --> 1:52:00.800 that more so that way. In today world you can't 1:52:01.040 --> 1:52:03.960 even talk to kids like that, And nowadays he'd run. 1:52:03.840 --> 1:52:06.200 You off for ear rings and things of that sort. 1:52:06.280 --> 1:52:09.559 And it was just he I think he's I forget 1:52:09.600 --> 1:52:12.200 the number that he told me in his first class 1:52:12.400 --> 1:52:14.479 that he had there, but by the time it may 1:52:14.520 --> 1:52:17.280 have been seventy something players, and by the time they 1:52:17.360 --> 1:52:20.160 got out of camp and offseason and he had twenty two. 1:52:20.520 --> 1:52:24.240 They went both ways and they were competitive, but that's 1:52:24.280 --> 1:52:27.080 the individual he was. So a lot of how I 1:52:27.240 --> 1:52:30.400 am is because of how he was and how I 1:52:30.600 --> 1:52:31.400 got it from him. 1:52:31.880 --> 1:52:32.479 He was tough. 1:52:33.479 --> 1:52:36.280 That's the way I coached. But he was fair and 1:52:36.400 --> 1:52:40.320 he always let you know up front what his expectations were. 1:52:40.840 --> 1:52:43.439 And so when coaches coached that way and they tell 1:52:43.520 --> 1:52:45.880 you and they're honest with you, and they're upfront with you, 1:52:45.880 --> 1:52:48.320 you can deal with it because now you know. Now 1:52:48.320 --> 1:52:50.680 I've got the blueprint, I know what I need to 1:52:50.720 --> 1:52:54.080 go do. But when you're dishonest, that's when players don't 1:52:54.080 --> 1:52:56.880 trust you and you have a lot of animosity in 1:52:56.920 --> 1:53:01.160 the locker room. But that was never that way for me, Dickinson. 1:53:01.240 --> 1:53:04.360 The way things turned out, I would not change one 1:53:04.479 --> 1:53:08.800 thing about how I grew up, how I played, how 1:53:08.880 --> 1:53:11.360 we won our lost games. It was an experience and 1:53:11.400 --> 1:53:14.800 I think you win, you gain more from losing, and 1:53:14.920 --> 1:53:17.599 you learn more from losing than you ever will winning 1:53:18.040 --> 1:53:19.599 because you won't change if you're winning. 1:53:20.080 --> 1:53:20.880 You know what's interesting. 1:53:21.040 --> 1:53:23.120 I'm on the outside looking in, but my sons have 1:53:23.200 --> 1:53:26.200 played against Dickinson, and I believe this started with your coach. 1:53:26.320 --> 1:53:29.479 The culture he said, I've left every time we've played Dickinson. 1:53:29.479 --> 1:53:32.479 It's been multiple times, thinking, God, dog, they're physical, they 1:53:32.520 --> 1:53:36.080 play hard, they play hard, they're physical, and they battle 1:53:36.240 --> 1:53:39.040 and as you're telling this story, I'm thinking, I bet 1:53:39.120 --> 1:53:40.080 you that's where it started. 1:53:40.280 --> 1:53:42.040 And he created that film the kind of laid the 1:53:42.080 --> 1:53:45.639 groundwork for that stuff. Coach Nelson is and here very 1:53:45.720 --> 1:53:48.320 close to this day as well. Coach Nelson I think 1:53:48.479 --> 1:53:52.880 is the head of the High School Coaches Association and 1:53:52.960 --> 1:53:56.040 they meet in San Antonio, I think every year. But 1:53:57.240 --> 1:53:59.280 you know, it's one of those things where if you 1:53:59.400 --> 1:54:01.439 go down there to play a game, you're gonna know 1:54:01.520 --> 1:54:03.880 you played in the football game. And they're they're a 1:54:03.920 --> 1:54:07.080 little bigger and faster than we were. But we were small, 1:54:07.520 --> 1:54:10.759 quick and tough, and that was that was how we played. 1:54:11.040 --> 1:54:13.360 So you played baseball, you played basketball too, right, and 1:54:13.479 --> 1:54:15.360 so you played all three sports. 1:54:15.160 --> 1:54:16.960 And ran track and ran track. 1:54:17.320 --> 1:54:19.479 So I would I would run a track meet on 1:54:19.600 --> 1:54:22.639 a Saturday morning and then that night go pitch. Oh 1:54:22.720 --> 1:54:23.280 my gosh. 1:54:23.439 --> 1:54:26.160 And it's it's crazy in today's world with all this. 1:54:26.680 --> 1:54:29.639 You know, you got to specialize in this specialization where 1:54:29.920 --> 1:54:32.080 you got to get down to one sport and that's 1:54:32.120 --> 1:54:33.240 the only one that you should. 1:54:33.360 --> 1:54:34.240 You should play. 1:54:34.520 --> 1:54:38.040 Every sport helps the other. Track helps with football, that's 1:54:38.040 --> 1:54:41.040 where you gain your speed. Basketball helps with hand and 1:54:41.120 --> 1:54:44.040 eye coordination, all of that stuff. So it's it's uh, 1:54:44.680 --> 1:54:47.480 I think it's a it's you're doing kids a disservice 1:54:48.080 --> 1:54:50.600 by not allowing them to play everything. And then you 1:54:50.680 --> 1:54:52.440 get to high school you figure out which one or 1:54:52.480 --> 1:54:54.400 two that that you want to play or if you 1:54:54.440 --> 1:54:56.640 want to keep doing what I did and played all 1:54:56.800 --> 1:54:57.280 play all. 1:54:57.240 --> 1:54:58.320 Four do it? 1:54:58.840 --> 1:55:02.800 Wow, well baseball you were really good at baseball and 1:55:02.920 --> 1:55:03.640 you were drafted. 1:55:03.760 --> 1:55:07.800 Yeah, so take us through that. How baseball worked for 1:55:07.880 --> 1:55:10.720 you getting drafted and you didn't consider it. 1:55:10.920 --> 1:55:13.480 I didn't even consider it because my mom said, hey, 1:55:13.520 --> 1:55:15.240 you're going to college. And it was a non it 1:55:15.360 --> 1:55:18.840 was a it was non negotiable. But I could throw 1:55:18.880 --> 1:55:21.800 it back. Then I could pitch. I played in the 1:55:21.880 --> 1:55:25.720 district that had really talented players in it. Randy Pryor 1:55:26.080 --> 1:55:27.800 went off to A and m Kirk dressing door for 1:55:27.960 --> 1:55:31.320 ended up in the A's rotation and when we played Parland, 1:55:31.400 --> 1:55:33.880 both of them played at Periland High School. When we 1:55:34.040 --> 1:55:36.880 played them, it was it was it was packed and 1:55:37.000 --> 1:55:40.080 a lot of scouts there. I remember the scout from 1:55:40.120 --> 1:55:43.200 the Dodgers at the time telling me that I'd run 1:55:43.280 --> 1:55:46.120 the fastest time from home to first that he that 1:55:46.240 --> 1:55:49.720 he timed at that point, and so baseball was my grandfather. 1:55:49.920 --> 1:55:51.880 If he God bless his soul, he would tell you 1:55:52.040 --> 1:55:54.480 to this day that he thought it would be baseball 1:55:54.560 --> 1:55:56.919 that I would play professionally. 1:55:56.560 --> 1:55:57.200 Not football. 1:55:57.680 --> 1:56:00.800 And I think football became one of those things where 1:56:01.640 --> 1:56:06.480 I wanted to play quarterback. I knew that it didn't 1:56:06.520 --> 1:56:09.720 have a long life, my lifeline, but I wanted to 1:56:09.760 --> 1:56:12.720 play it anyway. And so when I was a youngster 1:56:12.840 --> 1:56:16.240 in seventh grade, I loud talked my way into basically 1:56:16.320 --> 1:56:19.000 a tryout outside the coach's office. I said, God, I 1:56:19.000 --> 1:56:21.320 wish he would let me play quarterback, just to give 1:56:21.360 --> 1:56:21.880 me a shot. 1:56:22.240 --> 1:56:22.840 And he heard me. 1:56:22.960 --> 1:56:25.600 Coach Holmes heard me, and so the next day at 1:56:25.680 --> 1:56:28.000 practice he asked me to stay after and I was 1:56:28.120 --> 1:56:29.360 just like, oh damn, he's getting ready. 1:56:29.600 --> 1:56:30.000 He heard me. 1:56:30.320 --> 1:56:32.240 He's getting ready to run me to death. He just 1:56:32.320 --> 1:56:34.800 wanted to see me throw. And after that he moved 1:56:34.800 --> 1:56:37.720 me to quarterback. That was kind of the really yeah, 1:56:38.120 --> 1:56:40.480 But I was set to play at U of H. 1:56:41.040 --> 1:56:44.800 I broke my arm my freshman year, so obviously I 1:56:44.840 --> 1:56:46.320 had to get I was there to play football. I 1:56:46.360 --> 1:56:48.440 had to get my spot back and went through the 1:56:48.520 --> 1:56:50.320 spring rather than playing baseball that spring. 1:56:50.520 --> 1:56:52.360 Let me ask you that. Obviously, we grew up in 1:56:52.400 --> 1:56:54.520 two different areas. I grew up in San Antonio, you're 1:56:54.520 --> 1:56:57.200 in Dickinson. But like you, I'm a multiple sport guy, 1:56:57.800 --> 1:57:00.880 track basketball, but baseball was never even on my radar, 1:57:01.200 --> 1:57:03.920 So like, how was it introduced to you? And you know, 1:57:03.960 --> 1:57:06.360 I don't want to make this controversial bit. I always 1:57:06.400 --> 1:57:06.680 loved it. 1:57:06.720 --> 1:57:08.960 We played what was it stickball or whatever with a 1:57:09.040 --> 1:57:11.840 tennis ball and a bat and growing up and I 1:57:12.280 --> 1:57:14.600 loved it so much that I would talk guys into 1:57:15.440 --> 1:57:17.600 playing me two on one where you had one base 1:57:17.680 --> 1:57:19.680 and I tried. You know, if I got them out, 1:57:19.680 --> 1:57:21.880 I would bat. You know, I would never get out 1:57:21.960 --> 1:57:25.360 because they couldn't catch me. And it just became a 1:57:25.480 --> 1:57:27.360 love when I was For me at about the age 1:57:27.360 --> 1:57:30.400 of eight, when I started playing, and my grandparents would 1:57:30.400 --> 1:57:33.520 take me to games for practice, I had two coaches 1:57:33.600 --> 1:57:38.160 that would pick me up. Jim and Matt Baker were 1:57:38.240 --> 1:57:41.600 my little league baseball coaches. My second year, they moved 1:57:41.640 --> 1:57:43.840 me up. We had a it was a tear system, 1:57:43.920 --> 1:57:47.000 the American Texas and National League. I went from the 1:57:47.040 --> 1:57:50.200 American League playing my first year on the machine to 1:57:50.320 --> 1:57:53.360 the National League where you just skip right over the 1:57:53.400 --> 1:57:55.360 league and you're you're in the best of the best. 1:57:55.640 --> 1:57:57.680 And I played in that league for three straight years. 1:57:58.040 --> 1:58:02.280 That's where my taste for baseball all came from. And 1:58:03.320 --> 1:58:05.040 they would put me on the back of a truck, 1:58:05.520 --> 1:58:07.480 pick me up, take me to practice, put me on 1:58:07.600 --> 1:58:09.920 that same truck, bring me back home. I jump off, 1:58:10.320 --> 1:58:12.840 thank them, and do the same thing the next day. 1:58:13.200 --> 1:58:16.280 And so that's why to this day, if kids need 1:58:16.360 --> 1:58:21.160 a ride that play for me, I what's it called, 1:58:22.880 --> 1:58:26.080 I reciprocate, I pay it forward, I go back and 1:58:26.760 --> 1:58:29.520 uh and hopefully they will do the same thing for 1:58:29.640 --> 1:58:33.280 some kid once they become coaches or they're influential in 1:58:33.360 --> 1:58:36.800 a kid's life. But that's how that's why I do it, 1:58:36.880 --> 1:58:38.800 and that's why I do some of the things I 1:58:38.920 --> 1:58:39.960 do for the kids that play for. 1:58:40.000 --> 1:58:42.120 You brought up a memory we don't see. 1:58:42.280 --> 1:58:45.120 I used to have a coach, Coach Washington, pick us 1:58:45.200 --> 1:58:47.200 up for a track and we had like eight people 1:58:47.240 --> 1:58:49.480 in the back of a pickup going across town. 1:58:49.640 --> 1:58:52.920 And we don't even think about it, but I've that 1:58:53.080 --> 1:58:56.000 you get a big ticket as long as you put together. 1:58:56.840 --> 1:58:58.680 If somebody's riding in the back. 1:58:58.880 --> 1:59:02.120 But it was so normal back then, like people literally 1:59:02.120 --> 1:59:03.600 there'll be like eight of us in the back of 1:59:03.640 --> 1:59:05.720 a pick up, not even thinking what you're doing. 1:59:06.120 --> 1:59:08.839 All the time a truck and let's go to Galveston. 1:59:08.920 --> 1:59:11.080 We jump in the back. You're riding next to us, 1:59:11.200 --> 1:59:12.000 a police. 1:59:11.720 --> 1:59:14.480 Officer way back and keep going. 1:59:15.000 --> 1:59:17.480 So I wonder when, I wonder when I'll google this 1:59:17.600 --> 1:59:19.280 after the show when it became a law that you 1:59:19.320 --> 1:59:22.280 couldn't do it, because that was just the norm. It 1:59:22.360 --> 1:59:23.400 was like, Oh, I got to pick up so I 1:59:23.440 --> 1:59:26.240 could take ten people. Okay, eight of y'all are fitting. 1:59:26.000 --> 1:59:26.320 In the back. 1:59:26.320 --> 1:59:27.840 I don't think I put on a seatbelt till I 1:59:27.880 --> 1:59:28.520 was twenty five. 1:59:28.840 --> 1:59:30.480 You know, I probably still. 1:59:31.840 --> 1:59:35.960 My son is reminded me that, yeah, yeah, And I 1:59:36.120 --> 1:59:38.800 know I know exactly how many times it will do 1:59:38.920 --> 1:59:41.520 it and how long it actually does it ten seconds 1:59:41.880 --> 1:59:44.160 and then once it stops, it'll it's ten seconds off. 1:59:44.240 --> 1:59:46.720 Then it'll come back. After about four times of that, 1:59:47.160 --> 1:59:49.480 it's it'll shut off. So I just have to get 1:59:49.520 --> 1:59:51.240 through the first four four deans. 1:59:51.240 --> 1:59:53.120 Now I feel naked without it, though, it's like I 1:59:53.200 --> 1:59:54.720 gotta put it out. I don't know, it's strange. 1:59:54.760 --> 1:59:57.400 Well, we talked about dre playing baseball. Mark, have you 1:59:57.440 --> 1:59:58.560 ever called baseball games? 1:59:58.760 --> 1:59:58.960 Yeah? 1:59:58.960 --> 2:00:02.440 I have when I for me and I became a 2:00:02.480 --> 2:00:04.800 big baseball fan maybe eight years ago when I had 2:00:04.840 --> 2:00:08.400 my radio show and I read Joe Morgan's book Baseball 2:00:08.440 --> 2:00:10.440 for Dummies, And once I learned about the games within 2:00:10.520 --> 2:00:11.760 the game, I really appreciated it. 2:00:12.000 --> 2:00:13.800 So you tell me you're an Astros front runner. 2:00:15.360 --> 2:00:15.560 Big. 2:00:16.200 --> 2:00:18.760 So when I listened to the games on the radio, 2:00:19.160 --> 2:00:21.920 I love how they're just literally having a conversation, like, really, 2:00:22.640 --> 2:00:23.240 is it tougher? 2:00:23.440 --> 2:00:25.879 Is it easier calling baseball versus football? 2:00:25.920 --> 2:00:28.480 I think it's a lot harder in many ways. I 2:00:28.600 --> 2:00:29.960 love calling a lot. 2:00:29.840 --> 2:00:34.440 Of field time, a lot of film between pitches, between 2:00:34.520 --> 2:00:35.120 that bats. 2:00:35.280 --> 2:00:36.360 I've never done Major League. 2:00:36.360 --> 2:00:38.600 Okay, I did the Hurricanes. We won the National Championship 2:00:38.640 --> 2:00:40.440 in O one. I was able to call those games. 2:00:40.960 --> 2:00:44.080 And college is different because it feels like every count 2:00:44.160 --> 2:00:47.440 goes full, you know, and the plink of the aluminum bat. 2:00:47.560 --> 2:00:51.560 It's not as romantic a radio sport as Major League Baseball. 2:00:51.840 --> 2:00:54.600 The wooden bat, the sound of the wooden bat versus 2:00:54.800 --> 2:00:58.760 plink of the aluminum bat just changes the dynamics of 2:00:58.840 --> 2:01:01.000 that being a radio sport. Now, you're right, it is 2:01:01.120 --> 2:01:04.440 a big conversation and a lot of nothing happens, but 2:01:04.520 --> 2:01:06.839 then all of a sudden, all hell breaks loose. Baseball's 2:01:06.840 --> 2:01:08.360 where all of a sudden, the ball's over here, and 2:01:08.600 --> 2:01:11.960 it's the one sport where as the announcer you have 2:01:12.240 --> 2:01:14.520 to take your eye off the ball. Every other sport 2:01:14.560 --> 2:01:16.400 that I call, you cannot take. 2:01:16.280 --> 2:01:18.800 Your eye off the ball. But baseball you have to 2:01:18.880 --> 2:01:20.280 look who's rounding third? 2:01:20.360 --> 2:01:22.240 Here comes the throw? Are they gonna you know, you 2:01:22.400 --> 2:01:25.240 have to look at what's happening with the dynamics. And 2:01:25.400 --> 2:01:27.560 it's it's weird for me because I didn't grow up 2:01:27.600 --> 2:01:30.160 playing it or watching it. So a long story there, 2:01:30.600 --> 2:01:33.560 so it's not for a lot of guys. It's part 2:01:33.600 --> 2:01:37.839 of their DNA. It's really the Shakespeare of radio sports. 2:01:37.960 --> 2:01:38.840 I mean, it is a. 2:01:39.240 --> 2:01:42.800 Great radio sports storyte Yeah, but I love Andy. 2:01:42.880 --> 2:01:44.560 There's nothing like being on the air with this guy 2:01:44.600 --> 2:01:46.960 on a Sunday afternoon, and it's just it feels like. 2:01:47.240 --> 2:01:48.160 War, you know. 2:01:48.640 --> 2:01:52.000 There it is, it's the battle and everything is fever pitch, 2:01:52.120 --> 2:01:54.840 Oh my gosh, lives hang in the balance. 2:01:55.320 --> 2:01:55.960 It's huge. 2:01:56.360 --> 2:02:01.240 I can't shake that feeling it's too big to ignore, 2:02:01.440 --> 2:02:03.000 you know, and even though we only get to do 2:02:03.120 --> 2:02:06.320 twenty of them a year, plus playoffs preferably, it just 2:02:06.400 --> 2:02:08.680 feels like there's no way I would drop that. There's 2:02:08.920 --> 2:02:11.879 no way I would let the event of the NFL 2:02:12.000 --> 2:02:13.320 Weekly game go away. 2:02:13.920 --> 2:02:15.240 It's just too big, it's too good. 2:02:15.280 --> 2:02:17.160 I think I've told you this before, Mark, but I 2:02:17.160 --> 2:02:19.800 haven't told Andre. And we all know teenagers are in 2:02:19.880 --> 2:02:22.440 their own world. But one day we're driving back, so 2:02:22.480 --> 2:02:25.000 we're listening to y'all during the Texan game, and my 2:02:25.160 --> 2:02:28.400 teenage son said, man, just out of the blue, Man, 2:02:28.440 --> 2:02:30.360 they do a good job. I feel like I'm seeing 2:02:30.440 --> 2:02:30.840 the game. 2:02:31.120 --> 2:02:31.560 Oh wow. 2:02:32.360 --> 2:02:38.240 And I said, oh wow, like you actually said something profound. Yeah, exactly, exactly. 2:02:38.280 --> 2:02:41.880 Appreciate that, no doubt, because you know it. In radio, 2:02:41.960 --> 2:02:43.920 all you're trying to do is paint the picture. Yeah, 2:02:44.040 --> 2:02:48.680 And it's the why it happened. From my aspect, He's 2:02:48.760 --> 2:02:51.800 the setup guy, and I'm there to tell why certain 2:02:51.880 --> 2:02:54.200 things happen and when they happen. And it's been a 2:02:54.480 --> 2:02:59.200 great twenty three year crush between us and I look 2:02:59.280 --> 2:03:02.000 forward to another. You canna be around twenty three more years. 2:03:02.320 --> 2:03:09.000 Hell, yeah, wheel, I'm going I'm going out on a gurney. 2:03:09.320 --> 2:03:11.040 Yeah, I'm gonna need one of those little things with 2:03:11.120 --> 2:03:13.879 wheels and to give me to give me to the elevator. 2:03:13.960 --> 2:03:16.240 I like it it to like, I'll tell you what's 2:03:16.280 --> 2:03:18.520 going on, and then Trey's just gonna fill in all 2:03:18.600 --> 2:03:20.320 the Like if it's a painting, I'm just got I 2:03:20.400 --> 2:03:22.800 got the pencil, sketch and he's gonna paint brush all 2:03:22.840 --> 2:03:25.400 the colors in there and make it pretty and tell you, 2:03:25.600 --> 2:03:27.320 you know, show you exactly how it is. 2:03:27.960 --> 2:03:29.560 And uh, and that's our goal, you know. 2:03:29.680 --> 2:03:32.200 But we've always I think we had chemistry from the 2:03:32.360 --> 2:03:35.680 very beginning, and it's only you know, it's years that 2:03:35.760 --> 2:03:36.920 we're like an old married couple. 2:03:37.040 --> 2:03:39.400 Now it's like I know, okay, you go ahead, I'll 2:03:39.440 --> 2:03:42.000 go ahead. It's just it's a great way. 2:03:42.200 --> 2:03:43.840 Every blue moon, I'll step on it. 2:03:44.200 --> 2:03:47.320 But I knew right away that to kind of stay 2:03:47.360 --> 2:03:50.880 in my lane, you know, fig figure out his voice 2:03:50.960 --> 2:03:53.160 inflections and when he's wrapping up. And that's the thing 2:03:53.200 --> 2:03:56.600 about a relationship like like this and working with a 2:03:56.640 --> 2:03:58.680 guy for a long time, you got to kind of 2:03:58.720 --> 2:04:00.920 figure out what he does, what he likes to do 2:04:01.040 --> 2:04:04.040 when he's gonna rap his thoughts before you get dive 2:04:04.200 --> 2:04:06.520 right in and a lot of guys get excited and 2:04:06.640 --> 2:04:08.880 caught up in the game, and all of a sudden 2:04:08.880 --> 2:04:10.760 you hear him stepping on each other all the time. 2:04:11.200 --> 2:04:13.560 But we've never had really had that problem. I've done 2:04:13.600 --> 2:04:16.400 it in excite out of excitement a couple of times. 2:04:16.480 --> 2:04:18.480 But I do like it when he adds something though, 2:04:18.600 --> 2:04:21.520 like that, like put them back of the trunk last 2:04:22.200 --> 2:04:26.120 right around this, Remember, I mean, it's good, It's good 2:04:26.160 --> 2:04:30.320 here Dred the very first touchdown in Texans history, David Carter, 2:04:30.440 --> 2:04:30.960 Billy Miller. 2:04:31.400 --> 2:04:33.920 You hear Dre goo like he just he does. 2:04:34.160 --> 2:04:37.080 He makes a sound, and there's something beautiful about that, 2:04:37.360 --> 2:04:41.640 like the emotion of it. And this week Mixing runs 2:04:41.680 --> 2:04:45.800 for the first down and Dre's like ball gape and 2:04:45.880 --> 2:04:48.400 it's just perfect, you know, that little that little accent. 2:04:48.560 --> 2:04:50.960 You know, it's just I look at the aesthetics of 2:04:51.040 --> 2:04:52.960 this whole thing. Anyway, All right, there it is some 2:04:53.080 --> 2:04:56.120 of our conversation with Indy Kalu and Andre where this 2:04:56.400 --> 2:05:00.520 week now David Fletcher, general manager of the Kinders Texas Bowl, 2:05:00.560 --> 2:05:03.000 coming up, talking about the new sponsor and everything else 2:05:03.440 --> 2:05:06.320 bowl wise, because it's happening on New Year's Eve. You 2:05:06.360 --> 2:05:07.920 don't want to miss that. It's going to be a 2:05:08.040 --> 2:05:10.600 daytime game on New Year's Eve. They'll give you all 2:05:10.640 --> 2:05:13.080 the details. It's coming up next on Texans All Access. 2:05:14.360 --> 2:05:17.320 The final segment of the show is about football, but 2:05:17.360 --> 2:05:20.040 it's college football, not the Texans who are on a pie, 2:05:20.120 --> 2:05:24.440 of course, but something very Texans related. Because the Texas 2:05:24.560 --> 2:05:28.200 Bowl has been such a great thing over the years, 2:05:28.280 --> 2:05:31.360 one of the best bowls out there that I guess 2:05:31.400 --> 2:05:36.000 we used to say the highest attended non BCS bowl. 2:05:36.280 --> 2:05:39.640 There are all these other statistics relaying how successful this 2:05:39.760 --> 2:05:43.840 Bowl has been, and this Bowl has constantly been recognized 2:05:43.880 --> 2:05:47.160 as having the best Bowl Week event the Rodeo Bowl. Anyway, 2:05:47.200 --> 2:05:49.839 why am I talking about it? David Fletcher, general manager 2:05:49.880 --> 2:05:52.040 of the Bowl for a long time now, visited with 2:05:52.160 --> 2:05:55.480 John Harris this week and they talked about the new sponsor. 2:05:55.560 --> 2:05:58.720 It's the Kinders Texas Bowl right now. What's Kinders about? 2:05:58.920 --> 2:06:01.880 What is the bull likely to have this year? 2:06:02.120 --> 2:06:05.280 Well, you're gonna find out on Sunday afternoon. David Fletcher 2:06:05.320 --> 2:06:06.240 will tell you all about that. 2:06:06.840 --> 2:06:08.360 We have spent a lot of time this year with 2:06:08.440 --> 2:06:12.160 our partners at ESPN in trying to find since since 2:06:12.280 --> 2:06:18.280 Tax Act moved on. And so you can officially introduce 2:06:18.840 --> 2:06:24.360 as the executive director of the Kinders Texas Bowl. Very 2:06:24.480 --> 2:06:29.520 excited to welcome Kinders, one of the leading sauce and 2:06:29.600 --> 2:06:33.120 seasoning companies in the United States, as our new title sponsor, 2:06:33.360 --> 2:06:38.560 officially announced today. And boy, Johnny, I cannot think of 2:06:38.680 --> 2:06:42.080 a better complimentary partner. 2:06:43.440 --> 2:06:46.240 Than partner. But just like the. 2:06:46.400 --> 2:06:50.960 Idea of tailgating and food and the passion that runs 2:06:51.040 --> 2:06:53.280 deep for football and food in this city, and to 2:06:53.400 --> 2:06:57.280 have a premium brand like Kinders that can enhance that 2:06:57.440 --> 2:07:01.360 experience out here come December thirty first and beyond, this's 2:07:01.360 --> 2:07:02.680 gonna be a lot of fun fletch. 2:07:02.880 --> 2:07:05.040 So you and I haven't had a chance to talk 2:07:05.080 --> 2:07:07.320 because we've been kind of, you know, missiles in the night. 2:07:07.400 --> 2:07:11.720 We're all over the place. And it was on Tuesday 2:07:11.760 --> 2:07:13.520 when Nikossari was doing his press conference. 2:07:13.560 --> 2:07:15.600 I looked over on the far side and I could 2:07:15.640 --> 2:07:18.440 see these big black canisters. 2:07:18.480 --> 2:07:21.760 They look like the buckets you get from like home 2:07:21.840 --> 2:07:23.080 Depot that you do work with. 2:07:23.840 --> 2:07:26.080 And I look over there and I'm like, I can't 2:07:26.280 --> 2:07:28.680 I can't tell I didn't want to go walking over there, 2:07:28.680 --> 2:07:30.680 and I'm like, what are these buckets? Well, then we 2:07:31.000 --> 2:07:34.000 had Nick coming studio for his interview, went back out 2:07:34.000 --> 2:07:34.760 of the buckets were gone. 2:07:34.760 --> 2:07:36.320 I'm like, oh, dang, I wonder what that was. 2:07:36.720 --> 2:07:39.640 And then I saw this little card sitting on one 2:07:39.680 --> 2:07:42.200 of the tables and it just sat on behalf of 2:07:42.240 --> 2:07:45.600 the Texas Bowl. Lon Star Sports Entertainment and ESPN Events, 2:07:46.080 --> 2:07:48.640 we are thrilled to announce Kinders as the new title 2:07:48.680 --> 2:07:52.440 sponsor of the twenty twenty four Kinders Texas Bowl. And 2:07:52.560 --> 2:07:55.800 I was like, Oh, that's what that was and it 2:07:55.880 --> 2:07:58.080 was black bands. So first of all, hey, can I 2:07:58.120 --> 2:07:59.440 get one of those black bands because I got a 2:07:59.440 --> 2:08:02.400 feeling that they're probably filled with seasonings and rubs and 2:08:02.440 --> 2:08:03.520 everything that Kinders has. 2:08:05.120 --> 2:08:07.200 Two, how did this come about? 2:08:07.440 --> 2:08:09.600 Because I'm always I'm always intrigued, you know, I am 2:08:09.680 --> 2:08:12.640 about coming of the Bull process, everything that goes with 2:08:12.720 --> 2:08:14.600 the bull, the bull swag, all that kind of stuff. 2:08:14.920 --> 2:08:18.320 You know, I'm always intrigued with this tax had Tax 2:08:18.400 --> 2:08:19.960 Act had been the sponsor for a couple of years. 2:08:20.040 --> 2:08:22.280 We've had Academy for a couple of years. Now Kinders 2:08:22.400 --> 2:08:24.680 gets on board. How did this all kind of come 2:08:24.760 --> 2:08:25.680 to be if you will. 2:08:25.760 --> 2:08:28.840 Yeah, well let me answer your first question absolutely, Yes, 2:08:29.040 --> 2:08:31.200 buckets for you and buckets for many. 2:08:31.520 --> 2:08:31.640 Yes. 2:08:31.760 --> 2:08:35.640 Look, the this is a really unique and a really 2:08:35.760 --> 2:08:38.480 fun opportunity to be a part of. From from our chair, 2:08:38.920 --> 2:08:42.520 you know, we worked with our partners at ESPN to 2:08:43.280 --> 2:08:47.520 really try and find a fit around our Texas Bowl 2:08:47.680 --> 2:08:52.560 entitlement that just enhanced the experience for everybody involved. And 2:08:52.640 --> 2:08:55.360 as I mentioned in the outset, the passion that Kinders 2:08:55.400 --> 2:08:59.320 has for food seventy five years of making the best 2:09:00.280 --> 2:09:03.640 and spices out there is something that is very evident 2:09:03.720 --> 2:09:07.240 and will be very complementary to the experience that you 2:09:07.360 --> 2:09:10.840 see around college football. For Kinders, this is a really 2:09:10.960 --> 2:09:14.560 unique opportunity for them. A major sauce and seasoning brand, 2:09:14.760 --> 2:09:19.440 really a challenger brand that's built an incredible base of 2:09:19.960 --> 2:09:24.000 loyal and passionate followers, the number two brand in the 2:09:24.080 --> 2:09:26.879 country in sauces and seasoning. So they're looking to continue 2:09:26.920 --> 2:09:31.160 to grow and this is their first major national sponsorship. 2:09:31.240 --> 2:09:34.280 They're targeting college football, and with good reason. We know 2:09:34.400 --> 2:09:37.120 how important tailgating is to that culture. We know how 2:09:37.160 --> 2:09:42.120 important is to whether you're homegating or tailgating. You want 2:09:42.160 --> 2:09:44.600 your game day to be at the top, and having 2:09:44.640 --> 2:09:47.400 a partner like Kinders that can help enhance that experience 2:09:47.440 --> 2:09:50.320 is something that's gonna be really cool. College football is 2:09:50.360 --> 2:09:53.440 where they're going, and you saw it as part of 2:09:53.480 --> 2:09:56.839 the announcement. They are also the official sauce and seasoning 2:09:56.920 --> 2:09:59.960 of the College Football Playoff. They're working on a significant 2:10:00.080 --> 2:10:04.320 and have a significant media profile multimedia rights deal with 2:10:04.600 --> 2:10:06.040 ESPN as. 2:10:05.960 --> 2:10:07.080 Part of this relationship. 2:10:07.520 --> 2:10:09.760 So as this was all coming together, you got a 2:10:09.840 --> 2:10:12.960 real opportunity to to work with a brand that's creative, 2:10:13.000 --> 2:10:16.320 that's innovative, that's trying to you know, build their niche, 2:10:16.560 --> 2:10:19.440 trying to grow them their their brand, and using the 2:10:19.560 --> 2:10:23.240 platforms of college football some big ones at that to 2:10:23.360 --> 2:10:23.600 do it. 2:10:24.120 --> 2:10:25.240 We're really excited. 2:10:25.400 --> 2:10:27.800 This is a multi year relationship and it's one that 2:10:28.240 --> 2:10:30.520 you know, we're just beginning, but it's one that we 2:10:30.680 --> 2:10:34.560 already feel will will really, as I said, create a 2:10:34.760 --> 2:10:39.920 complementary experience, an enhanced experience for fans at our game 2:10:40.000 --> 2:10:43.080 and at college football tailgates all throughout the next few seasons. 2:10:43.240 --> 2:10:45.760 I like that we're homegating too. Was good and I've 2:10:45.800 --> 2:10:47.680 not heard that before. That's pretty good. 2:10:47.760 --> 2:10:47.920 You know. 2:10:48.560 --> 2:10:52.280 Stuff over here, Executive director of the Kinders Texas Pol 2:10:52.360 --> 2:10:57.800 David Fletcher here with me, fletch. The title sponsor is 2:10:57.920 --> 2:11:00.120 obviously it was a big deal. I mean and I 2:11:00.240 --> 2:11:02.120 talked and probably a couple weeks ago and to say, 2:11:02.120 --> 2:11:04.120 hey man, let's get out talk some college football and 2:11:04.160 --> 2:11:06.879 goes and you told me, well, we got the announcement 2:11:07.000 --> 2:11:09.720 coming up, I think for a title sponsor. So let's 2:11:09.720 --> 2:11:11.480 wait a couple of weeks. You were dead on it 2:11:11.600 --> 2:11:15.839 happens this week. Congratulations for that. But you also announced 2:11:15.840 --> 2:11:18.920 that there's more stuff that's happening with the Bowl game 2:11:19.080 --> 2:11:22.200 in and around music concerts. Because one of the things 2:11:22.240 --> 2:11:24.240 that I love about what you've done with the Bowl 2:11:24.680 --> 2:11:27.040 is you've made it more than just the sixty minute 2:11:27.040 --> 2:11:28.560 football game. And you know how I am a football 2:11:28.600 --> 2:11:30.640 Oh yeah, you know, I love about six minut football 2:11:30.800 --> 2:11:32.560 all the other stuff. Kind of like all right, but 2:11:32.840 --> 2:11:36.160 you've put so much into the events that go into 2:11:36.920 --> 2:11:40.160 the Kinders Texas Bowl. What do you have for the 2:11:40.320 --> 2:11:43.080 fans that you can announce and give to us right 2:11:43.160 --> 2:11:47.200 here on top of giving us the Kinders texta Bowl announcement? 2:11:47.400 --> 2:11:49.839 Well, ball week is always fun for the teams. 2:11:49.880 --> 2:11:54.200 It's fun for the administrators, a true celebration of a 2:11:54.280 --> 2:11:56.360 college football that is bowl season, and each of the 2:11:56.960 --> 2:11:59.200 each of the different bowls try and find their unique 2:11:59.240 --> 2:12:03.960 angles summer private, summer public. You know, we'll certainly put 2:12:04.000 --> 2:12:06.560 our Bowl Week up against anybody's in the country and 2:12:07.480 --> 2:12:10.240 as one of the best, and rightfully so. College football 2:12:10.320 --> 2:12:12.560 is so important to this community. Houston one of the 2:12:12.600 --> 2:12:16.120 premier destinations. But it's not just about football. It's about 2:12:16.160 --> 2:12:21.760 showcasing Houston, showcasing what it's like to be a Houstonian. 2:12:21.840 --> 2:12:27.160 And we've got an incredible melding of cultures and different 2:12:27.200 --> 2:12:30.160 elements that make Houston so unique, the most diverse community America, 2:12:30.160 --> 2:12:32.200 and we try and highlight those. We reach back to 2:12:32.280 --> 2:12:35.280 the Western heritage with our Rodeo Bowl, which is a 2:12:35.320 --> 2:12:38.720 private event, but it's one of the premier events in 2:12:38.840 --> 2:12:42.840 the country. It's been named multiple times the best Bowl 2:12:42.920 --> 2:12:45.720 Week event in the country, and that's very much in 2:12:45.840 --> 2:12:49.000 part to our partnership with the Houston Livestock Show in Rodeo, 2:12:49.040 --> 2:12:51.520 which knows a thing or two about putting on a rodeo, 2:12:52.600 --> 2:12:55.640 and that event has really become a signature and a 2:12:55.760 --> 2:12:58.400 staple each and every week, but as you look to 2:12:58.520 --> 2:13:02.720 some of the other events that we do, community is 2:13:02.760 --> 2:13:04.160 a big part of what we're doing. 2:13:04.200 --> 2:13:04.960 Community impact. 2:13:05.080 --> 2:13:07.440 We work with the Pelching Children Center throughout the year 2:13:08.200 --> 2:13:10.840 and supporting their efforts as the largest children's charity here 2:13:10.880 --> 2:13:13.240 I'm sorry, the oldest children's charity here in Houston and 2:13:13.320 --> 2:13:15.680 the largest provider of foster and adoptive services in the 2:13:15.720 --> 2:13:18.200 state of Texas. And there are many, many Bull Week 2:13:18.280 --> 2:13:21.840 interactions and events that the players, the coaches get to 2:13:21.920 --> 2:13:25.120 have with the kids and the families of that organization. 2:13:25.640 --> 2:13:28.360 But when it comes to having fun, Look, this game's 2:13:28.400 --> 2:13:31.280 on New Year's Eve. It's a day game, which we're 2:13:31.440 --> 2:13:35.440 really excited about. The night before we've got we announced 2:13:35.520 --> 2:13:38.680 yesterday Tyler Farr is headlining our car Bock kickoff concert 2:13:38.800 --> 2:13:42.880 presented by Kroger. Free concert for all fans that want 2:13:42.920 --> 2:13:47.200 to come out and just experience Bowl Week and come 2:13:47.240 --> 2:13:48.920 out and do it with some great Texas music, some 2:13:49.040 --> 2:13:51.760 great food over at the Rustic Downtown. You can get 2:13:51.760 --> 2:13:55.960 your tickets free tickets for that event at Kinderstexas Bowl 2:13:56.000 --> 2:13:59.880 dot com. And there is this little thing about Game Day, right, 2:14:00.080 --> 2:14:02.480 we have an event. We have a big weekend ahead 2:14:02.560 --> 2:14:05.760 with selections Sunday coming up, and game day out here 2:14:05.880 --> 2:14:08.520 is going to be spectacular. The Who's the Brothers are 2:14:08.560 --> 2:14:12.240 going to headline uh Carbock Love Street Text Fest on 2:14:13.360 --> 2:14:17.560 on Tuesday morning. Game days at the kick is at 2:14:17.600 --> 2:14:21.200 two thirty Central times, so we have a real opportunity 2:14:21.800 --> 2:14:25.720 for this community and for people traveling in. You know, 2:14:25.760 --> 2:14:27.560 if you want to start your New Year's Eve and 2:14:27.640 --> 2:14:29.560 have a great night, no better place if you're a 2:14:29.600 --> 2:14:31.320 college football fan than to do it right here with 2:14:31.360 --> 2:14:33.360 a two thirty kick. If this is what you want 2:14:33.400 --> 2:14:34.680 to do for New Year's Day, and there are a 2:14:34.680 --> 2:14:36.680 lot of families, a lot of people that you know, hey, 2:14:36.760 --> 2:14:40.160 we'll let the well, we'll let We'll let the partygoers 2:14:40.200 --> 2:14:41.000 go out and have their fun. 2:14:41.360 --> 2:14:44.120 Come out here, have a great time, you get your 2:14:44.240 --> 2:14:45.240 your day started right. 2:14:45.400 --> 2:14:49.160 And all of those opportunities will be available starting on 2:14:49.560 --> 2:14:52.520 Sunday when we go on sale with tickets Kinderstexas Bowl 2:14:52.560 --> 2:14:55.360 dot com. And when we do that, Johnny, we will 2:14:55.360 --> 2:14:57.760 shortly thereafter announce who's going to be playing in the game. 2:14:57.800 --> 2:14:59.320 Okay, so let's get to that a little bit. 2:15:00.000 --> 2:15:00.360 I know that. 2:15:02.080 --> 2:15:04.560 I have what I want to see in the game. 2:15:05.640 --> 2:15:08.680 I'm sure you probably have what you'd like to see 2:15:08.800 --> 2:15:11.480 in the game, and I don't want you to say that, 2:15:11.680 --> 2:15:14.000 and I might say mine later on. I know I 2:15:14.000 --> 2:15:17.120 don't want you because coming from the executive director of 2:15:17.160 --> 2:15:19.560 the game, it's a little different if you're like, hey, 2:15:19.640 --> 2:15:23.880 I want this. But first of all, to clarify, as 2:15:23.920 --> 2:15:26.480 it pertains the choices, you pick the Big twelve school, 2:15:26.680 --> 2:15:30.040 that's right, and the SEC comes from that comes from 2:15:30.040 --> 2:15:31.360 the SEC ESPN side. 2:15:31.440 --> 2:15:31.720 Correct. 2:15:31.800 --> 2:15:36.800 Okay, So how much as you're watching this college football playoff? 2:15:37.280 --> 2:15:41.200 How much of that is impacting you? For example, if 2:15:41.240 --> 2:15:46.000 there are three SEC schools versus four, does that impact 2:15:46.240 --> 2:15:48.800 what could happen in the game? Or at that point 2:15:48.920 --> 2:15:51.320 is it not as important how many are getting in 2:15:51.360 --> 2:15:52.360 the college football playoff? 2:15:52.440 --> 2:15:55.600 Because it looks like the Big twelve probably getting one. 2:15:56.240 --> 2:15:58.680 So I would imagine you're probably gonna have a nice 2:15:58.680 --> 2:16:00.720 little choice for your game. How do you kind of 2:16:00.720 --> 2:16:02.400 look at this comor football playoff and how does that 2:16:02.480 --> 2:16:05.240 play a role in in the Kinders Texas Bowl. 2:16:05.560 --> 2:16:07.840 Well, we're learning, I mean this is the first, this 2:16:08.000 --> 2:16:11.080 is the first we're to go. We're building the plane 2:16:11.080 --> 2:16:14.240 as it flies. But in all honesty, you know, it 2:16:14.320 --> 2:16:16.800 starts with our conference partners. You mentioned a Big Twelve 2:16:16.800 --> 2:16:21.120 and SEC, two elite conferences geographically relevant. It's helped this 2:16:21.400 --> 2:16:24.680 game be a huge part of the college football calendar 2:16:24.720 --> 2:16:26.960 and the events calendar, not only here in Houston but 2:16:27.000 --> 2:16:30.720 around the country for over a decade now. We're very 2:16:30.760 --> 2:16:34.160 excited to have that relationship continuing this year and to 2:16:34.280 --> 2:16:37.320 have an opportunity to look at who from those two 2:16:37.360 --> 2:16:39.080 elite conferences is going to be able to play in 2:16:39.120 --> 2:16:41.800 our game come New Year's eve Day. When you look 2:16:41.879 --> 2:16:45.680 at the College Football Playoff, obviously the expansion this year 2:16:45.959 --> 2:16:48.200 is a new element that we're all looking at as 2:16:48.240 --> 2:16:51.120 it relates to bowlseason. I think as you look at 2:16:51.200 --> 2:16:54.360 the two conferences that we are aligned with, the Big 2:16:54.480 --> 2:16:57.760 Twelve in the SEC, certainly have an eye on how 2:16:57.840 --> 2:17:01.680 those conference championship games go this way weekend. But but 2:17:01.879 --> 2:17:06.920 ultimately both of those have tremendous programs that have that 2:17:07.040 --> 2:17:08.720 have played at a high level this year. 2:17:09.480 --> 2:17:12.600 So when we look at what might be available and what. 2:17:12.800 --> 2:17:15.400 Might be the case for our matchup come New Year's 2:17:15.400 --> 2:17:18.560 eve Day, we love the options that are sitting out there. 2:17:18.560 --> 2:17:21.640 I mean, there's just so much good football in both conferences. 2:17:22.280 --> 2:17:25.200 You know, obviously there is a lot of transition. There 2:17:25.240 --> 2:17:29.480 are a lot of elements that people talk about, nil transfer, portal, 2:17:29.879 --> 2:17:32.440 you know, coaching changes that all impact those elements. 2:17:32.920 --> 2:17:33.280 Look at it. 2:17:33.400 --> 2:17:36.880 The two conference partners we have both have many teams 2:17:36.920 --> 2:17:40.520 that performed at an elite level this year. Both have 2:17:41.080 --> 2:17:44.440 a number of opportunities for us that are geographically relevant. 2:17:44.720 --> 2:17:46.480 And when we look at the pool that we might 2:17:46.600 --> 2:17:49.920 have here, can't be anything but excited about what what 2:17:50.000 --> 2:17:51.680 could possibly come to us coming of the New Year's 2:17:51.680 --> 2:17:52.000 eve Day. 2:17:52.240 --> 2:17:56.279 Yeah, there there are some there are some really nice options. 2:17:57.200 --> 2:17:59.039 As I started looking at it, each and every week 2:17:59.080 --> 2:18:02.960 I write for for l s C newsletter and it 2:18:03.080 --> 2:18:06.160 gets sent out, and at the very end the last 2:18:06.240 --> 2:18:08.840 probably two three weeks, I started I bring back in 2:18:09.000 --> 2:18:11.080 the options, like, okay, are these are the teams? And 2:18:11.120 --> 2:18:12.640 as I started putting on the teams of like, oh, 2:18:12.680 --> 2:18:15.200 that team could look really good. I mean even as 2:18:15.280 --> 2:18:19.000 crazy as an SEC team like Florida. But I know Florida, 2:18:19.800 --> 2:18:22.320 they're probably more set with you know, a Bowl over Florida. 2:18:22.360 --> 2:18:25.080 But Florida's got a quarterback from Willis like right here 2:18:25.200 --> 2:18:26.440 just outside the city of Houston. 2:18:26.680 --> 2:18:28.640 So it's like, man, there might be a draw with that. 2:18:28.920 --> 2:18:34.320 So it's even if it's not geographically you know, a 2:18:34.440 --> 2:18:37.040 Texas Tech or a TCU or an Arkansas or what 2:18:37.160 --> 2:18:37.840 Oklahoma or. 2:18:37.840 --> 2:18:39.800 Whatever it could be, which it could very well be, 2:18:40.080 --> 2:18:41.000 could be any of those. 2:18:41.760 --> 2:18:43.200 But even if it's like you know, like I said 2:18:43.240 --> 2:18:46.200 of Florida, Man, you get DJ Langway in here, a 2:18:46.280 --> 2:18:48.480 guy from just outside of Houston. So there's gonna be 2:18:48.480 --> 2:18:50.320 a connection in some way, shape or form, which I 2:18:50.440 --> 2:18:53.560 can't wait to see how it all gets put together. 2:18:53.760 --> 2:18:56.520 You mentioned a couple of times Fletch game gets moved 2:18:56.720 --> 2:19:01.160 to December thirty, first two thirty kickoff, and that obviously 2:19:01.320 --> 2:19:05.000 is a big day in college football. Again, I mean, 2:19:05.040 --> 2:19:07.080 it's a massive day in college football. 2:19:07.080 --> 2:19:07.320 Again. 2:19:07.680 --> 2:19:09.920 How do you feel about a and I'm trying to remember, 2:19:09.959 --> 2:19:12.280 is this the first time that has been played during 2:19:12.360 --> 2:19:12.680 the day? 2:19:12.920 --> 2:19:15.080 And how do you feel about that? Just for the 2:19:15.160 --> 2:19:17.760 game itself, for that event itself being at two thirty, 2:19:18.040 --> 2:19:18.600 we're thrilled. 2:19:18.879 --> 2:19:21.560 I mean, it's an incredible real estate in the college 2:19:21.600 --> 2:19:25.320 football landscape. As I mentioned earlier, it's a holiday, great 2:19:25.400 --> 2:19:28.720 day for local college football fans and just people in 2:19:28.800 --> 2:19:30.959 general are looking to have a good time to come here, you. 2:19:30.959 --> 2:19:32.280 Know, call out the NRG Stadium. 2:19:32.360 --> 2:19:34.640 Tickets start as low as twenty five dollars, so it's 2:19:34.640 --> 2:19:38.120 an affordable option, but we also have all the premium 2:19:38.160 --> 2:19:43.160 elements too. That, unto itself, is a really important element 2:19:43.200 --> 2:19:46.360 of why we're so excited about this this opportunity. But 2:19:46.520 --> 2:19:49.520 you look at the college football landscape. Anybody who follows 2:19:49.560 --> 2:19:51.680 the sport knows as close as you can be to 2:19:51.959 --> 2:19:54.800 New Year's Day, the better it is in terms of 2:19:54.879 --> 2:19:58.480 the visibility, in terms of the TV audience, in terms 2:19:58.520 --> 2:20:01.560 of the impact you can make. And this year for us, 2:20:01.720 --> 2:20:04.760 what really I think ultimately we were most excited about 2:20:04.879 --> 2:20:07.440 is an opportunity to be the lead in for the 2:20:07.480 --> 2:20:11.280 first ever quarterfinal. The Fiesta Bowl will be New Year's 2:20:11.280 --> 2:20:14.760 Eve night, and that's a first ever, which is always 2:20:14.800 --> 2:20:16.680 exciting to be part of. We get to be that 2:20:16.840 --> 2:20:20.560 lead in on ESPN with two elite conference partners in 2:20:20.600 --> 2:20:23.320 a great matchup. I think it's going to translate into 2:20:23.400 --> 2:20:27.000 a really good day business wise, a really great day 2:20:27.080 --> 2:20:29.880 in terms of the visibility for our community. And we 2:20:30.000 --> 2:20:33.039 think from an experience perspective, we're certainly working as hard 2:20:33.040 --> 2:20:36.000 as we possibly can to emulate that here at game 2:20:36.080 --> 2:20:38.320 day and make sure that we live up to that expectation. 2:20:38.480 --> 2:20:41.600 But all in all, it's a fantastic development. I'm bullish 2:20:41.680 --> 2:20:44.640 on us being in this position in the near term 2:20:45.040 --> 2:20:48.560 going forward, but most importantly, I'm really bullish about the 2:20:48.640 --> 2:20:52.560 opportunity to bring this to Houston on that day with 2:20:52.760 --> 2:20:55.720 this platform and see what it can do for our community. 2:20:56.040 --> 2:20:58.400 Did the College Football Playoff Committee get it right putting 2:20:58.440 --> 2:21:02.000 Alabama in front of Miami? Nah, you don't have to 2:21:02.040 --> 2:21:05.199 answer that question. Don't answer that question. That's a loaded question. 2:21:05.600 --> 2:21:07.840 I wouldn't put you on the spot like that. I 2:21:07.920 --> 2:21:10.200 think Alabama's better at Miami, but that's just me. Mar 2:21:10.280 --> 2:21:12.920 Vander might be very, very disappointed in me for saying that. 2:21:13.280 --> 2:21:15.120 But I think Alabama would have beat Miami in a 2:21:15.200 --> 2:21:17.040 head to head on a neutral field, and then I 2:21:17.080 --> 2:21:19.840 would put them ahead of Miami as it were. Fletch, 2:21:19.920 --> 2:21:24.600 I cannot wait for selection Sunday. It's weird because we 2:21:24.840 --> 2:21:27.760 usually have a game. Yeah, we usually have a game, 2:21:27.879 --> 2:21:30.440 and so you, if I remember correctly, you pop in 2:21:30.560 --> 2:21:33.320 the pet postgame show, you announce it with the guys 2:21:33.720 --> 2:21:34.560 on postgame show. 2:21:35.160 --> 2:21:37.080 So how are we gonna announce this on Selection Sunday. 2:21:37.240 --> 2:21:39.880 Well, there's this little thing called the Internet and social 2:21:40.000 --> 2:21:44.199 media and ESPN i've heard has a pretty good reach, 2:21:44.360 --> 2:21:48.119 so you know it'll be okay. So we're gonna be okay. 2:21:48.320 --> 2:21:52.160 We are really excited about Selection Sunday. This this Sunday afternoon, 2:21:52.520 --> 2:21:55.640 tickets going on sale as I mentioned that day as well, 2:21:55.840 --> 2:22:00.560 Kinders Texas Bowl dot com or on Ticketmaster's. 2:21:59.440 --> 2:22:02.000 David Fletch, thank you're visiting with Johnny Harris on Texans 2:22:02.040 --> 2:22:04.200 All Access talking about the Kinders Texas Bowl. 2:22:04.240 --> 2:22:05.360 That's going to do it for the show. 2:22:05.920 --> 2:22:08.360 All of the shows are in podcasts form at Houston 2:22:08.400 --> 2:22:11.960 Texas dot com, Apple, Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts. 2:22:12.000 --> 2:22:13.199 So have a great weekend. 2:22:13.240 --> 2:22:16.080 Don't forget Area forty five is coming up next talking 2:22:16.120 --> 2:22:18.400 about all the day's news and what is to come 2:22:18.480 --> 2:22:22.440 this weekend. Another big football fiesta this weekend. Have a 2:22:22.520 --> 2:22:24.440 great night everyone, Go Texans.