1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Here's the snap looking tux, the ball diving for the 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: pilot that he's got it. Razzle tazzle, touchdown, the tu 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: stands and the Texans go in front. There is no 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: off season for your Houston Texans game day. He's every day. 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: We had a lot of energy and we brought a 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 1: lot of spark for this organization. Five nights a week. 7 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: They hits keep on coming out. The Texans say they 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: have it and they do no. It's Texans all excess. 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 1: Good evening, Texans, and welcome to the program. Mark Vandermer 10 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: with you, joined by John Harris as usual and John 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: McClain Thursday night. As Johnny said, death taxes and mcclin 12 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: on a Thursday Night. We not that we want death 13 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: and taxes tonight, but these are constants in life. The 14 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: Thursday night thing with the General on our program is 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: a constant and we welcome him aboard, mister McClain, General mcclin. 16 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: How's it going tonight, sir? It's going to great Mark. 17 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: How are you? I'm doing very well? And I wrote 18 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: about training camp yesterday. I know you've been writing about 19 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: a ton and how does this feel to you? It 20 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: feels very odd to me. That camp is starting sort of, 21 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: yet it's not like other camps, and there's no preseason. 22 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: How is that vibe to you, John, Ordinarily they would 23 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: have reported and they'd had practice the next day. We've 24 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: been out there watching all the practice, interview players coaches afterward, 25 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: and things would have been normal. But this is the 26 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: new normal, and everybody has the same restrictions, you know, 27 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: Unlike you, I haven't been to the stadium since the 28 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: day after the Kansas City playoff laws, and I won't 29 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: be going to the stadium under the current guidelines because 30 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,039 Speaker 1: instead of letting us come in like a lot of 31 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: teams are, we're going to be in a trailer in 32 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: the parking lot. So I'm prepared to not be an 33 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: energy stadium except on game days up in the press box. 34 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: And really we don't even have any guidelines from the 35 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: league yet about what's going to be allowed on game 36 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: days other than the fact we'll be doing interviews afterward 37 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: on Zoom as we will during the week, and so, 38 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: like I don't know, the chronicle, we have eight people 39 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: that come to home games, and we have three that 40 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: go on the road, and I don't know how many 41 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: we'll be able to have how many will be allowed 42 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: to have and so all that is still up in 43 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 1: the air. And the thing about we'll be able there 44 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: to come to practice on the fourteenth if indeed we 45 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:31,239 Speaker 1: passed three tests COVID nineteen tests, and then we'll finally 46 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 1: get to watch guys running around in shorts and T shirts. 47 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: I'm exciting. If you my go ahead, Well, if you 48 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: go on the road, general, or let's just say, if 49 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: you're not allowed, so to speak, to interview anybody face 50 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: to face on the road, it's all going to be 51 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: in a zoom call anyway. What are your feelings about 52 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: being on the road. You want to be in those stadiums. 53 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: Do you not think it's that important? How do you 54 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: feel about that prospect? Well, first of all, we're not 55 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 1: going to be allowed to interview anybody in person. It's 56 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: going to be them all year, I think until they 57 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: get a vaccine and everybody takes it and it's COVID 58 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: nineteen is clear. They're going to take every precaution and 59 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: cautions are to keep people away. You know, do you 60 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: guys know, are you going to be able to go 61 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: in the studio and have Bill O'Brien and players come 62 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: in there? And talk to him in person. Are you 63 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: going to be like the rest of us have to 64 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: do them on zoom? Do you all know that yet? 65 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: It's all zoom. It's all zoom, and you know John 66 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,639 Speaker 1: Harris is in Tier two, but we're gonna zoom it. 67 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: It's just the best way to go about our business. 68 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: And speaking of that, we get zooms with Bill O'Brien, 69 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: Jack Easterby. I know what Jack's been on with y'all, 70 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: but he hadn't been on with the media and Houston. 71 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: Jack's doing his first one. And the question I want 72 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: to know, and I'm going to ask Jack right off 73 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: the bat. Tell me what happens from the time a 74 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: player gets out of his car to the time he 75 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: gets back into his car and leaves. What does he 76 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: go through? What does he see? What does he do? 77 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: I want to know everything. I saw the virtual tour 78 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 1: they put out this week. I was told I wouldn't 79 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: recognize the bubble. Let me ask you guys something based 80 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: on what we saw the bubble and how they're using 81 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: it like to do all their meetings. Are they going 82 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: to be able to practice in there when it's too hot? 83 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: Are they going to go into stadium they're going to 84 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: go in the bubble a lot, I think, as much 85 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: as they normally would general. I think what they'll do is, 86 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: if you saw the pictures that John's referring to, we 87 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: have a video out, we have pictures on Houston Texas 88 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: dot com. I tweeted out a picture of the chairs. 89 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: I said, pull up a chair. They're all socially distanced. 90 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: They're sort of lined up in a diagonal fashion. If 91 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: let's say, if the corner of the end Zones home 92 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: plate and Bill O'Brien would be addressing the team there, 93 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,559 Speaker 1: they all fan out from there. I know it drives 94 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: John Harris crazy because of his OCD. I mean, my gosh, 95 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: it's like one of those tweets that you see where 96 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: see tiles arranged perfectly except ones out of place. The 97 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: whole thing looks kind of crazy. But well, how are 98 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: they going to practice in there? If there you got 99 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: all that equipment there that I saw, John, that's a 100 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: great question for Jack easter Be tomorrow. I think what 101 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: they'll do is everybody pick up a chair and put 102 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: it off to the side, and let's go practice. And 103 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: they'll wield the TVs into the corner and you know, 104 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: just give it a go. There's not enough room in 105 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 1: there anyway. Despite having all that, I don't know why 106 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: the Texans with no events an energy stadium. Is there 107 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: a reason they can't practice on the field. Are they 108 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: putting in a new field? Is it not cla Why 109 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't they practice in the stadium. I believe they'll do 110 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: some stuff on the field, John, I think they'll do 111 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: a bunch of stuff on the field. But you know, 112 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: the relationship is complex, So I think maybe Jack's addressed 113 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: that better tomorrow. Yes, I believe that he probably will. 114 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: But because it's unprecedented and we hope we never have 115 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: to do it again. The subject was broached this week 116 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,840 Speaker 1: about the NBA about what they're doing the bubble. They 117 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: may have do the bubble next season, and if we 118 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: do not have a vaccine that is available to everybody, 119 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: then we may be doing this again next season in 120 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: the NFL unless somebody comes up with a vaccine. And 121 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: baseball and what happened to the Marlins this week is 122 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: just scary to me because I wrote a column this 123 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: week about it. You didn't say so. The Marlins piling 124 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: on each other at second base and bleeding and sweating 125 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: on each other like the NFL players will, and so 126 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: we're not going to know until everybody plays that first game. 127 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 1: One of the advantages of playing on Thursday night you 128 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: have longer to heal injuries and to come back from 129 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen. If you test positive on a Thursday night game, 130 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: then you're do on a Sunday game, and then if 131 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: you're playing that Monday game, that's a tremendous disadvantage. John, 132 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: have you been surprised at all by the numbers of 133 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: players that A have gone now the COVID nineteen less 134 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 1: markt n I have made very clear this reserve COVID 135 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: nineteen less is not just players that have tested positive, 136 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: but also those that have been around somebody press doomed 137 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 1: to be positive. So it's not just that, but also 138 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: the opt out list, the number of players that we've seen, 139 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: and we've seen some big names, and we found out 140 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: last night right before the show, that Damian Williams are 141 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs running back who had a tremendous 142 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: playoff three game run for the Chiefs, was going to 143 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: opt out. Lay Laurent Duvernet Turdife already had opted out. 144 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: The Good Doctor have you been surprised at all at anything, 145 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: be it the number of players that have gone on 146 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: the COVID nineteen list, or the opt out situation, especially 147 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: in New England. I am shocked by the opt outs 148 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: and just shocked. I thought there'd be very few because 149 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: they make the less month, the last money, they have, 150 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: the shortest careers, they have the less guaranteed money. And 151 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: the way it's written, if you opt out, and the 152 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 1: date keeps changing because they have to have a sign 153 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: deal between the players and owners and they don't have it. 154 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: And it was August first, it was August first, August third, fourth, fifth, 155 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: nights to sixth, And I wonder how many more players 156 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: are going to opt out? And I think the Marlin's 157 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: outbreak probably put some players if they were teetering on 158 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: the decision, that sent them over the edge and they 159 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: decided to opt out for And it's also the way 160 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: it's written, says generally, so if you opt out because 161 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: a pre condition and you get to three hundred and 162 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: fifty thousand, and you get credit for the season and 163 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: your contract tolls, which means you'll have the same number 164 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: of years on your contract left, or if you opt 165 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: out because of a pre existing condition at home with 166 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: somebody else, and you get one fifty and you have 167 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: to pay it back next year. And those are written generally, 168 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: if the problem at home is cleared up, you can 169 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: come back. If the preexisting condition you have your word about, 170 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: say it's sleep apnea, if you can prove that you 171 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: no longer have sleep apnea, you can come back. That's 172 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,079 Speaker 1: not being put out there, but the fact is it 173 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: says generally written by lawyers, of course, and that gives 174 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: a lot of debate. But just because you opped out 175 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: and they say it's irrevocable, it's not. And as far 176 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: as the COVID nineteen tests, there's every day I read 177 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: more guys are going on that list. And I like 178 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: the fact that the NFL is being pretty transparent compared 179 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: to the other sports who are not leaving it open 180 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: to speculation. And I thought more players would test positive 181 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: after being together in the off season. And now the 182 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: next big one that we have to wonder about is 183 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: after they actually play a game. If the Marlins have 184 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,959 Speaker 1: fifteen players or whatever the latest thing is, but other 185 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: teams don't have that problem. What if there's one outbreak 186 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: in the league and it's half the players and they 187 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: cancel a game, they can make it up. There's a 188 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: way to make up games during the season, or if 189 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: there was a bunch of games had to be postponed, 190 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: they can move the Super Bowl to the end of February. 191 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 1: So the NFL has a lot of contingencies. Aaron Wilson 192 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: from The Chronicle has a great Q and A today 193 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,599 Speaker 1: with doctor Allen Sales, a chief medical officer in the 194 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: NFL in the Chronicle in Texas Sports Nation, And when 195 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: he answers a lot of questions and there's not anything surprising, 196 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: but she liked to know he'd like to hear it 197 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: from the experts, and like, I don't pay any attention 198 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: and politicians they're the last people I'll pay attention to. 199 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: I want to know what the medical experts say and 200 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: something that confounds me, and I'm sure you guys don't 201 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: know the answer. Why does baseball Why does Baseball's medical 202 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: experts recommend this aliva test and the NFL experts recommend 203 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: the nasal swap? Well, I was going to say, hid 204 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,360 Speaker 1: it would be nice if all the medical experts agreed 205 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: on what this thing was and how to deal with 206 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: it and how to test forward and everything else. But 207 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: tell me more about did you say that there's a 208 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: way to make up games during the season, What do 209 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: you if they don't share the same bye week? What 210 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: are you thinking there? Well, they have contingencies to blist one, two, three, 211 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: and four games. Mark Davis talked two weeks ago to 212 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: ESPN about they have contingency miss to postpone and missed 213 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: two games, and they could also move the playoffs back 214 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 1: a month, you know, if they had to play to 215 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: say to play the first game. And there's several teams 216 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 1: have an outbreak and I don't know what they call 217 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,079 Speaker 1: an outbreak in the NFL. Y have sixteen practice squad players. 218 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: You have players you've cut before training camp who had 219 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: been part of the virtual program, so shouldn't know your system. 220 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: You got veteran free agents, we're starting to see a 221 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,679 Speaker 1: few of them signed, so there's going to be a 222 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,559 Speaker 1: lot of possibilities. But I just so, I don't know 223 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: what they would call something that had so many you 224 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: had to postpone a game. And but I think we 225 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 1: be foolish to think there's not going to be some 226 00:11:54,400 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: kind of interruption based on what we've seen with Miami Marlins. Yeah, 227 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: I mean with what the Marlins have had, what do 228 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: you make general the fact that the Marlins ended up well, 229 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: the rumor has it, and I don't know if this 230 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: has been substantiated, but the fact that the first when 231 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: they were in Atlanta, the Marlins went out. I don't 232 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 1: know if they got Magic City Wings. I don't know 233 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: if Atlanta's got an outpost. I don't know if they've 234 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: got Magic City Wings. But apparently lou William Williams likes them. 235 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: Either way, that there were Miami Marlins players that went 236 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 1: out and then came back and then that's how they 237 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: ended up bringing it back. I would imagine that's a 238 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: teaching point for the NFL. But do you think that 239 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: organization's the NFL in particular college football are looking at 240 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: the Marlins saying, oh, that was an outlier because those 241 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: guys went out and screwed up and brought it back. 242 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: Or do you think that they have serious what's the 243 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,839 Speaker 1: word I'm looking for that they have serious heartburn about 244 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: the fact that man, our guys could do that too, 245 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: because we're not the first of all, you don't there's 246 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: no way to Noah where you get at it. And 247 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 1: by the way, I was going to ask you guys, 248 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 1: are those wings as good as I'm reading, because I 249 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 1: can't get the way in that the first place when 250 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: we're in Atlanta, and that the first place, you guys, 251 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: go ahead to Magic City for the wings and a 252 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: great food. I've never heard one person ever tell me, 253 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: and all the times I've been in Atlanta in my 254 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: forty five years, at the chronicles say go to Magic 255 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: City for the food. And so I'll say this, what 256 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: is worrisome Lou Williams. If he hadn't been a picture 257 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: taken by his buddy Jack Harlow and posted it, he 258 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: would have gone back to the bubble, not told anybody, 259 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: and don't tell him how many people he could have affected. 260 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: And as it is, by being dumb, and he's thirty 261 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: three years old of fourteen year veteran, you expect them 262 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: to be the leaders. He's missing their first two games, 263 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: which could have playoff ramifications. I would be so upset 264 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: at him if I were the Clippers, know any and 265 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: he was gonna lie? Now, do we think? No matter 266 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: how much coaches, owners, general managers tell them, the league 267 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: threatens players that if they break the rules and they 268 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: test positive and they miss games, they don't get paid, 269 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 1: they lose guaranteed money, and they have supposedly veterans like 270 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: JJ Watt and Whitney Merciless and Nick Martin and Laramy 271 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: Tounsil and Darren Fails all over them about you better 272 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: not screw up because you're taking money out of my pocket. 273 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: Do we still think that a twenty five year old 274 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:41,760 Speaker 1: multimillionaire who's single is gonna stay out of the clubs. Well, 275 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: I'm wondering about the younger guys too, John, the guys 276 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: who are not playing all the time, or maybe on 277 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: the practice squad. And you know, I don't know how 278 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: they're gonna handle all this, but you're right, they have 279 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: to be disciplined about not going out. It's crucial. And 280 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: in baseball it's a sixty games sprint. You should be 281 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: able to do that. In basketball, you're in the bubble. 282 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: I think you mentioned when these teams play, will there 283 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: be an outbreak? Well, again, you're only as strong as 284 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: your weakest link. As long as people haven't been going 285 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: out and exposing themselves to too many other possibilities of 286 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: contracting the virus, then you know, maybe it's okay to 287 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: play football and you just deal with whatever comes and 288 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: there's just one positive here or there. Let's hope that 289 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: that's the case, because I think there's a lot to 290 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: consider here, John, And like you mentioned, you could take 291 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: a break. You could take a two week break after 292 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: the regular season between that and the playoffs, and everybody 293 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: gets a buy and then you started off because it's 294 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: a seven game or a seven team per conference playoff field. Anyway, 295 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: there are a lot of possibilities here. The NFL spending 296 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: millions and millions and millions, seventy five million just to 297 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: have by a reference come put that trailer in the 298 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: parking lot to test players every day, and you hope 299 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: it gets five percent below. Then it's every other day. 300 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: They can take every precaution and spend any amount of 301 00:15:55,680 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: money recommended by the best infectious to z's experts in 302 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: the country, and you still don't know. And I'll tell 303 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: you something else. Based on everything I've heard and read, 304 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: there's a lot of players that are hardly affected at all. 305 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: There's others that are over it in a week two weeks. 306 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: Shouldn't we be worried about concussions and we're forgetting all 307 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: the normal injuries that happen, and in a season in 308 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: which they could not work out with their experts that 309 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: it makes sense there's going to be more injuries, especially 310 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: soft tissue injuries, this season on top of the COVID test. 311 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: I wonder at the end of the year, what will 312 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: be the average number of players on a roster during 313 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: the season. Will it be a hundred, Well, it's gonna 314 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: be pretty high number. It's gonna be up there with 315 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: what the Texans dealt within twenty seventeen. Yeah, I can 316 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 1: tell you that it's definitely gonna be up there. General, 317 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: I know we've probably with this COVID nineteen. Top people 318 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: are like, come on talk football. So I'm gonna ask 319 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: you a football question. What is your gut tell you 320 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: about where Jadevian Clowney ends up. Last year, he signed 321 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: at the end of August and he went to Seattle. 322 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: I know that Seattle had a one year offer on 323 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: the table for him and I was told his fifteen 324 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: million that he didn't take it. So now they got 325 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: Jamal Adams, They're not going to do it. Mike Vrabel 326 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: is tired every day of being asked on his zoom 327 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: calls when he does them about Clowney, you know they 328 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: want him, but nobody's going to pay him big bucks. 329 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: He's going to have to sign a one year deal, 330 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: take the best offer he can get, stay healthy, play well. 331 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: Maybe he can have a big sack here and get 332 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: big bucks. He'll only be twenty eight next year, and 333 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: even they said there was a story reached out to 334 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: one of the Jets after Adam Strait. So if he's 335 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: willing to go to the Jets, then he's just willing 336 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: to go where the most money's offered. And I wish 337 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: him the best of luck. But you know, one of 338 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,719 Speaker 1: the things about Clowney, we know he wasn't the hardest worker, 339 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: and it didn't matter because he was such a freak athlete. 340 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 1: He could go out on Sunday and not worked as 341 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: hard as other players and boom. You know, he's making plays, 342 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 1: great against the run, disruptive, not a great pass rusher. 343 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 1: But I don't think he's ever gonna get a hundred million. 344 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: And I you see a guy like Joey Bosa getting 345 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: new money averaging twenty seven million a year, and that's 346 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: got to drive a guy like that crazy. But I 347 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: just think he'll wait. You know, if he has to 348 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: miss training camp and all that strength, all that strength 349 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: and conditioning. Do you think that's gonna upset him? I 350 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 1: don't think so, which begs the question, Jevion Clowney, I 351 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: don't think has ever gone through a training camp in 352 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: the NFL? Do you think about it? I mean, seriously, 353 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: I don't think he did. What about the first year, Well, 354 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 1: he got a concussion up in Denver. I know that, 355 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 1: and so he missed significant time after that. I know 356 00:18:54,280 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: I know that much. So he starts now exactly seventh year. 357 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: Why ruin a streak? Jack? Should should the fact that 358 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: there's no big dollar market right now for Clowney? What 359 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: effect should that have? Does that have on the narrative 360 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: surrounding the trade the Texans made with the Seahawks last year? Well, 361 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: first of all, if he if say he had settled 362 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: for one year and fifteen million, that takes fifteen million 363 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: out of your cap. How many teams with the cap 364 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: going to go it's not changing this year, but how 365 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: many teams can afford to give up fifteen million? The 366 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,200 Speaker 1: Patriots losing all those players, six players to opt outs, 367 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: they have twenty three million. Now next year they're gonna 368 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: have like ninety million, and so would they sign him 369 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: and use up that fifteen? Would somebody give him a 370 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 1: two year deal? Spread it out? Could they make it 371 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: into bonus? But that's why it's gonna be hard. Most 372 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: teams are capped out, or they're gonna roll it over 373 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: to next year. Next year's cap ordinarily would go from 374 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: one ninety eight to two o eight or two ten. 375 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: As it is going to be one seventy five, there 376 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: are gonna be serious ramifications. So teams want to roll 377 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: over money to next year. And I don't blame him 378 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: and and so Clowney just like any other player, if 379 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: he got a chance to get it, now get it. 380 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: That's why Derrick Henry was so smart. He and his 381 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 1: agent didn't try to get the best contract, even though 382 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 1: right now he's the best back in the league. They 383 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 1: just said, lay, this is fair, will take it. Knowing 384 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: what was to come next year, how's the Seahawks gonna 385 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: make Jamal Adams the highest paid safety in history? Probably 386 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: want eighteen to twenty million a year at a time 387 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: when the camp is going to be one hundred and 388 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: seventy five million. That's gonna be hard. YEP, good point, John, 389 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: Before we get to what's in the chronicle. Yay or 390 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: nay on the MLB extra innings rule to put a 391 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: man on second to begin to each inning. I didn't 392 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: like it when they did it. I know they do 393 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,399 Speaker 1: it minors. I'm told there's some softball they do it. 394 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: But last night, consider how boring the game was with 395 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: Astros couldn't hit squat other than Correa, I was glad 396 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: they did it, and watching it then I liked it 397 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: even more. But I do not think it's going to 398 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: be permanent. I think the DH finally will be permanent, 399 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 1: but anything to have these games not be as long, 400 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: I'm all for, including teams having to throw to three 401 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: batters unless you close out an inning, and so I 402 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,360 Speaker 1: like it all right general, what's going on the chronicle, 403 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: But I mentioned that story by Aaron Wilson, but doctor 404 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 1: Alan Steele's the chief medical officer in the NFL. It's 405 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: very interesting, Aaron. I've got two podcasts on Texas Sports Nation, 406 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 1: and then like everybody will have a lot this weekend 407 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: with O'Brien, Easter, b Watt, and Watson. Thank you guys 408 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: very much, stay safety safe, and I hope to see 409 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: you someday all right, we'll see us something day general. 410 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,160 Speaker 1: Thank you John mac clam for the Houston Chronicle joining us. 411 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: All right, John Harris sticks around and let's it to 412 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: some other stuff. Let's pick the two divisions. The Texans 413 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: aren't playing to just one team from each in the AFC, 414 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: and John's gonna give us all the winners in the 415 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: NFC and we'll get acclaims winners next week. Also, I've 416 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 1: got some thoughts on that MLB rule and as it 417 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 1: applies to NFL overtime. 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Watt And you're 497 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:35,959 Speaker 1: listening to Texans Radio all right, can't wait to hear 498 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: that in the stadium again. They'll play it even um 499 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: produced capacity. Why not? Mark Vandamarin John Harris with you 500 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 1: Texans Radio. Great to have you along for the ride. 501 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: Great to have general John McClain on the general and 502 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,199 Speaker 1: John Harris. All right, so the runner at second for 503 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 1: MLB extra innings, as we saw last night with the Astros. 504 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: I actually thought Brian T. Smith had a funny line 505 00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,959 Speaker 1: in his column. By the time the twelfth inning role 506 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 1: hold around, a cardboard cutout would have been more interesting 507 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: at second base than the runner. I'm kind of paraphrasing, 508 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,919 Speaker 1: but it was pretty funny because the cardboard cutouts are 509 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: such a subject a topic during this very shortened MLB season. 510 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: But all that aside, it just brought to mind even 511 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: more why my way is better for NFL overtime and 512 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 1: my way is the old way. Sudden death, baby, first 513 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 1: score wins. I don't care how you get it, play it. Yeah, 514 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: I knew this was gonna I knew this was gonna 515 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 1: devolve into not evolved into it's gonna devolve into NFL overtime. 516 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: I don't know that we're we're ever gonna get NFL 517 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: over time, absolutely right. I I don't know it's funny, Mark, 518 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: I I like when when as crazy as it sounds, 519 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: Even though my OCD kicks in on a lot of 520 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:58,440 Speaker 1: different things, I don't mind leagues trying things different. I'm not. 521 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm ature additionalist, like I'm a historian of 522 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: the games, like I love the history of the game. 523 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: I love, uh, you know, the traditions that have always 524 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 1: been there. But I don't mind changing if if it's 525 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: gonna help the game. It's like college football, Like something's 526 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: got to change in college football to take these games. 527 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: Whenever they do play from four hours down to back 528 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: down to three hours and three hours and fifteen minutes, 529 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: they're just gonna lose fans. You know, people don't want 530 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: to you know, it's an extra hour that you've got 531 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: to spend watching the game. You've got to find a 532 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: way to do it. And I don't care how you 533 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: do it. So I don't mind. I don't mind leagues 534 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: trying to be innovative in that way and putting a 535 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: runer at second basis kind of like I don't know, 536 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: I wasn't totally sold on it and that and once 537 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: you get to the bottom, once you get to the 538 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: bottom of the inning, and all you've got to do 539 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: is move that guy one hundred and eighty feet yep. 540 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: But bringing in field up chopper through the middle ball 541 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: game like that's it. Why is it? Why is that 542 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: even a to not do that forced them to throw 543 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: a strike, And if they don't, you're gonna get a 544 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: walk anyway. Now, I get first and second with nobody out, right, 545 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: So just be disciplined at the plate. You gotta wait 546 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: for a good pitch to bunt. And you know, there's 547 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with bunting and baseball. Oh the metrics. There 548 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: no metrics on this new extra innings thing. No, it's 549 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: you have a runner at second with nobody out. Just 550 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: get to get the guy home. Game over done now 551 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: at that point, because it's no longer the same thing, 552 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: it's no longer the same experiment. Right, the visiting team's 553 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: got something to think about, but a tie game in 554 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: the bottom the home team has nothing to think about. 555 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: Just do it, Just do that unless the guy is 556 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: the worst bunter in the history of baseball, and I 557 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: guess there are some, but you know, one thing I noticed, 558 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: like when I used to watch the University of Miami 559 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: baseball team play, um the first practice of the year, 560 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 1: they were out there bunting. I mean it was like, 561 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: let's bunt but on fun and the pictures are working 562 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: on that. I run the first base and cover the 563 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: bag while the first base. You know that that whole 564 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 1: deal because they it does. It takes a ton of work. 565 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 1: They make it look easy, but you know you could 566 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: screw it up. So anyway, I'm big, and I'm not 567 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: gonna spend a long time. You're talking about overtime. I'm big. 568 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: I'm finishing the game. The reason is incentivize everyone to 569 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: win their game in regulation, whether it's baseball, football, whatever, 570 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 1: winning in regulation, Okay, you go into the nether world 571 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 1: of overtime, extra innings, then you have what's coming to you. Okay, 572 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: And I don't want to hear any complaints. You had 573 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 1: sixty minutes to win the game. Do it. And if 574 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,880 Speaker 1: you don't win the coin toss, play some defense. All right, 575 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 1: never mind, so actually do mind. But I'm done with 576 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:49,400 Speaker 1: that topic, Johnny, pick these divisions for me, or pick 577 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 1: pick the order. Because the Texans play the AFC North, right, 578 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna play Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Baltimore, Cincinnati, but they also 579 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 1: play the first place teams in the other division. England 580 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: comes here, right, and the Texans are obviously going to 581 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: open up at the Chiefs on Thursday night, September tenth, 582 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: So pick the AFC West for me. I imagine Kansas 583 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: City's gonna be first, But who follows after that? Maybe 584 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: the Chargers last. I guess it gets interesting when you 585 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: talk about Oakland and Denver, but maybe you don't have 586 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: it that way. Well, I'll tell you what the Chargers. 587 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: The Charger's roster is outstanding. And they obviously just re 588 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: up with Joey Bosas, so you're talking about Bosa and Ingram. Still, 589 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 1: they drafted Jerry Tillery a couple of years ago. They've 590 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: got Derwin James, they added Chris Harris Junior. That Chargers 591 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 1: defense is lights out. I mean lights out, at least 592 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 1: it should be, especially with the additions. I mean from 593 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: the time that we've seen them. They'll have Derwin James 594 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: and Chris Harris Junior added in the secondary compared to 595 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: what we saw in Week three last year, so that's 596 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: gonna be a complete And then they added Kenneth Murray, 597 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: the linebacker out of Oklahoma. So that Chargers team, if 598 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: they can just get decent quarterback play because you're throwing 599 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: on Mike Williams and Keenan Allen. It just felt like 600 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: the Chargers sort of followed what and this is not 601 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 1: unlike a lot of teams kind of followed what Philip Rivers. 602 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: If Philip Rivers took them on a roller coaster, they'd 603 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 1: be five and eleven. If Philip Rivers got into groove, 604 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: they ended up eleven and five, and they would be 605 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: right there, beating the Kansas CEA Chiefs on Thursday Night, 606 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: tying them for the AFC West in twenty eighteen. But 607 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: if phil was all over the place, in large part 608 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: because the offensive line was all over the place, that 609 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: was gonna be a whole different ball game. But they 610 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: had a trade turn on the offensive line. They still 611 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: have Austin Ekeler. I think there's an opportunity there for 612 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: them to do some really good things. The AFC West. 613 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be. It's gonna be, like I 614 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 1: think it might be the best division football. It is 615 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 1: tremendously good. I think Oakland has taken significant strides. I think, now, 616 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: look you're talking and this is the wild card. Patrick 617 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: Mahomes arguably the best the players don't think this, but 618 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 1: arguably the best player in the league. Then you got 619 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: Derek Carr, then you've got Drew Locke, and then you've 620 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: got question mark in LA with the Chargers, be it 621 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,760 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert the rookie, or Trod Taylor, or Trod Taylor 622 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 1: turns into Justin Herbert at some point, so you have 623 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: total wild cards at the quarterback position other than pat 624 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: And I think from that standpoint with the Chiefs and 625 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,600 Speaker 1: run it back mode, I think the Chiefs win a division. 626 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: I think second could very easily be the Chargers again 627 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:38,239 Speaker 1: just playing and I'm gonna go to a relic. He're 628 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,160 Speaker 1: kind of playing Martie ball. Ember when Marty Schoenheimer was 629 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,359 Speaker 1: there in San Diego, they played Martie Ball. It's random ball. 630 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: That a tremendous defense. They were physical on both sides 631 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,319 Speaker 1: of the ball, and they just bludgeon teams to death. 632 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: I think the Chargers a second. I think that the 633 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 1: Broncos are third, and I think the Raiders are still 634 00:34:55,960 --> 00:35:00,360 Speaker 1: coming in last. I still think. I still feel like 635 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,399 Speaker 1: the Raiders are gonna be seven to nine or eight 636 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,239 Speaker 1: and eight fishing fourth. That's how good I think that 637 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:08,279 Speaker 1: division is gonna end up being. So I'm ten year 638 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,439 Speaker 1: contract working out. Okay, let's get to the AFC East now, 639 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: because the Patriots have Cam Newton, but everybody's hopping out. 640 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,320 Speaker 1: Not everybody, but a bunch of guys. And the defensive 641 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,320 Speaker 1: side of the ball might take some hits here because 642 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:23,279 Speaker 1: of the personnel loss. So Buffalo getting a lot of 643 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,319 Speaker 1: love from people. Miami should be better or Jets. I 644 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't think so. But your thoughts, Well, 645 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: here's the thing about the Jets, because you brought them 646 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: up last the Jets. What was the Jets record of 647 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 1: last eight games when Sam Donald was fully done with Monto? 648 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 1: It was better? It was good? Right? What was six 649 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 1: and two? Six and two in the final eighty Now 650 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,920 Speaker 1: you take Jamal Adams off the defense and yeah, okay, 651 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,799 Speaker 1: but that defense under Greg Williams a lot better than 652 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: people remember it being and Jamal was a big part 653 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: of that. So we'll see how they adapt to that. 654 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: But I do think the Jets take a half step 655 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: to a step back because they do lose Jamal Adams, 656 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 1: and I think they they replenish what next year's draft 657 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,200 Speaker 1: and then they kind of dip down and then start 658 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,640 Speaker 1: start a little bit of a rise. The question is 659 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,799 Speaker 1: Sam Darnold the guy? Now the last eight games, he 660 00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 1: was much improved. Let him the six wins, big win 661 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,880 Speaker 1: over the Cowboys. That was huge. They lost Robbie Anderson. 662 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 1: I mean that was that was a that's a big 663 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: loss for them. He was he was the playmaker. So 664 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 1: I just think they lacked the playmakers to win a division. 665 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: I think the Dolphins still lack the playmakers to win 666 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,280 Speaker 1: the division. And I think that offensive line for Miami 667 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 1: is still not very good. And we have Miami's best 668 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,759 Speaker 1: offensive linement with us Larremy Tunsel. So whoever is the 669 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,520 Speaker 1: quarterback there, whether it's Fitz or it's too I think 670 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: there's enough there. It's the quarterback position. Look, Fitz, we 671 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: know FITZI Fitz. He's gonna find a way to beat 672 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 1: teams he shouldn't. I e. Week seventeen in New England, 673 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 1: I think it's still the Patriots will be in that mix. 674 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,640 Speaker 1: But the Buffalo Bills as long as the wheels don't 675 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: come completely off for some of some reason, as long 676 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,960 Speaker 1: as Josh Allen just keeps on the tracks and doesn't 677 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 1: turn into Wyoming Josh as he did the second half 678 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: against US, then your Bills. I don't want to run 679 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: away with that division, but they win at division handily. 680 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:23,360 Speaker 1: I think the Patriots our second and get the seventh 681 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,760 Speaker 1: spot in the playoffs, and then you go Dolphins and Jets. 682 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,759 Speaker 1: Oh all right, so the Patriots will play the two 683 00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:37,320 Speaker 1: seed to begin the postseason. Isn't this weird? It's because 684 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: Kansas City is the one seed. Okay, okay, Kansas City's 685 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 1: the one seeds. Baltimore is the two and you know what, No, 686 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 1: we're the two. So that means New England's come and 687 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 1: to face us. I don't geez, all right, congratulations, you're 688 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 1: the two seed. You finally get to the two seed. 689 00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: You don't get a buy and you get to play 690 00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:02,880 Speaker 1: The Patriots said never won a wildcard game, though on 691 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: I take it back, they have one. I was gonna 692 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,680 Speaker 1: say they hadn't won one under Belichick, but they did. 693 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 1: They beat the dead gum it. No, they won at home, 694 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: they won a division that was a division playoff game. 695 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 1: They went on the road to beat the Chargers, and 696 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 1: they turned around the next week because oh six, I 697 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,879 Speaker 1: think oh six or oh five could be a five. 698 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,480 Speaker 1: I can't remember either way. They don't do so well 699 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,279 Speaker 1: in those wildcard games. But then again, this year being 700 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,320 Speaker 1: completely different, and who knows, by the end of the season, 701 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 1: they might have cam just absolutely rolling I just think 702 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:38,680 Speaker 1: the the crevasse you fall into in some sense if 703 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,800 Speaker 1: you just say, oh, the Patriots defense is rock solid, 704 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,000 Speaker 1: they're number one in league last year. Yeah, well, they've 705 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,840 Speaker 1: lost fifty percent of the starters, be it to COVID 706 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,799 Speaker 1: nineteen opt outs, or they lost them to the to 707 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,000 Speaker 1: the Lions, and the Lions and the Dolphins, you know, 708 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 1: New England South and New England Midwest respectively. So they've 709 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,480 Speaker 1: lost a ton of players on the defensive side. Now, 710 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: they tell us fun Gilmore, top ten player in the league, 711 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,919 Speaker 1: arguably the best corner that the Texas are gonna face 712 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,319 Speaker 1: this year. So they've got it, and they still have 713 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,640 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick coaching, they still have Josh McDaniel's calling plays, 714 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:14,319 Speaker 1: and they've you don't know exactly what they're going to 715 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,479 Speaker 1: do if Cam ends up being the starter. There's gonna 716 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:21,239 Speaker 1: be some things that they do differently. And to me, 717 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,720 Speaker 1: the only thing holding the Patriots really, I mean, iould 718 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:26,120 Speaker 1: say the only thing hold in the back. You lose 719 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:27,799 Speaker 1: five stars in the defense side of the ball, that'll 720 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,040 Speaker 1: hold you back. But this will be the last There's 721 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,279 Speaker 1: no Marcus Cannon. Joe Tuney is going into his last year. 722 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: The other starting guard. I don't know that Isaiah Winn 723 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 1: has really solidified the left tackle position. So I think 724 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,280 Speaker 1: the offensive line is gonna be a little bit shaky, 725 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,560 Speaker 1: which Cam is used to, I guess. But if they 726 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:47,400 Speaker 1: do some different things with Cam, then they could be 727 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,600 Speaker 1: all kinds of interesting. But they gotta get a weapon. 728 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,400 Speaker 1: They need they need a weapon. They need somebody, anybody 729 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,120 Speaker 1: to catch football, not named Julian Edelman, somebody, And if 730 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,279 Speaker 1: they do, then they're gonna be a tough out, you know, 731 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,520 Speaker 1: at spot number seven once they get to the playoffs. 732 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,839 Speaker 1: So we'll have to you have to deal with them there. 733 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 1: Spots them, five, six, and seven are very interesting. And 734 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,120 Speaker 1: I'm literally I'm on the fly with this, but I've 735 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,200 Speaker 1: said this probably I said it for a while back, 736 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,480 Speaker 1: even before they got camp. I thought the Patriots and 737 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:16,160 Speaker 1: this was before the opt outs too, I said the 738 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,440 Speaker 1: Patriots would get into playoffs. I'm gonna double down. Why not. 739 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 1: They've been there, They know how to win some games. 740 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,400 Speaker 1: That's not a hard division to get through. Considering that, 741 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:26,960 Speaker 1: you know four of those games or Dolphins and Jets 742 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,400 Speaker 1: and go four and oh in those games, find a 743 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,839 Speaker 1: way to split with Buffalo. You go five and one 744 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,960 Speaker 1: in the division, you win four other games on your schedule, 745 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,680 Speaker 1: you got an opportunity. Now, the good news in some 746 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:44,080 Speaker 1: sense is the Patriots get the FC West, So that 747 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,200 Speaker 1: will not be fun. According to you, the best division 748 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:51,920 Speaker 1: in football? Maybe maybe it's in the conversation. Okay, look 749 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,279 Speaker 1: what are the divisions? Do you go that division is better? Now? 750 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:56,800 Speaker 1: We know the FC South is better. Just take the 751 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:58,600 Speaker 1: AC South out of it, because we're biased. We know 752 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,480 Speaker 1: the FC South is I'm gonna say that because Jacksonville 753 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:03,440 Speaker 1: still lives here and I'm not ready to say that 754 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:07,480 Speaker 1: they're better than the worst AFC West team. Let's continue 755 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,760 Speaker 1: the debate a little bit. Get it to the NFC 756 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:12,719 Speaker 1: Texans are playing the NFC North. Who's really the best 757 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:16,640 Speaker 1: team there? And does Detroit have a prayer to turn 758 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:21,000 Speaker 1: their whole franchise around this season because they kind of 759 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:24,040 Speaker 1: need to to keep the current regime in place, although 760 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,319 Speaker 1: this year you never know with COVID. Let's discuss and 761 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:32,200 Speaker 1: also what it makes sense to geographically align NFL teams 762 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,440 Speaker 1: in new divisions just for this year for sake of travel. 763 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,040 Speaker 1: It was debated on Twitter today. Let's get to that. 764 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:43,279 Speaker 1: On Texans All Access this is Whitney merciless and you're 765 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: listening to Texans Radio. Don't touch that dog. 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Okay, earlier today, I spy did something on 851 00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:03,839 Speaker 1: the Twitter verse, spending way too much time there. It's 852 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,160 Speaker 1: got to stop. It's just got to stop. It's awful. 853 00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:09,040 Speaker 1: It's just so awful. I mean, honestly, it's just getting 854 00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,239 Speaker 1: worse and worse, all right, But there's still some good 855 00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:16,200 Speaker 1: sports stuff there. So Johnny an account called NFL stats, 856 00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,040 Speaker 1: which is not an official NFL account, right, no way, 857 00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:22,439 Speaker 1: but it's got one hundred and thirteen thousand followers. Yeah. 858 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:26,239 Speaker 1: They tweeted out if the NFL made divisions based off 859 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:30,560 Speaker 1: regions and limiting travel, how would your team do? And 860 00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,319 Speaker 1: it was actually this map was created by somebody else 861 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:38,279 Speaker 1: who I hypothesize did the East Coast teams And just 862 00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,719 Speaker 1: kind of gave up after that because I've tried, and 863 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:45,279 Speaker 1: you know, we've talked about this and regional rivalries and 864 00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:48,200 Speaker 1: things like that. When you get let's see, is it 865 00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:52,200 Speaker 1: really the Mississippi or is it even even farther east 866 00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:55,960 Speaker 1: than that? When you get outside that Green Bay, Indie, 867 00:47:56,000 --> 00:48:00,080 Speaker 1: Tennessee Chicago line straight down, when you get west of that, 868 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:02,880 Speaker 1: it gets really tough. I mean, many does fit it. 869 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:08,520 Speaker 1: The most geographically sound division in the entire league is 870 00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:12,320 Speaker 1: NFC North, right, because you have the Packers, Vikings, Bears, 871 00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:15,400 Speaker 1: Detroit and it's all right there. It's all awesome. I mean, 872 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:18,880 Speaker 1: you can drive to every game you have. NFC East 873 00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:20,320 Speaker 1: would be like that, but we need to have to 874 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:23,880 Speaker 1: down lest because of the tradition. Right, But what if 875 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:27,280 Speaker 1: you regrouped them there's no here. Here's the bottom line, folks. 876 00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,680 Speaker 1: And I don't want to like everyone's imagining maps right 877 00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:31,719 Speaker 1: now where the teams line up Seattle. When you look 878 00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:33,640 Speaker 1: at a map in the United States, Seattle is like, 879 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:37,000 Speaker 1: how are you even in this league? Your shortest flight 880 00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:40,440 Speaker 1: is three hours, you know. And this dude didn't even 881 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:44,319 Speaker 1: put Denver in Seattle's division, just figured Seattle should go 882 00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:47,080 Speaker 1: with the Niners the Rams, which they already are, and 883 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:52,319 Speaker 1: put the Chargers there. But Denver has a lonely time 884 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:54,400 Speaker 1: in the middle of the country. Seattle is a lonely 885 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,160 Speaker 1: time in the Pacific Northwest. There's no good way to 886 00:48:57,239 --> 00:49:00,560 Speaker 1: really break them all up geographically, because you have those 887 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:05,880 Speaker 1: outlying teams, especially the Seahawks. The Texans division would be 888 00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:11,839 Speaker 1: Saints Cowboys Texans. Well, they didn't put it that way. 889 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:15,279 Speaker 1: They put Cowboys and Texans together and then said, you 890 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:17,920 Speaker 1: guys join up with the Las Vegas Raiders and the 891 00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:22,839 Speaker 1: Arizona car And I'm like, yes, well, yes, fun. I'd 892 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:25,759 Speaker 1: love to go to those places every year. But you'd 893 00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:27,959 Speaker 1: really feel like much more of a West Coast team, 894 00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:29,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't you, you know, if you were doing those trips. 895 00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:32,439 Speaker 1: I mean, we got to and look, if those are 896 00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:37,000 Speaker 1: farther flights for us, then going to Indie, especially Tennessee. 897 00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:40,560 Speaker 1: I mean Tennessee's super close and Jacksonville, you know, all right, 898 00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:44,000 Speaker 1: so Indian Phoenix might be similar. I think Indie's still closer. 899 00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:47,879 Speaker 1: But it's really not ideal for the Houston Texans. I think. 900 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:50,520 Speaker 1: You know, obviously, if you're just picking, you know, out 901 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:54,880 Speaker 1: of a hat here and with your preference, you'd say Saints, 902 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,680 Speaker 1: Cowboys and you know, pick another one Chiefs, you know, 903 00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,640 Speaker 1: that kind of thing. But then it's not fair. You 904 00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:02,840 Speaker 1: gotta you gotta accommodate everybody. And I think the Texans 905 00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:06,399 Speaker 1: travel wise this year, it's not as horrible as say 906 00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:09,319 Speaker 1: last year when you went to LA and London. I 907 00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:10,960 Speaker 1: mean this year we talked about it. You have that 908 00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:15,759 Speaker 1: rust belt with the Brown Steelers, Detroit and Chicago. You're 909 00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,560 Speaker 1: not going up to the East coast at all. Northeast, No, 910 00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,680 Speaker 1: don't have to do that. All the coast team is 911 00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:23,640 Speaker 1: obviously the Jags that they're in your division. It's a 912 00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:26,480 Speaker 1: really quick flight down I ten. You just sort of, 913 00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:28,360 Speaker 1: I mean, the pilots just have to look at I 914 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:32,120 Speaker 1: ten from the sky and follow that. Yeah. So it's 915 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,520 Speaker 1: pretty cool. Yeah, it's funny you bring it up about 916 00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,680 Speaker 1: the travel, the too longest trips. We took LA in London. 917 00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:39,440 Speaker 1: We won both those games on the road last year, 918 00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:50,280 Speaker 1: so maybe we should take more longer trips. But that man, Saints, Cowboys, Chiefs, Texans, Mahomes, Watson, 919 00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:57,240 Speaker 1: Dak and Breeze smokes. How about this? Oh my god, 920 00:50:57,560 --> 00:51:00,920 Speaker 1: somebody took that map and they just rue lines like 921 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:04,520 Speaker 1: a sharpie. But they came up with better ones. They 922 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:09,040 Speaker 1: put the Texans, Saints, Bucks, and Dolphins in one. Okay, yeah, 923 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,960 Speaker 1: I'd call that the Gulf Coast Division except for the Dolphins, 924 00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:17,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, or the Coastal Division, and the rest 925 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:22,640 Speaker 1: of it makes much more sense. Seahawks, Niners, Chargers, Ramms, Raiders, Cardinals, 926 00:51:22,719 --> 00:51:25,799 Speaker 1: Cowboys and Denver. See, the Cowboys are gonna complain like 927 00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:29,320 Speaker 1: nobody's business. They love being in the NFC East because 928 00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:32,120 Speaker 1: you're playing in New York every year, you get that 929 00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:35,920 Speaker 1: Madison Avenue appeal, You're playing Philly, which is ninety minutes 930 00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:39,160 Speaker 1: from New York. Basically you're playing DC. Those teams are 931 00:51:39,160 --> 00:51:41,960 Speaker 1: all jammed up there. The Cowboys love being in that division. 932 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,839 Speaker 1: It'll never change. It's and the league loves it two 933 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:49,560 Speaker 1: because they want those big matchups, the Giants and the Cowboys. Look, 934 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:51,000 Speaker 1: I don't know I've took it up, but I would 935 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:52,719 Speaker 1: imagine there's never been a year where they haven't had 936 00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:56,120 Speaker 1: a national television game, you know, at least once or twice, 937 00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:58,040 Speaker 1: and they played twice a year. But you know what 938 00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:00,600 Speaker 1: I'm saying, because it's such an appealing matchup, Well, it's 939 00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:04,080 Speaker 1: always that Sunday night open. Well it's it's seemingly always 940 00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:07,240 Speaker 1: that Sunday Night Open Giants Cowboys, whether it's in Arlington 941 00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:10,200 Speaker 1: or up in New Jersey. Um, it's interesting who wins 942 00:52:10,239 --> 00:52:13,120 Speaker 1: that division, Johnny, who wins the NFC East NFC East 943 00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:19,520 Speaker 1: yea man's so talented. Man. Yeah, they were last year too, 944 00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:22,279 Speaker 1: I know. And they date every big game. They just 945 00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:25,120 Speaker 1: tripped all over themselves. But you bring in Mike McCarthy, 946 00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:29,280 Speaker 1: you change the vibe. You gotta get a late vannerish healthy. 947 00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:32,120 Speaker 1: That's one of the biggest things you gotta do. Um, 948 00:52:32,239 --> 00:52:34,560 Speaker 1: but I think Dallas does. I mean, I kind of 949 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:36,239 Speaker 1: hate to say it, but if Zeke comes in with 950 00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:40,879 Speaker 1: his head squired on right and is healthy and Dak 951 00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,480 Speaker 1: just does what dak has been doing. I think Dallas 952 00:52:43,600 --> 00:52:45,880 Speaker 1: is the most talented team in that division, and Washington 953 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:47,960 Speaker 1: gonna win it. The Giants aren't gonna do it, So 954 00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:50,800 Speaker 1: it's the Eagles are the Cowboys. And the Eagles have 955 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:54,319 Speaker 1: already lost Brandon Brooks and they had Marquis Goodwin opt out. 956 00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,120 Speaker 1: I just think the Cowboys are gonna be the best team. 957 00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:58,839 Speaker 1: They're gonna be the most talented team there. So I'm 958 00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:01,399 Speaker 1: going with the most talented team division. All Right, we're 959 00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:03,359 Speaker 1: out by the way, we got we got a role. 960 00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:08,080 Speaker 1: So Johnny, we'll do it tomorrow and we'll have plenty 961 00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:10,399 Speaker 1: for Bill o'brodo jack Uster to be tomorrow, So we'll 962 00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,239 Speaker 1: see you then. Thanks Brandon for a producing of a 963 00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:17,720 Speaker 1: great night. Go Texans. 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