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Speaker 1: What's going on? Everybody. Welcome into a tgiffdation of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter, and we are less

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Speaker 1: than forty eight hours away from kicking off against the

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Speaker 1: I said on my tweet earlier, to tell you every

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Speaker 1: we go. We played Chicago Bears Bears one and one

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Speaker 1: on the season kickoff at Soldier Field at twelve noon,

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Speaker 1: straight up noon, and there's Central Time, just like us,

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Speaker 1: So there you go. Pregame show starts at nine with

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Speaker 1: Sean Seth, then Mark Andre and myself will taking to

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Speaker 1: the game broadcast and then turn it over to Sean

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Speaker 1: and Clint Sterner for the post game. So keep you

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Speaker 1: locked right here on Sports Radio sixteen for all of

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Speaker 1: that action. Now on the show this evening, we've got

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Speaker 1: a lot to do. We're gonna hear from a few

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Speaker 1: luminaries early on the show. Then we're going to have

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Speaker 1: Mike Keys to the game. We will then hear from

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Speaker 1: Corey Wooton, former Chicago Bear who played for Lovey Smith

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Speaker 1: went to Northwestern. He will be our behind Enemy Sidelines

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Speaker 1: interview this week with dep City. We'll have my predictions

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Speaker 1: for all the game, straight up against the spread, because

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Speaker 1: it's fun, not for any other reason. And then we'll

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Speaker 1: hear from Drew Doherty with the final word. His final

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Speaker 1: word is with Jalen Peatree, that's gonna be fun. We're

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Speaker 1: also gonna have a Jalen Petrie Drew's dozen here in

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Speaker 1: a bit. But we kick off every Friday show with

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Speaker 1: a visit with the head coach of your Houston Texans,

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Speaker 1: and that would be Lovey Smith. Mark Vanamir a chance

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Speaker 1: to sit out with him and talk about his return,

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Speaker 1: only this second return to Chicago since he left in

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Speaker 1: twenty twelve. In an opposing Jersey Mark and Lovey Right now, Coach,

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Speaker 1: this week of practice, how did it go for you?

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Speaker 1: How much of it is correcting what didn't go well

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Speaker 1: share with us about that? Well, there's a plan. The

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Speaker 1: first part of any new week is about corrections, cleaning

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Speaker 1: we did the early part, and then it's about moving

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Speaker 1: forward and putting in the game plan. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: about your next opponent. That's what we do, so our

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Speaker 1: previous games film and then we put the game plan

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Speaker 1: Now it's about that Chicago game plan and what about

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Speaker 1: attacking that defense. Coach, trying to run the ball even better.

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Speaker 1: You ran it better last week, and obviously I know

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Speaker 1: you're looking for a better completion percentage as well. Yes,

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Speaker 1: and there's there are numbers that we want to get to.

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Speaker 1: But to me as I see it, it's about improvement.

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Speaker 1: And we talked about the running game. There was definite

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Speaker 1: there are some good things and we're gonna call them

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Speaker 1: It plays hard up there, but they're not going to

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Speaker 1: everything else right. You're coming from one of the toughest

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Speaker 1: How much does it help that you have one road

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Speaker 1: This is one of those traditional stadiums, traditional fan base

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Speaker 1: constantly communicating of course throughout the game too. Coach, thanks

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Speaker 1: Thanks a lot. Now, if that man is the coolest

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Speaker 1: I told dj that, man, was a great story. It's

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Speaker 1: Really good job by him. But Jaylen Petrie sat down

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Speaker 1: say the best advice is don't quit. You know, early on,

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Speaker 1: with Jalen it was a success. We learned a lot

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Speaker 1: about you. Thank you for the time man as dude,

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Speaker 1: different places he can line up and take the football.

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Speaker 1: And the same with Justin Fields. Yes, he is a

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Speaker 1: quarterback and he is going to throw it, but you

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Speaker 1: have to treat him like a running back, right. You

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Speaker 1: have to account for him on every play. And Nick

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Speaker 1: was not insulting him, not at all. Running back who

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Speaker 1: throws the ball. He's a quarterback, but he's got running

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Speaker 1: back skills as a quarterback, and not every running quarterback

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Speaker 1: has running back skills, has the ability to make your miss,

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Speaker 1: has the lower center of gravity available to him to

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Speaker 1: use that way. So I think he's a He's a

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Speaker 1: tough out, Johnny. Both teams feel like they can win

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Speaker 1: this game. You and I talked about it last night.

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Speaker 1: You know, could be a low scoring game, but maybe

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Speaker 1: somebody erupts and each team feels like this should be

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Speaker 1: our get well game. So in that there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of drama. There's gonna be a lot of hotly tested downs,

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Speaker 1: and it's gonna be fun to watch. Look, both teams

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Speaker 1: need it badly. You know who wants to be They

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Speaker 1: don't want to be one and two and you don't

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Speaker 1: want to be what is it? One? One? I don't

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Speaker 1: want to say that. I want to say one, one

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Speaker 1: and one because that's kind of cool. Yeah, like we've

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Speaker 1: never been able to do that at this point, that's

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Speaker 1: the best you can do, So let's do it. Yeah

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Speaker 1: that you're exactly right about that? All right? When we

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Speaker 1: get back, I will go further into my keys to

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Speaker 1: a win over the Chicago Bears. How does it get done? Yes,

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Speaker 1: Justin Fields will get mentioned. But can they tackle the

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Speaker 1: pocket rocket that is David Montgomery that's next on Texans

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to this episode of Texans All Access and

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Speaker 1: it's time for my Keys to a game. And doing

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Speaker 1: this for a long time one of my favorite segments

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Speaker 1: to do because I just get to open up the throttle,

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Speaker 1: get out left lane and go one hundred and five. Baby. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I guess if you can talking about football, I do

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Speaker 1: because I get hyped, I get I get into this

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Speaker 1: and I don't apologize for that. I love talking ball,

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Speaker 1: I love talking to Texans, and I love it when

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Speaker 1: they take on the Chicago Bears. So get my music

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Speaker 1: cranked up there it is Let's rock Keys drew a

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Speaker 1: win over the Chicago Bears. Well, let's start with learning

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Speaker 1: a little bit more about this Bears offense. They are

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Speaker 1: averaging one hundred thirty nine point five yards per game

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Speaker 1: on the ground. That's eighth in the NFL. Man that's stout.

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Speaker 1: They ran very well last week against the Green Bay Packers.

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Speaker 1: You had running back David Montgomery run for over one

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Speaker 1: hundred yards, big game, and clude Herbert look at to

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Speaker 1: him a little bit as well. But they have been

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Speaker 1: ground and pound. Why ground in pound because there's no air.

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Speaker 1: There is no dike in helping them out. Passing yards

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Speaker 1: per game seventy six point five. Now it's two games

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Speaker 1: justin fields, just strown at twenty eight times. Now. One

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Speaker 1: of the novel tis one of the interesting things about

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Speaker 1: this game, I guess because you don't see this often.

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Speaker 1: It's two head coaches that come from defensive backgrounds. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Lovey Smith was defensive coordinator for a long time for

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Speaker 1: the Rams than he was the head coach for the Bears.

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Speaker 1: He comes from the defensive background. Right Then you got

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Speaker 1: Matt Eberflus, who was previously the defensive coordinator for the

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, and I think you see a little bit

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Speaker 1: more of that influence on the offense. There because the

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Speaker 1: Bears have thrown at twenty eight times this year. Justin

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Speaker 1: Fields is thrown about twenty eight times twenty eight. No

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Speaker 1: team in the NFL has fewer than twenty eight completions.

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Speaker 1: They've thrown at twenty eight times. Hence seventy six point

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Speaker 1: five yards per game, that is last in the league.

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Speaker 1: Total offense or two sixteen per game that's also last

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Speaker 1: in the league. And they lost two interceptions. And again

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Speaker 1: going back to the thought about having a defensive minded

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Speaker 1: head coach, two interceptions, I mean, you might as well

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Speaker 1: be calling madd Eberflus the worst names possible at that point.

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Speaker 1: Throwing two interceptions. Those are just things that he does

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Speaker 1: not want to live with. Defense coaches just don't like

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Speaker 1: that mentality at all. So many times is just gonna

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Speaker 1: throw up. Now we'll get to him in just a second.

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Speaker 1: It's a team lad for the most part. My guys

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Speaker 1: that have been there, so offensive line four to five

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Speaker 1: guys where players that have been in the scheme last year,

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Speaker 1: although it's changed with the Bears with a new head

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Speaker 1: coach of Mattieberflus, Justin Fields started last year was kind

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Speaker 1: of up and down. He and Matt Naggie. I don't

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Speaker 1: think I always saw eye to eye, but the star

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Speaker 1: there and the two stars, if you will, or David

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Speaker 1: Montgomery running back and Daria Mooney a wide receiver. So

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Speaker 1: let's get our first key against the Bears offense. Do

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Speaker 1: not slide into these dms. You were in that phrase

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Speaker 1: sliding into dms all that kind of stuff. And I'm

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Speaker 1: not talking about direct messages though, I'm talking about David

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Speaker 1: Montgomery DM, David Montgomery, get it? Yeah? How you like that? Anyways?

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Speaker 1: Point being with David Montgomery five eleven five two twenty four.

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Speaker 1: I think the programs is five to eleven. I think

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Speaker 1: he's really like five ten five nine a half either way.

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Speaker 1: He's built like a bowling ball butcher knives. I mean

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Speaker 1: he's built just like this thick tank. And when he

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Speaker 1: gets downhill on you a boy, I mean you you

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Speaker 1: gotta come. You can't throw shoulders into this guy and

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Speaker 1: think he's going down. You can't have two or three

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Speaker 1: guys wrapped up and you can flying as a safety

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Speaker 1: and throw your shoulder and think he's going backwards. You

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Speaker 1: gotta finish him, as just say moral combat, finish him.

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Speaker 1: You gotta finish the tackle. You've got to bring him

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Speaker 1: to the ground. Grab a shoe lace, grab his shoe,

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Speaker 1: grab an elbow pad, grab a hand, hang off for

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Speaker 1: dear life through his jersey. Whatever you gotta do, but

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Speaker 1: bring that dude down. Here's where he is really tough.

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Speaker 1: And I did a tell straighter on this and you'll

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Speaker 1: see it on KPRC on game day. On Sunday morning,

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Speaker 1: he had a run against the Packers. Now he had

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Speaker 1: a number of them, but this one stood out to

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Speaker 1: me because the Bears came out a two by two

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Speaker 1: condensed set, so they had two so they had a

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Speaker 1: tight end and a receiver, a tight end receiver, and

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Speaker 1: they're kind of kind of bunched in. They weren't wide

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Speaker 1: like you see some they're kind of bunched in. And

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Speaker 1: they were gonna run split zones. So they're gonna run

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Speaker 1: zone one way and then take the tight end a

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Speaker 1: cross and kick out and then Montgomery has the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to stay with his own blocking, or if they sort

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Speaker 1: of gave beat, he's got the opportunity to cut it

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Speaker 1: back and then use that tight end on the split

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Speaker 1: block to make his run there. Well, that's what he did.

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Speaker 1: He cut it back and as he cut it back.

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Speaker 1: The defensive end was so far up field taking care

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Speaker 1: of justin fields. Look at him a second. There was

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Speaker 1: this big gap in the linebacker. Quay Walker, the rookie

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Speaker 1: for the Packers, is right there, but he waited on him.

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Speaker 1: He didn't attack him, and because he didn't attack him,

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Speaker 1: the receiver is able to come down to crack on him.

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Speaker 1: Montgomery jump cut to the outside, and now he's in

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Speaker 1: the secondary. And now you've got guys that in the

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Speaker 1: Texas secondary, they've got guys that can tackle. They got

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Speaker 1: a lot of guys that could tackle. But when you

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Speaker 1: have to tackle two hundred and twenty four pounds with

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Speaker 1: that kind of speed and that balance and that vision,

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Speaker 1: that gets tough. That gets really, really tough. So they've

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Speaker 1: got to really slow down Montcomery before he even gets

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Speaker 1: to the second and third level. Number two. Normally he's

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Speaker 1: number one, And that's a little tricky because number one

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Speaker 1: is justin fields, but he is not the number one priority.

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Speaker 1: Slowing David Montgomery is. However, justin fields. The thrower has

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Speaker 1: struggled and you can't just all of a sudden let

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Speaker 1: him find his groove. But I don't think Eberfluss and

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Speaker 1: the offensive staff are really gonna let him open up.

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Speaker 1: I just don't think so. But what I do think

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Speaker 1: they'll do is have him run the football, and he

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Speaker 1: is very difficult, like Montgomery to bring down. These two

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Speaker 1: guys demand big boy pads and big boy effort to

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Speaker 1: bring them down. But the biggest thing with Fields is

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Speaker 1: not allowing him to be unaccounted for. If and on

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Speaker 1: that play the Packers had the Packers took Preston Smith,

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Speaker 1: and as soon as Fields took the snap, Preston was

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Speaker 1: matching wherever Justin Fields went. And even though the run

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Speaker 1: ended up being a big one, you have to do that.

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Speaker 1: You have to account for him because if he boots

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Speaker 1: away on a naked or waggle or something and you're

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Speaker 1: just crashing down on the run, well then Justin Fields,

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Speaker 1: one of the better runners in the league, actually is

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Speaker 1: out and about with the football, and I mean it's trouble.

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Speaker 1: That's where I think Justin Fields can really hurt the

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Speaker 1: Texans this week. And I do get a little worried

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Speaker 1: about that part. Mooney, give me a deep threat if

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Speaker 1: you leave him wide open. But I don't think Justice

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Speaker 1: is gonna take shots just to take shots because Darnell

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Speaker 1: Mooney's out there, but justin running the football, play action fakes,

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Speaker 1: those kind of things, they've got to account for fields

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Speaker 1: or he's gonna take off and running. That's a problem.

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Speaker 1: Last one Bears offensive line created holes against the Packers.

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Speaker 1: It's a good offensive line, it's a growing offensive line.

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Speaker 1: It's not the Colts, it's not the Broncos. This offits

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Speaker 1: a line they've been trying to get together for a

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Speaker 1: while against the pass, and that's part of the reason

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Speaker 1: why they aren't gonna pass for Tech. Well, but they

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Speaker 1: got a rookie left tackle and Braxton Jones. They've got

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Speaker 1: guys across that are just guys. Tevin Jenkins hasn't really

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Speaker 1: turned into anything yet, but he's at guard. I think

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Speaker 1: it's a better fit. This offensive line is not This

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Speaker 1: is not the Broncos. This is not the Colts offensive line. Now,

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Speaker 1: with maliek Collins banged up, that does give me a

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Speaker 1: little bit of pause, and we'll see he's questionable for

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Speaker 1: this one. But this offensive line is not the Broncos

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Speaker 1: and it's not the Colts. So his defensive line for

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Speaker 1: the Texans has really got to take over. I flip

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Speaker 1: it over and talk about the Texans offense against the

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Speaker 1: Bears defense. They're giving up one hundred and eighty nine

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Speaker 1: point five yards per game on the ground, that is

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Speaker 1: last in the NFL. I've heard that a lot as

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Speaker 1: pertains the Bears passing game and the Bears run defense.

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Speaker 1: Passing yards allowed, they've alle eighty three yards per game.

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Speaker 1: That's seventh in the league. So they're pretty good against

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Speaker 1: the past. Kwon Brisker and Kyler Gordon have been great

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Speaker 1: insertions into that secondary alongside of Jackson, alongside Jalen Johnson,

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Speaker 1: but we'll talk about they've also generated three turnovers or

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Speaker 1: plus one two turnover margin in twenty twenty two. They've

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Speaker 1: got two of the best players I think in the

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Speaker 1: NFL at their respective positions. Robert Quinn at eighteen and

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Speaker 1: a half sacks last year, and you have Roquan Smith

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Speaker 1: a linebacker. Now. Roquan has not practiced at all this week.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson moved into the did not participate in practice category.

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Speaker 1: He went from not even on injury report to limited

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Speaker 1: yesterday to all of a sudden do not did not

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Speaker 1: participate on Friday. Roquan did not participate all week deal

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Speaker 1: with a hip issue. So we'll keep an eye on

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Speaker 1: Roquan Smith and we'll talk about these guys. But Roquan questionable,

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Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson questionable. Those are two huge pieces on their

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Speaker 1: defensive line. Angela Blackson has played some good ball for them,

643
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,360
Speaker 1: but it's not a defensive front that has stopped and

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Speaker 1: runner all against the Packers. Did not stop it against

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. So he's against this defense. Number

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Speaker 1: one fine Roquon dot dot dot if he's playing again,

647
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Speaker 1: listed as questionable, did not participate during practice all week.

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Speaker 1: So if he plays, he becomes the focal point. Five

649
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: eight is the focal point at defense. He gets everybody

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Speaker 1: lined up, he gets them where they need to be.

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00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: Abrafluis relies on him as much as he relies on

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Speaker 1: Shaquille Leonard when he was the Colts defense coordinator. Without him,

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00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: now becomes interesting because Nick Morrow, the fellow starting linebacker

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00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: to Roquan, probably not that guy, if you get if

655
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: you get what I'm saying, But he's gonna have to

656
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Speaker 1: be that guy. And if there's no Roquon, I'd like

657
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: to see Damien about twenty two times. I'd like to

658
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: see Rex Dare about another ten times. Combined Davis Mills

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Speaker 1: run at eight. No, I'm just kidding about Davis, but

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Speaker 1: I want to see them pound at thirty to thirty

661
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: two times. Ro Quan's not in the game. He's the

662
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 1: key to that entire defense. And even with him, they

663
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: were averaging less. They're veraging just about one hundred ninety

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Speaker 1: yards given up per game. So Roquan, if he plays,

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Speaker 1: which leads me, it's a number two key. JJ is

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Speaker 1: Dying Old might Yall remember Good Times well? If you're

667
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:16,879
Speaker 1: my eight demographic, Good Times was the best show, of course,

668
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Speaker 1: Jimmy Walker, You're always talking about JJ is dying Old

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Speaker 1: might well j J Jalen Johnson. And again I go

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Speaker 1: back to he's questionable. Now if you look at the

671
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:32,800
Speaker 1: injury report flow Wednesday, he's not even on there. Thursday,

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Speaker 1: he shows up limited Friday. He is a DMP. Now,

673
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,800
Speaker 1: if you do the math on that sort of slope,

674
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: that's negative slope trending down. But they've listed them as questionable.

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Speaker 1: My thought with him, if he plays was how did

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Speaker 1: they handle him? Does he travel with Brandon Cooks, does

677
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: he travel with Nico? Does he travel at all? Either way?

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Speaker 1: If thirty three is in the defensive secondary. He's a problem.

679
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,919
Speaker 1: He is a massive problem, and he's a guy that

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Speaker 1: you don't really want to test, especially when you got

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Speaker 1: rookies in Jaquon Brisker and Kyler Gordon back there, Kendall

682
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 1: vildor there's another guy who's been back there, I'd test

683
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 1: him too. I wouldn't want to go after Jalen Johnson. However,

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Speaker 1: if Johnson is unavailable to play, that becomes a massive,

685
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: massive aspect of this game. So does Jalen Johnson and

686
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: or ro Kuan Smith play, I'll lean towards I'm gonna

687
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 1: expect them to play. I'll lean that way. So at

688
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: that point when he's on the field, find out how

689
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: they're matching up, and then if you have to work

690
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 1: away from him, work away from thirty three. Now, if

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Speaker 1: he does play, I might test him early on. I

692
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Speaker 1: might test the injury, see how he's gonna handle it

693
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 1: if he does play. But my guess is when that

694
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Speaker 1: dude's playing, he's balling out and I'm gonna I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: avoid him at fall possible. Last one, and I mentioned

696
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Speaker 1: this guy a little bit earlier, is Robert Quinn. He

697
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 1: did not lead the league in sacks last year, but

698
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 1: he led the NFC. TJ Y had twenty two and

699
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: a half set the record eighteen and a half for

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Speaker 1: Robert Quinn coming off the edge. That guy's been doing

701
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: it from twenty eleven. He is one of the best

702
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 1: athletes still in the league. At thirty two years old.

703
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:23,839
Speaker 1: He can take over the game now. The Texans edge

704
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 1: protectors have been pretty good thus far handling edge rushers

705
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: to a point. The one thing that gave them trouble,

706
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Speaker 1: especially in the fourth quarter of games, was speed and

707
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: athleticism off the edge. Quinny pay in Week one got

708
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: a sack late and then also Randy Gregory got a

709
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: sack late literally just running around the edge. Robert Quinn

710
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: isn't gonna shy away from a fight at all, not

711
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,360
Speaker 1: in the slightest but if he sees an edge he

712
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 1: can just run around. He's gonna goho stmoover, dip rip

713
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,240
Speaker 1: and coming around that edge and go get Davis Mills.

714
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 1: So there needs to be a plan, especially in the

715
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,359
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, for how you're going to account for one

716
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,840
Speaker 1: of the better pass rushers in the league, arguably the

717
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,239
Speaker 1: best over in the n FC. All Right, those are

718
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:16,840
Speaker 1: your keys to hopefully a win over the Chicago Bears,

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Speaker 1: with a couple of caveats as it pertains to the

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Speaker 1: availability and health of two keys, Jalen Johnson, the corner

721
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:26,440
Speaker 1: and Roquan Smith, the linebacker for the Bears. All right,

722
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: we get back. We'll go around the NFL. One big

723
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: injury to keep an eye on and affects the AFC South.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk about that next right here in Texas All Access.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to this Friday Nation to Texas All Access

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Speaker 1: from the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio. I am John Harris,

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Speaker 1: football Analyst, sideline reporter, and it kind of seer of

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Speaker 1: Wada Burger. As we go around the NFL, I want

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Speaker 1: to remind you that the Houston, Texas Wada Burger and

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Speaker 1: the Houston Food banker teaming up to help them take

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Speaker 1: and you'll even get a coupon for a free water

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Speaker 1: Burger with purchase of a thirty two ounce drink and

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Speaker 1: medium fry for every buck that you give. So from

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Speaker 1: now until October tenth, give a buck and be a

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Speaker 1: part of a team that is wiping out hunger in Houston.

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Speaker 1: And that's what a burger. All right, Let's start out

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00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,439
Speaker 1: in LA where the big news out in LA has

741
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: to do with the Chargers, not the Rams. You know,

742
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,240
Speaker 1: we'll get to the Rams, probably assume at some point.

743
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:38,800
Speaker 1: But the bigger news is the availability of Justin Herbert.

744
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: He is listed as questionable and this matters because the

745
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: Chargers are getting a visit from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The

746
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: Jaguars the only team in the AFC South with a win.

747
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,760
Speaker 1: How about that, the only team in the AFC South

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00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,279
Speaker 1: with a win through two weeks of the season, and

749
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,880
Speaker 1: in first play STAFC South through two weeks of the season,

750
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 1: may face Chase Daniel instead of Justin Herbert. Herbert dealing

751
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: with the ribs with a rib issue that he hurt

752
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 1: against Kansas City on a Thursday night. Now, had he

753
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 1: played on Sunday, I don't think there's anyway but those

754
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 1: extra days may have helped Justin Herbert to play Sunday

755
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 1: against the Jags. If he doesn't play, the team next

756
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,880
Speaker 1: up on a docket for the Chargers, your Houston Texans,

757
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: So we'll keep an eye on Justin Herbert for Sunday's

758
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,720
Speaker 1: availability against the Jacksonville Jaguars, where you hope he plays

759
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:41,600
Speaker 1: to beat the Jaguars. I wanted to play against US.

760
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: I never want to see anybody hurt. But Justin Herbert

761
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: one to definitely watch this weekend, especially if you're a

762
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 1: fantasy football player. That's a dicey proposition. George Kittle, one

763
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: of the better tight ends in the league, is back

764
00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 1: week three his debut against the Denver Broncos. Forty nine

765
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 1: ers played the Bears, and we played the Broncos, and

766
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 1: now the forty nine ers played the Bronchos and we

767
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 1: played the Bears. That's kind of interesting, nice little, nice

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00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: little lost symmetry there. But George Kittle going to get

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Speaker 1: on the field in the AFC South. Shaquille Leonard out

770
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:23,880
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs, says the Colts make their Indianapolis debut.

771
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:29,319
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman is back, as is Alec Pierce, so you'll

772
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: have Matt Ryan with his full receiver compliment and they'll

773
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: need it against the Chiefs, but they will not have

774
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: the maniacs que Leonard out for the third straight week.

775
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 1: Last night we saw the Browns get a win over

776
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers, but a big loss for the Cleveland Browns.

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00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 1: Starting linebacker Anthony Walker Junior out for the season with

778
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: a torn quad, kind of got stuck in the turf

779
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: on a screen and then one of the Steelers lineman

780
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 1: and I can't remember seventy six or seventy eight. I

781
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 1: think it was Chuca four, just body slamming while he

782
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 1: was down to the ground. Well, that wasn't cool, and

783
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 1: I don't think he end up getting a penalty for that,

784
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:14,800
Speaker 1: but he suffered a season ending torn quad tendon. The

785
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: Walker is not a guy that a lot of people

786
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 1: know around the league, but within league circles, people know

787
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: Anthony Walkers a darn good football player. That's gonna be

788
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 1: a big loss for the Browns that already without Jadeveon

789
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 1: Clowney last week. We'll see if Clowney could come back,

790
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,880
Speaker 1: but no Anthony Walker for the rest of the season

791
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Speaker 1: for the Browns. All Right, that's gonna do it for

792
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,439
Speaker 1: our around the NFL segment. When we get back, Let's

793
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 1: talk a little bit more about this game, in particular,

794
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Speaker 1: Bears Texans Corey Wooton played defensive end of Northwestern. He

795
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: played for Lovey Smith, he played for the Bears. He

796
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: knows the Bears inside and out, and he is our

797
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,200
Speaker 1: guest on any sidelines this week with Dpcity and that's

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Speaker 1: next Texans All Access. We got one hour in the

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Speaker 1: books on this Friday edition of Texans All Access from

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Speaker 1: the Monday Texans Radio studio. We are less than forty

801
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:03,759
Speaker 1: eight hours way from Texans v. Bears, and I your host,

802
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,600
Speaker 1: John Harris, will be down on the sidelines as I

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Speaker 1: have been the last eight years of the a ninth year,

804
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: but my first time being on the sidelines in Chicago

805
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: because of twenty twenty, I was actually up in the stands.

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00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: I was one of not many in the stands in Chicago.

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00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: There are no fans, So I'm curious to see what

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00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: it Bears Sunday afternoon is like, especially when they lose

809
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: to the Texans, or at least that's what I'm hoping now.

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Speaker 1: A guy I played for the Bears, played for Lovey Smith,

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Speaker 1: knows the Bears inside and out. Is former Northwestern star

812
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: defensive end Corey Wooten, and so when it came time

813
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 1: to go behind enemy sidelines, Dbcitis said, I want him,

814
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Speaker 1: that guy he played for Lovey. He knows the Bears.

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Speaker 1: I want Corey Rooten. She went and found him, and

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Speaker 1: here he is. Corey Wootten with dep Cities. We go

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Speaker 1: behind enemy sidelines, behind enemy sidelines, and this week joining

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Speaker 1: me is six year NFL veteran Horey Wooten, Big ten

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Speaker 1: sports analyst Fox three to Chicago Analysts. He is the

820
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: host of Beleeve and Bears, the podcast. Hoory welcome in. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thanks for having me. How you doing. I'm doing great.

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Speaker 1: It's a big week for both these teams, the Texans

823
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 1: looking for their first win and Lovey smith in his

824
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,319
Speaker 1: first year as head coach of the Houston Texans. It

825
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,239
Speaker 1: returns to Soldier Field. You played for Lovey back in

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Speaker 1: the day from twenty ten to twenty twelve, last year

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Speaker 1: for the Bears. Yeah, all right, So what do you

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Speaker 1: remember most about playing for Lovey Smith Man? It was

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Speaker 1: awesome playing for him, especially in the defense we had

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Speaker 1: in Chicago. We were, you know, top ten pretty much

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Speaker 1: every year I was there, and it was a lot

832
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Speaker 1: of fun. We had some great guys on the team

833
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:54,280
Speaker 1: or Lacker, Lance Briggs, Julius Peppers, you know, Henry Melton, Charles, Tina, Tillman,

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Speaker 1: the list goes on and on. So it was it

835
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Speaker 1: was a lot of fun playing in that Tampa two

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Speaker 1: attacking defense, especially as a defensive lineman. But what what

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Speaker 1: I what I loved the most about Lovey is he's

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Speaker 1: a player's coach. You know that that year he got fired,

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Speaker 1: when we went ten and six, there was grown men

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00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 1: in that end of the year meeting crime. So that

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00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 1: dissows you the impact that he had in our in

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00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 1: our locker room. So you know, everybody kind of brought

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00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,760
Speaker 1: into him and loved him, not only as a person

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Speaker 1: but as a coach as well. I mean, he's sort

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Speaker 1: of downplayed this return to Chicago. He's he's returned since

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Speaker 1: since he loved Chicago when he was head coach of

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00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Bucks. But for Chicago and for people

848
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 1: around there, how is Lovey's return being perceived there? You know,

849
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,359
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are are open to it.

850
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,279
Speaker 1: You know, I think, um, some of some of the

851
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 1: best years with the Bears was when Lovey was head coach.

852
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 1: Right you look at the O five season when they

853
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:49,799
Speaker 1: when they made it to the Super Bowl. Then in

854
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: twenty ten when we got to the NFC Championship and

855
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,799
Speaker 1: then having some of the best defenses kind of in

856
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,759
Speaker 1: his tenure there. So I think people really wish that

857
00:44:57,840 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 1: Lovey would have stayed, to be honest, because we had

858
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: that defense figured out. It was just all about kind

859
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 1: of getting that offensive coordinator. And sometimes you know, the

860
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:08,440
Speaker 1: GM or the owner really has more saying that. Lovey

861
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:10,359
Speaker 1: was kind of like, Hey, I'm gonna get this defense right.

862
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,479
Speaker 1: But it's kind of hard when you're a top five

863
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: defense to fire a coach that goes ten and six.

864
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:19,280
Speaker 1: So everyone was kind of scratching their head about that one. Okay,

865
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:20,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask you about the Beers, but I got

866
00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:22,880
Speaker 1: one more question about Lovey. Have you watched much of

867
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 1: the Texans defense. Yeah, so I've been. I've been watching them.

868
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 1: So they've kind of struggled a little bit of stopping

869
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 1: the run. But but the thing that's evident, right, and

870
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 1: Lovey's defense, it's kind of like that Ben, but don't

871
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:36,680
Speaker 1: break philosophy. You know, you're looking at these first two games.

872
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 1: He doesn't like it when people say that, but that's

873
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,400
Speaker 1: interesting that you say that, a right, Yeah, yeah it is.

874
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:45,879
Speaker 1: It is because sometimes when when you're struggling out there defensively,

875
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 1: it's all about limiting the scoring drives right touchdowns, and

876
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 1: he's been able to do that so far. I mean,

877
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: you guys gave Russell Wilson some fits. You know, they're

878
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:56,399
Speaker 1: still trying to learn this defense. I think when they

879
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,439
Speaker 1: fully buy into it, I mean, it's one of those

880
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: defense when you get the front seven in order, it

881
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 1: makes everything that much easier. So let's talk about the Bears.

882
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: They've got a new head coach in Matt Eberflus. What

883
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 1: have been the biggest differences you think in that Beers

884
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 1: team since he's taken over. You know, I think that

885
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: the biggest thing is everyone has been buying into him

886
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 1: as a coach. You know, with Matt Naggy last year,

887
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 1: he really lost the locker room. You can see that

888
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: evidence through guys play. The biggest surprise to me is

889
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 1: the lack of being able to stop the run defensively,

890
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: because that was something he preached from day one. You know,

891
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 1: we're gonna be a discipline team. We're gonna be able

892
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 1: to stop the run. And in the first two weeks

893
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:34,799
Speaker 1: they've given up about six yards of pop, something that

894
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 1: we haven't seen from Eberflus's defense dating back to all

895
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:41,080
Speaker 1: the way the Cowboys days, So that was very surprising

896
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,839
Speaker 1: for me. But I think the biggest thing was adjustments,

897
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,800
Speaker 1: and in both games I thought they did a pretty

898
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:48,880
Speaker 1: good job defensively of having adjustments, right, But you have

899
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 1: to be able to start, start fast and be able

900
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: to stop the runs. So yeah, this week is a

901
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:57,480
Speaker 1: critical juncture for both of these teams. They're both very similar, right, defensively,

902
00:46:57,880 --> 00:46:59,720
Speaker 1: haven't really lived up to the hype that we thought.

903
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,760
Speaker 1: Both young quarterbacks really haven't lived up to the hype yet,

904
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 1: and both have talented running backs. So yeah, this is

905
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 1: going to be a very interesting game. Corey, I was

906
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:09,919
Speaker 1: going to say the same thing. I feel like there's

907
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,399
Speaker 1: so many similarities between the two teams, And you talked

908
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:14,760
Speaker 1: about the defense, but on the offensive side, you've got

909
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:19,600
Speaker 1: two second year quarterbacks that both have sort of struggled

910
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: in the passing game. They've got new head coaches. So

911
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:25,000
Speaker 1: let's talk about justin fields. You know, what have you

912
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:27,919
Speaker 1: seen from him year one to year two growth and

913
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: what are the expectations of him as a first round pick.

914
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: So in the preseason we saw a different Justin Fields

915
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 1: from that first year to now, we saw him more confident.

916
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 1: They were kind of game planning for success with him.

917
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 1: They're really setting up the run, working that play action.

918
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,640
Speaker 1: Especially in that last preseason game he only had one

919
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 1: incomplete path, so I thought this was going to be

920
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:49,920
Speaker 1: the year he took the big step right, and then

921
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,280
Speaker 1: you fast forward to that first game. In the first half,

922
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:54,720
Speaker 1: really weren't able to get things going against the forty

923
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 1: nine ers, and then in the second half we saw

924
00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,800
Speaker 1: flashes of that playmaker, him being able to get outside

925
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,360
Speaker 1: the pocket, complete some passes down the field, really working

926
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:07,120
Speaker 1: that run and play action. And then in the second

927
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:09,800
Speaker 1: game against Green Bay, we have a great first drive.

928
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 1: Things are going, We're setting up the play action pass,

929
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:15,319
Speaker 1: we drive on the field, score on them, and then

930
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 1: all of a sudden in that second drive they go

931
00:48:17,239 --> 00:48:20,880
Speaker 1: to gun and I'm like, oh, okay, under center worked

932
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:23,320
Speaker 1: with the fullback tight ends, and then all of a

933
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:25,959
Speaker 1: sudden they got away from that. So it's been hard

934
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: because he's only had twenty eight pass attempts, so it's

935
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 1: kind of hard to evaluate. So I think the thing

936
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:35,160
Speaker 1: that can be learned is listening. You know, both of

937
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 1: these young quarterbacks on both teams, right the run is

938
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,120
Speaker 1: going to set up the passes to give them confidence,

939
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:42,279
Speaker 1: because that's the biggest thing when you're talking about a

940
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 1: young quarterback is getting is confidence up. Once that happens,

941
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,719
Speaker 1: then we can open up the playbook. But first off,

942
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 1: let's work the run and play action, especially justin fields.

943
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 1: Allow him to use his feet, get on some of

944
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:56,359
Speaker 1: those boots, some of those sprintouts. That's where he gets

945
00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:58,880
Speaker 1: his confidence. Yeah, he was only seven for eleven in

946
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,360
Speaker 1: that last game against Pack, but he had a rushing touchdown.

947
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 1: So in order to get the passing game going, I

948
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 1: know you talked about the kind of possession, but offensively,

949
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: is there something that the receivers can do more to

950
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,239
Speaker 1: sort of step it up for Justin Fields. I know

951
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 1: they've got some pretty new receivers in Equinamias Saint Brown

952
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:17,359
Speaker 1: and Darnell Mooney, but how can they sort of help

953
00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:19,800
Speaker 1: add to that passing game and get some more production.

954
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 1: You know, I think it's been tough because I think

955
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:25,640
Speaker 1: they're missing a true number one receiver. Right. We thought

956
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,520
Speaker 1: Darnell Mooney would be that guy because last year has

957
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:31,440
Speaker 1: success with Justin Fields. Mooney had over a thousand yards.

958
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:34,200
Speaker 1: But people fail to realize Alan Robinson was on the

959
00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:37,080
Speaker 1: other side and he wasn't as productive, but he still

960
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 1: garnered that attention on that other side. So now everybody's

961
00:49:40,120 --> 00:49:43,120
Speaker 1: kind of keying on Darnell Mooney and Saint Brown has

962
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:46,040
Speaker 1: kind of been that go to receiver and no disrespect

963
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,000
Speaker 1: to him by any means, but he's a true number

964
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: three or four and most receiving corps, so he's been

965
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 1: he's been our kind of bright spot, but he's not

966
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,319
Speaker 1: a true number one or anything like that. So they're

967
00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 1: gonna have to find ways to get Darnell Mooney the ball.

968
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,279
Speaker 1: And then also Cole commit we thought he would have

969
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:05,040
Speaker 1: his coming out party, and I think he's only had

970
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:07,759
Speaker 1: one two targets and one of them he drops, So

971
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 1: it's it's it's definitely been tough. But I think the

972
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: biggest thing they need to do is get Justin Fields

973
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:14,640
Speaker 1: on the move right, give him options that he can

974
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 1: use his feet, because that's what separates him as a

975
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:19,960
Speaker 1: former defensive lineman. You know guys that have that type

976
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 1: of speed like Lamar Jackson or Michael Vick. I mean,

977
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:24,719
Speaker 1: it just brings such a different element because then you

978
00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:27,200
Speaker 1: have to worry about rushing the passers staying in your lanes,

979
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,360
Speaker 1: you can't rush the same way. And then all of

980
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,200
Speaker 1: a sudden, when he has those zone reads, you have

981
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 1: to be able to stay at home because justin fields

982
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:36,680
Speaker 1: on a defensive end, that's that's that's tough sledding all day.

983
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:39,640
Speaker 1: All right. Well, one other bright spot obviously David Montgomery.

984
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:42,239
Speaker 1: I can't not mention him coming off his best game

985
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 1: since the twenty twenty season. Fifteen carries one hundred and

986
00:50:45,520 --> 00:50:48,400
Speaker 1: twenty two yards. What went well for him in that

987
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:51,120
Speaker 1: Week two game and what makes them such a productive

988
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:53,879
Speaker 1: back in that run game for Chicago, Well, I think

989
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: he's so versatile. I think the thing is he can

990
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,040
Speaker 1: run under the I formation, he can run out of

991
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:02,239
Speaker 1: the gun as well. His ability to break tackles is unbelievable.

992
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:04,399
Speaker 1: You look at even some of those gun runs where

993
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 1: he had ten to fifteen yards, he got hit in

994
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 1: the backfield and he broke three to four tackles on

995
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:12,560
Speaker 1: that play. So it's just pretty impressive his ability to

996
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 1: break tackles. And he can catch the ball out of

997
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:16,759
Speaker 1: the backfield as well. And then the great part about

998
00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,280
Speaker 1: is they have a great one two punch, not only Montgomery,

999
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:21,840
Speaker 1: but Khalil Herbert as well. So yeah, I think that

1000
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 1: the strongest asset to them is Montgomery and Herbert in

1001
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:26,880
Speaker 1: that running game. All right, well, you're a defensive guy,

1002
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:28,440
Speaker 1: so I got to ask you about the defense. They

1003
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,960
Speaker 1: lost some key veterans this offseason. No Khalil Mack, no

1004
00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: Keeam Hicks, no Danny Trevathan. So how has Matt Eberflus

1005
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:38,759
Speaker 1: build in some of those gaps with playmakers in those

1006
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:42,479
Speaker 1: veterans absence this year? So you know, it's it's tough

1007
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:44,880
Speaker 1: to a replace a guy like Khalil Mack. Right, you know,

1008
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 1: his sack numbers didn't moore while you every year. You know,

1009
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,360
Speaker 1: he was a playmaker more so than anything. You know,

1010
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,920
Speaker 1: he'd make big plays happen. He'd have pigs, he'd have

1011
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:57,600
Speaker 1: sack fumbles, tackles for loss. But Travis Gibson is a

1012
00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: guy who's stepped up big. This is his third year

1013
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:02,799
Speaker 1: play now. He had two sacks against Aaron Rodgers in

1014
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:05,200
Speaker 1: that game. He's a big guy that was supposed to

1015
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:08,040
Speaker 1: step up this year. And then al KaDee Muhammad, he's

1016
00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:09,840
Speaker 1: a guy that's kind of been a little silent. He

1017
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:12,359
Speaker 1: played under ebra Flus in Indianapolis and kind of had

1018
00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 1: a breakout year last year, had six sacks as a

1019
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:17,839
Speaker 1: full time starter. We kind of haven't heard much from him.

1020
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: But the good part is they have Robert Quinn and

1021
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:21,959
Speaker 1: he had a big sack in that game against Green

1022
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:24,319
Speaker 1: Bay and still looks like he has plenty of juice

1023
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 1: left in his career. But the most surprising aspect has

1024
00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:30,800
Speaker 1: been Roquan Smith. Right. They moved him to outside linebacker

1025
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:33,960
Speaker 1: this year, and he just seems out of place right.

1026
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,879
Speaker 1: He seems a little bit slow on his reads, and

1027
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:38,800
Speaker 1: I think he's still trying to get in game shape.

1028
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,879
Speaker 1: He sat out all the training camp trying to get

1029
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:44,279
Speaker 1: that deal done, and guys know around the league it

1030
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:46,840
Speaker 1: is hard to get in playing shape when you're not

1031
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:48,840
Speaker 1: out there in training camp. So I think he's still

1032
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 1: a little out of conditioning shape right now. I think

1033
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:54,640
Speaker 1: that's evident from what we've seen in the first two weeks.

1034
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:56,799
Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up Roquan Smith. So what went

1035
00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:58,759
Speaker 1: behind that decision to move him? And do you see

1036
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:01,600
Speaker 1: him moving back at any point? Yeah? I can see

1037
00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:03,759
Speaker 1: him for sure moving back. I think they wanted to

1038
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: highlight his speed, right. But the thing is you got.

1039
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,279
Speaker 1: You gotta remember he's been playing that mic position for

1040
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:11,360
Speaker 1: a couple of years now, right, and sometimes moving somebody

1041
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:13,920
Speaker 1: just because they have speed doesn't doesn't make all that sense.

1042
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,279
Speaker 1: So maybe if he can get more comfortable with it,

1043
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:18,400
Speaker 1: but I think you need to move him to the

1044
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:21,360
Speaker 1: mic and uh, you know, move Adams maybe back to

1045
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:26,120
Speaker 1: the outside position. All right, So it's week three Bears Texans.

1046
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:28,200
Speaker 1: A lot of storylines here from the Houston side, but

1047
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:29,800
Speaker 1: what about from the Chicago side. What are some of

1048
00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:33,160
Speaker 1: the big storylines heading into Sunday's game. Well, the biggest

1049
00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:35,879
Speaker 1: storyline is it's justin fields, right. I think people are

1050
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,720
Speaker 1: kind of questioning, right, is he the guy? Is Chicago

1051
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,080
Speaker 1: cursed at the quarterback position? We can never get the

1052
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:44,520
Speaker 1: offense going. How are you gonna put him in positions

1053
00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:47,319
Speaker 1: to succeed? So that's that's the biggest thing they've been

1054
00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:50,600
Speaker 1: talking about, is the offensive coort in fields and then

1055
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:52,799
Speaker 1: as well as the defense being able to stop the run.

1056
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,040
Speaker 1: Those are those are kind of the major headlines right now.

1057
00:53:55,239 --> 00:53:57,600
Speaker 1: I'm very similar storylines for both these teams. Will be

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00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:59,920
Speaker 1: an interesting matchup on Sunday. Corey, thank you so much

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00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 1: the time. Where can people listen to your stuff, can

1060
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:05,319
Speaker 1: listen to me on Fox thirty two in Chicago on

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00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:07,719
Speaker 1: the Lead podcast. You know that that's part of the

1062
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:10,719
Speaker 1: series XM network as well. And then I'm on the

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00:54:10,840 --> 00:54:13,960
Speaker 1: Instagram and Twitter at Corey Wooton CEO r E Y

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Speaker 1: W two o's two. He's in. All right, Corey, thanks

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00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:19,000
Speaker 1: so much for us. I'm looking forward to the game

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00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,160
Speaker 1: on Sunday. All right, thank you so much. You have

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00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:24,000
Speaker 1: a good rest of today. There is Corey Wooton. I

1068
00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:26,080
Speaker 1: think you got all the information if you want to

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00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:27,880
Speaker 1: follow him, and probably should if you want to learn

1070
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 1: a little bit about the Chicago Bears. Now, look, there

1071
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:37,160
Speaker 1: are no shortage of people that cover the Bears there.

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00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,400
Speaker 1: Chicago's got a lot of radio stations, a lot of

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00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: people covering the Bears. That's a team that's been around

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00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:45,520
Speaker 1: since the beginning. They were Decatur Staley's and then turn

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00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:48,440
Speaker 1: into the Chicago Bears and popa Bear House. So this

1076
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:51,600
Speaker 1: is one of the original teams. I always love going

1077
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:56,280
Speaker 1: to play the original teams, the Packers, the Bears, those

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00:54:56,320 --> 00:55:01,560
Speaker 1: original teams, those two in particular that had been around forever.

1079
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:04,000
Speaker 1: And then of course you've got some you know, the Steelers,

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00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:08,000
Speaker 1: the Eagles, those are teams that enjoying the forties and fifties, etc.

1081
00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:11,960
Speaker 1: So it's always fun to go see the original teams

1082
00:55:11,960 --> 00:55:15,600
Speaker 1: that started this league, the Washington Commanders aka the Redskins

1083
00:55:15,600 --> 00:55:18,239
Speaker 1: way back in the day and New York Giants, those

1084
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:20,719
Speaker 1: teams that have great rivalries back in the thirties, and

1085
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:24,360
Speaker 1: of course the Bears being one of the best teams

1086
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:28,480
Speaker 1: of all time, especially in the thirties, forties, fifties and

1087
00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:31,600
Speaker 1: sixties with POPU Bear House was head coach, owner, etc.

1088
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:35,319
Speaker 1: Haven't as much luck since with only one title in

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00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:38,480
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty five. They got to Super Bowl with Loving

1090
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:40,600
Speaker 1: in two thousand and six, but they lost to that guy,

1091
00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:44,800
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning. So either way, the Chicago Bears on Sunday,

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00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:50,240
Speaker 1: and I cannot wait now. Last night Pittsburgh Steelers lost

1093
00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:53,000
Speaker 1: to Cleveland Browns. Thanks a lot, guys, we needed a

1094
00:55:53,040 --> 00:55:55,640
Speaker 1: little bit more help. Although George Pickens with maybe the catch,

1095
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:58,799
Speaker 1: well definitely the catch of the year, there's a better

1096
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 1: than O Dell's Catchman, it was a close either way.

1097
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:05,680
Speaker 1: That was one game. There are fifteen others that take

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00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:09,600
Speaker 1: place this weekend. I will pick all of them straight

1099
00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:12,800
Speaker 1: up and against the spread next right here on Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access. Yes, alright, alright, alright, let's go. Welcome back

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00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:23,080
Speaker 1: to a Friday edition of Texans All Access as I

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00:56:23,239 --> 00:56:26,080
Speaker 1: your host, John Harris, Football and all the Southern Reporter Channel,

1103
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:33,319
Speaker 1: my inner Matthew McConaughey for the favorite segment of the night.

1104
00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:35,239
Speaker 1: I hear from more people on this segment than I

1105
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:39,120
Speaker 1: hear from any other segment, and that is my predictions segment,

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00:56:39,239 --> 00:56:42,360
Speaker 1: straight up against the spread. Now, it is straight up

1107
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:44,440
Speaker 1: and against the spread because I can speak the lingo.

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00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:50,440
Speaker 1: But it's for your enjoyment only. It's for your enjoyment only.

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00:56:52,400 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 1: That rest is up to you. I just gonna give

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00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,640
Speaker 1: you that information now before we get into our predictions,

1111
00:56:57,640 --> 00:56:59,360
Speaker 1: because you know there's one game I'm not gonna predict.

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00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the game for just a second as

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00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:05,080
Speaker 1: it pertains to the injury report. Kind of dance around

1114
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:06,560
Speaker 1: this a little bit all night, but I haven't gone

1115
00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:10,360
Speaker 1: into it per se. The Texans have got three players

1116
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:16,439
Speaker 1: out of this one, Austin Deculus, Brevin Jordan, and Isaac Yeadam.

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00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:20,000
Speaker 1: Those three players are out and they were do not

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00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:26,080
Speaker 1: participate do not participate participants. The threaway of saying it. Anyways,

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00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:29,680
Speaker 1: those three were on the do not participate list on Friday.

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00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:35,560
Speaker 1: Questionable maliek Collins and Kurt Heinisch. Neither one of them

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00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:38,840
Speaker 1: participated today. Malik did a little bit more on Thursday,

1122
00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:41,640
Speaker 1: so we'll keep an eye on that. That's two key

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00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:45,080
Speaker 1: pieces on the defensive line against the group that runs

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00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:49,160
Speaker 1: the ball pretty darned well in Chicago about one hundred

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00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:51,120
Speaker 1: and forty yards per game. And if there's no Malik,

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00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 1: there's no Highish Swo boys. Some guys are gonna have

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00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:56,560
Speaker 1: to step up and play big roles against the Chicago Bears.

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00:57:57,000 --> 00:58:02,120
Speaker 1: So Deculous out, Jordan out, Isaac Adam out, Questionable, Blee Collins,

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00:58:02,200 --> 00:58:06,520
Speaker 1: Kurt Highness. Farrell Brown is questionable, but he was a

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00:58:06,560 --> 00:58:12,880
Speaker 1: full participant in practice today. He was a DMP on Thursday,

1131
00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:15,040
Speaker 1: but he was a full participant on Friday, so he

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00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:19,320
Speaker 1: is questionable going in out for the Bears. Matt Adams

1133
00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:23,640
Speaker 1: linebacker Dan Krukshank. Every time I say Dan Krukshank's name,

1134
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:25,440
Speaker 1: I think back to that twenty eighteen fake punning as

1135
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:28,760
Speaker 1: the Titan's Dad gumm It and former Bear unfortunately with

1136
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:32,160
Speaker 1: achilles issue, Ryan Griffin. Those three are out the two

1137
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:36,440
Speaker 1: names that I have mentioned during the show through the

1138
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:41,000
Speaker 1: best Bears defenders, two best Bears players period. Jalen Johnson

1139
00:58:41,040 --> 00:58:43,520
Speaker 1: deal with quad injury. He's questionable now. Like I said,

1140
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:46,720
Speaker 1: he was not on the injury report on Wednesday at all.

1141
00:58:47,160 --> 00:58:50,160
Speaker 1: Then he was a limited participant on Thursday. He was

1142
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:55,080
Speaker 1: a DMP on Friday. That's not a trending positive to

1143
00:58:55,240 --> 00:58:59,680
Speaker 1: play level track right there. So Jalen Johnson, he is questionable.

1144
00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:02,520
Speaker 1: Keep it. Roquan Smith has not practiced all week dealing

1145
00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:05,280
Speaker 1: with a hip. He is also questionable, doubtful as Valis

1146
00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:09,040
Speaker 1: Jones Junior duing the hamstring. He was a limited participant today.

1147
00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:15,280
Speaker 1: Valis is he is a speedy outside receiver. They've got

1148
00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:17,600
Speaker 1: one in Darnell Mooney. If they had both, and maybe

1149
00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:19,080
Speaker 1: they would try and throw the ball down the field

1150
00:59:19,080 --> 00:59:21,200
Speaker 1: with justin fields a little bit more. But they will

1151
00:59:21,360 --> 00:59:25,520
Speaker 1: more than likely not have Valis Jones dealing with at hamstring.

1152
00:59:25,560 --> 00:59:27,280
Speaker 1: He is doubtful. But the two to keep an eye

1153
00:59:27,320 --> 00:59:30,960
Speaker 1: on well for the Bears at least, Ryan Roquan Smith,

1154
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:35,400
Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson. For your Texans, We're definitely watching Leek Collins

1155
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:38,800
Speaker 1: and Kurt Heinisch along with Farrell Brown. Those three are questionable.

1156
00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:41,680
Speaker 1: Those five all could play a very big role. So

1157
00:59:42,040 --> 00:59:45,520
Speaker 1: if they're out, it's gonna be tough slooting for either

1158
00:59:45,600 --> 00:59:48,520
Speaker 1: side with those guys out, In particular the Bears with

1159
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:51,280
Speaker 1: Roquan Smith Jalen Johnson. Those if you made a listen

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00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:54,400
Speaker 1: you said ranked the Bears one to fifty three, I

1161
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:57,880
Speaker 1: would imagine those two are top five, top three at worst.

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00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: I mean ro Kuan's probably one, Johnson's probably two or three,

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01:00:01,320 --> 01:00:03,840
Speaker 1: so maybe top two. So we'll keep it on on

1164
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:07,080
Speaker 1: that on Sunday. All right, that gives you the injury

1165
01:00:07,120 --> 01:00:10,880
Speaker 1: report for this week, the Texans and the Bears. So

1166
01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:14,680
Speaker 1: now let's get in to my prediction straight up and

1167
01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:19,400
Speaker 1: against the spread. But get me my music, maestro, and

1168
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:23,479
Speaker 1: there it is. All right. Let's start in Tennessee where

1169
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:29,120
Speaker 1: the Titans return home after a Monday night shalacking. I mean,

1170
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:33,720
Speaker 1: they got blitch Creek by the Buffalo Bills on Monday

1171
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:38,000
Speaker 1: night forty one to seven. Malik Willis came into the game.

1172
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:40,640
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill did not have a great second half in

1173
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:44,320
Speaker 1: particularly didn't have a great game, but in particular second half,

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01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:48,680
Speaker 1: Las Vegas is favored by two in Tennessee. Now, I

1175
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:51,000
Speaker 1: think the Titans are a mess. I think they've been

1176
01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:54,919
Speaker 1: a mess. So I'm going with the Raiders to get

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01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:58,520
Speaker 1: on track off the schneide. Oh went too. They blew

1178
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:01,400
Speaker 1: blew it last week. They blew one last week. That

1179
01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:04,880
Speaker 1: game was in their hands and Kyler Murray went and

1180
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:07,800
Speaker 1: stole it from him, and then he ran forever away

1181
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:10,240
Speaker 1: from them. To get the win. They Byron Murphy with

1182
01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:13,520
Speaker 1: the fumble recovery that gave them the twenty nine twenty

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01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:15,240
Speaker 1: three win over the Raiders that moved the Raiders to

1184
01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:18,920
Speaker 1: oz and two. I think the Raiders with one and two,

1185
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:21,040
Speaker 1: the Raiders go across country. Yes, it's a negative body

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01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:25,120
Speaker 1: clock game. I'm just not buying the Titans at all

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01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:28,920
Speaker 1: this year. I'm looking for absolute armageddon there at Tennessee.

1188
01:01:29,000 --> 01:01:31,400
Speaker 1: So let's go Raiders to win and to cover that

1189
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 1: two point spread. All right, this one we're staying in

1190
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:42,760
Speaker 1: the AFC south by the way. This one is fun, chaotic, weird.

1191
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 1: Is it a trap? It's a trap. Yeah, it feels

1192
01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:50,240
Speaker 1: like Star Wars. It's a trap. The two and oh

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01:01:50,320 --> 01:01:54,720
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs arguably top two, top one team in

1194
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:58,600
Speaker 1: the League, coming off a win, coming off a mini

1195
01:01:58,680 --> 01:02:03,720
Speaker 1: buy about to Indianapolis where the Colts are oh one

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01:02:03,840 --> 01:02:06,000
Speaker 1: and one. Now for the Colts, there will be no

1197
01:02:06,080 --> 01:02:09,200
Speaker 1: Shaquille Leonard. They're coming off at twenty four to nothing

1198
01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:13,840
Speaker 1: beat down in Duval County. But they do get their

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Speaker 1: receivers back, and if they've got any pride playing in

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01:02:17,440 --> 01:02:20,160
Speaker 1: front of the Colts fans, they're gonna make this a

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01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:23,160
Speaker 1: ball game. So here's where I'm going with this, because

1202
01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:25,040
Speaker 1: there's a part of me that thinks the Colts are

1203
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:27,400
Speaker 1: gonna rise up and this should be my bold lock

1204
01:02:27,520 --> 01:02:30,680
Speaker 1: prediction of the week, whatever you say about it. I

1205
01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:33,440
Speaker 1: feel like that Colts could very well win this. But

1206
01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:36,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do the safe thing on this one because

1207
01:02:36,680 --> 01:02:38,160
Speaker 1: I do think the Chiefs will put it out. They

1208
01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:41,360
Speaker 1: have Patrick Mahomes. By God, Patrick Mahomes will win this game.

1209
01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:43,920
Speaker 1: But it'll be a three point game. This is thirty eight,

1210
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:45,840
Speaker 1: thirty five. I think the Colts put some points on

1211
01:02:45,880 --> 01:02:48,160
Speaker 1: the board. Matt Ryan will get loose a little bit,

1212
01:02:48,280 --> 01:02:50,840
Speaker 1: Matt Jonathan Taylor will run the rock a little bit.

1213
01:02:50,840 --> 01:02:52,760
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a three point win for the Chiefs

1214
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:54,960
Speaker 1: and it spread its five and a half, So give

1215
01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:58,720
Speaker 1: the Chiefs win the Colts to cover there in Indie.

1216
01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:03,840
Speaker 1: Let's go down to Miami, where the Dolphins are two

1217
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:07,480
Speaker 1: and oh the Bills are two and oh in one

1218
01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:12,000
Speaker 1: of the more intriguing games of the weekend. The Bills

1219
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:15,920
Speaker 1: are favored by five, but the Dolphins at two and

1220
01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:18,160
Speaker 1: oh puts the points up on the board. They did

1221
01:03:18,160 --> 01:03:21,160
Speaker 1: it against the Ravens. They pulled one out in Week

1222
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:25,400
Speaker 1: one against the Patriots. It's a really intriguing Dolphins team.

1223
01:03:25,560 --> 01:03:30,680
Speaker 1: Very intriguing, but not enough the Bills. I think we'll

1224
01:03:30,720 --> 01:03:32,760
Speaker 1: go down and win that thing by two touchdowns, like

1225
01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:36,960
Speaker 1: forty two twenty eight, thirty five, twenty one. The Bills

1226
01:03:37,080 --> 01:03:41,600
Speaker 1: are not given up forty two to Tuah Tyreek and Waddle.

1227
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:46,040
Speaker 1: If there's any team that can handle them relatively well,

1228
01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:49,200
Speaker 1: I think it's the Bills. Even though the Bills are

1229
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:52,560
Speaker 1: banged up in his secondary, I still think the Bills

1230
01:03:52,560 --> 01:03:54,680
Speaker 1: will get after two a tongo by a low out.

1231
01:03:54,680 --> 01:03:56,160
Speaker 1: Think it gonna be a turnover that changes it, and

1232
01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:58,000
Speaker 1: I think they end up winning by a couple of touchdowns.

1233
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:01,880
Speaker 1: So Bills to win. Bills cover that five point spread.

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01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:04,360
Speaker 1: All right, Let's go over to the NFC for a

1235
01:04:04,440 --> 01:04:10,040
Speaker 1: new kick up in Minneapolis, where the Minnesota Vikings are

1236
01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:15,000
Speaker 1: fresh off a beatdown from the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles

1237
01:04:15,720 --> 01:04:18,000
Speaker 1: did whatever they wanted to for about three quarters and

1238
01:04:18,040 --> 01:04:20,000
Speaker 1: then kind of let their foot off the gas pedal

1239
01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:23,400
Speaker 1: as that one ended twenty four to seven. The Vikings

1240
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,720
Speaker 1: started the season at home, beating the Packers twenty three

1241
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:30,560
Speaker 1: to seven. The Lions played the first two games at home,

1242
01:04:31,520 --> 01:04:37,000
Speaker 1: and they barely barely missed a comeback win against the Eagles,

1243
01:04:37,040 --> 01:04:39,000
Speaker 1: losing that thirty eight thirty five. But last week against

1244
01:04:39,040 --> 01:04:43,960
Speaker 1: the Commanders, Aid Hutchinson went bonkers three sacks turn the

1245
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:48,800
Speaker 1: game around. Minnesota's favored by six in Minneapolis. I'm feeling

1246
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:52,960
Speaker 1: my oats here. I'm feeling Detroit Lions with a straight

1247
01:04:53,040 --> 01:04:57,240
Speaker 1: up upset up in Minneapolis. I'm on Ross. Saint Brown

1248
01:04:57,400 --> 01:04:59,880
Speaker 1: is still proving everybody wrong. He's playing with a chi

1249
01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:02,680
Speaker 1: up on his shoulder, the size of Energy Stadium, I'm

1250
01:05:02,720 --> 01:05:05,360
Speaker 1: going with. I'm on Ross, Sat Brown, Aidan Hutchinson and

1251
01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:09,520
Speaker 1: Jared Goff over the Minnesota Vikings in and upset Minnesota

1252
01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:12,560
Speaker 1: favored by six. I think the Lions well win and

1253
01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:17,560
Speaker 1: cover that. Ravens taking on Patriots. This game in twenty

1254
01:05:17,600 --> 01:05:21,600
Speaker 1: twelves must see this game in twenty twenty two, not

1255
01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:26,400
Speaker 1: so much. I suppose Baltimore's favored by two and a

1256
01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:32,960
Speaker 1: half at Gillette, and that always scares me. That always

1257
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:35,360
Speaker 1: scares me. But the Patriots had to go down to

1258
01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:37,520
Speaker 1: Miami and then they had to go to Pittsburgh. They

1259
01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:40,040
Speaker 1: finally get to play in front of the home folks. Now,

1260
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:42,800
Speaker 1: one of the things about that, if you're the Patriots

1261
01:05:42,800 --> 01:05:47,160
Speaker 1: and you can't generate offense, they're going to hear it.

1262
01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:50,520
Speaker 1: They're already mad about what's going on with the Celtics,

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01:05:50,600 --> 01:05:53,720
Speaker 1: and for good reason. And if the Patriots offense is

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01:05:53,760 --> 01:05:58,240
Speaker 1: just they're gonna be mad about that. But Ravens quarterback

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01:05:58,280 --> 01:05:59,720
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson's been dealing with a little bit of an

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01:05:59,760 --> 01:06:03,000
Speaker 1: elbow a shoot. Doesn't not sound like it's gonna stop

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01:06:03,080 --> 01:06:06,200
Speaker 1: him from playing. I think he's the difference. The Ravens

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01:06:06,680 --> 01:06:08,920
Speaker 1: will get the win. It'll be close, it'll be twenty

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01:06:08,920 --> 01:06:12,600
Speaker 1: one seventeen Willy fowenty. The Ravens will get that win.

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01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:15,920
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson does enough to get the win in Gillette

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01:06:15,960 --> 01:06:18,920
Speaker 1: and covers that two and a half points spread. One

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01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:20,760
Speaker 1: of them aren't triguing games of the day when I

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01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:22,680
Speaker 1: say the teams are gonna be like, what are you

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01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:25,200
Speaker 1: on something? John? No, I am not, But I think

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01:06:25,240 --> 01:06:29,560
Speaker 1: Bengals Jets isn't as exciting as it gets. You've got

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01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:31,640
Speaker 1: just think it's some of the matchups here. You've got

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01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:36,080
Speaker 1: Sauce Gardner, the corner drafted once about beyond Derek Stingley

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01:06:36,080 --> 01:06:39,120
Speaker 1: taking on all those Bengals receivers. You've got the Jets

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Speaker 1: rookie Rider Shiver Gare Wilson going against the Bengals. You've

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01:06:42,360 --> 01:06:45,280
Speaker 1: got Joe Burrow facing the Jets d You've got Joe

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01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:48,160
Speaker 1: Flacco who went nuts last week against the Browns. Is

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01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:53,360
Speaker 1: he gonna stay hot against the Bengals. The Bengals are desperate. Now,

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01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:57,240
Speaker 1: there's certain teams when desperate, you never want to play him.

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01:06:57,360 --> 01:06:59,479
Speaker 1: I don't know about the Bengals, but at Owen two,

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01:06:59,680 --> 01:07:03,439
Speaker 1: they gotta have a win. So at that point I'm

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01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:07,960
Speaker 1: going Bengals to cover and win. At six and a half,

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01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:10,480
Speaker 1: I feel like first half maybe it's close, but I

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01:07:10,520 --> 01:07:14,040
Speaker 1: think Burrow and the Bengals offense start to move things

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01:07:14,080 --> 01:07:17,439
Speaker 1: out and get a seven point win or more. That's

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Speaker 1: more than six and a half give the Bengals their

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01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:22,640
Speaker 1: first win of the year on the road against the

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Speaker 1: Jet s Jets Jets Jets. But Joe Flacco, keep in mind,

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01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:29,520
Speaker 1: he can put some numbers up on the board, and

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01:07:29,560 --> 01:07:32,120
Speaker 1: I think he will against that Bengals d just not enough,

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01:07:32,240 --> 01:07:36,880
Speaker 1: as Joe burrown at offense. Quit getting sacked. That'll help,

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Speaker 1: all right. Eagles Commanders NFC East Battle takes place in

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01:07:42,120 --> 01:07:47,280
Speaker 1: Washington where Washington one week one against Jacksonville. But on

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01:07:47,320 --> 01:07:50,600
Speaker 1: the road, the Commanders really got taken to the woodshed

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01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:53,080
Speaker 1: by the Detroit Lions. So I'm not really sure what

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01:07:53,160 --> 01:07:56,160
Speaker 1: team the Commanders are just yet, but I have a

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01:07:56,200 --> 01:07:59,080
Speaker 1: feeling I know what team the Eagles are, and that's

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01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:05,120
Speaker 1: really good, like really really good, as in don't have

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01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:07,720
Speaker 1: a weakness good. Now, the Lions put up thirty five

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01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:11,040
Speaker 1: on them up in Detroit, but the Vikings could barely

1305
01:08:11,120 --> 01:08:13,880
Speaker 1: move the ball against them. I think that's what happens

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01:08:13,880 --> 01:08:16,240
Speaker 1: to the Commanders. I think the Commanders struggling move the ball.

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01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:20,920
Speaker 1: I think the Eagles do their thing offensively, mix it up,

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01:08:21,080 --> 01:08:24,160
Speaker 1: use all the weapons, methodically take apart the Commanders on

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01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:28,120
Speaker 1: the road. I'm going Eagles by ten, which will cover

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01:08:28,200 --> 01:08:30,880
Speaker 1: the six and a half points spread Eagles to win

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01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:37,200
Speaker 1: and cover NFC South where the New Orleans Saints might

1312
01:08:37,760 --> 01:08:40,879
Speaker 1: be without Alvin Kamar. The one and one the Panthers

1313
01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:44,400
Speaker 1: are oz in two. The Panthers, after losing to the Browns,

1314
01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:47,519
Speaker 1: then went and lost to the gym in New Orleans

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01:08:47,640 --> 01:08:49,240
Speaker 1: is favorite on the road man. We got a bunch

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01:08:49,240 --> 01:08:54,400
Speaker 1: of road faves again. Two and a half points spread

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01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:57,439
Speaker 1: for the Saints in this one, and I think the

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01:08:57,439 --> 01:08:59,320
Speaker 1: Saints are gonna win this one. Now, I don't trust

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01:08:59,320 --> 01:09:02,000
Speaker 1: the Saints off instly with Jamis at the helm. I

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01:09:02,120 --> 01:09:04,559
Speaker 1: like Jamis, I've always I've not always been a hater

1321
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:08,559
Speaker 1: of Jamis, but I just don't really trust them, especially now.

1322
01:09:08,600 --> 01:09:13,040
Speaker 1: The Bucks defense just gave him the business. I don't

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01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:17,040
Speaker 1: think the Panthers defense can do just that. So I

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01:09:17,080 --> 01:09:19,519
Speaker 1: think the Saints will do enough. But I'm thinking this

1325
01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:22,160
Speaker 1: is low scoring. The Saints will get to win. The

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01:09:22,200 --> 01:09:24,599
Speaker 1: Saints will move to two and one and the Panthers

1327
01:09:24,600 --> 01:09:29,799
Speaker 1: moved to oh and three, and that's trouble for Panthers

1328
01:09:29,800 --> 01:09:33,040
Speaker 1: coach Matt Rule. A couple of coaches that are going

1329
01:09:33,280 --> 01:09:35,840
Speaker 1: nowhere are the two that meet in LA in our

1330
01:09:35,880 --> 01:09:40,960
Speaker 1: first afternoon game, and that's AFC South leader the Jacksonville

1331
01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:44,240
Speaker 1: Jaguars and Doug Peterson taking on the one and one

1332
01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:50,400
Speaker 1: Brandon Staley led LA Chargers. Now this one, the line

1333
01:09:50,479 --> 01:09:52,680
Speaker 1: is off the board, and for good reason, because no

1334
01:09:52,720 --> 01:09:55,439
Speaker 1: one knows whether Justin Herbert is going to play or

1335
01:09:55,479 --> 01:09:57,880
Speaker 1: not in this one. He is questionable, and I would

1336
01:09:57,920 --> 01:09:59,840
Speaker 1: imagine the Chargers are going to keep that close to

1337
01:10:00,160 --> 01:10:05,000
Speaker 1: Vest all the way through kickoff, even with Chase Daniel.

1338
01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:08,320
Speaker 1: I'll give the Chargers an edge now with no line

1339
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:10,080
Speaker 1: on the board, I'll just pick this straight up. Let's

1340
01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:14,679
Speaker 1: go Chargers to win, rallying around Chase Daniel or rallying

1341
01:10:14,680 --> 01:10:18,560
Speaker 1: around and injured Justin Herbert. Chargers win and move the

1342
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:20,840
Speaker 1: Jaguars to one and two, as the Chargers moved to

1343
01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:24,559
Speaker 1: two and one. NFC West Battle where the Cardinals are

1344
01:10:24,600 --> 01:10:26,600
Speaker 1: at home for the second time this year, and the

1345
01:10:26,640 --> 01:10:28,720
Speaker 1: first time they got beat by the Chiefs forty four

1346
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:31,600
Speaker 1: to twenty one. This is now the second time and

1347
01:10:31,640 --> 01:10:33,479
Speaker 1: they were about to get housed by the Raiders but

1348
01:10:33,600 --> 01:10:36,480
Speaker 1: made a massive comeback. And we'll see how the Cardinals

1349
01:10:36,479 --> 01:10:40,120
Speaker 1: now rally after that win last week. But they are

1350
01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:43,040
Speaker 1: three and a half point underdogs at home against the

1351
01:10:43,080 --> 01:10:46,840
Speaker 1: defending champs. Now the Rams have played both games at home.

1352
01:10:47,560 --> 01:10:50,080
Speaker 1: They got a house by the Bills, and then the

1353
01:10:50,120 --> 01:10:53,360
Speaker 1: Falcons came all the way back and nearly won that

1354
01:10:53,560 --> 01:10:56,120
Speaker 1: game with one play one catching the end zone and

1355
01:10:56,160 --> 01:11:00,479
Speaker 1: the Rams wio win two, but they're not. I think

1356
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:03,080
Speaker 1: that win will kind of get the Rams going. I

1357
01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:05,200
Speaker 1: think the Cardinals come back was a little bit of

1358
01:11:05,240 --> 01:11:08,320
Speaker 1: for Gayzy. I'm going Rams to win and covered that

1359
01:11:08,439 --> 01:11:11,680
Speaker 1: three and a half on the road. Falcons taking on

1360
01:11:11,760 --> 01:11:14,680
Speaker 1: the Cardinals as the Falcons stay out west to take

1361
01:11:14,720 --> 01:11:17,519
Speaker 1: on Seattle off in Seattle. This is even. The Falcons

1362
01:11:17,560 --> 01:11:22,120
Speaker 1: have played way better than I think anybody expected them too,

1363
01:11:22,520 --> 01:11:25,680
Speaker 1: but they're owing two. Seahawks are one and one with

1364
01:11:25,800 --> 01:11:29,280
Speaker 1: that win over the Denver Broncos. This, I mean being even,

1365
01:11:29,479 --> 01:11:32,160
Speaker 1: I think is about right. It's coin flip. That coin

1366
01:11:32,200 --> 01:11:35,639
Speaker 1: flip is gonna come up Seattle because Seattle is playing

1367
01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:37,320
Speaker 1: at home. I'm going with the Seahawks to win that

1368
01:11:37,400 --> 01:11:41,680
Speaker 1: one straight up. Packers taking on the Buccaneers in a

1369
01:11:41,840 --> 01:11:45,519
Speaker 1: Tom Brady v. Aaron Rodgers game in Tampa Bay. Packers

1370
01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:47,120
Speaker 1: won and one Bucks two and oh no, the Bucks

1371
01:11:47,160 --> 01:11:49,639
Speaker 1: didn't do anything offensively against the Saints other than fight

1372
01:11:50,439 --> 01:11:53,120
Speaker 1: as Mike Evans fought Marshawn Lattimore. So Evans is out

1373
01:11:53,160 --> 01:11:55,760
Speaker 1: of this one. As suspension was upheld. Tampa Bay is

1374
01:11:55,800 --> 01:11:59,720
Speaker 1: at one point favorite, essentially straight up, I'm going Buccaneers.

1375
01:12:00,080 --> 01:12:03,280
Speaker 1: The Buccaneers have the better overall defense. I think that's

1376
01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:06,880
Speaker 1: gonna turn into an advantage in some way, shape or form.

1377
01:12:06,920 --> 01:12:09,160
Speaker 1: Whether it's a couple of sacks Aaron Rodgers, whether that's

1378
01:12:09,160 --> 01:12:13,080
Speaker 1: a turnover from Rogers. Either way, Bucks get the win

1379
01:12:13,479 --> 01:12:18,160
Speaker 1: at home narrowly over Aaron Rodgers and the Packers, and

1380
01:12:18,240 --> 01:12:21,640
Speaker 1: then on Sunday Night, forty nine Ers taking on the Broncos,

1381
01:12:21,880 --> 01:12:24,840
Speaker 1: our opponent. The Bears beat the forty nine Ers, our

1382
01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:28,720
Speaker 1: last week opponent. The Broncos are playing at home. San

1383
01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:31,120
Speaker 1: Francisco's favored by one and a half. I'm taking San

1384
01:12:31,120 --> 01:12:33,880
Speaker 1: Francisco to win that with Jimmy g Tak an opportunity

1385
01:12:34,360 --> 01:12:36,960
Speaker 1: to be really good. I think with Trey Lanson was

1386
01:12:36,960 --> 01:12:40,120
Speaker 1: through the roof potential wise, but the ceiling was a

1387
01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:42,400
Speaker 1: lot lower, or I'm sorry, the floor is a lot lower.

1388
01:12:42,439 --> 01:12:44,519
Speaker 1: I think the ceiling's lower Garoppolo, but the floor is

1389
01:12:44,520 --> 01:12:46,840
Speaker 1: a lot higher. That floor is enough to beat the

1390
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:50,519
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos, who I said all year not all that,

1391
01:12:51,000 --> 01:12:52,719
Speaker 1: and I think we saw that up close to personal.

1392
01:12:52,720 --> 01:12:54,400
Speaker 1: The forty nine ers know how to play. Russell Wilson.

1393
01:12:54,439 --> 01:12:57,240
Speaker 1: Forty Nineers get the win on a Sunday night in

1394
01:12:57,400 --> 01:13:01,439
Speaker 1: Denver over the Broncos. Monday night, it's Cowboys Giants Shiant

1395
01:13:01,479 --> 01:13:03,680
Speaker 1: to ferry by one at home. As much as I

1396
01:13:03,800 --> 01:13:07,240
Speaker 1: like with Brian Dables doing with the Giants, this one

1397
01:13:07,320 --> 01:13:10,080
Speaker 1: man they've spread being just one, I think I'm gonna

1398
01:13:10,080 --> 01:13:12,960
Speaker 1: go Cowboys. Cowboys rising up on the Monday night. They

1399
01:13:13,000 --> 01:13:15,200
Speaker 1: need to have this one played well to get to

1400
01:13:15,200 --> 01:13:17,760
Speaker 1: win over the Bengals. Didn't look good in Week one

1401
01:13:17,800 --> 01:13:21,920
Speaker 1: when Dak got hurt. I think they put together best

1402
01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:24,599
Speaker 1: performance of the year to date and get a win

1403
01:13:24,960 --> 01:13:28,880
Speaker 1: over the Giants. Reality strikes, I guess at that point

1404
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:33,599
Speaker 1: either way, Cowboys win and obviously cover because they're an underdog.

1405
01:13:33,640 --> 01:13:36,280
Speaker 1: They're one point underdog. Who would have thought that months

1406
01:13:36,280 --> 01:13:38,880
Speaker 1: ago as we were thinking about this season, all right

1407
01:13:38,880 --> 01:13:41,519
Speaker 1: there predictions straight up and against the spread coming up next.

1408
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:44,759
Speaker 1: Jalen Petrie you heard him do a little Drews doesn't earlier.

1409
01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:48,200
Speaker 1: Now it's the Final Word with Drew Doherty and Jalen

1410
01:13:48,479 --> 01:13:52,320
Speaker 1: Petrie as we get ready for the Bears on Sunday.

1411
01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:58,639
Speaker 1: That's next on Texas Hawxas we were on File segment

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01:13:58,640 --> 01:14:02,360
Speaker 1: this Friday evening Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harris,

1413
01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:06,519
Speaker 1: Football Analyst, sideline reporter, and it's time for our Houston

1414
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:10,800
Speaker 1: Methodist Minutes. And I know one thing that there's been

1415
01:14:10,840 --> 01:14:13,840
Speaker 1: a lot of talk about. I know and my family

1416
01:14:13,880 --> 01:14:15,640
Speaker 1: has been talking about it for years, and so I

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01:14:15,680 --> 01:14:19,360
Speaker 1: am very customed talking about mental health, mental illness, and

1418
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:22,840
Speaker 1: it's become even more prevalent for a lot of people

1419
01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:26,280
Speaker 1: in their lives and players in their lives in the NFL.

1420
01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:28,920
Speaker 1: So let's dive in. Mark vandermir had a chance to

1421
01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:30,960
Speaker 1: catch up with the great doctors at Houston Methodist to

1422
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:35,519
Speaker 1: talk about that very thing. Mark Tataway, It's Houston Methodist

1423
01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:39,160
Speaker 1: Minutes with doctor Kenneth Pidell. Mark Vandermer with you and doctor,

1424
01:14:39,240 --> 01:14:44,120
Speaker 1: the topic today is mental health, and let's start with athletes,

1425
01:14:44,240 --> 01:14:48,040
Speaker 1: particularly young athletes, high school athletes. This is getting a

1426
01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:51,839
Speaker 1: lot more publicity, a lot more attention than ever before.

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01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:54,439
Speaker 1: Why is that? And what can you tell us are

1428
01:14:54,479 --> 01:14:58,440
Speaker 1: some of the issues that people have in this category. Yeah,

1429
01:14:58,600 --> 01:15:03,040
Speaker 1: the high school students, in particularly high school athletes. This

1430
01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:07,160
Speaker 1: has been there for a while. Even before the pandemic,

1431
01:15:07,720 --> 01:15:13,640
Speaker 1: mental health problems disorders were growing rapidly and rampantly at

1432
01:15:13,800 --> 01:15:18,479
Speaker 1: all levels, and in particularly high school kids. The level

1433
01:15:18,520 --> 01:15:22,320
Speaker 1: of depression is at least one in five in high

1434
01:15:22,360 --> 01:15:26,919
Speaker 1: school students. The rate of suicide is more than doubled

1435
01:15:27,960 --> 01:15:31,479
Speaker 1: in at the high school level. And then you're throw

1436
01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:35,080
Speaker 1: in a pandemic, and that just became the tipping point

1437
01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:40,599
Speaker 1: of increasing social isolization, taking them out of their niche

1438
01:15:40,680 --> 01:15:44,920
Speaker 1: and putting them into uncomfortable situations just to increase the

1439
01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:48,519
Speaker 1: level of stress and anxiety to a point that it

1440
01:15:49,240 --> 01:15:51,639
Speaker 1: becomes a breaking point for a lot of these kids.

1441
01:15:52,439 --> 01:15:57,120
Speaker 1: Now the pandemic, is it because people were isolated, or

1442
01:15:57,240 --> 01:16:02,720
Speaker 1: people are maybe paranoid or concerned fearful of the virus,

1443
01:16:02,920 --> 01:16:05,519
Speaker 1: or is it a combination of different things. It was

1444
01:16:05,520 --> 01:16:10,120
Speaker 1: a combination and one of the worst things. So it

1445
01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:13,599
Speaker 1: was the social isolation number one for a lot of kids.

1446
01:16:14,040 --> 01:16:16,040
Speaker 1: They weren't with their friends and they were home with

1447
01:16:16,040 --> 01:16:18,519
Speaker 1: their parents. Right, what could be worse for a high

1448
01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:21,320
Speaker 1: school student that to be stuck at home with their parents,

1449
01:16:21,880 --> 01:16:26,040
Speaker 1: but seriously, and then there was education online. Right, everything

1450
01:16:26,080 --> 01:16:28,320
Speaker 1: was video and if you weren't used to that, it

1451
01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:31,320
Speaker 1: was no good. You weren't with your friends, if you

1452
01:16:31,400 --> 01:16:36,120
Speaker 1: were a serious student athlete, you lost that all right. Well,

1453
01:16:36,160 --> 01:16:38,479
Speaker 1: the work you guys are doing is terrific. Doctor, We

1454
01:16:38,520 --> 01:16:41,400
Speaker 1: really appreciate it. Thanks so much for the visit. Oh,

1455
01:16:41,439 --> 01:16:43,439
Speaker 1: you're great, it's great to be here. Take care of

1456
01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:46,880
Speaker 1: you can always get more information Houston Methodist dot org.

1457
01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:50,599
Speaker 1: The website is shock full of information on everything regarding health,

1458
01:16:50,680 --> 01:16:53,880
Speaker 1: mental health, all of it. The official healthcare provider of

1459
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:57,559
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, Houston Methodist leading medicine. That is a

1460
01:16:57,600 --> 01:17:00,360
Speaker 1: subject not a lot of people talk about because they

1461
01:17:00,479 --> 01:17:03,799
Speaker 1: just don't know a lot about it, and it's always

1462
01:17:03,840 --> 01:17:08,320
Speaker 1: good to talk about it speaking from experience on those

1463
01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:11,519
Speaker 1: particular levels. So great stuff there from Mark and doctor

1464
01:17:11,600 --> 01:17:17,000
Speaker 1: Potel talking about mental health mental illness for those not

1465
01:17:17,120 --> 01:17:20,120
Speaker 1: just in football but outside as well. Now, a guy

1466
01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:24,120
Speaker 1: that will play a big role on Sunday in stopping

1467
01:17:24,240 --> 01:17:28,479
Speaker 1: David Montgomery and his Bears offense is Jalen Petrie. Where

1468
01:17:28,680 --> 01:17:32,439
Speaker 1: Jalen do a little Drew's dozen earlier skip Drew Dory

1469
01:17:32,520 --> 01:17:36,200
Speaker 1: the final word this evening in talking to the rookie

1470
01:17:36,360 --> 01:17:40,240
Speaker 1: safety who was taking the Texans by storm, Drew, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much. It's time for a preview. It's the

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Speaker 1: pregame show with Jalen Peatrie, defensive back for the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Bears are on tap Sunday at Chicago. What do

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Speaker 1: you think of the direction of this defense? Where are

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Speaker 1: you guys headed right now? You think I feel like

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Speaker 1: we're heading the right direction. You know, we're doing a

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Speaker 1: lot of good things. We have some great leaders are

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Speaker 1: leading us the right way, and I think everybody is

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Speaker 1: hungry to win. You know, everybody takes their job serious.

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Speaker 1: And when you have a group of guys that does that,

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Speaker 1: I feel like you're going to continue to grow and

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Speaker 1: continue to get to where you want to go. In

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Speaker 1: the preseason, we talked with Lovey Smith quite a bit

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Speaker 1: and one of the things he said is if you

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Speaker 1: start at safety in this defense, you're able to coach

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Speaker 1: this defense anywhere. You and Jonathan Owens are guys that

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Speaker 1: are kind of fitting that bill. How true do you

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Speaker 1: think that is when he says something like that. A

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Speaker 1: little bit, but you know, I have great coaches and

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Speaker 1: coach Joe and Ben. They do a great job at

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Speaker 1: preparing us throughout the week, making sure that we know everything.

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Speaker 1: And I feel like during camp those are some of

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Speaker 1: the harder times because you know you're learning new material,

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Speaker 1: but you know they stayed on top of it and

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Speaker 1: made things very easy for you to learn and apply

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Speaker 1: on the field. Yeah, and how much has that made

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Speaker 1: you better as a player just knowing all that stuff

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Speaker 1: a lot better? You know, he's given me the twenty

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Speaker 1: coach Joe, he's been coaching for twenty four years, and

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Speaker 1: he's given me so much wisdom. And I've learned so

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Speaker 1: much in these last couple of months, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm grateful for that. He done some really nice things

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Speaker 1: so far in the season. Texans obviously gunning for a win. Individually,

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Speaker 1: What are some target areas that you want to maybe

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Speaker 1: improve upon and get better at? Yeah? For sure, I

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Speaker 1: want to make some impact plays. I want to get

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Speaker 1: some turnovers and improve on my tackling. I think I

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Speaker 1: can be able to, you know, shoot gaps and play

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Speaker 1: my assignment and when I do that, just making sure

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Speaker 1: that I'll wrap up and make the tackle. All right.

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Speaker 1: The quarterback you'll face is Justin Fields for the Bears.

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Speaker 1: What are your early impressions of what he can do

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Speaker 1: and what you've seen from him. I feel like Fields

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Speaker 1: is a great talent. You know, he could throw the

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Speaker 1: ball deep. He obviously has the wheels to run around,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's gonna be a good challenge for

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Speaker 1: us come Sunday. And it's an interesting group of pass catchers.

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Speaker 1: He has a receiver and tight end. What have you

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Speaker 1: thought of them? Oh, they're great, you know. I think

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Speaker 1: they do a good job at balancing and running the past,

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Speaker 1: and you know they do have some bigger threats and

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Speaker 1: they're outside guys and they also have you know, Mooney

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Speaker 1: and the slot who's also you know a speece or

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Speaker 1: so they have a good balance of targets and I

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Speaker 1: think it'll be a good challenge for us. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: you know, another week and another unique running back is

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Speaker 1: a real threat, David Montgomery. What does he do well

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Speaker 1: and what do you guys have to look out for? Yeah, David,

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Speaker 1: he's a tough runner. You know, he's always looking to

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Speaker 1: get the extra yards. And you know, I love football

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Speaker 1: players that are you know, fisy like that and you know,

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Speaker 1: very physical. So we look to you know, bring it

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Speaker 1: to him early, and you know, just do our assignment,

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Speaker 1: standing in our gap and running through our fits on

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Speaker 1: the road. At noon when you wake up, what are

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Speaker 1: you eating for breakfast? To power yourself? I usually eat

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Speaker 1: some fruit. I try to be on the lighter side

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Speaker 1: because I don't want my you know, stomach acting up,

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Speaker 1: and maybe like probably about thirty forty five minutes before

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Speaker 1: the game, I'll eat like a sandwich or something to

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Speaker 1: get you know, that fuel for the game. Good stuff,

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Speaker 1: And is there anything special you listen to pre game? Nah?

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Speaker 1: But I do try to watch, you know, some clips

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Speaker 1: from the movie He Got Game. That's one of my

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Speaker 1: rituals and I try to stick to that as much

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Speaker 1: as I can. He Got Game with Ray Allen and

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Speaker 1: Denzel Right. Good stuff. Jalen Petrie, best of luck against

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Speaker 1: the Bears on Sunday. Thanks so much for the time,

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Speaker 1: my friend. Thank you. I first met Jalen at the

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Speaker 1: Senior Bowl back in January, and I was trying to

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Speaker 1: make a connection with as many local players and prospects

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Speaker 1: as I could. I talked to Zia McCollum, the twin

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Speaker 1: brother of Tristan, who I had covered Zion's games for

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Speaker 1: a number of years. I talked to Leon O'Neil from

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Speaker 1: Texas at M. I talked to Spencer Burford to play

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Speaker 1: the UTSA, who is a client of one of my

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Speaker 1: best friends. And I wanted to make sure I got

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Speaker 1: to Jalen Petrie. Now I tried to get to his

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Speaker 1: teammate j T. Woods, couldn't do that too many people

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Speaker 1: around him. But I wanted to make sure I got

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Speaker 1: to Jalen and he was so fun to talk to

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Speaker 1: and I'll never forget just the joy just to smile

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Speaker 1: in space talking to somebody from Houston thinking about being

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Speaker 1: with the Houston Texans. Was I mean, for me, I

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Speaker 1: wanted him. I mean I did a number of different

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Speaker 1: mocks scenarios where I had him going to the Texans

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Speaker 1: with that number thirty seven pick. But there's a part

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Speaker 1: of me thinking, look, he's a Stafford kid. This can't

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is too good to be true. Right well,

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Speaker 1: through two games it hopefully this is the truth and

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Speaker 1: what we see from Jaln Petrie going forward, because this

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Speaker 1: guy is an absolute ball player. He's a he's a stud,

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Speaker 1: and he's gonna play a big role against the Chicago

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Speaker 1: Bears on Sunday in Soldier Field. All right, that's gonna

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Speaker 1: do it for tonight's show. A big, big, huge, massive

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Speaker 1: thanks to Mark Vanimir, to Drew Doherty, to Jalen Petrie,

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Speaker 1: to Corey Wooton, my good friend dep City, all of you.

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Speaker 1: Oh did I forget Lovey Smith? I forgot Lovey Smith.

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Speaker 1: Lovey Smith absolutely coach joins us every single Friday. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: he gets that win that I know he I don't

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Speaker 1: say desperately, but he wants to have it. This is

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Speaker 1: this means something. And I'm speaking from my own experience.

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Speaker 1: When you go back to a place you've been, you

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Speaker 1: want nothing more to beat that team. I mean not

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Speaker 1: nothing more. All wins are special, but when you go

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Speaker 1: back to that place and you get that win, that

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Speaker 1: feels good. And hopefully Lovey Smith and all of us

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Speaker 1: Texans are feeling that good after this one. On Sunday

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Speaker 1: against the Chicago Bears again, Noon kick if you're there

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Speaker 1: or if you're in Houston, nine o'clock radio pregame with

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Speaker 1: Sean Pendergast and Seth Payne. Then Mark Andre and myself

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Speaker 1: have the game call, and then we will turn it

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Speaker 1: over to Sean and Clint Sterner for the post game

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. It's time to get win number one. We

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Speaker 1: haven't had one of these in a while, dating all

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Speaker 1: the way back to December twenty sixth. How about we

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Speaker 1: get this one on September twenty fifth. That would be

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Speaker 1: very nice. Let's do it, let's go, it's time and

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Speaker 1: there's always go Texans.