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Speaker 1: but it was a drive extender for sure. Murray's interesting.

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Speaker 1: He's not big, as we all know, super quick, doesn't

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Speaker 1: run a ton down field. What he does is run

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Speaker 1: side to side and buy time and throw the ball downfield.

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Speaker 1: Spreads the ball around so beautifully. It's no one receiver

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Speaker 1: is taken over that lead in receptions for them. He's

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Speaker 1: just spreading the ball around terrifically. And I just think

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Speaker 1: that he's really want to admire. Now. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if it can last, because eventually he's going to take

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Speaker 1: some shots, but they all do. Let's just see if

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Speaker 1: his body can hold up over time. Well, he took

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Speaker 1: that shot early against the Taxans, and he left the game, Yeah,

436
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,080
Speaker 1: banged up, but then he came back in and was

437
00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,040
Speaker 1: totally fine. I think that's that's the only issue you

438
00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,240
Speaker 1: got to worry about with him. He extends plays with

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Speaker 1: his legs, but then he's he is exposing himself to injury.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I know that Hopkins play you were talking

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Speaker 1: about because I thought, how does even see him? How

442
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Speaker 1: does he even see him through all that good ones?

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00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,520
Speaker 1: Do you know? They have the eyes down field and

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00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,600
Speaker 1: they see the little big guy. Now, I know, but

445
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Speaker 1: it's just eyes, it's just vision. It's point guard, It's

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Speaker 1: it's that kind of thing. Look, I played pick up basketball,

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Speaker 1: so that means I know a lot like exactly. But no,

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Speaker 1: I've played basketball with guys who see more than other guys.

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Speaker 1: Like you know, you're you're running down the floor and

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Speaker 1: you're getting close to the basket and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: the balls in your hand. You don't even know how

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Speaker 1: it got there. The point guard made such a terrific

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Speaker 1: because he just sees the whole floor. Some people don't,

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Speaker 1: and some good basketball players don't, and some good quarterbacks

455
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Speaker 1: don't see it as well as others. But He's terrific

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Speaker 1: that way, and I think he's gonna have a good

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Speaker 1: career now, Lamar Jackson. You know, we talk about a

458
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Speaker 1: guy runs around a lot and makes plays, but he

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Speaker 1: runs down field a lot. Did you see what Ed

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Speaker 1: Reid said about him? What he said, the great quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: don't take hits. Tom Brady's played that long for a reason.

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Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing, but he mentioned Brady not taking hits, and

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Speaker 1: Jackson's taking some hits. Now. He's taking hits because he's running,

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Speaker 1: but he also takes hits in the backfield. Gotta be careful.

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Speaker 1: And the way you take a hit too, the way

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Speaker 1: you slide, the way you take a hit, I mean,

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Speaker 1: what you're You're no good if you're not available to

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Speaker 1: play for your team. All right. The third thing David

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Speaker 1: Coley wants is he improved tackling, which that goes along

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Speaker 1: with the big plays. I mean, there were so many

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Speaker 1: plays where I just felt like Kyler Gray was so elusive,

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Speaker 1: and I forget who said it after the game that

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Speaker 1: it was like trying to catch a rabbit. He was.

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Speaker 1: He was just so quick and his change of direction

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Speaker 1: was just so sudden. That's like Rocky chasing the chicken

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Speaker 1: an out and Rocky too. You gotta work at your speed,

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00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,159
Speaker 1: come on, get him and you're chasing him around and

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00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,120
Speaker 1: he's whoop, whoop, whoop. It's a video game with him,

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Speaker 1: he's amazing. Well, it's that, and I mean on defense

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Speaker 1: and on special team, so I think all around the board,

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Speaker 1: there were so many miss tackles. That was something that

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Speaker 1: we'd heard about early on. I don't know if it

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Speaker 1: got better or if we just were more consumed with

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Speaker 1: turnovers and other things and then we sort of forgot

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Speaker 1: about it. But I feel like miss tackling is also

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Speaker 1: something that just sort of heard about throughout the last

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Speaker 1: few weeks that it has to get better. So I

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Speaker 1: don't know. The defense did play, but they got some

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Speaker 1: pressure up front. It's just it's just a matter of

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Speaker 1: getting that momentum going and then letting your offense score

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Speaker 1: so that your defense isn't guessed. How about having a

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Speaker 1: lead deep? How about having the lead play really well

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Speaker 1: when they have the lead. It just hasn't happened. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: If you have a lead and the other team's gonna throw,

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Speaker 1: imagine having a two score lead. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: make you dare to dream here, but a two score

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Speaker 1: lead and then the other team has to throw a

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Speaker 1: bit in a second half a bit more. And now

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Speaker 1: those front four guys, they're getting real serious pressure on

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Speaker 1: the quarter of act because it's a more one dimensional

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00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: game for the opponent. I'd love to see stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: I think there's still there's still time for those kinds

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Speaker 1: of things to happen this season and win some games here.

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Speaker 1: But obviously they're looking for big improvement on the offensive

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Speaker 1: side as quickly as possible. All right. And finally, Christian

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Speaker 1: Kirksey could miss some time with a fractured thumb. No

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Speaker 1: word yet on his status. David Culley talked about injuries

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Speaker 1: coming out of that Arizona game, and Kirksy was one

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Speaker 1: that he mentioned. I looked through the game sheet he

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Speaker 1: had played. I think he played the entire game, so

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Speaker 1: I don't know when he injured his thumb. It must

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Speaker 1: have been something that he came out of the game

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Speaker 1: and I remember something. Do you remember him getting banged

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Speaker 1: up or don't I don't remember it during the game.

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Speaker 1: And then I looked through and he was definitely playing

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. Lat I don't want to see

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Speaker 1: this club. Remember remember when JJ played with the club

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Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, he had this club on his hand

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Speaker 1: because it was a broken hand or something, right, JJ.

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Speaker 1: And then we had a oh gosh, who was our

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Speaker 1: fullback that we had Prash a cast He had a

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Speaker 1: club as well. Yeah, so Jub and it limited him

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Speaker 1: a little bit. He played through it and the Texans

524
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Speaker 1: were the number two defense in the league. And I

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Speaker 1: remember late that season when walk got the cast off,

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Speaker 1: he made up play and then he shows everybody's hand

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Speaker 1: in the stadium. He's flexing his fingers and you know

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Speaker 1: it's on the video board. Everyone's everyone they're taking Should

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Speaker 1: we put Kersey out there with a with a club

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Speaker 1: out there, he might have to their hand fingers. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: see they do probably. I don't know about more or

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Speaker 1: less or whatever, but you know for tackling. Yeah, in fact,

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Speaker 1: put velpro on the club so it's a little sticky

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Speaker 1: or something when he's approaching. Yeah, spikes, Spikes is good, totally.

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Speaker 1: It's totally fine. Really stand paper so if he if

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Speaker 1: he can't go, he wears the green dot on his helmet,

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Speaker 1: who goes? I remember this in preseason he did not play.

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Speaker 1: He was a healthy scratch. Either they go to Zach

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Speaker 1: or Comu maybe or a kp Ye. Did Como do

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Speaker 1: it in preseason? Because Zach also didn't play in preseason,

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Speaker 1: Wallow could do it. As far as the knowledge of it,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they feel comfortable that much. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: well it will be interesting. Well if if Christian Kirksey

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Speaker 1: can't go, then that's another issue. You've got to have

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Speaker 1: someone calling plays there in the middle of the linebackers.

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Speaker 1: We'll see how they handle it. All right, let's take

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Speaker 1: a break. We come back. Some encouraging stats for Sunday's

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Speaker 1: game against the Rams. Yes, um, and then also we

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Speaker 1: will get into a little bit of a Rams preview,

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Speaker 1: some things that this defense could take advantage of when

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Speaker 1: they face Matthew Stafford is all coming up, and then

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Speaker 1: we go around the league. The NFL combine could be

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Speaker 1: home against the Los Angeles Rams. It seems like a

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Speaker 1: long time since the Texans have played at home. Back

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Speaker 1: to back road games. DeMarcus Walker said he's happy to

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Speaker 1: be home. I'm happy that the team is home too.

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Speaker 1: The home I mean, the road games have been rough, Mark,

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Speaker 1: and that's probably an understatement the last three games. It'll

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Speaker 1: be nice to have a home game. They've played better

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Speaker 1: at home. Davis Mills has played better at home. Maybe

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Speaker 1: you get Tyrod Taylor back. It's a tough Rams team.

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Speaker 1: It's not going to be a cakewalk either, but I

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Speaker 1: feel like you set yourself up for a little bit

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Speaker 1: of success getting to come back home and play well. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: And you have nine home games this year and eight

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Speaker 1: road games, right so the seventeen game season, your last

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Speaker 1: game is January night. This thing goes for a while.

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Speaker 1: You really need this home date. They're in a stretch

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Speaker 1: of three out of four on the road because next

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Speaker 1: week they're at Miami for the first time since twenty fifteen,

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Speaker 1: and then they have the buye which they could really

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Speaker 1: use to heal some guys of every team could use

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Speaker 1: a bye. That's the standard thing to say, and it's

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00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 1: always true. So yeah, I you know, you'd hope that

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Speaker 1: you were playing Trinity or something. No offense to Trinity

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Speaker 1: or some other school. Right now, now you need to

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Speaker 1: get well game, and the Rams are not exactly a

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Speaker 1: get well game. This is a tough, high octane Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl contender, and they lost to the Cardinals. Now I

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Speaker 1: looked at that game DP, I was thinking, that's the

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Speaker 1: only loss. How did they beat the Rams? How did

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals beat the Rams? And the answer is it

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Speaker 1: was a very even game. Statistically, turnovers were the difference.

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Speaker 1: Rams coughed it up twice, Cardinals none, and that's it.

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Speaker 1: First downs were about even yardage, about even third downs

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Speaker 1: about even. Turnovers were the difference in this game. They

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Speaker 1: always kill, especially if they happen at the really inopportunity

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Speaker 1: area on the field. I mean, they're horrible when you're

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Speaker 1: taking it in because it's like, oh my gosh, we

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Speaker 1: blew a score. But when you turn it over in

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Speaker 1: your own end, it's, oh my gosh, they have a score.

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00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 1: They have an easy scoring opportunity here, So obviously ball

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Speaker 1: protected as a must against any team. Matthew Stafford, this

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Speaker 1: is a guy that's been a lightning rod. Andre Johnny

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Speaker 1: and I have talked about him for a while. Andre

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Speaker 1: really likes and loves his arm talent, saw him playing

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Speaker 1: college and everything. He's been in the league for a

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Speaker 1: as well. I always gave him grief about Detroit though,

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Speaker 1: how are you regarded as one of the best quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: when you've come into the league in two thousand and nine,

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Speaker 1: My goodness, but he is tremendous. I likened him and

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Speaker 1: I was on Detroit radio last year before the Texans

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Speaker 1: played the Lions on Thanksgiving, and I said, he's a

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Speaker 1: latter day Archie Manning. You know, Archie Manning was a

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Speaker 1: didn't have four winning seasons. But Stafford on the Lions.

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Speaker 1: The Lions are like an ancient burial ground of a franchise.

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Speaker 1: Like no quarterback can be successful in Detroit. It feels

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Speaker 1: that way. Goff is there now, good luck with that

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Speaker 1: there winless Stafford only the four winning seasons over all

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Speaker 1: that time. You know, Andre was up there for a bit.

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Speaker 1: It's been a very since. Bobby Lane has been very

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Speaker 1: tough for quarterbacks in Detroit, no matter who it is,

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Speaker 1: no matter how talented they are. Well that being said,

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Speaker 1: the Lions played a really close game against the Rams.

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Speaker 1: He did, and it was all those special teams of

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Speaker 1: I have PTSD from fake puns, so I never like

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Speaker 1: threw everything at that Rams team and they were It

638
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: was a close game until the very end. So you're

639
00:29:55,680 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 1: saying the Texans should pull out all the stops here no,

640
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 1: please do make buns. Not in your own territory. I'm

641
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 1: sure everybody knows exactly what I'm talking about. That just

642
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 1: gives me post traumatic stress, you know, having said that,

643
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 1: though you know Dom Capers, God love him. The first

644
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 1: year of Texans football, I feel like it wasn't every game,

645
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: but it was almost every game he would have one

646
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,240
Speaker 1: trick play just something, yeah, just something like coach Yost

647
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 1: didn't remember the Titans would say, fire up the boys imagination,

648
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: I don't know, give them something. And it was really

649
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: entertaining too, like, oh, there's the trick played today. Why

650
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,960
Speaker 1: not do one every once in a while, throw something

651
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: in there, do something fun and creative, just to get

652
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 1: the guys thinking about it. And once you want run

653
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: one or two of those, the other team is always

654
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 1: going to be thinking about that possibility, so they have

655
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: to pare for it. It's good. Well, don't jay for

656
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 1: me to say, deep, don't you think that's what the

657
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: Texans were doing these first I feel like the first

658
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 1: two weeks we had Cecil on the show, we were

659
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 1: talking about all the misdirections and the wildcats and the

660
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: wild Ingram. Yeah, the wild Ingram, the direct snaps, and

661
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: we had so many of those in the first two weeks,

662
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: and I don't know if that just I feel like

663
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: then Davis Mills came in and they thought, Okay, let's

664
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 1: just let's just slow down a little bit, let's not

665
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 1: overload anybody. But I don't know, even with a rookie,

666
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: you could do a direct snap because it's not like

667
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 1: he's well although he had the one was in him

668
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: that threw he threw the touchdown pass off of the flicker. Yeah,

669
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 1: you know what, as I stand corrected, they it was

670
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: like they did, they did. They did run one with David.

671
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 1: But I'd like that not necessarily a flea flicker, but

672
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 1: once a week. I'll go tell Tim right now, why

673
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: don't you ask him in his press conference on Thursday?

674
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: Can we see some more flee flickers? And like fandom here,

675
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 1: I'm working on blocking here, trying to get we're trying

676
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: to get the run game going, but the flea flickers

677
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 1: is kind of low on the priority list right now.

678
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: You know, forget about your half back option here. I'm

679
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: trying to get some yards per carry over here. Okay,

680
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 1: we're working hard at this, and he's seen it before.

681
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 1: He's got to see it again and maybe we can

682
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: get some this weekend, all right. Matthew Stafford, He's now

683
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: at three hundred career touchdowns. He threw three touchdowns and

684
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,840
Speaker 1: Sundays win against the Lions. He's now the seventh fastest

685
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 1: in NFL history to reach three hundred career touchdowns. He

686
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,960
Speaker 1: did it in only one hundred and seventy two games,

687
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: the sixth ahead of him. Hall of famers Peyton Manning,

688
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 1: Dan Marino, Brett far If, the other three Aaron Rodgers,

689
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: Tom Brady and Drew Brees. Look, I know there's Matthew Staffs.

690
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: I know Matthew Staffords a Texan. You know he's from

691
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: Highland Park and everything went to Georgia. Matthew Stafford, if

692
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: he wins the Super Bowl this year, is he going

693
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 1: to the Hall of Fame? I think not. You gotta

694
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 1: win more than this stage of his career. And with

695
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 1: guys like Brady, I mean, he's gonna have the numbers

696
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 1: in the longevity to warrant consideration if he wins a

697
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 1: super Bowl. If he doesn't win a super Bowl, I

698
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: don't think there's any win, right, But if he goes

699
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: to two or three and loses, you know, he's got

700
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 1: a shot. Jim Kelly lost four in a row, that

701
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: kind of thing. But you know, I hate talking about

702
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 1: Hall of Famers now, but you mentioned the guys who

703
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,440
Speaker 1: were ahead of him on the list, So I just

704
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: I want to see how this all works out for them.

705
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 1: That's a tough division. But as we mentioned from the

706
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 1: get go, the Niners and the Seahawks team a bit

707
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 1: down right now, injuries playing a huge part of that,

708
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 1: and the Rams Cardinals taking over that division four. Now,

709
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 1: we're still in the first half of the year. A

710
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: lot of things can change, but good start for the Rams.

711
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 1: Johnny always brings up this podcast that Sean mcvah is on.

712
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: He only does it in the off season with Peter Schreeger,

713
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 1: okay or Buddy yeah and uh and well they do

714
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 1: it on zoom or whatever. But they invite another coach

715
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: and it's called flying coach. Little play on words there

716
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 1: instead of flying first class flying coach, and McVeigh is

717
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: literally picturing McVeagh with wings. I know, I know I

718
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: thought the same thing too, but now I feel good now.

719
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 1: So McVeagh is awesome in this podcast. Okay, awesome. Now

720
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: it's an off season McVeagh it's like offseason O'Brien was,

721
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: you know, just think totally different people. Yeah, he would

722
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: never do it during the year, but he had Mike Tomlin,

723
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan, all these coaches around the league, and he's

724
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 1: talking about, Hey, tell me about a play that that

725
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: went totally wrong for you that I want that one back.

726
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: Really while it's going on, and you know, he had

727
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 1: Robbed sala on. He's like, well, you know I've called defense,

728
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,360
Speaker 1: but that city he said, well, he Robs sala called

729
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 1: time out as defensive coordinator once working for Shanahan. And

730
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,760
Speaker 1: it's just hilarious stories like that, and they're all laughing

731
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 1: and having a good time. Mike Tomlin was unbelievable. Mike

732
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: Tomlin is just oh my gosh, the guy is just

733
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: so and he was funny. You know, it was funny

734
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin. Yeah. And I bring this up because McVeigh

735
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 1: has a sense of humor. He's a very likable guy.

736
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 1: But I hate him this week and I want him

737
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: to suffer. Okay, you want helper, Yeah, no, totally. It's

738
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,480
Speaker 1: totally all in the competitive spirit. All right, I promise

739
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: some uplifting stats. Mills in his two home starts this

740
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 1: season four touchdowns, zero interceptions, one hundred nineteen rating, and

741
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks is tied for the NFL lead with fifteen

742
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 1: third down receptions for two hundred and thirty yards. That's

743
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: thirty in one touchdown three weeks seven. Courtesy of our

744
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 1: PR staff. I was reading through the release this week,

745
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: so tied for second and total receptions in the AFC,

746
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 1: and he ranks eighth in the conference and receiving yards

747
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: with five hundred two. So Brendan Cooks facing his former team,

748
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,280
Speaker 1: the Rams this week, maybe maybe he's out for revenge.

749
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 1: I'd like to see him get some third down conversions

750
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: because that was something also Texans didn't do very well

751
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,880
Speaker 1: least so Mills did not throw a pick in the

752
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 1: Carolina game then, because so four tds, no picks and

753
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Patriots, that's a nice stat deep.

754
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: I like that. I like Mills at home stats. Give

755
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: me that Mills. If we want a home Mill, maybe

756
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: what you do is you play Mills at home and

757
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: Tyrod on the road. Well, you know, as we were

758
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: talking about strategy, well no, I was just thinking about

759
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: that being a possibility here. You could you know, if

760
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: you think ty Rod's that quite there. You play Mills

761
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,759
Speaker 1: because you're at home, and then ty Rod's ready for

762
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,399
Speaker 1: my Miami. Yeah, but then then you've got the bye week,

763
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 1: So why not just wait till after. I don't know,

764
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:54,839
Speaker 1: you could just delight. I don't want I don't want

765
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:59,360
Speaker 1: to lose. Uh, you know, not that Mills is an automatic? No, No, seriously,

766
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: I agree, pretty blanket statement there. And you know, they

767
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: have to do what's right for the team. Again. I

768
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: like Males, I like his talent and everything. They just

769
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: have to put him in the best possible situation. All right.

770
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,359
Speaker 1: So here's another staff for you. John Grenard. He enters

771
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: Week eight tied for seventh in the NFL. He's got

772
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 1: six sacks this season. That ranks first among players that

773
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 1: were twenty four years of age or younger when the

774
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 1: season began, So among twenty young players in the league,

775
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: he ranks first with six sacks. John, the pr staff

776
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: really will they went ton't work? Now, went don't work?

777
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: These are good. These are good. They've got some good

778
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:34,600
Speaker 1: months in there. I like. But you know what, I

779
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 1: like stats like this. I know they're really, you know,

780
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,800
Speaker 1: off the beaten path, but I feel like the other stats,

781
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 1: like everybody knows. I don't know if this is I

782
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 1: haven't read this week's yet, but Gruge Hill was first

783
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,839
Speaker 1: in the league in TFLs among inside linebackers, and I think,

784
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: all right, that's not bad. That's a pretty good one

785
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: right there. That's not convoluted. That's that's notable for sure.

786
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,840
Speaker 1: You know you're an inside linebacker getting TFLs. That's huge.

787
00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 1: He wasn't he was first among linebackers. But then I

788
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,240
Speaker 1: know the last few games I wasn't shuresa but inside linebackers.

789
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: The one where they said he was first among players

790
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 1: with hypenated names, I thought that was going a bit

791
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 1: too far. Hawaiian players that Hawaiian players with hypenated names,

792
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: who are really fun to be around. He's first in TFLs.

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00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:18,520
Speaker 1: All right, let's take a break. We come back. We're

794
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,840
Speaker 1: gonna go around the league. Mark loves the NFL combine,

795
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: as we all know. Could it be on the move.

796
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,279
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Speaker 1: around the NFL and the NFL scouting combines supposed to

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Speaker 1: stay Indianapolis for at least another year. Mark so twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two. Okay, combine will still be in Indianapolis. You

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817
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: walk through the tunnels. But there are three cities in

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00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 1: consideration for the twenty twenty three Indianapolis. Thank you, Los Angeles? No, Dallas? No?

819
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Speaker 1: Which one do you hate more? I am intrigued by Dallas.

820
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: Where we're in Dallas. Will they do it at the stadium?

821
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 1: They would do it at the They do it downtown.

822
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: But what field is that? They need a football field?

823
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: You can't do it like at a invention center. You

824
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: need a field to feel there. Well, First of all,

825
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 1: their practice facility is amazing. I'd rather do it there.

826
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: I'd rather do the combine at the Cowboys practice facility

827
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,399
Speaker 1: because that place they have the little stadium, which is perfect. Right.

828
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,839
Speaker 1: What am I saying? I'm not selling the combined. They

829
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,359
Speaker 1: have the little stadium, They've got the outdoor field, which

830
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 1: they wouldn't do anything there, But you get have fans

831
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: out there doing stuff. Why could you not do if

832
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 1: the weather is nice and it's February. Well, I mean

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00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: I feel like that would go to waste? What would

834
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: you should? Yeah? I should be able to something. Oh.

835
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 1: I always talking about the field with the fans. They

836
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 1: have artificial surface and the restaurants around it in the

837
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:45,359
Speaker 1: detail area. They would do it in combine is shall oh?

838
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: You know what they could do? They could do the

839
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 1: combine experience. They could do some of that. They could

840
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,640
Speaker 1: set up like inflatables and stuff. You know what, as

841
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:53,840
Speaker 1: we say this, you do need a convention center for

842
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: that stuff. If you want to have the NFL experience.

843
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,320
Speaker 1: You can't do that in Dallas in February. It's nos.

844
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 1: Dallas is horrible. It does. It's wet. It's cold and

845
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: wet and awful. And last year we had a major freeze.

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Speaker 1: They'll never count on anything outdoors in Dallas. No fresh

847
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: in their minds. Relatively. It was ten years ago is

848
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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl of Dallas, and there was an ice

849
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Speaker 1: storm and I'm driving around with Texans guys or guys

850
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: from Texas in the radio station van who have no

851
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: clue how to drive in snow and ice. I was like,

852
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 1: give me the wheel boys. You know what happens the

853
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,879
Speaker 1: Texans when they drive in snow, they freak out. They

854
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,359
Speaker 1: freak out because like the car slides a little bit,

855
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,800
Speaker 1: a little slide is okay the minute the car slides,

856
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: the second it happens, well, no, when you drive up

857
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Speaker 1: north a lot, you understand that a little slide is

858
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 1: all right. I'll grip you know, I've gripped that car

859
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:45,959
Speaker 1: back on the road. In a moment, I can't believe

860
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: the com don't break. It's like, don't don't, don't break.

861
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,319
Speaker 1: That's all you gotta do. It's just don't break. I'm

862
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Speaker 1: not saying there might not be a city as good

863
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 1: as Indie for the Combine, but you'll be hard pressed

864
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: to find one because you have the stadium right downtown.

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00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: You can walk everywhere to all the different interview places,

866
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: bars and restaurants for people to meet agents, talk to

867
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Speaker 1: coaches and gms, and there's it's a convention DP so

868
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: and you don't need to rent a car. You can

869
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:16,800
Speaker 1: walk everywhere. These guys have it as a working environment

870
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: and it's really enjoyable. It's the perfect city for it.

871
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: If I'm Indy. If it's about money, I'm forking over

872
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,959
Speaker 1: everything to get the Combine back there. Because I filled

873
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: every hotel room. You get the money back that way,

874
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:32,839
Speaker 1: and it's terrific exposure here. I am raving about Indianapolis.

875
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 1: I hate the team like season, but I think I

876
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 1: think the city is a terrific event town. It is.

877
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm from Indianapolis. There's so many events and conferences, conventions.

878
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 1: Even during the combine. There's always other conventions going on simultaneously,

879
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,239
Speaker 1: and you would never know. I mean, it's just there's

880
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 1: so much convention space you don't want city should bid

881
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: for the combine. I am not joking in Houston, but

882
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 1: you but you'd have to do no minute made park.

883
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 1: You go to it made. You say, we're gonna lay

884
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 1: down an artificial field here, okay, and we're gonna do

885
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: the combine stuff in there. We'll do all the weigh

886
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: ins and stuff at the George R. Brown. You've got

887
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:16,280
Speaker 1: the two gigantic hotels right there, plus numerous others. For lunch,

888
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 1: you have all the restaurants, you have hotels for days

889
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 1: that Houston. I think I just came up with a

890
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 1: beautiful idea. But you know what, Yeah, the weather's great.

891
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: Walk everywhere. Have a good time, everybody. This is your

892
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: The astros don't need the stadium right then, this is

893
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,800
Speaker 1: your combine. Now, they might feel a bit weird about

894
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,480
Speaker 1: having the combine event in a baseball stadium, but why

895
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: are we nitpicking here? Why are we nitpicking? It might

896
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 1: feel a little weird about that, Um, yeah, because you

897
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 1: have to change out the field surface and all that,

898
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:46,880
Speaker 1: But you know what, I don't know how that works

899
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 1: for the Astros. I feel like I feel like it's

900
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 1: going to be LA just because an NFL network is terrible.

901
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: Ever since they got the tooth Bootball teams out there,

902
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: they've been dying to get other things out there. So

903
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 1: if as long as you I don't know how configuration

904
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: is near the stadium, but you better have a ton

905
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,799
Speaker 1: of hotels right near there. You don't want to be

906
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 1: stuck in LA traffic trying to get from meetings to

907
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,359
Speaker 1: events to whatever the coaches and GM's have to do,

908
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,760
Speaker 1: and the scouts and people forget, everybody's there. Every scout

909
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,600
Speaker 1: on every team is there. At the combine. You need

910
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: a lot of space. They have to go a lot

911
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 1: of places. If they have to drive everywhere, you're gonna

912
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:25,440
Speaker 1: people stuck. They'll have shuttles. It'll be a mess. LA stinks. Also,

913
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: there's say that there's too many distractions, Like in Indianapolis

914
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 1: in February. In March, there's nothing to do right, It's

915
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 1: not like we're gonna go to a show tonight. It's

916
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: freezing and it's miserable outside. Everyone stays in their carpeted

917
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 1: tunnels and you're just happy to get back to your

918
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,919
Speaker 1: hotel room and cozy. It's cozy. It's nothing. I love them.

919
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:45,360
Speaker 1: Distracts my favorite event by far. You know what, I've

920
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 1: miss it. I miss it since we didn't go last year.

921
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Speaker 1: So hopefully it's bad. It's supposed to be Indianapolis. Hopefully

922
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 1: it's opened up to the media. We will see we

923
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Speaker 1: are going to have some draft choices to think of.

924
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:56,879
Speaker 1: We'll actually have draft choices three out of four years

925
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 1: with no first round pick. I think we're gonna have one,

926
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Speaker 1: maybe more. I felt like a celebrity in twenty fourteen

927
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Speaker 1: when we had the number one overall pick, like every

928
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 1: national media I could ask. I could have asked anybody

929
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 1: in the middle of a show if they want to

930
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: do an interview with me, and they said yes because

931
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Speaker 1: everyone had an opinion on who we were going to draft.

932
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Speaker 1: If certain things happen, you're gonna be I'll be a

933
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: celebrity once again. Yes, you're gonna need your own spreadsheet

934
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Speaker 1: to book the interviews. I will. I'll need a PR

935
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Speaker 1: person when I go up to Indy. All right, that's

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Speaker 1: gonna do it. For Texans All Access stay tuned for

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Speaker 1: up next on behalf of Mark Van Ver. I'm DPCO.

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