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Speaker 1: What's happening, buddy, Welcome in to a Frinday issue of

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Speaker 1: Texas All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, John Harris, Football at Sideline Reporter and our

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Speaker 1: last Friday All Access in season show Man. That makes

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Speaker 1: me like sad and kind of excited in some sense

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Speaker 1: to know what twenty twenty three is going to bring.

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Speaker 1: But I'm glad to be with you no matter what.

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Speaker 1: We got plenty for you tonight. This first segment is

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Speaker 1: gonna set it off. There's no there's no question. Now.

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Speaker 1: We'll hear from Kenyan Green a little later. We'll hear

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Speaker 1: from A. J. Cann a little later, Maari Rodgers a

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Speaker 1: little bit later. So we've got some players to hear

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Speaker 1: from a little later. Show Laer Overton, who covers the

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Speaker 1: Colts Colts dot Com so Sideline reporter for the Colts.

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Speaker 1: We'll join Deepie in a little bit. We'll have my

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Speaker 1: keys and my predictions. We also got a deep slaying

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Speaker 1: with Traymont Smith. But this segment we always start with

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Speaker 1: the head coach your Houston Texans and that it's Lovey Smith.

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Speaker 1: And that's gonna be followed up by the goat that's right,

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Speaker 1: Andre Johnson. So let's hear from Lovey first, and then

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Speaker 1: Mark and I had a chance to catch up with

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Speaker 1: Andre Johnson. We'll have that second. Here's love with Mark. Coach.

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Speaker 1: It's a lot of weeks where I ask you how

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Speaker 1: the week of preparation went, especially this week with the

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Speaker 1: handling situation. News gets better as the week goes on,

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Speaker 1: But how has that affected things and impacted the team

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Speaker 1: getting ready to play the Colts. You know, we went through,

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Speaker 1: you know, everything that happened with tomorrow, like everyone else,

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Speaker 1: to soak it all in, go through the different emotions

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Speaker 1: as I say it, and then you see that number one,

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Speaker 1: he's getting better, which is a positive thing which I

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Speaker 1: think allows the guys, everybody, not just hard team, everyone

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Speaker 1: to start to really think about moving forward. So that's

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Speaker 1: where we are at. The game is played this week.

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Speaker 1: We have our final game coming up. Players of Hamlet

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Speaker 1: like a pro, like they've done everything else. Sam Ellinger

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Speaker 1: unique way. Yes, he is you know you're going to

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Speaker 1: he's not looking to throw the ball. That's it's a

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Speaker 1: different mindset, different game plan that you use. But come again,

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Speaker 1: when you know a guy that's been his history, everybody

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Speaker 1: has a history. I mean, Sam can make all of

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Speaker 1: be conscious for that, and we are feel like our

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Speaker 1: They're very different from opening day, But do you think

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Speaker 1: the identity as far as wanting to run the football

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Speaker 1: well is still a big part of their DNA and

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Speaker 1: the finale? Yeah, I think so. And you know, you

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Speaker 1: just go back to, you know, the quarterback and some

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Speaker 1: when you make changes during the year, you don't completely

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Speaker 1: change who you are. So they're running some of the

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Speaker 1: different time. Passing game is not like they've thrown out

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Speaker 1: everything that they believed in early on. The guy that's

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Speaker 1: We all change a little bit during the course of

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Speaker 1: I think a lot you can look at a lot

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Speaker 1: I think the defense has continued to play hard. They've

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Speaker 1: vander Mary's he does each and every week. We always

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Speaker 1: appreciate Love's time, all the time he's devoted to the

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Speaker 1: all the halftime interviews, postgame interviews of me. He has

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Speaker 1: been fantastic. One individual spent some time with Mark and

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Speaker 1: Andre Johnson well, obviously Mark got a long history with him,

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Speaker 1: to know, Andrea says twenty fourteen, and when he hops

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Speaker 1: love to acts poetic about things that have taken place.

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Speaker 1: One question particular that I've been thinking about for a while.

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Speaker 1: would he say he compares closest to now in the game.

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Speaker 1: Like you need an introduction there all right? Pro Football

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Speaker 1: But I'm gonna start here, Andre, what do you think

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Speaker 1: that's what you said. How has this process kind of

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Speaker 1: And you were asked about Reggie Wayne in the press conference.

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Speaker 1: more for you to go in with someone you have

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Speaker 1: I definitely think it'd be special if you can go

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Speaker 1: both teams advanced AFC Title game, Buffalo and Kansas City

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Speaker 1: both lose. In Cincinnati also loses or ties. In Week eighteen,

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Speaker 1: Buffalo and Kansas City vance AFC Title game. Buffalo and

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Speaker 1: Kansas City both lose plus since Anti wins, and the

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Speaker 1: AFC Title game is either Bills Chiefs or Bengals Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: So there's a senti which he needs to know. Bill's

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Speaker 1: Chiefs Bengals Chiefs, and the AFC Championship game is going

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Speaker 1: to be played at a neutral site. If the Ravens

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Speaker 1: defeat Cincinnati in Week eighteen, and the Chargers beat the

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Speaker 1: Denver Broncos, and if Baltimore Sitcannator scheduled to play a

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Speaker 1: Wildcard game against one another, the site for that game

435
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Speaker 1: would be termined by a coin toss. But if since

436
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Speaker 1: Nati wins the week A team game, or if Baltimore

437
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Speaker 1: sits there are not scheduled to play one another Wildcard

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Speaker 1: round game, sites would be termined by the regular scheduling procedures.

439
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Speaker 1: So that's kind of how they're going about it. So

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Speaker 1: the Ravens posted the graphic and said they win playing

441
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Speaker 1: the Bengals Chargers win coin flip, they could be playing

442
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Speaker 1: a home game actually, which is kind of crazy to

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Speaker 1: think about. So that's how the NFL has chosen to

444
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Speaker 1: go about the AFC playoffs. It's not the most equitaals

445
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Speaker 1: solution at all at all. I mean, the Bengals in

446
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Speaker 1: some sense, just they won the AFC North, but if

447
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Speaker 1: they don't win this weekend against the Baltimore Ravens, there's

448
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Speaker 1: a great possibility they could go on the road in

449
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Speaker 1: the wildcard round. Maybe not in Baltimore played a neutral site.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's crazy, but the AFC Championship game

451
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Speaker 1: being a neutral site if it's Buffalo Chiefs, Bengals, Bengals, Bills, No,

452
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Speaker 1: they wouldn't because they have the same number of games

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Speaker 1: that would be in Buffalo. It's where teams have Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: If Buffalo is involved with one of their team, or

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Speaker 1: the Bengals are involved with one of their team that's

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Speaker 1: not Buffalo, then those games would be a neutral site.

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Speaker 1: Sounds like Indianapolis would make the most sense kind of

458
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Speaker 1: given the situation, but lots got to play out and

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Speaker 1: we'll see what happens in Week eighteen. But a really

460
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Speaker 1: difficult solution. They came up with a solution four. Now again,

461
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Speaker 1: does it make everybody happy? And hard to say, but

462
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Speaker 1: that's what the NFL came up with. And of course

463
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Speaker 1: all of that pales in comparison to the that DeMar

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Speaker 1: Hamlin is making the progress that he has, and here's

465
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Speaker 1: hoping that our buddy John Murphy makes that same progress.

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Speaker 1: The radio Playboy played voice for the Buffalo Bills. All right,

467
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Speaker 1: let's get the Traymon Smith and he did a little

468
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Speaker 1: deep slant interview of the week and at a DP

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Speaker 1: asked Trayman playing the same position defensive back as DeMar Hamlin.

470
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Speaker 1: Obviously there's that connection. Asked him about that and many

471
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Speaker 1: other things right about here, deep you take it away.

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Speaker 1: It's a deep scent one on one presented by expinditing

473
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Speaker 1: my guests this week, Traymon Smith. Traymont obviously not a

474
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Speaker 1: typical game week like you guys have normally had. So

475
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Speaker 1: what has this week been like for you personally? Just

476
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Speaker 1: as you sort of process the news with everything that

477
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Speaker 1: happened with them. Oh, it's just it's hard, you know,

478
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Speaker 1: it's just real tough, and I just I look for

479
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Speaker 1: updates every second, like just to make sure he's doing okay.

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Speaker 1: And it just still prayers, prayers and thoughts go to

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Speaker 1: him and his family. But I've just seen some good

482
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Speaker 1: news from him, So that's lows is good news. It's

483
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Speaker 1: always good sure, that's so encouraging when we do get

484
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Speaker 1: those little bits of news. Were you watching the game

485
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Speaker 1: when it happened? Did you see life? I had just

486
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: came back from the store, so I just missed it,

487
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: but okay, and I watched the play over and it

488
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 1: would make me sick to my stomach because it was

489
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 1: just so routine like. It was such a routine tackle,

490
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 1: routine player looked like. And that's how scary can get,

491
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 1: like just a blink of us. I know Levey had

492
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: talked about you guys did not did not practice. Then

493
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,919
Speaker 1: you had a day off, but everyone got together and

494
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 1: shared their stories about playing with Demorrow Hamlin. Several of

495
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Speaker 1: your teammates had played with them at the collegiate level,

496
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Speaker 1: high school and even in the pros. What was that like?

497
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Speaker 1: Did that sort of help sort of move the process

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Speaker 1: along a little bit? Yeah, and it still was saddening

499
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Speaker 1: just to see them go knowing they're really going through it.

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Speaker 1: I knew of him, but I just didn't know him,

501
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Speaker 1: Like I didn't play with him or anything. I just

502
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,960
Speaker 1: knew of him. We got a couple of mutual friends.

503
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Speaker 1: But yeah, just to see what they was going through

504
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Speaker 1: and I could I can't imagine the feeling they felt

505
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Speaker 1: when they did see that on national TV. So it's

506
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Speaker 1: it's signy. Obviously, you got one more game left to play,

507
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Speaker 1: So now how do you turn the page and get

508
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Speaker 1: ready for any Nowplus, it seems like the routine sort

509
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Speaker 1: of come back a little bit for you players around

510
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Speaker 1: the building as we've gotten news of Damar Hamlin getting

511
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Speaker 1: a little bit better. But what is that like for

512
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Speaker 1: you as you prepare for the final game? We still

513
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: just got to play it like like before that that

514
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:05,959
Speaker 1: freak accident happened. You know, if you get to if

515
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Speaker 1: you go out there and you think too hard, I

516
00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,000
Speaker 1: feel like that's when bad things go wrong. So just

517
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Speaker 1: to we just gotta just do know what we're doing

518
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,920
Speaker 1: and just go out there and still play fast and physical.

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Speaker 1: All right, So it's your second season with the Texans.

520
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,920
Speaker 1: You're sort of wrapping that up. You're five in the league.

521
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Speaker 1: When you look back at your season, you had to

522
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Speaker 1: step in on defense. You've obviously done a lot of

523
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Speaker 1: things on special teams, but is there any particular play

524
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Speaker 1: or plays that really stand out to you? My first

525
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 1: I got my first interception this year is first and

526
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Speaker 1: second the same game. That's the way to do it,

527
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Speaker 1: But I don't know those two. That Dallas game was

528
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Speaker 1: definitely it. And then playing against the Chiefs, Oh, your

529
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Speaker 1: former team, my former team that drafted me, Sere Andy

530
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Speaker 1: Reid and Dave Tobe it was it was good and

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Speaker 1: actually them seeing me start that game and play good

532
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Speaker 1: against them, so that was fun to watch too. So

533
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,359
Speaker 1: and this this whole season was fun. You know. It

534
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 1: wasn't the way we wanted to go, but we just

535
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Speaker 1: got a lot of stuff to build on. Though. You

536
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Speaker 1: may also made a lot of plays on special teams

537
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Speaker 1: at Tennessee. Yet you've got the special teams game ball

538
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Speaker 1: from Lovey. Just for what you were able to do

539
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Speaker 1: down in the punt at the four on that final

540
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Speaker 1: drive for the Titans, it seems like you have downed

541
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Speaker 1: a lot of punts inside the five. How, I mean,

542
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Speaker 1: how do you even practice a skill like that? Do

543
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Speaker 1: you feel like you've sort of made that next step

544
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: on special teams? Sure? For sure, and that's damning the

545
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,679
Speaker 1: ball in the five. That's really ball skills. And you know,

546
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Speaker 1: we got a great punt name Cameron Johnston. He places

547
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Speaker 1: the ball. He couldn't put it any better. So it's

548
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 1: just a fact of me just running down there and

549
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,880
Speaker 1: just locating the ball and saving it before it goes

550
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Speaker 1: in the zo. I know that I talked to Frank

551
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: Ross about you and he said you and Cameron Johnson

552
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,400
Speaker 1: are sort of like he's your John Stockton, or you're

553
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 1: his John Stockton, I should say, And that you've really

554
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 1: donated help donate a lot of money to his charity

555
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: with punts downs inside the five. So how about the

556
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Speaker 1: two of you together just I mean, obviously he's a

557
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: great punter on his own right. Name to a Pro

558
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: Bowl alternate working with him, what's that been like? Just

559
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: for you, it's been really easy. He makes my job

560
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 1: easier and we kind of compliment each other, you know.

561
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Speaker 1: The faster I get down there, I'm like and kick

562
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 1: it as far as you want to, I'm gonna go

563
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: get it like these guys can't blocking me. And He'll

564
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: just be like, okay, yeah, I've seen you out there

565
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 1: singled up like I knew I could let this one ride.

566
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: So we just the way we compliment each other's very nice.

567
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 1: And so all the donations he getting from miss Charity

568
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: by me, I'll be looking forward back. It's like courtesy

569
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: a courtesy of Treys fun putting down the fields. Frank

570
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 1: also said, Frank Cross said that you were the best

571
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 1: all around athlete on the football team. I asked him

572
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: about you. He said he was gonna get a lot

573
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 1: of flack for it. He said he did get a

574
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: lot of flack for it. He said, you're a baseball

575
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 1: player Hooper can catch, can throw it, can run that

576
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,080
Speaker 1: you have an athleticism where it's really you've been able

577
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,560
Speaker 1: to take advantage of it. So your thoughts on that also,

578
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: I think Tavier Thomas he had some issue with that.

579
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: But you know, because we go play other sports in

580
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 1: the all season, Like we're gonna link up and play

581
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 1: basketball here and there. So I'm the best one too.

582
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: So it's just like they know, they really know deep

583
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: deep down in So it's me all right, you mentioned

584
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 1: the off season, it's coming up here in a bit.

585
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 1: What is the next month gonna look like for you?

586
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 1: Will you take time away? Will you go take a trip.

587
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: You know, how do you sort of manage that time

588
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: before you get your body ready to sort of get

589
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:10,480
Speaker 1: back into it. The main thing is just to relax,

590
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: kicking my feet up. It's probably gonna be like a week.

591
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 1: I just don't move from the couch or dash out

592
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 1: my food. That sounds kind of nice, and do nothing.

593
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: So but after that, after my body get heels, heel

594
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 1: up and everything, I'm gonna I want to go out

595
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 1: the country a couple of times. A couple of times. Okay,

596
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: I've just been like a week or two out there

597
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 1: and just just to get away, you know, just clear

598
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: my head, get ready for the next season. Where do

599
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Speaker 1: you think you might go? That's a great question. Oh

600
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Speaker 1: and it's not decided my doves maybe Salis, Yeah, I've

601
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: been there. It's very far. I want to go to

602
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 1: Dominican Republic. Okay, that's not as far. Uh huh, yeah,

603
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 1: I heard my doves is like what twenty four hours?

604
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,800
Speaker 1: It's a twenty four hour flight. Yeah, you can go

605
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 1: London straight and it's a twelve hour time difference. So

606
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 1: it's like days night night is day. That might be

607
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: too far. You might have to hold you got time,

608
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 1: you got the whole off season to think about it.

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Speaker 1: All right, Traymon, best to let for this final game

610
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Speaker 1: of the season, and we'll talk soon. Yes, thanks for

611
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: having me. Last deep slant of the twenty twenty two

612
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Speaker 1: season goes to returner extraordinaire trey Mon Smith. I think

613
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: my math is right. He's second on the team interceptions.

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00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,440
Speaker 1: How about that, he's got two. Jalen Petrie's got five,

615
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: and let's see, trying to think of else. I know

616
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 1: Derek Stingley's got one, and Christian Harris has got one.

617
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 1: Another prob Kirkos got Christian Kirks He's got one. Well,

618
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Speaker 1: I think that's it as far as I can tell.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, second on the team with the two interceptions

620
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Speaker 1: against Dallas. Trey Mon Smith. All right, we got one

621
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Speaker 1: game left, week eighteen against the Colts. Let's give our

622
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Speaker 1: kis to the game next in our final segment of

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Speaker 1: our one right here in Texas All Access. All right,

624
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: let's rock. It's Friday night. We got less than forty

625
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: eight hours from the Texans finale, which was the same

626
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Speaker 1: as the opener. That's Indianapolis Colts. I don't like to

627
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: remember that Week one to Week eighteen. These teams have

628
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: changed pretty significantly, there's no question about that. So let's

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Speaker 1: dive in with my I'm John Harris football and a

630
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 1: sideline reporter. Keys in the game in this one. But

631
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Speaker 1: we first got to start with a my music. So

632
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: let's get my music going, all right, that gets me hype,

633
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 1: and let's talk about his injury report before we get

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Speaker 1: into the Keys. Texas will be without two players. It's

635
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 1: like the Colts. Philip door Set deal with hamstring. He

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Speaker 1: is out. He did not participate in the fact that

637
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 1: was he wasn't on the injury report on Wednesday. On

638
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 1: Thursday he was put on a limited participation basis, and

639
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: then today was DMP all the way to out Philip. Unfortunately,

640
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 1: we'll miss against his former team in this Finaley Jimmy Morris.

641
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: He also deal with concussion. And I know Jimmy's a

642
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: great friend of Damar Hamlin. I know he would have

643
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: wanted to get on the field and play in honor

644
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 1: of his pal, but he's gonna be out with that

645
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: concussion he suffered against the Jacksonville Actually it was against

646
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: who didn't we play before jacksvis Tennessee. Happened in Tennessee,

647
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: so Hopefully Jim's gonna be okay now. Stephen Nelson was ill,

648
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 1: did not participate practice day, so he's questionable. Oboe is

649
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: also questionable being sick. He was a DMP on Wednesday,

650
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: our Thursday. Sorry, then he was a limited participant on Friday,

651
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: so he's moving the right direction. So hopefully he's gonna

652
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,479
Speaker 1: be okay by Sunday. And O. J. Howard had has

653
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: a hit a little hiit bit of a hip issue.

654
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 1: He's questionable well, but he's a full participant today for

655
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:29,840
Speaker 1: the Colts. Nick Foles out. I guess I've to Matt

656
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: Ryan to back up. Kylin Granson also out the tight

657
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: ends to Funk. Gilmore did not participate in practice all

658
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: week long deal with a wrist issue. He is listened

659
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 1: as questionable, so we'll see if he plays. And we've

660
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 1: seen throughout the year DMPs on Friday, well, DMPs for

661
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 1: three days. It's probably about an eighty twenty split. We've

662
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 1: seen Jeffrey Simmons play, We've seen a lot of others not,

663
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 1: so we'll see what happens with Defunk, Gilmore, Brandon faced

664
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 1: on wils to be questionable, but everybody else back for

665
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 1: the Colts. So that is the ins report. Dorsett, Morrissey out,

666
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: Nelson Okaronquo, Howard questionable, Nick foles kyl and Granton out

667
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: to funk, Gilmour and Brandon face On questionable for the Colts.

668
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the keys in this one

669
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 1: final game offense against the Colts defense. It's a defense.

670
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:28,280
Speaker 1: At seventeen weeks ago, I thought the Texans offensive lined

671
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 1: a producent job against them. To be honest, I thought

672
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,720
Speaker 1: they held their own with Grover Stewart and DeForrest Buckner.

673
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 1: Mainly Buckner. Buckner didn't do a whole heck of a

674
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: lot in that first game, and that, to me, was

675
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: one of the stories, and that's why the Texans were

676
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: able to get that twenty three lead. Grover Stewart, though,

677
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: is a different a different issue altogether. Grover Stewart was

678
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 1: a major problem in the middle. Now, the Forrest Buckner

679
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 1: has had some incredible games against the Texans, but they

680
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 1: got to find a way to block those two. That

681
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 1: is one of the three keys the Forrest Buggner Groger

682
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,520
Speaker 1: Stewart cannot erect shop in this game. It's that sent

683
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: second key. This Colts defense has had issue with injury.

684
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: They didn't have Shaquie Leonard all year long except for

685
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,320
Speaker 1: like three games. I think it was like two and

686
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 1: a half. I think one of those games he ended

687
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 1: up not playing. They will not have Kennymore. He went

688
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,839
Speaker 1: on IR a week or two ago, and Yannakagakway went

689
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 1: on IR. Tae Kwon Lewis also won on IR. Those

690
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: are that's three starters and then one rotational player on

691
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 1: the defensive line. They have been shredded, but not having

692
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 1: Shaquie Leonard has made a major impact. Without him, this defense,

693
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:47,400
Speaker 1: I would say it's a shell of itself. But they

694
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,799
Speaker 1: were twenty third in the NFL give one hundred twenty

695
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 1: eight yards per game in the ground. I think last

696
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,399
Speaker 1: year was like one oh seven passing yards. They're eleventh

697
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: in the league two or four. But teams would runing

698
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: the ball on him. So that's really why teams haven't

699
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 1: been thrown at the sixteenth in the league. They generate

700
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: at turnovers. The biggest issue is they're minus thirteen to

701
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: turnover marginal, which I'll do the math for you. That's

702
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: thirty one turnovers and offense. We'll get to them in

703
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 1: a little bit. But the defense is sort of a

704
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 1: show itself at this point. But if you block Stuart

705
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: and Buckner, given what else is left on the defense,

706
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: you got a great shot. Now there's Stone Leonard, but

707
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: there is a Bobby or Carrokay and this guy has

708
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 1: taken his game to a different level last week against

709
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,920
Speaker 1: the Giant seventeen tackles, one forced fumble. When Leonard does

710
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: come back, that's gonna be a formidable due because karro

711
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 1: Ka has shown, yeah, man, I could play, I could

712
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 1: play at that particular level. And having to be that guy,

713
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,879
Speaker 1: the communication piece wearing the green dot. Now he's got

714
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 1: the confidence and now he's got and shown that he

715
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: can play at that high level. Now you put him

716
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: next to Leonard in twenty twenty three, Hey man, you

717
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 1: got something. So you got Stewart and you got Buckner,

718
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: and you got those two linebackers. That's gonna be tough

719
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,840
Speaker 1: going forward. But they don't have Leonard. They just have

720
00:36:57,880 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: a Kroka, and that's gonna be a big one. The

721
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: Texas got to find a way to get a hat

722
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 1: on him. The Texans all year have not done a

723
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,800
Speaker 1: really good job of getting up to linebacker level in

724
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: the run game. Just happened and a lot of that

725
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 1: is they can't control the guys with their hands down

726
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,399
Speaker 1: and so that makes them double team. Then they can't

727
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 1: get up the linebacker, or they're getting the linebacker late

728
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,319
Speaker 1: because it's staying a double team too long. So either way,

729
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 1: but Karakay presents a problem because if he's not blocked,

730
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,760
Speaker 1: he can't fly and he will run to the football unabated,

731
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: and that's going to be an issue. All right, Let's

732
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:31,720
Speaker 1: flip it over to this Colt's offense against the Texans defense.

733
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: This offense, I can't even Last year they averaged about

734
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: one hundred fifty I think yards per game on the ground,

735
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,239
Speaker 1: about one hundred and fifty. They should have averaged one

736
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: hundred and four. They've gone from one of the top

737
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: three offensive running games in the league to one of

738
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 1: the nine worst. That's incredible, that's incredible. They're also twenty

739
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: third in the league in passing yards two hundred two

740
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 1: yards per game. They're thirtieth the NFL in total offense.

741
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 1: They've lost thirty one turnovers I mean thirty one in

742
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 1: fifteen games. They're after two turnovers lost a game to

743
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: be minus thirteen. I mean, it's incredible and believe it

744
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 1: or not, the Colts have played some close games. I

745
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 1: mean some really close to gams. I mean, obviously it

746
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,400
Speaker 1: tied us to beat the Chiefs by three, lost the

747
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: Types by seven, They lost to Broncos, and they beat

748
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 1: the Broncos by nine. They lost the Types by nine,

749
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,359
Speaker 1: lost the Commanders by one, they lost the Eagles by one,

750
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: They lost the Steelers by seven, and lost the Vikings

751
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: by three. And then the bottom dropped out in week

752
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 1: sixteen seventeen against the Chargers and Giants. But take away

753
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 1: I don't know, five turnovers in those games. How did

754
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 1: those games change? And you add three or four wins.

755
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 1: Now they're in the mix. Now they're sitting eight and nine.

756
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: Now they're playing for something as opposed to playing for

757
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: nothing on Sunday against the Texans. So this Colt's offense,

758
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,919
Speaker 1: what do they got? Well, Wham Bam Sam, I am yeah,

759
00:38:56,960 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: Sam Ellinger will start former University of Texas, our quarterback

760
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 1: will start at quarterback. Nick Foles is out, as he

761
00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: just said with the injury report, and I don't think

762
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: going back to Matt Ryan anytime soon. It's Sam Ellinger

763
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 1: and he's gonna do whatever he can over those sixty minutes.

764
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: It's an audition for him, maybe not with the Colts,

765
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 1: but it's an audition throughout the league because I don't

766
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 1: think the Cults are gonna go into twenty twenty three

767
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,879
Speaker 1: going Sam Ellinger is our guy. No matter what he does.

768
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 1: He could throw over nine hundred yards on Sunday. I

769
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna think he's the guy. He's had

770
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: two starts this year. He had one against the Commanders

771
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: at home, where he was he's good, great, good. Next

772
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: week against the Patriots, he was dreadful. Patriots were owing

773
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: four I'm sorry the Colts were owing fourteen on third

774
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: down that game, oh and fourteen because that was the

775
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: game that eventually ended the career of Frank Right with

776
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,880
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. Now he can't throw it to Michael

777
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: Pittman Junior. He's got out Pierce. But what Sam Elliger

778
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: does best is run, and he runs well, and he

779
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: runs a lot. When he gets out of the pocket,

780
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: it can be a major, major problem. So Texans got

781
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: to find a way to corral him and he can

782
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: in the pocket, make him throw it from the well,

783
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: and I don't think he can beat him. But that's

784
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: what you gotta do. Take away his sight lanes from

785
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 1: the pocket and don't let him out of it. There

786
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: is no Jonathan Taylor this week, not a Joha Dara

787
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 1: Thomas from Home Improvement. Jonathan Taylor start running back for

788
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, now the Texans over five games to twenty

789
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:21,800
Speaker 1: twenty yet five games have not found a way to

790
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 1: stop Jonathan Taylor. They have not. He had one hundred

791
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 1: and sixty yards rushing. Now it felt like he didn't

792
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: do a ton In the first game. He had one

793
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty yards rushing and really was the one

794
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 1: that kind of got him back in it. He won't play,

795
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,919
Speaker 1: he is injured, he's been on ir They're gonna save

796
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: him until twenty twenty three, which is kind of wise.

797
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:41,759
Speaker 1: But in five games against the Texans, he dominated them

798
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: every time and it was so frustrating. Well, now it's

799
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:47,800
Speaker 1: Zach Moss. Now, Zach Moss runs hard, but he is

800
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,439
Speaker 1: not Jonatha Taylor. Jonathan Taylor is a home run hitter

801
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,760
Speaker 1: every single time. Now not as much behind this office

802
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 1: a line he only ran for two He had two

803
00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:00,880
Speaker 1: hundred yard games this year in like thirteen games. He

804
00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 1: gets seven in twenty twenty one. I mean, that's that's enormous.

805
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: That's the enormous change. But that's what the Cults have

806
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: been without without Jonathan Taylor. The Texans with Zach Moss,

807
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: he's gonna break some tackles and that does worry me

808
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 1: because the Texas tackling can be but when the tacklings

809
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:20,720
Speaker 1: on they could shut down a back like Zach Moss.

810
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,799
Speaker 1: They showed they could shut down Derrick Henry. They gotta

811
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: prove if they could stop Jonathan Taylor two at some point.

812
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: And finally, this key emerging. Finally, that's my final key,

813
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:36,320
Speaker 1: and that is Paris Campbell. Frank Reich loved Paris Campbell.

814
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:39,240
Speaker 1: He's got four three one speed. He is a jet

815
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,359
Speaker 1: but in the first three years he had thirty four

816
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: receptions combined injuries, couldn't get on the field. This year

817
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 1: he's got fifty seven receptions. Now he's not hitting the

818
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: deep balls much, but that worries me because last week

819
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 1: he had a forty nine yard catch and that's what

820
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 1: can really open things up for Sam Ellinger. His store

821
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: in the ball, getting it to Paris Campbell, letting him

822
00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,800
Speaker 1: catch short, run deep or run deep, throw it long

823
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 1: and that's the way that he can hurt the Texas

824
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: at that point, and hopefully they'll be able to follow

825
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: those keys and go get a win in the final

826
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Speaker 1: weekend of the season. All right, we got one hour down,

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00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 1: one hour left to go. We get back, we'll talk

828
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Speaker 1: to Lara Overton, deepe caught up with her, and we'll

829
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:18,840
Speaker 1: go behind enemy sidelines next the Texas All Access. We

830
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 1: got one hour down, one hour left to go. Right

831
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Speaker 1: here on a Friday edition, our last in season All

832
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: Access episode we will have. We'll be back on sport

833
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 1: Trade six ten after the super Bowl, and our Friday

834
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 1: shows will be one hour at that point, but Wednesday

835
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:37,919
Speaker 1: Friday the two hour shows. Unfortunately, when the season's over,

836
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Speaker 1: we go back to one hour after the super Bowl.

837
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,799
Speaker 1: But we have podcasts at Houston Texas dot com. You

838
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: can check out my stuff at Football Takeover dot com.

839
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 1: So I'll have all the draft stuff you could possibly

840
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 1: possibly want there at both sites throughout the draft season,

841
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: and that is going to be fun. All right, it's

842
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,280
Speaker 1: time for the SLB Stats Challenge. Go to Heaston Texas

843
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Speaker 1: dot com to take the stats Challenge. And the number

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Speaker 1: today is nine three nine. No, that's not an area code,

845
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Speaker 1: although it could be I think it is. It might be,

846
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Speaker 1: but that's not what I'm talking about. Ninety three nine

847
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: number of rushing yards that Damian Pierce has going into

848
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:18,880
Speaker 1: week eighteen, he's the leading rookie rusher in the league. However,

849
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 1: that's gonna change more than likely because Keneth Walker the

850
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:29,240
Speaker 1: third has nine thirty six, so four yards for Kenneth

851
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:33,400
Speaker 1: Walker on Sunday and against the Rams, and Keith Walker

852
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: will be the leading rusher for a rookie in twenty

853
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 1: twenty three. You also got Tyler Algeria's nine hundred yards,

854
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 1: so forty yards puts him ahead of Damian Pierce to

855
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,280
Speaker 1: Damian could end up third, but he will played thirteen

856
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 1: games versus the other guys playing full seasons. I think

857
00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: ken Walker may miss a Gamber two to start the

858
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,399
Speaker 1: year if I remember correctly, but those guys have played

859
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:57,399
Speaker 1: definitely more games, so yards per game is a rookie,

860
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 1: Damian Pierce is gonna lead the class, which as a

861
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 1: four rounder, that's pretty salty, But we've missed him saince

862
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: he went out. He hurt that ankle and I'll never

863
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:07,319
Speaker 1: forget seeing him jam that ankle on the field. Trying

864
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: to get it back where he wanted it to in

865
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:10,719
Speaker 1: a Dallas game, but he just didn't come back in

866
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:12,719
Speaker 1: the game. Could use him down in the goal line

867
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,560
Speaker 1: for a touchdown to beat Dallas, but didn't happen. And

868
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: hopefully he'll come back in twenty twenty three ready to

869
00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 1: roll after a really solid first season, some incredible memorable

870
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,399
Speaker 1: moments in that season. Monday night, when we have two

871
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: hours with no Monday Night football, I'm gonna play the

872
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 1: ultimate eleven plays of the year, and Damien figures heavily

873
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,920
Speaker 1: in that particular group of plays, and you know it

874
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 1: played number well, I don't know, maybe you don't know

875
00:44:38,719 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 1: what played number one. Is this, just say Damien's got

876
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 1: play one and two. I'll leave it that and so

877
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,840
Speaker 1: we will have that later. But nine thirty nine for

878
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: Damien through thirteen games, and there are a couple of

879
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,800
Speaker 1: games right in the middle. I think it was Commanders

880
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: and Titans. He had like fifteen yards combined in those games.

881
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: Just didn't block anybody and didn't help him in any way,

882
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: shape or for him. So wh back in twenty twenty three,

883
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 1: We'll see how the offense line changes, how the offense changes.

884
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 1: But I got a feeling that Damie Pearce is going

885
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: to be a big part of what happened to the

886
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:11,879
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three seasons that these SLB Stats Challenge brought

887
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 1: You buy our friends at SLB. Now it's time to

888
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,399
Speaker 1: go behind enemy sidelines with Deep b City. Each week

889
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 1: deep he sits down with a reporter analyst from the

890
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 1: other side, and this week it's her good friend Lara Overton,

891
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,279
Speaker 1: who is also a silent reporter for the Colts, and well,

892
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,359
Speaker 1: they talked about this matchup for Week eighteen, We're going

893
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 1: behind enemy sidelines with my good friend Lara over ten,

894
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 1: team reporter for the Indianapolis Colts. Lara, here we are.

895
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 1: Week one ended in a tie, and the Texans and

896
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:40,279
Speaker 1: Colts are gonna start their season together. They're gonna end

897
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,320
Speaker 1: the season together, a pretty forgettable season for both teams.

898
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: But when you sort of look back at the season

899
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 1: the Colts have had, at what point did you think

900
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: this is not going to end the way that we

901
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,399
Speaker 1: had expectations for it. How wild is it that your

902
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: book ending the season this way with Colton Texans in

903
00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 1: Houston week one and then Coulton Texans in the fashion

904
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,800
Speaker 1: that no one could have expected, I think on either

905
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,399
Speaker 1: side of this for the season finale. I think that

906
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: really it goes back to that New England game for

907
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 1: the Colts when you started Sam Ellinger for a second

908
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 1: straight week, they had fired Marcus Brady, and you saw

909
00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 1: they weren't able to convert on third down. You saw

910
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,480
Speaker 1: Sam got sacked I believe nine times, and you're talking

911
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,719
Speaker 1: about a pretty mobile quarterback. You couldn't get the run

912
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:32,120
Speaker 1: game going. Jonathan Taylor was battling through injuries as well

913
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: as this defense has played. That's an, you know, unfortunately

914
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:39,359
Speaker 1: an overshadowed bright spot. This defense has been great over

915
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,320
Speaker 1: the course of the season, but hasn't gotten the recognition

916
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 1: it deserves because the results of these games and the

917
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 1: record itself has been so poor. I think that point

918
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:53,040
Speaker 1: where you saw that was a low I think on

919
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 1: the season. And then that's of course what ignited the

920
00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 1: change at head coach, the firing of Frank Greich, Jeff

921
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: Saturday come and multiple changes now at quarterback, and since

922
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: then things have seemingly spiraled where you have seen guys

923
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 1: go on ir Shack Leonard lost for this season, Jonathan Taylor,

924
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:15,560
Speaker 1: Yunique and Gackway, Isaiah Rogers. I'm just thinking about the

925
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 1: number of different situations where you have lost really valuable

926
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,760
Speaker 1: guys due to injury, and a number of different situations

927
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 1: for this team. So I would pinpoint though, I think

928
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: the New England game, that game in Foxboro for the

929
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,239
Speaker 1: Colts was where you started to see that it had

930
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: gotten to a point that was not going to be resurrected.

931
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's talk about Jeff Saturday because obviously

932
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 1: everybody was talking about the news when he came in

933
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,880
Speaker 1: and he led the Colts to a win against the Raiders,

934
00:47:41,880 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: and unfortunately since then has been six straight losses. So

935
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: obviously it's a tough situation for Jeff Saturday to step into.

936
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 1: But how do you assess what he's done with the

937
00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: team and with the locker room, with what he's had

938
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: to take over and just stepping into that role as

939
00:47:55,719 --> 00:48:02,400
Speaker 1: interim head coach. Jeff brings grittiness, a hunger, heart of fire.

940
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,640
Speaker 1: He does bring that into a locker room and everyone

941
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: who watches him and has watched him, whether that's as

942
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,560
Speaker 1: a player of a Ring of Honor player that he

943
00:48:11,719 --> 00:48:14,440
Speaker 1: was for the Colts or as an analyst on ESPN,

944
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:19,120
Speaker 1: Jeff's exactly the same guy. He's completely genuine and authentic,

945
00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:22,040
Speaker 1: and all of those things that you see when you

946
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:24,200
Speaker 1: watch him on TV or watch him play, or you

947
00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 1: watch his press conferences or whatever, that's exactly who he

948
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:31,080
Speaker 1: is in the building. So there's an authenticity certainly about

949
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:35,520
Speaker 1: him where this isn't that Jeff switches gears into coach mode.

950
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 1: Jeff is Jeff and he looks at Okay, these are

951
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:41,719
Speaker 1: the things that we did when I was part of

952
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: a winning culture here with the Indianapolis Colts, And here

953
00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:46,920
Speaker 1: are the things that I've been able to observe about

954
00:48:46,960 --> 00:48:50,400
Speaker 1: other organizations. Being that, I think he brings an interesting

955
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: perspective because he's had to look at all thirty two

956
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 1: teams and the hundreds of players within this league, the coaches,

957
00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:00,320
Speaker 1: the gms, and assess what is working in the aren't

958
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,840
Speaker 1: state of the NFL? You look at a situation. He

959
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:05,960
Speaker 1: had high praise before that game in New York against

960
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: the Giants about the mental toughness that Brian Dabele has

961
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:12,160
Speaker 1: brought to the Giants in his short tenure there and

962
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 1: how he's been able to implement something there. And I

963
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 1: think that it's interesting that Jeff brings a bit of

964
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:20,440
Speaker 1: a different perspective from the outside looking in to what

965
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,319
Speaker 1: is working other places and what needs to be changed here.

966
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:26,800
Speaker 1: One thing for Jeff is that he was so honest

967
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 1: coming in and said, Hey, if this doesn't work out

968
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:31,040
Speaker 1: at the end of it and I am no good,

969
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,759
Speaker 1: I will say God bless you, you know, like I

970
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 1: will move on and do something different. And Jeff has

971
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:39,279
Speaker 1: that self awareness to say, I may not be part

972
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:42,480
Speaker 1: of the solution, you know, but I do think that

973
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:46,120
Speaker 1: he said when he was asked on Monday about I'm

974
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:48,120
Speaker 1: going to paraphrase a bit he was asked in his

975
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:52,279
Speaker 1: normal Zoom call on Monday along the lines of was

976
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:55,399
Speaker 1: there more to this than you could have expected in

977
00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,319
Speaker 1: terms of taking on a team at this point in

978
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:01,279
Speaker 1: the stage and the season, the situation you're adult? He said, no,

979
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 1: I was fully aware of what I was walking into.

980
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:05,840
Speaker 1: What I think people have to be aware of is

981
00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:09,759
Speaker 1: it's not an indictment of how good Jeff is as

982
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:14,560
Speaker 1: a leader or a coach, because it's obvious now that

983
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: the issues with this team go well beyond what one

984
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:22,240
Speaker 1: man can do in an eight game stretch. No matter

985
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:25,800
Speaker 1: how many years you have in coaching, what your record

986
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:28,800
Speaker 1: is it is just beyond the abilities of one person

987
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:32,680
Speaker 1: to correct when you have the highest paid offensive line

988
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 1: giving up the number of sacks and allowing the number

989
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 1: of turnovers that you have so far this season, a

990
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:42,640
Speaker 1: run game that had the rushing champion from last year

991
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,720
Speaker 1: that could not get itself established and going, and Jonathan

992
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:48,440
Speaker 1: battling through the number of injuries with the high ankle

993
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,160
Speaker 1: sprains and things that he has dealt with so far

994
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:55,840
Speaker 1: this season. Your lack of production with the offense, inconsistency

995
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 1: with your quarterback play. So I do think that Jeff

996
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,960
Speaker 1: has been very on it that this wasn't anything that

997
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:04,239
Speaker 1: he felt he was ill equipped to handle. He was

998
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 1: ready to step in and knew all that this entailed.

999
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 1: And it will be very interesting when we're talking seven

1000
00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:12,800
Speaker 1: days from now what transpires moving forward, what the Colts

1001
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:16,600
Speaker 1: will do long term at their head coach position. Yeah,

1002
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:19,280
Speaker 1: you mentioned all the changes, yet another one at the quarterback.

1003
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:21,640
Speaker 1: I saw that Jeff Saturday announced on Monday that Sam

1004
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: Ellinger is going to get the start here in the

1005
00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 1: season finale, Nick Foles injured his ribs. When you look

1006
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,880
Speaker 1: at what Ellinger has been able to do, obviously he

1007
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 1: started some games earlier than he was benched. Have you

1008
00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 1: seen progress from him? I know that even Levy Smith

1009
00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: has talked about sort of the mobility that he brings.

1010
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 1: You mentioned it as well, But what sort of progress

1011
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 1: have you seen from him just in a short time

1012
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:44,440
Speaker 1: where he's been the starter? Hey, I think Texans fans

1013
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:46,000
Speaker 1: are pretty aware of what he was able to do

1014
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 1: in four years at the University of Texas. The lawns

1015
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:52,520
Speaker 1: for sure, yes, right like, and he walks out of

1016
00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:55,400
Speaker 1: you know, Westlake High School that has also you know,

1017
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:58,160
Speaker 1: also produced Nick Foles and Drew Brees like. You know,

1018
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:02,359
Speaker 1: the lineage of what this kid could do playing quarterback

1019
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,760
Speaker 1: is well established. It's obviously very different when you translate

1020
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,960
Speaker 1: that skill set to the NFL from the system he

1021
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 1: was playing with UT. But Sam is from the moment

1022
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 1: he walked into this building, even as a rookie, Sam

1023
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:21,920
Speaker 1: is a leader. He has a toughness. He has an

1024
00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:25,799
Speaker 1: ability to extend and make plays with his speech that

1025
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:29,320
Speaker 1: you don't have with Matt Ryan or with Nick Foles.

1026
00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:32,839
Speaker 1: He does inject something different into this offense. And I

1027
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:36,640
Speaker 1: also think that all of those within this locker room

1028
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: have an immense respect for Sam Mellinger because of all

1029
00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:46,120
Speaker 1: of the things that he has endured, both in his

1030
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:49,920
Speaker 1: personal life and in his career as a football player.

1031
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:52,760
Speaker 1: When he goes from being the second guy to the starter,

1032
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:57,479
Speaker 1: too inactive, now back up, now the starter. Then also

1033
00:52:57,600 --> 00:52:59,960
Speaker 1: you think about losing his father at a young age,

1034
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:04,319
Speaker 1: losing his brother. He was drafted last year, his first

1035
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:07,799
Speaker 1: day in the building, finds out he's lost his brother tragically.

1036
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:11,160
Speaker 1: So he has been the man of the house, led

1037
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:13,600
Speaker 1: his family, been there for his mom and his sister

1038
00:53:13,719 --> 00:53:16,360
Speaker 1: through the tragedy that they have endured. He got married

1039
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:20,600
Speaker 1: this past offseason. He is someone who I have just

1040
00:53:20,719 --> 00:53:25,439
Speaker 1: always thought guys fight really hard for for whatever that

1041
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:29,239
Speaker 1: counts for, you know, whatever that means. I think that

1042
00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:32,440
Speaker 1: it does. There is something that Sam is able to bring.

1043
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:34,960
Speaker 1: He has a bit of and there canna be a

1044
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,600
Speaker 1: negative connotation with this word, but Sam has a bit

1045
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 1: of swagger about him that every time he steps on

1046
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:43,880
Speaker 1: the field he brings and you feel like that. Guys

1047
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:46,560
Speaker 1: hold themselves a little bit, They stand a little bit taller.

1048
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,200
Speaker 1: They go out there, and when you see a guy

1049
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:52,000
Speaker 1: scrambling around on the field, running like he does, you

1050
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,960
Speaker 1: do feel like that. Guys feel like they have to

1051
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:56,960
Speaker 1: step up a little bit, and I feel like that

1052
00:53:57,400 --> 00:53:59,320
Speaker 1: when there have been I think that's what you saw

1053
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:03,120
Speaker 1: a bit in the Raiders game too, where it was

1054
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,040
Speaker 1: Jeff step again, Frank is gone, We're going back to

1055
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:09,600
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan. It seemed like that these changes forced the

1056
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:13,359
Speaker 1: guys to rally a bit. And you wonder if this

1057
00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:17,920
Speaker 1: change now by necessity because of the injury to Nick Foles,

1058
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:21,239
Speaker 1: if that will have a similar effect going into this

1059
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:24,560
Speaker 1: game against Houston. And you know, Sam has a lot

1060
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:27,799
Speaker 1: to prove. He wants to put good tape out there

1061
00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 1: because no one knows what's going to transpire in this offseason.

1062
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:34,399
Speaker 1: And I do think that Sam can be part of

1063
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,319
Speaker 1: the future of this offense and you know, part of

1064
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: that quarterback room in some capacity moving forward, and it

1065
00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:43,040
Speaker 1: would do a lot for him, of course. And then

1066
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:45,240
Speaker 1: also there are a lot of guys on contract years

1067
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:47,120
Speaker 1: who have a lot to play for that are trying

1068
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:49,200
Speaker 1: to put good stuff on tape. When you think about

1069
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:51,759
Speaker 1: the year that Paris Campbell has had that has been

1070
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 1: unfortunately overshouted by a lack of production within this offense.

1071
00:54:55,719 --> 00:54:57,680
Speaker 1: But there have been so many critics who have said

1072
00:54:57,680 --> 00:54:59,800
Speaker 1: he can't stay healthy. You know, he's made of glass.

1073
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:02,760
Speaker 1: Hasn't played a full season, man, he's been incredibly productive.

1074
00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:04,880
Speaker 1: Look at the catch that he made, a forty one

1075
00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:08,000
Speaker 1: yard catch, excuse me, and that was the longest completed

1076
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:11,439
Speaker 1: passed by the Colts all season long. He's a very

1077
00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:15,000
Speaker 1: valuable asset within an offense. So you do hope that

1078
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:18,319
Speaker 1: you get something that that does provide a spark. And

1079
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:22,920
Speaker 1: another thing noting with Sam's Pryor two starts this season,

1080
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 1: one at home against Washington and then on the road

1081
00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:28,040
Speaker 1: against the Patriots, the colt had changed up their offensive

1082
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:30,239
Speaker 1: line since that time period. If you remember, if you

1083
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:33,480
Speaker 1: go back to the game against New England, they were

1084
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 1: rotating guys around the offensive line. They were moving Matt

1085
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:38,440
Speaker 1: Pryor into a couple of different positions until they finally

1086
00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:41,680
Speaker 1: settled upon having Bernard Ryman and Will Fries in that

1087
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:44,279
Speaker 1: rotation and that group has played together ever since. So

1088
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:47,040
Speaker 1: I think that'll be a great benefit to Sam to

1089
00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:51,080
Speaker 1: have that unit that has found some continuity in the

1090
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:54,760
Speaker 1: time since Sam had his last start against New England.

1091
00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:57,480
Speaker 1: I'm sure it'll benefit the run game two, which has

1092
00:55:57,520 --> 00:56:00,399
Speaker 1: also seen a lot of changes. Obviously, know Jonathan, he's

1093
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,160
Speaker 1: on IR and then Niahim Hines traded since the last

1094
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,919
Speaker 1: time these two teams met, So how have they been

1095
00:56:05,960 --> 00:56:09,120
Speaker 1: able to replace the loss of their star running back

1096
00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:13,280
Speaker 1: and a really good backup here now with Dean Jackson

1097
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:15,960
Speaker 1: and Zach Moss? Is it a running back by committee

1098
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:18,160
Speaker 1: approaches it? Go with the hot hand? How have the

1099
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:22,200
Speaker 1: Colts approached their run game? There is no replacing Jonathan Taylor.

1100
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:24,759
Speaker 1: He is just that special, right, so it has had

1101
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:28,040
Speaker 1: to be by committee. It has been a rotation of

1102
00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:31,879
Speaker 1: back's pretty healthy rotation. Really. Zach Moss, who was part

1103
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:35,160
Speaker 1: of that Niheim Hines trade with Buffalo, has carried the

1104
00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:39,440
Speaker 1: bulk of the workload and he is a powerful downhill runner.

1105
00:56:39,560 --> 00:56:42,200
Speaker 1: You will look if you look at the tape, especially

1106
00:56:42,239 --> 00:56:47,799
Speaker 1: from the games at Minnesota and then so from the

1107
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:51,719
Speaker 1: Vikings game, the Chargers game and then the Giants game

1108
00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:55,480
Speaker 1: are situations in which you watch Zack Moss and he

1109
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:59,839
Speaker 1: is carrying two, three, sometimes even four tacklers with him.

1110
00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:03,480
Speaker 1: He is a beast with the ball. So he brings

1111
00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:06,080
Speaker 1: a physicality to that run game. And that's something that

1112
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,480
Speaker 1: JT does as well. I mean JT has feed, but

1113
00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:11,680
Speaker 1: he also has that power about him where he takes

1114
00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:14,640
Speaker 1: a lot of pride in running that way. Dion Jackson's

1115
00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:17,720
Speaker 1: second ear running back out of due very valuable asset.

1116
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:20,160
Speaker 1: He's really good as a pass catching back as well.

1117
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:22,840
Speaker 1: And you saw that was the versatility of ninety Hinds,

1118
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:25,640
Speaker 1: where you would utilize him not only in the run game,

1119
00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:27,720
Speaker 1: but also in the passing game. So you see them

1120
00:57:27,720 --> 00:57:30,560
Speaker 1: incorporate Deon Jackson in that way. And then I have

1121
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:34,479
Speaker 1: loved the addition of Jordan Wilkins. He was a guy

1122
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:37,080
Speaker 1: who was part of the Colts running back room for years.

1123
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:40,000
Speaker 1: He was drafted by the Colts out of Old Miss

1124
00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:43,480
Speaker 1: and then unfortunately it was part of the roster cuts

1125
00:57:43,520 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 1: and so he was not in the building for the

1126
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:48,320
Speaker 1: first part of the season. When everything happened with Jonathan Taylor,

1127
00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:51,440
Speaker 1: they were able to bring back Jordan onto the practice squad.

1128
00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:54,160
Speaker 1: He's been active for the last few games, and he's

1129
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:57,840
Speaker 1: a very savvy veteran back that you will see them

1130
00:57:57,880 --> 00:58:01,040
Speaker 1: bring in in a multitude of different situations. I looked

1131
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:02,920
Speaker 1: at a couple of occasions they were playing with you

1132
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:06,000
Speaker 1: two running backs on the field against New York, so

1133
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:08,840
Speaker 1: I think you could see that as well, not just

1134
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:12,200
Speaker 1: for the run game, and pass catching options, but also

1135
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:15,880
Speaker 1: just for some additional help blocking up front for Sam

1136
00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:19,120
Speaker 1: Ellinger because of what he is able to do with

1137
00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:22,320
Speaker 1: his legs. All right. Well, in a season like this one,

1138
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:24,800
Speaker 1: there's so many young players that are at least bright

1139
00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:27,160
Speaker 1: spots for teams like the Colts and the Texans. Who

1140
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:28,920
Speaker 1: are some of the young players that have really stood

1141
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:30,800
Speaker 1: out to you this year and you really look forward

1142
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:33,800
Speaker 1: to seeing back in twenty twenty three. Oh my gosh. Well,

1143
00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 1: one of them that I hope is back in twenty

1144
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:38,960
Speaker 1: twenty three has been Chase McLoughlin because he has brought

1145
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:43,040
Speaker 1: a consistency to the kicking game and consistency on special

1146
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:46,920
Speaker 1: teams if the Colts have lacked since Adam Vinatari retired.

1147
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:49,360
Speaker 1: So I do think that he has been one who

1148
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 1: I have been really impressed by. And then looking at

1149
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:56,560
Speaker 1: the offense, Alip Pearce and Gilani Woods are going to

1150
00:58:56,640 --> 00:59:00,320
Speaker 1: be big weapons and big playmakers moving forward for this

1151
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:05,760
Speaker 1: cool offense. Two very well invested draft picks. Both guys

1152
00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:09,520
Speaker 1: have been huge in critical late game situations. I think

1153
00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:11,680
Speaker 1: we learned a lot about those guys each early on

1154
00:59:11,720 --> 00:59:14,800
Speaker 1: in the season when Jelani was part of the victory

1155
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:17,800
Speaker 1: over Kansas City, and then it was Alick who had

1156
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:21,320
Speaker 1: the game winning touchdown against Jacksonville. You solve their ability

1157
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:23,720
Speaker 1: and how they could be utilized, and you could see

1158
00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:26,040
Speaker 1: that the stage was not too big for them. And

1159
00:59:26,080 --> 00:59:28,560
Speaker 1: then looking to the defensive side of the ball, been

1160
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:32,439
Speaker 1: incredibly impressed with Rodney Thomas, the second a rookie out

1161
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:36,120
Speaker 1: of Yale as seventh round draft pick who has stepped

1162
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:39,120
Speaker 1: in to start at safety. When all of the talk

1163
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:42,680
Speaker 1: preseason and early season was about Nick Cross out of Maryland,

1164
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:44,600
Speaker 1: and Nick has been valuable in a number of different

1165
00:59:44,600 --> 00:59:48,240
Speaker 1: different situations, particularly on special teams, and he will evolve

1166
00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:51,280
Speaker 1: into a big piece of this defense moving forward. But

1167
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:54,680
Speaker 1: I just have been incredibly impressed with the shoes that

1168
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,840
Speaker 1: Rodney Thomas has stepped into. I mean, early on he

1169
00:59:57,960 --> 01:00:01,360
Speaker 1: was making plays on Hatchrick Mahomes, and he had games

1170
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,600
Speaker 1: in which he had back to back interceptions. He picked

1171
01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:06,640
Speaker 1: off you know, Kirk Cousins and then picked off Justin

1172
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:09,520
Speaker 1: Herbert in consecutive games. So those have been a few

1173
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:12,320
Speaker 1: of the young guys who I have really been impressed

1174
01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:15,880
Speaker 1: by and I'm excited about their futures with this organization

1175
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:18,880
Speaker 1: moving forward. As we start to look ahead to twenty

1176
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:21,240
Speaker 1: twenty three and through the off season and building ahead

1177
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:24,200
Speaker 1: to next year. While there's a lot of uncertainty within

1178
01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:26,720
Speaker 1: the organization, those are some young guys that I do

1179
01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:30,600
Speaker 1: think will be pivotal pieces and pillars for this organization

1180
01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:33,240
Speaker 1: to have promise. All Right, good stuff Lara over Ten,

1181
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:36,439
Speaker 1: team reporter for the Napolis called Clara. Always appreciate the time,

1182
01:00:36,840 --> 01:00:39,760
Speaker 1: Always appreciate you too, looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.

1183
01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:43,000
Speaker 1: Great stuff there from Lara and also our good friend

1184
01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:45,760
Speaker 1: Deep Situ. Do you did a great job with Tremont.

1185
01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:48,000
Speaker 1: She's done a great job with these interviews all year long,

1186
01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:50,160
Speaker 1: and I can't tell you how much I appreciate the

1187
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:53,360
Speaker 1: work that she has done. She and Drew give me

1188
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:55,600
Speaker 1: these interviews every single week and I'm able to play them,

1189
01:00:55,640 --> 01:00:58,360
Speaker 1: and they're tremendous. Give you a lot of information about

1190
01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:01,480
Speaker 1: our players, about the opposing teams, I mean, really really

1191
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:04,640
Speaker 1: good stuff from dep City and of course Drew Doherty

1192
01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:08,160
Speaker 1: and our good friend Lara Overton of the Colts. All Right,

1193
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:11,520
Speaker 1: we get back. Week eighteen is gonna be the interesting one.

1194
01:01:11,560 --> 01:01:13,600
Speaker 1: You know, I make my picks every single week. I'm

1195
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:16,120
Speaker 1: gonna try and lay out as much as I possibly

1196
01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:19,720
Speaker 1: can who we want to win as it pertains to

1197
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:22,720
Speaker 1: draft picks and all that kind of stuff. So I'll

1198
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,240
Speaker 1: give you my predictions and then try and pick out

1199
01:01:25,240 --> 01:01:28,080
Speaker 1: who we want to win because that's important week eighteen,

1200
01:01:28,120 --> 01:01:30,200
Speaker 1: so you gotta be scoreboard watching for a number of

1201
01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:32,120
Speaker 1: reasons it. We'll do that next right here at Texans

1202
01:01:32,120 --> 01:01:35,600
Speaker 1: All Access. Oh yeah, it's a favorite segment of the week.

1203
01:01:35,720 --> 01:01:39,080
Speaker 1: I'm John Harris footballing sideline reporter for your Houston Texans.

1204
01:01:39,160 --> 01:01:41,960
Speaker 1: Time to make my picks straight up and against the spread,

1205
01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:44,720
Speaker 1: and I will do that. Plus I will try and

1206
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:48,480
Speaker 1: give you who we want to win as it pertains

1207
01:01:48,520 --> 01:01:50,800
Speaker 1: to draft order. That may not jive with who I

1208
01:01:50,920 --> 01:01:54,040
Speaker 1: think will win, but you need to know it all.

1209
01:01:54,120 --> 01:01:56,920
Speaker 1: So you need to know how we're scoreboard watching on Sunday.

1210
01:01:57,200 --> 01:02:00,360
Speaker 1: Got it good, Let's go give me my music and rock.

1211
01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:05,240
Speaker 1: It starts at three thirty on Saturday. Chiefs and Raiders. Now,

1212
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:09,120
Speaker 1: the Chiefs with a win will be the number one

1213
01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:13,160
Speaker 1: seed in the AFC. Now, I explained earlier that that

1214
01:02:13,240 --> 01:02:18,000
Speaker 1: doesn't mean they will get the AFC Championship game at

1215
01:02:18,040 --> 01:02:20,960
Speaker 1: their building. If they end up playing the Bills or

1216
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:23,920
Speaker 1: the Bengals, and that's going to be at a neutral site.

1217
01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:26,919
Speaker 1: Either way, the Chiefs are taken on the Raiders. We

1218
01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:30,400
Speaker 1: need for the Chiefs to win this. The Raiders at

1219
01:02:30,520 --> 01:02:34,920
Speaker 1: six and ten. A loss drops them. Actually I checked that.

1220
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,240
Speaker 1: I said that wrong. We need the Raiders to win.

1221
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:40,160
Speaker 1: We'd like the Raiders to get to seven and ten.

1222
01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:44,760
Speaker 1: That will bring the Raiders to seven and ten, and

1223
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:47,160
Speaker 1: if we get a loss from the Browns, they're both

1224
01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:49,480
Speaker 1: seven and ten. Now I don't know what the tiebreaker

1225
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:52,600
Speaker 1: will be, but at least puts the Raiders in that mix.

1226
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:56,160
Speaker 1: We need the Raiders to win. Raiders win your chair

1227
01:02:56,240 --> 01:03:00,600
Speaker 1: for Jared Stidham. Let's go Jared, Let's go Art. So

1228
01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:04,320
Speaker 1: Jared'stidhams got to pull it out in Las Vegas. But

1229
01:03:04,360 --> 01:03:05,800
Speaker 1: that's what we need to happen, because we need Las

1230
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:08,080
Speaker 1: Vegas to get in that mix. Maybe if they moved

1231
01:03:08,120 --> 01:03:11,920
Speaker 1: down Cleveland Moses. Maybe Cleveland, Mo's up right now, Vegas

1232
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:15,760
Speaker 1: is at eighth, the Browns are at twelve, and there's

1233
01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:17,760
Speaker 1: one game difference six and ten and seven to nine,

1234
01:03:18,120 --> 01:03:21,160
Speaker 1: So we need that. So we'll get to Cleveland second.

1235
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:25,200
Speaker 1: But we'll need that to happen Titans Jacks. It would

1236
01:03:25,240 --> 01:03:31,240
Speaker 1: be better if Tennessee won this game, because Tennessee would

1237
01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:33,720
Speaker 1: then go to eight and nine. They are one spot

1238
01:03:33,720 --> 01:03:38,280
Speaker 1: out at Cleveland, so Tennessee would move down. Would they win,

1239
01:03:39,280 --> 01:03:42,120
Speaker 1: they would move down to Broad. What they win, they

1240
01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:43,920
Speaker 1: get int the playoff route, so they would be nineteen

1241
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:46,600
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one somewhere in there. Jacksonville then move up,

1242
01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:49,760
Speaker 1: but at eight and nine, both of them being eight

1243
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:54,000
Speaker 1: and nine, they would hopefully with a Cleveland loss, stay

1244
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:58,760
Speaker 1: behind Cleveland. That's what we need now. Jacksonville's a six

1245
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:00,720
Speaker 1: nap point favorite, so it sounds like some money's been

1246
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:03,240
Speaker 1: going towards the Titans. XEA where seven to start the week.

1247
01:04:03,960 --> 01:04:08,880
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna pick, fortunately the Jaguars. We want Titans,

1248
01:04:10,240 --> 01:04:13,120
Speaker 1: but I'm picking Jaguars, and I'm picking Jaguars to cover

1249
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:18,720
Speaker 1: as well. All right, Bucks and Falcons taking on the Falcons.

1250
01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:22,160
Speaker 1: The Bucks are a they're already they've already got the

1251
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:26,040
Speaker 1: four seed clinched that. Therefore, Atlanta is a minus four

1252
01:04:26,360 --> 01:04:29,600
Speaker 1: point favorite. Desmon Ritter gets to start again games in Atlanta.

1253
01:04:29,720 --> 01:04:33,560
Speaker 1: We need the Falcons to win again. The Falcons sit

1254
01:04:33,640 --> 01:04:35,600
Speaker 1: right now at seventh at six and ten. Just like

1255
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:40,200
Speaker 1: Las Vegas. A win moves them down in the range

1256
01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:43,840
Speaker 1: of Cleveland, and that we need Cleveland to win, So

1257
01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:48,680
Speaker 1: we get a Falcons win that helps out enormously. Now

1258
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:50,960
Speaker 1: well it happened, I'm gonna go with it because I

1259
01:04:50,960 --> 01:04:52,320
Speaker 1: think the Bucks are gonna wrest a lot of guys

1260
01:04:52,360 --> 01:04:54,680
Speaker 1: because they're not they can do. They need a bye week.

1261
01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:57,080
Speaker 1: Brady probably won't play, so I'm gonna get the Falcons

1262
01:04:57,120 --> 01:05:00,680
Speaker 1: are winning to cover over that minus four Patriots Bills.

1263
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:03,920
Speaker 1: We'd like for the Bills to win. Let's just be honest.

1264
01:05:04,280 --> 01:05:06,560
Speaker 1: The Bills are a seven point favorite at home. The

1265
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:10,720
Speaker 1: Bills cannot be the number one seed unless the Chiefs lose.

1266
01:05:11,160 --> 01:05:14,320
Speaker 1: They'll know that going into the game. The Bills already

1267
01:05:14,360 --> 01:05:18,280
Speaker 1: have the AFC East locked up. They're gonna have more

1268
01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:20,600
Speaker 1: than likely the two seed. With a win, they'll have

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01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:25,640
Speaker 1: the two seed locked up. But we want There's no

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01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,360
Speaker 1: I would say there's non interest, but there is because

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01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:30,720
Speaker 1: everybody wants the Bills to win. So we're going Bills

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01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:33,480
Speaker 1: to win and to cover that seven at home. Vikings

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01:05:33,480 --> 01:05:36,400
Speaker 1: and Bears, this one's clear. Minnesota's a six point favorite

1274
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:38,680
Speaker 1: at the Bears. The Bears will starting names to Peterman

1275
01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:42,680
Speaker 1: doesn't matter, but we want the Bears dub Bears are

1276
01:05:42,680 --> 01:05:45,600
Speaker 1: probably the one we're cheering the loudest. Four on Sunday,

1277
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Speaker 1: Minnesota's six point favorite. I don't think the Bears can

1278
01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:51,840
Speaker 1: win this game with Nytan Peterman, but we're cheering for them,

1279
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:55,600
Speaker 1: so I'm going Vikings to win. Let's get the Bears

1280
01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:58,439
Speaker 1: to cover, not check that. I'm sorry, Vike's to cover,

1281
01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:01,480
Speaker 1: so Vike's win a cover. We want the Bears to win.

1282
01:06:02,240 --> 01:06:08,080
Speaker 1: Let's go Peterman, not j Peterman. Nathan Peterman. Ravens Bengals.

1283
01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:10,280
Speaker 1: We think we really have a dog in a fight

1284
01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:14,439
Speaker 1: of this one, but the Bengals have already clinched AFC North.

1285
01:06:14,520 --> 01:06:17,640
Speaker 1: The Bengals can sorry, the Ravens can improve their positioning

1286
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:21,160
Speaker 1: with a win. The Bengals are fair by nine. I

1287
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:23,240
Speaker 1: think the Bengals get a win, but it's closer than nine.

1288
01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:25,360
Speaker 1: I think he gets inside the nine. The Bengals gonna

1289
01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:29,720
Speaker 1: win that thing at home. Jets and Dolphins. Now, the

1290
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:33,160
Speaker 1: Dolphins are still I believe in this thing at eight

1291
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:38,880
Speaker 1: and eight. The Jets are not so as Honestly, I

1292
01:06:38,880 --> 01:06:41,480
Speaker 1: would like the Jets to win to get them eight wins.

1293
01:06:41,520 --> 01:06:46,320
Speaker 1: So at seven and ten, the Jets with a loss

1294
01:06:46,840 --> 01:06:48,800
Speaker 1: are in that mix with Cleveland. But I'd like the

1295
01:06:48,880 --> 01:06:53,560
Speaker 1: Jets to kind of be further down. Actually, you know what,

1296
01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:55,280
Speaker 1: I take that back, we want the Jets to be

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01:06:55,360 --> 01:06:57,920
Speaker 1: seven to ten. I take that back. Let's go Dolphins.

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01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:01,080
Speaker 1: Dolphins win this, maybe get the playoffs. Mighty's favored by

1299
01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:02,400
Speaker 1: three at home. I'm gonna give him the win and

1300
01:07:02,440 --> 01:07:04,120
Speaker 1: the cover. Don't know who's gonna put a quarterback. Then

1301
01:07:04,160 --> 01:07:07,360
Speaker 1: that's gonna be interesting. Panthers Saints. Panthers six and ten,

1302
01:07:07,480 --> 01:07:11,560
Speaker 1: Saints seven and nine. Either way, the Texans sort of

1303
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:13,760
Speaker 1: win with this one because somebody is gonna go seven

1304
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:17,600
Speaker 1: and ten or somebody's going eight and nine. Panthers could

1305
01:07:17,720 --> 01:07:19,560
Speaker 1: go six and eleven and stay right where they are

1306
01:07:19,560 --> 01:07:21,800
Speaker 1: and there's nothing you could do about that. So let's

1307
01:07:21,800 --> 01:07:24,040
Speaker 1: go with Panthers. Let's get them both, that's seven and

1308
01:07:24,080 --> 01:07:25,760
Speaker 1: ten and put them in that mix with the Browns.

1309
01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:27,240
Speaker 1: Do other it's fair by three and a half. An

1310
01:07:27,320 --> 01:07:29,240
Speaker 1: you wants can get the win, though, but we're cheering

1311
01:07:29,320 --> 01:07:31,600
Speaker 1: Panthers and that one Brown Steelers. You know where this

1312
01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:34,880
Speaker 1: one's going. We want the Browns to win and Pittsburgh

1313
01:07:34,880 --> 01:07:36,160
Speaker 1: fair by two and a half. I'm gonna give the

1314
01:07:36,160 --> 01:07:37,960
Speaker 1: Steelers to win at home and the cover and the

1315
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,920
Speaker 1: Browns losing falls seven to ten. If that happens and

1316
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:43,360
Speaker 1: these other games happened, you could get a top ten

1317
01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:47,400
Speaker 1: pick with that one. Giants Eagles, it doesn't matter the one.

1318
01:07:47,400 --> 01:07:50,400
Speaker 1: Philadelphia's favor by fourteen. Giants looks like they're gonna rescue people.

1319
01:07:50,360 --> 01:07:53,120
Speaker 1: That's why it's fourteen. I'm gonna go Eagles to win

1320
01:07:53,160 --> 01:07:55,080
Speaker 1: this one. I don't know about the cover. They're not

1321
01:07:55,080 --> 01:07:58,280
Speaker 1: gonna covered Cardinals at forty nine Ers. Cardinals, they can't

1322
01:07:58,280 --> 01:08:00,200
Speaker 1: really do anything in forty nine Ers by four team

1323
01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:02,640
Speaker 1: and a half. It's a little rich. Cardinals gonna win

1324
01:08:02,680 --> 01:08:04,400
Speaker 1: by a couple of touchdowns. Try and get guys to

1325
01:08:04,560 --> 01:08:07,360
Speaker 1: rest when they get that win. They'll know the result

1326
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:09,840
Speaker 1: from the Vikings game. So San Francisco wins for the

1327
01:08:09,880 --> 01:08:15,800
Speaker 1: Cardinals cover. Last game for JJ Watt. Say we'll say

1328
01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:19,720
Speaker 1: salute to JJ Watt. Rams Seahawks Seahawks Fairy by six.

1329
01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:22,720
Speaker 1: Seahawks can get the win, but because on Sunday Night,

1330
01:08:22,800 --> 01:08:25,200
Speaker 1: the Packers get to win, the Seahawks will make the playoffs.

1331
01:08:25,240 --> 01:08:28,360
Speaker 1: So you've got Seattle beating the Rams, covering the six.

1332
01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:31,400
Speaker 1: You've got the Cowboys hammering the Commanders, which is awesome

1333
01:08:31,439 --> 01:08:34,840
Speaker 1: because we of the Commanders. Well there's a reason for that.

1334
01:08:34,880 --> 01:08:36,640
Speaker 1: But we're going Dallas to win on the road and

1335
01:08:36,720 --> 01:08:39,320
Speaker 1: cover the seven. And then you got Packers beating the

1336
01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:42,519
Speaker 1: Lions and covering the five. So there you go. We

1337
01:08:42,600 --> 01:08:45,599
Speaker 1: get back a little Texas Audio jukebox and Jews Final

1338
01:08:45,600 --> 01:08:47,639
Speaker 1: Word with Kenny Greene. That's next the Texas All Access.

1339
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:51,600
Speaker 1: We don't want final segment of this Friday edition of

1340
01:08:51,680 --> 01:08:55,599
Speaker 1: Texans All Acts. As from the Unday Texans Radio Studio.

1341
01:08:55,680 --> 01:08:59,080
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris Football had on the sideline reporter,

1342
01:08:59,120 --> 01:09:01,800
Speaker 1: and I always hate say and the last one I

1343
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:04,680
Speaker 1: liked saying it could be the last one because that

1344
01:09:04,720 --> 01:09:06,599
Speaker 1: meant we were in the playoffs. You just never knew,

1345
01:09:07,360 --> 01:09:09,320
Speaker 1: and so we would continue with our shows whenever we

1346
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:13,720
Speaker 1: were in the playoffs in fourteen, I'm sorry, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen,

1347
01:09:13,880 --> 01:09:15,720
Speaker 1: you know when it was gonna happen. So you just

1348
01:09:16,120 --> 01:09:17,800
Speaker 1: all right, man, I hope we're here next week. And

1349
01:09:17,840 --> 01:09:21,880
Speaker 1: then of course a loss on Sunday and well it's over.

1350
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:24,360
Speaker 1: And then it would just come to an abrupt halt.

1351
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:28,559
Speaker 1: So we know when this one is ending, unfortunately, and

1352
01:09:28,640 --> 01:09:32,960
Speaker 1: it's gonna be on Sunday noon Central time one if

1353
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:36,400
Speaker 1: you're up in Indianapolis going to the game, because Indianapolis

1354
01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:40,240
Speaker 1: doesn't change for daylight Savings time, so it's one o'clock

1355
01:09:40,320 --> 01:09:43,120
Speaker 1: up there. Anyways, either way, you want to listen to

1356
01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:46,160
Speaker 1: us on the radio from twelve to whenever the game's over.

1357
01:09:46,240 --> 01:09:49,040
Speaker 1: Mark Andre and myself the ninth year that we have

1358
01:09:49,080 --> 01:09:52,000
Speaker 1: all been together, going to year ten for me, those

1359
01:09:52,040 --> 01:09:54,599
Speaker 1: guys have been doing it for twenty plus, so I'm

1360
01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:57,240
Speaker 1: trying to catch them, but I'll never catch them because

1361
01:09:57,240 --> 01:10:00,719
Speaker 1: hopefully I do every Texas game henceforth with the two gentlemen.

1362
01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:03,960
Speaker 1: Either way, Sean, it's seth nine o'clock. You'll hear them

1363
01:10:03,960 --> 01:10:06,559
Speaker 1: in the pregame show you here Sean and Clint Sterner

1364
01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:10,439
Speaker 1: on the postgame wrap up, and then on Monday we'll

1365
01:10:10,479 --> 01:10:14,160
Speaker 1: have our normal shows. We'll have Texas Monday, We've got

1366
01:10:14,160 --> 01:10:16,559
Speaker 1: Coaches Show, then we've got an all access episode and

1367
01:10:16,560 --> 01:10:19,640
Speaker 1: we'll try and wrap up everything that has been happening

1368
01:10:20,040 --> 01:10:23,839
Speaker 1: throughout the league on that particular day. It's Black Monday

1369
01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:26,439
Speaker 1: and that's always kind of a tough tough day for

1370
01:10:26,720 --> 01:10:31,000
Speaker 1: NFL teams, for coaching families, for players, it's for everybody.

1371
01:10:32,040 --> 01:10:34,479
Speaker 1: So we'll try and bring the news to you as

1372
01:10:34,720 --> 01:10:37,160
Speaker 1: we see fit. So let's get into this final segment

1373
01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:40,559
Speaker 1: and do a little audio jute box. This is all

1374
01:10:40,560 --> 01:10:42,879
Speaker 1: about Drew Doherty in this segment. Heard from Deep earlier

1375
01:10:43,080 --> 01:10:44,720
Speaker 1: a couple of times. Now we're gonna hear from Drew.

1376
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:47,880
Speaker 1: Drew goes into locker room and gets what he calls

1377
01:10:47,880 --> 01:10:52,120
Speaker 1: a Cutlet I put it together at an audio juke box,

1378
01:10:52,560 --> 01:10:56,160
Speaker 1: and so Drew caught up with a Jay Can to

1379
01:10:56,240 --> 01:10:59,160
Speaker 1: talk about week eighteen. Tell us about the challenge that

1380
01:10:59,240 --> 01:11:02,400
Speaker 1: the cults seven percents for you guys, you know a lot.

1381
01:11:02,439 --> 01:11:04,840
Speaker 1: It's it's very talented group. You know, it starts with

1382
01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:08,400
Speaker 1: the inside guys, Roper Stewart, you know Buckner, phenomenal players.

1383
01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:10,680
Speaker 1: They got a defense that that flies around. So we

1384
01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:11,960
Speaker 1: really got to be able to put a hat on

1385
01:11:11,960 --> 01:11:13,559
Speaker 1: the hat, run the ball well, and when it's time

1386
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:15,880
Speaker 1: to pass, we gotta protect. Well, what's it like playing

1387
01:11:15,880 --> 01:11:18,200
Speaker 1: a team in week eighteen after you played them in

1388
01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:20,719
Speaker 1: week one? I mean, how different is the squad? Probably

1389
01:11:20,720 --> 01:11:22,519
Speaker 1: a whole lot different. They're able to compete, you know,

1390
01:11:22,600 --> 01:11:24,200
Speaker 1: they was down in the game kind of like us

1391
01:11:24,200 --> 01:11:25,880
Speaker 1: and being able to fight and compete, you know, like

1392
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:27,479
Speaker 1: we all, you know, we are totally different team and

1393
01:11:27,720 --> 01:11:29,920
Speaker 1: competing now having a chance to win, and the coach

1394
01:11:29,960 --> 01:11:32,080
Speaker 1: putting themselves in that same situation throughout the year. So

1395
01:11:32,080 --> 01:11:34,200
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure it'd be probably a different game. After

1396
01:11:34,280 --> 01:11:36,400
Speaker 1: last time we got up on them by like twenty points,

1397
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:37,960
Speaker 1: and I'm pretty sure they don't want that to happen

1398
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:39,840
Speaker 1: a game. So it'll probably be a tough, physical game,

1399
01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:41,920
Speaker 1: division matchup. So of course it gonna be a good game.

1400
01:11:41,960 --> 01:11:44,519
Speaker 1: How important is it for you guys to finish strong,

1401
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:46,680
Speaker 1: finish with a win. You got to put a good

1402
01:11:46,720 --> 01:11:48,840
Speaker 1: taste in my mouth, A said, you know, losing last week,

1403
01:11:48,960 --> 01:11:51,439
Speaker 1: being able to finish, that's everything we've been preaching all

1404
01:11:51,479 --> 01:11:54,320
Speaker 1: your loans, not being able to finish game. So hopefully

1405
01:11:54,320 --> 01:11:56,200
Speaker 1: we can come out and finish this season strong like

1406
01:11:56,240 --> 01:11:59,200
Speaker 1: we've like we've been preaching, and you know, leave us,

1407
01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:00,920
Speaker 1: leave us with a good taste. We all know what

1408
01:12:00,960 --> 01:12:03,400
Speaker 1: the record is one loss wise, but there's still some

1409
01:12:03,439 --> 01:12:06,680
Speaker 1: optimism for twenty twenty three, isn't there? Oh yeah, plenty man.

1410
01:12:06,720 --> 01:12:08,040
Speaker 1: You know, if we go out there we can like

1411
01:12:08,080 --> 01:12:10,200
Speaker 1: we're supposed to, we'll come back you know next year,

1412
01:12:10,439 --> 01:12:12,519
Speaker 1: he did you knowing that what we are capable of doing,

1413
01:12:12,600 --> 01:12:14,720
Speaker 1: even the past couple of games up to this point,

1414
01:12:14,720 --> 01:12:16,639
Speaker 1: you know, we've been competing our butt off, so hopefully

1415
01:12:16,680 --> 01:12:18,600
Speaker 1: taking this energy in the next year, we should be

1416
01:12:18,640 --> 01:12:21,439
Speaker 1: ready to go. Hey, aside from the matchup with the Colts,

1417
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:23,320
Speaker 1: how nice is it to see the news about the

1418
01:12:23,439 --> 01:12:25,680
Speaker 1: more hamling and how he's improven. You know, I just

1419
01:12:25,720 --> 01:12:27,639
Speaker 1: heard one of the buddies showed me a post about

1420
01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:31,519
Speaker 1: him breathing and responding and being able to respond the

1421
01:12:31,560 --> 01:12:35,320
Speaker 1: field and touchholding people's hands. So that's that's awesome. Man's

1422
01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:37,639
Speaker 1: being in that situation. Now he's opened his eyes, he's

1423
01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:40,680
Speaker 1: racking people. God's working. Hey, I didn't get a chance

1424
01:12:40,720 --> 01:12:42,080
Speaker 1: to talk with you, but how did that affect you

1425
01:12:42,120 --> 01:12:44,600
Speaker 1: when you saw what was going down in the day afterwards?

1426
01:12:44,800 --> 01:12:47,760
Speaker 1: Personally me not not knowing him as a as a

1427
01:12:47,800 --> 01:12:50,640
Speaker 1: player or a person, but the situation that he was

1428
01:12:50,680 --> 01:12:52,720
Speaker 1: put in. You know, everybody, you know you got there

1429
01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:55,320
Speaker 1: every day not thinking about what can happen, because you

1430
01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:57,160
Speaker 1: know you're trying to have fun, trying to enjoy the moment,

1431
01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:59,280
Speaker 1: But when something like that happened, you take a step

1432
01:12:59,280 --> 01:13:01,519
Speaker 1: back and I think about life sometime, and not for

1433
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:03,600
Speaker 1: sure he was on the couch, just just thinking of

1434
01:13:03,920 --> 01:13:06,000
Speaker 1: anybody could have been in that same situation, you know,

1435
01:13:06,280 --> 01:13:09,000
Speaker 1: and it's heartbreaking to see him in that situation. And

1436
01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:11,200
Speaker 1: I definitely you know, you don't want nobody to be

1437
01:13:11,200 --> 01:13:13,479
Speaker 1: ben switching at all. AJ, thanks so much for the time,

1438
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:14,840
Speaker 1: best to luck to you. Thank you guys so much.

1439
01:13:14,920 --> 01:13:18,639
Speaker 1: Thinking last week's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, I couldn't

1440
01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:20,559
Speaker 1: help but think about AJ. When I was the locker room,

1441
01:13:20,560 --> 01:13:25,200
Speaker 1: I was getting my interview at games end, postgame interview,

1442
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:28,880
Speaker 1: I looked over, I saw AJ, and I thought, man,

1443
01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:31,160
Speaker 1: how tough is this for him? He had been in

1444
01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:33,639
Speaker 1: Jacksonville for I think the first six years or seven

1445
01:13:33,680 --> 01:13:37,639
Speaker 1: years of his career, and Jacksonville does nothing, and then

1446
01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:40,680
Speaker 1: he ends up moving to Houston, and then Jacksonville goes

1447
01:13:40,720 --> 01:13:43,519
Speaker 1: and WENSAFC South. But AJ Cann has been said he

1448
01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:46,280
Speaker 1: didn't get a game ball for his work against the

1449
01:13:46,520 --> 01:13:50,360
Speaker 1: Tennessee Tits almost called him Nashville Titans. The Tennessee Titans

1450
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:54,040
Speaker 1: and so he's played good, solid football at right guard. Now,

1451
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:56,640
Speaker 1: the interior has not been great all year, but I

1452
01:13:56,640 --> 01:13:58,320
Speaker 1: think there's been some good football played by A. J.

1453
01:13:58,479 --> 01:14:00,240
Speaker 1: Cann for sure. Now we're gonna get to another remember

1454
01:14:00,360 --> 01:14:02,760
Speaker 1: the interior a little later in Drew's final word, But

1455
01:14:03,080 --> 01:14:06,320
Speaker 1: let's talk too. I want to say a recently acquired

1456
01:14:06,360 --> 01:14:08,920
Speaker 1: receiver because it feels like this season's gone off for

1457
01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:12,599
Speaker 1: a while. But Amari Rodgers has come to this team

1458
01:14:12,600 --> 01:14:14,679
Speaker 1: and giving him some really good play and Drew cut

1459
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:17,800
Speaker 1: up with him in the locker room. All right, a mare,

1460
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:21,599
Speaker 1: it's week eighteen. What's the goal? Just to finish strong,

1461
01:14:21,680 --> 01:14:23,799
Speaker 1: Go put good stuff out on tape and just finished

1462
01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:25,360
Speaker 1: strong with the team. Just go out there and just

1463
01:14:25,360 --> 01:14:27,040
Speaker 1: show that we still have fight. You've still been fighting

1464
01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:29,639
Speaker 1: all season, no matter what the circumstances been. Just continue

1465
01:14:29,640 --> 01:14:31,000
Speaker 1: to show that and show that we're you know, we're

1466
01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:32,920
Speaker 1: fighting for our coaches and stuff like that, and you

1467
01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:34,960
Speaker 1: know we still want to go out there and win games. Yeah,

1468
01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:36,800
Speaker 1: that's something on an individual level, it's been clear to

1469
01:14:36,800 --> 01:14:39,040
Speaker 1: see that you've done since you've gotten here. What have

1470
01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:41,360
Speaker 1: you thought about your opportunity here with Houston? Now, I've

1471
01:14:41,400 --> 01:14:43,160
Speaker 1: loved him man. Ever since I got here, you know,

1472
01:14:43,200 --> 01:14:44,960
Speaker 1: I've just had my head down and just just trying

1473
01:14:44,960 --> 01:14:47,200
Speaker 1: to take advantage of every opportunity I get, even if

1474
01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:49,479
Speaker 1: it's block in you know, special teams or whatever it is.

1475
01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:51,000
Speaker 1: You know, just every out I get, just trying to

1476
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:52,559
Speaker 1: make it play, you know, show them that you know,

1477
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:54,000
Speaker 1: I am a player that can stay here and you know,

1478
01:14:54,040 --> 01:14:56,360
Speaker 1: have the organization you know, turn around and to win

1479
01:14:56,400 --> 01:14:58,040
Speaker 1: the program. So you know, that's all I've been trying

1480
01:14:58,040 --> 01:15:00,200
Speaker 1: to do. Just take advantage of my opportunities, you know,

1481
01:15:00,240 --> 01:15:01,680
Speaker 1: just be a good teammate and just be good in

1482
01:15:01,720 --> 01:15:03,439
Speaker 1: the building, just to show them that you know, I'm

1483
01:15:03,479 --> 01:15:05,519
Speaker 1: a person that that you won't here. We all know

1484
01:15:05,560 --> 01:15:08,120
Speaker 1: what the one lost record is. But there's clearly some

1485
01:15:08,160 --> 01:15:10,920
Speaker 1: reasons for optimism for twenty twenty three and beyond here,

1486
01:15:10,920 --> 01:15:13,040
Speaker 1: aren't there? Oh? Yeah, for sure. I say, we got

1487
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:15,200
Speaker 1: a lot of young ballers on this team, especially on defense,

1488
01:15:15,240 --> 01:15:18,000
Speaker 1: you know, with Christian Harris and Jalen Petrie, you know

1489
01:15:18,120 --> 01:15:19,960
Speaker 1: a lot of guys on there just just making plays.

1490
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:21,599
Speaker 1: Even on offense, we got a lot of young guys

1491
01:15:21,600 --> 01:15:23,400
Speaker 1: you know in DP at running back, and then there's

1492
01:15:23,439 --> 01:15:24,920
Speaker 1: a lot of other guys too, So you know, I'm

1493
01:15:24,920 --> 01:15:27,040
Speaker 1: excited for the future for sure. I know we got

1494
01:15:27,080 --> 01:15:28,640
Speaker 1: a lot of young players it's gonna step up next

1495
01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:30,599
Speaker 1: year and be leaders. And then you know, we got

1496
01:15:30,600 --> 01:15:32,040
Speaker 1: a lot of picks in the draft too, so you're

1497
01:15:32,040 --> 01:15:33,439
Speaker 1: gonna we're gonna have a lot of help coming in

1498
01:15:33,479 --> 01:15:35,080
Speaker 1: as well. So you know, I'm just excited to see

1499
01:15:35,160 --> 01:15:37,320
Speaker 1: going into the offseason what it's gonna look like. And

1500
01:15:37,360 --> 01:15:39,720
Speaker 1: then back to the game this Sunday, close defense. What

1501
01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:42,080
Speaker 1: are the challenges that are presented there? That's probably the

1502
01:15:42,280 --> 01:15:44,759
Speaker 1: one of the strongest elements of our team is our defense.

1503
01:15:44,800 --> 01:15:46,720
Speaker 1: You know, our defense has played very well, so you know,

1504
01:15:46,720 --> 01:15:48,320
Speaker 1: we just gotta go out there and execute, you know,

1505
01:15:48,360 --> 01:15:51,040
Speaker 1: make plays that's given to us. They're very strong defense,

1506
01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:52,840
Speaker 1: just stout in front seven, so you know, we gotta

1507
01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:54,800
Speaker 1: make plays in in the passing game for that to

1508
01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:56,920
Speaker 1: get met. Big plays made, So you know, just going

1509
01:15:56,920 --> 01:15:59,160
Speaker 1: out there and just playing our game, being smart, being disciplined,

1510
01:15:59,160 --> 01:16:01,599
Speaker 1: and you know, making plays when presented. Marie appreciate the time.

1511
01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:04,840
Speaker 1: Best luck for sure. Man. I really like Marie Rodgers,

1512
01:16:04,880 --> 01:16:07,560
Speaker 1: and I hope he sticks around out of the contract.

1513
01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:09,280
Speaker 1: Has him I don't know what the length of it is.

1514
01:16:09,320 --> 01:16:11,479
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think. I think this is year two,

1515
01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:15,919
Speaker 1: so you still got two more years on a contract,

1516
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:18,160
Speaker 1: I think. So that's a good thing. Keep him here,

1517
01:16:18,560 --> 01:16:21,479
Speaker 1: let him develop. You got Metchi coming in next year,

1518
01:16:21,520 --> 01:16:24,519
Speaker 1: hopefully coming back off leukemia. You got Niko Collins still,

1519
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:27,479
Speaker 1: you got a draft, you have free agency, so who

1520
01:16:27,479 --> 01:16:29,200
Speaker 1: knows what you'll do at the wide receiver position. But

1521
01:16:29,240 --> 01:16:31,679
Speaker 1: I think Mary Rodgers can find his way in that group,

1522
01:16:31,880 --> 01:16:34,600
Speaker 1: no doubt about it now one no doubt. Or for

1523
01:16:34,680 --> 01:16:37,960
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. A guy that should start every game,

1524
01:16:38,280 --> 01:16:40,479
Speaker 1: and we missed him the first eight games. Seven get

1525
01:16:40,560 --> 01:16:44,960
Speaker 1: for seven games, six games? Six games. Yeah, maybe it's

1526
01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:48,839
Speaker 1: five games because he played in Week seven at Las Vegas,

1527
01:16:48,840 --> 01:16:50,479
Speaker 1: So there we go. Maybe I'll get it right at

1528
01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:53,760
Speaker 1: some point. Either way, Christian Harris has been playing some

1529
01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:57,200
Speaker 1: really good football. Now. There are plenty things that he

1530
01:16:57,280 --> 01:17:01,000
Speaker 1: can get better going forward. I discipline, definitely, he can

1531
01:17:01,040 --> 01:17:03,200
Speaker 1: get over aggressive at times. But man, I don't know

1532
01:17:03,200 --> 01:17:04,880
Speaker 1: where his defense is without him, So yeah, there's some

1533
01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:07,160
Speaker 1: things he can work on. But I know Christian Harris

1534
01:17:07,160 --> 01:17:09,439
Speaker 1: has meant a lot to this defense. Andrew Doherty cut

1535
01:17:09,560 --> 01:17:11,640
Speaker 1: up with him as well. What do you see out

1536
01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:13,800
Speaker 1: of that quarterback? He's a great quarterback. He's in the

1537
01:17:13,840 --> 01:17:16,280
Speaker 1: NFL for a reason. So hey guys, and make those

1538
01:17:16,280 --> 01:17:17,760
Speaker 1: good throws. M I think we just have to make

1539
01:17:17,760 --> 01:17:19,840
Speaker 1: sure we're reading our keys, having good eyes and I

1540
01:17:19,960 --> 01:17:21,760
Speaker 1: mean just reacting and doing what we're supposed to make

1541
01:17:21,800 --> 01:17:23,920
Speaker 1: sure we're in the right spot. How important is finishing

1542
01:17:23,960 --> 01:17:27,080
Speaker 1: with a win one? Very important? I mean, it's definitely

1543
01:17:27,080 --> 01:17:28,559
Speaker 1: something we want to do. Finish off the year strong,

1544
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:30,160
Speaker 1: you know, just kind of with a good taste in

1545
01:17:30,160 --> 01:17:31,760
Speaker 1: our mouth and you know, motivating going into next year.

1546
01:17:31,840 --> 01:17:33,519
Speaker 1: So how much have you grown as a player from

1547
01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:35,639
Speaker 1: when your debut against the Raiders to now? I feel

1548
01:17:35,640 --> 01:17:37,880
Speaker 1: like I've grown a lot, getting more confident, playing a

1549
01:17:37,880 --> 01:17:40,639
Speaker 1: lot faster. Still trying to steady do that and continuously improve.

1550
01:17:40,720 --> 01:17:43,640
Speaker 1: So wins, losses, we know what those are. But there's optimism.

1551
01:17:43,680 --> 01:17:46,200
Speaker 1: There's certainly some reasons for optimism for twenty twenty three

1552
01:17:46,280 --> 01:17:48,880
Speaker 1: and beyond what are those? I mean, really just trying to,

1553
01:17:48,920 --> 01:17:50,680
Speaker 1: you know, keep a positive mindsetting. I mean, come in

1554
01:17:50,680 --> 01:17:52,040
Speaker 1: this next year and ready to work kind of the

1555
01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:53,439
Speaker 1: same thing that we did this year. I mean, just

1556
01:17:53,680 --> 01:17:55,680
Speaker 1: expecting different outcomes with that I mean, like I said,

1557
01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:57,000
Speaker 1: I said it before, you got to come into work

1558
01:17:57,040 --> 01:17:59,599
Speaker 1: regardless of the circumstances, ready to work and continuing pushing,

1559
01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:01,880
Speaker 1: keeping everybody bringing with yourself. I think, you know, just

1560
01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:03,720
Speaker 1: kind of keep that same misset for next year and

1561
01:18:03,960 --> 01:18:06,120
Speaker 1: get everybody on that same page. It will be good. Yeah,

1562
01:18:06,160 --> 01:18:08,160
Speaker 1: there's no doubt. Everybody on the same page is the

1563
01:18:08,240 --> 01:18:10,920
Speaker 1: key going forward. And there have been times when his

1564
01:18:10,960 --> 01:18:13,160
Speaker 1: defense has been all the same page and it's looked good.

1565
01:18:13,160 --> 01:18:15,160
Speaker 1: There have been times. Does look really good against Cleveland,

1566
01:18:15,200 --> 01:18:17,880
Speaker 1: looked really good against Dallas. At different points it look

1567
01:18:17,920 --> 01:18:20,880
Speaker 1: really good. Kansas City. They great jobs slowing Kansas City down,

1568
01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:25,599
Speaker 1: great turnovers, taking the ball away. Nashville against Tennessee Man,

1569
01:18:25,640 --> 01:18:28,719
Speaker 1: they really good after that first long run by Henry

1570
01:18:28,800 --> 01:18:34,160
Speaker 1: So they've had moments. Now they need more players, more

1571
01:18:34,200 --> 01:18:38,839
Speaker 1: elite players, and continued growth together. And once that happens,

1572
01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:41,120
Speaker 1: this could be a defense that you do not want

1573
01:18:41,160 --> 01:18:44,160
Speaker 1: to trifle with. Speaking of not wanting to trifle with

1574
01:18:44,240 --> 01:18:47,320
Speaker 1: in the future, I think an offseason of working out

1575
01:18:48,120 --> 01:18:50,920
Speaker 1: purely getting ready for a football season, not for a drafting.

1576
01:18:51,000 --> 01:18:53,000
Speaker 1: Kenyan Green to go come back in twenty twenty three

1577
01:18:53,360 --> 01:18:56,640
Speaker 1: and be a major rock and foundation on the interior,

1578
01:18:57,600 --> 01:19:01,120
Speaker 1: and it's Drew's final word, the final word of the season.

1579
01:19:01,200 --> 01:19:06,519
Speaker 1: We give it to two Houstonians, Drew Doherty and Kenyon Green.

1580
01:19:06,600 --> 01:19:09,479
Speaker 1: Drew take it away, thanks so much, fellas. We've got

1581
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:13,080
Speaker 1: Kenyan Green offensive lineman for the Houston Texans with us

1582
01:19:13,280 --> 01:19:15,639
Speaker 1: and Kenyon, first of all, good to see you. Let's

1583
01:19:15,640 --> 01:19:17,839
Speaker 1: start off with stuff going on away from the Texans.

1584
01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:20,360
Speaker 1: This has been a different week for you considering what

1585
01:19:20,360 --> 01:19:22,519
Speaker 1: happened with the Mark Hamlin. What's it been like a

1586
01:19:22,640 --> 01:19:25,719
Speaker 1: sad situation. There's been praying for praying for his family.

1587
01:19:26,040 --> 01:19:28,320
Speaker 1: I've seen that he's getting better and better Easter Day,

1588
01:19:28,400 --> 01:19:30,960
Speaker 1: so I'm just giving it all the guard. I just

1589
01:19:31,000 --> 01:19:33,479
Speaker 1: hope he you know, he can get back to you know,

1590
01:19:33,640 --> 01:19:36,559
Speaker 1: walking and you know, breathing on his own one hundred percent.

1591
01:19:36,600 --> 01:19:39,000
Speaker 1: It's the most important thing. Yeah, thankfully we've seen that

1592
01:19:39,080 --> 01:19:42,400
Speaker 1: good news about Hamlin and we will continue to keep

1593
01:19:42,439 --> 01:19:45,160
Speaker 1: those prayers and thoughts going. Switching over to the Texans

1594
01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:47,920
Speaker 1: playing the Colts. It's the finale. You played them in

1595
01:19:48,240 --> 01:19:51,519
Speaker 1: the opener. What's it like facing a team that you

1596
01:19:51,640 --> 01:19:54,840
Speaker 1: face so long ago? It seems like eons, doesn't it? Yeah,

1597
01:19:55,400 --> 01:19:57,599
Speaker 1: it's a brand new team. They went through a bunch

1598
01:19:57,640 --> 01:19:59,559
Speaker 1: of games like we've been through, so you know, it's

1599
01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:01,960
Speaker 1: two differ from teams. So you just gotta be ready,

1600
01:20:02,160 --> 01:20:04,320
Speaker 1: be locked in for this week. They've struggled quite a

1601
01:20:04,360 --> 01:20:07,519
Speaker 1: bit this year, but their defense it's been kind of consistent.

1602
01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:09,040
Speaker 1: It's a good defense. What do you make of that

1603
01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:11,320
Speaker 1: front seven there? Oh, yeah, it's a great front seven.

1604
01:20:11,560 --> 01:20:13,040
Speaker 1: Got a lot of good players. You know, we just

1605
01:20:13,080 --> 01:20:15,120
Speaker 1: got to do our job, you know, take you play

1606
01:20:15,160 --> 01:20:17,680
Speaker 1: by play, finished, you know, finish the game. What's been

1607
01:20:17,680 --> 01:20:19,639
Speaker 1: different about you from the start of the season. Where

1608
01:20:19,640 --> 01:20:21,120
Speaker 1: do you think you've improved? Where do you want to

1609
01:20:21,120 --> 01:20:23,840
Speaker 1: improve more? Maybe feel like I improved a lot in

1610
01:20:23,960 --> 01:20:26,320
Speaker 1: just you know, my mental aspect, especially like in the

1611
01:20:26,400 --> 01:20:29,000
Speaker 1: game too. You know, gonna get great players throughout the

1612
01:20:29,040 --> 01:20:31,360
Speaker 1: whole year. Things that I felt like I got better

1613
01:20:31,360 --> 01:20:34,080
Speaker 1: as with my feet and my hand placement is getting better,

1614
01:20:34,200 --> 01:20:35,600
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna continue to work on that in the

1615
01:20:35,640 --> 01:20:37,760
Speaker 1: off season and just keep building, you know, and be

1616
01:20:37,800 --> 01:20:40,360
Speaker 1: ready for the next upcoming year. What's it been like

1617
01:20:40,400 --> 01:20:43,439
Speaker 1: playing next to Laramie Tunsel turning a Pro Bowl season.

1618
01:20:43,640 --> 01:20:45,559
Speaker 1: He's perhaps going to be an All Pro what's it

1619
01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:48,080
Speaker 1: like playing next number seventy eight. It's great, you know,

1620
01:20:48,200 --> 01:20:51,000
Speaker 1: having somebody that good right next to you and helping you.

1621
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:53,719
Speaker 1: You know, just he's seeing things before you see. It

1622
01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:55,439
Speaker 1: makes it a little easier for me. You know. I

1623
01:20:55,520 --> 01:20:57,280
Speaker 1: try to do my best. I can't, you know, to

1624
01:20:57,360 --> 01:21:00,639
Speaker 1: help him out, you know with double teams, different games

1625
01:21:00,640 --> 01:21:03,559
Speaker 1: that come on, like Twist and all that. So just

1626
01:21:03,600 --> 01:21:06,160
Speaker 1: making sure that I'm I'm there apporting my teammate like

1627
01:21:06,200 --> 01:21:08,360
Speaker 1: he's supporting me. He kind of helped support you in

1628
01:21:08,400 --> 01:21:12,200
Speaker 1: this interview too, because you were volunteered for it, weren't you. Yeah,

1629
01:21:12,280 --> 01:21:14,800
Speaker 1: him and Titus. He and Titus helped get you out there.

1630
01:21:14,800 --> 01:21:18,599
Speaker 1: That's kind of nice, right, Yeah, I appreciate it. Well,

1631
01:21:18,640 --> 01:21:21,120
Speaker 1: we appreciate you, man, We appreciate the time. Can't wait

1632
01:21:21,120 --> 01:21:23,400
Speaker 1: to see what year number two as a Texan holds

1633
01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:25,639
Speaker 1: for you. How exciting is that. I know you're focused

1634
01:21:25,680 --> 01:21:27,800
Speaker 1: on the game, but you're always looking towards the future

1635
01:21:27,800 --> 01:21:30,120
Speaker 1: in ARCHI, Oh, yeah, I can't wait for this offseason.

1636
01:21:30,200 --> 01:21:32,400
Speaker 1: You know, I have a full offseason that came off

1637
01:21:32,400 --> 01:21:34,759
Speaker 1: for injury last year, you know, had surgery and everything.

1638
01:21:34,880 --> 01:21:37,519
Speaker 1: So I have a full, complete offseason. Dot and you know,

1639
01:21:37,680 --> 01:21:40,840
Speaker 1: get better. And I'm very excited. We are too, the

1640
01:21:40,880 --> 01:21:44,000
Speaker 1: pride of a Tascus Sea to Kenyan Green. We appreciate

1641
01:21:44,040 --> 01:21:47,000
Speaker 1: the time, my friend. Thank god. I know people have

1642
01:21:47,120 --> 01:21:49,040
Speaker 1: been down on Kenya just because some of the things

1643
01:21:49,040 --> 01:21:51,040
Speaker 1: that have happened this year. He's coming off injury. He

1644
01:21:51,080 --> 01:21:53,280
Speaker 1: didn't do a lot in training camp, was thrown to

1645
01:21:53,360 --> 01:21:56,160
Speaker 1: the fire, handled himself well, and really was that Raiders

1646
01:21:56,200 --> 01:21:59,240
Speaker 1: game when he came out of that game with some

1647
01:21:59,280 --> 01:22:02,240
Speaker 1: sort of upper body injury and I don't know that

1648
01:22:02,240 --> 01:22:03,639
Speaker 1: he was right the rest of the year. He tried

1649
01:22:03,640 --> 01:22:06,360
Speaker 1: to fight through it. He's got the ankle, so he's

1650
01:22:06,360 --> 01:22:08,599
Speaker 1: got to get himself put back together. Hopefully he can

1651
01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:10,200
Speaker 1: step away from the game for a little bit and

1652
01:22:10,240 --> 01:22:14,080
Speaker 1: then start just rolling getting ready for twenty twenty three.

1653
01:22:14,120 --> 01:22:17,759
Speaker 1: And that is what we are going to do after Sunday,

1654
01:22:18,160 --> 01:22:21,800
Speaker 1: is get ready for twenty twenty three. And we've said this,

1655
01:22:22,640 --> 01:22:24,920
Speaker 1: you know, the last last couple of years, it was

1656
01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:28,759
Speaker 1: kind of tough going into twenty twenty one because well

1657
01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:30,760
Speaker 1: we know why it was tough going to twenty twenty one,

1658
01:22:30,760 --> 01:22:32,519
Speaker 1: but she didn't have any first second round draft picks.

1659
01:22:32,560 --> 01:22:35,000
Speaker 1: This past year. You had first round draft picks. You

1660
01:22:35,080 --> 01:22:39,120
Speaker 1: drafted Sting, you drafted Kenyon, you drafted Petree and Pierce

1661
01:22:39,600 --> 01:22:43,679
Speaker 1: and Quatoriano and Christian Harris, and unfortunately you drafted Matchi.

1662
01:22:43,800 --> 01:22:46,040
Speaker 1: But he'll be a draft pick in twenty twenty three

1663
01:22:46,120 --> 01:22:49,519
Speaker 1: coming off the torn acl in the twenty twenty one season,

1664
01:22:49,520 --> 01:22:51,760
Speaker 1: and then Lukemia in twenty twenty two, so hopefully can

1665
01:22:51,760 --> 01:22:53,800
Speaker 1: get him back on the field. The future is right

1666
01:22:53,840 --> 01:22:56,200
Speaker 1: for this organization. I don't think there's any question the

1667
01:22:56,320 --> 01:23:00,360
Speaker 1: salary cap space with rookies that are on hand, the

1668
01:23:00,400 --> 01:23:03,640
Speaker 1: ability to look ahead and have hope is there, and

1669
01:23:04,080 --> 01:23:06,960
Speaker 1: that's what I have. I have hope that this organization

1670
01:23:07,400 --> 01:23:09,280
Speaker 1: is going to take a major step. I mean, look

1671
01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:12,200
Speaker 1: at Jacksonville. Look at the steps that Jacksonville started to take,

1672
01:23:12,280 --> 01:23:14,040
Speaker 1: and they got it right, and they're getting it right.

1673
01:23:14,479 --> 01:23:16,720
Speaker 1: And that's what the Texans need to do this offseason

1674
01:23:16,840 --> 01:23:19,519
Speaker 1: is get it right and get people back in the

1675
01:23:19,560 --> 01:23:23,000
Speaker 1: stands that love this football team, that support this football team,

1676
01:23:23,240 --> 01:23:27,479
Speaker 1: and this thing starts moving forward for a long time

1677
01:23:28,040 --> 01:23:31,800
Speaker 1: with a solid foundation. And I think that's as tough

1678
01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:34,160
Speaker 1: as it's been the last three years. That's what this

1679
01:23:34,280 --> 01:23:38,800
Speaker 1: organization has been aiming to do is established the foundation well.

1680
01:23:39,040 --> 01:23:42,240
Speaker 1: Jalen Petrie's part of it, Damian Pierce is part of it,

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Speaker 1: Nico Collins is part of it. Larmy Tunsel the OG

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Speaker 1: is part of it. Christian Harris is part of it.

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Speaker 1: There are a lot more pieces to the Foundation than

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Speaker 1: there I've ever been since. Obviously, we've had changes since

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Speaker 1: the end of the twenty nineteenth season. It's been a

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Speaker 1: tough go. Guys have been awesome in supporting us all

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Speaker 1: the way and we appreciate that more than you will

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Speaker 1: ever ever know. To stay by our side through everything

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Speaker 1: has been hard. And trust me, even if you don't

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Speaker 1: hear it from us, just know we've been as frustrated

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Speaker 1: as you. Guys. It's been hard, really really hard to

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Speaker 1: have ten wins in three years and hope we can

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Speaker 1: get number eleven on Sunday, but we'll see how that

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Speaker 1: goes against the Colts. But we're gonna get this thing

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Speaker 1: right going forward in twenty twenty three and beyond. And

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Speaker 1: a big thanks to everybody that's part of this show.

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Speaker 1: To dpet to Drew, to Mark to Love You, to Go,

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Speaker 1: Andre Johnson, to Traymont Smith, to Lara Overton, the aj

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Speaker 1: kN Christian Harris, Amari Rodgers and Kenyan Greene. Thank you

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Speaker 1: all so much. We will see on Monday while we'll

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Speaker 1: close it all down, but mainly Sunday we get one

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Speaker 1: final opportunity to twenty twenty two season. We'll see that

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Speaker 1: everybody is always go Texans