WEBVTT - Update on 'The Search', Part II | Texans All Access 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:07.159 Game day, he's every day. No, it's Texans all excess, 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:10.720 all right, Welcome to the podcast. It's the Search, Part two, 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.360 Episode two of this series, which we hope is only 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:19.079 a one year series for a long long time. As 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:21.520 episode two, we talked about some of the candidates, the 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:25.400 reported candidates in episode one. But now since we last 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:29.480 left you with the Search, well many candidates have been 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:33.000 interviewed and the Texans have been releasing the interviews as 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:35.800 they have taken place. And here we are. This is 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:39.960 being recorded right after the divisional round, Johnny, and it's 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:41.959 fun to talk about. We'll talk about some of these 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:45.600 games because they involve Texans coaching candidates and that's cool. 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.680 I like this. You can evaluate the performance on the flight. 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:50.760 It's not just about how they do in the postseason, obviously, 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:52.800 it's a body of work here and more than that 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.080 even but it's cool, Yeah, it is. You had forty 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:57.800 nine ers Dmkran's. Obviously, you had the Giants Eagles, which 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.080 had Mike Kafka one side, and you had changed I 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:03.360 Can and Johnathan Gannon on the other for the Eagles, 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.880 so you you certainly had that going on, which was 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:09.760 it was kind of fun to watch um. The games 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:15.280 weren't like last year. Last year's divisional playoff round was unbelievable. 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:19.200 I mean last year's playoff. Last year's divisional playoff round 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.080 Michael Dona is one of the best two days in sports. 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:26.080 Ye can't. It would be just it would be dubious. 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.319 If you had that every year, I'd wonder, wait a minute, 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:30.120 what's going on here? But are you with me on 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:33.160 this though? Look, all right, Mahomes gets hurt, and I 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:35.319 heard Sean and Seth talking about it, Well, it wasn't 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:36.880 that fun to watch if you don't have a dog 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:38.559 of the fight or whatever the case. Maybe and maybe 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:41.600 that's true, But to me, I was really intrigued by 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:43.960 how Andy Read and company, how they were going to 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.920 navigate their way to a win with a banged up 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:50.800 Mahomes after they had already played Chad Henny semi Texans 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.840 killer Chad Henny as I mean, it's not like he's 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:56.680 that enormous success, but he's had definitely some success against 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:58.800 the Texans, and he did pretty well with that ninety 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:01.400 plus yard drive. I almost texted you, guys, but I 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:04.400 knew exactly the answer that I was gonna get Chad 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.160 Hanny went in the game. All was texted both you 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:07.800 and Andrea, and I knew Andrea was gonna be like 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.920 SE told you. And it was a tremendous drive and 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:16.960 obviously Pacheco's run was massive on that drive. But Peyton 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:21.040 Manning said something that I've said for years, and it's 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:22.639 a lot easier to do at the high school college 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:26.560 level because you have you have eight more minutes in college. 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:29.519 You have eighteen more minutes in high school, and that's 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:33.320 making adjustments at the half. Payton Manning said, He's like, look, 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:35.440 and I've said it. We've talked about a million times. 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:39.480 Twelve minutes goes fast, faster than you think. It's enough 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:43.000 time to kind of readjust yourself, go to the bathroom, 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.440 have an orange slice, maybe grab a crustable, and that's it. 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:48.720 An accrustable and that's it. I mean, that's about all 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:50.160 the time you have it. All right, let's go back out. 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.600 So you have to make adjustments in the game during 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.560 the game and go if you're gonna make one. And 0:02:56.600 --> 0:02:58.840 that's one where Andy Reid was like, man, okay, do 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.760 I stick with right now a guy that's got one leg, 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:04.680 or do I go to my backup a guy that 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.399 I trusted, I rely on, and all right, I'm gonna 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.080 go with that. And he goes ninety eight yards on 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:10.600 a drive and I mean it was you know, he 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:13.160 made key throws throughout that drive. I mean it looked 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.560 like Mahomes, But who does and he did it. And 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:17.239 I think that's that's the one thing to keep in 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.000 mind as we talk about this search. We talk about 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:22.760 this guy's background, this guy's background, that guy does this, 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.840 that guy does that. The biggest thing to me as 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:27.280 a head coach. And you won't know this until a 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:29.880 guy gets into that moment as being a head coach, 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:35.200 which guy can make can force his staff and get 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:39.360 his staff to make adjustments when they need to be made. 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.040 You keep getting like yesterday. I think it was a 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:46.200 great example yesterday. Yesterday being Sunday, the Bengals and the Bills. 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:48.920 Now I don't know if it's because of snow and 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.960 they couldn't see the white jersey Bengals blitzing from the edge, 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.600 but I don't know how many times the defensive backs 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:56.400 came out of blitz and the Bills never picked it up, 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.440 never picked it up. That's an adjustment that I really 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.040 welcome team, which the Bills are needed to make, and 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.520 they didn't make it. They didn't pick that adjustment up, 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:06.760 and so the Bengals kept going to it and the 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.920 Bills were never never really able to stop it. So 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:14.080 game plan prep is huge, but then being able to 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:19.039 make those adjustments in real time, real time you send 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:20.960 a sidine and go, hey man, they keep bringing Hilton 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:24.119 from the edge when you see twenty one in the slot. 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.440 Here's how we're gonna adapt, Here's how we're gonna adjust. It. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.360 Never felt like the Bills were able to make that adjustment. 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:32.560 So whether it's Stiken or Kafka Gannon, Thomas Brown, Damika, 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:36.080 Ryan Schampayn, whomever, that coach has got to be able 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.080 to make those adjustments or get his staff to make 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.800 those adjustments, even if it's walking over to the offensive 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:42.960 line huddle, even though it's a defensive minded head coach 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:46.080 walking over the offensive line huddle and saying, hey, they're 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:50.560 doing this to you defensively. We need to change this. Yeah, 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:52.280 what are you gonna do about that? Do it? Coach? 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.400 I gotta go back and you'll help the defense. And 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:56.560 your staff then has to do that. And that's the 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:58.440 kind of head coach. I think you've got to be 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:01.200 able to have is one that make those adjustments from 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:04.640 week to week, but also drive to drive if needed, 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.520 and that's massive in this league. The game involving the 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.240 Cowboys in the forty nine ers, obviously, Demiko Ryan's defense 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:13.560 did a tremendous job. Twelve points the total for the 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:18.080 Dallas Cowboys in that Divisional round game. They lost Pollard 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:21.400 in the first half. It was big. But look, you 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.240 have Ezekiel Elliott, you have Dak Prescott. Yeah, I mean, 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.440 the San Francisco forty nine Ers aren't gonna cry any 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.640 tears for you. They're playing a third string mister irrelevant 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.279 quarterback and doing pretty darn well with it. And I 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.200 know they've been at it for a while. This was 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.760 an in game adjustment that the Cowboys had to make 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:39.640 and they didn't make it very well, and Dak through 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.159 two interceptions and all of that. But I thought that 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:46.560 Demiko's defense, the whole demeanor of Demiko on the sideline, 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.200 the way the guys play hard for him. I know 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.000 they've got a squad, Johnny, They've got a lot of 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.080 talent on that side of the ball, and he's grown 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.800 up with them from a position coach to a coordinator, 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.200 and here he is in the NFC Championship Game again 0:05:58.200 --> 0:05:59.760 and a chance to get to the Super Bowl. It's 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:01.920 gonna be awesome to see if he can do it. 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:04.279 But I liked what I saw out of him on 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.839 Sunday against that Dallas offense. Yeah, there's no doubt that 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:11.320 you're right. Without Pollard. Oh yeah, Ezekiel Eliott, he's still 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:13.840 pretty good. He's not what he used to be, but 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.599 he's still pretty good, except for when they haven't played center. 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:23.200 Um that's at that's unfortunate. But Demiko, Yeah, Demiko's got 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.520 some talents. Let's not let's not get it twisted. There's 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:28.640 some talent, but there's also something to be said for Okay, 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:30.160 you got talent, but what do you do with it? 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.600 We see a lot of coaches that have a lot 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:36.760 of talent and then they do nothing with it. They 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:39.200 you know, they can't make adjustments. They just roll out 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:41.520 the balls and let him play. And that only gets 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.039 you so far. And I feel like when I watched 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:46.719 the forty nine, I feel like it's a very discipline group. 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:50.960 They tackle well, and I think that's that's a lot 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:52.880 of the players but it's also on the coaching staff 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.200 guys that have to be in the right position. Jimmy 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:57.359 Ward was in a perfect position to make that one interception. 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.600 I thought that was I was arguably the biggest player 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.400 the game. Six to six, cows are going down, potentially 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.320 gonna score for the half. I think it was before 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:08.160 the half, and Dack throws a ball into a spot 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.280 where he didn't expect Jimmy Warre to be. But Jimmy 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:13.120 Warred is there tips it. Fred Warner makes a play. 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.600 And by the way, I said this last year getting 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:17.080 ready for the forty nine ers, and I'll say it again, 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:18.640 I think Fred Warner is the top ten player in 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.640 this league. He's incredible. He is absolutely incredible. And to 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:24.480 your point about growing up with Demiko. When Fred Warner 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:27.520 got into the league, Demiko was his position coach. Yeah, 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:29.960 And it's just that relationship has grown and grown and grown, 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:35.559 and you can see that relationship with linebackers and defense 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:37.480 coordinators over the years. You know, Lovey had that with 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:39.720 his His guys are a locker and breaks up in 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.480 Chicago for a long long time. So that'll be one 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:46.200 thing that Demiko has had and had that relationship so 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:48.480 Fred Warner if Demiko ends up taking you know what 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:50.880 he said, coaching jobs, and hopefully it's here, but he's 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:55.000 gonna have to forge that relationship quicker than not. But 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.440 he's also coming here with a lot of stroke. He'll be, 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.640 you know, number one defense. Guys are gonna pay attention. 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.640 Of course, we always knew when he was a player, guys, 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:05.760 you know, he spoke, people paid attention. He wasn't called 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.600 cap for you know, leverage you can call it's got cap. 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.240 I mean, he's called cap for a reason. So so 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.840 there's there's definitely that I thought the most impressive performance 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:18.320 all weak and he's not. It's funny because Robert Hensley 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.200 Texas is lou Anon Rumbo, the defensive coordinator for the Bengals, 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:23.680 put on a show against he did. He did. He's 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.160 just not his name is not being considered as such. 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:29.360 And I don't know if that's just the defensive mindset. 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:31.280 There are not many of those out there. I don't know, 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:32.719 I don't know what it is. Lou Ana Rumos a 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.480 little bit older, he put on a show. The others 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.560 were the two Eagles coordinators. The Eagles absolutely dominated team. 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:42.480 They had already seen twice this year. Yeah. Dominated I 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:45.160 mean it wasn't even it wasn't even a ball game. Mark, 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:46.760 he was doing point Saturday night. Shut it off. I 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:48.439 shut it off half. I'm like, well, I'm not wasting 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:53.600 my time, elementary, No way you I shut it off 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:59.120 a half. Yeah, it's gross. Im this prediculous. Jack's about 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:02.280 twenty ain't nothing. Yeah, I mean well, I mean I 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:07.560 kept tabs on it. Yeah. And the Giants game, I'm like, no, Um, 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:12.280 the Eagles. It's interesting because when we played the Eagles 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:15.280 here and and we're going toe to toe with them 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:18.640 on at the half and that one and we've got 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:21.600 the ball in the third quarter. It's interesting because the 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.680 Eagles did a kind of a you know, tellustrator. They 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.000 did it with their their defensive backs. Coach to Hard 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:29.920 Wilson and talked about that the interception that got flipped 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:34.840 going the other way, and so, um, that was it 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:39.400 was interesting to see that. But those those coordinators Stiken 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:44.920 and Gannon, it's to me, it's interesting because you can see, 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:47.439 you know, young guys are always trying to You're always 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.000 trying to come up with something new. You know. That 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:50.839 was like, hey check this out, Hey watch me do this. 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:55.480 Those guys just they have they've they've cultivated a plan 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:58.719 and they follow it and it doesn't mean they can't 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:02.160 adjust to it, and quite the contrary, but they don't 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.680 have to do flashy things. They're not bringing this guy 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.240 off this edge and dropping three guys into coverage. You're 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.160 not showing you nine to laun of scrimmage and then 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:12.480 blitzing five and dropping four. You know, they just play good, 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.480 solid football when you have And this is one of 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:17.440 the things that I think is even more key in 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:20.360 the NFL now. And we saw this. We seen this 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:23.360 with the Texans, and it felt like it was it 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:25.800 was telling about the Texans when guys went down, especially 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.360 the Dallas game. When guys went down in the Dallas game, 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:30.959 you know, like I think about Stephen Nelson, Stephen Nelson 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.880 goes down a Dallas game, tray moon Smith stepped in, yeah, 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.760 and two picks. Two picks played a pre solid ball 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.160 game all around. Read blanket ship for rookie safety for 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:43.000 the Eagles, not only I mean Traymont's got some pelts 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:44.480 on the wall. He's been around for a little bit. 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.199 Read blanket Ships is a rookie and the Eagles have 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:49.520 had some guys banged up in a secondary read blanket 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:51.480 ships gotta go in. He makes some huge plays in 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.760 that game. So to get something out of an undrafted 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:58.080 rookie at this time of year, I think speaks a 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:01.319 lot to Jonathan Gannon a defensive side and Shane Stike 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.960 and on the offensive side that offense. That offense was 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:07.559 just a machine and Jalen seemingly is about as healthy 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.880 as he could be. But this is a great challenge, 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.120 all right, Mike Kafka, and I believe that's the proper pronunciation, 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:18.360 not like Franz Kafka with metamorphosis, but Mike Kafka, I'm 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.200 not taking anything away from his performance this year with 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:25.520 Daniel Jones and that offense, which overperformed. Come on and 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.680 they win a playoff game on the road against the Vikings. 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.120 And I know the Vikings are the subject of many 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:34.120 memes NFL memes. People mocked them and Kirk Cousins and 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:36.280 the chains and all that. I get it. But you're 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:38.160 on the road at Minnesota. We've been there. It's a 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:40.280 very tough place to play. They got that victory on 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.600 the road, a playoff win first time in a long 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.880 time for the Giants. Good season, maybe a great season, 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:49.280 degree of difficulty in the context of where we thought 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.480 they would be, right, But the Eagles are an elite 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.640 team and Johnny and so I'm just gonna put this 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:58.240 Kafka thing on up to the side. I don't know 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.840 what the Texans think of Kafka they interview him, but 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:02.960 I'm not going to take anything away from his performances 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.160 here based on that playoff loss. I mean, Daniel Jones 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.319 kind of turned back into Daniel Jones in that game. 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.880 But so what, they had a really nice year and 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:11.640 he's an up and coming coach and good for him, 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:13.680 and who knows, maybe he's the next coach of the Texans. 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:17.520 But I like those guys in Philly, Gannon, stike In 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:21.320 obviously love Demiko. I think it's fascinating to see this 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:26.160 NFC Championship game and these three top Texans coaching candidates 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:29.559 going at it this week, and especially Ryan's versus stike In. 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.800 And I know it's about more than that, it's the players, 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.240 but it's really cool to see that. I have a 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:37.760 feeling the road ends here for the forty nine ers. Perty. Oh, 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:39.960 I want to bring up something here. Oh, it's a 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:44.000 little tangent here on Trey Lance because I was watching 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:48.160 the game with great intensity the Dallas Cowboys versus the 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.240 forty nine ers, rooting for the forty nine ers because 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.880 I don't want Das to do anything obviously, and I thought, man, 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:59.480 I can see why Shanahan and co. Really wanted the 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:04.800 side of Trey Lance to them. Maybe it's look, look 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:08.280 what Mahomes did for the previous led by Alex Smith, 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:13.280 Kansas City Chiefs offense right, previously led by him, and 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:15.920 takes it to another level. I think their feelings that 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.319 Trey Lance was going to take them to another level. Yeah, 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.080 they're not going to get to that level with Brock 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.479 Purdy in all likelihood, but they're super solid with Purdy. 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.480 And I don't know what they're thinking going forward, but 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:28.240 I can tell just the way he was calling that game, 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:32.360 he was very careful, let's not do too much with 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:36.000 Brock here. Okay, still a rookie. This is a tough spot. 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.480 The ball's coming out a little wobbly at times, and 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:42.160 he's making those solid intermediate area throws. Good, good good. 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.199 I got to feel that their feeling is Trey Lance 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.880 can take us to magical places where we've never been 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:51.760 with this offense, and they might still feel that way, Johnny, 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.200 I don't know, but we'll see. For now, it's Sunday 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:57.760 Brock Purdy against Jalen Hurts in the NFC Championship. A 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:01.400 couple of things. Number One, we were able to run 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:03.679 the ball against that Eagles defense. Let's say we have 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.160 the Texans. If the forty nine ers can run the 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.880 ball the way that we were able to much, then 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:12.760 Brock Purty is going to be able to dominate. With 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.000 the bootleg game. That has been a big part of 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:18.880 what they do because we saw it here in Houston. 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:24.160 Zone zone, zone, boot zone, boot split, zone, boot you 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:27.640 they run that bootleg. Kyle's run that bootleg, and what 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:31.440 he's done is he's evolved with that bootleg. It is 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:33.840 as as it was with Matt, but it's even more 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.520 so I think with pretty must say Matt match Shop, 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:40.000 where everybody thinks the bootleg is, you know, a guy 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:41.640 boots and then all of a sudden he's looking at 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:43.280 one half of the field and he's thrown to somebody 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.600 on that side. The boot game has now become almost 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:50.320 like a just a play action to give you some 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.200 kind of half roll action and then throw it back 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.560 the other way too. That that's what I used to 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.000 love with Kyle Shannahan. That's one of my favorite concepts 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:03.120 in all football is to roll throwback, boot, throwback, and 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.680 that's what Purty can do. That part of the game 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.200 was really taken away because they couldn't run the football. 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.240 They just could not get the run game going. And 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.600 I think some of that had to do with Dallas's 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:18.400 front Michael Parsons was playing different spots and I think 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:19.920 that kind of threw the forty nine ers off a 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:22.440 little bit. But I do think there was a little 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:27.200 bit of that. But here they are going on the road. 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:32.040 They're now the underdog. So I think actually Kyle Shanahan's 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.400 in a better spot that way, because they went to 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:39.400 LA last year, played the Rams, and I feel like 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:43.200 this is just my thirty thousand foot view from a distance. 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:46.160 I felt that way with Garoppolo, like they knew there 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:47.920 were certain things they weren't going to get out of Jimmy. 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:49.960 They just knew it. I feel like they can get 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:54.680 more out of Purdy Wow, because habits aren't totally ingrained 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.600 in him yet. They've started with him from the beginning 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.920 and I think there's there now. I've always thought that 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.960 Trey Lance was the guy that they thought could give 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.640 them the kind of mahomes S sort of thing they're 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.520 looking for, and you still don't know. He played three 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.440 games last year, one against US where he got better 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:15.520 during the game against US. I think he started one game, 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:17.720 broke his leg and that was it. One game man 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:22.760 one game in twenty two. So I think if I'm Kyle, 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:26.880 I know I can't go into the game and be 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.320 that conservative with him. I've got to be a little 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:33.160 bit better about opening some things up for him. And 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:35.440 that means getting the run game going. If that means 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.360 using debo a little bit more, I gotta use debo, 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:40.280 maybe put McCaffrey out. Why that seemed to throw the 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.440 Cowboys off a little bit, even though they knew it 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.680 was coming, Like how do you hand them McCaffrey and 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:46.680 when he lines up in different spots, And I think 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:48.920 that's where Kyle has to really kind of tap into 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:51.880 that a little bit more this week. But I think 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:55.520 perty will give them just as good a shot of 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:57.520 going to beat in Philly because I think Kyle will 0:16:57.560 --> 0:16:59.480 coach a little bit more like he's the underdog as 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:02.400 opposed to they're the favorite. Playing at home, everybody expect 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:03.960 you when I think he'll let his hair down a 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:06.639 little bit, whatever he's got left of it, and and 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.760 let purty not hurt the team. But I think to 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:11.919 beat Philly you gotta get up into the thirties. I 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:15.400 think also Kyle felt like, look, Dallas isn't scoring us today. 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.000 Let's not. Let's not, you know, throw this game away 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:19.280 if you will. Oh, you got to get to the 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:20.920 thirties to beat Philly, And I think that will open 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:22.840 it up for him a little bit. If you're Dallas, 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:26.360 if you're Jerry Jones, you're Mike McCarthy. And I'm telling 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.560 you before the game, nineteen points for San Francisco, take 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.960 it or take the unknown. Oh I take nineteen. We're 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.800 gonna score three touchdowns in this game. But they didn't. 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:37.640 And there it is. They made a couple of field 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:40.040 goals though. That was good for them, you're good for them. 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.760 How about that one block? That thing was going nowhere. 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.199 You know, he's probably so glad it was blocked, because 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:50.040 if that's all that helped him a sales free and 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:55.119 get shanked, it's just another one. What a story that was. 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.280 I thought, Jimmy Johnson in the pre game, and I 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:59.280 don't usually watch all these pre games. When I had 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:01.719 it on the other it is over, and Jimmy Johnson 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.240 said that kickers man, once they get the yips, you 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:08.800 can't trust him. That I mean, once they get the yips. Ouch. Yeah, 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:10.720 but I'll give it to him. He bounced back. He 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:12.119 made a couple of field goals, and I know a 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:13.840 lot of people have it was a twenty five year 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:17.920 to go. Yeah, it's that goalpost. Looked about those uprights 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:21.000 looked about six inches apart through at that point. The 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.080 fact that he was out there so early and then 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:28.000 everybody's all the gamesmanship, everybody's around him before interference, it 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.320 was so in his head. And that's that's the thing 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:33.320 about kickers. Look, I did a show with Chris Barr, 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.840 legendary Kent State and NFL kicker, Chris Bar This is 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.280 a long time ago, Johnny, and he just he once 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:41.960 told me, and I'll never forget it because, like I do, 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:44.919 a great kicker reference right there. He said, it's all 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:46.840 about your brain. He said, all these guys in the 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:49.000 NFL can kick it a mile, and some guys more 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:51.800 longer than others. Whatever he goes, it's all about what's 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:54.520 between your ears and can you handle that, can you 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:56.920 handle the pressure? Can you get step up there? Make 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.080 the big kick at a big time? All right? So 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:03.440 it's demikover versus Stike in. It's Gannon trying to hold 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:06.160 his own on the Philly side against that Shanahan led 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:09.719 offense for San Francisco. Early thought on the winner on 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:14.600 Sunday NFC Championship game. I've said San Francisco for a while. 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:16.560 I remember the first day we asked Dre who was 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:18.320 the best team, who would you put your money on 0:19:18.359 --> 0:19:20.680 and go into Super Bowl? And that was I thought, 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:23.320 san Francisco. He said, San Francisco. I've I've been in 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:27.000 favor of San Francisco. If here's the difference. I think 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:29.159 San Francisco's got a six and a half or a 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:32.800 seven in their in their bag. They're gonna have to 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:35.159 be at ten and they've got the capability of being that. 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:38.520 The Eagles to me, are a solid nine across the board. Yeah, 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:40.679