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Visit NextGen 10 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: Stats dot NFL dot com for all things stats next 11 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: Gen Stats powered by AWS. Now here's the show. Welcome 12 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: to everybody to a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access 13 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: from the Hounday Texans Radio Studio. A rainy Hounday Texans 14 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: Radio Studio. Actually, man, hopefully you guys just day and 15 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: dry wherever you are, it is not dry by me 16 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 1: that I know. And who am I. I'm your host, 17 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: John Harris, football analyst and sith On reporter. And I 18 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: hate to say this, but this for the first time 19 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: in a while, I know this is the last Wednesday 20 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access. That's not something we've been 21 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: able to say. The last couple of years having gone 22 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: to the playoffs because we didn't know when it was 23 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: gonna end. Well, we know when this season's gonna end, 24 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: and mercifully it ends in the start of twenty twenty one, 25 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: so hopefully we'll get off to a good start in 26 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. I thought we were getting out there 27 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: a great start in twenty twenty when we beat the Bills, 28 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: and then from there it's been a whirlwind of things 29 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: that have happened. And that's actually something I'm gonna talking 30 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: with Mark Vandermer about later in the show. We've got 31 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: plenty for you. On the show tonight, we're gonna go 32 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: behind enemy sidelines with Deep City. This week it's Amy Wells, Titan. 33 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: Amy Is, she is known in Nashville, talk about this 34 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: week's seventeen matchup between the Titans and the Texans, in 35 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: which the Titans are fighting for AFC South title and 36 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: the Texans are looking to play spoiler. We're also going 37 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: to from our Vandamer I said that earlier. We're also 38 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: gonna have men behind the mics. One of my favorites 39 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: in the league is Mike Keith, play by play voice 40 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: for the Tennessee Titans got to be somebody that we 41 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: know very very well. He will join the show as well, 42 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: and then we'll close up shop. Going in the lab, 43 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: Drew Dory and I took a look at some of 44 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 1: the things that happened in twenty twenty, some of the 45 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: things in this game that would that can take place. 46 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that in the end of the show. 47 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: But we've got a bunch to do right off the bat. 48 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: With our hot reads and our hot reads about you 49 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: by Geico fifteen minutes can save you fifteen percent or 50 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: more on car insurance. All you got to do to 51 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: take advantage of that is going to Geico dot com 52 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: and you are on your way to saving fifteen percent 53 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: or more on your car insurance. All right, let's hear 54 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: from Romeo Crenell, and we're gonna blaze right past Texas 55 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 1: Audio Jukebox and go straight to this interview in its entirety, 56 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: and Coach was first asked about the stiff arm of 57 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. We want to try to get close in 58 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: on him and try to get as many guys around 59 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: him as we can. On the stiff arm. We know 60 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: that it's a powerful stiff arm, and so basically depending 61 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: depends on when he puts it out. You know, if 62 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: he puts it out earlier enough, you can try to 63 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: break it down to keep it from being a stiff 64 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: arm per se. But if he's got good timing with it, 65 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: which in many cases he does have good timing with it, 66 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 1: you're not able to break it down. And then he 67 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: hits you in the chest, arm, face mask or wherever, 68 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: uh that and that helps him gain yards. But you know, 69 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: he's a strong, physical runner with really good speed, and 70 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: the thing to do is if you can keep him 71 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: from getting to the second level, then that gives you 72 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: the best chance to slow him down. Romeo does stays 73 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: and you guys have completed more passes for twenty yards 74 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: then then you did last year. Is that by a design? 75 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: Because it doesn't matter who's playing receiver, you're still getting 76 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: those plays. Well, I think that time the receivers have 77 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: to have enough speed to get down the field, you know, 78 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: and if you've got fast guys who can get down 79 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: the field, then you have a chance to throw the 80 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: ball to them, throw it and let them run under it, 81 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: or because of their speed, people back off of them, 82 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: and then you can press it and then pull up, 83 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: run a curl or come back and then you can 84 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: still gain a chunk of yards that a way. So 85 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: it's a combination, you know, of the speed of the 86 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: receiver m the ability of the quarterback, you know, and 87 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: I think he kind of goes hand in hand. Brandon 88 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: Cooks came in kind of a weird offseason and didn't 89 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: have a fully healthy training camp with DeShawn, But as 90 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: the season's gone on, the two of them have built 91 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: a good relationship it seems, and have built some chemistry. 92 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: How have you seen that relationship grow and what do 93 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: you think they did to help build back? Well? I 94 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: think that by working together, you know, you can help 95 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: develop those kind of relationships that both the quarterback and 96 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: the receiver needs. You know that that position, those positions 97 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: you have to kind of count on your teammate and 98 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: you need to know what he's going to do. He 99 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 1: needs to know what you're thinking and what you're looking 100 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: at so that you both can be seeing the same thing. 101 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: And sometimes you know, video study goes into that so 102 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: you can see what the opponents are doing, which you 103 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: can anticipate their movement will be and then you can 104 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 1: adjust your route as you need to and if the 105 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: receiver and the quarterback are on the same page, then 106 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,279 Speaker 1: you can have a successful pass play. And so when 107 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 1: you're not able to work together, it's hard to get 108 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 1: the trust and the and the dependency that you need 109 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: to make those kind of plays. You can tell us 110 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: a little bit about what's going on today for caution reason, 111 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: the way you'll conduct practice, the way you'll conduct meetings, 112 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: and how are Wittie Merciless Neric Murray doing that you 113 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: be able to get in touch with them, talk with 114 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: them about their health. Well, I'll start with those guys. 115 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: They're both are recovering. Uh, they don't seem to have 116 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: any serious symptoms. You know, they got the milder things, 117 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: the headaches and the body aches. But I think that 118 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: they're improving from when I've texted them and talk to them. 119 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: And so now they have to you know, wait o 120 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:34,119 Speaker 1: wait out their their sentence, so to speak. Um, but 121 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: I think that they're doing okay now today because we 122 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: have had some positives. Um, we are basically not letting 123 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: the players in the facility, but we are having a 124 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: walkthrough where they'll come and we'll have a walkthrough for 125 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: about an hour and then they'll leave, and so they 126 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: are not using the facility. They come in, we go 127 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,600 Speaker 1: to the field, we walk through, and they leave. Uh. 128 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: And so we're hoping to cut down on um, the 129 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: interaction between players when you're not on the football field, 130 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: you know. Uh. And so everybody's wearing masks and and 131 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: we'll get some fundamental work done and we need to 132 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: get done as we go into the start of this week. 133 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: You don't think you'll have to put anyone on also 134 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: on reserve COVID as of right now. It's terms of 135 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: like close contacts things like that. It's just basically you 136 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: think it's isolated right at this point. At this point, 137 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: I hope we don't have to put anybody else on, 138 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: you know, right now, it's it's been it's been vetted 139 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: to the point where we've identified the potential contacts and uh, 140 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: and they're negative. But because of the policy, you know, 141 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: they've got to wait a couple of days. So that's 142 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: the way you have to deal with it. And that's 143 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: the way it works. Hey, Romeo, have y'all well this 144 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: this uh the way y'all are handling the players today, 145 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: Will that be the same way tomorrow as well? In 146 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: terms of nobody comes into NRG, they work out and 147 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: go home. I don't think so. I'm hoping that tomorrow 148 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: we'll have a normal practice, you know. But because of 149 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: the positive tests that we've had, we felt like that 150 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: to keep the guys away for a couple of days 151 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: would be the best thing. So if a normal Wednesday 152 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: practice is Thursdays, that mean a normal Thursday practice will 153 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: be Friday. And how does it hurt your offensive line? 154 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: Because you could start the same guys that finished Sunday. 155 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: Does this hinder them because now they know they're going 156 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: to be together, Well, it hinders a little bit because 157 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: you know you're walking through you're not really practicing per se, 158 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: So that does hinder you a little bit. But at 159 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:52,119 Speaker 1: this stage in the season, you don't have pads on anyway, 160 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: you know, and so it's the timing of the play 161 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: that becomes the issue. And and so we're missing out 162 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: on that a little bit. But but tomorrow, rather than 163 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 1: being a Wednesday, it will be a combination Wednesday, Thursday, 164 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: and then Friday. Since you're beginning to get closer to 165 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 1: the game, Friday will be a normal Friday. Romeo is 166 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,839 Speaker 1: holly wearing where you want him to be mentally and physically. 167 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: And how important is off season for him? Well, I 168 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: think he's making progress in our system and his understanding 169 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: of the game, his understanding of reading defenses, all of 170 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: that he's making progress. And I think in all season 171 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: will be excellent for him, you know, and I expect 172 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: to see him take big steps going forward. You were 173 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: talking about Keian Cross on Sunday. What have you seen 174 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 1: from him just overall this season in terms of growth 175 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the football. We already know 176 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: what he can do on special teams just so roll 177 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: what do you see from him as improvements? Yeah, Well, 178 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: Kian has always had a lot of confidence in his 179 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: ability and what he could do, and now he's getting 180 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: an opportunity to play defense pretty much on a full 181 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: time basis, you know. And and I think that you 182 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: see that he competes, he will accept the challenge. I mean, 183 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 1: you know, he is not perfect, but he learns from 184 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: his mistakes, and so I see him getting better and 185 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: being able to make plays on the ball and he tackles, 186 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: you know. So I think that this opportunity for him 187 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: has been very helpful. We feel like you guys can 188 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: get done in terms of having kind of a makeshift 189 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 1: line this week with you know, the injury situation. Do 190 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: you expect Laramie to play? You expect him to practice? 191 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: What's kind of the situation with Laramie? Well, I hope 192 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: he plays, you know, because he's a starting, starting left 193 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: tackle H. So that would be good for him to play. 194 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: Good for us if he plays H. But I've got 195 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: to see what the trainers say, and in generally what 196 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: we do is we go through the week, see what 197 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: kind of progress he makes during the week, and then 198 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: make a determination toward the end of the week on that. 199 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: Romeo Deamy further thoughts on your plans for the showing 200 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: on Sunday, how you're going to use him, Are you're 201 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: gonna start him as normal? How he's doing that sort 202 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: of thing. As far as I know, he's doing pretty good, Mark, 203 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: and I haven't heard that he's not doing well, and 204 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: so since I feel like he's doing good, I hope 205 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 1: he does good on Sunday too. There is Romeo Crenell 206 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: meeting with the media on Wednesday morning. Shaw Watson JJ 207 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: Watt will actually meet with the media on Thursday. So, 208 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: like we just found out in that piece there with Romeo. 209 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: The Texans did not come into the building today dealing 210 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,679 Speaker 1: some COVID issues, etc. I think everybody has. It's just 211 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: been crazy. So they did walk through, they just didn't 212 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: go into the building. So Sean Watson JJ Watt will 213 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 1: be tomorrow, will here from them, all right. Our next 214 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: hot read is the injury report for this one. Now. 215 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's too many big surprises here 216 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: for the Texans. As it's noted here the Texas conducted 217 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: a walk through on Wednesday. The injury report was only 218 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: an estimation if there was a full practice, and the 219 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,839 Speaker 1: two DMPs would be two guys we saw go out 220 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 1: of the game on Sunday, Brent Quality deal with that concussion. 221 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: And by the way, I saw that happen live and 222 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: I was like, I think that was friendly fire, and 223 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: it was. And I hate Kenny using the term, but 224 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: that's exactly what it was. David Johnson was running the 225 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: ball and Quality got pushed from behind by a Bengal 226 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: linebacker and that just kind of got him off balance 227 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: and he just clack. David ran right into him and 228 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 1: it was it was a pretty healthy collision. So my 229 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: guess is that Brent would not be able to get 230 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 1: back for this game on Sunday. Let me Tunsel doing 231 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: the ankle and have not heard much more than that. 232 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: Love CLT play that game game, but you gotta go 233 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: with Rod Johnson and Charlie hack and then you do. 234 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: The problem is you don't have a swinging tackle at 235 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: that point, so you gotta kind of figure things out 236 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: with no Titus Howard, no Larmie Tunsel potentially, so you 237 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: gotta figure that part out. Limited participants Kiki Qt deal 238 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,080 Speaker 1: with a foot. Duke Johnson was back or would be 239 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: back in a limited capacity, so it'd be nice to 240 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: get a dude back to this one. Now, the Titans 241 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: did practice, and they had a number of players that 242 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 1: did not practice, including starters A. J. Brown dealing with 243 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: the ankle. Corey Davis was not injury related, but he 244 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: was out of this one, Dory Jackson the knee, Dennis Kelly, 245 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: Tim's brother with a knee, Jeffrey Simmons also dealing with 246 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: a knee, two Offson Lineman. In addition, where limited participants 247 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: Ben Jones and Roger saffled. So nobody healthy at this 248 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: point of the year. But one I guess item that 249 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: we didn't see on this injury report, which was I 250 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: guess kind of nice is the fact that Shaun Watson 251 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: did not show up on an injury report. And that 252 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: was one of the things we talked Abu actually during 253 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: a broadcast. Then Godrea brought it up maybe during a break. 254 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if you actually said it on the broadcast. 255 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: But these guys, by the time they get the week seventeen, 256 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: they all have something. I don't care who it is, 257 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: they've all got something. So if it makes its way 258 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: into the injury report, it's something pretty bad. Deshaun not 259 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: on the injury report, so hopefully that means we're get 260 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: a chance to see him one final time in the 261 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: season twenty twenty. And there you have it, your hotreads, 262 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: brought to you by Geico Geico dot com. Fifteen minutes 263 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: is all it takes to save fifteen percent or more 264 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: on car insurance. All Right, we get back. We're gonna 265 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: go behid enemy sidelines, and we do that with Deeplysidered, 266 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: our good friend and one of the best reporter slash 267 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: writers you're gonna find. And on the other side, it's 268 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 1: gonna be Titans Amy as she has known. Titans Amy 269 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: Wells is going to join us to talk about this 270 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: matchup for Week seventeen. We know them well, they know 271 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: us well. Week seventeen's back in Houston, but still good 272 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: stuff with DP and Amy coming up next. Some Texans 273 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: All Access next, Some Texans All Access next, Tech stop 274 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 1: for the slum Burge stats Challenge in this week. Well, 275 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: it's a pretty simple number and it's I don't want 276 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: to say just a number, but it's a big number. 277 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: Because last week we talked about the fact that DeShawn 278 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: Watson was hopefully with well with three touchdowns he was 279 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: going to and we were hoping he was going to 280 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: get there to thirty touchdowns, which would be a Texans record. 281 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: Well here's another one. DeShawn Watson trails Patrick Mahomes. Watson 282 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: has four thousand, four hundred and fifty eight passing yards. 283 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: Mahomes has four thousand, seven hundred and forty. Now the 284 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: Chiefs have clinched the number one seed all the way throughout, 285 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: So my guess is that Patrick Mahomes will not see 286 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: much time on Sunday in the Chiefs finale, but DeShawn 287 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: is going to play in this one as far as 288 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: we know, so at that point, DeShawn is about two 289 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: hundred thirty, two hundred and forty yards away from overtaking 290 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. Now Josh Allen is behind in third place, 291 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: and I think he's got, oh, I don't know, four thousand, 292 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: three hundred twenty, So Deshawn's got a dcent one hundred 293 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: thirty eight yard lead on him. So you would think 294 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: with DeShawn playing nople see Josh Allen, Shawn's got a 295 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: opportunity to lead the league in passing yards. He's gonna 296 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 1: need about two hundred and eighty some odd yards somewhere 297 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: in that ballpark to overtake Patrick Mahomes to be the 298 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: leading passing the leading passer in the NFL in twenty twenty, 299 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: which would be an amazing feat. To get the thirty 300 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: touchdowns and lead the league in passing and then look 301 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: up and go, wow, we don't want a lot of games. 302 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: And hopefully that changes with some more help around him 303 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: going forward, but it would be a tremendous year. Deshaw 304 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: Watson four thousand, four and fifty eight yards with one 305 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: game left to go. All right, let's get too our 306 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: behind enemy sidelines segment. This week, DPC sat down with Titans. 307 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 1: Amy amy Wells, team reporter for the Tennessee Titans neep 308 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: Be take it Away this week on Enemy's Sidelines, presented 309 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: by Microsoft Teams Who've got Titans team reporter Amy Wells 310 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: joining us. It's the regular season finale for the Texans. 311 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: The Titans hope it's not their twenty twenty finale. They 312 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: hope to make the postseason. So Amy, tell me what's 313 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: the attitude of this Titans team. They're facing a Texans 314 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 1: team with a losing record, but a lot at stake 315 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:30,719 Speaker 1: for Sunday's game. Absolutely, and the real thought process around 316 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans team right now is just win one game. 317 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: Like it really is that simple. You have to win 318 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: one game. It kind of takes the pressure off, It 319 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 1: takes the daunting postseason off, you know. I mean, it 320 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: makes it really easy if you think, Okay, we need 321 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: to win one game. That's all we have to do. 322 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: And so the Titans are coming off of some frustrating games. 323 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: The game against the Green Day Packers did not go 324 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: the way that anybody wanted it to go, and so 325 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: I think that really just refocusing on the task hand, 326 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:04,679 Speaker 1: which is winning a singular game, really brings everything into focus, 327 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: brings everything down, and is really helping guys kind of 328 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: focus in and be very specific about what they need 329 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: to do this Sunday. Yeah, you mentioned Sunday's game. We 330 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: watched that Sunday night game. They could have locked up 331 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: the division with the win against the Packers. Obviously that 332 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: didn't happen. Ryan Tannehill through two interceptions, which is kind 333 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: of uncharacteristic for him. How much it was the weather 334 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: a factor? How does he sort of bounce back from 335 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: that performance? Yeah, I think the weather was definitely a factor. 336 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: I mean it's weather that, frankly, the Tennessee Titans don't 337 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 1: see very often. We don't play a lot of really 338 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: cold weather games, and that's not really weather that we 339 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: experience in Nashville. We don't get that driving snow very often. 340 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: And as a sideline reporter, I can tell you it 341 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 1: was very cold and very snowy. It looked very cold. 342 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: It was very cold and very snowy. However, there were 343 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: also a lot of other factors that played into that. 344 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 1: The offensive line did not play their best game, especially 345 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: up against a Packer's defensive front that is really really strong. 346 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: The Titans have seen a lot of turnover on their 347 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: offensive line. They're on their third left tackle right now, 348 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,120 Speaker 1: and they're pretty banged up as a unit, and so 349 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: that's something that they had to overcome and really kind 350 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: of experience some problems with. On Sunday, Ryan Tannehill didn't 351 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: have a great game. There were a lot of factors 352 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: that kind of led into that. But I think that 353 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: that's going to be something that typically we see him 354 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: really kind of focus in and be very intentional about 355 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,160 Speaker 1: fixing some of the problems he encounters when he has 356 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: a game like that, and I expect that this week 357 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: it will be exactly the same way. He'll focus in 358 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: on fixing some of the things. Whether it's a communication issue, 359 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: whether it's a protection issue, whether there's some sort of 360 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: technique that he needs to fix. He'll find those problems 361 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: and he'll correct them. He studies like a machine. He's 362 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: great at leading this Titans offense, and Ryan Tannehill will 363 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: get the trainings back on track. Well. If there's one 364 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: player that we have to mention we talk about the 365 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans, it's Derrick Henry, which brings us two our 366 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: next Gen stat presented by AWS. Derrick Henry currently leads 367 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: the league in rushing yards. He's got one thousand, seven 368 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy seven rushing yards. Obviously, he's a huge 369 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,000 Speaker 1: part of that offense, as we saw in Week six 370 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: when he rushed for that touchdown and overtime against the Texans. 371 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: It seems like no matter what defense is facing him, 372 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 1: he has a big game. So is there an Achilles 373 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 1: heel for Derrick Henry? Is there any way to stop him? 374 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: Have you seen any weakness in his game? I think 375 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,880 Speaker 1: the short answer is no, because Derrick Henry just kind 376 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: of seems like this larger than life, almost like character, 377 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, watching him play, it seems like 378 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: as the game goes on, he just gets stronger and stronger. 379 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: There have been teams that have been able to slow 380 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: him down and have been able to prevent him from 381 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: having just the dynamic games that we see where he 382 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: puts up these crazy stats. But he's a guy that 383 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: is consistent, and he is intentional with the way that 384 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: he runs, and he's patient. He'll keep grinding and grinding 385 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: and grinding until finally a defense will break and then 386 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,120 Speaker 1: he is able to take advantage of that. And that's 387 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:27,639 Speaker 1: how we see some of those long runaway yardage runs 388 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: that he's had. So I mean, I want to say 389 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: he's human, and of course there are things that he 390 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: struggles with, and but I don't really know what they 391 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 1: are because we've seen him be such a strong player 392 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: this year and really just take advantage of defenses and 393 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: find the holes in them. He's worked really hard on 394 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: things like pass catching this year and being able to 395 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: contribute in multiple ways in an offense. So yeah, he's 396 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: human and there are ways to stop him, but I 397 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,479 Speaker 1: don't really know what they are. She's not giving us 398 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: any secrets, guys. All right, how about your wide receivers 399 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: Aj Brown and Corey Davis. They're both having tremendous seasons 400 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 1: as well, and they could both pass a thousand yards receiving. 401 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: They're really really close. They could actually do it on Sunday. 402 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: How do those two compliment each other? How do they 403 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 1: fit in that Titans off as? What makes them different 404 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: from each other? Oh my gosh. There it's been so 405 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: much fun this year to watch those two be successful 406 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,919 Speaker 1: and be successful together because they're actually like buddy, so 407 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: they're really cheering for each other and are really excited 408 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: to be potentially accomplishing this goal. At the same time, 409 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: they're definitely different receivers. As you mentioned before. Aj is 410 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 1: definitely that deep threat who we've seen have some of 411 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: the crazy showman catches, the one handed, the jumping, the flying. 412 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 1: I mean, AJ Brown really has a catch radius that 413 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: is unbelievable as far as Corey Davis. He's so consistent. 414 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: He's a guy that's able to get a tremendous amount 415 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,880 Speaker 1: of yards after the catch, which is a great thing. 416 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: But he's also been great in so many other facets 417 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: of the offense. He's a great blocking receiver. You know. 418 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: He's a guy that's not afraid to get in there 419 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: and get physical and really be a teammate, you know, 420 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: and make sure that the offense is running on all 421 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: cylinders no matter what the situation is. He's so cool, 422 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: he's so common collected. The two of them together are 423 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: just a great pair to have because there's so much 424 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 1: fun to watch and you know that in any situation 425 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: one of those two guys can catch the football. All 426 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: that Titans defense will be without Jadevion clown and we 427 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: saw that he went on ir last month. They've seemed 428 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: to really have struggled in their losses. The Titans defense 429 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: just collectively giving up about forty points in their last 430 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 1: two losses to the Packers and the Browns. Also, it's 431 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 1: interesting that their last in the league when it comes 432 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: to sacks. They only have fifteen sacks on the season, 433 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:00,040 Speaker 1: so surprising considering their record and how they've play and 434 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: so far this season. How much of a concern is 435 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 1: that for the defense moving forward, especially with a head 436 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: coach and Mike Vrabel. Yeah, there's definitely a lot of 437 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: things that need to be fixed, and there's nobody who 438 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:16,719 Speaker 1: is more aware of that than Mike Vrabel. That's his specialty, 439 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: that's his side of the ball, you know, being a 440 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: former linebacker, he cares a lot about that. A lot 441 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: of the issues that the Tessee Titans are having are 442 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: due to injuries. I mean, just an outside linebacker alone. 443 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: There's been so many changes this season. There's been so 444 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 1: many injuries. Same in the secondary. Dorry Jackson is back, 445 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 1: but he missed the first thirteen weeks of the season, 446 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: so he's still just getting his feet under him. You know, 447 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: he's playing with a guy like Desmond King who was 448 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: signed in the middle of the season. So a lot 449 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: of the areas where you see chemistry being a big part. 450 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: The Tennessee Titans don't necessarily have that because there's so 451 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: many new pieces parts moving in and out all the 452 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: time time, so there's a lack of consistency on that 453 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,679 Speaker 1: side of the ball when it comes to personnel, and 454 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 1: that leads to a lot of communication problems, I think, 455 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: and that seems to be the overarching issue within the 456 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: Titans defense is communication and just making sure that everybody 457 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: knows where they need to be and what they need 458 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 1: to do and is communicating what they're seeing. And we 459 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: see them work on that a lot in practice and 460 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: making sure that everybody's talking and everybody is utilizing the 461 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 1: hand signals or whatever it is that they're doing to 462 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: explain what it is that they're seeing to one another. 463 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: And I think that that's something that maybe didn't happen 464 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: as much in Green Bay. That communication fell off a 465 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: little bit. So to be able to get that back 466 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 1: for the Houston Texans is going to be really helpful 467 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: for this Titans team, all right. Amy after that the 468 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: first matchup between these two teams, and Week six we 469 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: saw Taylor Lawan went on ir and had seasoning knee 470 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: surgery and in his place. One of my favorite stories 471 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: David quest and Berry, he has stepped in at left tackle, 472 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: got his first career start. I remember covering him when 473 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: he was diagnosed with cancer in OTAs and how he 474 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: found out and him ringing the bell when he was 475 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: finally cancer free. His family is still very much active 476 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 1: in the Houston community, and I think a lot of 477 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: people here in Houston have really cheered on his success 478 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: and are genuinely very happy for him. What are your 479 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,439 Speaker 1: thoughts on Quest and Mary and how he has fit 480 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: into that role. He's had a lot of time to 481 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: sort of prepare. He's a twenty thirteen draft pick, so 482 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 1: he's had a lot of years in the league, a 483 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: lot of mental reps. I think he would call them, 484 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: But you know, what about his success so far this 485 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: year and how he's really fit into that line. You know, 486 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: he's really been a consistent player at that spot. And 487 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: you're absolutely right, he's had such a journey. And I 488 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: was fortunate enough to be able to talk to him 489 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: after his first start against Indianapolis, and man, he was 490 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:56,400 Speaker 1: just very emotional and it's something that was a long 491 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: time coming for him to have a be a starter 492 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 1: just in general, and then to have the big games 493 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 1: that he's played and the success that he's had at 494 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: that spot. I mean, it's great. Ben Jones is a 495 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: guy who was with him in Houston kind of went 496 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,119 Speaker 1: through that journey with him. So for them to be 497 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,640 Speaker 1: able to be playing together on the same line has 498 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,719 Speaker 1: been great. That whole group of guys is so close, 499 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: as I mean, a lot of offensive linemen are in 500 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 1: around the league, those rooms tend to be a little 501 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: bit close, but they've all really rallied around quest Marian. 502 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: They've really just taken him in and are so excited 503 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: for him. And on top of it, he's playing well, 504 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 1: you know, so it's been such an exciting thing. But 505 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 1: to see how emotional he was after that first start 506 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: and really realized that he was accomplishing something that he 507 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: had worked for and fought for for years and years 508 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: was a really cool thing. For this team to be 509 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: a part of and to kind of rally around him 510 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 1: and see that was awesome. But I have to point 511 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: out you said that he rang the bell when he 512 00:27:56,080 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: was cancer free. He destroyed that cancer. It's probably one 513 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: of my favorite videos that has resurfaced in twenty twenty 514 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: is him just ripping that ball right off her the bell, 515 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: right off of the wall. I do remember that, and 516 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: we were just so happy for him because you know, 517 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: he lost a lot of weight, then he gained a 518 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: lot of weight. I just remember in the off season 519 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: we used to call it Questenbury's hill when he was 520 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: rehabbing and working his way back. He was just up 521 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,439 Speaker 1: and down the same hill right right alongside Kirby, between 522 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: Kirby and the practice field. So just really happy for 523 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: him and his success. Just maybe, maybe not maybe, just 524 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: don't get a win on Sunday against the Texans. I mean, 525 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: I don't think that's really asking for too much, But 526 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: you know what, we'll see how it goes. As Sunday 527 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: we saw the game. It's flex to three twenty five. 528 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: So Amy, thank you so much for the time safe 529 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: travels to Houston. It will not be cold. I promise 530 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: you that. On the sidelines, I am so excited. Just 531 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 1: a warmer game, warmer even that it will be. Thanks 532 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: so much, Amy Wells, Titans team reporter. Yeah, my hope 533 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: is this going to be a lot warmer than it 534 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: is well right now and hopefully a lot dryers. A 535 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: look at the forecast for Sunday it shows sunny and 536 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,800 Speaker 1: sixty four. Yeah, you know that bad Boy's gonna be open. 537 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: And by bad boy, I mean the roof. And by 538 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: the way, last week, all you guys want the roof open. 539 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: Everybody wants the roof open. I rained on. It was 540 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: a little spritzing, as Mark called it, but I got 541 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: rained on nonetheless. So that's what happens when the roof 542 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: is open. You've got some clouds in the sky, but 543 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: it looks like Sunday is gonna be a really nice day, 544 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: and my guess is the roof will be open at 545 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: that point and we could celebrate the last game all 546 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:37,719 Speaker 1: together under a beautiful blue sky. All Right, we've got 547 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: coming up next. Mark Vandomir, the Voice of the Texans, 548 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: is going to join me. We got a lot to 549 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: talk about. We got a couple of segments to do it. 550 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 1: So we're gonna talk a little bit about this game. 551 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk a little bit about the twenty twenty season, 552 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: some of our memories, if you will. There haven't been 553 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: some great ones, You've mean, some funny ones between the crew, 554 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: the radio crew along the way, But we'll get into 555 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: that next. A Texansoxis, Texansooxis, Texansooxen. Welcome to Texans All Access. 556 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: We are brought to you in part by Apatche Corporation. 557 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: Nearly three billion people worldwide live in energy poverty, meaning 558 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: they lack access to reliable electricity or clean cooking fuels. 559 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: The natural gas and oil produced by companies like Apatche 560 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: Corporation help power cleaner electricity, enable access to food, education, 561 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: and healthcare, and connect us to those we love. 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I know we'll 570 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 1: talk tomorrow, but I'm driving the show tonight, so I 571 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: want to start with saying Happy New Year and happy holidays. 572 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: How you doing, my friend? I'm doing great, Johnny. I 573 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: only wish that the calendars journey to twenty twenty one 574 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: would eliminate all of our twenty twenty problems. You know, 575 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: pandemic goes away at midnight December thirty. First, that'd be great, 576 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: because I think everyone's wishing for that first and foremost, 577 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: along with the health and safety of their families for 578 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: whatever situations they have developing. But look, I think that, 579 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: you know, as far as this season, I'm a little 580 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: sad because I love doing the games, you know this. 581 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: I love being on the air with you and Andre 582 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: and doing the broadcast and doing all these shows every 583 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: week and having a game and look forward to it, 584 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: and I look forward to Sunday. You know, I've kind 585 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: of gotten into this mode where, yeah, we're not really 586 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: in the playoff thing because we haven't been for a while, 587 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: but we're here to try to make you unhappy whoever 588 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: you are, mister opponent, And this week gets the Titans, 589 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: So here we go again. Let's see if they can 590 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,320 Speaker 1: get it done. Okay, But I want you to do 591 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: one thing first. I want you to do one thing first. 592 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: I want you to go through what you texted me 593 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 1: the other night. I want you to go through what 594 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 1: you texted me the other night, because I know a 595 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: lot of people will hear it and they'll go a 596 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: wait a second, then Mark, You're just you're just kind 597 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: of off your rocker on this. But text tell the 598 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: people what you texted me the other night, because when 599 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: you start to think through it, you're like, WHOA. And 600 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: I was actually talking to our intern, our videographer intern, 601 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: Nicholas Patterson's done a great job, and I told this 602 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: to him and he went, Wow, I don't really think 603 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: about it that way because all we know is this 604 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: season has gone four to eleven, right, but we know 605 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 1: there have been some twists and turns in it. But 606 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 1: what you texted me the other day, I was like, 607 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I would give anything for this to 608 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: happen on Sunday afternoons. Yeah, and I think that, you know, 609 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: you and I talked about it, and we talked about 610 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,240 Speaker 1: how O'Brien used to say it's an eight and eight league, 611 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: and I think that's there's a lot of validity to that, 612 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: no doubt. But you and I came up with it's 613 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: a one score league. How many one score games are 614 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,720 Speaker 1: there in this league? Now? Obviously the Texans were blown 615 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: out by Chicago and Green Bay. So let's just leave 616 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: those alone right now. But when you look at these 617 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: divisional games, they're so huge, and the one up there 618 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: at Tennessee, you know, if you'd been able to get 619 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: that two point conversion or made a stop at any 620 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: point along the way that final drive for the Titans, 621 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: Let's say you get that. I'm playing the one if 622 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: game here and I fully acknowledge that. But if you 623 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: get that one, then if you get the two against 624 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:25,959 Speaker 1: the Colts where you have the ball at the two 625 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: yard line, right, you get those two games, and then 626 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: give me one of either Cincinnati or Cleveland. Take your pick. 627 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: You're able to beat Cincinnati or you beat Cleveland. If 628 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,680 Speaker 1: that's all you did, you're playing for the AFC South 629 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: Championship on Sunday afternoon at NRG Stadium. Because if you 630 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 1: beat the Titans, they would have no better than nine 631 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: wins because they have ten right now. But they wouldn't 632 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: have ten because you would have held them to nine. 633 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: And with the Colts, they'd be stuck at eight because 634 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: you would have beaten them twice. You know, that's how 635 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: important those situations are. You have to execute at the 636 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 1: moment of truth. And they didn't, so they're not good enough. 637 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: They didn't do it, but they're that close to having 638 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: on it. I don't think you could be blind going 639 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,320 Speaker 1: into the offseason saying hey, we're right there. No, you 640 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 1: can't say that, but it shows you how close things 641 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 1: are in this league, and how with the quarterback you 642 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: are much closer than you think, and you just have 643 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,759 Speaker 1: to make the right moves here. Just easier said than done, 644 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: and maybe things could be a whole lot better than 645 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. But Johnny I stand by that that 646 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:25,239 Speaker 1: twenty twenty Kal McNair was right. You were very competitive 647 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,759 Speaker 1: in these games. You did have a chance to get 648 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,239 Speaker 1: right back into it, just didn't do it. But it 649 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,839 Speaker 1: was closer than a lot of people think. It's just that, 650 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,799 Speaker 1: you know, the record looks so horrible right now. It's 651 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: a blowout record wise, but it wasn't a blowout in 652 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,439 Speaker 1: these games. These games are very close, and that's that's 653 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 1: how the fine line plays in this league. You know, 654 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 1: it's one thing to play one score games. It's another 655 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: one to be on the two yard line and all 656 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: these one score games and just fumble the opportunity away 657 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,839 Speaker 1: or Jeffrey Simmons knocking pass away. And I think about 658 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 1: it this way. You know, as you were going through that. 659 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 1: I didn't think about this where you text Edi, but 660 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,640 Speaker 1: I did as you were going through that. Because if 661 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: you win those games, if say you're say you win 662 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:08,080 Speaker 1: those three division games and then you win one of 663 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:13,440 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Cleveland, you're a in seven. It's not beautiful, and 664 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 1: you're still got beat by Green Bay, and you still 665 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: got beat by Kansas City. But if you're eight and 666 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: seven and then you end up beating Tennessee to win 667 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,279 Speaker 1: the AFC South, I don't think there's any question that 668 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:31,359 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson would be amongst the MVP voting. You would 669 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: have to be. I don't doubt that. I don't doubt that. 670 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: I don't doubt that at all. I think that he 671 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,720 Speaker 1: would have to be looked at that way. And look, 672 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,800 Speaker 1: you know what along these lines, Johnny, look at what 673 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,040 Speaker 1: happened with the Bills and the Patriots last week. Other 674 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: blowout right the Bills. The football just took care of 675 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: the Patriots. Now, I'm not saying, look that could happen 676 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,880 Speaker 1: on Sunday. Maybe the Texans get blown out at home 677 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: by the Titans. I don't know how that's gonna play, 678 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: but I think they'll be able to score points and 679 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 1: stay with it. But anyway, let's just leave that alone 680 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,280 Speaker 1: for now. This is not Oh, the AFC South teams 681 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 1: getting revenge, john The Texans. Texas have been right there 682 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 1: with the leaders, right there saying, you know what, you 683 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,439 Speaker 1: might get us this year, but we are right there. 684 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 1: We've got you the crosshairs. We didn't we didn't hit you, 685 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: we didn't get the shot on. You got away, you ran, 686 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 1: you scurried away from us. But we'll be back next year. 687 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,839 Speaker 1: And that's how they have to look at this as 688 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:19,479 Speaker 1: a budge whoever's left over when the new regime comes 689 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,200 Speaker 1: in and they change the roster, because you know they will, 690 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,839 Speaker 1: they always do, but Watson will be here and he'll 691 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: be back the marksman. And he is on fire, Johnny. 692 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: I mean, he's putting up colossal numbers. Look at the 693 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,720 Speaker 1: numbers he's put up against the Titans in his career. 694 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,840 Speaker 1: Seventy three percent completion, eight point nine yards per attempt. 695 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,279 Speaker 1: It's ridiculous. Those are high protein numbers. And he's gonna 696 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,319 Speaker 1: come into Sunday firing. You better believe it. It's gonna 697 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,439 Speaker 1: be fun to watch, you know. In that first game 698 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,640 Speaker 1: against the Titans, you know, the first half was kind 699 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 1: of dicey, and then you know, I think one play 700 00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: that I always forget about from this year that sort 701 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:52,759 Speaker 1: of turned that game. It was twenty one ten, if 702 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 1: I remember correctly, and Justin Reid blocked the fuel goal 703 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 1: and that changed everything. And then one thing that stands out, 704 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,279 Speaker 1: and I heard somebody say this the other night when 705 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: the Tides are playing the Packers. I think it was 706 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:12,759 Speaker 1: Collinsworth said, you know, Malcolm Butler's having a really good year. 707 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,920 Speaker 1: And I'm like, you know, when I saw him in 708 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,440 Speaker 1: week six, our guys were spinning him around like you know, 709 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,360 Speaker 1: the handle on an outhouse door. I mean, he looked 710 00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 1: lost trying to cover any of our receivers, and I 711 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: just think, man, you know that, Yeah, he's probably had 712 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,759 Speaker 1: a good year, but our receivers had their way with him, 713 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,759 Speaker 1: and DeShawn has almost always had his way with them. 714 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: And I think that's what bothers me so much is 715 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:44,440 Speaker 1: in that game in Week six, they're so flustered. They 716 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: were so flustered that on the only in completion that 717 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: I remember being thrown Malcolm Butler's away. He got up 718 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,480 Speaker 1: in will Fuller's face and it was just like, you know, 719 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 1: flicking him away, like he was just this little little boy, 720 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 1: and it was like that dude has roasted you all day. 721 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,960 Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler, what are you doing? And then, of course, 722 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler a few plays later gets beat on a 723 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,319 Speaker 1: fifty three yard bomb when he blew a coverage. So 724 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:09,600 Speaker 1: I know the tides will come in here and they'll 725 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,279 Speaker 1: be ready in Malcolm Butler will be ready. But Mark. 726 00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:16,799 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is rushed for two hundred yards in back 727 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:22,040 Speaker 1: to back games against the Texans, and he did not 728 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,080 Speaker 1: have a great game the other day against the Green 729 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:28,360 Speaker 1: Bay Packers. But if he goes over two hundred again, 730 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: I believe that gets him to two K. And I said, 731 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,879 Speaker 1: I've said as many times when I'm wrong, I'm wrong. 732 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,240 Speaker 1: And I couldn't have been more wrong about Derrick Henry 733 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. Oh. He had too many carries, no 734 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,160 Speaker 1: back ever bounces back, especially a big Mark. He's been 735 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:50,319 Speaker 1: so good this year. Had they had a great game 736 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,440 Speaker 1: against Green Bay and he finishes with two K, I 737 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,160 Speaker 1: think you could have made a case for Derrick Henry 738 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,279 Speaker 1: being the MVP of this year, and I would have 739 00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: never thought that was going to be the case in 740 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Well, Johnny, I think if it. Look, I 741 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:03,600 Speaker 1: don't want to be right about this, I don't want 742 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,400 Speaker 1: this to come true. But if he goes for a 743 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,120 Speaker 1: buck fifty on Sunday and they win the division, and 744 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,640 Speaker 1: let's keep this in mind, they likely need the game 745 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 1: to make the playoffs at all, right, because the Bengals 746 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,399 Speaker 1: need to win, and they need some other things to happen, right, 747 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,759 Speaker 1: the Bills have to win. And the Bills might not 748 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 1: beat the Dolphins because they're you know, they might rest guys. 749 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 1: Actually their seating is only affected by that game. So 750 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,000 Speaker 1: and then the Colts would have to lose to the 751 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,480 Speaker 1: jag So it's likely that the Titans need the game. Right. 752 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 1: So here they are in a must win situation on 753 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,880 Speaker 1: the road in the division, and you're playing a hot 754 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,360 Speaker 1: offense in the Houston Texans team of the not good record, 755 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: but a hot offense. If Henry goes for a buck 756 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,880 Speaker 1: fifty and they win the division, I think Henry is 757 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 1: the MVP. And see if you go with me on this. Look, 758 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,879 Speaker 1: everybody knows that if you remove the starting quarterback from 759 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,640 Speaker 1: any decent team, they are a whole lot worse in 760 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,520 Speaker 1: most cases. Let's just be honest. I know the seventy 761 00:39:56,520 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 1: two Dolphins did what they did with Earl More Earl 762 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,439 Speaker 1: coming off the bench, and Jeff Hostendler with the Super 763 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,120 Speaker 1: Bowl champion nineteen ninety Giants, and I'll go on and 764 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 1: on and on. But look, any playoff team you lose 765 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 1: your starting quarterback, you are done usually right or just 766 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:17,000 Speaker 1: not very good. So clearly Aaron Rodgers is an MVP candidate. 767 00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. We can give it to these guys every year, 768 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,560 Speaker 1: but hey, name a team or on any one of 769 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:26,360 Speaker 1: these teams, Johnny, take one non quarterback player off that team. 770 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: Are they still making the playoffs? Yes they are. Okay, 771 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,840 Speaker 1: even DeVante Adams and the Packers, they're still making the playoffs. 772 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:33,839 Speaker 1: They might not be quite as good, they're still making 773 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:38,280 Speaker 1: the playoffs. The Chiefs take Kelsey or Tyree hilloff. Okay, 774 00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,480 Speaker 1: they're not as good, but they're still making the playoffs. 775 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:43,319 Speaker 1: You take Derek Henry off the Titans and they might 776 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,919 Speaker 1: have six wins. I am serious, that might be high 777 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,960 Speaker 1: water mark for them. Henry is the MVP of the league. 778 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,920 Speaker 1: If they get that done on Sunday. Now they might 779 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,439 Speaker 1: not get it done. Maybe the Texans stuff Henry. Maybe 780 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,520 Speaker 1: they hold them to like twenty yards or whatever, and 781 00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,360 Speaker 1: they win the game. Then Henry's not the MVP, and 782 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,120 Speaker 1: I'll be very happy about that. By the way, but 783 00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:02,840 Speaker 1: I think I'm right about this, and I wanted to 784 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 1: get your thoughts. I would definitely make a case for him. 785 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,319 Speaker 1: He's two hundred twenty three yards away from two K 786 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: and the last two games he's been over two hundred 787 00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:20,640 Speaker 1: against US. I absolutely agree. I remember the night he 788 00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:24,160 Speaker 1: was drafted, and and this this just goes to show you. 789 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:28,839 Speaker 1: You know, John Robinson took over in twenty sixteen, maybe 790 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,800 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, he maye. I think he took over twenty 791 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:35,440 Speaker 1: fifteen and or twenty sixteen because they left Mike Malarkey 792 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,000 Speaker 1: there for a year and then he brought in Vrabel 793 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,680 Speaker 1: after twenty seventeen, I believe. Anyhow, I remember how Derrick 794 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,280 Speaker 1: Henry got to the Titans because they made the trade 795 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 1: with the Rams to move up to one. You know, 796 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: they had Marcus Mariota, had taken Mariota the year before, 797 00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,160 Speaker 1: and so when they ended up with the number one overall, 798 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,800 Speaker 1: pick after the twenty fifteen season, going into twenty sixteen, 799 00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,759 Speaker 1: they traded it to the Rams and the Rams were like, 800 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:01,319 Speaker 1: we got I go up, get Jared Goff and that 801 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,200 Speaker 1: just gave a boatload of picks to the Titans. Now 802 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:06,239 Speaker 1: a couple of them. They just messed up Kevin Dodd. 803 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,640 Speaker 1: They just completely screwed that one up. But with one 804 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:11,839 Speaker 1: of those picks, they took Derek Henry in the second round. 805 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,839 Speaker 1: And I remember the first couple of years, people were like, Hey, 806 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,480 Speaker 1: you know, he's not doing it. You know, it's not 807 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,759 Speaker 1: been great. And then in twenty eighteen it started to 808 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:21,879 Speaker 1: click a little bit and then he had that big 809 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,720 Speaker 1: game after playing US, they played Jackson on a Thursday 810 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,400 Speaker 1: night and he went off, and from that point forward, 811 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,760 Speaker 1: I think you could make a case for him being 812 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:35,600 Speaker 1: the most valuable non quarterback in the league. He's been unbelievable. 813 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:40,680 Speaker 1: There's no question that he is and should be in 814 00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:45,279 Speaker 1: the MVP discussion. To me, no questions asked Mark when 815 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:48,279 Speaker 1: he took off on that ninety four yard run. As 816 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:51,280 Speaker 1: soon as he broke the line, and I was standing 817 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,759 Speaker 1: pretty much right in line with that run. As soon 818 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,800 Speaker 1: as he broke the line, I just went, oh believe. 819 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,640 Speaker 1: And I mean I literally I had to take my 820 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:03,600 Speaker 1: headphones off because I didn't want to say anything your 821 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:05,560 Speaker 1: years because I just knew him. I knew there was 822 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,320 Speaker 1: nobody faster than him. I knew that he was probably 823 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,440 Speaker 1: going to stiff from somebody, which he did, and there 824 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,399 Speaker 1: was gonna be it was gonna be a chase and 825 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,560 Speaker 1: there was no way he was losing it, and ninety 826 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,360 Speaker 1: four yards later he was in the end zone. But 827 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,640 Speaker 1: I think what stands out most to me was everybody 828 00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:24,160 Speaker 1: in the building knew he was going to get the 829 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:28,160 Speaker 1: ball on the entire overtime drive. Everybody we knew it. 830 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,640 Speaker 1: They knew it, he knew it, and they still want 831 00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:33,640 Speaker 1: seventy five and he was. He came the majority of 832 00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:35,719 Speaker 1: the yards on that drive. And to me, that's an 833 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:39,359 Speaker 1: MVP when you all know he's the guy getting the 834 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,839 Speaker 1: ball every time and you still can't stop him even 835 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:46,400 Speaker 1: when they don't block anybody up front. I think he is. 836 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:50,279 Speaker 1: I think he's definitely worthy of consideration. I think it's 837 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,439 Speaker 1: gonna come down to Rogers and Mahomes because those teams 838 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,000 Speaker 1: have been so good. I think Rogers has been insanely 839 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:58,040 Speaker 1: good this year. But Derrick Henry needs to absolutely be 840 00:43:58,080 --> 00:43:59,920 Speaker 1: in that discussion. All right, We've got to break in 841 00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:03,440 Speaker 1: there in this first hour, and we got plenty more 842 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:06,879 Speaker 1: on this conversation as it pertains to Derrick Henry being 843 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,280 Speaker 1: an WP candidate and how that's changed things for the Titans. 844 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:13,040 Speaker 1: Plus Mark and I will dive into some of our 845 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:18,240 Speaker 1: least favorite Titans memories and some of our favorite Titans memories, 846 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:22,879 Speaker 1: or I should say memories of games with the Titans. Man, 847 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,319 Speaker 1: there's one I can think. I'm off top of my head. 848 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:26,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if this will come up in our discussion, 849 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:31,000 Speaker 1: but Cartland Finnegan's name doesn't get mentioned. Well, you'll find 850 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:36,200 Speaker 1: out next Texans All Access Access Access. We got one 851 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:39,160 Speaker 1: hour down, a one hour left to go right here 852 00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:42,360 Speaker 1: on this edition of Texans All Access from the Honday 853 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:46,280 Speaker 1: Texans Radio Studio, the mobile version. I am your host, 854 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:50,319 Speaker 1: John Harris, football anals and sideline reporter, and Mark and 855 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:54,640 Speaker 1: I were talking about the Titans Texans, and we were 856 00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:59,600 Speaker 1: talking about Derek Henry being an MVP candidate, and I said, 857 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,960 Speaker 1: for sure, he needs to be a candidate, and Mark 858 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:07,239 Speaker 1: expanded upon why that was. Let's have some fun and 859 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,400 Speaker 1: give it to a non quarterback, shall we? And I 860 00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,880 Speaker 1: heard Pat Kerwin talking about, you know, Watch should have 861 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:16,000 Speaker 1: won it once upon a time, because look, you can 862 00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:20,040 Speaker 1: always find a quarterback who's so valuable, but they're all valuable. 863 00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:23,840 Speaker 1: It's it's almost like you need the non quarterback Award 864 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:27,400 Speaker 1: or something. You gotta just take the quarterback out of it. 865 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:29,759 Speaker 1: It's it's kind of like, you know, should cy young 866 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:32,799 Speaker 1: candidates be MVP candidates or not? You know, you have 867 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:36,879 Speaker 1: this debate in baseball, so you know, I just think 868 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:38,480 Speaker 1: there's so many different ways of looking at it, but 869 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:40,440 Speaker 1: I think I'm right. You take Henry off the Titans 870 00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:42,600 Speaker 1: and they're not even going on the playoffs, they're not 871 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,319 Speaker 1: even sniffing the playoffs as And that doesn't even mean 872 00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:48,200 Speaker 1: that does not mean Tannehills a bad quarterback. Tanna Hills 873 00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,120 Speaker 1: a pretty good quarterback. But any quarterback is going to 874 00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,799 Speaker 1: look ten times better with Derrick Henry running the rock. 875 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,920 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, the threat of Henry is absolutely huge. Yeah, 876 00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:01,480 Speaker 1: and I'm sure they'll kick in themselves. They're kicking themselves 877 00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,279 Speaker 1: because they didn't turn in a great performance against Green Bay, 878 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:06,440 Speaker 1: but you know they're gonna want to come to Houston. 879 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:08,960 Speaker 1: And you know, kind of spoil the party. So I 880 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:13,839 Speaker 1: ask you this, this is wow, you're nineteen yep. So 881 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,200 Speaker 1: this will be the thirty eighth game. If my math 882 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,600 Speaker 1: is correct, this will be the thirty eighth game in 883 00:46:19,640 --> 00:46:23,160 Speaker 1: the history of the Titans and the Texans give. Well, 884 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,760 Speaker 1: I know, I know at one end of the spectrum 885 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,560 Speaker 1: what it is, but I'm curious as to what's at 886 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,440 Speaker 1: the other end of the spectrum. What's your worst and 887 00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:36,880 Speaker 1: best Texans Titans experience? Oh man, I mean that so 888 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:40,400 Speaker 1: many this this team. You know, it's not the Cults. Okay, 889 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:42,360 Speaker 1: the series is a little closer. But it took a 890 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:44,919 Speaker 1: long time to beat them. Actually, no, it didn't take 891 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,120 Speaker 1: that long. It took year three, which compared to the 892 00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,200 Speaker 1: Cults is like you did it right away, right, But 893 00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:53,480 Speaker 1: you beat Steve McNair up there, which was great. You know, 894 00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:57,239 Speaker 1: the Rosenfell's performance. You know, we talk about Rosencopter all 895 00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:00,800 Speaker 1: all the time. But if Rosenfell's finishes off the comeback 896 00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:04,400 Speaker 1: from being down thirty two to seven, yeah, I shouldn't 897 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:07,279 Speaker 1: say Rosenfels finishes it off. The defense couldn't finish it 898 00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:11,200 Speaker 1: off because Rob Baronas hit his NFL record eighth field 899 00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,720 Speaker 1: goal to beat the Texans in O seven at NRG Stadium. 900 00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:18,400 Speaker 1: So Rosenfels hits Andre Kurter, no Andre Davis rather than 901 00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:21,479 Speaker 1: get my Andre's confused Andre Davis on a fifty yard 902 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:25,600 Speaker 1: touchdown to take the lead late. But there's our buddy 903 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:30,479 Speaker 1: Kerry Collins making a throw and then Barona's making a kick. Look, 904 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:34,480 Speaker 1: Vy was awful. I mean that that O sixth loss 905 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:36,800 Speaker 1: was the worst loss in the history of the franchise 906 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:40,759 Speaker 1: for me, okay, because and people will say, well, come on, 907 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:43,239 Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't this one worse or that one worse. 908 00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,919 Speaker 1: You gotta understand the context of the situation. It's, oh six, 909 00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:49,600 Speaker 1: you didn't draft Reggie Bush or Vy. And I was 910 00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:51,400 Speaker 1: okay with that, and I think that you look at 911 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,120 Speaker 1: the rear view mirror and you're very okay with that. 912 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:57,000 Speaker 1: But that afternoon you're thinking, oh, have we made a 913 00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:01,680 Speaker 1: horrible mistake. There are so many Vy jerseys in this stadium. 914 00:48:01,719 --> 00:48:03,759 Speaker 1: He just ran it down our throats thirty nine yards 915 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,080 Speaker 1: for an overtime victory, and in your face when there 916 00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:08,600 Speaker 1: were people cheering in the stadium, size people who were 917 00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:11,239 Speaker 1: fans of his obviously in some long horns and some 918 00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,400 Speaker 1: Titans because they were still left over. That was the 919 00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,399 Speaker 1: early years, and it just hurts so much that day. 920 00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:19,040 Speaker 1: It ended up being okay, and look, we all like 921 00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,120 Speaker 1: v Y now and every it's all water under the 922 00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:23,400 Speaker 1: primission now Johnny. But at the time that was the 923 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,960 Speaker 1: most painful loss in the history of the franchise to me. 924 00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:28,560 Speaker 1: What's on the other end, Well wait, wait, hold on 925 00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:30,520 Speaker 1: to that for a second, because they got me thinking. 926 00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:32,880 Speaker 1: I don't even know if I want to ask this question. 927 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:37,720 Speaker 1: But when I think about gut punches, I mean, obviously 928 00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:40,520 Speaker 1: I think of this season, right, but I think of 929 00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,960 Speaker 1: something that happened in the off season as far as 930 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:46,080 Speaker 1: a gut punch goes. What do you think was And 931 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,719 Speaker 1: maybe they're hard to like you just said, because we've 932 00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:52,520 Speaker 1: sort of worked it out over the years with Vy, 933 00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:54,840 Speaker 1: like we've come to grips with what happened all that. 934 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,680 Speaker 1: What do you think was a bigger gut punch? Vinsanity 935 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:03,680 Speaker 1: or hearing that Andre had been traded. Uh, it's so 936 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,960 Speaker 1: different the ones that transaction. YEA in the offseason. Another 937 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:11,439 Speaker 1: is a game that you lose in which you don't 938 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,560 Speaker 1: have this player and you could have had him, right 939 00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:16,200 Speaker 1: and did you make a mistake or not? You know, 940 00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:19,080 Speaker 1: you're wondering those things. And look, the lead up to 941 00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:22,360 Speaker 1: the VY draft was huge, and it was very it 942 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,520 Speaker 1: was it was very polarizing. You know. I was on 943 00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,040 Speaker 1: the air with Rich in the afternoon and McClaine was really, 944 00:49:27,360 --> 00:49:29,160 Speaker 1: you know, talking about it a lot. Rich was talking 945 00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:31,560 Speaker 1: about it a lot. Everybody was talking about it was huge. 946 00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:34,000 Speaker 1: And then you draft Mario Williams. We know the rest 947 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,040 Speaker 1: of the story. I think I think the draft of 948 00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:39,319 Speaker 1: Mario that at the time, see, I was hoping that 949 00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:43,200 Speaker 1: they would be right about DeAndre improven right this season somehow, 950 00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:45,520 Speaker 1: not that you know DeAndre is bad for the team 951 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,440 Speaker 1: or anything like that, but that the Texans would have 952 00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,640 Speaker 1: won and said, all right, you could have won with DeAndre, 953 00:49:49,719 --> 00:49:51,880 Speaker 1: but you won without it. Then look it's working, I 954 00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,600 Speaker 1: can see look you see it now, ye have Cook, 955 00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,360 Speaker 1: Cobb has gone obviously is on ir but Fuller was 956 00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:00,600 Speaker 1: going good and you can see the passing game going well. Now, 957 00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,200 Speaker 1: so hey, that's all right. You can see what they 958 00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:06,120 Speaker 1: were thinking on the field. But you know, the whole 959 00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:08,200 Speaker 1: thing does hurt because he's such a beloved player. I 960 00:50:08,239 --> 00:50:10,239 Speaker 1: know I'm going on too, too. Long about this, but 961 00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,759 Speaker 1: I still say the VY thing. But you know it's 962 00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:15,000 Speaker 1: I think this thing has yet to play out. We're 963 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:17,719 Speaker 1: not even a year into the post DeAndre era and 964 00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:19,680 Speaker 1: we got to see it again play out some more. 965 00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,000 Speaker 1: But yeah, it still stings because you know, he was 966 00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,440 Speaker 1: such a beloved player from the fans, and you hear 967 00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:26,560 Speaker 1: it still, you feel it, you see it, So that 968 00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:30,640 Speaker 1: one does sting. Yeah. And the thing about V why 969 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:32,800 Speaker 1: that one. I think we went through all the stages 970 00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:34,920 Speaker 1: of grief. I even went through the stages of grief 971 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:36,799 Speaker 1: when I got here, when I got back. I wasn't 972 00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:38,440 Speaker 1: here in two thousand and six. I got here in 973 00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:41,560 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven. And I remember a Monday night 974 00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:44,040 Speaker 1: game where he plays in two thousand and nine, and 975 00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:45,680 Speaker 1: it was like, oh, it's coming now. He didn't have 976 00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:48,120 Speaker 1: a great game, but he made enough plays to get 977 00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:51,320 Speaker 1: them a win, and I just remember, my goodness, Okay, 978 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:54,040 Speaker 1: I get it what two thousand and six must have 979 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:55,760 Speaker 1: been like. So let's go the other end of the spectrum, 980 00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:58,799 Speaker 1: because yours might be the same as mine, but I've 981 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,479 Speaker 1: only been on the side last than twenty fourteen. What's 982 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:07,560 Speaker 1: your favorite Titans moment the night that we remembered. Mister McNair, 983 00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:11,080 Speaker 1: I think has to be it because you know, and Johnny, 984 00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:13,239 Speaker 1: it's funny because I think that's my you know, the 985 00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,719 Speaker 1: the Lamar Miller, you know, ninety seven yard touchdown run. 986 00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:20,680 Speaker 1: That might be my favorite call, you know, in the 987 00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:23,160 Speaker 1: history of doing this thing, because because of what it 988 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:26,040 Speaker 1: meant that whole night and you know that you're playing 989 00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:29,200 Speaker 1: the former Oilers and the team that the Texans replaced, 990 00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:31,480 Speaker 1: and Bob brought him here and we're remembering Bobby just 991 00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:34,000 Speaker 1: passed a few days before, and then Lamar Miller goes 992 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:36,439 Speaker 1: for ninety seven yards. We don't do that. We don't 993 00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:39,520 Speaker 1: do ninety seven yard touchdown runs, you know, I mean, 994 00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:42,360 Speaker 1: and against those guys. I mean, that was and Monday 995 00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:46,360 Speaker 1: night football. And and for me personally, you know, the 996 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:48,759 Speaker 1: way I feel about mister McNair and being in the 997 00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:50,719 Speaker 1: booth and being able to be on the mic and 998 00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,359 Speaker 1: nail the call that everybody on the same page. It 999 00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:56,399 Speaker 1: was just a terrific moment. So uh, you know, it 1000 00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:58,799 Speaker 1: wasn't a playoff clinching moment or anything like that, but 1001 00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:01,879 Speaker 1: it was so special and that's that's what you live for. 1002 00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:04,600 Speaker 1: It's not just look we haven't won a Super Bowl. 1003 00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:07,320 Speaker 1: What are we living for? It's the joy in the journey, right, 1004 00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:08,920 Speaker 1: and that's a big part of the journey. It was 1005 00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:11,680 Speaker 1: such a passage of time with his passing and being 1006 00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:13,040 Speaker 1: able to do a game like that and have a 1007 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:15,200 Speaker 1: moment like that. I'll never forget it. I think that's 1008 00:52:15,239 --> 00:52:17,480 Speaker 1: the best moment against the Titans. There are other wins 1009 00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:20,719 Speaker 1: that were really good against Tennessee and really fun, Like, hey, 1010 00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:22,279 Speaker 1: you beat them when they were the last time they 1011 00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,000 Speaker 1: won the division. They were thirteen and three. You beat 1012 00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:27,880 Speaker 1: them thirteen to twelve at NRG Stadium in another otherwise 1013 00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:29,759 Speaker 1: pretty bad season. But you're eight and eight and you're 1014 00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:32,080 Speaker 1: coming back at the time and you beat them in 1015 00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:34,759 Speaker 1: a slug fest. And a year later you beat him 1016 00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:36,680 Speaker 1: in a high scoring affair in week two up there 1017 00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:39,719 Speaker 1: we had Mario Williams and you know guys battling on 1018 00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:43,800 Speaker 1: the bench in an extra curricular fisticuffs activity. It was great. 1019 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it was a lot of fun and entertainment. 1020 00:52:46,440 --> 00:52:48,160 Speaker 1: So we have a lot of memories with them. Geez, 1021 00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:51,440 Speaker 1: thirty eighth meeting hunt, here we go. Yeah, you hit it. 1022 00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:54,640 Speaker 1: The twenty eighteen one, the twenty eighteen Monday night game 1023 00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:59,279 Speaker 1: was Man and the one thing we forget about that, 1024 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:01,560 Speaker 1: I mean, scoring up being I think thirty four to 1025 00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:04,239 Speaker 1: twenty or something like that. But they jumped out on 1026 00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:07,760 Speaker 1: us early like ten nothing, bang bang, and I was like, Yeah, 1027 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:09,360 Speaker 1: we're gonna show up and play. And then all of 1028 00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:12,719 Speaker 1: a sudden, there was like a switch flip and we 1029 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:14,680 Speaker 1: just went into a mode over the next two and 1030 00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:18,640 Speaker 1: a half quarters where it was like wow, So that 1031 00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:20,760 Speaker 1: that will It doesn't even have to be the Titans. 1032 00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:23,879 Speaker 1: That's just like one of my favorite memories of being 1033 00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:28,200 Speaker 1: on the sideline was that that night. And I'll never 1034 00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:32,520 Speaker 1: forget I when Lamar takes off, the only thing I 1035 00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:35,520 Speaker 1: can hear in my head is they're not going to 1036 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:38,360 Speaker 1: catch him, finally, because Lamar had been catching some grief 1037 00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:40,920 Speaker 1: because he had been caught on some long runs and 1038 00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:45,279 Speaker 1: so I didn't hear your call. Really, I didn't hear 1039 00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:50,080 Speaker 1: your call until I started putting together replay and so 1040 00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:52,120 Speaker 1: I go find it and I'm like, and here's the 1041 00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:54,680 Speaker 1: number one playing the alternate eleven. I played the cut 1042 00:53:55,320 --> 00:53:58,520 Speaker 1: and thank god I was recording it because I heard 1043 00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:01,520 Speaker 1: it and I just was like I couldn't speak for 1044 00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:04,600 Speaker 1: like a minute or two, like it was so perfect 1045 00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:07,799 Speaker 1: for the moment, and so I will always remember that one, 1046 00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:11,520 Speaker 1: no matter Titans or Colts or anybody, It'll definitely be 1047 00:54:11,560 --> 00:54:15,160 Speaker 1: that one. But the twenty seventeen game at home, when 1048 00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:17,279 Speaker 1: we put a fifty burger on them and I'm like, 1049 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:18,960 Speaker 1: I mean, the three of us during a break are like, 1050 00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:23,279 Speaker 1: is this for real? Like? Are we are? We? Are 1051 00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:26,440 Speaker 1: we honestly? Does that? Honestly say fifty points? I'm on 1052 00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:29,160 Speaker 1: the board. And then Cole tax went on it's fifty 1053 00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:34,360 Speaker 1: seven to fourteen, and We're like, holy cow, what do 1054 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,399 Speaker 1: we have with this kid? What can we do with 1055 00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,799 Speaker 1: this guy? We just waylaid this team and it wasn't 1056 00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:44,359 Speaker 1: even close. And I just remember thinking, man, oh man. 1057 00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:47,080 Speaker 1: And then you know, we've had some knockdown dragouts with 1058 00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:49,920 Speaker 1: the Titans over the last few years that have been 1059 00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,680 Speaker 1: have been pretty pretty fun. There's no doubt about that. Mark, 1060 00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:56,000 Speaker 1: I know we got you got the next segment pretty 1061 00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:57,680 Speaker 1: much all to yourself. You're gonna catch up with Mike 1062 00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:01,520 Speaker 1: Keith the Tennessee Titans, and that's alwa is a fun discussion. 1063 00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:03,240 Speaker 1: So I can't wait to hear that. But I appreciate 1064 00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:05,440 Speaker 1: your time, and it's our last Wednesday's show. I'm a 1065 00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:07,200 Speaker 1: little bit sad, but I know we'll get a chance 1066 00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:08,680 Speaker 1: to catch up tomorrow night. But I thank you for 1067 00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:11,200 Speaker 1: all the visits this year, my friend. Thank you, Johnny. 1068 00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:13,480 Speaker 1: Always fun to visit on the Wednesdays. And guess what, 1069 00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:16,200 Speaker 1: we'll have plenty of radio of the offseason too after 1070 00:55:16,239 --> 00:55:19,520 Speaker 1: a super Bowl week. So oh yeah, looking take a 1071 00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:22,640 Speaker 1: breath that we'll keep going. Oh a huge thanks to 1072 00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:25,400 Speaker 1: Mark vandermir for stopping buys he has each and every 1073 00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:28,680 Speaker 1: Wednesday this year to wax poetic. You know, we didn't 1074 00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:30,919 Speaker 1: even bring up the Courtland Finnegan situation. Man, I can't 1075 00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:33,520 Speaker 1: even believe that we didn't bring that one up. That 1076 00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:35,920 Speaker 1: would have been one of my favorites. But I contend 1077 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:39,760 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, that Monday night, after Missus McNair had died, 1078 00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:44,520 Speaker 1: was it was incredible. It was just an emotional night. 1079 00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:48,520 Speaker 1: And then after Bob three quarters of the first quarter, 1080 00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,239 Speaker 1: the Texans all of a sudden went, you know what, 1081 00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:53,520 Speaker 1: we better get our act to gear in gear. We 1082 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:56,080 Speaker 1: need to make Bob mc near proud of what's on 1083 00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:58,080 Speaker 1: this field right now. And then they went into a 1084 00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:02,600 Speaker 1: different gear that night a different gear twenty eighteen, twenty seventeen. 1085 00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:05,560 Speaker 1: You know, last year's win at Tennessee was a good one, 1086 00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:08,040 Speaker 1: both teams eight and five. You know, Tennessee had kind 1087 00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:09,640 Speaker 1: of gotten a little bit of a wind streak there 1088 00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:13,080 Speaker 1: and we went up there and we housed them. I 1089 00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:16,120 Speaker 1: ended up being a twenty one. That was a one 1090 00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:18,560 Speaker 1: score game. That was not a one score game. We 1091 00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:21,480 Speaker 1: were in control of that game from late in the 1092 00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:24,359 Speaker 1: first quarter pretty much all the way throughout and had 1093 00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:28,600 Speaker 1: it twenty four fourteen, and it was it was pretty 1094 00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:30,640 Speaker 1: much done. The Titans came down and scored late, then 1095 00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:32,840 Speaker 1: we got downside kick and that was that. But that 1096 00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:35,000 Speaker 1: game was pretty much in control. That was an That 1097 00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:37,520 Speaker 1: was a fun road win at Tennessee. It was the 1098 00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:39,839 Speaker 1: first time we had won on the road there since 1099 00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:42,399 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. So that was a great win to get 1100 00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:45,960 Speaker 1: back in twenty nineteen. All Right, we get back. As 1101 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:49,520 Speaker 1: I mentioned, Mike Keith, Voice of the Titans is gonna 1102 00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:51,960 Speaker 1: sit down with Mark Vandermy. We call that segment Men 1103 00:56:52,080 --> 00:56:57,440 Speaker 1: behind the Mics, and it's next on Texans All Access Access. 1104 00:56:57,640 --> 00:57:01,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to Texans All Access. 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Visit Nextgenstats 1113 00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:40,520 Speaker 1: dot NFL dot com for all things stats next Gen 1114 00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:48,560 Speaker 1: Stats powered by AWS. Now here's the show. Well, that 1115 00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:50,320 Speaker 1: was fun to catch up with Mark Vandomir in the 1116 00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:54,600 Speaker 1: previous segment, and now it's time for Mark to jump 1117 00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:58,360 Speaker 1: into my favorite segment. We call it Men behind the Mics. 1118 00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:00,880 Speaker 1: Mark Vanomer gets a chance to catch up with the 1119 00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:02,960 Speaker 1: play by play voice on the other side. And in 1120 00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:06,080 Speaker 1: week seventeens and Tennessee Titans, and that means it's our pal, 1121 00:58:06,520 --> 00:58:09,960 Speaker 1: Mike Keith, Mark take it away. Might great to have 1122 00:58:10,040 --> 00:58:11,920 Speaker 1: you on. And I know there's a lot of excitement 1123 00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:15,600 Speaker 1: in Nashville about what's happening this coming week. Is it excitement? 1124 00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:19,320 Speaker 1: Is attention? How would you rated? My friend? It's excitement, 1125 00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:22,520 Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it, because what's on the line 1126 00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:27,320 Speaker 1: is different than the previous three years. Ironically, the Titans 1127 00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:30,080 Speaker 1: in each of the last three years have gone into 1128 00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:32,280 Speaker 1: the final game of the season needing a win to 1129 00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:35,000 Speaker 1: get in the playoffs. So this is year four of 1130 00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:38,880 Speaker 1: this story. Everybody's used to that part. The different twist 1131 00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:41,400 Speaker 1: is if the Titans are able to come up with 1132 00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:45,120 Speaker 1: a win, somehow, some way, they win a division championship, 1133 00:58:45,240 --> 00:58:48,760 Speaker 1: which even for the fact that this organization has five 1134 00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:52,040 Speaker 1: straight winning seasons and has been to the playoffs the 1135 00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:56,080 Speaker 1: last two of the last three years, the Titans haven't 1136 00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:59,840 Speaker 1: won the division in twelve years. That's the longest streak 1137 00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:03,760 Speaker 1: in the division. It's hard for some to believe that Jacksonville, 1138 00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:07,240 Speaker 1: for all their problems, has actually won a division since 1139 00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:11,560 Speaker 1: the Titans have so being a division winner, having a 1140 00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:17,080 Speaker 1: potential home game, those things hanging out there enabled fans 1141 00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:20,560 Speaker 1: and sort of everybody associated with the Titans to turn 1142 00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:24,959 Speaker 1: away from the Green Bay disappointment very quickly and move 1143 00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,200 Speaker 1: on to this one. Mike, how important is home field 1144 00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:31,240 Speaker 1: advantage in these playoffs? Because what if the Titans are 1145 00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:34,200 Speaker 1: able to clinch a spot before taking the field on Sunday. 1146 00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:36,480 Speaker 1: Do you think it affects the way they approach the game? 1147 00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:39,320 Speaker 1: And I know it's a two prong question, but go 1148 00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:42,760 Speaker 1: ahead and answer it, Okay, I'll take it from there. Yeah, 1149 00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:45,120 Speaker 1: I think it's a big deal because I think it's 1150 00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:48,240 Speaker 1: about how you want to go in and it's about 1151 00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:51,160 Speaker 1: how Vraybo has set up the week too. Mike Vrabel 1152 00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:54,120 Speaker 1: has made it very clear to the football team, We've 1153 00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,800 Speaker 1: got to find a way to win one game. And 1154 00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:00,440 Speaker 1: that means if you punt on third down, go for 1155 01:00:00,520 --> 01:00:03,200 Speaker 1: it on every fourth down, if you throw it ninety times, 1156 01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:06,360 Speaker 1: if you run Derrick Henry ninety times, whatever you have 1157 01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:08,960 Speaker 1: to do. You have to find a way to win 1158 01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:13,640 Speaker 1: this football game. And so I don't think anything changes 1159 01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:17,360 Speaker 1: for the Titans if they hear, hey, we're a wildcard 1160 01:00:17,400 --> 01:00:20,080 Speaker 1: team because one of the teams that we needed to 1161 01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:24,000 Speaker 1: lose lost. I don't think that's going to change anything. Now. 1162 01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:27,760 Speaker 1: Could it change the mindset if you're on the fence 1163 01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:31,920 Speaker 1: about an injured player, maybe, but I don't think the 1164 01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:35,280 Speaker 1: Titans are going to come into this game with anybody 1165 01:00:35,400 --> 01:00:38,520 Speaker 1: on that kind of offense. I think whomever is out 1166 01:00:38,880 --> 01:00:42,200 Speaker 1: is out, and whomever is in is in all right. 1167 01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:44,880 Speaker 1: I know you've done a deep dive on numbers of 1168 01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:48,280 Speaker 1: players that teams have used this year, and in twenty 1169 01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:50,720 Speaker 1: seventeen the Texans used seventy eight, which at the time 1170 01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:54,000 Speaker 1: was a record. But we're smashing those. It's a smash 1171 01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:56,560 Speaker 1: it after another in twenty twenty with what is going 1172 01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:59,640 Speaker 1: on with COVID and the freedom with which teams have 1173 01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:02,960 Speaker 1: to use additional players. So what is the situation with 1174 01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:04,960 Speaker 1: the Titans. I know you've used a lot of guys, 1175 01:01:05,560 --> 01:01:08,080 Speaker 1: use a lot of guys. Yeah, seventy three guys to 1176 01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:11,880 Speaker 1: this point have appeared in at least one Titans game, 1177 01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:16,280 Speaker 1: and Jacksonville is the high at eighty one, and we 1178 01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:18,880 Speaker 1: know the kind of year they have had. And as 1179 01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:20,800 Speaker 1: you saw them and as I saw them, I think 1180 01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:24,000 Speaker 1: we both realized it's not really an awful football team. 1181 01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:27,760 Speaker 1: But it was a vastly different football team from when 1182 01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:30,000 Speaker 1: we played him in September to when we played him 1183 01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:33,480 Speaker 1: in December because of a injuries and then be all 1184 01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:36,480 Speaker 1: the COVID situations that have come up. As you know, 1185 01:01:36,600 --> 01:01:40,640 Speaker 1: the Titans have had a major COVID situation back before 1186 01:01:40,720 --> 01:01:45,919 Speaker 1: our game in October, have had some minor situations come 1187 01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:48,360 Speaker 1: up and looks like this week is going to be 1188 01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:51,360 Speaker 1: the one where they have their most stressful one since 1189 01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:55,640 Speaker 1: that time. But they've had to mix and match a lot. 1190 01:01:55,720 --> 01:01:58,840 Speaker 1: On defense in particular, they have had to mix and 1191 01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:02,560 Speaker 1: match a ton, and that causes a lot of problems, 1192 01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:07,400 Speaker 1: not just from a talent standpoint, but communication, being able 1193 01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:10,440 Speaker 1: to get in any sort of flow, the fact that 1194 01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:13,920 Speaker 1: you're not used to working with somebody. For example, a 1195 01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:17,080 Speaker 1: guy like Kevin Bayer. I mean, he's he's had one 1196 01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:20,600 Speaker 1: hundred and seven tackles in one interception this year. He's 1197 01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:23,720 Speaker 1: not going to the Pro Bowl, and yet he's played 1198 01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:26,920 Speaker 1: better than what you might think because he's having to 1199 01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:29,400 Speaker 1: point all these guys in the right direction all the time, 1200 01:02:29,920 --> 01:02:32,200 Speaker 1: you know, all of the different guys that are coming 1201 01:02:32,240 --> 01:02:35,080 Speaker 1: in in the sub packages. And that's such a big 1202 01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:39,240 Speaker 1: big deal in today's NFL because how often are you 1203 01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:43,280 Speaker 1: really in just four defensive backs. In some cases the 1204 01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:48,000 Speaker 1: Titans play seven and you got Buyer directing traffic back there, 1205 01:02:48,040 --> 01:02:52,200 Speaker 1: almost coaching the team. So you know, that's a that's 1206 01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:55,480 Speaker 1: been a difficult thing for a lot of veteran players 1207 01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:58,160 Speaker 1: on defense, is they're trying to help those young guys, 1208 01:02:58,200 --> 01:03:00,720 Speaker 1: just get in the right spots. Keith's Voice of the 1209 01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:03,840 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans joining us. Okay, defensively, what is going on 1210 01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:06,720 Speaker 1: on that side of the football besides the number of players, 1211 01:03:06,760 --> 01:03:08,440 Speaker 1: what are some of the issues they've been having and 1212 01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:10,680 Speaker 1: how can they right this ship? And please don't do 1213 01:03:10,680 --> 01:03:14,080 Speaker 1: it Sunday, but tell us, well, the Titans only have 1214 01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:18,440 Speaker 1: fifteen quarterback sax, So that that tells you about an 1215 01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:22,080 Speaker 1: immediate problem. Mark, That's that's not enough. You know, you've 1216 01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:24,600 Speaker 1: got to get after the quarterback better than that. The 1217 01:03:24,680 --> 01:03:27,600 Speaker 1: other issue too, And when I mentioned the communication thing 1218 01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:31,320 Speaker 1: a moment ago, if you've got someone young in the 1219 01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:34,920 Speaker 1: game or someone who is not used to playing somebody, 1220 01:03:35,400 --> 01:03:37,920 Speaker 1: then a receiver comes off the line of scrimmage, if 1221 01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:41,520 Speaker 1: he's open in point five seconds, then guess who's not 1222 01:03:41,560 --> 01:03:45,439 Speaker 1: holding the ball a long time? The quarterback. And that's 1223 01:03:45,480 --> 01:03:48,880 Speaker 1: a lot of what they've seen. So the breakdowns have 1224 01:03:49,040 --> 01:03:53,360 Speaker 1: come in different areas, you know, seemingly week to week 1225 01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:56,680 Speaker 1: and maybe even series to series. The other issue too, 1226 01:03:56,720 --> 01:04:00,000 Speaker 1: and you know this, some injuries are bigger than others. 1227 01:04:00,440 --> 01:04:04,520 Speaker 1: Losing Jayon Brown was a huge deal for this football team. 1228 01:04:05,040 --> 01:04:09,560 Speaker 1: Jayon Brown directs traffic on defense. He's an excellent pass 1229 01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:12,000 Speaker 1: cover guy. You know, a couple of years ago he 1230 01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:15,520 Speaker 1: had six quarterback sacks, So he's a good bulitzer, plays 1231 01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:18,640 Speaker 1: the run well, and when the Titans lost him, they've 1232 01:04:18,680 --> 01:04:21,720 Speaker 1: put David Long in the lineup, But they've shifted a 1233 01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:25,040 Speaker 1: lot of the responsibility to Rashaan Evans in terms of 1234 01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:27,840 Speaker 1: the mental part of it. He's a smart guy, but 1235 01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:30,400 Speaker 1: what they like to do with Rashaan Evans has just 1236 01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:33,320 Speaker 1: wind him up and let him go. Now he's having 1237 01:04:33,400 --> 01:04:37,520 Speaker 1: to be more of the thoughtful player that Brown normally is. 1238 01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:41,920 Speaker 1: So it's as if the injuries, while great in number, 1239 01:04:41,960 --> 01:04:45,400 Speaker 1: have been problematic, but the specifics of them too, have 1240 01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:49,680 Speaker 1: caused problems in terms of your overall flow and the 1241 01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:53,080 Speaker 1: roles that key guys could play. I mentioned Bayer now 1242 01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:57,120 Speaker 1: mentioning Brown Evans having to do something different. You know, 1243 01:04:57,200 --> 01:05:00,200 Speaker 1: that's been a tough thing Mike tell me about in 1244 01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:04,680 Speaker 1: Tannehill's development as a Titans quarterback. Because when the two teams, 1245 01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:07,960 Speaker 1: Texans and Titans played in Nashville, hey final drive of 1246 01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:10,280 Speaker 1: the game, Derek Henry's not on the field, and Tannehill 1247 01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:12,240 Speaker 1: got it done and set the game at the overtime, 1248 01:05:12,280 --> 01:05:14,080 Speaker 1: so he's fully capable of and a lot of people 1249 01:05:14,120 --> 01:05:16,640 Speaker 1: think it's just about Henry. Certainly he helps, but what 1250 01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:18,400 Speaker 1: are you seeing out of the quarterback in these last 1251 01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:21,880 Speaker 1: couple of years. He's played great, He really has played 1252 01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:23,840 Speaker 1: you know, and people throw out the word great all 1253 01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:28,280 Speaker 1: the time, but the truth is he's coming off the 1254 01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:31,240 Speaker 1: worst start he's ever had as a Titan, and yet 1255 01:05:31,280 --> 01:05:35,040 Speaker 1: he's still had a great year. Thirty two touchdown passes, 1256 01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:39,160 Speaker 1: seven interceptions, got an outside chance at a four thousand 1257 01:05:39,240 --> 01:05:42,160 Speaker 1: yard passing season, which I think would surprise a lot 1258 01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:45,080 Speaker 1: of people because you know, Mark, they're convinced the Titans 1259 01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:47,280 Speaker 1: run the ball ninety two times a game, and that 1260 01:05:47,400 --> 01:05:51,080 Speaker 1: he you know that he's a game manager. But he's 1261 01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:53,480 Speaker 1: such a smart guy too. He calls a lot of 1262 01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:55,560 Speaker 1: his own stuff at the line and he has the 1263 01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:59,720 Speaker 1: freedom to do that. It's a great marriage between he 1264 01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:05,040 Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. They have a wonderful relationship. 1265 01:06:05,080 --> 01:06:08,360 Speaker 1: They have a lot of trust and as we know 1266 01:06:08,520 --> 01:06:12,520 Speaker 1: from various sports as well, sometimes you put a guy 1267 01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:16,880 Speaker 1: in the right system and it just works. And it's 1268 01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:20,520 Speaker 1: one of the reasons the Titans wanted Tannehill back and 1269 01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:24,400 Speaker 1: Tannehill was smart enough to want to stay because what 1270 01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:27,800 Speaker 1: they do with him really works well for his skill set. 1271 01:06:28,160 --> 01:06:32,320 Speaker 1: But he has had a great, great year. People here 1272 01:06:32,680 --> 01:06:34,800 Speaker 1: feel like he should be in the Pro Bowl. The 1273 01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:39,080 Speaker 1: three quarterbacks who made it are one deserving, no knock 1274 01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:41,680 Speaker 1: on them, But had Tannehill been picked, he would have 1275 01:06:41,680 --> 01:06:45,640 Speaker 1: been deserving too. Excellent point right there, all right, So 1276 01:06:45,960 --> 01:06:47,920 Speaker 1: tell me what you think is important in this matchup, 1277 01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:51,200 Speaker 1: because clearly the Texans are having difficulty stopping the opponent, 1278 01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:54,080 Speaker 1: but they do put up some points and yards, no 1279 01:06:54,160 --> 01:06:56,520 Speaker 1: question about that. With Watson second in the league, what 1280 01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:59,200 Speaker 1: are you seeing going into Sunday in this matchup? Oh, 1281 01:06:59,240 --> 01:07:02,080 Speaker 1: the difficulty with Watson for us, as we've never stopped it. 1282 01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:05,600 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just we never I mean, in the 1283 01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:10,320 Speaker 1: whole time we've seen Watson, he's played phenomenally against us, 1284 01:07:10,520 --> 01:07:14,800 Speaker 1: and his performance this year is reflective of what he's 1285 01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:18,480 Speaker 1: always done against us. So there's an understand day. I mean, 1286 01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:21,360 Speaker 1: we've never found a good answer for it. So we've 1287 01:07:21,400 --> 01:07:24,600 Speaker 1: got to find some sort of answer to just contain 1288 01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:27,880 Speaker 1: his greatness, and if we can, if we could just 1289 01:07:28,080 --> 01:07:31,480 Speaker 1: in some way just limit him and not let him 1290 01:07:31,520 --> 01:07:33,520 Speaker 1: beat us. I mean, he was a two point conversion 1291 01:07:33,640 --> 01:07:37,640 Speaker 1: pass away from beating us in October. If you know 1292 01:07:38,080 --> 01:07:40,800 Speaker 1: rydal Cobb's open, he's gonna catch it. It's gonna be 1293 01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:44,120 Speaker 1: a nine point game. Games over, and Jeffrey Simmons somehow 1294 01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:47,000 Speaker 1: gets an arm up and that saved the day. But 1295 01:07:47,600 --> 01:07:50,200 Speaker 1: and I think from the Titan standpoint, they understand that 1296 01:07:50,240 --> 01:07:53,640 Speaker 1: for Tennessee, it's gonna be about not giving up the 1297 01:07:53,680 --> 01:07:58,120 Speaker 1: big play, not making the big mental mistake and giving 1298 01:07:58,200 --> 01:08:01,640 Speaker 1: up the big play. That's been what has been problematic 1299 01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:04,080 Speaker 1: through the course of the year for this defense. In 1300 01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:07,440 Speaker 1: the games where they have forced people to drive the ball, 1301 01:08:07,880 --> 01:08:11,840 Speaker 1: they've done pretty well, you know. And yards don't matter. 1302 01:08:12,200 --> 01:08:14,160 Speaker 1: Everybody's like, oh, you want to hold them to two 1303 01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:18,320 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards or some nineteen eighty five Chicago 1304 01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:22,280 Speaker 1: Bears stat That doesn't happen anymore. The deal is, it's 1305 01:08:22,280 --> 01:08:25,320 Speaker 1: about third down defense, and it's about red zone defense. 1306 01:08:25,640 --> 01:08:27,600 Speaker 1: If you can get them into third down, can you 1307 01:08:27,640 --> 01:08:30,559 Speaker 1: get off the field and if they get inside your twenty, 1308 01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:32,760 Speaker 1: can you make them kick field goals? Titans have been 1309 01:08:32,920 --> 01:08:35,479 Speaker 1: better about that in the second half of the year. 1310 01:08:36,040 --> 01:08:38,479 Speaker 1: That's what they will need to do in this game 1311 01:08:38,920 --> 01:08:41,840 Speaker 1: is don't let Deshaun Watson kill them with the big Foot. 1312 01:08:42,240 --> 01:08:44,040 Speaker 1: All right, let me ask you this. We're both AFC 1313 01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:47,559 Speaker 1: South guys. What do you think of the Cults? Obviously 1314 01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:51,400 Speaker 1: Jacksonville Sunday, but what do you think of their situation? 1315 01:08:51,479 --> 01:08:53,920 Speaker 1: Both the Titans and the Colts lost big games this 1316 01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:57,920 Speaker 1: past weekend, but obviously still very much in it. Colts 1317 01:08:57,960 --> 01:09:01,360 Speaker 1: have a really nice team. I've I've liked them all along, 1318 01:09:01,439 --> 01:09:03,799 Speaker 1: you know, I like what they do. They're very tough 1319 01:09:04,760 --> 01:09:08,559 Speaker 1: from their standpoint. They have lost the wrong games and 1320 01:09:08,640 --> 01:09:11,000 Speaker 1: we were in a situation with this a couple of 1321 01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:14,719 Speaker 1: years ago in our own case, we lost the wrong games. 1322 01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:19,680 Speaker 1: And it's so ironic that they're gonna play Jacksonville in 1323 01:09:19,880 --> 01:09:23,280 Speaker 1: the last game of the season, and that that Jacksonville 1324 01:09:23,320 --> 01:09:28,320 Speaker 1: lost a potentially costs them the week one. It's Jacksonville's 1325 01:09:28,360 --> 01:09:31,920 Speaker 1: only win, but that Jacksonville lost potentially cost them the 1326 01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:35,639 Speaker 1: AFC South and potentially keeps them out of the playoffs. 1327 01:09:35,720 --> 01:09:39,120 Speaker 1: It just goes to show how big these division games 1328 01:09:39,120 --> 01:09:42,000 Speaker 1: are no matter when you play them, and certainly their 1329 01:09:42,040 --> 01:09:46,599 Speaker 1: game on Sunday is a big deal for us. It's 1330 01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:51,200 Speaker 1: nice that we don't have to scoreboard watch them because 1331 01:09:51,240 --> 01:09:54,400 Speaker 1: if we take care of our business, it doesn't matter 1332 01:09:54,479 --> 01:09:58,080 Speaker 1: now if they lose, the Titans win the division regardless 1333 01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:01,760 Speaker 1: of the outcome in Houston. But you know, if that 1334 01:10:01,840 --> 01:10:06,439 Speaker 1: team finishes out of the playoffs, to me, it says 1335 01:10:06,520 --> 01:10:11,360 Speaker 1: that anybody in the AFC who makes the playoffs can 1336 01:10:11,439 --> 01:10:14,880 Speaker 1: win the conference. And I really believe that. I mean, 1337 01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:18,880 Speaker 1: we're looking today. If the playoffs started before Week seventeen, 1338 01:10:19,280 --> 01:10:23,200 Speaker 1: Kansas City gets the buy and obviously they're the defending 1339 01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:26,559 Speaker 1: World championship, so we get who they are. Cleveland would 1340 01:10:26,600 --> 01:10:30,679 Speaker 1: play at Buffalo. That's a great game. Baltimore would play 1341 01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:34,400 Speaker 1: at Pittsburgh. We know that's a great game. And Miami 1342 01:10:34,479 --> 01:10:37,720 Speaker 1: would play at Tennessee. So that's the way it would go. 1343 01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:41,600 Speaker 1: You know, if the season ended at this moment in 1344 01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:45,840 Speaker 1: Indianapolis would be out, which is crazy. I mean, that's 1345 01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:49,479 Speaker 1: a super football team and eleven and five team may 1346 01:10:49,560 --> 01:10:53,040 Speaker 1: not make the playoffs in the a f C, which shows, 1347 01:10:53,120 --> 01:10:55,880 Speaker 1: I think, not only how difficult it is in twenty twenty, 1348 01:10:55,920 --> 01:10:58,880 Speaker 1: but how difficult it's going to be for years to come. 1349 01:10:59,360 --> 01:11:01,840 Speaker 1: When you look at the quality of the quarterbacks that 1350 01:11:01,920 --> 01:11:05,120 Speaker 1: we have in this conference. Such a great point, such 1351 01:11:05,120 --> 01:11:08,320 Speaker 1: a great point and so frightening. Indeed, a lot of 1352 01:11:08,360 --> 01:11:10,439 Speaker 1: people talk about the Chiefs, of course for good reason, 1353 01:11:10,520 --> 01:11:12,400 Speaker 1: but look at the Ravens last year, and the Titans 1354 01:11:12,439 --> 01:11:14,920 Speaker 1: were able to beat them on the road. But what 1355 01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:17,040 Speaker 1: about the Buffalo Bills. What do you think of them 1356 01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:19,800 Speaker 1: going into the postseason. I think they're pretty intriguing. And 1357 01:11:19,880 --> 01:11:22,320 Speaker 1: Allen's improvement is something that should be scary to a 1358 01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:25,479 Speaker 1: lot of teams. They can win the whole thing. They're 1359 01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:29,599 Speaker 1: physical enough on defense, they have the weapons on offense. 1360 01:11:29,680 --> 01:11:34,639 Speaker 1: The Digs trade was a great trade, motor singletary coming 1361 01:11:34,680 --> 01:11:38,040 Speaker 1: into his own in the backfield. And obviously Josh Allen 1362 01:11:38,280 --> 01:11:40,640 Speaker 1: is an MVP candidate. I don't think he's gonna win it, 1363 01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:43,360 Speaker 1: but I think he will be on some ballots, and 1364 01:11:43,479 --> 01:11:47,720 Speaker 1: with good reason. And how they've developed him is a 1365 01:11:47,880 --> 01:11:51,840 Speaker 1: real study in what you should do with the franchise. 1366 01:11:52,080 --> 01:11:54,920 Speaker 1: You know, they leaned on defense, they leaned on the run. 1367 01:11:55,040 --> 01:11:58,240 Speaker 1: They've let him build this confidence. If it was in 1368 01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:00,799 Speaker 1: it in a lot of other places. After his first 1369 01:12:00,800 --> 01:12:05,280 Speaker 1: two years, people would have said, oh bust, he doesn't 1370 01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:08,840 Speaker 1: have it. You know, he doesn't look like Justin Herbert 1371 01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:12,439 Speaker 1: in his first year so all this stuff, but they 1372 01:12:12,560 --> 01:12:16,960 Speaker 1: understood that this guy has a lot of special gifts. 1373 01:12:17,120 --> 01:12:19,640 Speaker 1: They've given him more help around him, They've let him 1374 01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:23,599 Speaker 1: grow up, and he's improved. Brian day Ball has done 1375 01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:29,120 Speaker 1: a super job with him in terms of his overall development. 1376 01:12:29,160 --> 01:12:31,679 Speaker 1: They don't ask him to do things that he doesn't 1377 01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:35,960 Speaker 1: do well, and he's improved from the pocket so dramatically. 1378 01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:39,320 Speaker 1: I'll never forget seeing him at the Senior Ball and 1379 01:12:39,439 --> 01:12:43,800 Speaker 1: physically it was crazy, Mark, I mean, the guy was 1380 01:12:43,880 --> 01:12:47,960 Speaker 1: just phenomenal. And yet you're like, Okay, he's sort of 1381 01:12:48,040 --> 01:12:52,400 Speaker 1: Nolan Ryanish in the Mets and the Angels days where 1382 01:12:52,439 --> 01:12:54,760 Speaker 1: you didn't always know where it was going, you know. 1383 01:12:55,240 --> 01:12:58,200 Speaker 1: But by the time Nolan Ryan got to Texas and 1384 01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:00,960 Speaker 1: was pitching in Houston and then for the Rangers, he 1385 01:13:01,040 --> 01:13:03,719 Speaker 1: actually had a curveball and he had more control. That's 1386 01:13:03,720 --> 01:13:06,439 Speaker 1: what you've seen out of Josh Allen. He's developing a 1387 01:13:06,479 --> 01:13:10,439 Speaker 1: curveball and more control and he's very special. They could 1388 01:13:10,439 --> 01:13:13,800 Speaker 1: be Super Bowl champions in my opinion. Wow. Finally, Mike 1389 01:13:13,960 --> 01:13:16,680 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith. Look, we've talked about him a lot, and 1390 01:13:16,800 --> 01:13:20,160 Speaker 1: from the outside looking in a couple of coaching openings 1391 01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:23,200 Speaker 1: happened relatively early this season, so there's a lot of 1392 01:13:23,200 --> 01:13:25,920 Speaker 1: buzz about who the possible candidates are. Has that noise 1393 01:13:25,960 --> 01:13:28,200 Speaker 1: made its way into the building? What is the talk 1394 01:13:28,240 --> 01:13:32,040 Speaker 1: around Nashville at large with Arthur Smith and the prospects 1395 01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:35,040 Speaker 1: of him going elsewhere as a head coach? Well, fortunately 1396 01:13:35,080 --> 01:13:37,160 Speaker 1: I'm not in the building because I don't want to. 1397 01:13:37,400 --> 01:13:40,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to hear anything about him leaving, and 1398 01:13:40,720 --> 01:13:42,880 Speaker 1: I don't want the Texans to hire him, So don't 1399 01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:47,760 Speaker 1: do that. He's fantastic and he's a head coach. It's 1400 01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:50,479 Speaker 1: the same feeling I had about Matt Laflour when he 1401 01:13:50,520 --> 01:13:52,920 Speaker 1: was with us two years ago. And you know, it's 1402 01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:56,599 Speaker 1: a funny thing when we had all these issues two 1403 01:13:56,680 --> 01:14:00,120 Speaker 1: years ago and Marcus Mariota wasn't playing very well and 1404 01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:04,400 Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur found a way to coach us into the 1405 01:14:04,479 --> 01:14:08,240 Speaker 1: last game of the season with Blaine Gathered at quarterback 1406 01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:10,400 Speaker 1: and a chance to go to the playoffs, and I 1407 01:14:10,400 --> 01:14:12,599 Speaker 1: thought it was one of the better coaching jobs I 1408 01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:15,800 Speaker 1: had ever seen. And obviously the Packers agreed because they 1409 01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:18,200 Speaker 1: hired him as the head coach. And you know, he's 1410 01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:21,880 Speaker 1: already won twenty six games there in two years. Arthur 1411 01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:25,640 Speaker 1: Smith's the same deal. He's the same deal. He's a 1412 01:14:25,640 --> 01:14:30,000 Speaker 1: head coach. He's got that, he's got that makeup. We're 1413 01:14:30,080 --> 01:14:35,720 Speaker 1: hopeful selfishly that maybe this isn't his round, that he 1414 01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:39,519 Speaker 1: could stay with us one more year before he gets plucked. 1415 01:14:39,560 --> 01:14:44,040 Speaker 1: But if he does, everybody in this organization will be 1416 01:14:44,120 --> 01:14:46,599 Speaker 1: happy for him because he's been with us for ten 1417 01:14:46,720 --> 01:14:54,000 Speaker 1: years and he is the real deal as a human being, 1418 01:14:54,920 --> 01:14:58,120 Speaker 1: as a ball coach, and I think he has that 1419 01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:00,560 Speaker 1: makeup to be a head coach, as will Mark. I 1420 01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:04,439 Speaker 1: just think he's got the it factor that it takes, 1421 01:15:04,560 --> 01:15:07,400 Speaker 1: like what we saw from Matt lastour, It's always a 1422 01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:11,400 Speaker 1: fun conversation with Mike Keith. I just hate that I 1423 01:15:11,439 --> 01:15:13,200 Speaker 1: didn't get a chance to jump in like I get 1424 01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:15,720 Speaker 1: a chance to do it the combine love having Mike 1425 01:15:15,800 --> 01:15:18,080 Speaker 1: on the show, whether it's just with Mark, with both 1426 01:15:18,080 --> 01:15:21,000 Speaker 1: of us. He is gotten to be a great friend 1427 01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:23,280 Speaker 1: from a distance, and we love having him on the show. 1428 01:15:23,280 --> 01:15:25,639 Speaker 1: All Right, We're gonna finish up the show next by 1429 01:15:25,680 --> 01:15:28,360 Speaker 1: going in the lab. Drew Doherty and I hit on 1430 01:15:28,439 --> 01:15:31,400 Speaker 1: a pot Pouria things if you will next on Texans 1431 01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:38,280 Speaker 1: or Access Before we get to our final segment. I've 1432 01:15:38,320 --> 01:15:41,439 Speaker 1: got a little note for all of my teachers out there, 1433 01:15:41,640 --> 01:15:44,000 Speaker 1: if you are looking to bring a little Texas football 1434 01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:47,200 Speaker 1: to your classroom, that I got you covered. With help 1435 01:15:47,240 --> 01:15:50,840 Speaker 1: from our friends at Connigo Phillips, Toros matt Rills as 1436 01:15:50,880 --> 01:15:53,280 Speaker 1: a series design helped third fourth graders learn how to 1437 01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:57,000 Speaker 1: do math in the classroom. Go to Houston Texans dot 1438 01:15:57,080 --> 01:16:01,680 Speaker 1: com slash Toros matt Rills again sponsored buyer friends at 1439 01:16:01,720 --> 01:16:06,160 Speaker 1: Conico Phillips, and you will be a teaching wizard. I 1440 01:16:06,200 --> 01:16:10,400 Speaker 1: promise you. I've done it. You can do it. Paros Mattros, 1441 01:16:10,439 --> 01:16:13,680 Speaker 1: Houston Texans dot com. Welcome back. One final segment. It's 1442 01:16:13,720 --> 01:16:17,320 Speaker 1: time to go in the lab with my pal Drew Doherty. 1443 01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:20,920 Speaker 1: And here it is John. How are you, buddy? Well, 1444 01:16:21,439 --> 01:16:25,640 Speaker 1: I'm good, just trying to get things done. Finish up 1445 01:16:25,640 --> 01:16:28,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty on a strong note. And obviously we got 1446 01:16:28,160 --> 01:16:29,920 Speaker 1: to finish up in the lab in twenty twenty on 1447 01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:33,280 Speaker 1: a strong note, and so that's what we're doing. So yeah, 1448 01:16:33,320 --> 01:16:36,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you can look around my spacious car if 1449 01:16:36,320 --> 01:16:39,400 Speaker 1: you'd like. It's not really it's just it's a car. 1450 01:16:39,479 --> 01:16:42,600 Speaker 1: But what are you gonna do? Yeah, you bring up 1451 01:16:42,600 --> 01:16:44,840 Speaker 1: a good point, let's finish strong. I think there's a 1452 01:16:44,880 --> 01:16:47,200 Speaker 1: section of the public out there that thinks everyone who 1453 01:16:47,280 --> 01:16:50,040 Speaker 1: works for the Houston Texans is just fine and dandy 1454 01:16:50,080 --> 01:16:53,080 Speaker 1: with losing, doesn't really give a crap, is gonna just 1455 01:16:53,160 --> 01:16:55,760 Speaker 1: take money and that's it. When that's not the case, 1456 01:16:56,160 --> 01:16:59,800 Speaker 1: we're pissed off at what's happening. We want Super Bowl 1457 01:16:59,840 --> 01:17:02,439 Speaker 1: times every single year and all that stuff, but it 1458 01:17:02,479 --> 01:17:07,000 Speaker 1: hasn't happened this year. So things will change no matter what. 1459 01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:09,679 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty we're going to see that, for sure. 1460 01:17:10,080 --> 01:17:13,920 Speaker 1: But in front of us and in twenty twenty one, technically, 1461 01:17:14,360 --> 01:17:18,920 Speaker 1: there's one more football game to play, and I'm not 1462 01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:21,880 Speaker 1: saying it's going to happen. I'm not saying it's likely 1463 01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:26,000 Speaker 1: to happen, But oh how delicious it would be if 1464 01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:29,760 Speaker 1: the Texans could hand these guys a loss. Now we're 1465 01:17:29,760 --> 01:17:33,599 Speaker 1: shooting this or taping this on a Tuesday morning, By 1466 01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:37,000 Speaker 1: all accounts, it sounds like Deshaun Watson's gonna play. And 1467 01:17:37,479 --> 01:17:40,160 Speaker 1: I wrote a little something about this the other day. 1468 01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:43,000 Speaker 1: But in the two games that Deshaun Watson has played 1469 01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:46,280 Speaker 1: against the Titans in the Stadium and narg Stadium, the 1470 01:17:46,360 --> 01:17:50,479 Speaker 1: Texans have scored a combined ninety one points, eaten the 1471 01:17:50,680 --> 01:17:54,360 Speaker 1: Titans by double digits. Both times he's thrown six touchdowns 1472 01:17:54,640 --> 01:17:57,040 Speaker 1: have been picked off once he ran for a score 1473 01:17:57,120 --> 01:18:00,439 Speaker 1: also in each of those games, and he completed I 1474 01:18:00,479 --> 01:18:03,360 Speaker 1: think about seventy percent of his passes. I can't remember exactly, 1475 01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:06,320 Speaker 1: but he's lit these guys up. Now, those are different 1476 01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:10,280 Speaker 1: teams on both sides in each of those instances seventeen 1477 01:18:10,479 --> 01:18:12,839 Speaker 1: and eighteen. You remember he didn't play last year in nineteen. 1478 01:18:13,600 --> 01:18:18,360 Speaker 1: But we've said it every game this year, and I 1479 01:18:18,400 --> 01:18:21,880 Speaker 1: hate sounded like a broken record, but anytime he's out there, 1480 01:18:21,880 --> 01:18:23,880 Speaker 1: you've got a chance to win. Any damn near beat 1481 01:18:23,960 --> 01:18:28,479 Speaker 1: him in Nashville, yeah, the last time these two teams played, 1482 01:18:28,520 --> 01:18:30,760 Speaker 1: but it didn't go go his way. When he left 1483 01:18:30,760 --> 01:18:34,280 Speaker 1: the field in Nashville, his team was up, but Tennessee 1484 01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:36,280 Speaker 1: got the ball at the end of regulation and then 1485 01:18:36,280 --> 01:18:37,800 Speaker 1: when the coin toss and over time and they scored 1486 01:18:37,800 --> 01:18:41,280 Speaker 1: a touchdown. So I'm just saying this, it'd be really sweet. 1487 01:18:41,360 --> 01:18:43,280 Speaker 1: I mean, any win is sweet, but it'd be really 1488 01:18:43,320 --> 01:18:46,360 Speaker 1: sweet to beat these guys, you know, just because of 1489 01:18:46,360 --> 01:18:50,000 Speaker 1: everything that's gone on in the history, dating all the 1490 01:18:50,000 --> 01:18:52,320 Speaker 1: way back to the mid nineties and all the stuff 1491 01:18:52,360 --> 01:18:55,240 Speaker 1: that we've seen recently. So anyways, John, what do you 1492 01:18:55,280 --> 01:18:57,920 Speaker 1: think about that? I'm with you. And look, I know 1493 01:18:58,080 --> 01:19:01,240 Speaker 1: Mark hates the cults with the path probably more than 1494 01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:03,760 Speaker 1: I do. I didn't get in the Better twenty fourteen. Like, 1495 01:19:03,840 --> 01:19:05,120 Speaker 1: I don't care for the Colts all that much. And 1496 01:19:05,120 --> 01:19:07,840 Speaker 1: I'm bringing up the Colts because a win for us, 1497 01:19:08,880 --> 01:19:11,559 Speaker 1: you know, the Colts are gonna win. A win for 1498 01:19:11,640 --> 01:19:15,000 Speaker 1: the Colts, and a loss for the Titans puts the 1499 01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:20,040 Speaker 1: Titans into like a wild card roulette sort of situation, 1500 01:19:20,760 --> 01:19:24,479 Speaker 1: and the Colts need us. And I've known Chris Baller 1501 01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:26,559 Speaker 1: GM for the Colts for a long time, and I 1502 01:19:26,560 --> 01:19:30,000 Speaker 1: don't mind seeing good dudes win, and I think that's 1503 01:19:30,040 --> 01:19:32,000 Speaker 1: what he is. I think Frank Reich is a good dude. 1504 01:19:32,080 --> 01:19:34,400 Speaker 1: Couldn't always say that about the people in Indianapolis, but 1505 01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:36,639 Speaker 1: can say that now. I still want to beat him. 1506 01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:39,920 Speaker 1: We just botched both of our opportunities to do that. 1507 01:19:40,320 --> 01:19:43,680 Speaker 1: But I would much rather see the Indianapolis Colts win 1508 01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:45,559 Speaker 1: this thing, and they can win it with some help. Now. 1509 01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:47,719 Speaker 1: They're not gonna lease the Jacksonville Jaguars. I can promise 1510 01:19:47,760 --> 01:19:50,800 Speaker 1: you that. Here's what I find interesting about this whole year, Drew. 1511 01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:53,320 Speaker 1: I was looking at this last night watching Monday Night Football. 1512 01:19:53,320 --> 01:19:56,600 Speaker 1: They popped up the AFC playoff picture. The Chiefs of 1513 01:19:56,680 --> 01:19:59,880 Speaker 1: fourteen to one. The Bills are now twelve and three, 1514 01:20:00,080 --> 01:20:02,760 Speaker 1: the Steelers are twelve and three, the Titans are ten 1515 01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:05,080 Speaker 1: and five, the Colts are ten and five, the Dolphins 1516 01:20:05,080 --> 01:20:07,000 Speaker 1: are ten and five, the Ravens are ten and five. 1517 01:20:07,720 --> 01:20:10,360 Speaker 1: And I think I maybe missed one. I think there 1518 01:20:10,360 --> 01:20:13,599 Speaker 1: are five teams right now ten and five. Even if 1519 01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:18,240 Speaker 1: you went to eight teams in the playoffs, you weren't 1520 01:20:18,240 --> 01:20:20,920 Speaker 1: getting there nine at seven. You weren't getting there at 1521 01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:23,960 Speaker 1: nine at seven. And that's the interesting aspect of this. 1522 01:20:24,720 --> 01:20:28,840 Speaker 1: That it could happen that the Tennessee Titans and the 1523 01:20:28,840 --> 01:20:31,160 Speaker 1: Colts both make it. It could happen that just one 1524 01:20:31,200 --> 01:20:33,960 Speaker 1: of them makes it. It could happen that Tennessee goes 1525 01:20:34,000 --> 01:20:38,160 Speaker 1: in with the lead, and because they've got the tiebreaker 1526 01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:41,559 Speaker 1: right now, apparently that Tennessee could be the one in 1527 01:20:41,560 --> 01:20:45,559 Speaker 1: the catbird seat on Sunday, we upset them and then 1528 01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:48,000 Speaker 1: the Colts win and the Colts go. Now the Ravens, 1529 01:20:48,120 --> 01:20:49,920 Speaker 1: excuse me, the Titans could still get a wild card 1530 01:20:50,120 --> 01:20:52,000 Speaker 1: depending on what happens. You got a big ball game 1531 01:20:52,000 --> 01:20:54,920 Speaker 1: with the Steelers and Browns, and the Browns really messed 1532 01:20:54,960 --> 01:20:58,720 Speaker 1: up their opportunity last week. But it really gets kind 1533 01:20:58,720 --> 01:21:01,840 Speaker 1: of interesting, Drew, because we talked about all offseason. Okay, 1534 01:21:01,920 --> 01:21:05,960 Speaker 1: seven teams, Man nine and seven definitely gets in with 1535 01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:09,040 Speaker 1: seven teams, not even I mean I even thought maybe 1536 01:21:09,840 --> 01:21:13,719 Speaker 1: eight and eight maybe, but Man not in the AFC. 1537 01:21:13,880 --> 01:21:16,720 Speaker 1: This year. The AFC has been unbelievably hard. Here's the 1538 01:21:16,720 --> 01:21:19,400 Speaker 1: other one, Drew. Mark texted me this the other day. 1539 01:21:19,600 --> 01:21:21,760 Speaker 1: You know, I thought, there's a lot of things that 1540 01:21:21,840 --> 01:21:23,639 Speaker 1: have to happen, and when you have to say if 1541 01:21:23,800 --> 01:21:28,320 Speaker 1: too many times things don't go well, But he said, 1542 01:21:29,520 --> 01:21:36,000 Speaker 1: had you scored from the two yard line against Indianapolis twice, 1543 01:21:37,280 --> 01:21:39,799 Speaker 1: you go for two, maybe you win both throws games 1544 01:21:40,200 --> 01:21:42,640 Speaker 1: you win in Tennessee, if Jeffrey Simmons doesn't get his 1545 01:21:42,720 --> 01:21:45,040 Speaker 1: right hand on the pass to Brandon Cooks the wide 1546 01:21:45,040 --> 01:21:48,600 Speaker 1: open Brandon Cooks, okay, and then you take one of 1547 01:21:48,640 --> 01:21:52,599 Speaker 1: either Cincinnati Cleveland take one of those. Now, I know 1548 01:21:52,640 --> 01:21:58,040 Speaker 1: that's a lot, but if you took those four in 1549 01:21:58,120 --> 01:22:01,120 Speaker 1: games that you all had an opportunity to win, you 1550 01:22:01,200 --> 01:22:04,719 Speaker 1: took those four you'd be playing Sunday for the division title. Yeah, 1551 01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:07,240 Speaker 1: because you would have taken from them. Everything would have 1552 01:22:07,240 --> 01:22:10,760 Speaker 1: been bunched back up. They would ahead, Yeah, right, and 1553 01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:16,599 Speaker 1: then you would have the tiebreaker. And that's that's the point, true, 1554 01:22:16,640 --> 01:22:19,280 Speaker 1: And that's the point you still look up and at 1555 01:22:19,280 --> 01:22:20,679 Speaker 1: the end of the day you get five and eleven 1556 01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:23,320 Speaker 1: or four and twelve, and that's the separator mark. And 1557 01:22:23,320 --> 01:22:25,519 Speaker 1: I've you know, we used to hear Bill Bryant's eight league. 1558 01:22:25,520 --> 01:22:29,040 Speaker 1: Now it's not really that. It's a one score league. 1559 01:22:29,160 --> 01:22:32,920 Speaker 1: How do you get that additional score? And that's I 1560 01:22:32,960 --> 01:22:35,200 Speaker 1: think the one thing that has felled this team throughout 1561 01:22:35,200 --> 01:22:37,640 Speaker 1: this year. And if you remember against Tennessee, I think 1562 01:22:37,640 --> 01:22:40,479 Speaker 1: it was the only time that the Texans won the 1563 01:22:40,520 --> 01:22:44,800 Speaker 1: turnover battle was in that game against Tennessee and should 1564 01:22:44,800 --> 01:22:46,160 Speaker 1: have won the game, should have won that game by 1565 01:22:46,240 --> 01:22:49,840 Speaker 1: nine points, but they couldn't make that two point conversion work, um, 1566 01:22:50,040 --> 01:22:53,080 Speaker 1: and that was that was a killer. So they can't 1567 01:22:53,080 --> 01:22:55,320 Speaker 1: get turnovers and that's got a change. But in a 1568 01:22:55,400 --> 01:22:57,960 Speaker 1: one score league, which we have now determined it is, 1569 01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:00,759 Speaker 1: how do you get that one score? And DeShawn Watson, 1570 01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:03,840 Speaker 1: to your point, has been the guy to get that 1571 01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:06,360 Speaker 1: one score. But now it's got to be a collective 1572 01:23:06,360 --> 01:23:09,759 Speaker 1: effort of special teams, get a turnover defense getting turnovers. 1573 01:23:09,800 --> 01:23:11,479 Speaker 1: Here to Sean, here's the ball back. You don't have 1574 01:23:11,520 --> 01:23:13,920 Speaker 1: to work so hard. Here's the ball at the fifteen 1575 01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:16,160 Speaker 1: yard line. You know, those are the things that haven't 1576 01:23:16,160 --> 01:23:17,479 Speaker 1: happened this year, and those are the things that I've 1577 01:23:17,520 --> 01:23:19,759 Speaker 1: got to change in twenty twenty one. I think Deshan 1578 01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:22,200 Speaker 1: gets better and better every single year from here on out. 1579 01:23:22,560 --> 01:23:25,880 Speaker 1: I think there will be more pieces surrounding Deshan, But 1580 01:23:26,040 --> 01:23:28,280 Speaker 1: the other pieces that have got to surround him going 1581 01:23:28,320 --> 01:23:31,639 Speaker 1: forward have got to be able to help him and say, look, man, 1582 01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:33,400 Speaker 1: you're not having your greatest day. You're not having a 1583 01:23:33,400 --> 01:23:35,439 Speaker 1: great day. Maybe through an interception early, whatever the case 1584 01:23:35,560 --> 01:23:37,400 Speaker 1: might be, we got you. We just put the ball 1585 01:23:37,439 --> 01:23:39,680 Speaker 1: in the ten yard line. Or like in Detroit we 1586 01:23:39,720 --> 01:23:42,360 Speaker 1: scored a season high forty one points. We got a 1587 01:23:42,439 --> 01:23:44,880 Speaker 1: JJ wat pick six, we got two fumble recoveries that 1588 01:23:45,000 --> 01:23:48,120 Speaker 1: led to points. We haven't gotten that this year at all. 1589 01:23:48,240 --> 01:23:51,160 Speaker 1: The Sean needs some helpful perspective. By the way, you 1590 01:23:51,280 --> 01:23:53,679 Speaker 1: bring up that game, My son, Robert, the seven year old, 1591 01:23:53,720 --> 01:23:56,439 Speaker 1: was watching that game on replay yesterday. So yeah, I 1592 01:23:56,520 --> 01:23:59,120 Speaker 1: just walked in the door as jj W got to 1593 01:23:59,160 --> 01:24:00,760 Speaker 1: pick six as I watched, and I was like, that's nice. 1594 01:24:00,840 --> 01:24:03,360 Speaker 1: We can go for that. It's nice. One small point 1595 01:24:03,400 --> 01:24:06,040 Speaker 1: of contention. I agree with almost everything you just said, 1596 01:24:06,040 --> 01:24:09,320 Speaker 1: but when you started, when I handed it over to you, 1597 01:24:09,360 --> 01:24:12,000 Speaker 1: when you started things you said, I think something along 1598 01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:13,960 Speaker 1: the lines of it would be nice to help the 1599 01:24:14,040 --> 01:24:17,559 Speaker 1: Colts out or nice. I don't want to. I don't. 1600 01:24:17,560 --> 01:24:19,639 Speaker 1: I'd love to see them lose. I wish, I wish 1601 01:24:19,720 --> 01:24:22,639 Speaker 1: perfect these teams would lose this weekend and neither wud 1602 01:24:22,640 --> 01:24:24,040 Speaker 1: get in the playoffs. I don't want to help either. 1603 01:24:24,880 --> 01:24:30,560 Speaker 1: But first I know, but somebody's got to win the South. Huh. 1604 01:24:30,720 --> 01:24:33,680 Speaker 1: Somebody's gotta win the ANFC South, and I'd rather not 1605 01:24:33,760 --> 01:24:36,320 Speaker 1: be the Titans, so that the fault option is the Colts. 1606 01:24:36,439 --> 01:24:39,400 Speaker 1: So I'll make myself clear. I would much rather both 1607 01:24:39,439 --> 01:24:41,840 Speaker 1: them stub their toe, walk into stadium and lose forty 1608 01:24:41,880 --> 01:24:44,519 Speaker 1: one to two. Yeah, but I just don't think the 1609 01:24:44,640 --> 01:24:46,479 Speaker 1: Jaguars are gonna be able to pull that off with 1610 01:24:47,200 --> 01:24:51,000 Speaker 1: Jake Minshew h Glenn and whoever they've got a quarterback. 1611 01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:53,880 Speaker 1: You know, this amalgamation is some guy that's six foot 1612 01:24:53,960 --> 01:24:56,519 Speaker 1: eight and got a six foot and runs around the building. 1613 01:24:56,720 --> 01:24:58,800 Speaker 1: But the Jags aren't beating the Colts, not on that day. 1614 01:24:58,880 --> 01:25:01,479 Speaker 1: I mean, now they click the number one overall spot. 1615 01:25:01,760 --> 01:25:04,439 Speaker 1: But you're right, I used the wrong phrasing. I don't 1616 01:25:04,439 --> 01:25:06,200 Speaker 1: think it would be nice for the Colts to win. 1617 01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:09,559 Speaker 1: But if I've got to pick, if I gotta pick 1618 01:25:09,920 --> 01:25:15,360 Speaker 1: um the way that I want to go, I'll pick you. 1619 01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:17,720 Speaker 1: You pretty much said that I was nitpicking it too, 1620 01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:20,280 Speaker 1: But it's now clear neither of us want either of 1621 01:25:20,280 --> 01:25:24,439 Speaker 1: these teams to do anything for both of them. Yes, 1622 01:25:25,080 --> 01:25:29,280 Speaker 1: so suck on that, Titans fans. Yes, petty, I'm petty 1623 01:25:29,280 --> 01:25:31,559 Speaker 1: at least and don't want you to do well. I 1624 01:25:31,560 --> 01:25:34,880 Speaker 1: don't want any any success or happiness for you. So 1625 01:25:35,479 --> 01:25:38,000 Speaker 1: I want Vrabel at all watching all these playoff games. 1626 01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:41,040 Speaker 1: I do like, I love, I do like the Vrabels. 1627 01:25:41,120 --> 01:25:43,759 Speaker 1: So it pays they could still watch the playoff games. 1628 01:25:43,760 --> 01:25:46,080 Speaker 1: I'm fine with that. Yeah, it's nothing against Vrabel because 1629 01:25:46,080 --> 01:25:47,800 Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan of his and he's a he's 1630 01:25:47,800 --> 01:25:49,720 Speaker 1: a hell of a coach, you know. I think the 1631 01:25:49,720 --> 01:25:54,360 Speaker 1: world of him. But yeah, that's tough, all right. Well, listen, um, 1632 01:25:54,479 --> 01:25:58,559 Speaker 1: this is the last last in the lab of the 1633 01:25:58,600 --> 01:26:02,800 Speaker 1: blasted twenty twenty calendar year. Get lost twenty twenty. You 1634 01:26:03,640 --> 01:26:08,080 Speaker 1: screw right, go wherever? Yeah, I mean yeah. The only thing, 1635 01:26:08,880 --> 01:26:10,600 Speaker 1: the only thing is good about twenty twenty for the 1636 01:26:10,640 --> 01:26:14,640 Speaker 1: Texans was the end of the Buffalo Bills game in 1637 01:26:14,680 --> 01:26:19,519 Speaker 1: the playoffs and the first fifteen minutes in Kansas City. 1638 01:26:19,640 --> 01:26:22,360 Speaker 1: And that's that's gonna haunt me forever. That first quarter 1639 01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:25,719 Speaker 1: will haunt me for us, well, first quarter, but the 1640 01:26:25,720 --> 01:26:28,639 Speaker 1: final three. I get you, I get you. Twenty twenty 1641 01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:30,920 Speaker 1: one can't get here fast enough. Bro, I'm with you. 1642 01:26:32,640 --> 01:26:36,200 Speaker 1: Well that's gonna do it. And putting another Wednesday show 1643 01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:40,040 Speaker 1: in the books, our last Wednesday show the twenty twenty season. 1644 01:26:40,160 --> 01:26:42,479 Speaker 1: A big thanks to Mark the DP that Drew who 1645 01:26:42,560 --> 01:26:46,439 Speaker 1: always give me great content to provide for you, to 1646 01:26:46,479 --> 01:26:49,240 Speaker 1: Amy Wells, Mike Keith, both of the Tennessee Titans for 1647 01:26:49,360 --> 01:26:53,519 Speaker 1: jumping on and romeo'crnell who had his pressure today. It 1648 01:26:53,560 --> 01:26:56,599 Speaker 1: always gives us something to look forward to when he 1649 01:26:56,800 --> 01:26:58,720 Speaker 1: is at the microphone. But a big thanks to you 1650 01:26:58,720 --> 01:27:01,759 Speaker 1: guys for always being here listen for these two hours. 1651 01:27:01,760 --> 01:27:05,200 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. We will see you again. Tomorrow 1652 01:27:05,640 --> 01:27:09,080 Speaker 1: more Texans Radio for your two hours worth, because unfortunately 1653 01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:12,160 Speaker 1: no mccari Texas Bowl. Mark and I will take you 1654 01:27:12,200 --> 01:27:15,320 Speaker 1: through those two hours, and John mcclan will stop by 1655 01:27:15,360 --> 01:27:20,639 Speaker 1: as well. We'll see then everybody in as always go Texans. 1656 01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:23,680 Speaker 1: Welcome to Texans All Access. We are brought to you 1657 01:27:23,720 --> 01:27:28,160 Speaker 1: in part by apatche Corporation. Nearly three billion people worldwide 1658 01:27:28,360 --> 01:27:32,040 Speaker 1: live in energy poverty, meaning they lack access to reliable 1659 01:27:32,080 --> 01:27:35,800 Speaker 1: electricity or clean cooking fuels. 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