1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: What is up? Everybody? Welcome into a Friday edition of 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: Texans All Access. I am your host, John Harris, glad 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 1: to be with you. Less than forty eight hours from 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: a meeting with the Jacksonville Jaguars three and three out 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: both sides, Tennessee Titans also three and three. The three 6 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: teams three's the theme, tied for first place in the 7 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:26,440 Speaker 1: AFC South. Interesting about this weekend, though, is that the 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: Titans will be playing in London and that game will 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: start at nine thirty out when we're in Jacksonville eight 10 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: thirty here, we'll know by the time kickoff comes whether 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: this matchup with Jacksonville will be for sole possession of 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: first place. Now, the Titans play the Chargers, which is 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: not gonna be easy. The Chargers six and a half 14 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: win favorites to the Chargers. They could do us a 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: little bit of a favor and turn the Titans and 16 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: three and four, and hopefully those eleven sacks last week 17 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: against Baltimore are sing a thing to come for a 18 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: sign of things to come for the Chargers. I won't 19 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: have Joey Bosa, but hopefully they got a pass for 20 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: us to make life miserable for Marcus Mariotas. So we 21 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: got plenty on the show for you tonight. We got 22 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: a little Whitney Merciless coming up in our next segment. 23 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: Our Deep Plant Interview of the Week is with dpcity 24 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: each and every week, and this week it is Whitney 25 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: Merciless and yeah, he's actually speaking French creole. Yeah, imagine that, 26 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: and he teaches deep little something with that, giving my 27 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 1: keys to the game. And then of course we've got 28 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: the game plan with Brian Gaine, general manager for your 29 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,919 Speaker 1: Houston Texans, talking about all things happening in his world, 30 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: which obviously bleeds into the personnel scouting, all that kind 31 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: of stuff, and the fifty three man roster, who's gonna 32 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,279 Speaker 1: be up and active on Sunday, all that kind of stuff. 33 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: So Brian will talk about that with Mark Vanimer. I'll 34 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: give you my around the NFL, which you know how 35 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: I do it. I make the picks. I pick all 36 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: the games. I believe there are thirteen games not cointing 37 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: last night a dominant any performance by the Denver Broncos defense. 38 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: Couple of picks sixes, said Josh Rosen. I don't want 39 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: to say to the hospital, but to the training room. 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: Josh Rosen now walking around in a boot. Mike McCoy 41 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: Offfen's coordinated the Cardinals. He is out as of this morning. Yikes, 42 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: rough stuff going on in Arizona after the difficult night 43 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: against the Denver Broncos defense. So that was last I 44 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: missed that one. I don't know why I picked Arizona, 45 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: but I did. I can't believe I did that, but 46 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: I did. Either way, I got the next thirteen. I 47 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 1: got those right, I know that for sure, So you 48 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: definitely want to stay tuned for my picks. And then 49 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: segment six is about the players. It's our players segment, 50 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: so we get to know Lamar Miller. We got Player 51 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: Reporter sponsored by Arctic, Kareem Jackson, and Kjack TV has 52 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: taken off. I actually heard Mark Berman the Channel twenty six. 53 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: Our good friend asked Jonathan Joseph about being on Kjack 54 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: TV in a little media scrum. He asked him man 55 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 1: has taken off. And then the final word with Jrudoorty 56 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: this week is going to be with Justin Reid, the 57 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 1: rookie who has done a excellent and excellent job at 58 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: safety alongside Tyrn Matthew, alongside Kareem Jackson. Those three have 59 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 1: been valued members of this defense, and justin reads, the 60 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: rookie has come in and given this Texas team everything 61 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: they've wanted. And then some so really excited about what 62 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,399 Speaker 1: that man has brought to the fray. And he will 63 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: be with Jrudoorty for our final words. So we got 64 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,399 Speaker 1: planned to do, so let's get it started with our 65 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: Hot Reads. Hot Reads presented to you by Geico fifteen 66 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: minutes can see you fifteen percent or more on car 67 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: insurance And we always start each and every Friday. The 68 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: head coach, you're Houston Texas, Bill O'Briant, who sat down 69 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: with Mark Vandamir earlier today. Coach, this is a huge 70 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: game with the Jaguars. I know every week is big, 71 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: but you're back in the division for the division lead, 72 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: and I know that guys have to notice this kind 73 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: of thing happening. Yeah, I think this is kind of 74 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: why you play while you coach. You know, for games 75 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,119 Speaker 1: like this, it's uh, you know, a mid season game, 76 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: a divisional game against a really good opponent, and it's 77 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: gonna be a tough football game and we have a 78 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: lot of respect for them. But this is kind of 79 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: why you're playing while you coach, No doubt about it. 80 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: I know field position is huge. The numbers bear it 81 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: out that you are so much better in drive start 82 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: and so much better in defensive series start this year 83 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: as opposed to previous years. And that's going to come 84 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: up big today. Yeah, that is big. I think I 85 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: think that the beginning of the game will tell a 86 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 1: lot about the game. I think, uh, you know, obviously 87 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: it's going to be a very jacked up environment. Their 88 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: crowd will be into it, and we've got to handle that. 89 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: And we've got to be able to you know, be 90 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: aggressive and be smart and come out of this thing, 91 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: you know, weathering the storm early on, no doubt about it. 92 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: In their losses, the opponent has gotten a bunch of carries, 93 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: and I know a lot of things go into that 94 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: kind of thing. But I know you want to run 95 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: the football as usual. I think we have to be balanced. 96 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: We have to go into the game thinking that we'll 97 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: we'll be balanced. H you know, I think at the 98 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: end of the day, you know, we're always going to 99 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: try to do what's best to win the game. But 100 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: as the game plays out, but but we always go 101 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 1: in thinking about, look, we've got to be We've got 102 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: to be balanced. We can't be a one dimensional football team. 103 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: You look at them differently at home than on the road, 104 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: because obviously they perform better in their own building. Kind 105 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: of look at everybody different, you know. Relative to that, 106 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: I think that's a good question. I think I think 107 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: winning on the road in the NFL is very difficult, 108 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: and I think that, uh, you know, whatever it is. 109 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: You know, when you're the home team, you've got a 110 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: better routine, you know, all those things, and when you're 111 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: the road team, you know, you're a little bit out 112 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: of your routine, and you've got to go in there 113 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: and you've got to be very focused, mentally focused. You've 114 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: got to ignore the noise and really really focus on 115 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: doing your job. We've had a really good week of practice, 116 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: you know, we've had a really our best week of practice. 117 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: So I'm hoping, you know that that really is what 118 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: shows up on game day. How hard is it to 119 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: predict what they might do offensively? They have a lot 120 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: of injuries that are changing things up, try to adjust. Yeah, 121 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: I mean they you know, just like they're dealing with injuries, 122 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: you know, a lot like everybody, you know. I think that, uh, 123 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see who's active for them and 124 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: how they decide to approach the game, you know, you know, 125 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: relative to Fournet, Jamal Charles, you know, the tight end 126 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: situation for them. We'll have to see basically before the game, 127 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: based on their their inactives, how we think they may 128 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: play the game. But right now, you know, we know 129 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: that they're they're gonna try to establish the line of 130 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: scrimm and try to run the football. That's what they 131 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: always do. And then, uh, you know, we've got to 132 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: do a great job of stopping a run. All right, 133 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: final keys to victory and this one, I think again 134 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 1: it's gonna come down to, you know, when when they 135 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: create turnovers on defense. Uh, you know, they're they've got 136 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: a really really good record under Doug Morone. I mean, 137 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: I think they're ten and three when they win the 138 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: turnover battle. So we've got to do a great job 139 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: of taking care of the ball. That's gonna be big. 140 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: We did not do that last week, and we've got 141 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: to do a great job. We've got to try to 142 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: take the ball away from them, and then I think 143 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: it's gonna come down to again who runs the ball 144 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: the best and who plays the best on special teams. 145 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: You know, they do a great job on special teams. 146 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: They have a number of different ways that they attack you. 147 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: They have a lot of gadgets, different things that they do. 148 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,160 Speaker 1: So it's gonna be uh, it's gonna be a battle 149 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: in all three phases. Good stuff. They're from your head 150 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: football coach Bill O'Brien there with Fantom. All right's move 151 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: on to our next hot read, and that is a 152 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: little bit of news from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jaguars 153 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: have made a trade. They have traded a fifth brown 154 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: pick to the Cleveland Browns for Carlos Hide. Now it's Friday, 155 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: I would imagine he's got to pass a physical. I 156 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: wouldn't imagine that Hide could be ready to go on Sunday. 157 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: But I don't know. He's at least you know he's 158 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: gonna be in football shape. And I know the Jaguars 159 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: went out and signed Jamal Charles during the week and 160 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: he played on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys last week. 161 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: Now that becomes really boy, I don't know what to 162 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: expect from this as far as Hide goes, I wouldn't 163 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: think we're gonna see him wouldn't have any time to 164 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: learn a playbook. Maybe he knows about four or five plays. 165 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: I have no idea. Maybe he's able to pick up 166 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: some of it. And I don't know if there's any 167 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: way to get him on the roster for this guy, 168 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: I don't know. That's an interesting one. So we'll have 169 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: to keep an eye that. But Carlos Hide now a 170 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: member of the Jacksonville Jaguars. If you remember last year, 171 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: the Jaguars made a deal for Marshall Darius at about 172 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: this time. I think it was about this time last 173 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: year with the Buffalo Bills. He's kind of fallen on 174 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: a favorite at the new Bill staff and dug Ron 175 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: had some experience with him when he was the Buffalo 176 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: head coach and it's like, come on, come on down. 177 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: So Marshall Darius was added to the Jaguars defensive front. 178 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: Carlos Hide, I don't know if he's got any experience 179 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: or any I don't think he's got any time with 180 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: this current Jaguars staff. But Jaguars thought they had an 181 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: opportunity and so they gave up a fifth round ago 182 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 1: get Carlos Hide. Now that becomes important and there's a 183 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: reason for that as we get to our injury report. 184 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: So we're gonna start with Jacksonville with that news right there, 185 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 1: because the Jacksonville report is well, it's been about the same. 186 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: James As Shaughnessy's out at tight end, d J. Hayden 187 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: out at corner. So we'll see Tyler Patman at nickel 188 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: and we will he a gaggle of tight ends that 189 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: nobody knew about because the Jaguars have now lost the 190 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,599 Speaker 1: tight end Niles Paul Austin's Farrion Jenkins and James O'Shaughnessy. 191 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: So Jaguars are probably gonna play Blake Bell, yeah, the 192 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: Bell Dozer, and we also see David Grinage. Those are 193 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: the two tight ends that Jaguars have. They will also 194 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: be without Leonard Fournette for I believe this is the 195 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: fifth straight week he's going to be out, hence the 196 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: move for Carlos Hide. Now the Eagles are up on 197 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: the schedule next for the Jaguars, and there's the thought 198 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 1: that they won't be able to get Fournette back for 199 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: that one either, so they make the deal for Hide. 200 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: Don't know if he's gonna play, but Fournette out of 201 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: this one for the Jacksonville Jaguars for your Houston Texans. 202 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: We knew Aaron Colvin and Brian Peters probably gonna be out. 203 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: They are out, also going to be out for the Texans. 204 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: Sharis right at corner and Ryan Griffin at tight end 205 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: right with about three different things. He's dealing with Ryan 206 00:09:56,080 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: Griffin with illness. First day he was out of practice 207 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: was today. But he has declared out of this one 208 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: at Jacksonville, and Shari's right out. So four players out 209 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: for your Texans. Griffin and you can sort of see 210 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: right going in the opposite direction. He was full participant 211 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, limited on Thursday, and then today he was 212 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: completely a DNP. That gets him out. That makes the 213 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: corner situation well dicey to say the least. Now with Griff, 214 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: he came up sick today, he is out. Hopefully he's 215 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,319 Speaker 1: gonna be okay and get back. But that least Jordan 216 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:32,079 Speaker 1: Nakins and Jordan Thomas two rookies manning the tight end spots, 217 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 1: and that leaves at corner a question mark. More than 218 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: likely Kareem Jackson will step over there for Shari's right 219 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: when they go Nickel, that could mean Johnson Batamosi. That 220 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: could mean Kareem stays on the outside and they play 221 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: a little bit more the safeties. Maybe Mike Tyson gets 222 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: on the field at safety. They've got some concerns at 223 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: safety and at corner, and how they go about it, 224 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: we'll find out. The troll Jamerson could play some safety, 225 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: and he could play some corner. A J. Moore can 226 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: play some corner. There are a lot of different things 227 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: they can do. It's just maybe what you don't want 228 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: to do. But you've lost Kevin Johnson to IR, came 229 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: on Webster IR, Aaron Colban's out with the ankle issue, 230 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: and now Sheers Wright is out with a number of 231 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: different things going on. Ye, this is not what you 232 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: wanted going down to Jacksonville. So a lot of moving 233 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: parts in this one. Fournett out, Cam Robinson left tackle's 234 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: already been out. The Jaguars without three tight ends. They 235 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: got two guys that weren't even on the roster at 236 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: the beginning of the year at tight end. Clais Campbell 237 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: is questionable, Zack Fulton questionable. So the one guy that 238 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: gave the Texans more issues than anybody last year was 239 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: Clais Campbell. He's questionable. He's dealing with a couple of things. 240 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: Zack Fulton trying to get back is not practiced all week. 241 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: He's trying to get back with that ankle issue he 242 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: suffered that probably I think of a first scoring drive. 243 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: That's when I remember seeing it, and he fought through 244 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: the rest of the game. Ankles can beat You never 245 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: know can make it. Sometimes you can't. Just all depends week. 246 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: Sometimes you can get through a game and it could 247 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: be awful. The next week you're out completely and can 248 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: cardily walk, So it can be it can be difficult. 249 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: Anka We'll see what Zach is able to do. All right, 250 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: there you go. Those are your hot Reach presented to 251 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: you by Geico fifteen minutes can say you're fifteen percent 252 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: or more on car insurance. Coming up, it's our deep 253 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: Slight interview of the week with dB City. This week 254 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: it is Whitney Merciless. Stay tuned for that next Texans 255 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:28,559 Speaker 1: All Access. Here's the punt and it's blocked. How the 256 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: Texans chase it to their left, picked up by Scarlett 257 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: and he's brought down inside that twenty five yard line. 258 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: The Texas blocked up punt and they've got the ball 259 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 1: at Buffalo Territory. And that is our Choose Fun Moment 260 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: of the Week, brought to you by a Carnival. Don't 261 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: forget to enter for your chance to win a cruise 262 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: every week when the Texans catch a touchdown, not if 263 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: when they've done it all year long. Carnival the official 264 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 1: cruise line of the Houston Texans. Choose Fun. Great job 265 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: there by Terrell Adams. Guys does get any time really 266 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: on defense. But you've seen Terrell Adams. You've seen Joe Webb, 267 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: Johnson Batamosi, You've seen a j. Moore, You've seen the 268 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 1: Treille Jamerson. You've seen guys on special teams and Soley 269 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: on specialty, Buddy Howe and a great tackle on fourth 270 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: fumball on the opening kickoff of the game. Guys that 271 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: have really made an impact on special teams. So that 272 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: is a Ruse Fun Moment the week. Terrell Adams the block, 273 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: bran in Scarlett picking it up and getting a few 274 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: yards with the return. All right, Welcome back to the show, 275 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Hounday Texans Radio Studio. I'm 276 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: your host, John Harris, football analyst and sidelined reporter for 277 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,439 Speaker 1: your Houston Texans and It's time for me to hand 278 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: off to one of my good friends, dpcito for our 279 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 1: deep slant Interview of the week This week, it's our 280 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: good friend Whitney Merciless. Now, Whitney has been around here 281 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: since twenty twelve. He's been at Fudruckers shows. We have 282 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: had him out for Super Bowl interviews. We had him 283 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: out the night we were out the Houston Sports Awards. 284 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: We've talked to Whitney. We probably know everything there is 285 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: to know about Whitney. Yet he makes for one of 286 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 1: the best deep slant interview subjects because he can touch 287 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: on so many different things that are going on, whether 288 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 1: it's on the field, off the field, the restaurant, anything. 289 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: And if anybody is gonna get Whitney to talk about 290 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: it in depth and do it with some humor, do 291 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: it with some seriousness, do it with a little mix 292 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: of all the emotions you could possibly have, it's gonna 293 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: be deepcit or deep slant Interview the Week with dpcitu 294 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: is Whitney Merciless. Deep take away all right, joining me today, 295 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: Whitney Merciless here inside NRG Stadium. Whitney, I just learned 296 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: that you speak another language. I feel like, I'm learning 297 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: new things about you all the time. But you speak 298 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: your parents native language that they speak in Haiti. Yeah, crew, 299 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: crew negative tongue in Haiti. Uh speak to him all 300 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: the time in it. Uh, just as a little simp. 301 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: I know you're probably gonna ask, but a little little 302 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: simple where they could say is, uh, what's up? Okay? 303 00:14:52,400 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: And what would I say? You would say, man, I'm terrible. Yeah, 304 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: it just means I'm good, I'm here, you know, I'm 305 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: I'm on fired. Do you talk to your parents in 306 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: in in what is it? Creole? How do you spell that? Yeah? 307 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: CEO so c r e O l e oh creole? Okay, 308 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: so you speak back to them in creole and not 309 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: in English? Yeah, awesome. Yeah that's something I mean. It's 310 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: like it's funny. They'll say they'll speak in creole, I'll 311 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: respond in English or I'll speaking creole and they respond. 312 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: So that's how my parents are. My parents talk to 313 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: me in Punjabi and I talk back to them in 314 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: English unless there's other people around and then they're like, 315 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: why where are you not speaking with? Who's next year? Yes? 316 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: I want my conversations to be price, you know what 317 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: I mean It's a nice little thing to have in 318 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: your back pocket. Must be nice to run into other 319 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: people from Haiti and you get to just bust it 320 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: out with them, right, no doubt, no doubt. It feels great. 321 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: It's like, man, it's refreshing to see something, you know, 322 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: somebody else in my culture and uh man like my heritage. 323 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: Uh just to be you know, out here and we 324 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: get to meet up and just talking about have a 325 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: shared language exactly. Well, it is great to have you 326 00:15:58,360 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: back on the field as well. I didn't get to 327 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: sit down with you last year because after five weeks 328 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: obviously we all know what happened with your with your 329 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: pectoral injury. And now you're back again. I feel like 330 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: you came back in OTAs before ots even started and 331 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: you said I'm full go, I'm ready to go, and 332 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: then you know, it was put to bed and it 333 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: was put to rest. But I want to revisit back 334 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: to last year. That was the worst injury that you'd 335 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: probably had in your football career uprinto that point. Correct, Yeah, 336 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: most definitely for me to miss any significant amount of time. Yeah, 337 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: the pectorial injury, you know, put me out and all that, 338 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: and you know it's funny. I never had anything like that. 339 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: So I was like, when when I got injured, you know, 340 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: acting the athletic chains, I'm like, man, so I'm gonna 341 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: be out only a couple of weeks. They're like, no, buddy, 342 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: you're actually done for the entire season. You didn't know, no, 343 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: not at all. Did it not feel that significant at 344 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: the time? It really didn't. It really didn't. I you know, 345 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: I had to drill and still rushing in me. And 346 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: this is like right after the yeah, Grett, yeah, oh yeah, definitely, 347 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: I'll still freshened and uh, you know, did the X ray, 348 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: the MRIs and all that, and so it really came back. 349 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: It's yeah, I'm gonna be dune for it. You're such 350 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: an optimistic, upbeat person. Like what was your reaction? I 351 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: cannot even imagine you not being that, But like when 352 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: you found out that it was going to be season 353 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: ending and it was more significant than you thought, Like, yeah, 354 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: you know what, what was going through your head? A 355 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 1: pretty much? I'm like, Okay, what's the next chapter, what's 356 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: the next road, what's the next challenge for me to 357 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: face in order to really overcome this? And really I 358 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: knew I wasn't going to be able to contribute any 359 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: any kind of way on the field, So what can 360 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: I do. It's pretty much just getting my bad body 361 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 1: back to full health and just being ready for the 362 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:33,359 Speaker 1: next season and really you know, helping out the guys 363 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: and you know at my position, So you still stayed 364 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: in the linebacker. Were you still able to go to 365 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: the meetings? Oh? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was still able 366 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: to participate in the meetings and all that. And you know, 367 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: some of the younger guys would come to me and 368 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 1: ask questions, and you know, I'd help them out any 369 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: way that I could. Things that I've a experienced were 370 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: seen over the time that I've played. What did you 371 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: learn about yourself through the whole rehab process? H Hey, 372 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: that's a good question. I learned. I feel like it's 373 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: such a it's one of those hearing says where you 374 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: have to really dig deep sometimes, you know, because it's 375 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 1: they're they're gonna be good days and bad days, right 376 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 1: exactly exactly. And uh, you know I've had bad days before, 377 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: you know, in different ways, not with injuries and things 378 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: like that, and so it was just a different type 379 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: of you know, upswing or down swing that I had 380 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: to deal and face with. And you know, one thing 381 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: I just learned about myself is just, uh, like you said, 382 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: I'm pretty optimistic, and uh, I learned about myself that 383 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: you know, I really don't really get phased by these 384 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: type of things, and I'm very resilient person, you know, 385 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: as far as that goes on the field as well too. 386 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 1: So I just was ultimately I brought football on off 387 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: the field in a way in my mindset in order 388 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 1: to push forward and really get better. So the way 389 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: that you conduct yourself on the field, you sort of 390 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: attacked your rehab the same same sort of way. Exactly 391 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: were you pleased with how fast you were able to 392 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: get back on the field. Was that on schedule? Ahead 393 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: of schedule? Yeah? I was. I thought it was ahead 394 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 1: of schedule. I thought, yah know that was a pretty 395 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: significant injury. Yeah, definitely. Um, you know, let's see what 396 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: they tell me. It's like, I don't know, maybe a 397 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: four month process or something like that in order to 398 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: really get your rehab and give back to it and 399 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: stuff like that. And I was on pace, if not 400 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: a little bit ahead. And I was right back on 401 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: OTAs you going through everything, hitting not really thinking about 402 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 1: the injury. You know, sometimes when you have injuries kind 403 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: of have an in the band linger in the back 404 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: of mind and things like that, and so, but once 405 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: it came back up, I was ready. I was really 406 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: good to go. I was hidden, you know, benching just fine. 407 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 1: Things like that. And also with our new coaching staff, 408 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: the athletic or the strength and conditioning staff really helped 409 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: me to get back in a timely manner as well. 410 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 1: Was there any part of your I know, you have 411 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 1: so many pass frush moves or so much that is 412 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: asked of you. Was there any significant part of your 413 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: game that you were most worried about that would be affected. 414 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 1: I feel you use that muscle and everything. Yeah, Like 415 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: I was thinking about it after the game and I'm 416 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: like everything. It was one of the moms actually in 417 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: the carpool. She she was like, pectoral injury. She's like, 418 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: do you realize how much we use our pectoral muscles? 419 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: And I was like, that's a really good point, because yeah, 420 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: you don't realize it till you're injured there, right exactly. 421 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: And so I mean it's everything that I do on 422 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: the field, whether it's rushing the pastors, setting the edge 423 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: in the run, game. Uh, you know, as far as 424 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: like making tackles things like that, and so that's the 425 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: main thing that I was concerned about, was just bench 426 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: pressing a guy who's like three hundred pounds and just 427 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,440 Speaker 1: setting the edge on him and making sure that thing 428 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: would help hold up just fine. But that's been the case. 429 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: I've been just fine so far the season. All right, 430 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: then you had training camp and you were full going 431 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: training camp and then you you had to take a 432 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: few steps back with the hamstring. Yeah, you know, what's 433 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: the attitude there? How is that frustrating? I mean, I know, 434 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 1: it's just it's just training camp. You're obviously back for 435 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: the start of the season. They don't want to take 436 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: any chances with you. But you know what, how do 437 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 1: you get through something like that? Yeah, to come back 438 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,200 Speaker 1: and then had start and definitely having a great training camp, 439 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: you know before the before the injury happened or the hamstring. Yeah, 440 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: we were doing with training camp diaries with Whitney murcer Us. 441 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: You were on a roll and then this guy and 442 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: then just stopped just like that, and it's just like, 443 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 1: you know, little bit frustrated. It's just like dang, I man, 444 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 1: I was just on a role I was getting to 445 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: where I was, you know, my prowess and all that, 446 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: and uh, sure enough, you know, halted short just a 447 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: little bit before, you know, And it was a four 448 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: week process in order to rehab, get right, make sure 449 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: to hamstring is responding just right so that there's no 450 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: setbacks or anything like that. And uh, you know, I 451 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: really had to go back and really say the same thing. 452 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: It's like, Okay, it's a process, you know, attacking the 453 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: same way. Stay in the meetings, understand what we're doing, 454 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 1: stay locked in because by the time week one comes, 455 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: you know, I gotta be ready and be full going. 456 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: Sure enough, that's exactly what I did. How much pressure 457 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: do you put on yourself in those situations to be 458 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: ready for week one? Ah, there's a lot of pressure. 459 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: I mean there's pressure from everybody that wants to see 460 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,199 Speaker 1: you on the field, But internally, I have to imagine 461 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: there's nothing more than the pressure you're putting them. Oh, 462 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: no doubt. We put pressure on ourselves on and a 463 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: ton of pressure on ourselves because we want to be 464 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: the greatest at everything that we do. You know, I 465 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: put a ton of pressure on myself in order to 466 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:58,479 Speaker 1: you know, I wanted to be able to go out 467 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: there and make the plays, make you know, have the 468 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: production that I want to things like that so that 469 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 1: you know, I'm always like that as a guy from 470 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: my peers and my coaches, that man and like he's 471 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: gonna do his job, he's gonna make plays out there, 472 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: he's gonna affect the game somehow some way, and uh, 473 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 1: you know when injuries happened and things like that, it's like, ah, man, 474 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: like you want to be out there, Yes, exactly. Romeo 475 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 1: Cornell says, this year, they're moving you around a lot more. 476 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,160 Speaker 1: They're doing a lot of different things with you. What's 477 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: that like seven years in Yeah? Still learning? Yeah, still, 478 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: I mean it's a learning process every single Are you 479 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 1: ever like, can I just coach a little bit like 480 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: I've put in my time. I just want to, you know, 481 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: go out there and do my things. Sometimes you definitely 482 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: want to do that. But you know, as far as 483 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: the as far as the games go, games go, uh, 484 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: we have to be able to do give different looks 485 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: not really get stuck in the same things because there's 486 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: game plans that happen from our opponents and so it's 487 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 1: like if you put it, throw out that same If 488 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: we throw out the same game plan that we did 489 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: the week before and I'm gonna go coaches against it, 490 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: it's pretty much gonna hamper us, and it really hurt 491 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: us in a way. And so I stand exactly what 492 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: Rack is trying to do, you know, as far as 493 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: different looks get guys, you know, whether it's like bringing 494 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,479 Speaker 1: three guy guys in rush, have guys drop out, or 495 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: you know, four guys, five guys to rush against the quarterback. 496 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: And I'm completely fine with that. Now for me as 497 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,719 Speaker 1: a player, I have to understand getting the game, especially 498 00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: when I'm dropping the coverage, to understand different route concepts 499 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: and things like that. And that's not something that I've 500 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: really taken to a whole lot before because I didn't 501 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 1: do much of it. And so now I have to understand, Hey, 502 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: if I'm playing, you know, playing a Cover two, Cover one, 503 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: I gotta understand the like route beaters, Tampa two beaters, 504 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 1: things like that. And so honestly, it's just going out 505 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: there in practice and really given the coaches exactly what 506 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: they you know, pretty much trying to make them trusted 507 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: in me so that I can go out there and 508 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: go perform and be in the right place at the 509 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: right time. That's exactly almost to a tee, what Romeo 510 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 1: had said about you. He said, we asked him to 511 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,399 Speaker 1: do so much, and he just goes out there and 512 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: does it. He understands what we're trying to do out 513 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: there with this defense. And then, you know, I was 514 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 1: asking Bill O'Brien about you because I know there's a 515 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: lot of expects patient on you and what you're able 516 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,439 Speaker 1: to do with this defense, and you know, sometimes the 517 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,479 Speaker 1: stat sheet doesn't always reflect what you're able to do 518 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: on the field, And so I asked him what is 519 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: it that Whitney does that you don't see on the 520 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: stat sheet? And he like gave me a list of things. 521 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: He said that you did, quote an unbelievable job of 522 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: sitting the edge, stopping the run, rushing the passer, helping 523 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: in coverage. And he said that you know, obviously what 524 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: you do inside the locker room, you know, with helping 525 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,879 Speaker 1: other players and all that, I imagine that's got to 526 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: feel good. But you know, how do you feel like 527 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: your season is going so far this year because you've 528 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: got You've battled a lot of things to get back 529 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: out there, you know, But where do you feel like 530 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,119 Speaker 1: you're at Yeah, honestly, you know. The thing is, even 531 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: though I don't feel like I have had the production 532 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 1: that I wanted to like I've had in the past, 533 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,160 Speaker 1: I'm exactly where I need to be, you know, as 534 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 1: far as and I feel good. Um, my body feels great, 535 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,679 Speaker 1: I feel strong. I feel like I'm doing exactly what 536 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: I need to do in order to, you know, help 537 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: the team win and not really cat in, not compromising 538 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,360 Speaker 1: the defense or anything like that. And I feel like, yeah, 539 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: there's some plays that I've missed, and everybody you know 540 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: miss his plays and things like that. But it's you 541 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: can't always like, you know, I gotta go make a play. 542 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:06,919 Speaker 1: I gotta go make a play. Where RAC says is 543 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: do your job and then help out. So I got 544 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: to do my job, make sure I'll make the plays 545 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: that come to me, and then go help out once 546 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: my job is secured. And that and that's how you 547 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: build that trust, that relationship with the coaches and they understand, hey, 548 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: this guy can he understands the game, he understands exactly 549 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: what's expected of him, and he will do it the 550 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: right thing every single time. And so that's why I 551 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: can go out there and make plays and they trust 552 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: me to like and Raq wants to move me around 553 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 1: make plays in that sort of fashion. Well, you're also 554 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: helping out off the field as well. You're doing great 555 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: things with your foundation with Mercy. You've got an event 556 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: coming up, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, So it's gonna be 557 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: on November fifth, that's are Down with Mercy of event 558 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: and so we'll be honoring some great Houstonians who do 559 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: a great job in the community, who really does and 560 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: you know, give out their hearts that you know, help 561 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:52,919 Speaker 1: a lot of people in need in some way of 562 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: some fashion, and uh, you know, it's just gonna be 563 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: really like a ton of fun. We'll be showing while 564 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: representing some of our partners as well too, like Easter 565 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 1: Seals Faces here and also the Astros Foundation as well too, 566 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: which we're working on and you know, just to really 567 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: help out a lot of families with raising children with disabilities. 568 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: That's our main focus, and we rotate focuses each year. 569 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: First year we did autism, this year we're doing cerebal 570 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 1: palsy and we're really yeah, we're really focusing on just 571 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: the disabilities that aren't really not really heard of that much. 572 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: And uh, we really focused a little bit more to 573 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: be in the spotlight exactly, exactly awareness. All right, good stuff, Whitney. 574 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: If they want to learn more about your foundation, what's 575 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: your website you can go to with Mercy dot org 576 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: or follow us on you know, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Everything. 577 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 1: All right, good stuff, Whitney Mercers. Thanks so much, Whitney, 578 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: best to let for the rest of you. I appreciate it. 579 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:49,719 Speaker 1: Oh did you forget to remember? I'll remember it now. 580 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: All right, good stuff, Whitney, thanks so much. That is 581 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: so excellent. Dpcity learning French Creole from Whitney merciless. That 582 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 1: is excellent stuff. That's why you gotta listen in the 583 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 1: Deep sunt Interview every single week. And if you want 584 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: to hear more, go to the Deep Slant podcast along 585 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 1: with in Lap podcast that's Drew, Me and Drew and 586 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: the Vandomer's View which is Mark. All those podcasts, all 587 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: of our all access shows replay, all of those are 588 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 1: podcasted iTunes, Stitcher, tune in, however you get your podcasts, 589 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: go find Houston, Texas podcasts and you can hear everything 590 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: that you don't get a chance here tonight. Maybe you're 591 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 1: just hearing my voice going, wait, what I miss Well, 592 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: you can go here the Texans at All Access podcasts 593 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: anytime that you want, So you've got that's the great 594 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: thing about growing up in today's society. You missed it, 595 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: oh man, because you got so many things going on. 596 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: I missed this. I wish I could have seen that. 597 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 1: I wish I could have heard that. You're totally covered completely, 598 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: and we got you covered here, no doubt about that. 599 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: All right, Speaking of covered, coming up next, we'll talk 600 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: about our keys to the game what end up being 601 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: the most important aspects of this one to watch And 602 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 1: I don't even mention Jalen Ramsey and DeAndre Hopkins belie that. Yeah, 603 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: they're gonna be very important, There's no doubt, and it 604 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 1: is a guilty pleasure to watch those two go against 605 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: one another. But as far as importance in this game, yeah, 606 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: it's important. But there are some things that Texans have 607 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: got to do to make that even more of a 608 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 1: valued piece in this game. I'll get in my keys 609 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: to the game offense, defense, and special teams next. Right 610 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: here on Texans All Access, we're less than forty eight 611 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,360 Speaker 1: hours away from kickoff against the Jacksonville Shaguars. Welcome back 612 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 1: to Texans All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio studio. 613 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, Football Anos and silent reporter. 614 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 1: And why do I give you that time frame because 615 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 1: this matchup has and will be It's a huge one. 616 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: We knew it when the schedule came out. Mark and 617 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: I talked about that and said, look, that Week seven game, 618 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 1: that's the one. If you can just get to that 619 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: point where that Week seven game means something and you're 620 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: relatively healthy, that's gonna be a fun trip down Jacksonville. 621 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: Marcus said it all week. This game against Jacksonville, it's 622 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: probably the most important game the Texans and Jaguars have 623 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: played in quite some time, if not ever. The Texans 624 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: have had a couple of division ceiling wins against Jacksonville. 625 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: Twenty fifteen, they had one on the final day where 626 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 1: the jj just went crazy again. Creem Jacks had the 627 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: pick six beat the Jaguars up thirty six and twenty sixteen. 628 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,720 Speaker 1: That had come from behind here against the Jags. That 629 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: didn't seal a division, but it's sealed the fade of 630 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: Gus Bradley as the head coach. The next week, the 631 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: Jaguars with Doug Morone as interim head coach at the 632 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: time beat the Titans, which allowed the Texans to beat 633 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: the Bengals that night, Christmas Eve night to win the 634 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: AFC South. But the Texans and jackson never played at 635 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: this point that I can remember, for at any possession 636 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: of first place. And we'll know a little bit more 637 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: about this one because the Chargers will play the Titans 638 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: at eight thirty in the morning. Now it'll be nine 639 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: thirty from Jacksonville, but it'll be a thirty in the 640 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: morning here because they're playing in London. So the Chargers 641 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: are favored by six and a half in that one, 642 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 1: and I got a feeling Chargers are gonna win. We 643 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: got my picks later on in the show. So at 644 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: six and a half point spreads should tell you something. 645 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: The Titans gave up eleven sacks last week, so there's 646 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: that against the Chargers passed rushing defense, which could be 647 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: pretty tough. So go Chargers, get a win, and we'll 648 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: know by the time we kick off whether this one 649 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 1: is going to be for sole possession of first place, 650 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: which makes it even more important. So let's get into 651 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: our keys to the game here. This week's first community 652 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: Credit Union First Glance Keys to the Game, brought to 653 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: you by FCCU, First of Unian Credit Union of the 654 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: Official Credit Union of the Houston Texans. All right, let's 655 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 1: starting the offensive side of the ball with our keys. 656 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 1: Number one is number ninety one. And if you've watched 657 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: the Jaguars over the past few years, you know the names. 658 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: You know Leonard Fournette, you know Jalen Ramsey, you know 659 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: a j boy, you know, you know the names, but 660 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: you might only know the number of number ninety one. 661 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: And that's Yannick and Gockway. To me, Yannick and Gockway 662 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: is the guy that can change his game. In Game 663 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: one last year, he had two I believe it's two 664 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: sacks or two and a half sacks, and they were 665 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: both strip sacks, and they were huge, and they came 666 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: off the right side and he just jumped all over 667 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 1: Tom Savage. One led to a touchdown, one led to 668 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: a turnover. I think the first one was when it 669 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: was sixth to not that the Texas were driving and 670 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: got it to a round midfield turn it over. At 671 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: that point, then it was twelve to nothing with about 672 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: him less than a minute left and a half try 673 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: and get some points on the board before half, and 674 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: he got a second one. And Gockway is the energizer 675 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: bunny of pass rushers. He never stops, but he's kind 676 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 1: of awkward, indifferent as a pass rusher. He's not just 677 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: run up field. He's not just spin moves. He's got 678 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: a litany of moves that he likes to use. But 679 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 1: the one thing that he does so well, he almost 680 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: treats it like he's a point guard in basketball. He 681 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 1: is going to break tackles down just with his movement. 682 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 1: But the one other thing with him is he's relentless. 683 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: Even if he takes a high, speedy ass rush, he 684 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: will work his way back to the quarterback. So whoever 685 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: is responsible for blocking ninety one must stay between he 686 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,760 Speaker 1: and Deshaun Watson throughout the play until the whistles. It's 687 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: not enough to just shove him on by and think 688 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: Deshan's throw it and start watching and see what's happening. 689 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: You've got to stay on him through the whistle. It's 690 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: imperative because ninety one can ruin the game. Ninety one 691 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 1: has moved into that status. He has moved into that 692 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,720 Speaker 1: echelon where you've got to account for him every play, 693 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: every second to the whistle. Absolutely ninety one must be 694 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: taken care of. Number two. What run game can be 695 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 1: established in this one? Now? The Jags are they're not 696 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 1: one of the top run defenses in the league, which 697 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,640 Speaker 1: is a little bit surprising. With that, with what they 698 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: have up front, what they haven't linebacker, you'd think many 699 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 1: they stuff the run. Right. No, they're one of the 700 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: top teams in the league against the pass, but they 701 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 1: give up but one undred, eighteen hundred nineteen yards per 702 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 1: game on the ground. Texans have not been able to 703 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 1: run it extremely well. Last week they got some creases 704 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: up front, but really the Bills were so disciplined that 705 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: they just didn't allow the Texans to get much in 706 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 1: the running game. This week's got to change because last 707 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: week he was twenty four for seventy four. Descharlie had 708 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 1: two attempts for two yards. Usually Deshaun accounts for about 709 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 1: thirty to thirty five yards and sometimes not to the forties, 710 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,440 Speaker 1: but really weren't able to get either of the running 711 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 1: backs going. Lamar fifteen for forty six, Alfred seven for 712 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: twenty six. They've got to be able to get those 713 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 1: guys going and it's got to be things that hit quickly. 714 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 1: This can't be long winding runs at bouncy outside. The 715 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 1: bouncy outside. Barry Church and Gibson are going to be 716 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: all over it, and you got to figure it out fast. Okay, 717 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: these types of runs are working. We've got to stick 718 00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: with these runs. They've got to be able to put 719 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: that secondary in peril of Church, he's got to come 720 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: support the run and then boom, you can hit some 721 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: throws behind him. Same with Tishun Gibson. If you can 722 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: get some runs going early. If not, those guys you're 723 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: just gonna sit at twelve to fifty yards and just 724 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 1: take away your passing game. So you've got to get 725 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:06,400 Speaker 1: the run established early, figured it out early, figured it 726 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 1: out fast, and let's roll with it. Get the ball 727 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 1: out now, get it out of your hands now. Deshaun 728 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: Watson's got to throw the football. He can't sit back. Then. 729 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: I know he wants to create plays in the I mean, 730 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 1: I understand that, and I know it's probably been beating 731 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: to his head and the way that he's wound. He 732 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,840 Speaker 1: thinks every play can be a play, but take the profit. 733 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 1: Coach Obrian talks about all the time, take the profit. 734 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 1: If Keki's there five yards, hitting for five yards Aikins 735 00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: or Jordan Thomas, take what Jacksonville gives you. Live to 736 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,799 Speaker 1: see second and four. That's completely fine. Get the ball 737 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: out now, use the tight ends, use the slots. There 738 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 1: have been guys open at times and the window closes fast. 739 00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 1: We's got to make that decision quickly, and this is 740 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:45,879 Speaker 1: one of those to get the ball out, not take 741 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: those hits, especially against this defense. Now, last week I 742 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: said I love the double pass call. Actually I'd love it. 743 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: I just don't know if I were to run it 744 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: against Buffalo because Buffalo is more discipline than most defenses. 745 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 1: Against Jacksonville, you might have an opportunity. Because of the 746 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,920 Speaker 1: aggressiveness with which they play, They're gonna be all over it. 747 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,240 Speaker 1: They want to run to the football, especially a linebacker. 748 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: Tevin Smith and Miles Jack run to the football like 749 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: they run like safeties, and they want to run the football, 750 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,240 Speaker 1: and they want to inflict pain on running backs defensive 751 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,279 Speaker 1: backs kind of the same way. This might be an 752 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: opportunity where maybe it's not that will pass, but there 753 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 1: might be some I would say, trick player, we flick 754 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 1: there's something that you can run against Jacksonville and take 755 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:28,799 Speaker 1: advantage on that overaggressiveness I mentioned the linebackers is key 756 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 1: number five. Occupy the linebackers. You don't have to mall them. 757 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 1: In fact, you're probably not going to because they're so quick, 758 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: but you got to occupy them. And if you can 759 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 1: get to a point where you position them and then 760 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,000 Speaker 1: they take a bad path they jump inside when they 761 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 1: should go over the top of a block and they 762 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: know it, that's where your run game can take advantage of. 763 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: And Telvin Smith them jack They're not the biggest guys 764 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,799 Speaker 1: in the world, but they are fast. So you've got 765 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 1: to get to the right position and you just have 766 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 1: to occupy them because they'll make the decision to run 767 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 1: around the block, and if they do, that's where the 768 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,319 Speaker 1: run game can take advantage of. In the last key 769 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: number six, you may have to account for the safeties 770 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,200 Speaker 1: in the run game. If you start running the ball 771 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: pretty well in Church and Gibson start rolling into the 772 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,800 Speaker 1: boxes the Buffalo Bills did, then you got our account 773 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: for them in some way, shape or form. And you 774 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: may have to account for them in two ways. One 775 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,839 Speaker 1: maybe not having a wide receiver block is safety but 776 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:18,520 Speaker 1: maybe you have to have somebody else bump off to 777 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: him and treat them like a linebacker, or because you've 778 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,239 Speaker 1: sucked them now in account for them by running some 779 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 1: play action and getting throws behind them. So either way, 780 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 1: but you gotta account for the safeties in the run game. 781 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,880 Speaker 1: Last week kek Qt, I thought when he was in 782 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,279 Speaker 1: the slot, he did a really good job blocking. He 783 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 1: did a really good job got to his spots. He 784 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,719 Speaker 1: got especially Taran Johnson, he got him out of there. 785 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:41,399 Speaker 1: And I think that's one of the things that they've 786 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:42,640 Speaker 1: got to be able to do that they got to 787 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,600 Speaker 1: account for those safeties in the run game. And so 788 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,160 Speaker 1: if that's key, key inside, whomever. But they've got our 789 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:48,880 Speaker 1: account for them. If they don't do it in the 790 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: blocking scheme, then check the play to a pass and 791 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 1: hit passes where those safeties would be in the void, 792 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 1: all right, top over the defense number one. More than 793 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:02,760 Speaker 1: anything else, everything is in runt, everything is in front. 794 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,600 Speaker 1: No receivers get behind. Last year in December, it was 795 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 1: a disaster. Guys got behind playing man coverage. Bortles drop 796 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:14,240 Speaker 1: balls just on the spot and it was ugly, really ugly. 797 00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 1: These guys can fly. Kelan Cold Westbrook and DJ Chark 798 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:21,359 Speaker 1: or maybe not the most accomplished receivers, but they can fly. 799 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: And a lot of what they get is driving you 800 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: off thinking they're going downfield and then working back and 801 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 1: with the Bortles hitting him. But then you got to adjust. 802 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: Then you adjust with some press coverage, you stay on 803 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,000 Speaker 1: top of them, or you tighten down your off coverage 804 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,399 Speaker 1: and then they double move you. And Keelan Cole's got 805 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: some great hands, so these guys cannot get anything over 806 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,280 Speaker 1: the top. Now. They're not averaging more than fourteen yards 807 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,360 Speaker 1: to catch, but a lot of that is because they've 808 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 1: not made some catches down the field they could have made. 809 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 1: Bortles missed them a few times, and so they've got 810 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 1: to make. The defensive backs have got to make sure 811 00:37:55,280 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 1: that that's not impactful nothing behind them. To that point, 812 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: key number two, and the defensive side force bad Bortles 813 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,239 Speaker 1: to come out. There's good Blake and there's bad Blake, 814 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 1: and Jacksonville people know about it. We know about it. 815 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 1: Everybody knows about it. And we've we've seen bad Blake Bortles. 816 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,200 Speaker 1: We saw him here in twenty sixteen in that game 817 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 1: where we came from behind we saw him in twenty fifteen. 818 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:19,759 Speaker 1: Twenty fourteen, y'all kind of hurt us a little bit, 819 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 1: But twenty seventeen, good Blake came out in both games. 820 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 1: You gotta force the bad Bortles to come out. How 821 00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 1: do you do that? Jump in some short routes, using 822 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: your disguises and using them well. And then when you 823 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:33,360 Speaker 1: get in third and long, that's where you want to live. 824 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: Then you got to make sure that you take away 825 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 1: any opportunity to pick up first downs in any way, 826 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 1: shape or form which leads me to keep number three. 827 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:44,840 Speaker 1: Bortles will scramble. Do not take your eyes off of him. 828 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:46,920 Speaker 1: You gotta watch him at all times, head on us, 829 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,560 Speaker 1: swivel linebackers. One thing that he does really well is 830 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: seen opening a takeoff for first downs. He lets the 831 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:57,200 Speaker 1: outside rushers get beyond him, and then he takes off. 832 00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,040 Speaker 1: He sees that scene and he takes off, and obviously 833 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: linebackers are dropping into coverage, and so he sees that 834 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: it's third and seven. He sees everybody go beyond him, 835 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,799 Speaker 1: he sees watting clowning working behind him, and now he's 836 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,479 Speaker 1: taken off and running. So the Texans do a couple 837 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,279 Speaker 1: of things that could negate that with the way they 838 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:12,880 Speaker 1: rush in the middle and the personnel they have in 839 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,000 Speaker 1: the middle, But there're still seems there. If that means 840 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:17,800 Speaker 1: the linebackers are gonna chase him down, they're gonna have 841 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 1: to chase him now, but try to avoid that. Make 842 00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,879 Speaker 1: him throw from the well just leads me to four. 843 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,960 Speaker 1: In the run game, Bortles will run the zone read. Now. 844 00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:30,760 Speaker 1: The Texans have taken the zone read away from Bortles before. 845 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: They did it with some different techniques, and the Jags 846 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 1: didn't like it. They didn't like it, and they're like, oh, 847 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: this is not working. But I've also seen Bortles pulled 848 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 1: up ball on the zone read this year and pick 849 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 1: up significant gains because everybody is chasing running backs and 850 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,920 Speaker 1: he's pulling it out of there, going what are you doing, dummies? 851 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:47,560 Speaker 1: And he just takes it and runs and picks up 852 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 1: eight yards, slides down a second and two. You can't 853 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,799 Speaker 1: allow him to short yard and situations on second down. 854 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,600 Speaker 1: Just can't do it because it brings me back to 855 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: Keen number one. If he gets the second one, second 856 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,719 Speaker 1: and two, they'll take a shot because they feel like 857 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,319 Speaker 1: they can pick up third and one third and two 858 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:05,320 Speaker 1: with their running game, so Bortles cannot off the zone read, 859 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 1: force him to hand the ball off. Force him to 860 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:09,920 Speaker 1: hand a ball off. And that means that linebackers the 861 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,960 Speaker 1: defensive vans have to play together. If one's crashing, one's scraping, 862 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: if one's playing Bortles, the other one's crashing hard. On 863 00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,279 Speaker 1: the run, They've got to be able to play the 864 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,360 Speaker 1: zone read properly and intelligently. Now they've done in the 865 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 1: past that I've said, and that's really really helped them 866 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: against the Jaguars, and the run game needs a similar 867 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,560 Speaker 1: plan to that. Last key attacked the weak spots in 868 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,600 Speaker 1: the offensive line. Brandon Lender and Andrew Norwell have been 869 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,040 Speaker 1: banged up this week, but they have practiced. The left 870 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,560 Speaker 1: tackle Josh Walker is a guy that Texans know having 871 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: been on the roster a few years ago. He's replacing 872 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 1: the guy who replaced the guy Cam Robinson was hurt 873 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 1: and they went to backup, then they went to a 874 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,759 Speaker 1: second backup. Where's the weak spot on the line is 875 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:50,880 Speaker 1: that left tackle? Jeremy Parnell is the guy that typically 876 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,680 Speaker 1: at right tackle. I think they can beat him. The 877 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,279 Speaker 1: weak spot on the line really a couple of guys 878 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 1: in the inside banged up, a couple of guys in 879 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:00,160 Speaker 1: the outside that are backups. Where is it throughout the game? 880 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,960 Speaker 1: That's what you're gonna have to fuel out, which guys 881 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,839 Speaker 1: do you feel like are the weak spots on this line, 882 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 1: and then attack it, whether it's with blitz, whether it's 883 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,640 Speaker 1: with overloads, whatever it is, make sure you attack the 884 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,200 Speaker 1: weak spots in the offensive line. When everybody's healthy came 885 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:15,439 Speaker 1: Robinson's healthy, and Norwell and Linda are healthy, and Can 886 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,439 Speaker 1: is ready to go, and Parnell's going. It's a really 887 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 1: good offensive line, but it's not healthy, and it's not 888 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,480 Speaker 1: it's without Robinson appearing simple. And I think Robinson is 889 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,080 Speaker 1: a huge piece for them. And I didn't think he 890 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,719 Speaker 1: would be. I did not think he would be. I 891 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,080 Speaker 1: thought a tackle was going to be a struggle. I 892 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:30,840 Speaker 1: thought he moved into guard, but they played him at 893 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,200 Speaker 1: left tackle, and he has been really, really good as rookie, 894 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,719 Speaker 1: and he was a big reason why Jaguars were able 895 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:38,720 Speaker 1: to run the football in different ways and Keeplake Bortles 896 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:41,240 Speaker 1: protected because of the work he was doing it left tackle. 897 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,520 Speaker 1: But he has been out, so you've got an advantage 898 00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:47,399 Speaker 1: there take advantage of that upfront where the weak spots 899 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:51,200 Speaker 1: exploit them right now, And the last one we're gonna 900 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,520 Speaker 1: give the special teams. Two years ago, twenty sixteen, in 901 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:58,479 Speaker 1: a very close game at Jacksonville twenty four, twenty one game, 902 00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:01,120 Speaker 1: the Texans needed a part turned from Tyler Irvin and 903 00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:02,600 Speaker 1: it got it. He got it all the way down 904 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:04,560 Speaker 1: to the five yard line. Didn't score, but he had 905 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,960 Speaker 1: about a forty forty five yard return. I got it 906 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,600 Speaker 1: inside scoring position. Texans score a touchdown on the very 907 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,600 Speaker 1: next play. This feels like a game where Irv's got 908 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:16,000 Speaker 1: to do that one good punt return to give them position. 909 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,839 Speaker 1: If you get a turnover, if you get a great 910 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,520 Speaker 1: punt return, that sets up position, that'll put you in 911 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,799 Speaker 1: a good spot to win this football game. But I 912 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,959 Speaker 1: think defense doing its deal. But Irvin in the punt 913 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,879 Speaker 1: return game, I think you put them in really good 914 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,560 Speaker 1: stead with an excellent, excellent return. So there you go. 915 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,320 Speaker 1: That's this week's first Community Credit Union First Glance Keys 916 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:36,960 Speaker 1: to the Game has brought to you by FCCU, the 917 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:39,759 Speaker 1: Official Credit Union of the Houston Texans. All right, we 918 00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:43,239 Speaker 1: get back, it's our buddy Brian game. He will join 919 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,919 Speaker 1: us next right here on Texans All Access. Second hour 920 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:51,680 Speaker 1: of Texas All Access begins right now. Welcome back everybody. 921 00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:53,760 Speaker 1: It is Texas All Access from the Hunt of Texans 922 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,400 Speaker 1: Radio Studio. Glad you are with us. We got one 923 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,400 Speaker 1: hour in a book. If you just missed that give 924 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,560 Speaker 1: you our keys to the game. 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Now, before we get to 935 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,640 Speaker 1: Brian Gaine, I gotta tell you a little bitbout a 936 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,480 Speaker 1: little bit about Toros Mathros. So if you're a Houston 937 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,840 Speaker 1: area teacher and want to bring a little Texans football 938 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,560 Speaker 1: to your classroom, then I need you to sign up 939 00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:40,120 Speaker 1: for Toros Matros, presented by Conical Phillips Toros Matros is 940 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,360 Speaker 1: a video series designed to help third and fourth graders 941 00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,120 Speaker 1: learn how to tackle math in the classroom. Go to 942 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,839 Speaker 1: Houston Texans dot com slash Toros Matris to learn more. 943 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,960 Speaker 1: And if you learn enough math, maybe you can find 944 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,960 Speaker 1: your way into an NFL front office. Wait wait, wait wait, 945 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,040 Speaker 1: did you just say learn math can get into the 946 00:43:57,120 --> 00:44:02,440 Speaker 1: NFL front office? Yeah? How much? How much analytical knowledge 947 00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:07,440 Speaker 1: can you gain and use as an NFL front office? 948 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 1: I know that there are thirty two teams in the 949 00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:12,280 Speaker 1: league and they're all using analytics. They're all using forms 950 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,359 Speaker 1: of math in some way, shape or form. There are 951 00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:18,680 Speaker 1: a lot of nerds taken over in the NFL, especially 952 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:21,839 Speaker 1: in front offices. And that's okay. And I could say 953 00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,520 Speaker 1: I could say the N word right there, because well, 954 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,400 Speaker 1: I am one, As comedian Burkekreisher says, if you are one, 955 00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,120 Speaker 1: you can say it, and I am. I'm a nerd. 956 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,640 Speaker 1: I'm totally fine with that. I've got a civil engineering degree, 957 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:33,839 Speaker 1: i got accounting de gree. I'm a nerd. And there 958 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:35,759 Speaker 1: are a lot of a lot of guys like me 959 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,080 Speaker 1: that got started very young with analytics and they've been 960 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:42,719 Speaker 1: using them in the front office, So I know that 961 00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:47,399 Speaker 1: at some point r GDM Brian Gaine has used that 962 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:50,279 Speaker 1: knowledge to help him find players in the draft, find 963 00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,120 Speaker 1: players out on the street. He definitely has used that knowledge, 964 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,200 Speaker 1: and he caught up with Mark vandermir earlier this week 965 00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:59,479 Speaker 1: for the game plan. Brian, three weeks ago we sat 966 00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:01,520 Speaker 1: here in the Texans. We're all in three and now 967 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:03,719 Speaker 1: three and three, so you have to feel good about 968 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:05,200 Speaker 1: that part of it. I know there are always things 969 00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:08,359 Speaker 1: you want to correct, but the winning part is going 970 00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:11,480 Speaker 1: well right now. Sure, it was a great effort by 971 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,600 Speaker 1: our defense, and great effort by our special teams, which 972 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:18,560 Speaker 1: continues to improve each week. In terms of our coverage units, 973 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,640 Speaker 1: they made some impact plays turnovers. We're a big part 974 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,200 Speaker 1: of the game, for sure. We know we got to 975 00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:27,120 Speaker 1: make improvements and adjustments on offense to get things going there. 976 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,560 Speaker 1: But nevertheless, what I've learned a lot about our team 977 00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:32,799 Speaker 1: is that we have a lot of a lot of resiliency, 978 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,799 Speaker 1: a lot of mental toughness. These guys know how to 979 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,640 Speaker 1: play sixty minutes and when the game is on the line. 980 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,000 Speaker 1: Here the last three weeks, we made some critical plays 981 00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:44,160 Speaker 1: in critical moments, So we've learned a lot about about 982 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,360 Speaker 1: our team in that regard. So, you know, I know what, 983 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:48,160 Speaker 1: the season didn't start out the way we wanted to. 984 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:49,759 Speaker 1: But we're two and oh right now, and what I 985 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,799 Speaker 1: would call the second quarter of the season. We're two 986 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,759 Speaker 1: and one at home right now, and we're back to 987 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,200 Speaker 1: three and three, and we worked our way back to 988 00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:01,759 Speaker 1: this point. But we have a critical divisional game that's 989 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,480 Speaker 1: going to be a great match this Sunday. We have 990 00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:06,680 Speaker 1: a three way tie for first place in the division 991 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:10,120 Speaker 1: and we haven't even reached the bye yet. So we've 992 00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:12,720 Speaker 1: positioned ourselves and worked hard to get back to this point, 993 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,400 Speaker 1: and uh, this is going to be a very important 994 00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,200 Speaker 1: game for us here as it relates to the rest 995 00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:20,319 Speaker 1: of the season. What's different about the defense as it 996 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:23,759 Speaker 1: evolves throughout the course of the season. I think continuity 997 00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,200 Speaker 1: and experience as it relates to the communication. You know, 998 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,279 Speaker 1: with some new players and some adjustments, guys are making 999 00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,480 Speaker 1: critical plays at critical moments. I think our past rush 1000 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:38,280 Speaker 1: has been present the past few weeks, been around the quarterback, 1001 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,879 Speaker 1: even when we're not finishing it with sacks. In terms 1002 00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:45,959 Speaker 1: of pressures, hits, knockdowns, coverage in the rush, I think 1003 00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:50,319 Speaker 1: it complements each other very well. Right now, guys are 1004 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:53,919 Speaker 1: making plays. You know, we're getting some stops, we're keeping 1005 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:57,399 Speaker 1: the point totals down. So it's been it's been fun 1006 00:46:57,440 --> 00:46:59,919 Speaker 1: to watch as it develops and improves. But I think 1007 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,440 Speaker 1: Russian that courage seemed to be complimenting each other and 1008 00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:06,399 Speaker 1: playing off one another. There's a good chemistry brewing, I think, 1009 00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:11,400 Speaker 1: with some young players emerging and some experienced players showing 1010 00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,120 Speaker 1: their experience. So it's been fun to watch as it 1011 00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:16,000 Speaker 1: relates to that. When you look at a guy like 1012 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:18,440 Speaker 1: Jonathan Joseph in his thirteenth year, you didn't draft him, 1013 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,600 Speaker 1: the Bengals did. But when you see a player as 1014 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,600 Speaker 1: a young man, it's got to be so hard to 1015 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:26,239 Speaker 1: identify how he's going to evolve through the course of 1016 00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,319 Speaker 1: his career and grow and mature and develop. You don't 1017 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:31,400 Speaker 1: target a thirteen year career, maybe, but what is it 1018 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,000 Speaker 1: about certain guys that have that ability to keep learning 1019 00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:37,839 Speaker 1: and keep getting better. The greatest intangible asset I think 1020 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:41,440 Speaker 1: Jonathan Joseph has is he is a very instinctive football player. 1021 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:44,279 Speaker 1: The game of football comes natural to him. He is 1022 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:49,200 Speaker 1: a very educated football player, very knowledgeable. He understands route concepts. 1023 00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:54,800 Speaker 1: He understands route schemes, studies the opponent, learns what who's 1024 00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:58,640 Speaker 1: who he's lining up against, knows their strengths and weaknesses, 1025 00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:01,920 Speaker 1: knows how his position fits into the grand scheme of 1026 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:06,200 Speaker 1: things for the defense. He's a very reliable, very dependable player, 1027 00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:08,560 Speaker 1: and he's great with the young guys. I think he's 1028 00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:11,920 Speaker 1: a resource of information. He's an encyclopedia for our young 1029 00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:14,360 Speaker 1: guys as it relates to the knowledge of the defense, 1030 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,640 Speaker 1: but also the knowledge of opponents. So a very unique 1031 00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:19,640 Speaker 1: skill set. We're happy to have him. We all saw 1032 00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:21,880 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson on the injury reports, so we knew that 1033 00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:24,160 Speaker 1: he was limited in practice and had the chest injury 1034 00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:26,799 Speaker 1: and everything like that. So how does this work within 1035 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:29,680 Speaker 1: the organization? You have Jeff kaplan, you have the outside 1036 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:32,000 Speaker 1: doctors as well, and you all make a collective decision. 1037 00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:34,200 Speaker 1: How does that part of it work? Not necessarily just 1038 00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:36,239 Speaker 1: with him, but players who are injured, who may or 1039 00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,040 Speaker 1: may not be able to play on a Sunday. First 1040 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:41,320 Speaker 1: and foremost, the health of the player is of premium 1041 00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:44,279 Speaker 1: importance to both Bill and I. Number one, not all 1042 00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:47,719 Speaker 1: always be the case, equally to the McNair family number two. 1043 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:49,759 Speaker 1: In terms of the process of how that works. You know, 1044 00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:52,360 Speaker 1: once the injuries are identified after the game on Sunday, 1045 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:57,440 Speaker 1: we go about the business of obviously evaluating our injured 1046 00:48:57,480 --> 00:48:59,279 Speaker 1: players as it relates to after the game, and then 1047 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:02,960 Speaker 1: again on Monday, how that relates to roster management issues. 1048 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:05,800 Speaker 1: It may influence how we bring players in for workouts 1049 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,640 Speaker 1: or tryouts, or how we make adjustments on the fifty 1050 00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:11,760 Speaker 1: three man roster, and how that may influence the practice 1051 00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,880 Speaker 1: squad as well as it relates to going out in practicing. 1052 00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:19,440 Speaker 1: Jeff Kaplan's our head athletic trainer, our director of sports medicine, 1053 00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:22,319 Speaker 1: and then doctor Wallow is our lead orthopedic. We have 1054 00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:26,600 Speaker 1: great communication with both with both of them and their staffs, 1055 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:29,240 Speaker 1: we make an evaluation on how that's going to impact 1056 00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:32,359 Speaker 1: the practice plan and the preparation plan. If there's any 1057 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,239 Speaker 1: impacts to the roster, we make those adjustments, and then 1058 00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:37,040 Speaker 1: by the end of the week we feel like Friday 1059 00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:40,239 Speaker 1: or Saturday, we have a much better greater understanding of 1060 00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:44,040 Speaker 1: how that may impact the player's performance and then ultimately 1061 00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:46,160 Speaker 1: make a decision on what's best for the player as 1062 00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,600 Speaker 1: it relates to our safety and long term health. On 1063 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,239 Speaker 1: Saturday afternoon, let's talk about Terrell Adams. I mean, I 1064 00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:53,920 Speaker 1: know it's a team sport, but he comes up with 1065 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:55,600 Speaker 1: the block pot and that has to make you feel 1066 00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:57,239 Speaker 1: good when you acquire a player and he's able to 1067 00:49:57,239 --> 00:49:58,960 Speaker 1: fit in make a play like that on special teams. 1068 00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:02,359 Speaker 1: It's so big X an excellent point. He's a six 1069 00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:05,200 Speaker 1: foot one, two hundred thirty pounds for six forty guy 1070 00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:09,319 Speaker 1: coming out. He's somebody that Brad Seely was familiar with 1071 00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:11,600 Speaker 1: having had him in Oakland, so there was some system 1072 00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:14,960 Speaker 1: in scheme, familiarity in terms of communication and learning some 1073 00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:17,560 Speaker 1: of the alignments that we wanted to teach him. He's 1074 00:50:17,600 --> 00:50:20,400 Speaker 1: been a four core guy. He's been a pleasant find. 1075 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,560 Speaker 1: Has seamlessly fit in here with our operation, with our scheme, 1076 00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:28,120 Speaker 1: and equally in our locker room. He's got good movement skills. 1077 00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:30,920 Speaker 1: He runs well. Anytime we have a chance to add 1078 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:34,279 Speaker 1: fourth down speed, range and mobility, we're gonna try to 1079 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:37,320 Speaker 1: do that one weeken. It was predicated based off Brian 1080 00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:39,920 Speaker 1: Peter's injury, but he's filled in nicely for us and 1081 00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,880 Speaker 1: he's done an admirable job. I'm looking at the tackles 1082 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:46,680 Speaker 1: and they're so young really compared to the interior three guys. 1083 00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:48,080 Speaker 1: And it's not like Nick Martin has been in the 1084 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:51,120 Speaker 1: league for a decade either. So it's a developmental process, 1085 00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,960 Speaker 1: right because when you talk to Oliman, even Jonathan Joseph 1086 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:56,040 Speaker 1: this morning said, well, it took me three or four 1087 00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:58,680 Speaker 1: years to figure out some things in the secondary. So 1088 00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,040 Speaker 1: this is a process. But you're trying to get ahead 1089 00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:03,400 Speaker 1: of the curve here if you possibly can, right correct. 1090 00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,759 Speaker 1: And then you've heard me say this before in in 1091 00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:09,640 Speaker 1: our conversation. This is you know, Bill and I coach 1092 00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:12,000 Speaker 1: O'Brien and I believe in player development. And when you 1093 00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:15,240 Speaker 1: think about Julian Davenport, fourth round player, a second year player, 1094 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,600 Speaker 1: when you think about Kendall Lamb right now, a right tackle, 1095 00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:21,560 Speaker 1: a former undrafted free agent who's entering the fourth year 1096 00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:25,640 Speaker 1: of his career. So that's complimentary to coach Devlon to 1097 00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:28,160 Speaker 1: get the guys developed and ready to play. And then 1098 00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:31,960 Speaker 1: theoretically our third tackle as a third round rookie as well. 1099 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:34,319 Speaker 1: So we have some youth and some pipeline and we 1100 00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:36,160 Speaker 1: have guys who are what I would say is in 1101 00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:38,600 Speaker 1: the hopper for the future too. But with each and 1102 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:41,040 Speaker 1: every game. They're gonna learn through the ups and downs. 1103 00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,560 Speaker 1: They're going to learn from the positives of every experience 1104 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:46,480 Speaker 1: they have in a game, and perhaps even when and 1105 00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:48,799 Speaker 1: if the negatives occur, they learn from those things, they 1106 00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:51,279 Speaker 1: grow from them from those things. And I think that's 1107 00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:53,839 Speaker 1: the biggest thing I want to stress to any young 1108 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:56,480 Speaker 1: player is that you're going to have ups and downs 1109 00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:59,319 Speaker 1: throughout your career, but you got to study the tape 1110 00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:01,160 Speaker 1: and you gotta be us with yourself about what you're 1111 00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:03,880 Speaker 1: doing good and where you have to improve. And I 1112 00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:05,440 Speaker 1: think you can do that in any position, not just 1113 00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:08,000 Speaker 1: offensive tackle, but especially because of the youth we have 1114 00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:10,239 Speaker 1: at the position, it's important for those guys to grow 1115 00:52:10,239 --> 00:52:12,879 Speaker 1: and develop and to learn from the positives, but also 1116 00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:15,759 Speaker 1: learn from any negatives. Bran in your opinion, what is 1117 00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:18,680 Speaker 1: it about the NFL? How does it stay so competitive? 1118 00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:20,440 Speaker 1: Because week to week you really don't know what's going 1119 00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,120 Speaker 1: to happen. You see some wild swings and scores from 1120 00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:25,360 Speaker 1: week to week. You see the Ravens with the dominating 1121 00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,239 Speaker 1: performance on the road, and they struggled with Cleveland previously. 1122 00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:30,879 Speaker 1: Not that Cleveland's bad because they want a couple of games. 1123 00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:32,719 Speaker 1: So what is it about the league that keeps it 1124 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:35,319 Speaker 1: so balanced. It's the best of the best, and it's 1125 00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:38,400 Speaker 1: as competitive a business as you're going to enter into. 1126 00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:42,000 Speaker 1: Everybody's good and everybody is the best guy from whatever 1127 00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:43,919 Speaker 1: program that they came from or one of the better 1128 00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:46,520 Speaker 1: ones that they came from. So you're playing in an 1129 00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:49,160 Speaker 1: environment where we have our best out there, you have 1130 00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:51,719 Speaker 1: your best out there. And I've shared this with young 1131 00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:54,560 Speaker 1: players is if you're six foot three, two hundred and 1132 00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:56,680 Speaker 1: fifty pounds and you're UND four six forty, the guy 1133 00:52:56,680 --> 00:52:59,319 Speaker 1: across from you and this league may be very much 1134 00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:02,560 Speaker 1: the same physic parameters. What's going to be the difference. 1135 00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:05,160 Speaker 1: It's going to come down to your preparation and then 1136 00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:07,560 Speaker 1: it's going to come down to the execution on Sunday 1137 00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:09,759 Speaker 1: and your ability to execute the plan. And it really 1138 00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:12,080 Speaker 1: boils down to those two things, the preparation and the 1139 00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:15,359 Speaker 1: execution on Sunday. I wanted to ask you this because 1140 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:16,759 Speaker 1: every few weeks I want to check in with you 1141 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,800 Speaker 1: as to how it's going preparing for the twenty nineteen draft, 1142 00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:21,800 Speaker 1: not to get ahead of ourselves with what your needs 1143 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:24,600 Speaker 1: are anything, but you're out there scouting right now and 1144 00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:27,799 Speaker 1: looking at the colleges, So it's halfway pretty much through 1145 00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,839 Speaker 1: the college season. How's that process going? Very good at 1146 00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,480 Speaker 1: this stage of the season. You're about at the halfway 1147 00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:35,560 Speaker 1: point in terms of all our road scouts being out 1148 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:38,400 Speaker 1: there covering all the colleges, and they've been through all 1149 00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,160 Speaker 1: the big programs, and more than likely every area scout 1150 00:53:41,239 --> 00:53:43,880 Speaker 1: that we have we have five areas in the country, 1151 00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:46,879 Speaker 1: more than likely each one of those scouts has been 1152 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,880 Speaker 1: through every school already as it relates to who they 1153 00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:51,719 Speaker 1: have to cover and who they have to see. So 1154 00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:53,960 Speaker 1: you're kind of moving into the second phase of the 1155 00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:57,160 Speaker 1: fall season, the fall scouting season, and guys will go 1156 00:53:57,239 --> 00:54:00,799 Speaker 1: back through those schools to see those second looks on 1157 00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:04,080 Speaker 1: players or get more information on prospects that perhaps they 1158 00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:07,480 Speaker 1: didn't get enough of the first time around. So we 1159 00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:09,480 Speaker 1: feel like we have a pretty good feel on where 1160 00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:11,719 Speaker 1: maybe the strengths are in the draft and maybe where 1161 00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:14,080 Speaker 1: the weaknesses are without knowing any of the younger classmen 1162 00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:17,439 Speaker 1: at this stage, but right about this point, your area 1163 00:54:17,480 --> 00:54:20,320 Speaker 1: scouts have been through almost every school in their area. 1164 00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:23,440 Speaker 1: That's impressive. Do you have a lot of conversations about 1165 00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:26,280 Speaker 1: specific prospects at this time of year? Is it pretty 1166 00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:28,799 Speaker 1: much a general sort of thing when I arrived here 1167 00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:31,279 Speaker 1: in January, and then when we made our changes here 1168 00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:35,040 Speaker 1: in May. We like to believe is we introduced, indoctrinated 1169 00:54:35,040 --> 00:54:38,600 Speaker 1: a scouting system and on a methodology of how we 1170 00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:42,520 Speaker 1: scout players, how we evaluate guys, and how we build 1171 00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:46,000 Speaker 1: in these natural filters within our scouting system to identify 1172 00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:51,320 Speaker 1: pools of prospects that may fit specific parameters at various positions. 1173 00:54:51,320 --> 00:54:55,040 Speaker 1: So what we create our critical factors and position specifics 1174 00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:58,759 Speaker 1: for every position that we may draft, and then we 1175 00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:02,319 Speaker 1: grade those straits. So naturally those come in stacking order, 1176 00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:04,759 Speaker 1: and we continue to tweak the board, and the board 1177 00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:07,400 Speaker 1: is always in pencil until April twenty eighth, because you 1178 00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:10,239 Speaker 1: abbreviate it, you adjust did move guys up, move guys down? 1179 00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:12,839 Speaker 1: And the second half of this fall scouting season can 1180 00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:15,520 Speaker 1: be influenced a lot by these first fall grades that 1181 00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:20,920 Speaker 1: come through here before October fifteenth. So at this stage 1182 00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:23,800 Speaker 1: now then we may need second looks on prospects, prospects 1183 00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:26,319 Speaker 1: that may be emerging that we didn't know about, or 1184 00:55:26,360 --> 00:55:28,800 Speaker 1: perhaps maybe grays are a little bit lower on guys, 1185 00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:33,440 Speaker 1: and you reallocate your scouting resources elsewhere, so the system 1186 00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:36,640 Speaker 1: will speak to us about how we allocate those resources. Brian, 1187 00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:38,560 Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the time, good luck this week. 1188 00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:42,200 Speaker 1: Thank you. There is general manager Brian Gain on the 1189 00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:47,680 Speaker 1: Gain Plan, good insight into I think I don't see 1190 00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:50,520 Speaker 1: the business side of things, but the personnel side of things, 1191 00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:55,359 Speaker 1: which is always churning, especially the practice squad. I mean, 1192 00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:59,120 Speaker 1: we've seen the Texans consistently changing in guys and the 1193 00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:02,719 Speaker 1: practice squad. Josh Ferguson added a practice squad this past week, 1194 00:56:03,120 --> 00:56:07,200 Speaker 1: running back formerly out of Illinois. Josh Ferguson added to 1195 00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:09,840 Speaker 1: the practice squad this week, And if I remember correctly, 1196 00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:11,520 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago when Ferguson was coming out 1197 00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:14,279 Speaker 1: of Illinois, I want to say that Texans worked him out. 1198 00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:16,560 Speaker 1: So you never know when one of those workouts can 1199 00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:19,080 Speaker 1: pay off. But I remember that Texans having some interest 1200 00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:21,120 Speaker 1: in Josh a few years ago. Now they bring him 1201 00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:24,200 Speaker 1: into the practice squad. It just shows that job of 1202 00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:28,920 Speaker 1: Brian Gaine is always ongoing. Maybe not all fifty three 1203 00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:31,120 Speaker 1: guys in the fifty three man roster, but on the 1204 00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:34,000 Speaker 1: practice squad. They're always looking for guys that they could 1205 00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:36,680 Speaker 1: take a look at, and maybe they've got an opportunity 1206 00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:38,040 Speaker 1: to move up to the fifty three if there's an 1207 00:56:38,040 --> 00:56:42,359 Speaker 1: injury or there's an opening somewhere that they just feel like, hey, 1208 00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:45,120 Speaker 1: this guy in practice squad, he's been practicing really really well, 1209 00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:47,000 Speaker 1: maybe we need to give him a shot. So they're 1210 00:56:47,040 --> 00:56:51,560 Speaker 1: always looking changing moving and that relies on Brian Gain 1211 00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:54,120 Speaker 1: his personnel department to get that done each and every week, 1212 00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:57,080 Speaker 1: and they have. So there you go. Good stuff there 1213 00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:59,239 Speaker 1: from Brian Gaine. All right, coming up, something go round. 1214 00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:00,839 Speaker 1: The NFL do it the way that we do it 1215 00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:03,160 Speaker 1: here on Texas All Access, and that is to pick 1216 00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:06,400 Speaker 1: every game straight up and against the spread. I missed 1217 00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:08,680 Speaker 1: my Thursday night game, the first time I've done that, 1218 00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:11,359 Speaker 1: I think four weeks. I don't know why I ended 1219 00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:13,839 Speaker 1: up going with the home team, Arizona Cardinals last night, 1220 00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:18,120 Speaker 1: but I did, and it didn't pay off. Josh Rosen 1221 00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:21,400 Speaker 1: melted down three interceptions, two pick six is. The Denver 1222 00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:24,640 Speaker 1: defense was phenomenal and I paid the price. But I 1223 00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:28,520 Speaker 1: got more games, more games coming up that I can. 1224 00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:31,640 Speaker 1: I get a little retribution, if you will, So we'll 1225 00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:33,440 Speaker 1: pick them all straight up against the spread next right 1226 00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:36,720 Speaker 1: here in Texas All Access. It's that time of the 1227 00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:40,400 Speaker 1: show where we go around the NFL and we do 1228 00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:42,760 Speaker 1: it my way. Welcome back to Texas All Access from 1229 00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:45,520 Speaker 1: the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris, 1230 00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:48,480 Speaker 1: Football anals and silent reporter. And as I mentioned, it's 1231 00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:50,439 Speaker 1: time to go around the NFL. Now, when I say 1232 00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:53,360 Speaker 1: around the NFL, that means I'm picking games. And it's 1233 00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:55,080 Speaker 1: simple is that. And it's a good way to go 1234 00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:57,520 Speaker 1: around the NFL and talk about the things that are 1235 00:57:57,520 --> 00:58:00,880 Speaker 1: happening in all the other cities through rout the NFL. 1236 00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:03,240 Speaker 1: And we got plenty of games this weekend. We've got 1237 00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:05,560 Speaker 1: a London game, which is actually very important. I'll get 1238 00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:07,480 Speaker 1: to that in a second. We've got a few teams 1239 00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:11,000 Speaker 1: on the buy, so we got two four, six, eight, ten, twelve, 1240 00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:15,479 Speaker 1: thirteen games this weekend that we have got to pick. 1241 00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:18,600 Speaker 1: Sunday night game that got flexed in and we'll talk 1242 00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:20,600 Speaker 1: about that obviously, and then a Monday night game that 1243 00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:24,120 Speaker 1: when you look at the records, but two quarterbacks in 1244 00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:27,320 Speaker 1: there that we know and have seen this year. One 1245 00:58:27,320 --> 00:58:28,680 Speaker 1: of them we've seen this year and who had an 1246 00:58:28,720 --> 00:58:31,320 Speaker 1: almost record ball game against us. But we'll get to 1247 00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:33,360 Speaker 1: that in just a second. So let's do it. We 1248 00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:36,760 Speaker 1: pick them straight up and against the spread, and we'll 1249 00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:41,640 Speaker 1: start in London. But to do that and to get going, 1250 00:58:41,840 --> 00:58:45,760 Speaker 1: I need my music, please, And there it is the music. 1251 00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:48,600 Speaker 1: Oh I love my NFL films music. Excuse me hyped? 1252 00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:50,760 Speaker 1: And yes I do listen to it in a car 1253 00:58:51,160 --> 00:58:55,200 Speaker 1: at times, maybe more than at times. It's not on 1254 00:58:55,240 --> 00:58:57,160 Speaker 1: my it's not on my iPad, it's not on my 1255 00:58:57,200 --> 00:59:02,320 Speaker 1: iPhone anymore, but it has over time. So just just 1256 00:59:02,360 --> 00:59:04,120 Speaker 1: in case I need to get hyped, I'm just I'm 1257 00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:06,240 Speaker 1: just living off natural hype right now. I'm not on 1258 00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:09,240 Speaker 1: NFL films hype in the car, but right now I am. 1259 00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,160 Speaker 1: And when I'm picking games, I definitely am. So let's 1260 00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,040 Speaker 1: get to it. That game in London I spoke of. 1261 00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:18,040 Speaker 1: It's a preking matchup between the Tennessee Titans in the 1262 00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:22,200 Speaker 1: LA Chargers over in London. Tennessee got over there, I 1263 00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:25,000 Speaker 1: think a couple of days ago, about three days ago. 1264 00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:27,960 Speaker 1: I want to say they went over on Wednesday, or 1265 00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,840 Speaker 1: either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. They went over to London. 1266 00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:34,400 Speaker 1: LA wasn't leaving I think until Thursday night or Friday morning. 1267 00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:38,400 Speaker 1: So Chargers trying to keep it as normal travel week 1268 00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:41,720 Speaker 1: as possible. Tennessee had about a seven hour flight over there, 1269 00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:43,360 Speaker 1: so La probably had about ten ten and a half 1270 00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:45,720 Speaker 1: hour flight over there. The Chargers are favored by six 1271 00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:47,080 Speaker 1: and a half. And this is a game that you'll 1272 00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:50,480 Speaker 1: be able to watch it eight thirty, eight thirty to morning. 1273 00:59:50,680 --> 00:59:52,920 Speaker 1: You roll out of bed and you're like, oh, you're 1274 00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:55,200 Speaker 1: getting the sleep out of your eyes. You got football on. 1275 00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:58,320 Speaker 1: You got football on, and we needed Charges to win. 1276 00:59:58,360 --> 01:00:00,040 Speaker 1: The Charges are favored by six and a half, and 1277 01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:02,480 Speaker 1: I think that can happen. I think the Chargers right 1278 01:00:02,480 --> 01:00:05,200 Speaker 1: now better football team than Tennessee. I said it before. 1279 01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:07,880 Speaker 1: I think Tennessee's fools gold the Chargers. You gotta be 1280 01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:11,320 Speaker 1: looking at Chops eleven sacks last week for Baltimore against Tennessee. 1281 01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:14,520 Speaker 1: That won't happen again. But I do think it points 1282 01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:18,040 Speaker 1: to a little bit of the erosion of confidence for 1283 01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:21,680 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota. I think the Chargers win this thing like 1284 01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:25,800 Speaker 1: twenty four thirteen, that is more than six and a half. 1285 01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:28,400 Speaker 1: Take the Chargers to win, a bump the Titans down 1286 01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:30,760 Speaker 1: to three and four and cover the six and a half. 1287 01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:34,200 Speaker 1: Then we get to the new no ball games, the 1288 01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:38,520 Speaker 1: new England Patriots visit the Chicago Bears. Happens every eight 1289 01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:42,880 Speaker 1: years where the Patriots go to Chicago. Patriots favored by 1290 01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:46,120 Speaker 1: three and a half. Still trying to figure out how 1291 01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:49,000 Speaker 1: and why that's the case. I feel like New England 1292 01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:51,520 Speaker 1: has hit its stride. Yes, they gave up a lot 1293 01:00:51,560 --> 01:00:54,640 Speaker 1: of points to Kansas City Chicago, even though Matt Nagy's 1294 01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:56,959 Speaker 1: calling the offense and he came out of that Andy 1295 01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:00,720 Speaker 1: Reid chief system. Everybody thinks Chicago the ball and Patriots 1296 01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:02,720 Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think they will to a point. 1297 01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:05,040 Speaker 1: I think Chicago will move the ball, but I think 1298 01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:07,440 Speaker 1: the Patriots are that much better. Let's take the Patriots 1299 01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:09,200 Speaker 1: to win by touchdown, so they'll cover the three and 1300 01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:12,600 Speaker 1: a half and beat Chicago at Soldier Field. The Vikings 1301 01:01:13,200 --> 01:01:16,080 Speaker 1: go to the Jets. Now, the Vikings found a little 1302 01:01:16,120 --> 01:01:18,240 Speaker 1: bit of the secret sauce. They've got the leading receiver 1303 01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:22,640 Speaker 1: in the league, Adam Thielan, who has six games over 1304 01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:25,439 Speaker 1: one hundred yards to start the season. That's phenomenal. Kirk 1305 01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:28,040 Speaker 1: Cousins has found his guy. And then you got the 1306 01:01:28,120 --> 01:01:30,800 Speaker 1: Jets at three and three, and the Jets are up 1307 01:01:31,120 --> 01:01:34,120 Speaker 1: and down and up and down and up and down 1308 01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:36,800 Speaker 1: and you don't know what to expect. I don't know 1309 01:01:36,840 --> 01:01:39,120 Speaker 1: that I could go with that inconsistency. So I'm gonna 1310 01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:41,479 Speaker 1: go with the Vikings. A three and a half point 1311 01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:44,120 Speaker 1: favorite on the road, I'm going with them to win 1312 01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:48,720 Speaker 1: and to cover. This feels twenty This feels like thirty one, 1313 01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:53,320 Speaker 1: twenty three, thirty four, twenty three, something kind of something 1314 01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:55,560 Speaker 1: like that, but more than three and a half. Let's 1315 01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:59,680 Speaker 1: give the Vikings a w over the Jets in MetLife Stadium. 1316 01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:04,479 Speaker 1: Line of goes to Philadelphia. This was a domination last 1317 01:02:04,560 --> 01:02:07,360 Speaker 1: year by the Eagles when they met in Charlotte on 1318 01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:10,760 Speaker 1: Thursday night, and I remember watching that game thinking point 1319 01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:13,840 Speaker 1: Phillies good, this could be a team to reckon with. 1320 01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:16,800 Speaker 1: It was about the same time as last year. Now 1321 01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:19,880 Speaker 1: they're playing on a Sunday, and this one's in Philly. 1322 01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:23,280 Speaker 1: Philly's a four and a half point favorite at home 1323 01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:27,280 Speaker 1: Carolina a little up and down. Three and two could 1324 01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:29,440 Speaker 1: easily be two and three if Graham gound out and 1325 01:02:29,520 --> 01:02:32,720 Speaker 1: make a sixty three yard field goal against the New 1326 01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:36,800 Speaker 1: York Giants. I think Philadelphia starts to They're getting Carson 1327 01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:40,600 Speaker 1: Wentz in shape, in football shape. Is that the right 1328 01:02:40,600 --> 01:02:43,600 Speaker 1: way of saying that. So I think Philadelphia will win 1329 01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:45,480 Speaker 1: this game by more than four and a half. I 1330 01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:47,800 Speaker 1: think it could very easily be a twenty eight twenty one, 1331 01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:49,960 Speaker 1: thirty four twenty seven kind of game, kind of goes 1332 01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,240 Speaker 1: back and forth, but I think Philadelphia ends up winning 1333 01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:54,920 Speaker 1: by a touchdown, beating Cam Newton the boys from Charlotte. 1334 01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:57,400 Speaker 1: Detroit goes to Miami. I don't know what to make 1335 01:02:57,440 --> 01:03:01,160 Speaker 1: of either team. The Brox's gonna start again from Miami 1336 01:03:01,720 --> 01:03:04,720 Speaker 1: and very well can start against the Texans on Thursday night, 1337 01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:10,120 Speaker 1: which is something I know every Houston Texans ban has 1338 01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:14,720 Speaker 1: looked forward to. But that's for next week. Talk about 1339 01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:17,959 Speaker 1: this week. Miami one and a half point favorite, down 1340 01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:21,040 Speaker 1: at home. Detroit can rise up and beat anybody in 1341 01:03:21,040 --> 01:03:24,800 Speaker 1: the league and get beat by thirty five by some 1342 01:03:24,840 --> 01:03:26,560 Speaker 1: of the weaker teams in the league. Don't know what 1343 01:03:26,600 --> 01:03:29,520 Speaker 1: to expect from Detroit. I'm gonna go with Miami only 1344 01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:32,040 Speaker 1: because it's home team. A point and a half. It's 1345 01:03:32,080 --> 01:03:35,200 Speaker 1: not a lot, So I'm essentially taking Miami straight up 1346 01:03:35,240 --> 01:03:38,040 Speaker 1: to beat Detroit. I'm rolling with it. Take the Dolphins 1347 01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:40,000 Speaker 1: to beat Detroit and cover that one and a half. 1348 01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:43,439 Speaker 1: Cleveland travels down to Tampa Bay. Cleveland got thumped last 1349 01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:45,600 Speaker 1: week by Pittsburgh. A noo, They're gonna go on the 1350 01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:48,560 Speaker 1: road to take on Tampa Bay. These two teams have 1351 01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:51,760 Speaker 1: a way more talent than you would think a two 1352 01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:53,440 Speaker 1: and three and a two three and one team should 1353 01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:56,600 Speaker 1: beat Tampa Bay's favorite by three and a half. I 1354 01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:59,240 Speaker 1: think that Tampa Bay will win this game kind of 1355 01:03:59,360 --> 01:04:03,040 Speaker 1: the same thing Aburg did two degree against Baker in 1356 01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:06,240 Speaker 1: that offense, I think Tampa Bay gets to win. Doesn't 1357 01:04:06,320 --> 01:04:08,840 Speaker 1: feel like it doesn't feel like it's gonna be a 1358 01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:11,000 Speaker 1: low scoring game. It feels like it's got the opportunity 1359 01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:14,720 Speaker 1: to get up a little bit higher, like in the thirties, 1360 01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:18,880 Speaker 1: thirty five, thirty one, thirty seven, thirty something like that. 1361 01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:22,240 Speaker 1: I think Tampa Bay still comes out on top. Jamis 1362 01:04:22,240 --> 01:04:25,240 Speaker 1: backing back into starting lineup. That'll move Tampa Bay to 1363 01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:27,680 Speaker 1: three and three in Cleveland. The two four and one 1364 01:04:27,920 --> 01:04:32,160 Speaker 1: Buffalo travels to Indianapolis, and the starting quarterback for the 1365 01:04:32,200 --> 01:04:38,600 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills will be Derek Anderson, signed last week, But 1366 01:04:38,760 --> 01:04:41,440 Speaker 1: Josh Allen's hurt. He got hit on that clowney merciless 1367 01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:44,760 Speaker 1: ping pong. If you will that hurt his elbow. He's 1368 01:04:44,760 --> 01:04:48,680 Speaker 1: out for a few weeks. Nathan Peterman through the backbreaking 1369 01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:52,080 Speaker 1: interception and then another one after that to finish the game. 1370 01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:55,560 Speaker 1: So Sean McDermot decided to go with Derek Anderson, somebody 1371 01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:58,960 Speaker 1: that was in Carolina when McDermott was a defensive coordinator there, 1372 01:04:59,440 --> 01:05:03,640 Speaker 1: Derek Canner. It takes the Bills into Indianapolis. The Colts 1373 01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:06,000 Speaker 1: are one in five and a nine and a half 1374 01:05:06,120 --> 01:05:10,640 Speaker 1: point favorite. That is way too rich. Buffalo will not 1375 01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:15,320 Speaker 1: let this one get away, but Indianapolis will win. They 1376 01:05:15,320 --> 01:05:17,880 Speaker 1: won't win by nine and a half or ten. This 1377 01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:19,960 Speaker 1: feels like a three to four point ball game. I'm 1378 01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:22,920 Speaker 1: taking any to win, but I'm taking Buffalo to get 1379 01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:24,920 Speaker 1: inside that nine and a half. Then you got Houston 1380 01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:27,280 Speaker 1: and Jacksonville. The Jags are now five and a half 1381 01:05:27,360 --> 01:05:30,000 Speaker 1: point favorite. People didn't like that initial four and a 1382 01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:33,520 Speaker 1: half line. They kept going on Jacksonville. We'll see that's 1383 01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:34,920 Speaker 1: the last of the noon games. You know how I 1384 01:05:34,920 --> 01:05:39,000 Speaker 1: feel about it. With Houston straight up cover win, whatever 1385 01:05:39,040 --> 01:05:42,200 Speaker 1: you gotta do, let's get it done. New Orleans goes 1386 01:05:42,240 --> 01:05:44,840 Speaker 1: to Baltimore. This is one of the best games of 1387 01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:48,640 Speaker 1: the entire weekend. It's the afternoon game. As the Saints 1388 01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:51,080 Speaker 1: four and one off a bye week. Drew Brees broke 1389 01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:53,560 Speaker 1: the record against Washington or Monday night. Then they went 1390 01:05:53,560 --> 01:05:56,320 Speaker 1: into a bye week, and then they go to Baltimore 1391 01:05:56,520 --> 01:06:01,440 Speaker 1: and Baltimore had eleven sack. As I mentioned earlier in 1392 01:06:01,480 --> 01:06:04,240 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota, Baltimore is a two and a half point favorite. 1393 01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:07,080 Speaker 1: So Vegas looks at this and says, New Orleans a 1394 01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:10,200 Speaker 1: little bit better than Baltimore. But Baltimore, because you're playing 1395 01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:11,680 Speaker 1: at home, we're gonna give you the advantage. I think 1396 01:06:11,680 --> 01:06:14,560 Speaker 1: Baltimore coming home, Yes, New Orleans coming off a bye week, 1397 01:06:14,600 --> 01:06:17,000 Speaker 1: they've gotten mark Ingram back. I think an offense and 1398 01:06:17,040 --> 01:06:20,360 Speaker 1: the whole team has really gotten on track. I think 1399 01:06:20,360 --> 01:06:22,440 Speaker 1: this is the Saints team that you're gonna see going forward. 1400 01:06:22,680 --> 01:06:24,080 Speaker 1: But I think it's gonna be a little too much 1401 01:06:24,080 --> 01:06:26,960 Speaker 1: for them going to Baltimore. I think that defense clamps 1402 01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:29,720 Speaker 1: down on Drew, holds them in check, and I think 1403 01:06:29,720 --> 01:06:33,000 Speaker 1: the Baltimore offense does just enough to cover and win 1404 01:06:33,080 --> 01:06:37,840 Speaker 1: that game against New England. Dallas goes to Washington, Dallas 1405 01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:41,560 Speaker 1: on the road, oh and three, Dallas at home three 1406 01:06:41,560 --> 01:06:44,680 Speaker 1: and ozer. This game's at Washington. So why Washington is 1407 01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:48,440 Speaker 1: still favored in Washington is three and two. There's a 1408 01:06:48,480 --> 01:06:51,880 Speaker 1: part of me that thinks Dallas's road woes will change 1409 01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:55,200 Speaker 1: at some point, and it feels like a vision game 1410 01:06:55,240 --> 01:06:57,800 Speaker 1: on the road is enough to get their attention. So 1411 01:06:57,840 --> 01:07:01,000 Speaker 1: I'm going with the Cowboys to get there in three 1412 01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:03,960 Speaker 1: and get the win, and Washington, even though his favorite, 1413 01:07:03,960 --> 01:07:07,080 Speaker 1: I'm getting Dallas to win. In the cover in Washington, 1414 01:07:07,160 --> 01:07:11,400 Speaker 1: the Rams go to San Francisco back this offseason, this 1415 01:07:11,480 --> 01:07:14,320 Speaker 1: looked like a great matchup Jared goff gin to Jimmy Garoppolo. 1416 01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:17,800 Speaker 1: Sean McVay versus Kyle Shanahan. This looked like an awesome 1417 01:07:18,040 --> 01:07:23,200 Speaker 1: offensive matchup, But Jimmy towards a cl San Francisco's one 1418 01:07:23,200 --> 01:07:26,760 Speaker 1: in five, Rams are six and oh the Rams rolling 1419 01:07:26,800 --> 01:07:28,360 Speaker 1: up there under the bargain a forty nine ers not 1420 01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:31,440 Speaker 1: so much. Rams are nine and a half point favorites 1421 01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:33,960 Speaker 1: in San Francisco. Rams gonna win this game, but that 1422 01:07:34,120 --> 01:07:37,520 Speaker 1: nine and a half's a little too rich, Shanahan. The 1423 01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:39,080 Speaker 1: offense will put the ball in the end zone a 1424 01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:42,640 Speaker 1: little bit against the Rams, That's not impossible. They just 1425 01:07:42,680 --> 01:07:46,680 Speaker 1: won't stop la. I got a feeling this is this 1426 01:07:46,760 --> 01:07:49,560 Speaker 1: feels like forty one thirty four, almost like last year's game. 1427 01:07:49,600 --> 01:07:52,360 Speaker 1: On a Thursday night, San Francisco will get inside the 1428 01:07:52,440 --> 01:07:55,160 Speaker 1: nine and a half, the Rams will go to seven 1429 01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:58,200 Speaker 1: and oh, then your Sunday night game, which got flexed, 1430 01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:00,640 Speaker 1: and it was a good thing that it did. Cincinnati's 1431 01:08:00,640 --> 01:08:04,200 Speaker 1: four and two going to Kansas City five and one. 1432 01:08:04,600 --> 01:08:08,120 Speaker 1: Kansas City took one on the chin last weekend in 1433 01:08:08,240 --> 01:08:11,680 Speaker 1: New England, forty three to forty. Hung in there, had 1434 01:08:11,760 --> 01:08:15,520 Speaker 1: the lead but couldn't maintain it. Tied at forty. Stephen 1435 01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:18,280 Speaker 1: gots Kowski kicked the field goal to kick Kansas City 1436 01:08:18,320 --> 01:08:22,040 Speaker 1: from the undefeated ranks. Cincinnati comes to calling on a 1437 01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,960 Speaker 1: Sunday night, It's gonna be loud, it's gonna be difficult. 1438 01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:28,439 Speaker 1: I think that Cincinnati will have some trouble with Kansas 1439 01:08:28,479 --> 01:08:34,519 Speaker 1: City if Kansas City takes advantage of Andy Dalton gets 1440 01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:36,719 Speaker 1: some turnovers. And I'm not saying that's gonna be easy 1441 01:08:36,840 --> 01:08:39,400 Speaker 1: because Andy's playing some really good ball right now and 1442 01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:41,960 Speaker 1: Joe mixing his back. I think Sincinnati's gonna be tough 1443 01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:45,519 Speaker 1: to stop, but Kansas City's gonna outscore him. They're gonna 1444 01:08:45,520 --> 01:08:47,400 Speaker 1: win by a touchdown. That's more than five and a half. 1445 01:08:47,400 --> 01:08:49,960 Speaker 1: So let's take Kansas City to win and cover that 1446 01:08:50,080 --> 01:08:52,280 Speaker 1: five and a half. Then the mess that is the 1447 01:08:52,360 --> 01:08:56,000 Speaker 1: New York Giants goes to Atlanta. Atlanta is a five 1448 01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:59,000 Speaker 1: and a half point favorite. Atlanta got back on the 1449 01:08:59,160 --> 01:09:03,759 Speaker 1: winning track last week beating Tampa Bay again. Good offense. 1450 01:09:03,800 --> 01:09:06,040 Speaker 1: They've got some guys out defensively that can make it 1451 01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:08,679 Speaker 1: a problem. The Giants, with their backs to the wall 1452 01:09:09,120 --> 01:09:12,280 Speaker 1: at times, have been good. Last week was miserable, but 1453 01:09:12,360 --> 01:09:14,559 Speaker 1: they played on Thursday night, so they're coming off the 1454 01:09:14,600 --> 01:09:17,639 Speaker 1: mini by I think they'll play it close for a while, 1455 01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:21,599 Speaker 1: but in the end, that team is a mess. I 1456 01:09:21,640 --> 01:09:24,960 Speaker 1: don't like. I don't like going with teams that are messes, 1457 01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:27,599 Speaker 1: if you will. So I'm taking the Falcons to win 1458 01:09:27,960 --> 01:09:30,760 Speaker 1: and to cover that five and a half on the 1459 01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:33,080 Speaker 1: Monday at night. So there you go. There your picks 1460 01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:35,800 Speaker 1: for this weekend. Enjoy the games, all right? Coming up next, 1461 01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:39,400 Speaker 1: it's our players segment. You know how we do We 1462 01:09:39,439 --> 01:09:41,920 Speaker 1: give one segment. Oh, we actually give all the segments 1463 01:09:41,920 --> 01:09:43,720 Speaker 1: to the players, if you think about it. But it's 1464 01:09:43,720 --> 01:09:45,599 Speaker 1: an opportunity to hear from them. We do a little 1465 01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:47,599 Speaker 1: get to know with Lamar Miller, we do a little 1466 01:09:47,600 --> 01:09:49,800 Speaker 1: player reporter with Koreem Jackson, and then we do the 1467 01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:52,360 Speaker 1: Final Word with Drew Dorty. This week it's Justin Reid. 1468 01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:55,439 Speaker 1: So we've got all of that for you on the 1469 01:09:55,479 --> 01:09:57,839 Speaker 1: other side, So stay with us. It's our Players segment 1470 01:09:58,040 --> 01:10:01,120 Speaker 1: right here on Texans All Access. They're right where you are. 1471 01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:04,800 Speaker 1: One final segment of Texans All Access from the how 1472 01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:07,519 Speaker 1: They Texans Radio studio. Glad to be with you this evening. 1473 01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:12,720 Speaker 1: John Harris Football Analysts, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans. 1474 01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:17,280 Speaker 1: Glad you with me this evening, as we have had 1475 01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:20,040 Speaker 1: a lot for you tonight and hopefully we've got more 1476 01:10:20,040 --> 01:10:22,360 Speaker 1: for you in our final segment. Now, in this final segment, 1477 01:10:22,439 --> 01:10:25,360 Speaker 1: we devoted to our players. We get to know a 1478 01:10:25,439 --> 01:10:28,439 Speaker 1: player Drew Doherty, does it get to no interview. We 1479 01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:32,480 Speaker 1: obviously have our favorite segment all week, which is Player Reporter, 1480 01:10:32,920 --> 01:10:35,920 Speaker 1: and then we also have the Final Word with Drew Doherty. 1481 01:10:36,040 --> 01:10:38,120 Speaker 1: Now this week, we're gonna have a little bit of offense. 1482 01:10:38,439 --> 01:10:40,360 Speaker 1: We'll always have a little bit of defense because we've 1483 01:10:40,360 --> 01:10:42,519 Speaker 1: got Kareem Jackson. We're also gonna have a rookie in 1484 01:10:42,680 --> 01:10:45,040 Speaker 1: our Final Words so let's kick it off as we 1485 01:10:45,120 --> 01:10:53,719 Speaker 1: get to know Lamar Miller. Drew take it away. Let's 1486 01:10:53,760 --> 01:10:56,680 Speaker 1: get to know Lamar Miller. It's all brought to you 1487 01:10:56,840 --> 01:10:59,479 Speaker 1: by I W Marks. You know, last year when we 1488 01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:02,559 Speaker 1: did this, we were talking about that Indianapolis cult mascot 1489 01:11:02,600 --> 01:11:05,200 Speaker 1: that was doing this thing with you in the end zone. Yeah, 1490 01:11:05,200 --> 01:11:08,120 Speaker 1: any other interesting experiences like that since then? No, No, 1491 01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:13,400 Speaker 1: I haven't heard. That's it's been pretty quiet. Yeah, I 1492 01:11:13,520 --> 01:11:16,840 Speaker 1: got you traveled, Ela, No, I've just been going back 1493 01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:19,720 Speaker 1: and forth to Miami. That's that's like the vacations. Fine, 1494 01:11:19,840 --> 01:11:22,080 Speaker 1: that's like a cool spot. Yeah, so I was there. 1495 01:11:22,240 --> 01:11:25,640 Speaker 1: That's whole off season pretty much. Yeah, good times. Do 1496 01:11:25,720 --> 01:11:28,000 Speaker 1: you uh, what sort of food eat when you go 1497 01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:30,960 Speaker 1: back home? Did your favorite stuff from growing up? Yeah, 1498 01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:33,080 Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a slow food the type of guy. Okay, 1499 01:11:33,160 --> 01:11:35,320 Speaker 1: like what sort of stuff is so food? So you 1500 01:11:35,439 --> 01:11:40,560 Speaker 1: do like thought like mac and teas, babe bands, colors, 1501 01:11:41,160 --> 01:11:45,840 Speaker 1: stuff like that, the good stuffy on you. Yeah. Yeah, 1502 01:11:46,600 --> 01:11:49,479 Speaker 1: if you could have your clothes be one color for 1503 01:11:49,560 --> 01:11:54,400 Speaker 1: the restaurant, my clothes, Yeah, everything's the same color, little everything, pants, shoes, shirt, 1504 01:11:54,520 --> 01:11:58,200 Speaker 1: what's it gonna be black? Just because can't go along 1505 01:11:58,200 --> 01:12:01,360 Speaker 1: with blood goes with everything where if you start to 1506 01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:03,080 Speaker 1: add on weight, not that you're gonna but if you 1507 01:12:03,200 --> 01:12:08,519 Speaker 1: did slimming, Yeah, I got you. Hey, how about this, 1508 01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:11,800 Speaker 1: You're able to fly, give the ability to fly, but 1509 01:12:12,720 --> 01:12:16,559 Speaker 1: you're gonna have an awful breath you're taking that? I mean, 1510 01:12:16,680 --> 01:12:18,439 Speaker 1: like knock you like there's no way we could talk 1511 01:12:18,520 --> 01:12:22,000 Speaker 1: this close. No, you want to stay how you are? 1512 01:12:22,439 --> 01:12:27,439 Speaker 1: You're kind of on like like you think de Sean 1513 01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:29,240 Speaker 1: and John Weeks are the only guys that have chosen that. 1514 01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:32,640 Speaker 1: Everybody else wants to fly. Yep, yep. You guys are 1515 01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:39,120 Speaker 1: people persons for people people. Yeah, okay, one song that 1516 01:12:39,160 --> 01:12:40,640 Speaker 1: you get to listen to for the rest of your life. 1517 01:12:40,680 --> 01:12:44,680 Speaker 1: What is it? Your song? I can't as soon as 1518 01:12:44,680 --> 01:12:48,760 Speaker 1: you want song? You got one artist? More artists? Yeah 1519 01:12:49,360 --> 01:12:53,519 Speaker 1: as well? Waite. Okay, someone else has chosen that. It's 1520 01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:56,040 Speaker 1: a good choice. They like it. I like it. Do 1521 01:12:56,120 --> 01:13:01,000 Speaker 1: you like Christmas songs? Christ Gonna songs? You know? I 1522 01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:04,360 Speaker 1: mean it's a good holiday, but the songs still a 1523 01:13:04,640 --> 01:13:07,040 Speaker 1: big lot of songs. Yeah, run listen a little way. 1524 01:13:07,600 --> 01:13:10,120 Speaker 1: He never did at Christmas songs getting not good. I 1525 01:13:10,120 --> 01:13:16,280 Speaker 1: don't know, but I mean years ago. Probably, Yeah, I'm 1526 01:13:16,360 --> 01:13:18,880 Speaker 1: not rid of Sue. He probably, I bet you. In 1527 01:13:18,960 --> 01:13:21,400 Speaker 1: the time we've done this interview, he's probably pranked out 1528 01:13:21,439 --> 01:13:24,599 Speaker 1: six with six songs. Yeah. The other guy humps out 1529 01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:28,240 Speaker 1: so many seas yea, Lamar, I'm glad nothing crazy like 1530 01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:31,160 Speaker 1: the mask guy pretending to hump you. This happened since. 1531 01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:34,840 Speaker 1: But it's been good to getting to know you. It's 1532 01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:37,680 Speaker 1: always good getting to know you, Lamar, Thank you very much, 1533 01:13:37,760 --> 01:13:45,639 Speaker 1: Thank you. Take care. I am so completely with Lamar 1534 01:13:45,720 --> 01:13:48,000 Speaker 1: Miller on this one. I couldn't care less about flying 1535 01:13:48,479 --> 01:13:53,160 Speaker 1: but man bad breath though, no way, no way, do 1536 01:13:53,320 --> 01:13:55,040 Speaker 1: not want any part of it. All right, it is 1537 01:13:55,120 --> 01:13:59,439 Speaker 1: time for our Player Reporter aka k Jack TV, which 1538 01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:04,040 Speaker 1: is taken off like wildfire, and we've got a special 1539 01:14:04,160 --> 01:14:06,920 Speaker 1: guest appearance this week. The people who have been clamoring 1540 01:14:07,040 --> 01:14:10,400 Speaker 1: for it and they're going to get it. Player Reporters 1541 01:14:10,439 --> 01:14:12,759 Speaker 1: brought to you by Arctic, the official coolers and tumblers 1542 01:14:13,080 --> 01:14:17,320 Speaker 1: of the Houston Texans. Visit RTIC Coolers dot com. Arctic 1543 01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:21,320 Speaker 1: Coolers overbuilt, not overpriced. Who is that special guest? It 1544 01:14:21,560 --> 01:14:25,320 Speaker 1: is one J J. Watt Kjack take it away. I 1545 01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:28,160 Speaker 1: don't even how to introduce this guy the fans been 1546 01:14:28,200 --> 01:14:32,760 Speaker 1: asking for Kazak TV. I'm here. What my guy, my 1547 01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:36,280 Speaker 1: best friend. You guys know him as JJ, I know 1548 01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:39,320 Speaker 1: him as Nozzle. What's up, my guy? You doing? How 1549 01:14:39,360 --> 01:14:43,320 Speaker 1: you feeling? Man? Great man? If you will a wrestler, 1550 01:14:43,479 --> 01:14:48,160 Speaker 1: what would be your ring name? Oh? Man, that's great, 1551 01:14:48,439 --> 01:14:55,160 Speaker 1: that's a great one. Um shoot, sorry Jack TV censored. 1552 01:14:55,280 --> 01:14:59,400 Speaker 1: We got to beat We got it out now coming 1553 01:14:59,439 --> 01:15:04,080 Speaker 1: to the ring. What they're gonna say, Let's just say 1554 01:15:04,160 --> 01:15:06,800 Speaker 1: something like flying Chaos. I can't really think you that right? No, 1555 01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:09,800 Speaker 1: I like that's all. I like that one. I like 1556 01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:18,200 Speaker 1: that one. It's easy, right A Rod Piper, Hey man, 1557 01:15:19,360 --> 01:15:21,080 Speaker 1: I feel it would be something with a Wisconsin and 1558 01:15:21,160 --> 01:15:27,200 Speaker 1: Wisconsin Wrangler, the Wisconsining Wrangler now coming to the ring, 1559 01:15:29,000 --> 01:15:33,679 Speaker 1: the Wisconsin Wrangler. I'm gonna stay with DJ Dunny. I'm 1560 01:15:33,680 --> 01:15:35,040 Speaker 1: gonna stay with that. You know what I'm saying. I 1561 01:15:35,080 --> 01:15:37,200 Speaker 1: can come out there and beat tone and beat people up. 1562 01:15:37,280 --> 01:15:39,439 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. I like track. You know 1563 01:15:39,479 --> 01:15:41,439 Speaker 1: what I'm track. Somebody's head over with a with a 1564 01:15:41,520 --> 01:15:42,840 Speaker 1: track or something. You know what I'm saying. I can 1565 01:15:42,880 --> 01:15:44,759 Speaker 1: do that? Can I sell it? I like that Danny. 1566 01:15:44,880 --> 01:15:47,840 Speaker 1: I like that DJ Danny coming to the uh coming 1567 01:15:47,920 --> 01:15:51,120 Speaker 1: to the ring. Would you have a signature move? No, 1568 01:15:51,360 --> 01:15:53,720 Speaker 1: no signature move. So how you gonna finish them and 1569 01:15:53,800 --> 01:15:55,760 Speaker 1: win the match? Just get a nun get the job 1570 01:15:55,840 --> 01:15:58,160 Speaker 1: done real quick. What would be a finishing move? My 1571 01:15:58,280 --> 01:16:02,160 Speaker 1: finishing move be like something with cheese. Yeah, something like 1572 01:16:02,600 --> 01:16:04,519 Speaker 1: we're just choking with cheat. Yeah, we do like a 1573 01:16:04,600 --> 01:16:11,439 Speaker 1: fun dude right on top of your head. Sounds tasty. Yeah. 1574 01:16:11,479 --> 01:16:13,280 Speaker 1: I can't wear the tights though, I'm cool on the 1575 01:16:13,360 --> 01:16:16,960 Speaker 1: tights and what you're gonna wear. I'm like, people want 1576 01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:19,840 Speaker 1: to see the tights. No, we can't. I don't think 1577 01:16:19,920 --> 01:16:21,840 Speaker 1: no DJ wear tights. I mean if I'm wearing if 1578 01:16:21,880 --> 01:16:25,439 Speaker 1: I'm wearing tights, you're gonna gonna do money. Well, I 1579 01:16:25,479 --> 01:16:26,840 Speaker 1: ain't gonna be the one to have you and in 1580 01:16:26,920 --> 01:16:29,000 Speaker 1: the ring, I ain't look at you know what we 1581 01:16:29,080 --> 01:16:30,960 Speaker 1: wearing tights. We're gonna wear tights. Then you know what 1582 01:16:30,960 --> 01:16:32,680 Speaker 1: I'm saying, I'm coming to the ring with tights. One. 1583 01:16:38,720 --> 01:16:40,560 Speaker 1: I am absolutely with Donny on this one. What he 1584 01:16:40,560 --> 01:16:43,560 Speaker 1: should have thought of. And I know creams come to 1585 01:16:43,600 --> 01:16:46,200 Speaker 1: them the locker room and they gotta think fast. He's 1586 01:16:46,240 --> 01:16:48,160 Speaker 1: gonna be DJ Donny. He's got to wear like the 1587 01:16:48,240 --> 01:16:51,200 Speaker 1: Adda sweatsuit or he's got to wear like a Puma sweatsuit. 1588 01:16:51,200 --> 01:16:53,479 Speaker 1: He's gotta wear like the sweatsuit with the cano the 1589 01:16:53,640 --> 01:16:56,240 Speaker 1: chain and do something with the chains. He finishing move, 1590 01:16:56,720 --> 01:16:59,479 Speaker 1: that's what it's gotta be, like old school eighties mcs. 1591 01:16:59,479 --> 01:17:01,439 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what it's got to be. But you 1592 01:17:01,520 --> 01:17:04,360 Speaker 1: know that's that I had the hindsight of thinking about 1593 01:17:04,400 --> 01:17:06,559 Speaker 1: that because I knew the wrestling question. So but I'm 1594 01:17:06,600 --> 01:17:08,639 Speaker 1: with Donny. He done, he would make for a great, 1595 01:17:09,160 --> 01:17:11,160 Speaker 1: great wrestler. And Kiki's got to come up with it. 1596 01:17:11,400 --> 01:17:13,560 Speaker 1: He's got to come up with a finishing move in 1597 01:17:13,680 --> 01:17:15,960 Speaker 1: his name. Flying k That's a good one. That's what 1598 01:17:16,080 --> 01:17:17,599 Speaker 1: it's got to be. It's gotta be like a flying 1599 01:17:17,680 --> 01:17:20,920 Speaker 1: maneuver off the top rope. Not that I know anything 1600 01:17:20,920 --> 01:17:23,080 Speaker 1: about professional wrestling or anything, you know, I need to 1601 01:17:23,120 --> 01:17:26,760 Speaker 1: go to my my expert in this. I need to go. 1602 01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:28,160 Speaker 1: I need to go to Jail. I need to go 1603 01:17:28,240 --> 01:17:31,240 Speaker 1: my buddy, Sean Pendergast. Sean would know every player on 1604 01:17:31,400 --> 01:17:33,880 Speaker 1: the team's what the name should be, what the finishing 1605 01:17:33,920 --> 01:17:35,680 Speaker 1: move should be. I'm gonna pose that question to him 1606 01:17:35,840 --> 01:17:37,560 Speaker 1: and give him food for thought, because I think he 1607 01:17:37,640 --> 01:17:41,160 Speaker 1: would absolutely love that. Now, Justin Reid didn't show up 1608 01:17:41,720 --> 01:17:45,759 Speaker 1: in Kjack TV. He will and I think he has before. 1609 01:17:45,880 --> 01:17:48,400 Speaker 1: Kareem has definitely gotten the rookie on. But he is 1610 01:17:48,439 --> 01:17:52,240 Speaker 1: given our final word today with Drew Dorty. Each every 1611 01:17:52,240 --> 01:17:55,320 Speaker 1: week Drew catches up with a player in the locker 1612 01:17:55,400 --> 01:17:58,320 Speaker 1: room get some thoughts about the upcoming opponent, this being 1613 01:17:58,360 --> 01:18:01,840 Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars. And Justin Reid played one hundred percent 1614 01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:05,040 Speaker 1: of the plays on Sunday afternoon against the Buffalo Bills. 1615 01:18:05,240 --> 01:18:07,559 Speaker 1: He more than likely will do that again against Jacksonville. 1616 01:18:07,600 --> 01:18:10,200 Speaker 1: Has become an impact player for this defense early on 1617 01:18:10,320 --> 01:18:13,679 Speaker 1: in his career. And I said, going into the draft 1618 01:18:14,120 --> 01:18:17,559 Speaker 1: with no first, no second and picking at number sixty eight, 1619 01:18:17,880 --> 01:18:20,840 Speaker 1: could the Texans find impact players in this draft? And 1620 01:18:20,920 --> 01:18:23,920 Speaker 1: I said, yes, this draft does have some impact players. 1621 01:18:24,320 --> 01:18:27,080 Speaker 1: Will they find It'll be an impactful draft if they 1622 01:18:27,120 --> 01:18:30,160 Speaker 1: can find one starter from this group. Well, Justin Reid 1623 01:18:30,200 --> 01:18:33,720 Speaker 1: has started, Martine's ranking has started at times, Duke Jet 1624 01:18:33,760 --> 01:18:36,280 Speaker 1: four has been a huge contributor, Keik Qt is starting, 1625 01:18:36,840 --> 01:18:39,240 Speaker 1: Jordan Thomas has been starting. When they start a couple 1626 01:18:39,280 --> 01:18:41,639 Speaker 1: of tight ends. They've gotten a ton out of this class. 1627 01:18:41,760 --> 01:18:44,240 Speaker 1: They all started with Justin Reid, and the final word 1628 01:18:44,280 --> 01:18:47,080 Speaker 1: this week is with Justin Reid. Drew take it away. 1629 01:18:47,240 --> 01:18:49,600 Speaker 1: Thanks so much, fellas. We got Justin Reid safety for 1630 01:18:49,680 --> 01:18:52,640 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans with us and Justin you played one 1631 01:18:52,720 --> 01:18:55,679 Speaker 1: hundred percent of the defensive snaps last week. That's sixty 1632 01:18:55,720 --> 01:18:58,439 Speaker 1: two at all. You also added twelve in on special teams. 1633 01:18:58,720 --> 01:19:00,680 Speaker 1: What's it been like, stead of league getting more and 1634 01:19:00,800 --> 01:19:03,559 Speaker 1: more playing time as a rookie. Oh man, it feels great. 1635 01:19:03,640 --> 01:19:05,880 Speaker 1: I love playing ball. I love being on the field, 1636 01:19:05,920 --> 01:19:08,680 Speaker 1: contributed to a team win anything any way that I 1637 01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:11,160 Speaker 1: can so, anything that my coach has asked me to do, 1638 01:19:11,439 --> 01:19:13,519 Speaker 1: I want to do one hundred percent. I'm gonna put 1639 01:19:13,640 --> 01:19:15,400 Speaker 1: my best before doing it. It's also got to be 1640 01:19:15,400 --> 01:19:16,840 Speaker 1: a lot of fun doing it the way you guys 1641 01:19:16,880 --> 01:19:19,200 Speaker 1: have done it the last two weeks. Sixteen points thirteen 1642 01:19:19,240 --> 01:19:23,080 Speaker 1: points allowed consecutive spans. There, you guys really clamped down too, 1643 01:19:23,360 --> 01:19:25,080 Speaker 1: best running back in the league and then a really 1644 01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:28,080 Speaker 1: darned good one in Lashawn McCoy as well. Yeah, and 1645 01:19:28,320 --> 01:19:30,040 Speaker 1: we've done that two weeks in a row. I mean 1646 01:19:30,120 --> 01:19:32,519 Speaker 1: we did a really good job containing Ezekie Elliott, and 1647 01:19:32,600 --> 01:19:35,040 Speaker 1: then we did a good job containing Lashawn McCoy. Now 1648 01:19:35,080 --> 01:19:36,760 Speaker 1: we have another big test ahead of us this week, 1649 01:19:37,120 --> 01:19:39,639 Speaker 1: playing t J. Yelton and Leonard Furnette and Jamal Charles. 1650 01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:41,960 Speaker 1: Let it. Furnette somebody you know quite a bit about. 1651 01:19:42,080 --> 01:19:44,439 Speaker 1: You're from Louisiana. He of course is one of the 1652 01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:47,640 Speaker 1: greatest running backs of the last fifty years. What do 1653 01:19:47,720 --> 01:19:49,800 Speaker 1: you know about him from then? And what have you 1654 01:19:49,880 --> 01:19:52,479 Speaker 1: seen from him on tape? We know he might might 1655 01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:54,519 Speaker 1: not play this week, but you certainly have a lot 1656 01:19:54,560 --> 01:19:57,080 Speaker 1: of stories about it. He's questionable they'll play this week. 1657 01:19:57,160 --> 01:19:59,719 Speaker 1: But dude's a tank. I mean you see it weekend. 1658 01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:01,600 Speaker 1: Seek out the type of things that he does. He 1659 01:20:01,760 --> 01:20:04,479 Speaker 1: loves luring his shoulder and making a real physical statement. 1660 01:20:04,520 --> 01:20:06,519 Speaker 1: He does great things for their team in order to 1661 01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:09,360 Speaker 1: bring that physicality to their offense. So it's going to 1662 01:20:09,400 --> 01:20:11,599 Speaker 1: be it's going to be fun to play against him. 1663 01:20:11,600 --> 01:20:13,479 Speaker 1: Like you said, I grew up watching him. I was 1664 01:20:13,520 --> 01:20:15,800 Speaker 1: in Louisiana when you played at LSU. I also remember 1665 01:20:15,840 --> 01:20:18,360 Speaker 1: watching t J. Yelden to play for Alabama, especially in 1666 01:20:18,439 --> 01:20:21,080 Speaker 1: one of those big games that the LSU Alabim Robbery 1667 01:20:21,120 --> 01:20:23,720 Speaker 1: always has. Yeah, when you have somebody like for Net, 1668 01:20:23,960 --> 01:20:26,760 Speaker 1: it's kind of natural for people to forget. Yeldon's a 1669 01:20:26,760 --> 01:20:29,120 Speaker 1: pretty darn good back and has done some things as well. Yeah, 1670 01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:32,160 Speaker 1: he's a very talented guy, shifty, He's done big things 1671 01:20:32,200 --> 01:20:35,080 Speaker 1: throughout his career. And they have a really talented running 1672 01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:36,760 Speaker 1: back group over there. All right, I know you guys 1673 01:20:36,800 --> 01:20:38,800 Speaker 1: are wanting the big guys up front to do most 1674 01:20:38,840 --> 01:20:40,679 Speaker 1: of the tackling on those guys, So let's talk about 1675 01:20:40,720 --> 01:20:44,040 Speaker 1: the quarterback in Blake Bortles done some nice things, took 1676 01:20:44,120 --> 01:20:46,960 Speaker 1: them to the AFC title game last year. Last two 1677 01:20:46,960 --> 01:20:49,519 Speaker 1: weeks have been a struggle for this bunch. What do 1678 01:20:49,560 --> 01:20:51,920 Speaker 1: you see from Bortles on film? Yeah, and they've been 1679 01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:55,120 Speaker 1: struggling with a little bit of an injury bug. But Bortles, 1680 01:20:55,280 --> 01:20:57,040 Speaker 1: I mean, one of the big things that really pops 1681 01:20:57,080 --> 01:20:59,719 Speaker 1: out is the guy can make some plays with his legs. 1682 01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:01,960 Speaker 1: Like if he sees the coverage blake down and he 1683 01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:04,360 Speaker 1: sees an open lane in the rush lanes, he'll take 1684 01:21:04,400 --> 01:21:06,599 Speaker 1: off a run and he'll make thirty forty five yards 1685 01:21:06,840 --> 01:21:08,680 Speaker 1: on just a run play. So we gotta do a 1686 01:21:08,720 --> 01:21:11,280 Speaker 1: great job containing them, kicking in the pocket and making 1687 01:21:11,360 --> 01:21:13,120 Speaker 1: him pass the ball and not use his legs to 1688 01:21:13,160 --> 01:21:15,559 Speaker 1: beat us. That's exactly what we talked about in our 1689 01:21:15,640 --> 01:21:18,240 Speaker 1: Keys to the Game. Blake Bortles can really start to 1690 01:21:18,280 --> 01:21:21,599 Speaker 1: get his confidence when he gets his legs moving when 1691 01:21:21,640 --> 01:21:23,960 Speaker 1: he is moving out of the pocket, whether it's zone 1692 01:21:24,040 --> 01:21:26,400 Speaker 1: reads or scrambles. One of the best things is we 1693 01:21:26,479 --> 01:21:29,639 Speaker 1: mentioned about Blake is a fact for Jaguars fans, of course, 1694 01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:32,519 Speaker 1: is that he has a good feel for when the 1695 01:21:32,600 --> 01:21:36,559 Speaker 1: pocket goes around him, when he sees defensive ends. When 1696 01:21:36,560 --> 01:21:38,680 Speaker 1: he drops in the pocket and defensive ends out to 1697 01:21:38,720 --> 01:21:41,639 Speaker 1: the linebackers are rushing and he feels them above him, 1698 01:21:42,040 --> 01:21:44,600 Speaker 1: he is ready to get in and out of the 1699 01:21:44,720 --> 01:21:47,160 Speaker 1: pocket and go make something happen. And he picks up 1700 01:21:47,240 --> 01:21:49,759 Speaker 1: four or five yards sometimes sometimes he picks up fifteen 1701 01:21:49,880 --> 01:21:53,280 Speaker 1: sixteen yards, and obviously that you don't want to have happen. 1702 01:21:53,479 --> 01:21:56,559 Speaker 1: But I remember when he was rooking fourteen he almost 1703 01:21:56,920 --> 01:21:59,880 Speaker 1: got Jacksonville w with a scramble doing that exact thing. 1704 01:22:00,479 --> 01:22:02,840 Speaker 1: But that's where his confidence comes from, and I think 1705 01:22:02,880 --> 01:22:06,080 Speaker 1: it's where a lot of quarterbacks confidence comes from, is 1706 01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:09,559 Speaker 1: from just making a play, whether it's a throw, deep throw, 1707 01:22:09,640 --> 01:22:11,559 Speaker 1: short throw, whatever, making a throw for a first down 1708 01:22:11,800 --> 01:22:15,400 Speaker 1: or picking up another series of downs with their legs, 1709 01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:19,400 Speaker 1: that just gets them more confidence. So take that confidence 1710 01:22:19,400 --> 01:22:22,760 Speaker 1: away from Blake if at all possible by eliminating those 1711 01:22:22,840 --> 01:22:26,120 Speaker 1: run lanes, get pressure on him, clamp down that pocket 1712 01:22:26,160 --> 01:22:27,840 Speaker 1: and make him throw from the well. We talked about 1713 01:22:27,840 --> 01:22:31,040 Speaker 1: it with Josh Allen. It's a similar plan. Close the 1714 01:22:31,160 --> 01:22:34,080 Speaker 1: well in on Josh Allen. Now the Texans did that 1715 01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:39,320 Speaker 1: pretty well, but then Alan would scoot up into the pocket, 1716 01:22:39,360 --> 01:22:41,920 Speaker 1: in and out. Now Alan's a little bit bigger than Blake, 1717 01:22:42,160 --> 01:22:45,839 Speaker 1: a little bit, not much, but same sort of running impact. 1718 01:22:46,360 --> 01:22:49,000 Speaker 1: If Clowney and Watt and Merciless and then guys rushing 1719 01:22:49,040 --> 01:22:51,760 Speaker 1: the outside go too high, He's gonna sneak up and 1720 01:22:51,800 --> 01:22:54,000 Speaker 1: get out the interior guys are gonna have to know that. 1721 01:22:54,120 --> 01:22:55,519 Speaker 1: We talked about that in Keis of the Game, But 1722 01:22:55,600 --> 01:22:58,200 Speaker 1: justin bringing that up there, I think is a huge point. 1723 01:22:58,240 --> 01:23:01,200 Speaker 1: And players obviously are well away of what Blake Bortles 1724 01:23:01,280 --> 01:23:03,719 Speaker 1: can do when he pulls the ball down and takes 1725 01:23:03,800 --> 01:23:06,120 Speaker 1: off with it. All Right, We've had a great show, 1726 01:23:06,400 --> 01:23:08,360 Speaker 1: got a lot of people will think. I think Bill O'Brien, 1727 01:23:08,720 --> 01:23:12,839 Speaker 1: Mark van of Meir I think Dpcity Whitney, Merciless, Brian Gaine, 1728 01:23:13,160 --> 01:23:16,840 Speaker 1: I think Lamar Miller player reporter with Kareem Jackson is 1729 01:23:16,840 --> 01:23:20,200 Speaker 1: absolutely fantastic. And then of course Justin Reid with my 1730 01:23:20,280 --> 01:23:22,840 Speaker 1: man Drew Doherty. You guys are the best. Got a 1731 01:23:22,880 --> 01:23:25,400 Speaker 1: big one on Sunday. Kickoff will be at noon local 1732 01:23:25,760 --> 01:23:29,360 Speaker 1: nine o'clock. Pregame show starts with Mike Meltzer and Sean Pendergass. 1733 01:23:29,600 --> 01:23:32,840 Speaker 1: We'll have the post game after the game with Sean Pendergass, 1734 01:23:32,840 --> 01:23:36,360 Speaker 1: Paul Gallant and Cecil Shortz who joined the crew last 1735 01:23:36,400 --> 01:23:38,639 Speaker 1: week and I think he's absolutely fantastic. I should pop 1736 01:23:38,720 --> 01:23:41,639 Speaker 1: on from Jacksonville right after the game. So hopefully we're 1737 01:23:41,680 --> 01:23:43,920 Speaker 1: talking about four and three football team named the Houston 1738 01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:47,920 Speaker 1: Texans and not named the Jacksonville Jaguars. It will be tough, 1739 01:23:48,280 --> 01:23:51,160 Speaker 1: it will be grueling. We've got two games in five days. 1740 01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:53,920 Speaker 1: That is as difficult as it gets. We did that 1741 01:23:54,040 --> 01:23:56,720 Speaker 1: last year against Jacksonville two played them in Week one, 1742 01:23:56,920 --> 01:23:59,439 Speaker 1: had turned around and played Cincinnati on a Thursday night. 1743 01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:02,320 Speaker 1: I was home and away. This one's away and home. 1744 01:24:02,520 --> 01:24:05,640 Speaker 1: That's your which one's better, But that's the same situation. 1745 01:24:06,280 --> 01:24:10,600 Speaker 1: But tackle the matter at hand. First, take care of Jacksonville, 1746 01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:13,400 Speaker 1: and it won't be easy. The defending champs have lost 1747 01:24:13,479 --> 01:24:17,000 Speaker 1: two in a row badly. Their confidence is shaken a 1748 01:24:17,040 --> 01:24:19,559 Speaker 1: little bit. You got a little confidence on the Texans 1749 01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:21,920 Speaker 1: side because they won games. But you gotta go down 1750 01:24:21,960 --> 01:24:24,720 Speaker 1: there and take care of business. They're banged up. A 1751 01:24:24,760 --> 01:24:27,040 Speaker 1: couple of guys on this side banged up. You gotta 1752 01:24:27,080 --> 01:24:29,880 Speaker 1: go down there and just do what you need to do. 1753 01:24:30,560 --> 01:24:33,880 Speaker 1: That's it, that's all. Then if you do that, not 1754 01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:37,439 Speaker 1: turn the ball over, take care of things defensively, don't 1755 01:24:37,479 --> 01:24:40,040 Speaker 1: let anybody behind you. Keep Blake Bortles in the well. 1756 01:24:40,520 --> 01:24:42,120 Speaker 1: You got a really good shot to win what could 1757 01:24:42,160 --> 01:24:44,559 Speaker 1: be an ugly game because you know Jacksonville is gonna 1758 01:24:44,560 --> 01:24:46,840 Speaker 1: bring it defensively. But this one's gonna be as fun 1759 01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:49,760 Speaker 1: as anyone that Texas have played all year long. Settle in, 1760 01:24:49,960 --> 01:24:52,640 Speaker 1: get ready. Every play is going to be painful, but 1761 01:24:52,800 --> 01:24:55,040 Speaker 1: in the end of victory is gonna feel very, very sweet. 1762 01:24:55,120 --> 01:24:58,160 Speaker 1: We'll see on Sunday. Have a great weekend and go Texans.