1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Quick Prolepside has the first animo or up the side 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: by forty thirty ten to five touchdown. There is no 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: off season for your Houston Texans. Game day is every day. No, 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 1: it's Texans all lexus. Oh yes, it is, Ladies and gentlemen, 5 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: Hello Texans. Mark Vanderman or John Harris with you when 6 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: we are live from the Sports Radio sixteen studios tonight, 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: which is very cool. We don't do this very much, Johnny, 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: So it's nice to be here. It is nice to 9 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: be here. The only thing that happens, though, is my 10 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: OCD kicks in. I have the worst habit with these microphones. 11 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: They have these little screws on them on the side 12 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 1: that keep keep it in place, and I swearty. I'll 13 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: do it one hundred times. I'll do this. You'll look 14 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: over here. I'll be doing this on a hundred times. Yeah, 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: it's one of those things. It's like tennis players in 16 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: between points when they're messing around with the racket. Yeah, 17 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: it's so OCD because it doesn't really need that much attention. 18 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: You just hit the ball once, you didn't just lodged 19 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: the strings. But there they are, like, I can't believe 20 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: how crazy those people must be because you're all alone. Right. 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: I read Agassi's book and it's great because he talks 22 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: about tennis is the one sport, even more than golf 23 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: because at least you have a caddy. You are all alone. 24 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: You cannot talk to your coach. It's just you and 25 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: your opponent. It's terrible anyway. John McClean is not an opponent. 26 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: He's from the Houston Chronicle. He's wonderful. And by the way, 27 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: as we bring the General in, I'm gonna remind everybody 28 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: I do it every night that this is not Legal 29 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,559 Speaker 1: all Access. It's Texans All Access. So it's a Texans show. 30 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: We're not talking about the big case and the cases 31 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: and all of it. It's a Texans football show. So 32 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk football. And as we welcome in John 33 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: McClean from the Houston Chronicle, General, I don't think i've 34 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: talked to you for a couple of weeks. In fact, 35 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: I know I haven't because I was on spring break 36 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: last week, just doing a segment here, a segment there 37 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: with Johnny as I was on the road, and maybe 38 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 1: the listeners have missed some have missed your overall that's 39 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: been of some of the moves, maybe the general overhaul 40 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: that Nick Kasserio has done with this roster. Good evening, 41 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: A good evening, Mark and John. I hope you guys 42 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: are doing well. And I've been impressed with what Casserio 43 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: has done because it's out with a lot of the 44 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: old and in with a lot of the new. And 45 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: he hadn't made any big splash, but he's made value picks. 46 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: Only one player has gotten a contract more than two years, 47 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: and that was a putter. I thought he made a 48 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: mistake when he cut Brian Anger. You guys know how 49 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: well he did. But he signed Cameron Johnston to a 50 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: three year deal. He is all the deals he's redone 51 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: let's see, twenty five have been for one year deals, 52 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: six have been for two year deals, and one for three. 53 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: And it's pretty amazing because some of them won't make 54 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: the team a fifty three man roster this time next year. 55 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: A lot of them won't be on the team. But 56 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,679 Speaker 1: there are some who have a chance if they play 57 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: well and stay healthy, to make more money in a 58 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: new contract. If you signed a two year deal and 59 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: you start and play well, maybe you get an extension 60 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: next year. You sign a one year deal and you play, well, 61 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: you're going to get a new deal. So I could 62 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: see I've gone over and I don't know a lot 63 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: about a lot of these guys, but I've tried to 64 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: find out. And Cassario's at a competition. He's helped special 65 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: teams that were already good. You know, the Texans always 66 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: seem to make the return game and afterthought, well, with 67 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: Andre Roberts, perennial pro bowler, it won't be an afterthought. 68 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: They already had good coverage teams. And I thought that 69 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: Cassario had lost his mind when he didn't offer a 70 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: new contract to the greatest snapper in history. And then 71 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: he came to his senses and he's bringing back the 72 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: greatest snapper in history, and that would be John Weeks, 73 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: because I thought when they didn't bring back Weeks, if 74 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: the new snapper had one bad snap, he's gonna hear it, 75 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: because Weeks is never in eleven years had a bad snap, 76 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: So a special team shouldn't be really good. And they 77 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: were already a strength of the team. They got a 78 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: chance to be great. And I think we're going to 79 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: see at least ten eleven new starters on both sides 80 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: of the ball competition is going to be tremendous. It's just, man, 81 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: oh man, there's so many new players it's gonna be 82 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: hard to keep up with them. But there's a lot 83 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: that I'm really interested in seeing, especially eight new linebackers 84 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: that I think I've counted, four new corners, four wide 85 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: receivers and that, and of course the most important is 86 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: Lovey Smith's front seven because they're going from a three 87 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: four to four to three. So a lot of the 88 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: moves that Cassio has made, and I'm guessing he's met 89 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: with Lovey and the coaches about these players. They have 90 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: got a lot of competition at linebacker other than Zach Cunningham. 91 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see all that plays out. And 92 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: of course, they put themselves in a position where they 93 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: don't have to use that third round pick on any position. 94 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: And I wrote a column yesterday on to Rod Taylor 95 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: being the starter, and I learned it was to Rod, 96 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,159 Speaker 1: not Tyrode, and that he's going to be the starter 97 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: and what that'll mean to the offense. Simmon, he can 98 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: stay healthy, but him and Ryan Finley, and I'm guessing 99 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: they may size out another veteran and I'm also guessing 100 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: that Sarrio was signing an undrafted free agent. So let 101 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: me ask you guys this, what if he does that? 102 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: And then I don't think it'll be before the draft. 103 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: But say in the third round there's a quarterback, say 104 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: Kyle Trost, Sacred Sario and his department have a second 105 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: round grade on him, but like Justin Reed, he falls 106 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: into the third round. Do they take a quarterback there 107 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: knowing that they don't have to rush him? Now, I 108 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: think that the Watson trade everything's on the hold. I 109 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: thought that would be before the draft. So I'm talking 110 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: about it Taylor and Finley. Do you guys see them 111 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: taking a quarterback with the third round knowing they have 112 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,799 Speaker 1: other needs? But he signed so many players it seems 113 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: like you don't have to have anybody where you say, 114 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: I'll take the top rated player to need position. I John, 115 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: I liked your thought, and that's what I was kind 116 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: of was gonna get to in a second with you, 117 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: was they've signed a player. They've signed and or traded 118 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: for a player at every single position. You mentioned corners, 119 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: they even split the difference. They've got some outside guys, 120 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: they got some inside guys. They've gotten safeties, they've gotten 121 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: defensive lineman. Obviously, they've added the running backs and wide 122 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: receivers and linebackers in particular. I don't know if that 123 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: allows them to completely go, oh, we're just gonna take 124 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,480 Speaker 1: the player that's highest on the board. My my gut 125 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: would tell me that if that's the way they have 126 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: it graded, I wouldn't be surprised that they did. I don't. 127 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: I think the quarterbacks beyond mac Jones probably fall in 128 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: the back end of round three, not the front end. 129 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: But then again, if there's a guy you like, if 130 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,119 Speaker 1: you fall in love with Kyle Trask or Kellen Mond, 131 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: then go ahead. You set yourself up in that way 132 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: that you're gonna take the best available player. I just 133 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: this is not one of those years in which there's 134 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: kind of this second third round quarterback round. I'm like, yeah, 135 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: whatever enough. Yeah, I mean, i'man just saying if they 136 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: grade him, if they grade them that way, then yeah, 137 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: I've got no problem with them doing it. I just 138 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: know that I wouldn't do it at sixty seven with 139 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks that I know that are out there. I 140 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 1: just think I still believed, excuse me, Mark, I still 141 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: believe the top pick is going to be a pass 142 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: rusher or a cornerback, because even though they've added a 143 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: lot of players, you know you can't add too many 144 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: good corners. And right now, the only one thing knows 145 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: goods Bradley Roby, and Robie's not going to be there 146 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: for the first game. And when a schedule comes out, 147 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: you know what if they haven't play in Arizona and 148 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: you've got Kyler Murray thrown to DeAndre Hopkins and so 149 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: those just you gotta have four to three pass rushers, 150 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: whether it's an outside guy and somebody gets some inside 151 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: penetration and disrupt the pocket. But I'm still, despite all 152 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: these moves, thinking that's what they're gonna do. I'd be 153 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: really surprised if he took an offensive lineman. Maybe take 154 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: a receiver, although they have a lot of receivers competing 155 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: for spots with Brandon Cooks right now. If they had 156 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: to play tomorrow, Randall Cobb and Kiki qt would be 157 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: the top three receivers. So and Chris Connelly caught forty 158 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: passes with Jacksonville in a rotation and we've seen him 159 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 1: a lot in recent years. So there, and they brought 160 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: in some guys, but they still to me, you've got 161 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: to work on that defense. Well, my answer to your 162 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: question is, I think too many if, when, and how 163 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: questions related to the current started quarterback to really project that. 164 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: You know, it's all projection and speculation, we don't really know. 165 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: But in relation to where quarterbacks are taken, I just 166 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: think it's so interesting to always look back because here 167 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: we have Andy Dalton now in Chicago, and their social 168 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: media team, by the way, acted alone in putting out 169 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,720 Speaker 1: that QB one tweet. I found this out acted alone. 170 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: They did not get football ops approval. Now we know 171 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: all about this kind of thing, right, because we would 172 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: never tweet anything like that without football ops approval. In fact, 173 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: they would never even want us to tweet anything like that. 174 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 1: But they went ahead and did it, and they took 175 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: a lot of grief for it. But I'm thinking there's 176 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, a former second round pick who you know 177 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: obviously had an opportunity with Dallas. I know they had 178 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: so many injuries and he was going to be roadkill 179 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 1: with all the old line problems they had and everything 180 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: else last year, but you know they can't wait to 181 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: get Dak Prescott back in the fold, a former fourth 182 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: round draft choice, so you just never know. And that's 183 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: just one example right there. But General, you talked about 184 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: the competition of various position groups for the Texans. What 185 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: is your thought of what this offseason program will look like? 186 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: If there's any there's got to be something. What are 187 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: we going to get? General, what are you hearing? What's 188 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: the latest? Well, the Union wants it to be virtual again, 189 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: and of course coaches want to be on the field. 190 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: A new coach like David Culley, he's gonna want to 191 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: be on the field. They we're gonna have a seventeenth game. 192 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: I'm guessing if they play preseason it'll be two games 193 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: and teams may not play their starters. But based on 194 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: last season, they showed they don't need an off season program. 195 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: They don't need preseason other than virtually, can anybody say 196 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: this season the way it developed, Tampa went in the 197 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: Super Bowl over Kansas City, and everything that happened last season, 198 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: can anybody say, beyond the shadow of a doubt that 199 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: that team didn't play well because there was no offseason program. 200 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: You could say that team didn't play well because they 201 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: lost people to COVID nineteen suspensions. I mean COVID nineteen protocols. 202 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: And then also that team didn't play well because of injuries, 203 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 1: but you had rookie quarterbacks playing great. Did Justin Herbert 204 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: miss the preseason? Did he missed an all season program? No, 205 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow didn't either. So the union is going to 206 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: push for this, and they still have protocols in place. 207 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: And I also believe this if the NFL can keep 208 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: the media away as long as possible, meaning where we 209 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: can't go into dressing rooms and interview players like we 210 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: have for all throughout industry till last year, dull continue 211 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: to do that for another season. But I don't think 212 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 1: anything's just going to all of a sudden open up 213 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: and everything's going to be the way that it was. 214 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: I'm really disappointed that the draft's not going to be 215 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: virtual because I've been covered a lot of drafts and 216 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: last year was the greatest by far. And I know 217 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: there's still going to do a lot of at home stuff, 218 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: but they're still going to do it live with fans 219 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: and teams in Cleveland if they want to be there. 220 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: But teams are still waiting as the first time head 221 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: coach Lovey Smith's going to be able to start before 222 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: the returning head coaches all the new coach, David Culley. Yeah, 223 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: what did I say? I said, ye oh, Lovey Smith. Well, 224 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: love hi too. He's not gonna be able to start 225 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: with the defense, but David Culley, as a new coach, 226 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: will be able to start a week earlier than other teams. 227 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: But I don't know right now if they know what 228 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: they're going to be able to do, but they've all 229 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: proved that they can do it virtually if they have to. 230 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: John one of the signings that I don't know if 231 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: I asked you about last week. I can't you remember 232 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: if it was official or was even um in process 233 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: when I talk to you last week. But when Philip 234 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: Lindsay became available seemingly from the Broncos, I was like, boy, 235 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: he'd be a nice piece. You had him in there 236 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: with Mark Ingram and David Johnson. And even though I 237 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: like this rookie running back class, maybe you don't have 238 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: to go get a young guy because you've got guys. 239 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: Even Lindsay's got some young legs, he's still not an 240 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: older back, even though he's going I think it to 241 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: his fourth year. What do you think of the Philip 242 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 1: Lindsay signing and what do you think it meets for 243 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 1: the running back group going forward. Well, I went back 244 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: and read everything that I could read in Denver about 245 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: what they thought about it, and all of them agree. 246 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: If he stays healthy, he's gonna really impress people here. Now, He, Johnson, 247 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 1: and Ingram could all be cut if they find a 248 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: back like in a deep class that take take say 249 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 1: in the fifth round, and he comes out here like 250 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: James Robinson did last year undrafted with Jacksonville and from 251 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: day one impresses the heck out of him. You know, 252 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: any of these three guys are more than one could 253 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: be gone to make room for a rookie, But right 254 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: now they don't have to have a rookie. A good 255 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: thing about Lindsay and Ingram along with David Johnson, these 256 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: guys are outstanding receivers. And it's pretty obvious to me 257 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: that Nick Caserio wants a back feel like he had 258 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: in New England. Multiple backs play, and David Culley was 259 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: at Baltimore. Multiple backs play, and that's what their plan is. 260 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: But if they were to stumble on a rookie free 261 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: agent or a draft choice, I don't see him using 262 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:32,200 Speaker 1: a high pick on a draft choice. But if they were, 263 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: they could make a move on this. But right now, 264 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: you know, I get Buddy all On there, you got 265 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: Dontrelle hilliards on there. They have a lot of competition 266 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: and they don't need another back John, with everything they've 267 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: been through and are going through at the quarterback position. 268 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: Can you discuss the signing of Tarrod Taylor and how 269 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: that stabilizes things and your general thoughts on it and 270 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: your research what it's telling you about him. Well, I've 271 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: written a column about him and I've written actually two 272 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: things about him, And number one, they have confidence in 273 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: him because Cully coached him in two seventeen with Buffalo 274 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 1: when they went and he was eight six as a starter, 275 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: missed two games cousin injuries, and they ended the playoff drought, 276 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: but they lost in Jacksonville in the playoffs. And then 277 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: Pep Hamilton coached him last year with the Chargers, and 278 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: then when he was in Buffalo as a starter for 279 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: three years, Nicko Sarrio saw him play every game, two 280 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: games a year. I looked it up, see if he 281 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: missed Team Patriots games. He did not. Now, in those 282 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: three years playing with the Bills who were rebuilding fifteen 283 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: sixteen seventeen, he had fifty one touchdowns and sixteen interceptions. 284 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: That's a pretty good ratio. His record was with the 285 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: rebuilding team twenty eight twenty six he ran for one 286 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: thousand and four and seventy five yards in four teen touchdowns. 287 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 1: So to Rod Taylor can run. And I watched last 288 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: year Hard Knocks. I've never missed a Hard Knocks, and 289 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: Anthony Lynn, the coach of the Chargers, was fully committed 290 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: to him as the starter, and no matter how much 291 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: people wanted to see Justin Herbert, he was not going 292 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: to start. And he didn't start till that doctor stuck 293 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: a needle and punctured his lung and Justin Herbert had 294 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: to start and arrest his Charger's history. So Taylor's had 295 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: some bad luck with the Browns when he had a 296 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: concussion that opened the door from Mayfield and then that 297 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: punctured long last year. So you hope he can come 298 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: in and he can stay healthy. It wouldn't surprise me 299 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: if they don't sign another veteran quarterback and they're still 300 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: guys out there, But I'm if to Rod Taylor is 301 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: a really good backup who is capable of starting if 302 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: the starter gets hurt. It's obvious he's a placeholder for 303 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: whatever move because Sarrio could make this year or next year. 304 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: But I think under the circumstances, you couldn't find anybody better, 305 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: especially since the general manager, the head coach, and the 306 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: quarterback coach slash passing game coordinator know him so well. 307 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 1: John Jvion Clowney was in Cleveland yesterday, but he left 308 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: apparently without a deal. If he ends up in Cleveland, 309 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: a do you think he goes through training camp, which 310 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,199 Speaker 1: he seemingly has never done, And do you think he 311 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: goes to Cleveland? And would it be a good fit 312 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: for the Browns? First of all, if I am Clowney 313 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: and I'm going to be with a fourth team in 314 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 1: four years and I can't stay healthy and I want 315 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: to go to a team like Cleveland and play opposite 316 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: Miles Garrett, You're never gonna get double team. Garrett's gonna 317 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:47,160 Speaker 1: get all the double teams. They got interior players. It's 318 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: an up and coming team. I'll take a one year 319 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: deal for five million. Clown He's made a lot of money. 320 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: He needs to go to training camp from day one. 321 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: He needs to show up in shape. Given everything he's 322 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: we all know he's great against the run. He's a 323 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,960 Speaker 1: pretty good pass rusher, but if he were playing opposite Garrett, 324 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: they'd have two former first overall picks in the draft. 325 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: I can't think of a better situation for Clowney. I 326 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 1: thought he's going to work out great for him last year, 327 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: going to work with Mike Vrabel and Shane Bowen for 328 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: a team desperate for pass rushers, but he couldn't stay healthy. 329 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: He didn't have a sack. So hopefully the fourth time 330 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: will be a charm. I would like to see, and 331 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: I guess and they won't do it. But remember Bill 332 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: O'Brien called him right before camp to see if he's 333 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: interested in coming back, and Clowny's nope. And so I'd 334 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: love to see because Sario reach out to him and 335 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: see what it would take and have him come play 336 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: and love he Smith's four three play outside. If he 337 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: show up from day one, he'd have a lot to prove, 338 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: mainly that he could stay healthy. But he is Taylor 339 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: made for a four to three and love He Smith 340 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: plays a four to three. So I'd like to see that, 341 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: but I don't King said, I don't know what's going 342 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: to happen, because I have no clue what Sario is 343 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: going to do except continue to make moves that he 344 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: believes is going to help the team. That might make 345 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: them pretty good against the run. With Shack Lawson and 346 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: Clowney protecting the edges and stuff like that. We'd see 347 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: how that would go. You never know what happens general. 348 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 1: What about the eras of the Cardinals here? And I 349 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: know we have a couple of former Texans of note there, 350 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,719 Speaker 1: and more than a couple really when you look at 351 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: the whole staff and everything. But are you getting a 352 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen Jacksonville gets the free agents and has a 353 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: successful season vibe? Or is it like a twenty eleven 354 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: Philadelphi Eagles Vince Young dream team didn't work out as planned? Vibe? Well, 355 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: it's not a lot exactly a dream team. When you're 356 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: adding players over thirty years old, it tells me that 357 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: they're making moves to try to capitalize on the improvement 358 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: they've made with Kyler Murray to go from five ten 359 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: and one to eight and eight. They play in the 360 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: toughest division, but if they hadn't faded down on the stretch, 361 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: they'd be in the playoffs. So they're bringing in experience 362 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 1: and talent and JJ Watt aj Green and it looks 363 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: like Larry Fitzgerald's calling. There's talking now about him going 364 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: to Tampa and trying to win a Super Bowl. But 365 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: I like what the Cardinals have done. But they still 366 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: have some holes that got to be filled. But they're 367 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: gonna be fun to watch. They're just like the Texans 368 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: with Watson, even when they lose, they're fun to watch. 369 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: Cardinals with Tyler Murray, fun to watch Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, 370 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: those quarterbacks I love watching. I'm mesmerized by those guys. 371 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: And of course Patrick Mahomes at the top of the list. 372 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: But that is a tough division for them. Look at 373 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, first to worst in one year 374 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 1: and now they're trying to get back to first again. John, 375 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: I know we haven't had the draft, but we've obviously 376 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: had a lot of free agent movement and changes, etc. 377 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: In the AFC. The Chiefs obviously so messy. Obviously, I 378 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: guess the Chiefs are still the chalk. Obviously, who's the 379 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: next best team in the FC right now? Based on 380 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 1: what my hunger factor about teams that should be hungry 381 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 1: based on what happened to them last year, I would 382 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: say Buffalo. Buffalo has made significant improvement under Sean McDermott. 383 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: I was stunned at the improvement Josh Allen made after 384 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: the way the Texans came back from a sixteen old 385 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: deficit and he played poorly down the stretch. But then 386 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: last year he was great. You know, they were lucky 387 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 1: they got to keep their coordinators. Usually the good teams 388 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: don't keep their staffs in tack, and that's great for McDermott. 389 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: So with their coordinators returning, I look for them to 390 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: put a lot of heat on the Chiefs and trying 391 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: to think I don't see anybody. Baltimore is always a factor. 392 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 1: Cleveland should be a factor. I don't see Miami or 393 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and any other team from the West, but I 394 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be Buffalo, Baltimore. Cleveland putting the most 395 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: pressure on the Chiefs and hn't at something the Browns 396 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: putting pressure on the Chiefs to be the best team 397 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: in AFC. When what was it how many years ago, 398 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: three years ago, four years ago? They were winless, John, 399 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: I'll probably ask you this question about eight more times 400 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 1: before the start of the season. But your thoughts today 401 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 1: on the level of improvement, the kind of improvement Jacksonville 402 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: will make this year as we assume they'll draft Trevor 403 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: Lawrence and obviously Urban meyern his first year as coach, 404 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: and they've made some interesting acquisitions. For sure, He's still 405 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback. He's coming off surgery on his left shoulder, 406 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 1: non throwing shoulder, and he's taken over a team that 407 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 1: won one game last year with a fifteen game losing streak. 408 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: And I know people in Jacksonville are fired up and 409 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: they should be. Got Urban Meyer, you got Trevor Lawrence, 410 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: you got a lot of money to spend in free agency. 411 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: He got multiple first round I think multiple, got a 412 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: lot of draft choices, and so there is a reason 413 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: to be fired up. But if you were one in 414 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: fifteen and they could go six and ten, that would 415 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: be a tremendous improvement. People hoping they're going to jump 416 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: up to have a winning record, maybe they will, but 417 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: I just don't see it. First time he head coaches, 418 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: they have a transition period as well. I could see 419 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 1: if everything goes according to plan and Lawrences is good, 420 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,760 Speaker 1: is everybody thinks maybe in two thousand and twenty two 421 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 1: or three, they could give the Titans and the Colts 422 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: and run for the money. Same about the Texans. I 423 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: could see depending on what happens at quarterback, the Texans 424 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: in two thousand and twenty three being back, did we 425 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: lose the General at the moment of truth. I think 426 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: what he was going to say was that the Texans 427 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: were going to the supers come back radial contender. Did 428 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: you didn't always see you didn't pick the Texans to 429 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: go to the Super Bowl? O this next season? Man, 430 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: They're just they're just right outside. Okay, all right? General, Well, hey, 431 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: thanks so much of the time. As always, we always 432 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: enjoy having you on. Mark and John. It's my pleasure. 433 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. I appreciate you having me on 434 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: as always, and I look forward to talking to you 435 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: next week. And one more thing. Yep, sickum bears there 436 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: it is there. It is Baylor regress. I went to Baylor. 437 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: You better sick him. That is true. That is that 438 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: is very true. And Greg, Greg's good people. Those Baylor 439 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: people are good people. General, if you know any thank you, 440 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 1: all right. That's the General. John McLean read his stuff 441 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: at the Houston chronicle coming up. Well, he gave us 442 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: a name pronunciation, Johnny, So I'm gonna have a little 443 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: lesson in that, all right, of one of the new Texans, 444 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: And I'll also give you a text in whose name 445 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 1: I'm still not sure how to pronounce. But he played 446 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: a long time ago, but he played for a while here, 447 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna get it once and for all us. Swiler. No, 448 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: it's not that one, not that one one. Also, some 449 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: other stuff going on COVID related to the league gays. 450 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,679 Speaker 1: We touched on some of that with John, but didn't 451 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 1: get deep on it, as I think it's not too surprising, 452 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,639 Speaker 1: but it's definitely eye opening. We'll get to that and 453 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of other stuff here on Texans Radio. 454 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 1: Can't get enough Texans Radio. We've got shows, we've got podcasts, 455 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: we've got interviews. It's all on Houston Texans dot com. 456 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the conversation. It's Texans All Exits on 457 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: Texans Radio. Mark Vandamarin John Harris with you. We're doing 458 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 1: the show this evening from the Sports Radio six ten studios. 459 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: So we've taken the hunday Texans Radio studios into Sports 460 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 1: Radio six ten. Joanna's our producer tonight, doing a great 461 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: job as always. In fact, Clint and Wade we're here 462 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 1: moments ago doing their afternoon program here as Ron the 463 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: show is off. But I see his Mad Dug twenty 464 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: twenty here. Isn't that his? That's Ron's thought of it. 465 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: I think he talks about that, and I'm sorry, I 466 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: don't know, but I just see that right there. I'm 467 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: never and I know it's I'm going on active label. 468 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 1: My friends from back in high school we'll talk about it, 469 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: and I'm like, no, No, that's yeah, that's that's a 470 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: real um is that desperation stuff right there? Never mind, 471 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: So I mentioned this, So McClain talked about to Rod Taylor. 472 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: It is to Rod, not Tyrod. And I've probably called 473 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,560 Speaker 1: him Tyrod a billion times. So I'm sorry, mister Taylor, 474 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,400 Speaker 1: it's to Rod Taylor Taylor. So let's get that right, 475 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,640 Speaker 1: Just like it's jadeveon Clowney, right, I still hear locals 476 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 1: say jadeveon Clowney, jadeveon clown Yeah. There are a lot 477 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: of pronunciations throughout the city that I, you know, I hear, 478 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: and I'm like, here's one mistake. I made, uh, the 479 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: new linebacker that's coming from the Washington football team. Oh yeah, 480 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: tell KPL. Yeah, KPL, that's what he's gonna be me, KPL. 481 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 1: But I remember there's a player at Florida years ago 482 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: who's also Haitian, who his name was Wandi Pierre Louis, right, 483 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 1: and I thought, I remember when he was at Boston College. 484 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: KPL went by Kevin Pierre Louis. But it's Kevin Pierre Lewis. 485 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: It's actually just spelled so it's not it goes French 486 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: for the first half of Pierre, but then it goes 487 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: to Lewis. Lewis like my middle name, So Kevin Pierre Lewis, 488 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: your middle name is Lewis. So I called him Kevin 489 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: Pierre Louis. I may have done it on Texas three 490 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: sixty two. I don't know, but I know I did 491 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: on the end of LAB podcast. But I was like, 492 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: you know what, I better looked this up. I'm pretty sure. 493 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:37,719 Speaker 1: But and then when I looked up, I was like, Okay, 494 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: I'm bad Kevin Pierre Lewis. Look it could be worse, 495 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: all right. I think he'll get over it. It sounds 496 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 1: like a nickname of sorts when you say it that way, Yeah, 497 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: he'll be kpl And by the way, Tyler Milner, who 498 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 1: produces for Clinton Show, he said, Clint or I'm sorry 499 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: Ron brought it to drink once the Rockets broke the 500 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: losing streak and it just yeah, he's got it when 501 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: he gets back and they started another one. Yeah, and 502 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,360 Speaker 1: the streak was broken when when Ron was on vacation 503 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: this week. Yeah, and I watched the Rockets last night. 504 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 1: Actually I watched. I don't know why. I mean, I 505 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: hate to say that because I do like the Rockets. 506 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: When I watched like almost all of that game, and 507 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: they definitely have some problems. This is my professional assessment. 508 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 1: Is my professional assessment, Johnny of the Rockets. They definitely 509 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 1: have some issues. Okay, after halftime, I was like, what 510 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 1: what just happened? This was a close game anyway, I 511 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 1: wished them the best and they traded all the deep 512 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: out today. Anyway, But let's get to this now. Oh 513 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: I mentioned Jedeon Clowney. That was one of the most 514 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: mispronounced names of any Houston sports figure. Craig Biggio was 515 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: another one, people saying bgo when it's really Biggio. But 516 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: the text in I promised this that. Um, you know, 517 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: I don't know if I ever really got it right. 518 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: Was Morlin Greenwood? All right? I think it's the linebacker? Yeah, yeah, 519 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: I think it's it's the players used to say Marlin 520 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: like Marlin, like, no, it's m O R. I think 521 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: l O N. I always thought it was Marlin. I 522 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 1: always knew it as Moreland Greenwood. I mean I might 523 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: have called him Morlan a couple of times, and you know, 524 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: it was just one of those one of those uh 525 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: yeah Greenwood, Yeah, what is it? Morland m R l 526 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: O N. Yeah, great dude when he was here, and uh, 527 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know what's happened afterwards. I don't 528 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 1: even know if he was at that Andrey Johnson reunion 529 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: of sorts when they put Andre the Ring of Honor. 530 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: That was a great Texans player reunion as so many 531 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 1: guys came back. It was great to see them all. 532 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:38,959 Speaker 1: Greatest Texan name of all time, I know it right 533 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: off top of my head. Who mister Alexander? All right, 534 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: that's that's yes. You have to achieve a certain level 535 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: of play to have that honor. If you will kind 536 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: of oh, I'll tell your name that nobody ever got 537 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: right Sinil Calamette. No, it's hard to get right because Sinil, 538 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: I don't like, I don't want to. I think the 539 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: PR Department told us. I don't know if they told 540 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: us right away. I think it was pretty close to 541 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: right away. But when he joined the team, you and 542 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: I interviewed him almost right away after he was signed, 543 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: and we called him Senio I think the whole time, 544 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: and he didn't say a word about it, and then 545 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks later we got the word it's Snil, guys, 546 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,719 Speaker 1: so they might have known right away, but you know, 547 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: no one corrected us or whatever, or maybe they didn't 548 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: hear us say it. So I'm not sure, but that 549 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,200 Speaker 1: he's no longer with us, Okay, not no longer with 550 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:34,479 Speaker 1: us on Planet earth Fall, with the organization. He's been 551 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: picked up anywhere some of the some Texas and Nick 552 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: Martin went through Raiders. Will Fuller went to the Dolphins, 553 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: Brent Scarlett to the Dolphins. Um, I'll tell you one 554 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: that I saw the other day, Mark that I my 555 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: heart went out to him because I felt like when 556 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: it Texans signed Lamar Miller that he was everything we 557 00:30:55,480 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 1: really wanted in running back, but he just wasn't used 558 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,959 Speaker 1: the way I think the Texans wanted to use him 559 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 1: because they really didn't have a complimentary back to go 560 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 1: with him, a workhorse back. Yeah, they didn't really have 561 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: a guy that could take some of those carries really 562 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: away from Lamar, and Lamar just had I used this 563 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: analogy a lot. It's like he's a he was an 564 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,959 Speaker 1: F one fifty truck, or he was used like an 565 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: F one fifty truck when you really he was kind 566 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: of a he was kind of Mary Flies truck in 567 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: Back to the Future, like a little sporty truck. Yeah. Yeah, 568 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: and they used him to haul big stuff around, right, 569 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: I could F one fifty. I'll then forget when we 570 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: went to Mexico City. He had in that game I 571 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: think against the Raiders twenty four twenty five carries caught 572 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: it a couple of times, and in Mexico City they 573 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: had that big ramp. We've talked about that before. The 574 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:43,920 Speaker 1: ramp to get from the field to the locker room. 575 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: Was it was as hard to explain, it was so bizarre. Yeah, 576 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: it was. Yeah. I don't even know that I can 577 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: I can put it in geometrical terms for you, but 578 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,280 Speaker 1: that just doesn't make a lot of sense. And I'm 579 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: telling you, he was beat up, and I just we 580 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: were coming off the field at the same time. It 581 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 1: was we're going off the ramp. I was like, here, 582 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: could just give me your stuff and put your hand 583 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: on my shoulder and literally like just kind of car 584 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: guided him up the ramp because it was that severe. 585 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: But I feel for Lamar because he just I felt 586 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: like he was on the verge of twenty nineteen, like, Okay, 587 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 1: we got Duke coming in, Duke Johnson with Lamar Miller, 588 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: this is gonna be pretty good. The line is gonna 589 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 1: come into you know, it was really gonna round into shape. 590 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: We traded for Laramie, And now I know he got 591 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 1: hurt before the Laramie thing, but right hand, he stayed healthy. 592 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 1: In twenty nineteen, I think Lamar would have shown a 593 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: lot of people what he could do, and I think 594 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: he would have been even better than Carlos Hyde was 595 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 1: and Carlos went over one thousand yards. Carlos was very 596 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,719 Speaker 1: very good. I think Lamar might have might have been 597 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: even better in twenty nineteen had he not gotten hurt 598 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year. But I think it's 599 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: Washington where he ended up. I think Washington football team 600 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 1: is where he's going. But that's one that about regrets. 601 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: I mean there are a lot of regrets. I suppose 602 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: a few players that left that I wish didn't. But 603 00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: that's one I feel really bad for Lamar because I 604 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: feel like he was on the Virgin twenty nineteen of 605 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: really like, Okay, he's going to be used the right 606 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: way because Duke is here, they play him together, they 607 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: could do different things with them. I think with Laramy 608 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: being at at the offensive line, man, this is okay, 609 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: here we go. Lamars gonna have a good year. And 610 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: then in Dallas, like from a team standpoint, it worked 611 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 1: out with Carlos Hide, Yeah it did. It had a 612 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,480 Speaker 1: thousand yards season, looked good, ran angry, as we like 613 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: to say. And by the way, Johnny, you're so good 614 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 1: at remembering the stuff. Miller had twenty four carries in 615 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,320 Speaker 1: the game in Mexico City against the Raiders from one 616 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: hundred and four yards four point three per carry. I 617 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: mean that was workhorse stuff or a guy who's not 618 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: really considered to be a workhorse back altitude in the altitude, 619 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 1: I'm telling you those guys. Goodness, guys. At the end 620 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: of both on both sides, I see the twenty four 621 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: carries and I'm thinking, jeez, you know you might win 622 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: that game, right, but you didn't. Oswiler threw it a 623 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 1: lot that night, which is not a good thing for 624 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: Brock to throw the ball a lot. He threw it 625 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: thirty nine times and threw a pick. That was the 626 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: Yeah formula, Brock, throw it like twenty times if we 627 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 1: can help it and run the ball a ton. But 628 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: clearly that night was tough, and Derek Carr was phenomenal 629 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,840 Speaker 1: that night with three touchdown passes and the rest is history. 630 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: That trip would have felt a whole lot better with 631 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: a victory, obviously, but it didn't go according to plan. Look, 632 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,399 Speaker 1: I think that's that's one of them. But it worked 633 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: out from a Steam Team standpoint, And I think Miller, 634 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,799 Speaker 1: it's funny, how you know he's what what Washington? Now? 635 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: I think it's Washington. Yeah, I thought that's worse. It's 636 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: why they might keep that name, the non name. It's 637 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,879 Speaker 1: not going to keep it. Is that official, They're gonna 638 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 1: keep it. It is Washington. Yeah, I heard the other 639 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 1: day it's following their their Twitter feed and a few 640 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,800 Speaker 1: people that follow them saying, yeah, they're going to They're 641 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: they're planning on keeping it. Not set in stone, but 642 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:57,239 Speaker 1: they're planning on keeping it. I just don't like when 643 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,399 Speaker 1: they're listing team stuff on various websites and they say 644 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: football team, right, I say Washington or Wash Yeah, it's 645 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 1: like Giants versus football team. Yeah, just say Washington just 646 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:14,440 Speaker 1: allowed them to have the city as their name at 647 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: all times, and then when you have to refer to 648 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 1: them as the whole thing, it's the Washington football team. 649 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I could see if I was their announcer, 650 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,280 Speaker 1: I touchdown Washington football team. I could really see stretching 651 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 1: it out and making it dramatic. You can make it fun, yeah, 652 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 1: you can have fun with that, but I wouldn't say 653 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 1: touchdown football team. That sounds ridiculous. It's like generic products 654 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 1: at the store, green beans, yeah, exact prize. And then 655 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: it's sort of it's it reads weird too. So a 656 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,759 Speaker 1: football team beat the Giants twenty seven, twenty six, it's 657 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: doesn't doesn't football team? Right? Whenever I see WFT, my 658 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: eyes kind of see WT yeah, and I'm thinking it, 659 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,839 Speaker 1: look right, something's wrong here something's very wrong. All right, 660 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: I promise to get to that COVID stuff and we will. 661 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,120 Speaker 1: Regarding the league, the draft coming up, how's that going 662 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,400 Speaker 1: to be? The General talked about last year being the 663 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,800 Speaker 1: best draft you ever covered. As far as just coverage 664 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: of it, that sounds notable to me. I wanted to 665 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: explore that a little bit. A few things on the 666 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:16,399 Speaker 1: way out here. It's Texans Radio Texans All Excess continues 667 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 1: in a moment. You're listening to Texans All Access. For 668 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 1: the latest stories and videos on near Houston Texans. Check 669 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:34,560 Speaker 1: out Houston Texans dot com. All right, We're at the 670 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,439 Speaker 1: Sports Radio six ten studios, Mark vand of Aaron John 671 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: Harris with you the Hunday Texans Radio mobile studio Johnny 672 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:46,839 Speaker 1: pro Day. Today at the Nitney Lions, and people wonder 673 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,279 Speaker 1: what a Nitney Lion is. There's Mount Nitney and a 674 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 1: lion on Mount Nitney would be a Nitney Lion. And 675 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: I think they call all the teams, men and women 676 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 1: the Nitney Lions. Now. When I was working there for 677 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: a time a long time, I go a long time ago, 678 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,279 Speaker 1: they were the Lady Lions. I was the voice of 679 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: the Lady Lions Basketball team, and they were number one 680 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,240 Speaker 1: of the country when I was there, but they flamed 681 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,319 Speaker 1: out in the tournament early. That happens, Yeah, Pence, they 682 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 1: had paray today. So a couple of guys ran really 683 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 1: fast that are big, and they're defensive players. And you 684 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,400 Speaker 1: could put either one of these guys. Now, Mika Parsons 685 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,960 Speaker 1: is a guy. If you file college football at all, 686 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,360 Speaker 1: you should know that name. He opted out in twenty 687 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,279 Speaker 1: twenty because the Big Ten was in and they're out 688 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,279 Speaker 1: and they're ran, they're out whatever, so he decided not 689 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,480 Speaker 1: to play. He's two hundred and forty five pounds. He 690 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:40,799 Speaker 1: ran at four three five today. Jay Snoway was a 691 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 1: defensive end. He's sixty three, two hundred and fifty seven pounds. 692 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:50,760 Speaker 1: I believe he ran a four three six. What, Johnny, 693 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 1: let me ask you this about Pro days? Yeah? Are 694 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:57,719 Speaker 1: we getting forty time inflation here? Well, here's for deflation. 695 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,439 Speaker 1: Here's the thing, and I read this. I can't remember 696 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,920 Speaker 1: where I read this, but I read this today. There 697 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:07,000 Speaker 1: apparently is a there's a scout at each Pro Day 698 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:12,279 Speaker 1: that is responsible for providing the official I got air 699 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:19,919 Speaker 1: quotes like Joey Tribbiani um official time so the way 700 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: pro Day works. You got all these scouts there and 701 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 1: they're all, you know, got their stop watches, and they're like, 702 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,560 Speaker 1: oh man, four three nine, four three six, and they 703 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: kind of looking would you get four three four three five? Right? 704 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,919 Speaker 1: I got four six nine whatever. You know there are 705 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:36,080 Speaker 1: eyeballing it. I mean, yeah, they're just you know, you know, 706 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 1: old school kind of stuff. But that's what some teams 707 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,279 Speaker 1: rely on. Some teams rely because they can that be remotely. 708 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,879 Speaker 1: We're talking about tens of a second, yeah, I mean, 709 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:48,720 Speaker 1: and some some teams will take a pro Day number okay, 710 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,920 Speaker 1: and they'll say, Okay, we've been studying this for a 711 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,920 Speaker 1: long time. We feel that he's not quite a four 712 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 1: three six guy tack on point one point one two, 713 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,400 Speaker 1: but he's really fast. That's a four for eight stool. Yeah. 714 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,920 Speaker 1: If I would always add a little bit just to 715 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,200 Speaker 1: be safe, I think, And you see what the tape says, 716 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,000 Speaker 1: because we always talk about guys who are really fast, 717 00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:10,879 Speaker 1: but they might not play fast. Yeah, because these prote numbers, Now, 718 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:17,000 Speaker 1: Marson's real deal. If we still had pick number three, really, 719 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,360 Speaker 1: oly cow, he's a he's a wrecker. I mean, he 720 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: is a game wrecker who has that pick again, don't 721 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,040 Speaker 1: tell me every no, no, no. And by the way, 722 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,160 Speaker 1: what about that story today? Who is it? Kyle van Noy? 723 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,600 Speaker 1: Was that him? Praises I just saw the headline and 724 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,680 Speaker 1: I haven't read the story, praises. Bill Belichick says no 725 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,960 Speaker 1: comment on Brian Flores. Oh well, he was asked. He 726 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:44,920 Speaker 1: was asked Vanoy, hey, the difference between Brian Flores Patriots 727 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:50,680 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator and Brian Flores Dolphins head coach, and he said, 728 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:56,080 Speaker 1: no comment. Interesting. I thought Vanoy would be a guy 729 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: when he was released from He had a four year contract. 730 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:04,400 Speaker 1: Then after a year they're releasing him. I thought, oh, good, 731 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,960 Speaker 1: that's a guy wee. I think you know, Nick knows him, 732 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,719 Speaker 1: they have his phone number. Yeah, it would be successful. 733 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,239 Speaker 1: But he decided to go back to New England and 734 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:14,759 Speaker 1: as a lot, as a lot of people did a 735 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:19,040 Speaker 1: lot like guys, decided England was their spot for twenty 736 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,120 Speaker 1: twenty one. And I thought it was interesting listen to 737 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,360 Speaker 1: Cam Newton talk about Bill Belichick. Here's the guy that 738 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,200 Speaker 1: spent one year with Bill, and was like, hey, I 739 00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:29,799 Speaker 1: think y'all got it wrong on Belichick. He's just fun 740 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,120 Speaker 1: a coach. He's just fun a coach and as good 741 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:34,840 Speaker 1: of coaches I've been around, but he is fun to 742 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,360 Speaker 1: be around. Yea, y'all given him a bad name, like 743 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:42,760 Speaker 1: Cam really talked up Belichick, which I was like, okay, interesting, 744 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,680 Speaker 1: But hearing Vanoy to say, yeah, I'm going I'm going 745 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,440 Speaker 1: back to New England, I thought that was I was 746 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: hoping you'd come here. Vanoy is one of my favorite 747 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 1: players to have studied over the years in the draft 748 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,239 Speaker 1: because he did so much. He was so he was 749 00:40:58,280 --> 00:40:59,839 Speaker 1: just different from a lot of guys because he could 750 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,720 Speaker 1: a lot of different linebacker positions. He goes to Detroit 751 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,239 Speaker 1: to start, it was like, oh, then he goes to 752 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:07,600 Speaker 1: New England. They found the right buttons depressed and I thought, oh, 753 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:09,399 Speaker 1: he's gonna get out of Miami. He's gonna kill it. 754 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,640 Speaker 1: Didn't work, played through some injury, and then Flores is like, 755 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 1: it's time for you to go after a year. He 756 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,040 Speaker 1: was incredulous about it, which I was too, but I 757 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 1: thought he might end up with us. But he ends 758 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,680 Speaker 1: up going back to New England, and good luck to him, 759 00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:25,839 Speaker 1: just not in the one game that we will play 760 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:29,360 Speaker 1: against them. Period Energy Stadium. One. How about this story 761 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:33,160 Speaker 1: that the NFL is not going to make vaccines mandatory 762 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 1: or vaccinations mandatory, but they will incentivize them so you'll 763 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,279 Speaker 1: have if you're exposed, you won't have to quarantine. The 764 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,840 Speaker 1: NBA is already doing stuff like this. Yeah, thoughts because 765 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,120 Speaker 1: I guess you can't make it mandatory, but I just 766 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. I just think it would help everybody 767 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,360 Speaker 1: to get it done, just to have it done. I 768 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,360 Speaker 1: think so. Two, I think I think you're right about that. 769 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,799 Speaker 1: I read an article today about people that are just 770 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:04,520 Speaker 1: resistant to the vaccine because they have completely denied that 771 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,600 Speaker 1: COVID even existed. And you know some people have, you know, 772 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,759 Speaker 1: they just haven't gotten vaccines, or some people that over 773 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,759 Speaker 1: the years that are like no, I just that's just 774 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,560 Speaker 1: we don't do that in this family, well for whatever reason, right, 775 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,320 Speaker 1: and the anti vaxers. Yeah, it was an interesting article 776 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,200 Speaker 1: to read because I'm like, you, like, look, if you 777 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:26,759 Speaker 1: get the vaccine, that just gets us all back to 778 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,320 Speaker 1: where we'd like to be able to get whatever is 779 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,160 Speaker 1: normal going forward. And I can see where the NFL 780 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:38,480 Speaker 1: can't require it, but as long as and I'm curious 781 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,800 Speaker 1: to see as more vaccine on the thing. Next Monday, 782 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:45,480 Speaker 1: they're allowing all aged, yeah, everybody to go get a vaccine. 783 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:48,360 Speaker 1: And so I know my wife's got an appointment. Hopefully 784 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:49,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna get one for the kids. I know I've 785 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: got myne April fifth, that's my second shot. So I 786 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,360 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be I think it's gonna be a 787 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:57,120 Speaker 1: great thing. But I could see. I think you're right. 788 00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:59,920 Speaker 1: I think the NFL incentivizing would be kind of be 789 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,120 Speaker 1: interesting to watch and listen. The NFL. You know this, 790 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,439 Speaker 1: The NFL is kind of men at the forefront of things. 791 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,560 Speaker 1: Remember they say, oh, you can't do a virtual draft, 792 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,280 Speaker 1: virtual draft, Oh you can't play this season, play the season. 793 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,319 Speaker 1: Now you can be in the draft room if you're vaccinated. 794 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,680 Speaker 1: And yeah, they're gonna socially distanced. There's some other things 795 00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna loosen up on. Okay, that's gonna do it. 796 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,919 Speaker 1: For the show tonight, we gotta roll. Joanna saying you're 797 00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,040 Speaker 1: out of here, guys, Johnny, thanks so much, Mark, thank you. 798 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,360 Speaker 1: We'll be on tomorrow night talking more Texans stuff. And 799 00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:30,680 Speaker 1: John McClean being on tonight. Thank you to him. This 800 00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:33,600 Speaker 1: show will be on the Texans app soon enough. Have 801 00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:38,240 Speaker 1: a great evening, everyone, and as always, go Texans. This 802 00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,239 Speaker 1: is Texans Radio on Sports Radio six ten