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Speaker 1: Welcome man Texas All Access players. Addition, I'm in d

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Speaker 1: Kulou a little bit different because of the big victory,

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Speaker 1: the big win Monday night over the Dallas Cowboys. We're

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Speaker 1: going to change some things up with the schedule. We

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Speaker 1: are going to start off with my main man, Mark Vandermier,

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Speaker 1: John Harris catching up with your general manager, Nick Cassario.

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Speaker 2: Joining us in studio.

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Speaker 3: Executive vice president and general manager Nick Cassario.

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Speaker 2: Great to see you, Nick. Congratulations all that's good to

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Speaker 2: see you.

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Speaker 3: Well, we've got a short week to get ready for

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Speaker 3: the Tennessee Titans noon Sunday, NRG Stadium. Reviewing the game

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Speaker 3: against the Cowboys, all three phases contributing total team win.

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Speaker 2: Right yeah, big thing too. Got off to a good

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Speaker 2: start or fast start. So scored on the initial POSI

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Speaker 2: I mean scored the first play it was called back

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Speaker 2: and then had a good drive Joe in the long run,

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Speaker 2: moved the ball again, didn't have the fourth down conversion

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Speaker 2: and got the ball back, so good spot good in

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Speaker 2: the first quarter, a little lawler in the second quarter

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Speaker 2: there seventeen to ten going in a halftime, and then

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Speaker 2: came out the second half and did some good things.

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Speaker 2: So offense made enough plays. Defense did a really good job,

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Speaker 2: took the ball away. Score anytime you score on defense

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Speaker 2: to make a play like that, and forced Dallas to

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Speaker 2: play kind of.

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Speaker 4: On a longer field.

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Speaker 2: And other than the big play we gave up a Turpin,

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Speaker 2: didn't really give up a lot of big plays. Then

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Speaker 2: Emmy did a really good job kicking the ball, made

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Speaker 2: the field goals, and then we decided to kick the

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Speaker 2: ball at the endzone. There a little bit with Turp

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Speaker 2: after the initial returns. He was an explosive returner. So overall,

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Speaker 2: players responded, had a good week of preparation. The focus

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Speaker 2: was there, and they took the coaching and the message

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Speaker 2: that dr presented to the team, and of course the

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Speaker 2: week went out there and executed and came out with

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Speaker 2: a good win.

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Speaker 5: Nick, we talked about this obviously, number eleven was going

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Speaker 5: to be a problem. We talked about it last week

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Speaker 5: in our interview. We talked about for the game, we

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Speaker 5: knew eleven was gonna be a problem. And he could,

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Speaker 5: I mean he could play and he lined up with

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Speaker 5: a lot of different spots but held him sackless. He

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Speaker 5: did create a few pressures at some point, but keeping

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Speaker 5: them to one sack.

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Speaker 6: How big was that in the win?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was huge, and I think the offensive line

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Speaker 2: tight ends are involved, but the offensive line is the

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Speaker 2: main group. Took a lot of ownership and took a

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Speaker 2: lot of pride in making sure that their best player

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Speaker 2: didn't become a factor. Even on the sack. I mean, oh,

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Speaker 2: kind of made a nice move again, Jews, But for

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Speaker 2: the most part we were able to can kind of

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Speaker 2: control Micah. They move him around, they put him over

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Speaker 2: the center, over the guard, and sometimes he's actually harder

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Speaker 2: to block inside than he is outside.

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Speaker 4: But to be able to limit.

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Speaker 2: A player of his caliber, it just speaks to the

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Speaker 2: offensive line, the preparation that went in the course of

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Speaker 2: the week. We eb to do some things kind of

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Speaker 2: mix of timing the passing game there a little bits

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Speaker 2: he's he did a good job making good decisions, and

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Speaker 2: then you know, we were able to limit, you know,

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Speaker 2: a really good player. I would say different problem, but

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Speaker 2: we'll get when we get to Tennessee. It's going to

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Speaker 2: be I would say similar, just in terms of where

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Speaker 2: the guy lines up will be a little bit different.

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Speaker 3: Nick I renamed the broadcast last night, Mix It Night Football.

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Speaker 3: So what about his performance with the three touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Joe has been really productive all year. I think

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Speaker 2: his consistency just from week to week is really what

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Speaker 2: stood out. And he's just so strong, so durable. As

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Speaker 2: a game goes on, he starts to wear on you

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Speaker 2: a little bit the way he finishes runs, he delivers

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Speaker 2: a blow. He plays with violence, he plays with physicality,

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Speaker 2: he plays with the right mindset, and he's really a

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Speaker 2: dual threat because he can make them able to get

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Speaker 2: him on a screen pass there or chunk play, even

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Speaker 2: on the third down conversion going into the red air

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Speaker 4: But Joe's a really good football player.

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Speaker 2: It takes a lot of pride in what he does,

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Speaker 2: his leadership, his toughness, and when he was named the captain.

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Speaker 2: We talked about this on a show a little bit.

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Speaker 2: He's kind of taken that ownership of that position and

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Speaker 2: going on with the team. Can't say enough good things

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Speaker 2: about what Joe's brought to his football team.

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Speaker 5: Nick I always I think about guys that play on

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Speaker 5: special teams, and I always wonder because they know they

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Speaker 5: want to play their their position offense, defense, you know

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Speaker 5: they want to play that side of the ball. But

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Speaker 5: then they get on special teams and you see some

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Speaker 6: I gotta put their head down and don't do it.

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Speaker 5: And I thought about that on the fake point last

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Speaker 5: night because John Metchi has been more involved on special

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Speaker 5: teams and he makes that hit. I thought it was interesting.

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Speaker 5: In the presser afterwards, Demiko mentioned they showed his hit

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Speaker 5: of Trey Dean on the interception back in the championship game,

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Speaker 5: which I remember clearly, and John makes it hit like that.

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Speaker 5: How big that for not only John, but just the

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Speaker 5: special teams to show you're not pulling that stuff on

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Speaker 5: us tonight.

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Speaker 2: No, it is speaks to I'd say John his mindset

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Speaker 2: and a big theme going to this week was just

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Speaker 2: us playing with physicality and playing with violence, regardless of

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Speaker 2: the side of the ball that you're on, regardless of

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Speaker 2: the phase. And one of the clips, like you mentioned once,

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Speaker 2: John's hit in addition to a number of our players

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Speaker 2: on the defensive side of the ball. So but I

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Speaker 2: would say just John's ownership of that role and his

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Speaker 2: willingness to embrace that role. It's a part of football

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Speaker 2: and you have to be able to contribute in all

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Speaker 2: three phases in some capacity. You either start an offense,

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Speaker 2: the kicking game. So credit to John. He's really i

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Speaker 2: would say, come on here. Over the last few weeks

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Speaker 2: and his mindset, his work ethic, the way he prepares,

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Speaker 2: He's made some plays. His confidence I'm sure has improved.

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Speaker 2: And to be able to make that was a critical

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Speaker 2: play in the game because if we don't make that play,

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be a chunk play. They're going to retain

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Speaker 2: possession of the ball that are probably going to be

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Speaker 2: over midfield and who knows what happens.

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Speaker 3: Excellent, Well, Nick, what about spreading the ball around for CJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud the group of receivers as a team as a unit,

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Speaker 3: the job they did.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there were eight different skill players that

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Speaker 2: had at least one reception and it was a good

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Speaker 2: illustration of CJ making the right decision getting the ball

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Speaker 2: out of his hands and then the player doing something

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Speaker 2: run plays that on the wall. It wasn't just we

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Speaker 2: were launching a ball down the field, even on Nico's

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Speaker 2: screen that got called back. It was a two yard

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Speaker 2: pass that turned into an eighty yard run. Hit the

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Speaker 2: stung play to tank down a field. So Mixing and

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Speaker 2: Matt Bobby did a great job, Like it's talking about,

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Speaker 2: you know, the passing game, mixing, the timing of the

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Speaker 2: passing game, using all the skill players, and then when

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Speaker 2: the first raad isn't there, CJ just dumping the ball down.

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Speaker 4: Even though some of the plays that he.

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Speaker 2: Made decade, those are really good plays because they kept

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Speaker 2: the ball moving forward and kept us out of a

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Speaker 5: Yeah, thinking about that, I don't know how many negative

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Speaker 5: plays that we had last night. I mean we were

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Speaker 5: in second and eight, second and seven, like almost all the.

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Speaker 2: Time you talk about that first production. We were able

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Speaker 2: to minimize the zero to negative plays. I think maybe

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Speaker 2: there was a run in there that might have gone

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Speaker 2: for a zero yards, but for the most part, it

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Speaker 2: was a plus play. Take the penalties out of it.

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Speaker 2: But anytime you could put yourself in those situations going

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Speaker 5: So I thought it was an interesting moment talking with

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Speaker 5: with coach after the game, and we talked about Derek

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Speaker 5: Barnett's play and we all heard the head slap and

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Speaker 6: Four yard field goal that Aubrey bombed.

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Speaker 5: Anyways, he gets a head slap, which I don't know

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Speaker 5: the last time we've heard of headslap, but he gets

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Speaker 5: that penalty. And Coach told me after the game that

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Speaker 5: Derek walked out to him and said, Coach, I owe

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Speaker 6: And I guess.

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Speaker 5: He paid coach back with that play that he ended

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Speaker 5: up making in spades. Is that one of the crazier

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Speaker 5: plays you've seen, and be just your thoughts about Derek

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Speaker 5: making that play at that point, just coming up big

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's a good example of Derek. Going

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Speaker 2: back to last year, we were quite acquired him around

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Speaker 2: this time. It was November ish and he came in.

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Speaker 2: He provided a consistent level of play. Derek's a pro.

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Speaker 2: He's been a good player for a long time. I mean,

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Speaker 2: he's a first round draft pick for a reason, so

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Speaker 2: he's kind of at a different phase of his career

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Speaker 2: and he's got a good role. We play eight nine

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Speaker 2: defensive linemen. He's a big part of that. He plays

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Speaker 2: he plays physical, he plays strong, and he has a

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Speaker 2: stinctiveness in a way to rush, even a rush where

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Speaker 2: he beat the left tackle there was able to get

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Speaker 2: closed and then was able to knock the ball off

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Speaker 2: and then you know Petrie's violence just getting the forcing

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Speaker 2: to him, Daniil.

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Speaker 3: He knows what it means to play the Cowboys, to

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Speaker 3: beat the Cowboys, grew up watching the Cowboys as the

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Speaker 3: enemy and has that big night. What about his performance, Nick, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Daniel's a really good player.

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Speaker 4: It's hard to block.

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Speaker 2: He just presents so many different issues his length, his athleticism,

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Speaker 2: and he just gains ground when he rushes. You know,

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Speaker 2: he got a sack on the edge spin move, which

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Speaker 2: we're not always a fan of the spin move, but

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Speaker 2: he was able to get inside of the tackle and

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Speaker 2: at least rupt the quarterback. So, I mean, he has

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Speaker 2: fifty some odd pressures, seven and a half sacks, whatever

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Speaker 2: it is. So he's been a very consistent, productive player

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Speaker 2: over the course of his career. He's added a lot

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Speaker 2: to the team. Without questioning he doesn't say the best

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Speaker 2: thing about him. He doesn't say much. He just goes

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Speaker 2: about his business. He just does his jobs. He lets

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Speaker 2: his action speak for himself, and that's just who he

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Speaker 2: is as a person and a professional. Wait, what's the

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Speaker 2: problem with the spin move? I just need to know. Well,

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Speaker 2: if you spin inside and you lose leverage on a

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Speaker 4: The rush is sort of disrupted.

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Speaker 2: So if you're going to do it, you probably better

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Speaker 2: get there because if you don't, then we probably don't.

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Speaker 2: If we don't have a defender on the outside, then

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Speaker 4: So each week's going to be a little bit different.

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Speaker 2: What were your thoughts on, Yeah, you know, when you

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Speaker 4: But no, awesome for our fans will be there.

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Speaker 5: All right, so let's do it. Cowboys win. Although it

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they certainly post significant challenges. Coach Callahan's first year

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Speaker 5: of times he struggled with block ninety eight because he

439
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Speaker 5: is that good.

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Speaker 6: But what do you see from Jefferson.

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Speaker 2: He's obviously very talented, So he has a unique combination

442
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Speaker 2: of size, strength, athleticism, quickness, power, leverage, and then he

443
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Speaker 2: combined that with his mindset the way he plays. He

444
00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,840
Speaker 2: basically has everything in one package and he plays every

445
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Speaker 2: play at full speed. So you have to be ready

446
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Speaker 2: to match his energy, to match his skill and understand

447
00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,160
Speaker 2: he can basically beat you a multitude of ways, which

448
00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,800
Speaker 2: is why you have to try to allocate resources to

449
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Speaker 2: that player, understanding he might be in some different spots.

450
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Speaker 2: So we have a lot of respect for Jeffrey. I mean,

451
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Speaker 2: there's a reason he was drafted where he was, and

452
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Speaker 2: he was drafted coming off of an ecl and then

453
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Speaker 2: he's turned himself into an elite defender and it's a

454
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Speaker 2: combination of things that makes him really really special.

455
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Speaker 5: Okay, so watch me get my contractual obligation in and

456
00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,440
Speaker 5: feeding off of that because you beat me to it.

457
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Speaker 5: He has an ACL tear in January is he's getting

458
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Speaker 5: ready for the draft. He then probably falls a little

459
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Speaker 5: bit until the Titans take him at number nineteen. And

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Speaker 5: I'm sure that it's probably a case by case, but

461
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Speaker 5: is an ACL. It's a defensive linement when you're kind

462
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Speaker 5: of evaluating things like that, especially in the first round

463
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Speaker 5: with a guy that's had an injury history, you know,

464
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Speaker 5: still had an injury history.

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Speaker 6: How confident you have to.

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Speaker 5: Feel like, Okay, the medicals are where they need to be.

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Speaker 5: Kind of how do you go into something like that?

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Speaker 2: Nick, Yeah, So part of the evaluation you take the

469
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Speaker 2: information and then whatever the assessment is, Okay, you're the

470
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Speaker 2: comfortable with the player in his condition or you're not.

471
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Speaker 2: So every case is going to be different. So it's

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Speaker 2: one component of it. You have to be careful of

473
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Speaker 2: just totally eliminating the player. You have to be cognizant

474
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Speaker 2: of it. And there's a player going to recover, is

475
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Speaker 2: this something that's going to affect his long term prognosis

476
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Speaker 2: and is overall health. So it's always case by case,

477
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Speaker 2: but in the end you're either comfortable with the total

478
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Speaker 2: package or you're not.

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Speaker 3: What can you share with us on how the analytics

480
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Speaker 3: of injuries have evolved over the last decade or so,

481
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Speaker 3: especially because with all the sports science and if so

482
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Speaker 3: and so has a soft tissue injury, what were the

483
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Speaker 3: circumstances leading up to that? Is all that analyzed and

484
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Speaker 3: put through the mill.

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Speaker 2: No, it's a great point. Mark, there's just more data

486
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Speaker 2: that's available. You have more touch points, and I think

487
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Speaker 2: each team is kind of a little bit different of

488
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Speaker 2: how many any resources that they allocate to that segment.

489
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Speaker 2: We're fortunate that we've invested in that area. And what

490
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Speaker 2: you're trying to do is just provide information to the

491
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Speaker 2: player number one, number two to the staff, so you

492
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Speaker 2: have an understanding of maybe the why behind something and

493
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Speaker 2: here's the path that we advise that you take with

494
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Speaker 2: this particular player. So load management is a huge part

495
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Speaker 2: of i'd say the league in general. How you practice,

496
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Speaker 2: how much you practice, how much they run, the speeds

497
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Speaker 2: with which they run, because of the ultimate goal is

498
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Speaker 2: to get the player to Sunday as healthy as he

499
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Speaker 2: can be to optimize his performance. So it's becoming, i'd say,

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Speaker 2: more and more commonplace, and it's a big part of it.

501
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Speaker 2: And it just provides you a data point and provides information,

502
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Speaker 2: and our job is to assess the information and take

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Speaker 2: the recommendation of the medical folks and then do any

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Speaker 2: end what's best for the player.

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Speaker 5: Speaking of injuries, Nick, how much do you think they

506
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Speaker 5: missed Cushion Barry inside at center.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's played really well. He was playing well, and

508
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Speaker 2: he was a good player. You know in college he

509
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Speaker 2: played a lot of football. He's a good player in Denver.

510
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Speaker 2: So there's a reason that they signed him in free agency.

511
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Speaker 2: So they've had to move some people around. Brunskill's been

512
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Speaker 2: in there, They've had Levin in there, but Brunskill looks

513
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Speaker 2: like is going to be the center. But he Cushion

514
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Speaker 2: Barry is a good player, So I'm sure that they

515
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Speaker 2: miss him, but they're figuring out ways to play without

516
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Speaker 2: him and some other folks. Nick, I think we can

517
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Speaker 2: really help the audience right now. I'm going to tell

518
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Speaker 2: you how.

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Speaker 3: But you do strike me as somebody who might sleep

520
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Speaker 3: three hours a night because you're always thinking and always

521
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Speaker 3: up doing things. But what can you tell us because

522
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Speaker 3: you're a healthy individual, I know you think about that

523
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Speaker 3: stuff about our audience getting a better night's sleep. What's

524
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Speaker 3: the key because I know that this is so crucial

525
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Speaker 3: to optimal performance for the entire team.

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Speaker 2: So this must be discussed.

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Speaker 3: And this comes to mind because returning from Monday night football,

528
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Speaker 3: everybody's a little bit sleep deprived.

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Speaker 4: I'm the wrong person to ask because I'm a lunatic,

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Speaker 4: So I do.

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Speaker 2: There we go, But it's important, especially from an athlete standpoint.

532
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Speaker 2: Sleep is a part of your recovery, so how your

533
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Speaker 2: body responds, just your preparedness for the day. So we

534
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Speaker 2: have checkpoints, we have different things that we do. You know,

535
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Speaker 2: you have devices where you can kind of monitor some

536
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Speaker 2: of that information, and sleep does make a difference. So sleep, hydration, nutrition,

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Speaker 2: your recovery, what you do during the course.

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Speaker 4: Of the week. So I'm kind of on the extreme

539
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Speaker 4: end of it.

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Speaker 2: So I'm not a big sleeper, but and I'm drinking coffee,

541
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Speaker 2: so it's I want to say, I'm not I don't

542
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Speaker 2: drink coffee, so try to balance it off.

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Speaker 4: But you know, part of it is just have a

544
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Speaker 4: lot of.

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Speaker 2: Energy and enthusiasm, trying to keep up with the Miko

546
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Speaker 2: so which is hard to do.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's it's hard. We haven't even I can't believe

548
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 5: we've gotten this far. But one more thing about Dallas.

549
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Speaker 5: Last night, Nico returns and you talk about a guy

550
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Speaker 5: getting himself ready to play. He gets back up, he

551
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Speaker 5: takes the first one to the house, he gets called back.

552
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Speaker 5: But having Nico back, what was the impact that you saw,

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Speaker 5: Nick of him being on the field. I mean, he

554
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Speaker 5: didn't get twelve fifteen targets, but four for fifty four,

555
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Speaker 5: but just being back on a field, what that means

556
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Speaker 5: for the offense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Nico makes a difference, There's no question about it.

558
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Speaker 2: And he worked really hard to get to this point.

559
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Speaker 2: It's always when you're not on the field, there's frustration

560
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Speaker 2: that's going to build up. But he worked really hard.

561
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Speaker 2: Going back to kind of the data and some of

562
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Speaker 2: the tracking. We just wanted to make sure that he

563
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Speaker 2: was at his best so that we didn't put him

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Speaker 2: in a position where he wasn't quite ready. But anytime

565
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Speaker 2: that Nico's on the field, he certainly can help our offense.

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Speaker 2: He's helped his team basically since we drafted him, since

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Speaker 2: he's been here, so it's good to have him back

568
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Speaker 2: and hopefully he can continue to make employees for the

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Speaker 2: offense moving forward. One more thing.

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Speaker 3: On Sunday, it's Salute to Service Day, and I know

571
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Speaker 3: this is a special day for everybody of the organization.

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Speaker 2: Your thoughts on that, Yeah, I think what those folks do.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we wouldn't be able to do what we

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Speaker 2: do without their selflessness, without their devotion and really putting

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Speaker 2: their life on the line. So anything that we can

576
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Speaker 2: do to recognize their efforts, you know, is important to do.

577
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Speaker 2: And I think the League has done a great job

578
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Speaker 2: of supporting a number of different initiatives throughout the course

579
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Speaker 2: of the year. And there's I would say, nothing more

580
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Speaker 2: important than the military and what they do for our

581
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Speaker 2: country and when you look around and what's kind of

582
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Speaker 2: going on in the world. So to enjoy liberties and

583
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Speaker 2: freedoms that we have on a day to day basis,

584
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Speaker 2: wouldn't be able to do it without the folks that

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Speaker 2: we're going to honor on Sunday.

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Speaker 6: Well said, one last thing before we go.

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Speaker 5: I heard through the grape vine that you were deciding

588
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Speaker 5: what uniforms were wearing this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Is that true?

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Speaker 4: No, comment, no comment. I'm worried about John Carroll making

591
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Speaker 4: the playoffs.

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Speaker 6: That's not are they going to make the playoffs? They

593
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Speaker 6: big win.

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Speaker 2: They made it as an at lard, so they they

595
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Speaker 2: they went from thirty two to forty teams, so they

596
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Speaker 2: got a name as an at lards were playing. So

597
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Speaker 2: I think Mount Saint Joseph. So I forget exactly what

598
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Speaker 2: they're playing. But the winner of that game plays Mount

599
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Speaker 2: Union in the second round.

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Speaker 3: Boy, oh boy, oh boy, draw Nick, But that's a

601
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Speaker 3: big rivalry.

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Speaker 2: Wait, they went to forty teams, I think so.

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Speaker 4: I think they went to forty That's awesome.

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Speaker 6: That's what should happen.

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Speaker 4: We have the college football playoffs.

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Speaker 6: I know, I love the playoffs. That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 5: We got twelve now in the big schools, they're going

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Speaker 5: to forty.

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Speaker 6: Ye everybody. Everybody's going in. Everybody's getting in.

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Speaker 3: All right, Well, good luck this weekend, Multiple fronts, Thanks Nick,

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Speaker 3: Thanks Follas.

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Speaker 1: That was Mark and John joined by Nick Casario. Coming

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Speaker 1: up next, you don't want to miss it. They catch

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Speaker 1: up with Hall of Famer John McLean. Welcome in, Welcome

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Speaker 1: back Texans, All access players. Addition, changing things up because

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Speaker 1: of the win Monday night against the Dallas Cowboys. That

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Speaker 1: never gets old. Here's Mark and John catching up with

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Speaker 1: John McLean.

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Speaker 3: All right, John McClean joins us. Now, general, give us

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Speaker 3: your thoughts. Texans beating the Cowboys soundly in Arlington.

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Speaker 6: What did you see?

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Speaker 7: They took advantage of a team that has even more

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Speaker 7: injuries than the Texans. Do imagine the Texans trying to

624
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Speaker 7: win without CJ.

625
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Speaker 8: Stroud. And the running.

626
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Speaker 7: Game was really good again Joe Mixon's phenomenal. And the

627
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Speaker 7: passing game is still not consistently sharp, not as sharp

628
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Speaker 7: as it was last year. Best thing was the Nico

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Speaker 7: touchdown on the first play, in which he took that

630
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Speaker 7: pass and just accelerated and out ran and everybody. And

631
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Speaker 7: even though Dunzel's penalty got it called back, it showed

632
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Speaker 7: everybody that Nico is in full form. I liked the

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Speaker 7: way they were careful about his snaps. And the defense

634
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Speaker 7: was great second half, especially Danil Hunter. According to Next

635
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Speaker 7: Gen Stats, Leeds in pressures was seventy two. That's fifteen

636
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Speaker 7: more than Trey Hendrickson's who's number two, And of course

637
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Speaker 7: he had two of.

638
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Speaker 8: The five sacks.

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Speaker 7: He had three quarterback hits and he also had three

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Speaker 7: tackles for loss, and he did it without Will Anderson

641
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Speaker 7: Junior for a second game in a row. And I've

642
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 7: never seen anything like this, a defensive end who helps

643
00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:15,480
Speaker 7: the team get fifteen points, I'm sorry, ten points. So

644
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 7: Dereck Barnett gets the head slapped personal foul when Aubrey

645
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 7: kicks that sixty four yard field goal which would have

646
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 7: made a one score game, and then McCarthy takes the

647
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Speaker 7: points off. They get stopped on fourth down and Barnett

648
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Speaker 7: scores a touchdown after Hunter gets the strip sack and

649
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Speaker 7: the offensive tackle Tyler Kayton trying to run the ball

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Speaker 7: and Petrie comes in there and just knocks the snot

651
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Speaker 7: out of him and Barnett turns it for a touchdown.

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Speaker 7: So in essence, he helped him get ten points with his

653
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Speaker 7: penalty and with the touchdown, and that put the Texans

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Speaker 7: Save Lee away. And of course the other big deal

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Speaker 7: was actually the offense scoring a touchdown in the second half,

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Speaker 7: which came att ended the game on Joe Mixon's run.

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Speaker 7: And I'm doing a column on Houston Texas dot Com

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Speaker 7: Thursday about what an incredible offseason Nick Cassario had getting

659
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 7: the players Demiko rans wanted like trades for mixing and digs,

660
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:32,919
Speaker 7: but also free with Hunter, Autrey, Edwards, Phocasi, Settle, how Shiner,

661
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 7: Tommy Townsend, and then the draft choices the last their Bullock,

662
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:45,640
Speaker 7: Fisher Stover and they I think, guys, realistically, they need

663
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 7: another offseason like this did next year their legitimate Super

664
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 7: Bowl contender.

665
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,240
Speaker 5: Yeah, this defense right now is maybe at that level, John,

666
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 5: and they'll still probably make additions to that particular unit.

667
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000
Speaker 5: But I want to go back to the guy you mentioned,

668
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 5: Daniel Hunter and how good he has been, even though

669
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 5: people will point out, well he doesn't have these sacks

670
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 5: and that secks, but he has been pressuring the quarterback

671
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 5: from the very second he arrived here in Houston. He's

672
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 5: done it intelligently and now he's doing it explosively like

673
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 5: he always does. Then you got Derek Barnett doing his thing,

674
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:25,679
Speaker 5: Deniko Autrey then got loose last night even without Will Anderson. General,

675
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,400
Speaker 5: what are your thoughts about the way these defensive ends

676
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 5: have really gotten after I don't want to take anything

677
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,400
Speaker 5: away from Tim Settle, but I just want to focus

678
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 5: on defensive ends for now because it feels like they're

679
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 5: starting to change games, especially when teams have to go in.

680
00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 6: We got to throw it to get back into game mode.

681
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 9: Uh.

682
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 7: Damiko said that they did change some things at half

683
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 7: time with the lineman and it worked. They have five

684
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 7: sacks in the second half. You know, they got so

685
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 7: much depth in the defensive line. Edwards came back. Of course,

686
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 7: earlier this year Audrey was suspended. He's back. He's been

687
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 7: so good since he got back. Hunter has been the

688
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 7: cream of the crop. And if Anderson were able to

689
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 7: stay healthy. If Anderson was able to stay healthy, that

690
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,200
Speaker 7: would make it even better for Hunter because he should

691
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 7: be getting doubled on every play. But the Texans are

692
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,960
Speaker 7: doing it most of the time with the four men rush.

693
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 7: When they blitz last night, they weren't getting a lot

694
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 7: of pressure. I thought the Cowboys did a good job

695
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 7: for the most part picking it up. But to starts

696
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 7: at the defensive line. You know, if they ever get

697
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 7: back Christian Harris, which you know, to me, that's one

698
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 7: of the big mysteries with him not playing this year,

699
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 7: yet they keep acting like he's coming back. Then he's

700
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 7: gonna need a couple of games you can to get

701
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 7: him back. Get Anderson back, lazing back for the Cazi back.

702
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 8: They got a lot of talent.

703
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 7: I think that defense will wreak havoc with the Titans

704
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 7: and the Jaguars. Then they should go into the break

705
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 7: ninety four and then it gets Miami with Tua playing great,

706
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 7: and of course Kansas City Baltimore before they finish against

707
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 7: the Titans. But you know, they should be nine to

708
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:15,240
Speaker 7: four this stretch with Dallas, Tennessee, Jacksonville. They should take

709
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 7: advantage of that. If they keep playing defense and running

710
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 7: the ball like they did, they will hopefully the passing

711
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:27,520
Speaker 7: game will not be its discombobulated. And we got I

712
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 7: got to give a shout out to the offensive line.

713
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 8: It wasn't great.

714
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 7: There was still pressure, but Micah Parson's stat line was

715
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 7: one assist to gooseags and he got pressure on Stroud,

716
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 7: but he didn't get a sack, he didn't get a

717
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 7: tackle for loss, he didn't get a quarterback hit. And

718
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 7: they only gave up one quarterback hit, one sack and

719
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 7: two tackles for loss. And they've been getting giving up

720
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 7: a lot of tackles for loss. So the offensive line

721
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 7: and the run blocking on a forty five yard touchdown

722
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 7: run by Mixon. I'm not saying I could have run

723
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 7: up that through that hole, and Mark probably John you

724
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 7: couldn could have run through it, and so it was

725
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 7: great blocking. So maybe these next two games, even though

726
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 7: Tennessee's defense, I don't know if it's number one this week,

727
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 7: it's very misleading the number one it stants, but they

728
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 7: give up a lot of points that maybe the passing

729
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 7: game in these next two games can become more consistent

730
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 7: with more big plays like the one with Nicocollins on

731
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 7: the first play.

732
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 3: General, before we leave the city of Arlington, mentally, I

733
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 3: want to take you before the game we're watching. And

734
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 3: everybody who covers NFL games or goes to NFL games

735
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 3: knows how the teams warm up. They're on the field

736
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 3: running their basic formations, just to try to get the

737
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 3: lay of the land, get everybody lose, catch the ball,

738
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 3: lots of free picks for the dbs. We all see

739
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 3: these warm ups, well for the bulk of them. Michael

740
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 3: Parsons was just off to the side, literally signing autographs,

741
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 3: literally signing auto asked with people who had sideline passes

742
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 3: and who else was there, Ceedee lamb Right, John Trayvon Diggson,

743
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 3: and Trayvon Digwis Diggs was over there. Yeah, these guys

744
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 3: are running their own show there. They're barely paying attention

745
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 3: in class and look they play, but the warm ups

746
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 3: they were not even participating in the bulk of them,

747
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 3: which I found hilarious and highly disturbing just as an

748
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 3: NFL fan, and I don't like the Cowboys, but this

749
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 3: is weird. So obviously, Mike McCarthy is so gone. But

750
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 3: what do you think happens there? How do they reorganize things?

751
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 3: Jerry's not getting any younger, none of us are really literally,

752
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 3: but what about that and them in the off season

753
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 3: as they try to reconstruct things?

754
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 8: I don't know about y'all, man, I get two years

755
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 8: younger last night.

756
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 6: Nice.

757
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 7: First of all, I'm surprised Mike Zimmer, and he is

758
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 7: a hard line defensive coordinator, would put up with that.

759
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,840
Speaker 7: And Mike McCarthy, he's probably just counting down the days

760
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,240
Speaker 7: he knows he's gone. Bill Belichick wouldn't put up with that.

761
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 7: I guarantee you, Mike Brabow would not put up with that.

762
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 7: That's two of the coaches rumored to be going to Dallas,

763
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 7: and that is shameful and it's boy, you talk about

764
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 7: team great for the fans, but certainly not good for

765
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 7: the team. Ceedee Lamb did a good job except when

766
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 7: Stingley was covering him. Stingley totally shut him down. I

767
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 7: wish they would let Stanley stick with the receivers all

768
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 7: over the field because he's playing the lead receiver, because

769
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 7: he's playing great with Sauce Gardner having such a bad season.

770
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 7: If those idiots put him in the Pro Bowl, it

771
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 7: just shows you the ridiculousness of the Pro Bowl.

772
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 8: Stingley ought to.

773
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:44,719
Speaker 7: Get serious consideration the All Pro Team, and the Cowboys

774
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 7: are discounting down the days and nobody feels sorry for him.

775
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 7: Right now, they're on a pace to allow more points

776
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 7: at home an average at home of any team in history,

777
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 7: and right now the right the Cowboys in nineteen sixty

778
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 7: their first season. And of course they've just been terrible

779
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,919
Speaker 7: at home, going back to that Green Bay playoff game

780
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 7: in which they set a record by trailing at least

781
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 7: twenty points in six consecutive home games. But I tell

782
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 7: you a lot of people, including in Houston, are getting

783
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 7: a big kick out of it, and I loved it.

784
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:25,879
Speaker 8: All the fans that were up there.

785
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 7: Troy Aigman couldn't get over it, and it reminded me

786
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,280
Speaker 7: of the Silent Count in twenty fourteen. So many fans

787
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 7: were there, and it was especially good in the fourth

788
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 7: quarter because so many Cowboy fans left.

789
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 8: It was like it was all Texans fans, and.

790
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,360
Speaker 7: So they showed up, they showed out, and they left

791
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 7: a great impression in the nationally televised game.

792
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 5: Yes, it definitely was fun to see in that I'm

793
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 5: telling you what, Derek Barnett scores. I took a second

794
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 5: to just look around at the fans that were right

795
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 5: underneath the booth and it was awesome.

796
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 6: I mean, it was just it was electric. It was

797
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 6: really really cool.

798
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 5: There's no question, all right, general, the curse of Aaron

799
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 5: Rodgers has struck again.

800
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:08,440
Speaker 6: Joe Douglas.

801
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 5: This time he's going to go to unemployment because the

802
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 5: GM of the Jets has been fired because it was

803
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 5: totally his fault, just like it was totally Robert Solids fault.

804
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:23,240
Speaker 5: So now owner GM, head coach and quarterback Aaron Rodgers

805
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 5: leads this rudderless Jets team.

806
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 6: Your thoughts, Any.

807
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 7: Good head coach with offers options is not going there

808
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 7: with Rogers running that team. They're just not and that

809
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 7: is not a good job. Or rather go to the

810
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:46,479
Speaker 7: Jaguars than there they go to the Cowboys in there

811
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 7: because Jerry Jones, he doesn't make every decision, he has

812
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,360
Speaker 7: a final say, but he gets input for McCarthy.

813
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 8: Will McLay is personnel director and of course his son Steven.

814
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 7: But that Jets right now, Rogers is running it through

815
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 7: Woody Johnson. They've done Joe Douglas a favor. And if

816
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 7: you're the head coach next year, you're being interviewed. I'm

817
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 7: assuming unless you get a guy who's never been a

818
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 7: head coach and things, he's.

819
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 8: Never going to get a job.

820
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 7: He's desperate and yeah, he'll take whatever you want, whatever

821
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,240
Speaker 7: you give it. Rogers makes all the decisions. Of course,

822
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 7: that's fine. I just want to be a head coach

823
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 7: as long as Rogers there. It's the worst job in

824
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 7: the NFL.

825
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 3: Tough for Jacksonville to go to Detroit and try to

826
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,319
Speaker 3: beat them with mac Jones, but you got to do

827
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 3: better than what they did. And here we are in

828
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 3: the latter stages of the Doug Peterson era general, which

829
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 3: is just surprising, if not shocking to me considering yeah,

830
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 3: the run they had at the end of twenty twenty two,

831
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,399
Speaker 3: the start they had in twenty twenty three, and they

832
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 3: just can't get it right since being eight and three

833
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 3: after beating the Texans here last year. Just can't get

834
00:36:56,080 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 3: anything going positive for that franchise. What's going to happen there?

835
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 7: Well, they're gonna fire Doug Peterson. They should fire Trent Balchi.

836
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 7: I saw his record as a GM. It is pitiful,

837
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,360
Speaker 7: and there's talk rumors out they'll try to get Belichick.

838
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 8: I don't know if they will.

839
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,760
Speaker 7: I think that's a good job because there's no pressure

840
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 7: whatsoever locally. And Trevor Lawrence has been a disappointment. Of course,

841
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 7: he's injured the last two games. They have tried to

842
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 7: put talent around him, They've had injury issues, They've had

843
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:31,279
Speaker 7: guys who have not been worth it.

844
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 8: They just have not gotten a good GM.

845
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 7: They need a guy like Nick Casserio, who's done a

846
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:41,839
Speaker 7: great job at turning this program around and bringing in

847
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,720
Speaker 7: talent and hiring a coach. You know, it's all about

848
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 7: the coach and a quarterback. Every team couldn't have been

849
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:53,120
Speaker 7: wrong about Trevor Lawrence being a generational quarterback. He just

850
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,839
Speaker 7: needs the right person in the right system coaching him,

851
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 7: and of course a little talent around him wouldn't hurt.

852
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 7: I thought it was so interesting Anthony Richardson comes back

853
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 7: engineer's two seventy yard scoring drives and runs for the

854
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 7: winning touchdown to beat the Jets. I was so happy

855
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 7: about that. And of course it was all Joe Douglas's fault.

856
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 7: And it's almost comical how bad they are. The Giants

857
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 7: are on their knees every night thanking God for the Jets.

858
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 7: Otherwise it would be the Giants are going with Tommy

859
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:30,799
Speaker 7: DeVito and Daniel Jones is out in the offseason, but

860
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 7: they're going with Tommy DeVito. Can you imagine what it

861
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 7: would be like for the Giants if the Jets weren't

862
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 7: a bigger joke. And it's just unbelievable what's going on

863
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 7: at Medlives Stadium with the Jets.

864
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 3: It's phenomenal that they're starting to Vito. They're starting a

865
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 3: novelty because that's all they got. I mean, think about

866
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 3: Joe Shane for a second.

867
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,320
Speaker 5: Every single decision that he made this offseason was seen

868
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 5: by everybody on Hard Knocks.

869
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:00,560
Speaker 6: Everybody.

870
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 5: Everybody saw him say to John Marra, Nah, we're going

871
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 5: with our quarterback instead of keeping a guy for a

872
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 5: couple more million who wanted to be with the Giants

873
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,280
Speaker 5: in Saquon Barkley, and then Barkley goes to Philly.

874
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Speaker 6: It tears it up.

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00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,720
Speaker 3: What about his kid though, his kid knowing they should

876
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Speaker 3: have tried to get Jade Daniels.

877
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Speaker 6: Yes, his kid knew it.

878
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Speaker 2: His own child would have been a better.

879
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Speaker 3: John Lewis sure crazy crazy stuff, General Tennessee, here they come,

880
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 3: and this is not the Cowboys because they do play

881
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,000
Speaker 3: defense in Nashville, and they're gonna bring it here. So

882
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Speaker 3: if you think it's going to be another oh easy

883
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Speaker 3: pickins day, and it might be, it might turn out

884
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Speaker 3: to be that. But they tend to keep things kind

885
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 3: of close and difficult for at least a while in

886
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,359
Speaker 3: these contests. What are you seeing from them as they

887
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 3: head to NRG Stadium Sunday at noon?

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00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 8: Their offense is terrible.

889
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 7: The Texans should be able to stop their running game

890
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:01,359
Speaker 7: and force Will Levis to throw the ball. And they

891
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Speaker 7: I know the boy that coach Brian Callian when ballistic

892
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 7: about some of the calls. I don't know what happened

893
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Speaker 7: on the calls. All I know is they can't score

894
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Speaker 7: a lot of points. They can't move the ball. They

895
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Speaker 7: had a ninety eight yard touchdown pass. Lews has got

896
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Speaker 7: a great arm, but they the Texans ought to be

897
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Speaker 7: able to if you know, all the Cowboys ten points

898
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Speaker 7: shall be able to hold the Titans the ten points.

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Speaker 7: The kids can the offense score enough, it helps it.

900
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Speaker 7: The defense scores, of course, but the offense has got

901
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Speaker 7: to be more consistent and it's got to be better.

902
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Speaker 7: The passing game has to be more cohesive. And the

903
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,320
Speaker 7: thing is, they got those two big tackles and Simmons

904
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Speaker 7: and Sweat and they'll come in just like Detroit did.

905
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 7: Everything will be built around Joe Mixon. So they're going

906
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 7: to have to be able to throw the ball, and

907
00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 7: they're gonna have to be able to throw it more accurately,

908
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:03,840
Speaker 7: more consistently. And they'll get after Stroud too, and that'll

909
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,839
Speaker 7: be an issue if they can't protect him, which has

910
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Speaker 7: been a problem for much of the season.

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Speaker 3: All right, General, thanks so much for o the time.

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Speaker 3: We appreciate the Visit will catch up Thursday, guys.

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Speaker 8: I look forward to it. Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: That was marking John with John McClain. Coming up, we're

915
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Speaker 1: gonna hear from the head coach, Demico Ryan's post game

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Speaker 1: Welcome Back Texas All Access Players edition a little bit

917
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Speaker 1: different because of the Monday night win against the Cowboys.

918
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Speaker 1: Here's John Harris speaking of the wind talking to Demiko

919
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Speaker 1: Ryan's postgame coach, this.

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Speaker 6: Was one heck of a performance.

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00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 5: I want to start here because I like when never

922
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,399
Speaker 5: has get overturned.

923
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,719
Speaker 6: We did it in New England. We had never won

924
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 6: in New England.

925
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 5: We never want up here in Arlington until tonight. How's

926
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,359
Speaker 5: that feel to do that for the first time ever

927
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:52,760
Speaker 5: and do it in convincing fashion?

928
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Speaker 8: Wow?

929
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Speaker 9: I did not know that really coming into the game,

930
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 9: I did not know.

931
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Speaker 8: Well wow.

932
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Speaker 9: I mean it's a year first and I'm excited for it.

933
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 9: And most of those are happening on the road, right

934
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,799
Speaker 9: and that's where we have to become a better team

935
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 9: on the road. So really like how our guys came

936
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Speaker 9: out and played. It's just it goes back to the

937
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 9: week of work for me, Like our guys were dialed in,

938
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Speaker 9: they were focused throughout the entire week, so it was

939
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 9: no doubt in my mind our guy was gonna come

940
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Speaker 9: out and play well.

941
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Speaker 5: So at halftime I asked you about pass rush getting

942
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 5: to Cooper because you got close a couple of times,

943
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 5: but really weren't getting there. And I felt like, I

944
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:28,640
Speaker 5: don't know if it was brought up at halftime, but

945
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:30,759
Speaker 5: Daniel comes out and gets that sacked to kind of

946
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Speaker 5: set the tone in the second half.

947
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Speaker 6: A did it set the tone and what kind of

948
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:35,680
Speaker 6: tone did it set?

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00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 9: It definitely set the tone, and it was talked about

950
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:41,320
Speaker 9: at halftime that our D line needed to apply pressure

951
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 9: right we were gonna play back and coverage didn't want

952
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 9: to send much pressure right, wanted to D line to

953
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Speaker 9: get after them, and the Hunter showed up big time

954
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Speaker 9: with that second. I think that really picked up the momentum.

955
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Speaker 9: The entire defense felt that we were closed a lot

956
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 9: of times. But it's really cool to see him finish

957
00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 9: and everybody fed off of that energy from making from

958
00:42:59,239 --> 00:42:59,919
Speaker 9: him making that play.

959
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 5: I always feel like players make a mistake, especially a

960
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 5: big one, they want to come back and do something

961
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,840
Speaker 5: to make retribution. I feel like Derek Burnett gets that

962
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,239
Speaker 5: penalty on the field goal, they take it off the board.

963
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 5: You get to stop there, but he made that mistake.

964
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,320
Speaker 5: Then he turns around and ends up making what you

965
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,400
Speaker 5: could argue is the play of the game. What are

966
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 5: you thinking when you see him and the ball pops

967
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 5: out and then all that chaos ensues and he gets

968
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 5: the ball and starts running for the end zone?

969
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 6: What are you thinking?

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00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 8: First off?

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Speaker 9: On with the penalty right, it's kind of man, we

972
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 9: need you know when bad things happen. Most of the

973
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 9: time we've had more bad things happen. So I'm happy

974
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 9: with how our guys responded and stood up in the

975
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 9: red zone, which we needed to do. And Derek comes back.

976
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Speaker 9: He said, hey, my bad coach, I owe you one,

977
00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 9: and he showed up and he paid his dues very quickly.

978
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 9: So I'm really thankful for that play. He really got

979
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,800
Speaker 9: after the quarterback for him to get the shrip sack touchdown.

980
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,839
Speaker 9: I always called that's the best playing football shrip sack,

981
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:54,720
Speaker 9: and Jalen gave him a little sense.

982
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 8: But it was awesome played by Jalen.

983
00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:01,719
Speaker 9: Awesome by Derek to stay alive, go for the football

984
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:02,799
Speaker 9: and scoopid and go score.

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Speaker 5: Speaking of Derek, let's talk about the other Derek, Derek

986
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,280
Speaker 5: Stingley and the challenge that he had tonight against Ceedee

987
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 5: Lamb and how.

988
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 6: Much he was around the football.

989
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 5: He gets the pick, he's got a couple of PBUs,

990
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,640
Speaker 5: he's got to get in front of the drugs machine,

991
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 5: catch a few but upstanding night on national television for

992
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:20,399
Speaker 5: everybody to see.

993
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:20,919
Speaker 6: Twenty four.

994
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 5: What do you think about the way sting played coaching?

995
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:26,480
Speaker 9: Yeah, sting was he was outstanding. I mean, when you

996
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:30,040
Speaker 9: ask a guy to match someone cover a guy, and

997
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:31,959
Speaker 9: it takes a lot of energy to do that because

998
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:34,279
Speaker 9: you're moving all over the field, so the stamm and

999
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 9: a piece. For him to be able to do that

1000
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 9: all night, but also for him to go get the

1001
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,600
Speaker 9: football like that was huge and probably no bigger player

1002
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 9: than we're on in third down, third and long for

1003
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:45,839
Speaker 9: him to make a play on the crossing route, make

1004
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 9: that tackle across the that was a huge third down

1005
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:51,359
Speaker 9: stop for us. Right, just showed Stingley's continued to get

1006
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:53,880
Speaker 9: better and better each and every week. I'm putting more

1007
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 9: on his plate. He's accepting the challenge and he's ready

1008
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,239
Speaker 9: for whatever I ask him to do. He steps up

1009
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 9: to the play delivers big time.

1010
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 8: Right.

1011
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 9: I probably Jakson might say they got the best hands

1012
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 9: on the team, but see him pull down a couple

1013
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:07,279
Speaker 9: more picks there.

1014
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 5: I've said it to coach, so every time I kind

1015
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,360
Speaker 5: of hear it from the guys on radio because I

1016
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 5: said the same thing. I don't know if I buried

1017
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 5: the lead in some sets, coach, but Joe goes for

1018
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 5: over one hundred yards and scores three touchdowns and the

1019
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 5: running game has its moments again tonight against the Cowboys.

1020
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 5: Did your thoughts about what Joe did and what that

1021
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 5: offensive line did.

1022
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 9: Yeah, as you continue to go through the season, you

1023
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:29,840
Speaker 9: kind of see who you become, right.

1024
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 8: And what you do well.

1025
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 9: Right, we play well when Joe and our offensive line,

1026
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:36,759
Speaker 9: our offensive line first and formal how they're blocking, and

1027
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 9: when Joe was running the football, well, like that's our formula, right,

1028
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 9: and we have to lean into that more. And when

1029
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,239
Speaker 9: we run the ball well, we win games. So it

1030
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 9: goes back to that each and every week. We got

1031
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 9: to find a way to continue to get Joe to football.

1032
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 9: He's as productive of a player, he's physical, fentman. I

1033
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 9: just I love seeing him carry the football. Every single

1034
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 9: time he gets it. I know it's going to be

1035
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 9: a physical play, something dying him. It is happening, So

1036
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:04,320
Speaker 9: you know, hats off to Joe again. Three touchdowns is huge.

1037
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Speaker 6: Last one.

1038
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 5: I don't know if you had a chance to look

1039
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 5: around Arlington, to look around the stadium and see all

1040
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:12,760
Speaker 5: those Texans fans in the crowd. What kind of boost

1041
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 5: did the fans from Houston give you tonight?

1042
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:15,359
Speaker 6: Coach?

1043
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 8: Oh, that was a huge boat boost.

1044
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 9: I mean just driving into the stadium right, seeing our

1045
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,879
Speaker 9: fans tailgating, and seeing the Jerseys walking out of their

1046
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:26,799
Speaker 9: tunnel and seeing most of our fans right there in

1047
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,359
Speaker 9: the tunnel looking up in the stands. I started hearing

1048
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:34,439
Speaker 9: chants going on. It's like, man, that that was unbelievable, right,

1049
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:38,359
Speaker 9: and that shows the true fans who are rocking with

1050
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 9: us on the road, showing that support. I mean, our

1051
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:44,520
Speaker 9: guys felt that energy from our fans, right, and that

1052
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 9: was I mean, we're so thankful and appreciate it for

1053
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:47,800
Speaker 9: our fans.

1054
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Speaker 8: You know that was here.

1055
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Speaker 9: It It's just big time, man. You get the support

1056
00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 9: on the road we always need. We got it at home.

1057
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Speaker 9: Now let's keep getting it on the road as well.

1058
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Speaker 6: Coach. Awesome night, Thank you very much for your time. Congratulations,

1059
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Speaker 6: Thanks y'all, And.

1060
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Speaker 1: That was John Harris with Demico Ryans. As always, we

1061
00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: appreciate you being part of the show. Tonight Texans All

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Speaker 1: Access Players Edition, Go Texans