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Speaker 1: the Texans All Access on this Wednesday evening, beautiful one,

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Speaker 1: wherever you might be. I am your host, John Harris,

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Speaker 1: Football on a sideline reporter. We've got a jam packed show.

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Speaker 1: We've got Texans EVP and GM, Nick Cassario, We've got

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Speaker 1: Shaquill Griffin on a slant would be Scott. We have

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Speaker 1: got we're going behind any sidelines with if we're intern

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Speaker 1: of mine, believe it or not. Cameron Cox, who covers

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals in Arizona, left one of my former radio

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Speaker 1: whale of a job. Go man behind the MIC's with

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Speaker 1: two of the best voices anywhere, Mark Vandermiir of course,

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Speaker 1: and Dave Pash calls games for the Arizona Cardinals. That's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a fun segment a little bit later. So

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Speaker 1: we've got a lot to do on the show. And

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Speaker 1: each every Wednesday, you know, we kick it off with

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Speaker 1: the man. Nick Cassario, Executive vice President, Football Ops general Manager.

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Speaker 1: Here's Mark, me and Nick.

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Speaker 2: We welcome into the Hunt Day Texans Radio Studio. Executive

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Speaker 2: Vice President and general manager Nick Cassario, Nick, how's it going. Well,

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Speaker 2: it's good to be here, great to have you. Congratulations

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Speaker 2: on the win. I know it's on to the next

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Speaker 2: one always, But let's recap some of the things that

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Speaker 2: went down at Cincinnati. Another epic game, a lot of

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Speaker 2: different twists and turns along the way, but you prevailed.

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Speaker 3: At the end.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there was a lot of things that came up

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Speaker 4: Probably in the first half, we kind of left points

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Speaker 4: tie game. But I think we've shown propensity in two

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Speaker 4: there made a kick. So it's interesting there were six

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Speaker 4: the game. It just goes to show you how competitive

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Speaker 4: each week really is. And it comes down to situational

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I talked about that on All Access Monday on

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Speaker 1: Matchup on Tuesday, Nika, you got six game winning field goals.

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Speaker 1: Let's sit You went there with Matt. He was here

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two and then I think he kicked

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Speaker 1: kicked an NFL game in over a year. What gave

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Speaker 1: He made one hell of a block to on Miles

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Speaker 1: Means the Arizona Cardinals are coming in Energy Stadium for

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Speaker 1: I know, you know this roster. You know the man

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Speaker 1: that's putting together this roster really well in Monte Austin Fort.

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Speaker 2: Is it one of the ultimate examples of don't look

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Speaker 2: as you and Johnny talked about, going well, and the

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00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,080
Speaker 2: way the defense was playing for the bulk of that game.

435
00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:51,440
Speaker 2: I know you want to eliminate the mistakes turnovers, but

436
00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:53,840
Speaker 2: was that the brand that you want to see out

437
00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:54,840
Speaker 2: of this Texans team.

438
00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, you just want to be able to play good,

439
00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:57,400
Speaker 5: complimentary football.

440
00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,520
Speaker 4: So we had our opportunities offensively position for the most part,

441
00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,359
Speaker 4: you know, we had the advantage there. I mean, you

442
00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,560
Speaker 4: think that Cincinnati game really defensively came down to the explosives.

443
00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,800
Speaker 4: So we gave up you know, four or five plays

444
00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,200
Speaker 4: over thirty or forty yards. So those are chunk plays.

445
00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,480
Speaker 4: So if you take those plays out of it, which

446
00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,480
Speaker 4: you can't, but they have a huge bearing and vice versa.

447
00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,399
Speaker 4: I mean, offensively, we're able to create a lot of

448
00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,320
Speaker 4: explosive plays. But you want to whatever you have to

449
00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:22,920
Speaker 4: do to win the football game in the end, that's

450
00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,240
Speaker 4: the most important things. But you want to be able

451
00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,320
Speaker 4: to compliment each phase. You know, when the defense gets

452
00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,040
Speaker 4: to stop, the offense is able to capitalize and hopefully

453
00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,560
Speaker 4: get points or shift the field or put yourself in

454
00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,240
Speaker 4: you know, the right field position. So there's give and take,

455
00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,040
Speaker 4: but I think in the end, you just want to

456
00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,479
Speaker 4: be able to go out there and play good football.

457
00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,880
Speaker 4: Limit the mistakes, limit the explosives, take care of football,

458
00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,200
Speaker 4: and then take advantage of your scoring opportunities on both

459
00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:48,880
Speaker 4: sides when you get in the red area. I'd say

460
00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,160
Speaker 4: the first half we didn't really execute in the red area. Second,

461
00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,080
Speaker 4: I have a little bit better offensively, and then you know,

462
00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:55,760
Speaker 4: the end of the game, let's say the red area

463
00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,679
Speaker 4: stop was pretty big where we forced the field goal,

464
00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,720
Speaker 4: we were able to actually get the ball back to

465
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Speaker 4: have the last drive. So, I mean, everybody talks about

466
00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,240
Speaker 4: it all the time, but that's an example of what

467
00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,320
Speaker 4: you want to see in terms of complimentary football.

468
00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:06,600
Speaker 3: Nick.

469
00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,120
Speaker 1: It sounds simple enough to say, ah, one week, one

470
00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:10,840
Speaker 1: week to the next, you left that one behind, you

471
00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,480
Speaker 1: move on to the next one. But we had two

472
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,840
Speaker 1: pretty exciting victories against two pretty good teams the last

473
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. How difficult is it to maintain that

474
00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,000
Speaker 1: one week that's done. Flush it, let's move on to

475
00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,560
Speaker 1: the next one. And how much does a game like

476
00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,280
Speaker 1: the Carolina one, which one we don't like to talk about,

477
00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:30,480
Speaker 1: but to have that memory of hey, if you slip,

478
00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,960
Speaker 1: remember what can happen. That team was zero to six

479
00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,119
Speaker 1: when we saw them, and they knocked you off. You

480
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:36,800
Speaker 1: face the two and eight team, like you said, throw

481
00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,080
Speaker 1: away the records because they've they've been a lot of games.

482
00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,000
Speaker 1: How do you kind of maintain that? What's the focus

483
00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,560
Speaker 1: to maintain kind of that one week attitude to stay

484
00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,000
Speaker 1: focused on those seven days and that game.

485
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,760
Speaker 5: Well, those are the only things that you can control.

486
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,360
Speaker 4: So I think you have to have a certain level

487
00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,960
Speaker 4: of discipline, a certain level of commitment, and understand that

488
00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:53,879
Speaker 4: if you don't go out there and do the right things,

489
00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,800
Speaker 4: then you're not gonna give yourself a chance to win

490
00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,480
Speaker 4: the football game. So in a games that we lost,

491
00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,399
Speaker 4: I'd say that's certainly been the case. Do we do

492
00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,920
Speaker 4: enough to potentially win, Yes, but in the end we

493
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,240
Speaker 4: didn't do enough. And you really don't know which play

494
00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:08,320
Speaker 4: is going to matter or what situation is going to

495
00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:11,399
Speaker 4: make the difference. So I think our players when they

496
00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,920
Speaker 4: come into work, you know, this week on Wednesday, like,

497
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,399
Speaker 4: they'll be focused and they'll be able to flip the

498
00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,119
Speaker 4: page to Arizona, and I think again it starts with

499
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:22,399
Speaker 4: Demiko and his messaging and what the expectation and what

500
00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,640
Speaker 4: the standard is. But I think we have a lot

501
00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,080
Speaker 4: of guys that are very disciplined, that care about winning,

502
00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,880
Speaker 4: that want to win. But there's things that go into

503
00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,959
Speaker 4: winning football, and it starts with your preparation and your

504
00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,119
Speaker 4: process during the course of the week. And if you

505
00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,760
Speaker 4: do those things during the course of the week and

506
00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,399
Speaker 4: you're prepared and you go out there and Sunday and

507
00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,280
Speaker 4: then you just were kind of reacting to this situation,

508
00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:41,720
Speaker 4: and then it's going to come down to how well

509
00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:42,280
Speaker 4: we execute.

510
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:42,880
Speaker 7: Nick.

511
00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,800
Speaker 2: We know you go to some college games, So where

512
00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,760
Speaker 2: does the buck Guy atmosphere rank to you? And I

513
00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,840
Speaker 2: know you're from the state of the Hios, so maybe

514
00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,080
Speaker 2: there's some partisan opinion here, but tell.

515
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:54,840
Speaker 4: Us yeah, no, it's a good environment. I mean I

516
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,840
Speaker 4: think they've done they've added stands. I mean, there must

517
00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,399
Speaker 4: be over one hundred thousand people, so they find ways,

518
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:02,920
Speaker 4: they find amazing pockets.

519
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,080
Speaker 5: But really good.

520
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,600
Speaker 4: Atmosphere, really good environment. I would put it up there.

521
00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:09,720
Speaker 4: It was at Georgia this year. I would say that

522
00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:12,080
Speaker 4: was a pretty good I mean atmosphere. I mean they

523
00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,640
Speaker 4: were into the game. So anytime you have one hundred

524
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,240
Speaker 4: thousand people cheering for one team. It gets pretty loud

525
00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:18,520
Speaker 4: in there.

526
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,760
Speaker 2: So Woody Hayes, how many stories have you heard about

527
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,679
Speaker 2: the legend of wood He Hayes and how he had

528
00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,600
Speaker 2: the whole state wired with the high schools and everything,

529
00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,200
Speaker 2: all the pipelines leading up to Columbus.

530
00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,119
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm sure Woody did a lot of things to

531
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,560
Speaker 4: try to gain the competitive advantage. But you know what,

532
00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,080
Speaker 4: A is one of the best coaches of all time,

533
00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,800
Speaker 4: So you know, certainly proud of Mayo, Ohio roots. There's

534
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:39,560
Speaker 4: no question about it.

535
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,000
Speaker 1: Were you ohing as?

536
00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:42,879
Speaker 6: No?

537
00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:43,440
Speaker 1: I was not.

538
00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:44,240
Speaker 8: I was not.

539
00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,280
Speaker 7: It was a good look though it was. Nick, Thanks

540
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:48,200
Speaker 7: a lot, good luck this week.

541
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,880
Speaker 1: Thanks fellas all right, as always, great stuff from Nick

542
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:56,080
Speaker 1: Cassio step in his studio. Appreciate him being here. Mark.

543
00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:59,359
Speaker 1: This afternoon, I was watching That's a little bit of

544
00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 1: Arizona card and I don't like it. I don't like them.

545
00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:05,720
Speaker 1: I don't like them as an opponent, I'll put it

546
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,200
Speaker 1: that way. I love them as a football team. But

547
00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:11,800
Speaker 1: they play hard, they're pesky, they're feisty. I can see

548
00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,720
Speaker 1: why they're too to eight. But I can also look

549
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,200
Speaker 1: at it and go man, I could see them with

550
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,159
Speaker 1: four and six or five and five. Ye, they have

551
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:19,600
Speaker 1: a pretty pesky football team.

552
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:20,640
Speaker 7: They have not quit.

553
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,399
Speaker 2: They beat the Dallas Cowboys, which is unfathomable. Really, I

554
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,600
Speaker 2: know the Cowboys are not perfect at all, but come on,

555
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,639
Speaker 2: that was amazing. They lost to the Giants, which is

556
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:35,399
Speaker 2: equally unfathomable. They lost to the Commanders opening. These are

557
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,359
Speaker 2: close games, Johnny. The Bengals, bar that's by fourteen, the

558
00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 2: Rams pretty big, Seahawks by ten, Look the Ravens by seven.

559
00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,520
Speaker 7: They've been in a lot of these games.

560
00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,879
Speaker 2: You can tell just from the highlights that the guys

561
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,720
Speaker 2: were playing hard for Jonathan Gannon. They were not giving up.

562
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,879
Speaker 2: And now they have Kyler Murray. Now they have healthy

563
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,440
Speaker 2: James Connor. That's a bit of a problem, Buddha Baker

564
00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,040
Speaker 2: on the back end. They've got some assets and if

565
00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,240
Speaker 2: you're not on your best game, they can beat you.

566
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,160
Speaker 2: So brace yourselves.

567
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 6: Yeah.

568
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:08,280
Speaker 1: It just worries me because I don't want to say

569
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,440
Speaker 1: they were us the last couple of years, in particular

570
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,639
Speaker 1: last year, but we made things very very difficult. Unnearly

571
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,720
Speaker 1: everybody who played last year just didn't really have the

572
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,480
Speaker 1: offensive firepower in the fourth quarter to put games away

573
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,480
Speaker 1: they do with Connor and with Kyler Murray and with

574
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 1: emerging tight end Trade McBride. That guy's a horse. He

575
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,440
Speaker 1: in fact makes the big catch against Atlanta, so Atlanta scores,

576
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,880
Speaker 1: goes up one, twenty three, twenty two. They missed the two,

577
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,600
Speaker 1: so now they know they need a field goals. So

578
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,800
Speaker 1: Kyler gets a big scramble, gets on the other side

579
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,040
Speaker 1: of the fifty. He throws it deep like he just

580
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,320
Speaker 1: chucks one up and Trey McBride goes up over two guys,

581
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,439
Speaker 1: snags it, gets it down inside the ten, and then

582
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 1: they kind of play a nice little clock game. It's

583
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,639
Speaker 1: pretty interesting at the end of the game because Connor.

584
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,440
Speaker 1: They get the ball to Connor, they don't take a knee,

585
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,000
Speaker 1: They get the ball to Connor, and Atlanta is one

586
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,400
Speaker 1: guy from Atlanta's try to throw him into the end zone.

587
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:02,639
Speaker 7: Oh yeah, just to make it.

588
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 1: He goes down. Yeah, he goes down. The next one

589
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,159
Speaker 1: he doesn't even get to. It's it's funny because the

590
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,080
Speaker 1: Cardinals don't want him to score. The Falcons want him

591
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 1: to score. So the Falcons are kind of backing off.

592
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: The Cardinals aren't blocking anybody, and so it eventually gets

593
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 1: down to two seconds or whatever it is. And then

594
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:20,879
Speaker 1: uh Matt Prater hits the field goal and that's another one,

595
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,080
Speaker 1: and the off the game is down a field but

596
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,000
Speaker 1: Prayder can hit it from sixty inside indoors. Oh yeah,

597
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,440
Speaker 1: he's got a cannon.

598
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:27,120
Speaker 7: He's the man.

599
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,440
Speaker 1: So there was an easy one against them. But I

600
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 1: just I worry about them when you see the record

601
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,920
Speaker 1: two and eight, like oh, and everybody just naturally relaxes, like, oh,

602
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: I don't know some of those guys over on the

603
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,360
Speaker 1: other side, like I knew the Bengals, like I knew

604
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: the Steelers and some of that. And if you get

605
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,080
Speaker 1: you take that at two going in, they're gonna they're

606
00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:48,800
Speaker 1: gonna whip you up one side and down the other.

607
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,360
Speaker 1: That's hopefully not what happens against him, but I could

608
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,600
Speaker 1: see them coming out going down. And here's the game

609
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:57,440
Speaker 1: that pops into my mind. I don't know if you'll

610
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:01,440
Speaker 1: the game that pops into my mind. Twenty nineteen Denver,

611
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,400
Speaker 1: that one, that one pops into my mind.

612
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,879
Speaker 7: That was ugly, I know, an utter destruction. It was

613
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 7: after teams.

614
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 1: I know it was after the Sunday night win against

615
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,240
Speaker 1: the Patriots. It's another home game. We're gonna rack up

616
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,439
Speaker 1: another win. This is gonna put us that much closer.

617
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:22,080
Speaker 1: Maybe we could get a bye. And they spanked us

618
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 1: due lock BADJW. Locke went nuts, he made throws yet

619
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 1: made all year. Creem Jackson has a fumble recovery for

620
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 1: a touchdown or something. I can't remember, but it's thirty

621
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,960
Speaker 1: eight to three before you blink. I don't know why

622
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:36,399
Speaker 1: this is.

623
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 2: And we could theorize all day long, but in the

624
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,200
Speaker 2: O'Brien era, and I'm always grateful for those wins, those

625
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,400
Speaker 2: division titles, getting to the postseason, I don't.

626
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 7: I never take that for granted.

627
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 1: You know that.

628
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,160
Speaker 7: I've said it many times. I'm grateful for the victories.

629
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 2: But there were some inexplicable blowout losses. Stuff you just

630
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,239
Speaker 2: can't even figure out. Why did this happen? Why did

631
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,560
Speaker 2: Atlanta happen in twenty fifteen, Why did Miami happen in

632
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,960
Speaker 2: twenty five In twenty nineteen.

633
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,879
Speaker 7: Why was the Ravens game as bad as it was.

634
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,239
Speaker 7: It's one thing to lose to them.

635
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,880
Speaker 2: You're coming off of buye, but you got just demolished

636
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,440
Speaker 2: by the Ravens and you had a pretty good quarterback

637
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,480
Speaker 2: at the time, who was a seasoned guy at that moment.

638
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 2: And then you beat the Patriots a couple of weeks later,

639
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,120
Speaker 2: and then you come back with a blowout lost to Denver.

640
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,359
Speaker 2: I don't know why it happened, but it did happen.

641
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 2: I don't think it's happening with these guys. I don't

642
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,080
Speaker 2: think it's happening in this regime. I think, of course,

643
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:29,920
Speaker 2: they're not gonna win every game. They could lose some games.

644
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 2: They could lose this weekend. They're not getting blown out.

645
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,040
Speaker 2: They're gonna be in the game. They're gonna be competitive.

646
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 6: Now.

647
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:35,200
Speaker 3: They could get.

648
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,639
Speaker 2: Ambushed because Kyler Murray's good enough to do it. Whoop whoop,

649
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, you're down fourteen nothing somehow because you

650
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 2: missed a third down whatever, and they scored back to

651
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 2: back whatever that could happen, or they emerged late with

652
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 2: a big drive and all of a sudden, you're in

653
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 2: a big pickle. You don't have enough time in the clock.

654
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,639
Speaker 2: That could certainly happen against the Cardinals. But Johnny, you

655
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 2: have coaching here, and they're gonna remind them all of

656
00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 2: all that. The first thing Demiko is going to do

657
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,119
Speaker 2: is remove the record from the name. Forget about the record.

658
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 2: This is a brand new team. This is Kyler Murray,

659
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 2: James Connor. This team can beat you.

660
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,240
Speaker 7: They just beat Atlanta and by the way, Atlanta beat US,

661
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 7: so pay attention.

662
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:14,680
Speaker 2: They did well coming out smoking against Cincinnati after the

663
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,960
Speaker 2: really wonderful victory over Tampa Bay. Right, we're not worried,

664
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,320
Speaker 2: but wondering is that gonna happen, that panther let down?

665
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,200
Speaker 2: Are you gonna have something similar against the Bengals. I

666
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 2: didn't think it would happen because the Bengals would have

667
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 2: their attention because they're so good going into that game.

668
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 2: They had won four in a row. Now the Cardinals aren't,

669
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 2: but at least they're coming out with winning. They got

670
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,360
Speaker 2: Murray back, and the players understand Kyler Murray. They understand

671
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 2: what he can do. So I don't think that they

672
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,920
Speaker 2: will look past this team. They better not because I

673
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 2: know right after this game, you know what you have. Yeah,

674
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 2: AFC South play for the lead game. Put that aside,

675
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 2: focus on the guys with the birds on the helmet.

676
00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,920
Speaker 1: Absolutely now saw this this afternoon. Mark At some point

677
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 1: I followed Pro Football Fame on Twitter. Yeah, I'm sure

678
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 1: a lot of people do New to the Pro Football

679
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:05,400
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. If you think about we were talking

680
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 1: about this playing around a practice, and we always played

681
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: the game. What if I told you? What if I

682
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 1: told you that at some point midway through the year, CJ.

683
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: Stroud's uniform would go to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

684
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 1: This is the tweet from the Pro Football Fame New

685
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 1: to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The jersey that

686
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,360
Speaker 1: Houston Texas quarterback CJ. Stroud was wearing in Week nine

687
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 1: against Tampa Bay when he set the NFL record for

688
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 1: passing yards in a game as a rookie with four

689
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy displayed prominently at the Hall, as they

690
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: call it new at the Hall. CJ's jersey from the

691
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:48,680
Speaker 1: game against Tampa Bay.

692
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 3: How about that?

693
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 2: It's one of those things and there are many this

694
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 2: year boxes checked that would indicate and look, it might

695
00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 2: not happen, but would indicate that he's going to be

696
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 2: a great one. Yeah, right, right, when you look at

697
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,160
Speaker 2: some of the stats and there's a new stat every

698
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,239
Speaker 2: day about something Stroud is doing that had never been

699
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 2: done before, or that only three people had been had

700
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 2: done it before, something like that, Right, every day we

701
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 2: get different stats. We semi joke about it every weekend.

702
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 2: We are reaching into the record book when CJ. Stroud plays,

703
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,960
Speaker 2: he's that kind of player. This is another box checked

704
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 2: that would indicate he's going to be a great one.

705
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 2: His uniform goes into Canton for something excellent that he did.

706
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 2: And I remember, I'm old enough to remember Roger Clemens

707
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 2: playing in Boston and striking out twenty Seattle Mariners. I'll

708
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 2: never forget the SoundBite of Rocket talking about, Hey, my

709
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 2: mom told me I'm in Cooperstown like he was in

710
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 2: Cooperstown already, because they sent his uniformers, glove, whatever they

711
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 2: sent there to Cooperstown to commemorate that twenty strikeout game

712
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 2: against the Mariners.

713
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 7: This reminds me of stuff like that.

714
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 2: When you see things like this happening, that means you've

715
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 2: got one of the really hot prospects to be a

716
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 2: great one in your sport.

717
00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 3: And that's what c J. Stroud is.

718
00:29:59,400 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 8: Yeah.

719
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: Absolutely, I mean all the different things we were just

720
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: talking about. What if I told you at the beginning

721
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 1: of the year that Andrew Beck would have a kickoff

722
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: return touchdown and then a rushing touchdown like he would

723
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 1: have as many rushing touchdowns as Devin Singletary, who has

724
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: as many as Damian Pierce, who has as many as CJ.

725
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 7: Strout. You have those boxes, No, she just got two.

726
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 3: She just got two touchdowns.

727
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 2: Right, those boxes are getting checked too, because Pierce obviously

728
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 2: not having the kind of year you'd want from Piers

729
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 2: with the injury and whatever else. You have Devin Singletary

730
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 2: AFC Offensive Player of the Week, you have back to

731
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 2: back weeks with AFC Offensive Player of the Weeks. You

732
00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 2: have an AFC Offensive Rookie of the Month or Offensive

733
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 2: Rookie of the Month earlier. You have the Cooperstown thing.

734
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 2: You have Beck scoring twice this season, which I guess

735
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 2: we thought he could score as a full back, but

736
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 2: special teams touchdown with something else?

737
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,040
Speaker 7: Right, Then you have Dari kicking the field goal.

738
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 2: You have fair parn being injured, and you have Matdamndola

739
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 2: kicking a game winner in Cincinnati. You have a lot

740
00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 2: of stuff happening here. And we're just over a halfway point.

741
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: And in the game against Cincinnati have Shaq Griffin and

742
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: DeAndre Houston Carson with interceptions. Yes, I mean tell me this,

743
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:08,280
Speaker 1: you and.

744
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 2: I do shows in July now, Griffin was already here.

745
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,479
Speaker 2: He was here, but he had literally just gotten here,

746
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 2: So that doesn't work as well. But maybe right after

747
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 2: the draft, through the initial wave of free agency, right

748
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 2: after the draft. Oh, by the way, Griffin and DeAndre

749
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 2: Houston Carson are gonna have picks and a big win

750
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 2: at Cincinnati week ten and Matt Ammondola is kicking the

751
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 2: game winning field goal and CJ. Stroud's uniform goes to

752
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 2: Canton for something he did the week before.

753
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 7: What we're dreaming here, This is a dreams we would

754
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 7: have got.

755
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: We would have been called homers, even maybe worse than

756
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 1: what we already called homer. You got there, a bunch

757
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: of homers. I mean seriously, Noah Brown has one hundred

758
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: and fifty yards receiving in a game. A's seventy plus

759
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: and then he has won seventy plus in a game.

760
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 7: Yeah.

761
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: CJ leads the team in rushing touchdowns. He's got two.

762
00:31:59,440 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: Everybody else.

763
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 7: Yeah, that's something they didn't want to look at.

764
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 2: That's that's another thing that they play three teams coming

765
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 2: up here that are in the bottom five of rush defense. Yep,

766
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,560
Speaker 2: everybody but Jacksonville in the next four games, right, Yep.

767
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 2: So maybe you can make some hay there, Maybe you

768
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 2: can run the ball better, Maybe you can do what

769
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 2: you want to do on the ground, which is only

770
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 2: going to make life easier for number seven.

771
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 7: Let's see how it goes.

772
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, it would be really really fun if that happens. Now,

773
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: one of the guys we just talked about is Shaquille Griffin.

774
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,239
Speaker 1: He joins B Scott on the Slant that's next right

775
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:32,560
Speaker 1: here on Texans All Access.

776
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 6: Welcome back to.

777
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: Wednesday this year Texans All Access. I am John Harris

778
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 1: Football on a Siloine reporters, get right into it. It's

779
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 1: the Slant O gy B Scott this week. Shaquille Griffin

780
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: can't wait to hear this.

781
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 3: Let's go.

782
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 9: Brandon Scott here for the Slant, joined by Texans cornerback

783
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 9: Shaquille Griffin Shack.

784
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 3: First of all, thanks for joining us man, How you

785
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 3: doing doing good? Appreciate you guys having me for sure.

786
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 9: Now, I was excited about this interview. I was wondering

787
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 9: how you would present with the hair. When I found

788
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 9: out I was on the talking to another to a

789
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,560
Speaker 9: player who also has dreadlocks. I was expecting you to

790
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 9: come up here with the updo. But we both have it,

791
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 9: both have it down today. I'm curious from you, like,

792
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 9: why the updude? You and your brother both pull that off.

793
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 9: I don't feel like I can actually pull off the updude.

794
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 9: What is it that you like about the updo? I

795
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 9: think it started because I mainly just trying to keep

796
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 9: it out my face. It was always in a way,

797
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,480
Speaker 9: you know, moved around a little bit. I actually just

798
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 9: had it up, you know, I had to show it

799
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 9: real quick. But once I put my hoodie on, be

800
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,200
Speaker 9: having to take it down. So I had brought my

801
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 9: hoodie with me, so I had it down.

802
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,360
Speaker 3: But yeah, it was just up. So it's funny that

803
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 3: you said that I literally just took it down.

804
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 10: But yeah, when me and my brother first started that,

805
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 10: at first it was just us trying to keep our

806
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 10: heir out of our face to keep moving, and then

807
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 10: it became a trend.

808
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 3: It came a style, so we kind of stuck with it.

809
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 11: Yeah.

810
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 9: See, I have mine down instead of having it back

811
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 9: because I figured Jared was gonna be in an updo

812
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 9: and we was gonna contrast.

813
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 3: Instead, we came here looking very similar with it.

814
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 9: But I will but I will say though, the one

815
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 9: thing that I like about it is that it keeps

816
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 9: that heat off your neck. Oh yeah, especially especially in

817
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,239
Speaker 9: the heat in the South from Florida obviously playing here in.

818
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 3: Texas, So no doubt about it, you know, I take

819
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 3: that every time. Yeah, definitely.

820
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 9: Now I wanted to ask you about this since I

821
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 9: mentioned your brother, I wanted to ask you about there

822
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 9: being two Shacks on the team because I think, out

823
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:20,880
Speaker 9: of all of the success that y'all have had this

824
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 9: year so far, that one of the underrated things that

825
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 9: Nick Cacirio, the general manager here, did was bringing two Shacks.

826
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,879
Speaker 9: And I know that when your brother got in the league,

827
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,800
Speaker 9: you didn't like that he took your nickname Shack. But

828
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 9: you know you're the older brother though, so I understand

829
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 9: that you're the older brother.

830
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:40,800
Speaker 3: I understand why you be possessive.

831
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 9: But coming into this locker room, Shaq Mason loader than you,

832
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 9: bigger than you. How did y'all figure out the Shack

833
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 9: hierarchy or y'all able to share it?

834
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 10: How does it work with your shared they say Shack,

835
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 10: we both look and they figure out which one they

836
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 10: talk to. We both share their name fairly well, so

837
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 10: it's all good. And when it came to my brother

838
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 10: trying to steal my nickname. It was funny. He never

839
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,880
Speaker 10: the first time hearing that name. He was still in college.

840
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 10: I was just getting to the league. You know, Shaq

841
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 10: kind of came around. I know a lot of people

842
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:09,920
Speaker 10: ask me what I want to be called, and I

843
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,439
Speaker 10: was like, you know what sin is? Everybody saying Shack.

844
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,080
Speaker 10: I just ill roll with it. He came here like, yeah,

845
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 10: I'm shocked too. You know, it's both our half, our

846
00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 10: first name.

847
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 3: No no, no, no, no no. They don't work like that.

848
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 10: So since you wanted to be shocked, since you were

849
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 10: a rookie, you're gonna be baby shocked. He didn't like

850
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 10: that too well, so he ended up being called Griff.

851
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,800
Speaker 10: He didn't like baby shocking Shack, so you know, be

852
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 10: calling Griff later on. But now it's two Shocks on

853
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 10: the team. You know, we've both been around for a

854
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 10: little bit, and you know we both worked with it

855
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,839
Speaker 10: sometime there. When people say Shack, we both just look

856
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 10: and that kind of have me and my twins to

857
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 10: be people say Shack. We both looked like, oh I

858
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 10: need a Oh yeah, that's time all right. So you

859
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,839
Speaker 10: guys little so you know, we figured it out.

860
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 9: I was sure that he didn't like baby Shack more

861
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,399
Speaker 9: so because it's the name that you gave him. It's

862
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 9: probably because I.

863
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 6: Had to do it.

864
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:54,799
Speaker 3: I had to make sure he hated it so much

865
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 3: that he didn't want to use it the more. And

866
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 3: it worked.

867
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,320
Speaker 9: Now you got your first interception in a while in

868
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 9: the game against the Bengals. I know that's something to celebrate,

869
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 9: and know you had to feel good about that. Who

870
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 9: is the first person? I imagine I'm asking you this

871
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 9: because you do have a twin brother, but you know,

872
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 9: family guy, who was the first? What does your phone

873
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 9: look like when you pick off Joe Burrow when y'all

874
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 9: have the type of game, the type of win that

875
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 9: y'all had, and y'all are, let's be honest, y'all are

876
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 9: right and high right now, who do you what does

877
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 9: your phone look like?

878
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 3: And who do you hear from first? After that happens, it's.

879
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,200
Speaker 10: Probably my girl, you know her and the kids and

880
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 10: stuff abroad to be the first one, Then my mom,

881
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 10: twin whole family. Then it's a whole bunch of people

882
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 10: after that. You know, the phone pretty much freezes up,

883
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 10: you know when it comes to anything like that. But

884
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:42,279
Speaker 10: the first person is definitely you know my lady. You know,

885
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:43,839
Speaker 10: when it gets to the point where I make any

886
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,320
Speaker 10: players like that, the first thing I think about my

887
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 10: kids anyway. So the funny thing is I got an interception.

888
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 10: As soon as I got the ball, like you know what,

889
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 10: after the game, I'm uh, call my son and I was.

890
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 3: Like, you want a football? He was like, yeah, I

891
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 3: want a football? So I brought him the interception ball.

892
00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 3: You know, something you want to run around with?

893
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 11: To me?

894
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 3: How as a four year old? And I got a

895
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 3: seven month little girl.

896
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 9: You so you're busy, Yeah, you got. He's got a

897
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 9: lot going on. So okay, so does the oldest have

898
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 9: an appreciation for what dad does? I feel like, you know,

899
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 9: when they're younger, they know what they don't really know

900
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 9: and fully understand.

901
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 3: Well, he know, I'm working.

902
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 10: So anybody asks us where you where your dad at? Oh,

903
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 10: he's at football, he's working. Where your mom at Oh

904
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:26,440
Speaker 10: she ain't doing that.

905
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,919
Speaker 3: She at home. Daddy is at work. He's working.

906
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 10: So he kind of understanding that part, maybe because he

907
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 10: gets rollbucks. Roll bucks, so you know, football brings roebucks.

908
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 10: So he put it one and two together. Okay, all right,

909
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 10: so my son is is eight and he's also on

910
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 10: the roadbucks. So so you and I are both absolutely

911
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 10: have bad in common. Those Robus crazy always hearing about it,

912
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 10: always got to take my card up the iPad man,

913
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 10: like he's starting to figure out the past word. Oh yeah,

914
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 10: he'd be like, oh, I know it's got ABC. Hey

915
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 10: don't you remember that password? Got to take that card off?

916
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 6: Man?

917
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:04,359
Speaker 9: Do you find that the kids are much smarter than

918
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:05,839
Speaker 9: you give them credit for? I said, I have three,

919
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 9: and I say this, like there's something about them being

920
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 9: your children that makes it hard to really take them

921
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 9: that seriously. But then they do something or like even

922
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 9: it can even be something like being on the iPad

923
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 9: taking advantage of your card or something like that.

924
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,719
Speaker 3: You find that, like, man, you you know, you're a

925
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 3: lot smarter than I would think. Yeah, yeah, that happens

926
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 3: all the time. And it's kind of crazy.

927
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 10: You can't be mad at them, you know, because you

928
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 10: pick up things so far fast common sense, you know,

929
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,879
Speaker 10: and it's crazy, you know, especially when they start bringing

930
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 10: in their own personality into it, and do you kind

931
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:34,799
Speaker 10: of see yourself in them?

932
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 11: Man?

933
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 3: Your kids, and you can't stay mad at them. You can't.

934
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 9: I got to ask you about just real quick about

935
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 9: the interception. How badly had you been waiting on that.

936
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 9: I almost want to ask you to take me back

937
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 9: to a year from now when you have the back injury.

938
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 9: I imagine that's I mean, that's painful. The back is

939
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 9: one of the trick of your things for anybody, any humans,

940
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 9: but especially for an athlete. Take me from then to

941
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,839
Speaker 9: now how much different it is. And then obviously having

942
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 9: that moment on Sunday.

943
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 3: And it's crazy.

944
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 10: I go back to the first year of being in

945
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 10: Jacksonville and there's so many players where I was so close,

946
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 10: so close, and I wanted it so bad just to.

947
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 3: Make a play, you know.

948
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 10: I was like, you know what, I went that whole

949
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,839
Speaker 10: year without one interception. Then you go to the second year.

950
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 10: You want to try to prove that you can go

951
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 10: get the ball in your hands. Then I did with

952
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:21,879
Speaker 10: the back surgery, and then I got to go through

953
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 10: that whole five to six month period where it's like,

954
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 10: you know what, I have a lot of people telling me,

955
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 10: you know, it's kind of hard to bounce back from

956
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 10: a back surgery. You never know if you're the same,

957
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 10: so you know, you have all these thoughts. You know,

958
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 10: my main thing, my main goal was kind of I

959
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,760
Speaker 10: played this game at a high level after the surgery,

960
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 10: you know, and that was the part that I had

961
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 10: to prove to myself. So you know, going with the

962
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 10: text and you know, they bringing me in with open arms,

963
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 10: truly believing in me kind of helped build that confidence

964
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 10: that I needed for myself to understand that I could

965
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 10: play this game the same way I did before this

966
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 10: back surgery and to come out that last game, you know,

967
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 10: again the interception from Joe Bellrow, the way of play

968
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 10: it out, you know, in the fourth quarter, late in

969
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 10: the game, especially when you really need it. You know, Man,

970
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,800
Speaker 10: it was just I feel like that pressure, you know,

971
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 10: the weight on my shoulders kind of just fell off.

972
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:07,399
Speaker 10: You know, understand that I worked so hard to get

973
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 10: back to that moment to be able to make the

974
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 10: players that I'm making, you know, and like I said,

975
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:12,760
Speaker 10: I had a lot of people saying, you know, sometimes

976
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 10: it's just not possible.

977
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 3: You know. The back is a tricky thing.

978
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 10: A lot of people can't bounce back from it, and

979
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 10: I didn't want to be one of those people. So

980
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 10: man to come back and prove to myself that I

981
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,320
Speaker 10: could play this game at a high level like I

982
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 10: used to, and then to make the players that I

983
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 10: did make, especially in the last game, late in the

984
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 10: fourth quarter when you need it, it was awesome something

985
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:30,359
Speaker 10: I needed.

986
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 3: But this is interesting to me.

987
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,880
Speaker 9: Because you've played a lot of high level football, especially

988
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 9: up until that point. But even you, as somebody, you,

989
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,879
Speaker 9: your brother too, y'all have played a lot of really

990
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,319
Speaker 9: good football. But even you dealt with that self doubt?

991
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 9: How did you overcome that?

992
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 6: Man?

993
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 10: I stayed close to my family, you know, prayed a

994
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 10: lot more, stayed close to the ones who believed in me,

995
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,279
Speaker 10: even when I wasn't believing in myself. And like I said,

996
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 10: it was a lot of dark moments, you know, especially

997
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,439
Speaker 10: when you got to get up. Ain't no one pushing

998
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 10: you no more, Ain't no one motivating you to go

999
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:58,880
Speaker 10: get up and try to you know, get the treatment

1000
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,439
Speaker 10: you need, or work out on your own and try

1001
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 10: to get back, just to get the opportunity to find

1002
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,320
Speaker 10: a team who will take a chance on you.

1003
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 8: You know.

1004
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,879
Speaker 3: So, man, all those stuff was it was sometimes where

1005
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 3: it was just me. Now.

1006
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 10: I remember coming here the first time talking to Demiko Ryan,

1007
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 10: you know, in this office, I said listen. At a

1008
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 10: point in my career where I don't need no motivational speech.

1009
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 10: I don't need none of that. I said, listen, I

1010
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 10: don't need music in the locker room, and it just

1011
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 10: put me out there. I don't need nothing else to

1012
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,360
Speaker 10: help me. I don't being through the Dark Knights. I

1013
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 10: don't ran through that wall myself. I don't need nothing else.

1014
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:30,920
Speaker 10: I'm here to prove it to myself. I just want

1015
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 10: to show you how good I can be, you know.

1016
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 10: And I remember first saying that to him. He's like,

1017
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,719
Speaker 10: we need more guys like that. But I'll tell him, man,

1018
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:40,800
Speaker 10: I was coming from the heart. I felt that I

1019
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 10: was itching, and you know that's.

1020
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 3: Just that was me.

1021
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 10: You know, all them Dark Knights, I had to show

1022
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 10: myself that man, all them Dark Knights, it meant something,

1023
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 10: you know.

1024
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 3: I had to make sure. I had to prove to

1025
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 3: myself that I can do this. Yeah.

1026
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,839
Speaker 9: I noticed that about this team, that it's a bunch

1027
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 9: of guys that seems self motivated. Whether it's guys this

1028
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 9: guy to chip on their shoulder just trying to approve something,

1029
00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 9: but a lot of you guys seem that way. Let

1030
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 9: me ask you about one thing I've heard you talk

1031
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 9: about before and improven was your diet.

1032
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,280
Speaker 3: One question here, what's the thing that you had to take.

1033
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:11,320
Speaker 9: Out of your diet that when you're not playing football

1034
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 9: no more, it's absolutely coming back. What's something that you

1035
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 9: can't that you can't eat because you have to prepare

1036
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:19,360
Speaker 9: to go up against the Jamaar Chase or whoever it

1037
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,399
Speaker 9: is for the next week the NFL.

1038
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 3: When you're not doing that anymore, what's the thing that's

1039
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:23,919
Speaker 3: coming back?

1040
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:24,359
Speaker 11: Man?

1041
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 3: Cheesecake? Cheesecake. Man, I'm a dessert head.

1042
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 10: I want a bad I remember rookie year, Man, I

1043
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:36,320
Speaker 10: used to eat a cheesecake before every home game. Oh no,

1044
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 10: you know what, not home game, before every game? You

1045
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 10: know what, that's my ritual, you know, put my head,

1046
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 10: you know what. I need a cheesecake before every game.

1047
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,399
Speaker 3: That's my ritual. I need it. I can't play well

1048
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:47,280
Speaker 3: without cheesecake.

1049
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 10: Okay, And after a while, you get a little older,

1050
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 10: your body don't react the same.

1051
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:52,880
Speaker 3: I said, I don't think it's a ritual no more.

1052
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 10: I think that would just need to put some of

1053
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 10: my head so I could give myself an excuse. But

1054
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 10: I want cheese cake back. But yeah, right now, I'm

1055
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 10: chasing Jamar chases and stuff right now.

1056
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, yeah, I want my cheese cake back. Look,

1057
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 3: cheesecake is a fine delicacy.

1058
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,360
Speaker 9: But I feel like that's a fair trade, you know,

1059
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 9: to get interceptions and to make plays and be a

1060
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,800
Speaker 9: part of a of a team that's on the on

1061
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:21,919
Speaker 9: the upswing. If cheesecake has got to be the sacrificial lamb,

1062
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 9: then I figured that's I take that, and then that's

1063
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 9: probably fair.

1064
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:26,759
Speaker 3: But just know, when it's all said and done, I'm

1065
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,800
Speaker 3: getting my cheesecake back. I absolutely, I absolutely love that.

1066
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 9: Okay, let's let's get into just real quick and look,

1067
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 9: this has been very, very fun. But we talked about

1068
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:42,800
Speaker 9: being dad. We talked about being about cheesecake. I'm curious

1069
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 9: about this because I'm a dad too. Do you ever

1070
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:46,920
Speaker 9: find yourself eating your kids snacks?

1071
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:48,359
Speaker 6: Have you ever?

1072
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 3: Have you ever been guilty of this?

1073
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:49,839
Speaker 2: Oh?

1074
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 10: Yeah, of course I'm the type. If you're gonna ask

1075
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,400
Speaker 10: me to open something, let me make sure it's not poisons.

1076
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 6: I'm that guy.

1077
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 3: Be a guy who want right voc he want a

1078
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 3: free snack? He bringing to me, you hut your kids

1079
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:07,319
Speaker 3: through snacks? He's all right. You want to look at

1080
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 3: it right, Oh man, get it right. I don't want

1081
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:13,359
Speaker 3: you to spill it. Okay, yeah, I'm that dad.

1082
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 10: Do you want to check and make sure everything is

1083
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 10: not poisonous? Everything's okay. I want you to get sick.

1084
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Speaker 10: I get sick first.

1085
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:18,879
Speaker 11: Yeah.

1086
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 3: I love that you have.

1087
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 9: Here's what I love about this, that you have a

1088
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:25,640
Speaker 9: nonsensical story behind it, because I'm the same way. Or

1089
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 9: I'm just keeping you safe. You know what I tell

1090
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,080
Speaker 9: my kids check. I tell them that this that I'm

1091
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:34,479
Speaker 9: teaching them about taxes and that nothing in life is free,

1092
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 9: and that when they get older, everything that they purchased

1093
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 9: they will have to mostly everything, eggs, you know, whatever,

1094
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 9: but mostly everything they will pay taxes on. And so

1095
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 9: as a child, they will pay the dad tax. And

1096
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 9: so what what, what you've come up with is very

1097
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 9: similar to.

1098
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 3: This age for that age, That's what it is. Soon

1099
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 3: as they get older and they start yeah, I like that.

1100
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 3: I'm not to use that as soon as he's starting

1101
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 3: to understand it.

1102
00:44:57,480 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, we're building characters. He was teaching lessons raising

1103
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 9: the youth. I respect this shit, and we.

1104
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:09,320
Speaker 1: Do too, Be Scott. Great job, Brandon Scott alongside Shaquille Griffin,

1105
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:12,759
Speaker 1: all right, big news in Texans Land this week. We'll

1106
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 1: hit both nuggets, one good, one bad, but we'll talk

1107
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: about that next on Texans All Access. Welcome back to

1108
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,839
Speaker 1: Wednesday editionive Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harris,

1109
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: Football and a sideline reporter and big news with the

1110
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,880
Speaker 1: Texans this week. Let's hit the Let's get the bad

1111
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 1: news out of the wags. I think we did talk

1112
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,640
Speaker 1: about this a little bit yesterday. Denzel Perriman suspended for

1113
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 1: three games. He is appealing. The appeal was to be

1114
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 1: hurt today I've heard now update on that, but making

1115
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: the appeal today. And hate that because Denzel I thought

1116
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 1: was playing some pretty good football. I mean he he

1117
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,279
Speaker 1: thomps now, there's no question he lays the wood. But

1118
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 1: he has been penalized for a few things. So he

1119
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: is suspended for three games, but appealing it today. The

1120
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 1: other side, this is good news. Devin Motor Singletary voted

1121
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:02,240
Speaker 1: AFC Offensive Player of the Week. Back to back weeks

1122
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: Texans have AFC Offensive Player of the Week. That's the

1123
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: third player they're a different player to win an offense

1124
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: or defensive Player of the Week in the AFC. Blake

1125
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,479
Speaker 1: cash be won it for his game against the Saints. CJ.

1126
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:19,120
Speaker 1: Stroud won it last week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,

1127
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:23,320
Speaker 1: and Devin Singletary won it for his efforts against the

1128
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, which begs the question, Noah Brown nothing, Well,

1129
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:31,839
Speaker 1: if Noah ends up having another game this week, maybe

1130
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,800
Speaker 1: he gets Player of the Month. That could be on

1131
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,840
Speaker 1: the table for November for Noah because he's been absolutely fantastic.

1132
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:43,320
Speaker 1: But Devin Singletary one fifty thirty carries one touchdown, he

1133
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 1: AFC Offensive Player of the Week. Let's go behind the mics,

1134
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:50,040
Speaker 1: the men behind the Mikes. Dave Passion, Mark Vandermire next

1135
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:52,759
Speaker 1: right here on Texans All Access. We got one our down,

1136
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:54,360
Speaker 1: one hour left to go. Right here all on a

1137
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,719
Speaker 1: Wednesday edition of Texans All Lax sess I'm your host,

1138
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:01,719
Speaker 1: John Harrison, football analyst, Love love, love the voices of

1139
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: the game throughout the NFL, college basketball, college football, whatever

1140
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: the whatever it might be. And there is a most

1141
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:13,000
Speaker 1: recognizable voice on the other side of this one on Sunday,

1142
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: and that's Dave Pash. Mar van Emir sat down the

1143
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 1: men behind the Mics.

1144
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,640
Speaker 2: Dave Pash, listen joining us now on Texans Radio. It's

1145
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 2: the voice of the Arizona Cardinals, Dave Pash.

1146
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:25,480
Speaker 1: Dave, how's it going.

1147
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:27,080
Speaker 7: You're a busy man. We appreciate the.

1148
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: Time, good mark to talk to you.

1149
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:29,359
Speaker 12: Man.

1150
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:32,319
Speaker 2: Well, tell me it's a very different team, right. I've

1151
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 2: been saying, throw the record out, doesn't matter. The Cardinals

1152
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:38,200
Speaker 2: are a brand new squad with Kyler Murray back, right.

1153
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:40,360
Speaker 1: You know, I don't know.

1154
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:41,759
Speaker 12: I mean, they're certainly better.

1155
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:42,879
Speaker 3: For sure.

1156
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:46,279
Speaker 12: When you add a quarterback that is his talented as

1157
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 12: Kyler is, they're definitely better. I think with Kyler we

1158
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 12: still have to give it some time. He definitely exceeded

1159
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 12: expectations last week on a couple levels. Number One, you

1160
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:01,840
Speaker 12: just never know after a knee injury how much a

1161
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,560
Speaker 12: guy is going to be concerned with that, and he

1162
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:07,880
Speaker 12: clearly wasn't. He ran well, he ran hard, he was

1163
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:11,799
Speaker 12: very accurate, He hung in the pocket, he let it fly,

1164
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:14,400
Speaker 12: he didn't hesitate. Those are some of the things he

1165
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 12: was doing before the injury. Is a passer and all

1166
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:21,760
Speaker 12: of that stuff was not present. All all the things

1167
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:25,839
Speaker 12: that we were concerned about were not there. Now he's

1168
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 12: been hit, now, he's been in a game. Now he's

1169
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,799
Speaker 12: waking up on a Monday morning sore, how's the knee?

1170
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:32,160
Speaker 3: You know?

1171
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:34,400
Speaker 12: Whereas he when he starts looking at the film and

1172
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 12: seeing a better defense. I mean, those are all the

1173
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:40,080
Speaker 12: things that you know, we'll find out this weekend and beyond,

1174
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 12: because I think we can't evaluate Kyler it would be

1175
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 12: unfair to him and unfair to the team just on

1176
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 12: the one game, because you know, he has to be consistent.

1177
00:48:49,320 --> 00:48:52,720
Speaker 12: That's been something that has been a concern throughout his career,

1178
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,480
Speaker 12: is you know, can he do this each week? But

1179
00:48:55,600 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 12: I will say, given how hard he worked to get back,

1180
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:04,319
Speaker 12: the time that he put in to rehab, that need

1181
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:07,920
Speaker 12: to be ready I think is a great sign for

1182
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 12: where he is mentally.

1183
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:11,759
Speaker 2: Dave, every time I see the Cardinals, it seems like

1184
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:14,400
Speaker 2: they're in the game, They're in a fight. I know

1185
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:16,759
Speaker 2: the Cleveland game wasn't that way, but the rest of

1186
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:20,080
Speaker 2: them seemed like they were very competitive. How would you

1187
00:49:20,239 --> 00:49:23,839
Speaker 2: characterize the Gannon brand of football that they're trying to play.

1188
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:29,920
Speaker 12: I think the biggest thing is accountability and attention to detail,

1189
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:34,000
Speaker 12: and the coaches have modeled that. You're not seeing bad

1190
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:40,440
Speaker 12: clock management, you're not seeing reckless coaching. You're seeing teaching,

1191
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 12: You're seeing great attention.

1192
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:43,800
Speaker 1: To the little things.

1193
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:48,040
Speaker 12: You're seeing guys get cut or traded if they don't

1194
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:53,200
Speaker 12: buy in, including guys that were first round picks, including

1195
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:57,800
Speaker 12: guys that were just drafted high last year. So that

1196
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 12: rubs off on other guys. Guys like that. I think,

1197
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:05,120
Speaker 12: you know, Kyler Murray likes that. I think he wants

1198
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:07,120
Speaker 12: to be coach hard. I think he wants to be

1199
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:11,320
Speaker 12: held accountable as long as that's something that you know

1200
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:13,920
Speaker 12: he looks at and agrees with. You know, he is

1201
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 12: a guy like I think all great quarterbacks. They'll push

1202
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 12: back if they don't like something or they disagree.

1203
00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:19,720
Speaker 6: That's okay.

1204
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:22,799
Speaker 12: It's good to have back and forth. And I think

1205
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 12: you're going to see that. And again, I think with

1206
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 12: all great players, there has to be that give and take.

1207
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,320
Speaker 12: You know, Jalen Hurts you think about him in Philly.

1208
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:33,279
Speaker 12: It's not just yes, sir, go out and do it.

1209
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:35,800
Speaker 12: It's well, here's what I think, here's what i'm seeing,

1210
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:39,279
Speaker 12: and then you collaborate. That's what all great teams do.

1211
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:42,279
Speaker 12: And I think you've got that right now. You've got

1212
00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:45,520
Speaker 12: buy in from the players, You've got coaches that coach hard,

1213
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:48,279
Speaker 12: that pay attention to detail and that are going to

1214
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:52,239
Speaker 12: hold you accountable. And their leaders are asking the same thing.

1215
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:54,000
Speaker 12: And when you have that, when you have buy in,

1216
00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:55,759
Speaker 12: you're going to have good things. It doesn't mean you're

1217
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:57,920
Speaker 12: going to have a lot of wins, because clearly the

1218
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:01,279
Speaker 12: Cardinals are inferior when it comes to personnel to a

1219
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:02,280
Speaker 12: lot of teams in the league.

1220
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,439
Speaker 2: Dave Pash, voice of the Cardinals, joining us on Texans Radio.

1221
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:07,920
Speaker 2: We talked about Murray coming back. What about the return

1222
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:09,960
Speaker 2: of James Connor? What does that provide?

1223
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:10,759
Speaker 1: It's the big deal.

1224
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 8: Mark.

1225
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:13,440
Speaker 12: He's probably one of the more underrated players in my

1226
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:15,440
Speaker 12: mind in football. You know, you go back to a

1227
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 12: couple of years ago, the numbers he put up as

1228
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:20,160
Speaker 12: a runner and as a receiver. He's tough, he's physically

1229
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 12: he's a great leader, and it's big They need him.

1230
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:26,359
Speaker 12: The offensive line has played pretty well, saved that Cleveland game,

1231
00:51:26,719 --> 00:51:29,040
Speaker 12: and last week it was the line that Kyler never

1232
00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:31,320
Speaker 12: played behind before. He had a new left guard. He

1233
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:34,880
Speaker 12: had Kelvin Beachen playing left tackle for an injured DJ Humphreys.

1234
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,480
Speaker 12: Yet they're getting four or five yards of pop and

1235
00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 12: a lot of that is after contact. I think some

1236
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:41,840
Speaker 12: of it is the scheme. I think a lot of

1237
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:45,120
Speaker 12: it is the threat of Kyler, but James Connor coming back,

1238
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 12: and I think that was a big part of it too.

1239
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,600
Speaker 12: I think there was a timeline for Kyler. A lot

1240
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 12: of it had to do with him getting comfortable in

1241
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:54,640
Speaker 12: the offense that basically it was his OTAs.

1242
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:54,880
Speaker 1: It was his camp.

1243
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:57,080
Speaker 12: You know, he didn't get to go full speed learning

1244
00:51:57,120 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 12: a new offense and having James Connor out there with him.

1245
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:03,560
Speaker 12: Nothing against the other guys, but you know, James Connor

1246
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:05,200
Speaker 12: is a really, really good running back.

1247
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:07,640
Speaker 2: Dave, while we have you on, I want to ask

1248
00:52:07,719 --> 00:52:11,600
Speaker 2: you about Joshua Dobbs. What did he provide? And I

1249
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:14,600
Speaker 2: know he made you competitive and it wasn't successful in

1250
00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:17,759
Speaker 2: the one loss department, but what he's doing in Minnesota

1251
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:20,280
Speaker 2: is incredible. So what was he like to be around

1252
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:21,800
Speaker 2: and what do you make of what he's doing with

1253
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:22,799
Speaker 2: the Vikings right now?

1254
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 12: I'm really happy for him. Mark, He's such a great kid.

1255
00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:27,960
Speaker 12: Got to know him a little bit covering Tennessee games

1256
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,400
Speaker 12: when he was there, and he was always such a

1257
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 12: joy to talk to. And when the Cardinals went out

1258
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:35,360
Speaker 12: and got him right before the season started and inserted

1259
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:38,279
Speaker 12: him as the starter. He didn't know how he would play,

1260
00:52:38,480 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 12: because I think he's limited in some ways. But he's

1261
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:44,560
Speaker 12: so smart. He's such a great leader that he picks

1262
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:48,239
Speaker 12: things up quickly. Obviously as we're singing Minnesota and I

1263
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:51,120
Speaker 12: you know, his history will tell you things will even

1264
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 12: out at some point. It kind of did here with

1265
00:52:52,840 --> 00:52:56,399
Speaker 12: the Cardinals, and it's done other places. That's why he's

1266
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:58,400
Speaker 12: been traded as often as he's been a release.

1267
00:52:58,520 --> 00:52:59,440
Speaker 1: But I hope it doesn't.

1268
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:01,960
Speaker 12: I hope he keeps playing like this because he's the

1269
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 12: guy that's worked incredibly hard and has had a lot

1270
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 12: of bumps and bruises, a lot of scars, just the

1271
00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:12,319
Speaker 12: number of times he's been told, hey, you're not good enough.

1272
00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:14,200
Speaker 12: So it's great to see and I hope he keeps

1273
00:53:14,239 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 12: it up.

1274
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:16,520
Speaker 7: All right, Allow me to ask these questions.

1275
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:18,200
Speaker 2: You do a lot of college football, a lot of

1276
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 2: college sports in general, NBA, but tell me what is

1277
00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:25,120
Speaker 2: the best college football atmosphere in your opinion that you

1278
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,440
Speaker 2: really like. It could be a subjective thing. You like

1279
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:29,520
Speaker 2: it because the food is good or something. What do

1280
00:53:29,640 --> 00:53:30,640
Speaker 2: you really like, Dave?

1281
00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:31,879
Speaker 7: And college atmospheres?

1282
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:35,759
Speaker 12: Well, there are I mean, if you talk like Alabama

1283
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:39,759
Speaker 12: as good an atmosphere as any if you throw in there,

1284
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:43,080
Speaker 12: the food press box is pretty good to I mean,

1285
00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:45,839
Speaker 12: most SEC places, you can't go wrong. There's a way

1286
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:48,600
Speaker 12: that they go about doing things that is second to none.

1287
00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:51,200
Speaker 12: I know people think in ESPN we have an SEC bias,

1288
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:53,560
Speaker 12: but it is the best football. They have the best

1289
00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 12: players and the best atmospheres, and I mean there's a

1290
00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:58,520
Speaker 12: lot of great places. It takes me a while to

1291
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:02,040
Speaker 12: get through it, but I love, you know, doing the SEC.

1292
00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 12: We've been at Texas this year, We've been at Oklahoma

1293
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:08,080
Speaker 12: this year. Those places are as good as any as well.

1294
00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:11,040
Speaker 2: Have you had any close calls in getting to a

1295
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:14,080
Speaker 2: Cardinals game after doing some college football? I mean, my

1296
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:16,920
Speaker 2: buddy Andre Ware has always made the game, So what

1297
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:17,400
Speaker 2: about you.

1298
00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:20,640
Speaker 12: I did and probably had my closest one two weeks

1299
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:24,239
Speaker 12: ago that I've had in twenty years of splitting and

1300
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:26,759
Speaker 12: doing both. I've done twenty two years of Cardinals and

1301
00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:29,680
Speaker 12: this my twentieth year at ESPN, and so twenty years

1302
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:32,600
Speaker 12: of the back to backs, and we did Bedlam. It

1303
00:54:32,760 --> 00:54:35,960
Speaker 12: was a Saturday afternoon game two weeks ago in Stillwater,

1304
00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:38,399
Speaker 12: and you know it was supposed to have a flight

1305
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:41,080
Speaker 12: all set up the next morning to arrive, you know,

1306
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:45,080
Speaker 12: well before kickoff, but had an issue with the plane.

1307
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 12: One of the bathrooms was broken and it landed about

1308
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,360
Speaker 12: an hour before the game. Had some issues getting to

1309
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:53,960
Speaker 12: the game and getting into the stadium. Walked into the

1310
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:57,399
Speaker 12: booth about fifteen minutes before kickoff, but was ready to roll.

1311
00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:01,839
Speaker 12: It's stressful, man, it's not fun. But thankfully I haven't

1312
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:05,040
Speaker 12: had to miss one yet, so hopefully that'll continue.

1313
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:06,080
Speaker 1: All right.

1314
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:09,320
Speaker 2: I want to ask you the atmosphere question about NBA,

1315
00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:12,320
Speaker 2: because you've done so many NBA games.

1316
00:55:12,640 --> 00:55:15,000
Speaker 7: Who has a really great atmosphere? Give me one or

1317
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:16,279
Speaker 7: two teams that you really like.

1318
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:21,200
Speaker 12: Oklahoma City, Memphis, Portland. When you think of smaller markets,

1319
00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 12: Madison Square, Garden, Boston, you know, Crypto with the Lakers

1320
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:29,680
Speaker 12: can get really good, Phoenix can get really good. You've

1321
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:32,000
Speaker 12: got a great team. Most of the arenas are great.

1322
00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:36,239
Speaker 12: A place like Oklahoma City or Memphis or Portland, they

1323
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:38,720
Speaker 12: just love their teams and so even if those teams

1324
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:40,760
Speaker 12: are not good, they're a great place to call games.

1325
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:45,040
Speaker 7: The state of the NBA right now, where are we at?

1326
00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:46,000
Speaker 3: What do you think?

1327
00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:49,040
Speaker 12: I think it's great. I think it's in great hands.

1328
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:52,399
Speaker 12: You've got, you know, obviously the if you'd even want

1329
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:55,799
Speaker 12: to call it a generation, but the previous star group,

1330
00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:58,440
Speaker 12: the older Star group led by Lebron James and Steph

1331
00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:00,879
Speaker 12: kirk Curry, who are still, you know, the two most

1332
00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 12: popular players in the game. And then you have your

1333
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:07,960
Speaker 12: younger guys. I'm really intrigued obviously about Victor Wembin, Yama,

1334
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:10,520
Speaker 12: Chet Holmgren, some of the younger guys that are the

1335
00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:12,840
Speaker 12: future of the league. I think it's in great hands.

1336
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:15,040
Speaker 12: I think they've done a terrific job Adam Silver has

1337
00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:18,880
Speaker 12: of magnifying the regular season with the nd season tournament,

1338
00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:23,520
Speaker 12: the new emphasis on making sure and it finds if

1339
00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:25,960
Speaker 12: you don't play guys in the regular season instead of

1340
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:29,520
Speaker 12: just load managing and resting your stars. And also, you know,

1341
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:32,919
Speaker 12: I'm a voter, so it's nice to have a bar

1342
00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 12: a plumb line to go on now to be able

1343
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:39,840
Speaker 12: to vote for MVP and all those NBA teams. And

1344
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:42,520
Speaker 12: I think that's you know, there's a financial incentive for

1345
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,359
Speaker 12: guys to play a number of games. So I think

1346
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:45,839
Speaker 12: it's great.

1347
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,880
Speaker 2: Dave Pass Voys of the Cardinals with us, all right,

1348
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,720
Speaker 2: you went to Syracuse. I want to ask you the question,

1349
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:54,799
Speaker 2: give me one or two of your broadcast heroes are

1350
00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:57,160
Speaker 2: they Syracuse guys or not, because I know it goes

1351
00:56:57,239 --> 00:56:59,200
Speaker 2: back a long way with the Orange.

1352
00:56:59,600 --> 00:56:59,799
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1353
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:03,840
Speaker 12: Yeah, man. I mean I remember growing up mark in Madison, Wisconsin,

1354
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:06,480
Speaker 12: and I was a big Syracuse basketball fan. They were

1355
00:57:06,560 --> 00:57:11,759
Speaker 12: on in the late eighties, nineteen ninety and very good

1356
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:14,960
Speaker 12: obviously played for the National Championship. They kind of were

1357
00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 12: like showtime in college basketball, and at that point ESPN

1358
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:21,040
Speaker 12: didn't have the inventory they did then, so you know,

1359
00:57:21,120 --> 00:57:24,200
Speaker 12: Big Monday Syracuse was on all the time. The Big

1360
00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:27,400
Speaker 12: East was, you know, great to watch, had a ton

1361
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:30,160
Speaker 12: of star power, and I just remember listening to Dick

1362
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:32,800
Speaker 12: By Tell talk about all these guys that went to

1363
00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:35,040
Speaker 12: Syracuse and there were a lot of guys that you know,

1364
00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:37,320
Speaker 12: at the time I was watching, and I'd say two

1365
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:40,000
Speaker 12: in particular, Bob Costas and Marv Albert. Those were the

1366
00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:43,440
Speaker 12: two that really stood out. And I've been blessed have

1367
00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 12: a chance to get to know both guys. So it's

1368
00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 12: kind of crazy how it's happened. But I mean there's

1369
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:54,360
Speaker 12: obviously incredible announcers that you know, I respect that did

1370
00:57:54,440 --> 00:57:56,480
Speaker 12: not go to Syracuse, but in terms of why I

1371
00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:58,360
Speaker 12: went to school there, I would say those two guys

1372
00:57:58,400 --> 00:57:59,280
Speaker 12: are a big reason why.

1373
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:00,320
Speaker 7: Stuff.

1374
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:02,960
Speaker 2: Dave, we really appreciate the time, Thanks so much for

1375
00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:05,120
Speaker 2: joining us, and I'll see you on Sunday.

1376
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:06,439
Speaker 12: Yeah, I look forward to Mark.

1377
00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:09,320
Speaker 1: See you then, Buddy, Yes, sir, see then Dave Pash

1378
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:14,720
Speaker 1: On Sunday. Kickoff is at noon local time, eleven o'clock

1379
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 1: out in Arizona. If you live out in Arizona and

1380
00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:20,200
Speaker 1: love the Texans, or you live out in Arizona still

1381
00:58:20,200 --> 00:58:21,680
Speaker 1: want to listen to us because you don't like day

1382
00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:23,440
Speaker 1: for some reason, which I think would be weird. But

1383
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:27,200
Speaker 1: that said, kickoff nude right here at Energy Stadium. So

1384
00:58:27,520 --> 00:58:32,000
Speaker 1: get in the stands, get your tailgate in, and then

1385
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,600
Speaker 1: go get fired up to beat the Cardinals on Sunday.

1386
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:38,080
Speaker 1: Coming up next, Drew Dorty and I went in the

1387
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:40,440
Speaker 1: lab and it always gets a little wacky, but we

1388
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:43,160
Speaker 1: do talk about some good football stuff. We geek out,

1389
00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:44,800
Speaker 1: we nerd out. We do that next right here on

1390
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:49,280
Speaker 1: Texans All Access. Yes, sir, it's time to go into

1391
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 1: lab with my man Drew Doherty. Welcome back to Texas

1392
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:54,640
Speaker 1: All Access. I'm your host John Harris Football and on

1393
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:59,120
Speaker 1: the Sideline Reporter, and it's time to nerd out, geek

1394
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:03,280
Speaker 1: out and then talk about an acronym that doesn't sound

1395
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:07,560
Speaker 1: kind of great. But if you say, what if I

1396
00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:14,120
Speaker 1: told you why? I mean, like, I get it, but

1397
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:18,560
Speaker 1: that's just just know that's what it means. What if

1398
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:23,720
Speaker 1: I told you addition of in the lab Drew take

1399
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:24,040
Speaker 1: it away.

1400
00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:28,360
Speaker 11: What if I told you Sunday morning before kickoff that

1401
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:31,320
Speaker 11: I'd looked into a crystal ball and I saw what

1402
00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:35,320
Speaker 11: was going to happen. What if I told you these things, John,

1403
00:59:35,720 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 11: Texans defense is gonna well, Texans are gonna kick off

1404
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:42,720
Speaker 11: and the defense on the first drive is gonna give

1405
00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:47,000
Speaker 11: up a ten play, seventy five yard possession that results

1406
00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:50,360
Speaker 11: in a touchdown pass from Joe Burrow. What if I

1407
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:52,400
Speaker 11: told you Burrow on the day was going to go

1408
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:55,800
Speaker 11: twenty seven of forty for three hundred and forty seven

1409
00:59:55,880 --> 01:00:00,160
Speaker 11: yards and two touchdowns total. What if I said, and

1410
01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:03,480
Speaker 11: what if I told you the Texans were gonna have

1411
01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:10,040
Speaker 11: or allow two different one hundred yard receivers from the Bengals.

1412
01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:13,120
Speaker 11: What if I told you that the Texans offense was

1413
01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:17,000
Speaker 11: going to go four of thirteen on third down and

1414
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:19,360
Speaker 11: maybe the biggest thing of all, John, what if I

1415
01:00:19,480 --> 01:00:21,760
Speaker 11: told you the Texans were going to turn the ball

1416
01:00:21,840 --> 01:00:26,440
Speaker 11: over three times three John? If I told you all

1417
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:29,160
Speaker 11: those things, you think they're leaving Cincinnati with a win.

1418
01:00:32,440 --> 01:00:35,320
Speaker 1: What if I told you, Drew, let's let me flip this.

1419
01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:39,440
Speaker 1: What if I told you Noah Brown would go for

1420
01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:42,440
Speaker 1: another one hundred and fifty plus yard game, becoming the

1421
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:45,280
Speaker 1: third receiver in Texas history to do that in back

1422
01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:49,200
Speaker 1: to back games, DeAndre Hopkins and Andre Johnson the others. Okay,

1423
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 1: what if I told you that Motor was gonna average

1424
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:55,120
Speaker 1: five yards to carry on thirty carries other than Map

1425
01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:58,120
Speaker 1: that's one hundred and fifty rushing yards. And what if

1426
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:01,320
Speaker 1: I told you that CJ the only sack he would

1427
01:01:01,320 --> 01:01:03,200
Speaker 1: take would be for zero yard So I don't even

1428
01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:06,000
Speaker 1: know how that call qualifies for a sack, And they

1429
01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:08,400
Speaker 1: would only give up four quarterback hits on him, and

1430
01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:11,760
Speaker 1: there would only be one tackle for a loss for

1431
01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 1: the Bengals, and Matdad Mandola would make all of his

1432
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:19,640
Speaker 1: fuel goals and extra points. What would you have told me,

1433
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:21,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna answer a whitey with the whitey.

1434
01:01:22,080 --> 01:01:29,400
Speaker 11: And Sheldon Rankins would brust fuls up and get three sacks.

1435
01:01:30,240 --> 01:01:32,880
Speaker 11: I mean they punished Joe Burrow. Joe Burrow got his,

1436
01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:37,000
Speaker 11: but Joe Burrow got some from the Texans. My goodness,

1437
01:01:37,080 --> 01:01:38,960
Speaker 11: they got after him. I mean it seems like he

1438
01:01:39,040 --> 01:01:42,680
Speaker 11: was enveloped about five or six different times on Sunday.

1439
01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:47,520
Speaker 1: Yep. Absolutely. And you talk about Sheldon Rankins, that's funny.

1440
01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:50,240
Speaker 1: I just saw it tweeted a little while ago from

1441
01:01:50,520 --> 01:01:53,920
Speaker 1: John Grenard, and he just had a bunch of emojis

1442
01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:58,200
Speaker 1: like the I guess the you know this one and

1443
01:01:58,280 --> 01:02:01,800
Speaker 1: then some crying laughing at he said, and I quote

1444
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:04,480
Speaker 1: this the rank I seen when I first got to

1445
01:02:04,560 --> 01:02:07,720
Speaker 1: the villain said, yeah, he going first round. Sheldon Rankins,

1446
01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:09,960
Speaker 1: uh grated out one of the best in the league,

1447
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:14,640
Speaker 1: second in the NFL. Really pdff whatever. He had nine pressures,

1448
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:16,360
Speaker 1: she was all over the place, and he had three sacks.

1449
01:02:16,360 --> 01:02:18,320
Speaker 1: I mean he had another couple that could have been sacks.

1450
01:02:18,600 --> 01:02:20,560
Speaker 1: There was one I think he ended up kind of

1451
01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:22,480
Speaker 1: grabbing on a Burrow and then the leak helped him

1452
01:02:22,520 --> 01:02:24,840
Speaker 1: and they were like a half yard beyond the line

1453
01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:27,240
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. So you don't get a sack. So selon

1454
01:02:27,320 --> 01:02:30,280
Speaker 1: Rankins to me after not playing a couple of weeks,

1455
01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:34,120
Speaker 1: I mean, and not having Ridgeway, I worried about that

1456
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:37,360
Speaker 1: a little bit. But the way that he and Malie

1457
01:02:37,440 --> 01:02:41,040
Speaker 1: Collins went against Cardell Vohlson, Ted Carris and Alex Kappa,

1458
01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:43,480
Speaker 1: I mean, it was it was a beatdown.

1459
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:45,640
Speaker 8: It was you and you heard.

1460
01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:48,600
Speaker 11: You heard that interview I did with Sheldon in the

1461
01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:51,480
Speaker 11: locker room afterwards, and he said, you know, I've seen

1462
01:02:51,560 --> 01:02:54,120
Speaker 11: Kappa before and I know what to do against Kapa.

1463
01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:55,600
Speaker 8: They they battled over the years.

1464
01:02:56,520 --> 01:03:00,920
Speaker 11: And he also said this front versus their offensive front

1465
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:04,760
Speaker 11: was very it's a very advantageous matchup for the Texans.

1466
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:07,720
Speaker 8: And yeah, it all came together.

1467
01:03:07,840 --> 01:03:10,920
Speaker 11: And you know, another time won to sack didn't bring

1468
01:03:11,000 --> 01:03:13,840
Speaker 11: Burrow to the ground, but as Burrow was releasing the ball,

1469
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:17,120
Speaker 11: Sheldon was in his face and Burrow got picked off

1470
01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:20,200
Speaker 11: in the end zone right there by in the fourth quarter.

1471
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:23,040
Speaker 11: That was fun, just a fun, fun get. It's always fun.

1472
01:03:23,080 --> 01:03:26,080
Speaker 11: I've always had fun in Cincinnati. It's only been awesome.

1473
01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:31,600
Speaker 11: It really has only been awesome nine eleven, fifteen, seventeen,

1474
01:03:31,720 --> 01:03:35,840
Speaker 11: and now in twenty three. Just so much fun when

1475
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:40,520
Speaker 11: we go there because they've The Bengals are always prohibitive favorites.

1476
01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:44,400
Speaker 11: There's always something kind of big working against the Texans

1477
01:03:44,440 --> 01:03:46,280
Speaker 11: to a degree. You know, this time, we were so

1478
01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:49,520
Speaker 11: many guys on the injured reserve. I mean seventeen, it

1479
01:03:49,640 --> 01:03:53,160
Speaker 11: was Deshaun Watson's first start, fifteen. You were going in

1480
01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:55,360
Speaker 11: there and they were undefeated. Texans were just three and

1481
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:58,800
Speaker 11: five eleven. You have TJ Yats oh nine, they were.

1482
01:03:59,120 --> 01:04:00,880
Speaker 11: People don't remember that one because it was so long ago,

1483
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:03,640
Speaker 11: but I think we're coming off of like a loss

1484
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:06,240
Speaker 11: and they were under five hundred and Bengals were a

1485
01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:08,200
Speaker 11: few games above. It was earlier in the season, but

1486
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:10,480
Speaker 11: just so much fun to go to Cincinnati and I

1487
01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:12,800
Speaker 11: also get to see my good buddy Brian Geese and slot.

1488
01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:15,760
Speaker 11: So yes, let's close that book on the Bengals. Let's

1489
01:04:15,800 --> 01:04:18,520
Speaker 11: look ahead to the Cardinals, not a typical two and

1490
01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:21,160
Speaker 11: eight team, because they got a you know, an injection

1491
01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:24,760
Speaker 11: of life back into them with Texas high school legend

1492
01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:27,280
Speaker 11: Kyler Murray maybe the greatest high school player in the

1493
01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:28,120
Speaker 11: history of the state.

1494
01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:30,000
Speaker 8: Yeah, certainly, he certainly has the.

1495
01:04:30,040 --> 01:04:33,120
Speaker 11: Argument, but he's back. They look pretty good against the Falcons,

1496
01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:35,640
Speaker 11: who are having their troubles and their struggles. So with

1497
01:04:35,720 --> 01:04:38,680
Speaker 11: all that in mind, the cream of the cropper on

1498
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:41,400
Speaker 11: Monday morning or Sunday afternoon, after the game is over,

1499
01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:42,200
Speaker 11: you think it's gonna be.

1500
01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:44,280
Speaker 6: Who the cream of the crop?

1501
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:45,880
Speaker 1: Well, and we can't.

1502
01:04:46,200 --> 01:04:47,080
Speaker 8: We can't choose CJ.

1503
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:47,520
Speaker 7: Stroud.

1504
01:04:48,560 --> 01:04:51,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, exactly. I'm gonna give you one that the

1505
01:04:51,400 --> 01:04:54,560
Speaker 1: last few weeks uh have been interesting, I'll put it

1506
01:04:54,640 --> 01:04:56,960
Speaker 1: that way. But I feel like he's going to play

1507
01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:59,640
Speaker 1: a massive role in this game because of the man

1508
01:04:59,680 --> 01:05:05,240
Speaker 1: you just mentioned, Kyler Murray, and that's gonna be Christian Harris. Now,

1509
01:05:05,920 --> 01:05:08,880
Speaker 1: the expectation level before Christian going into the season was

1510
01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:13,360
Speaker 1: sky high, sky high. I think everybody you know Demiko

1511
01:05:13,480 --> 01:05:15,920
Speaker 1: rans is you know from a linebacker. You know the

1512
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:18,280
Speaker 1: story about Demko. Oh yeah, Christian Harris canna be that guy.

1513
01:05:18,280 --> 01:05:21,800
Speaker 1: And I think early on Christian struggled with some things.

1514
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:24,640
Speaker 1: But I feel like the last couple of weeks he

1515
01:05:24,760 --> 01:05:26,640
Speaker 1: started to work some of those things out.

1516
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:30,040
Speaker 11: And risky, man, he has been frisky.

1517
01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:32,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I felt like there were some things, you know,

1518
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:34,560
Speaker 1: there was there was a third down play where he

1519
01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:36,400
Speaker 1: was in coverage on Tanner Hudson, man and man and

1520
01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:38,880
Speaker 1: Hudson and killing us and he ran with him all

1521
01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:42,480
Speaker 1: the way, forcing the incompletion out of bounds. He was

1522
01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:45,040
Speaker 1: just around the football. He tangled with Joe Mixon one

1523
01:05:45,080 --> 01:05:47,680
Speaker 1: time over by me on the sidelines and mixing got

1524
01:05:47,800 --> 01:05:51,320
Speaker 1: up all you know, you know, all huffy and such,

1525
01:05:51,440 --> 01:05:54,400
Speaker 1: and Christian was just like man, sit down. He ended

1526
01:05:54,480 --> 01:05:56,720
Speaker 1: up with five tackles and it was just running to

1527
01:05:56,720 --> 01:06:00,960
Speaker 1: the football, was just hitting people. Butler Murray's different. And oh,

1528
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:03,120
Speaker 1: here's the other thing about Christian Harris. When Tyler Boy

1529
01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:05,120
Speaker 1: cut that ball right before the two minute warning and

1530
01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:07,280
Speaker 1: took off down the end zone, towards the end zone,

1531
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:09,880
Speaker 1: DC ran him down or had an angle on him. Basically,

1532
01:06:10,560 --> 01:06:13,200
Speaker 1: if DHC doesn't make that tackle, Christian Harris is going

1533
01:06:13,240 --> 01:06:16,320
Speaker 1: to get awfully, awfully close chasing him. That's how fast

1534
01:06:16,440 --> 01:06:19,800
Speaker 1: Christian Harris was running to chase him down. So there's that. Now,

1535
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:24,480
Speaker 1: it's Kyler Murray the biggest the biggest issue for the

1536
01:06:24,560 --> 01:06:28,000
Speaker 1: Cardinals offense. Yes, James Connors running hard, so again that's

1537
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:29,520
Speaker 1: gonna be something Christian Harris is gonna have to do.

1538
01:06:31,840 --> 01:06:33,520
Speaker 8: Getting better than five yards of carry this year.

1539
01:06:35,680 --> 01:06:38,720
Speaker 1: They got to slow down Connor, but they got to

1540
01:06:38,800 --> 01:06:40,959
Speaker 1: track Kyler Murray, they got to spy on Kyler Murray,

1541
01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:43,040
Speaker 1: they've got to hit Kyler Murray, and they've got to

1542
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:46,440
Speaker 1: tackle and finish on Kyler Murray. And I put a

1543
01:06:46,480 --> 01:06:48,960
Speaker 1: lot of that on Christian Harris. And I don't know

1544
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:51,560
Speaker 1: what the linebacker situation will be. We know Denzel Perriman

1545
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:55,360
Speaker 1: is going to be suspended for three games, so you

1546
01:06:55,480 --> 01:06:57,360
Speaker 1: hope to have Henry toe a toe back, but you

1547
01:06:57,440 --> 01:06:59,960
Speaker 1: might have to go with Cash and Christian and that's

1548
01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:03,080
Speaker 1: the two you have. And Cash has got that speed too,

1549
01:07:03,160 --> 01:07:05,080
Speaker 1: but he's gonna be asked to do different things. Christian's

1550
01:07:05,080 --> 01:07:08,160
Speaker 1: gonna be asked to do different things at either linebacker spot.

1551
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:10,720
Speaker 1: So for the Texans walk out here feeling good about

1552
01:07:10,760 --> 01:07:12,720
Speaker 1: a win, I feel like Christian Harris is gonna have

1553
01:07:12,800 --> 01:07:15,720
Speaker 1: to be that guy that ends up making a ton

1554
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:18,160
Speaker 1: of plays on Kyler Murray and James Connor. So I'm

1555
01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:21,280
Speaker 1: putting the linebackers in focus, but I'm going cashing me

1556
01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 1: for so I'm gonna go Christian Harris for this one.

1557
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:25,160
Speaker 1: But he's played much better in the last couple of weeks.

1558
01:07:25,600 --> 01:07:27,520
Speaker 1: You could see he's kind of more of himself against

1559
01:07:27,520 --> 01:07:29,400
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay you can see even more of that against

1560
01:07:29,440 --> 01:07:31,840
Speaker 1: the Bengals. So I'm pretty happy with him the last

1561
01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:33,920
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. I hope Christian he's gonna rise up

1562
01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:36,280
Speaker 1: and play well now he's got some confidence playing against

1563
01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:37,800
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and his Cardinals offense.

1564
01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:39,840
Speaker 8: Good choice, Okay, we could give this.

1565
01:07:40,200 --> 01:07:42,120
Speaker 11: We give this cream of the croppo a word probably

1566
01:07:42,200 --> 01:07:45,200
Speaker 11: to him every single week. You don't see it because

1567
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:47,440
Speaker 11: of the position he plays stats wise, but he's very,

1568
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:49,840
Speaker 11: very important in this defense. I'm gonna go to the

1569
01:07:49,880 --> 01:07:54,080
Speaker 11: guy next to Sheldon Rankins, Malik Collins. Yes, Now, the

1570
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:57,200
Speaker 11: Leak works out in the offseason in Scottsdale, has his

1571
01:07:57,320 --> 01:07:59,360
Speaker 11: boxing gym, which I've talked about a lot. You know,

1572
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:03,760
Speaker 11: I seen it the Parkinson's Boxing Gyms, Twelfth Round Fit.

1573
01:08:03,880 --> 01:08:06,080
Speaker 11: He and trainer Marty Barrett have that going. But I

1574
01:08:06,160 --> 01:08:08,480
Speaker 11: think Malik is going to have a big day and

1575
01:08:08,520 --> 01:08:09,800
Speaker 11: I think he's going to show up on the stat

1576
01:08:09,800 --> 01:08:12,200
Speaker 11: sheet as well. He showed up on Sunday against the Bengals.

1577
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:14,400
Speaker 11: He was he was a pain in the ass for

1578
01:08:14,680 --> 01:08:16,880
Speaker 11: for the Bengals up front. I think it's gonna be

1579
01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:20,200
Speaker 11: the same today this Sunday. He's played well against the

1580
01:08:20,240 --> 01:08:22,840
Speaker 11: Cardinals with the Texans in the past, and I think

1581
01:08:22,960 --> 01:08:27,160
Speaker 11: more of that is happening this Sunday when the Texans

1582
01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:31,080
Speaker 11: are in their metal red helmets.

1583
01:08:31,360 --> 01:08:35,639
Speaker 8: And Color Rush jerseys. That's a first. So that's gonna

1584
01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:37,800
Speaker 8: be a fact. Oh yeah, I think they're gonna look good.

1585
01:08:38,680 --> 01:08:42,479
Speaker 1: That's the combination I think that I've heard the most

1586
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:45,880
Speaker 1: of people love. They love the red helmets, people love

1587
01:08:46,880 --> 01:08:50,080
Speaker 1: love about the Color Rush jerseys. The blue jerseys with

1588
01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:53,400
Speaker 1: the red numerals. That is going to look so sharp.

1589
01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:56,400
Speaker 1: I mean, I think I'm more excited about that than

1590
01:08:56,439 --> 01:09:02,280
Speaker 1: what you said about Malie Collins. Kid Leak has been incredible.

1591
01:09:02,360 --> 01:09:04,559
Speaker 1: I mean he was incredible the other day. He took

1592
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:06,760
Speaker 1: Cordel Volson and just took him to school. On the

1593
01:09:06,800 --> 01:09:08,840
Speaker 1: second drive of the game, like all three plays, those

1594
01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:11,200
Speaker 1: three plays were all a result in Leek Collins and

1595
01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:13,440
Speaker 1: then Sheldon Rankins took it from there. Man, it's unbelievable.

1596
01:09:14,120 --> 01:09:17,240
Speaker 11: Sheldon Rankins, Malik Collins, two of the baddest men in

1597
01:09:17,400 --> 01:09:21,360
Speaker 11: the valley. That that was such a fun game. I mean,

1598
01:09:22,280 --> 01:09:24,400
Speaker 11: my goodness, being now there on the sideline, I basically

1599
01:09:25,280 --> 01:09:26,840
Speaker 11: for those that don't know, I'm in the press box.

1600
01:09:26,920 --> 01:09:28,320
Speaker 11: Most of the game. You're on the sideline the whole

1601
01:09:28,320 --> 01:09:28,840
Speaker 11: game doing.

1602
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:29,439
Speaker 8: The radio stuff.

1603
01:09:29,760 --> 01:09:32,320
Speaker 11: I come down when it's like about nine minutes to

1604
01:09:32,360 --> 01:09:34,040
Speaker 11: go up in the press box, I head down and

1605
01:09:34,160 --> 01:09:37,080
Speaker 11: so I got down there probably around the five minute mark.

1606
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:40,080
Speaker 11: When I stepped on the field. That's when Denzel hit

1607
01:09:40,280 --> 01:09:43,080
Speaker 11: Jamar Chase. That's when that happened. So whatever that was,

1608
01:09:43,280 --> 01:09:46,360
Speaker 11: time wise, and then I kind of curl around, plopped

1609
01:09:46,439 --> 01:09:49,400
Speaker 11: down on that sideline by the end zone, and I

1610
01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:52,080
Speaker 11: think I kind of had won Mississippi two Mississippi and

1611
01:09:52,080 --> 01:09:55,040
Speaker 11: I looked at my right bamm Shack Griffin gets to

1612
01:09:55,120 --> 01:09:58,400
Speaker 11: pick and I in my mind, I'm like, well, this

1613
01:09:58,560 --> 01:09:59,320
Speaker 11: game's over.

1614
01:10:00,120 --> 01:10:00,320
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1615
01:10:00,520 --> 01:10:04,240
Speaker 11: Then it just went haywire in Bonanas. Yeah, it was

1616
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:07,120
Speaker 11: a fun time in Cincinnati, all right. Twitter Question of

1617
01:10:07,160 --> 01:10:11,759
Speaker 11: the Day John Harris, Okay, of the next four games

1618
01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:17,600
Speaker 11: in which, well, the Texans shine the brightest.

1619
01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:19,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna make this really simple, and I'm gonna be

1620
01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:24,080
Speaker 1: a football hardo the next one, how come because it's

1621
01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:24,720
Speaker 1: the next one?

1622
01:10:25,360 --> 01:10:26,839
Speaker 8: No, why are they going to shine the brightest?

1623
01:10:27,320 --> 01:10:30,760
Speaker 1: Well, because it's the next one. Because I feel like

1624
01:10:30,840 --> 01:10:33,600
Speaker 1: this team is starting to kind of realize what it

1625
01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:37,200
Speaker 1: is and what it can be and what it can do.

1626
01:10:38,439 --> 01:10:40,719
Speaker 1: And the next one on the schedules arios on the Cardinals,

1627
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:43,759
Speaker 1: and then after that and here's the thing to realize,

1628
01:10:43,800 --> 01:10:47,320
Speaker 1: and this is absolutely crazy to think about, but if

1629
01:10:47,320 --> 01:10:49,360
Speaker 1: the Texans win this game against the Cardinals, no matter

1630
01:10:49,439 --> 01:10:52,320
Speaker 1: what happens with the Titans Jags, no matter what, if

1631
01:10:52,360 --> 01:10:59,479
Speaker 1: they beat the Cardinals Sunday November twenty seventh, my math

1632
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:03,280
Speaker 1: is correct something whatever the following Sunday is for the

1633
01:11:03,360 --> 01:11:07,000
Speaker 1: AFC South lead at home against Jacksonville Jaguars. Now that

1634
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:09,240
Speaker 1: is a what if I told you? Yeah, I mean,

1635
01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:10,920
Speaker 1: what if I had told you that back in August?

1636
01:11:11,560 --> 01:11:14,080
Speaker 1: I mean, people would have thought I was absolutely crazy.

1637
01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:16,439
Speaker 1: But that's what we're sitting on right now. So gotta

1638
01:11:16,479 --> 01:11:21,200
Speaker 1: take care of business against Arizona so that you can

1639
01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:25,200
Speaker 1: make that game matter the Sunday after Thanksgiving, which I

1640
01:11:25,320 --> 01:11:28,880
Speaker 1: believe is the twenty seventh. But all of a sudden,

1641
01:11:28,960 --> 01:11:31,800
Speaker 1: my math is just so off. I can't do the math.

1642
01:11:31,880 --> 01:11:35,960
Speaker 1: But I think that's right. Twenty sixth, Yeah, twenty six

1643
01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:37,800
Speaker 1: because we played on the twelfth play in nineteenth to

1644
01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:40,400
Speaker 1: twenty sixth, So there we go. The twenty sixth is

1645
01:11:40,439 --> 01:11:42,800
Speaker 1: that day when we play Jacksonville. But that game will

1646
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:44,680
Speaker 1: gonna matter if you get upset by two and eight

1647
01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:48,639
Speaker 1: football team that is good, is feisty, it's physical, all

1648
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:50,840
Speaker 1: those kind of things, but it's not better than you.

1649
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:56,360
Speaker 1: So gotta take care a bigness. On Sunday at Nude,

1650
01:11:56,400 --> 01:12:00,639
Speaker 1: speaking of business, way back in the day, our next

1651
01:12:00,880 --> 01:12:04,120
Speaker 1: guest used to be in my business. In fact, he

1652
01:12:04,600 --> 01:12:06,920
Speaker 1: was an intern of mine of ours at a former

1653
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:11,000
Speaker 1: radio station. Cameron Cox covers the Cardinals for News twelve

1654
01:12:11,080 --> 01:12:15,120
Speaker 1: and Phoenix joins us next right here on Texans All Access,

1655
01:12:16,040 --> 01:12:18,679
Speaker 1: we have one final second this Wednesday edition of Texans

1656
01:12:18,760 --> 01:12:21,680
Speaker 1: All Access. I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst, a

1657
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:25,200
Speaker 1: sideline reporter for your Houston Texans, and this one it

1658
01:12:25,320 --> 01:12:28,000
Speaker 1: kind of tugs at the heartstrings a little bit, because, well,

1659
01:12:28,040 --> 01:12:30,479
Speaker 1: you just heard me and Drew. But Drew's gonna stop

1660
01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:33,160
Speaker 1: back by with a guy that I've known for actually

1661
01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:34,640
Speaker 1: a long time. In fact, I knew him as a

1662
01:12:34,760 --> 01:12:37,680
Speaker 1: as a young buck here in Houston. Was intern for

1663
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:41,080
Speaker 1: me and our radio station way way back in the day.

1664
01:12:41,320 --> 01:12:45,959
Speaker 1: And now he's Channel twelve News right there in Phoenix, Arizona.

1665
01:12:45,960 --> 01:12:48,840
Speaker 1: It's Cameron Cox. So let's go behind amy sidelines with

1666
01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:51,960
Speaker 1: Drew Doherty and my former intern Cameron Cox.

1667
01:12:52,320 --> 01:12:54,720
Speaker 11: Time to go behind enemy sidelines. And this is a

1668
01:12:54,800 --> 01:12:57,720
Speaker 11: special one because the Texans are playing the Cardinals and

1669
01:12:57,840 --> 01:13:01,639
Speaker 11: we have Some might think a double because Cameron Cox

1670
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:04,320
Speaker 11: is a sports anchor at twelve News in Phoenix, but

1671
01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:07,360
Speaker 11: he's from a Taska, Sita originally, which is just north

1672
01:13:07,400 --> 01:13:10,439
Speaker 11: of Houston. If you don't know Htown geography, Cameron, it's

1673
01:13:10,479 --> 01:13:13,000
Speaker 11: good to be with you. First and foremost. Tell us

1674
01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:16,439
Speaker 11: your connection to the Texans. Tell us your thorough connection

1675
01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:17,679
Speaker 11: to the Arizona Cardinals.

1676
01:13:18,280 --> 01:13:20,960
Speaker 6: Well, the connections to the Texans is Houston is home.

1677
01:13:21,360 --> 01:13:25,280
Speaker 6: Htown is my city, first and foremost. We grew up

1678
01:13:25,439 --> 01:13:27,760
Speaker 6: my parents grew up going to the Dome watching the

1679
01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:31,080
Speaker 6: Oilers or heartbroken when they left never found another team,

1680
01:13:31,360 --> 01:13:33,760
Speaker 6: And then when the Texans came along, I didn't miss

1681
01:13:33,800 --> 01:13:37,120
Speaker 6: a home game until I went off to college, and

1682
01:13:37,240 --> 01:13:39,479
Speaker 6: even then tried to come back as much as possible,

1683
01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:42,200
Speaker 6: always enjoy coming back. My mom is still a season

1684
01:13:42,280 --> 01:13:45,400
Speaker 6: ticket holder there through all the down times, no matter what,

1685
01:13:45,640 --> 01:13:48,160
Speaker 6: no matter how mad she got, she never ever wavered

1686
01:13:48,200 --> 01:13:50,200
Speaker 6: in her faith to the Texans, and so it's been

1687
01:13:50,280 --> 01:13:53,679
Speaker 6: really cool to still have that connection to the team.

1688
01:13:53,760 --> 01:13:55,599
Speaker 6: We used to take my grandparents to the game before

1689
01:13:55,640 --> 01:13:58,160
Speaker 6: they passed away. Just have great memories walking from the

1690
01:13:58,240 --> 01:14:00,680
Speaker 6: yellow lot all the way up to the upper deck.

1691
01:14:00,760 --> 01:14:04,400
Speaker 6: And so it's that's home. That's home. Washington, Texans is home.

1692
01:14:04,479 --> 01:14:06,280
Speaker 6: It's always been home. And so it's cool to see

1693
01:14:06,320 --> 01:14:08,679
Speaker 6: them kind of rejuvenate that city because when that building

1694
01:14:08,760 --> 01:14:11,040
Speaker 6: is rocking, there's just nothing like it in ahe town.

1695
01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:13,160
Speaker 6: It's always cool to see. And then, yeah, I grew

1696
01:14:13,280 --> 01:14:15,000
Speaker 6: up and I was born in sugar Land with the

1697
01:14:15,080 --> 01:14:17,480
Speaker 6: Taskea see the high school once they built it, graduated

1698
01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:19,439
Speaker 6: from there and now been out in Phoenix for the

1699
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:21,320
Speaker 6: last ten years, and so this has kind of been

1700
01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:23,679
Speaker 6: my second home, home, away from home and away. Yeah,

1701
01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:26,719
Speaker 6: we cover the Cardinals, you know, religiously out here. Post

1702
01:14:26,760 --> 01:14:28,880
Speaker 6: the Cardinals show up to Sunday Night football. We're with

1703
01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:31,120
Speaker 6: them every day this week. In fact, the coordinators are

1704
01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:32,840
Speaker 6: going to talk a little bit later on today and

1705
01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:34,800
Speaker 6: so kind of like you guys are full go with

1706
01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:37,120
Speaker 6: the Texans now when the Cardinals are rocking, it's the

1707
01:14:37,160 --> 01:14:39,680
Speaker 6: same thing here. And now that Kyler Murray's back, it

1708
01:14:39,840 --> 01:14:42,240
Speaker 6: just kind of rejuvenates this city in a way that

1709
01:14:42,720 --> 01:14:43,360
Speaker 6: was much needed.

1710
01:14:43,439 --> 01:14:44,760
Speaker 8: Right, And let's start right there.

1711
01:14:44,840 --> 01:14:46,680
Speaker 11: I mean, you look at the record on paper and

1712
01:14:46,760 --> 01:14:49,519
Speaker 11: you know nothing else, you zoom in, it's like, wow, Wow,

1713
01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:51,960
Speaker 11: this is an easy win. Cardinals are two and eight,

1714
01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:54,559
Speaker 11: they're not any good. Well, they're coming off their second win.

1715
01:14:55,080 --> 01:14:58,280
Speaker 11: And like you said, Murray's back and that was just

1716
01:14:58,439 --> 01:15:01,080
Speaker 11: a shot of adrenaline for that franchise, wasn't it.

1717
01:15:01,240 --> 01:15:03,800
Speaker 6: Yeah, they needed it incredibly bad, Drew. It's just been

1718
01:15:03,880 --> 01:15:05,800
Speaker 6: such a tough year. They almost felt like a team

1719
01:15:06,160 --> 01:15:08,679
Speaker 6: that was just waiting for their quarterback to get back,

1720
01:15:08,760 --> 01:15:11,320
Speaker 6: waiting for things to kind of look somewhat normal. Ass

1721
01:15:11,400 --> 01:15:14,000
Speaker 6: Murray after the game, did that feel normal? And he said,

1722
01:15:14,160 --> 01:15:16,840
Speaker 6: without a doubt, everything felt fine and it felt great.

1723
01:15:17,040 --> 01:15:19,320
Speaker 6: And even though this is a new regime and it's

1724
01:15:19,360 --> 01:15:23,120
Speaker 6: a massive turnover for the Cardinals from front office, from

1725
01:15:23,160 --> 01:15:26,040
Speaker 6: people behind the scenes, obviously a new coach, new GM,

1726
01:15:26,320 --> 01:15:28,799
Speaker 6: this is really a new culture way for the Cardinals.

1727
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:30,880
Speaker 6: And they spent a lot of the offseason doing kind

1728
01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:34,320
Speaker 6: of what Demico did, just re establishing things that work,

1729
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:37,680
Speaker 6: investing back in people, kind of you know, figuring out

1730
01:15:37,680 --> 01:15:40,360
Speaker 6: a way to have that tight locker room. It's kind

1731
01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:42,320
Speaker 6: of worked so far, but then when the product got

1732
01:15:42,400 --> 01:15:44,919
Speaker 6: on the field and you didn't have a starting quarterback

1733
01:15:45,000 --> 01:15:47,280
Speaker 6: and you moved on from Colt McCoy in training camp,

1734
01:15:47,520 --> 01:15:49,800
Speaker 6: then you brought in Josh Dobbs because a rookie fifth

1735
01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:52,680
Speaker 6: round pick out of Houston. Clayton Tune wasn't ready. It

1736
01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:56,120
Speaker 6: was just gonna be this kind of survival mode until

1737
01:15:56,240 --> 01:15:58,920
Speaker 6: Kyler got back and they were just waiting and waiting,

1738
01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:00,840
Speaker 6: and then they had one of the worst offensive games

1739
01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:04,160
Speaker 6: in team history in Cleveland. Like I'm talking top two

1740
01:16:04,439 --> 01:16:07,439
Speaker 6: ever in this franchise that goes back almost one hundred years, right,

1741
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:09,800
Speaker 6: And so then Kyler comes back and all of a

1742
01:16:09,800 --> 01:16:12,400
Speaker 6: sudden you start to see that magic once again. And

1743
01:16:12,479 --> 01:16:14,599
Speaker 6: then for him to lead them on a game winning drive,

1744
01:16:14,680 --> 01:16:17,160
Speaker 6: it was like, Okay, this is the quarterback that was

1745
01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:20,120
Speaker 6: in the MVP conversation two years ago. This is what

1746
01:16:20,320 --> 01:16:22,880
Speaker 6: this offense can look like now that kind of all

1747
01:16:22,960 --> 01:16:25,960
Speaker 6: the weapons are in place. And the biggest thing that

1748
01:16:26,040 --> 01:16:28,240
Speaker 6: I saw is just the smiles. And you know that

1749
01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:30,800
Speaker 6: when a team starts winning again, you start to see

1750
01:16:30,800 --> 01:16:33,560
Speaker 6: the reaction from people and the belief in people, and

1751
01:16:33,640 --> 01:16:36,960
Speaker 6: when teams start to believe that the expectation wasn't there yet,

1752
01:16:37,439 --> 01:16:39,920
Speaker 6: anything could happen. That's what happened with the Texans right now.

1753
01:16:40,080 --> 01:16:43,160
Speaker 6: They're believing in what Demico's throwing down that's the best thing.

1754
01:16:43,479 --> 01:16:45,880
Speaker 6: And now that Kyler's back, you're just seeing that. Believe.

1755
01:16:46,120 --> 01:16:48,479
Speaker 6: I'm really interested to see what type of team we

1756
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:49,960
Speaker 6: see on Sunday against the Texas.

1757
01:16:50,439 --> 01:16:53,000
Speaker 11: Yeah. You know, you look at the box score from

1758
01:16:53,040 --> 01:16:55,560
Speaker 11: that Cardinals game last weekend and you see some explosion

1759
01:16:55,760 --> 01:16:58,000
Speaker 11: that I don't know if it's been there this earlier

1760
01:16:58,000 --> 01:17:00,479
Speaker 11: in the season, but it was clearly there. On Sunday,

1761
01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:02,680
Speaker 11: you get Trey McBride with a thirty three yarder and

1762
01:17:02,680 --> 01:17:04,799
Speaker 11: another twenty eight yarder, and then you mix in Marquise

1763
01:17:04,880 --> 01:17:07,920
Speaker 11: Brown with a twenty eight yarder. Michael Wilson, a rookie

1764
01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:10,000
Speaker 11: out of Stanford. That's a guy who was a really

1765
01:17:10,080 --> 01:17:14,200
Speaker 11: intriguing in the pre draft process, intriguing pick. He was very,

1766
01:17:14,360 --> 01:17:16,960
Speaker 11: very highly rated by the PFF guys, and he was

1767
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:18,720
Speaker 11: sort of like an outlier in that regard. Well, you

1768
01:17:18,800 --> 01:17:21,439
Speaker 11: see now I guess to a degree why he was

1769
01:17:21,520 --> 01:17:24,759
Speaker 11: so highly rated. He's chiming in and making some things happen.

1770
01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:27,599
Speaker 11: It looks like from afar you can inform us better

1771
01:17:27,680 --> 01:17:30,240
Speaker 11: on that. But it's a nice array of weapons, you

1772
01:17:30,439 --> 01:17:32,360
Speaker 11: think for for Kyler Murray, isn't it.

1773
01:17:32,760 --> 01:17:32,960
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1774
01:17:32,960 --> 01:17:34,600
Speaker 6: And the best part is when you looked at like

1775
01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:37,760
Speaker 6: the route chart and where guys were moving to. The

1776
01:17:37,880 --> 01:17:40,920
Speaker 6: one plan I had about Cliff Kingsbury when he was

1777
01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:43,200
Speaker 6: here last year is you know, he ran that traditional

1778
01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:45,680
Speaker 6: spread offense and guys are kind of set in that

1779
01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:49,400
Speaker 6: offense where they're going. You know, the ex receiver doesn't

1780
01:17:49,439 --> 01:17:51,920
Speaker 6: go on the other side because he's mainly on this

1781
01:17:52,200 --> 01:17:54,280
Speaker 6: one on the left side in the spread offense. What

1782
01:17:54,439 --> 01:17:57,599
Speaker 6: Drew Petsing, the offensive coordinator for the Cardinals first year

1783
01:17:57,640 --> 01:18:00,880
Speaker 6: playing caller, came over from Cleveland. What he has done

1784
01:18:00,920 --> 01:18:03,680
Speaker 6: a really good job is mixing everything up. Murray, who

1785
01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:05,479
Speaker 6: I thought was going to be under center more, was

1786
01:18:05,520 --> 01:18:07,680
Speaker 6: still in the shotgun about eighty percent of the time.

1787
01:18:08,040 --> 01:18:09,880
Speaker 6: I thought it was going to be more fifty to fifty.

1788
01:18:09,920 --> 01:18:12,479
Speaker 6: But clearly they're trying to tailor to what he's kind

1789
01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:14,120
Speaker 6: of used to doing. I think they would like to

1790
01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:17,320
Speaker 6: get that number closer to about sixty percent under center.

1791
01:18:18,280 --> 01:18:20,000
Speaker 6: Murray did great, by the way, doing that He's never

1792
01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:22,960
Speaker 6: done that really a lot in his career and really

1793
01:18:23,040 --> 01:18:24,960
Speaker 6: called in place in the huddle. Never done that a

1794
01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:26,960
Speaker 6: lot in his career most of the time, and so

1795
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:28,960
Speaker 6: it was cool to see him adapt to this new stole.

1796
01:18:29,040 --> 01:18:31,400
Speaker 6: But what Drew does a good job is throwing a

1797
01:18:31,520 --> 01:18:33,880
Speaker 6: lot at you, like guys are just moving all over

1798
01:18:33,920 --> 01:18:35,960
Speaker 6: the field. Trey lines up on this side, then the

1799
01:18:36,040 --> 01:18:38,559
Speaker 6: next play he's over here. Hollywood, kind of the same thing.

1800
01:18:38,960 --> 01:18:41,200
Speaker 6: They don't show you a lot of the same looks twice.

1801
01:18:41,840 --> 01:18:43,840
Speaker 6: They don't have a problem running the same play twice,

1802
01:18:43,880 --> 01:18:45,880
Speaker 6: but it's usually going to hit you from a different angle.

1803
01:18:46,200 --> 01:18:48,080
Speaker 6: You saw that with the tush push too as well,

1804
01:18:48,439 --> 01:18:50,439
Speaker 6: that everybody likes to run. All of a sudden, they

1805
01:18:50,479 --> 01:18:52,320
Speaker 6: take Murray out, which I thought was a great decision.

1806
01:18:52,560 --> 01:18:54,519
Speaker 6: They bring in Clayton tune to kind of fall on

1807
01:18:54,600 --> 01:18:56,640
Speaker 6: that pile right. Well, the first time they run that

1808
01:18:56,720 --> 01:18:59,760
Speaker 6: toush push, Clayton options it away. The second time he

1809
01:18:59,840 --> 01:19:03,080
Speaker 6: died for the touchdown. And so the creativity with this

1810
01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:05,719
Speaker 6: offense been really good to see, mixing and around trade.

1811
01:19:05,760 --> 01:19:08,640
Speaker 6: McBride's second year tight end really struggled last year. I'm

1812
01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:11,200
Speaker 6: telling you this, he's the starter no matter when Zach

1813
01:19:11,280 --> 01:19:14,280
Speaker 6: Ertz gets healthy regardless, like they're gonna give Tray all

1814
01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:16,840
Speaker 6: those reps. And Michael Wilson you brought him up. The

1815
01:19:16,880 --> 01:19:19,040
Speaker 6: big knock on him was he just couldn't stay healthy

1816
01:19:19,400 --> 01:19:22,240
Speaker 6: at Stanford. He missed like seventy percent of his games.

1817
01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:24,880
Speaker 6: But saw him work out at the Senior Bowl and

1818
01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:27,000
Speaker 6: that guy ran routes with the best of like he

1819
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:29,760
Speaker 6: was unbelievable to see him cut. And so now look

1820
01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:31,719
Speaker 6: at what he's been able to do. He's just healthy

1821
01:19:32,040 --> 01:19:34,080
Speaker 6: and he's the receiver they thought he was early on.

1822
01:19:34,800 --> 01:19:38,280
Speaker 11: Hey, and he hasn't gotten the ball like a traditional

1823
01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:41,360
Speaker 11: running back, like a workhorse running back has. But James

1824
01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:44,040
Speaker 11: Connor's it's good for five point two yards per carry.

1825
01:19:44,160 --> 01:19:46,080
Speaker 11: He had a nice game yesterday when he got for

1826
01:19:46,160 --> 01:19:47,760
Speaker 11: Sunday when he got the ball. What are you seeing

1827
01:19:47,760 --> 01:19:49,800
Speaker 11: out of Connor? He missed that but about a month

1828
01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:52,720
Speaker 11: of action with an injury. But James Connor looks to

1829
01:19:52,760 --> 01:19:55,040
Speaker 11: be like a solid, solid running back for you.

1830
01:19:55,320 --> 01:19:57,240
Speaker 6: That was the best part about this past Sunday is

1831
01:19:57,240 --> 01:19:59,479
Speaker 6: all of a sudden things just started to align. You

1832
01:19:59,520 --> 01:20:02,000
Speaker 6: got Kyl Murray back to as well. Sure they're banged

1833
01:20:02,080 --> 01:20:03,880
Speaker 6: up on the offensive line. That's going to be interesting

1834
01:20:03,960 --> 01:20:07,000
Speaker 6: too if they're down two starters this week. But they

1835
01:20:07,080 --> 01:20:09,960
Speaker 6: want to run the football. That's like the main thing

1836
01:20:10,080 --> 01:20:11,640
Speaker 6: they want to do, and that's gonna help set up

1837
01:20:11,640 --> 01:20:13,840
Speaker 6: a lot in the passing game for Murray like all

1838
01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:16,439
Speaker 6: teams do, but they really want to run the football.

1839
01:20:16,439 --> 01:20:18,719
Speaker 6: You saw that early on in the year when James

1840
01:20:18,880 --> 01:20:21,439
Speaker 6: was healthy, like it it was a good fifty to fifty.

1841
01:20:21,840 --> 01:20:23,840
Speaker 6: It wasn't quite that way this week. He said, they're

1842
01:20:23,840 --> 01:20:25,519
Speaker 6: banged up on the old line and just not able

1843
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:28,120
Speaker 6: to kind of get that going. But James before he

1844
01:20:28,160 --> 01:20:29,840
Speaker 6: went down with injury, he was number two in the

1845
01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:33,080
Speaker 6: NFL in yards per carry. I mean, there's a reason

1846
01:20:33,280 --> 01:20:35,360
Speaker 6: he likes to pound that rock. And so when he's

1847
01:20:35,400 --> 01:20:37,439
Speaker 6: out there, when he's healthy and that offensive line can

1848
01:20:37,479 --> 01:20:40,719
Speaker 6: move some folks, that's that more balance attack this Cardinals

1849
01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:43,280
Speaker 6: offense is looking for. It was good to have James

1850
01:20:43,360 --> 01:20:45,000
Speaker 6: back out there too as well. He had some hard

1851
01:20:45,120 --> 01:20:47,040
Speaker 6: runs like you know, drew those runs you don't get

1852
01:20:47,080 --> 01:20:49,800
Speaker 6: credit for, like those three four yard runs that kind of,

1853
01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:53,040
Speaker 6: you know, just set offenses up in good position. He

1854
01:20:53,120 --> 01:20:54,519
Speaker 6: had a lot of those throughout the game. So on

1855
01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:56,640
Speaker 6: the stat She's not like, oh, James didn't have the

1856
01:20:56,760 --> 01:20:59,760
Speaker 6: best numbers, but he had some massive runs. I thought

1857
01:20:59,880 --> 01:21:02,000
Speaker 6: just gave them a chance to Breathe gave them a

1858
01:21:02,120 --> 01:21:04,360
Speaker 6: chance to pick up some positive yards and then allowed

1859
01:21:04,439 --> 01:21:05,880
Speaker 6: Murray to get that thing really going.

1860
01:21:06,200 --> 01:21:07,720
Speaker 11: All right, We've heard a lot of great things about

1861
01:21:07,720 --> 01:21:10,280
Speaker 11: the Cardinals in this short interview we've had so far,

1862
01:21:10,640 --> 01:21:13,240
Speaker 11: But you just brought up the offensive lineman. Is that

1863
01:21:13,400 --> 01:21:16,639
Speaker 11: maybe the biggest area for concern, don't want to say weakness,

1864
01:21:16,720 --> 01:21:19,080
Speaker 11: but area for concern, area that the Texans might be

1865
01:21:19,280 --> 01:21:22,040
Speaker 11: able to exploit defensively or is there something else that

1866
01:21:22,640 --> 01:21:24,040
Speaker 11: might might stand out even more too?

1867
01:21:24,160 --> 01:21:26,920
Speaker 6: Yeah? I think so. Like that's the and the Texans

1868
01:21:27,000 --> 01:21:28,799
Speaker 6: have done a really good job, as you know, rushing

1869
01:21:28,840 --> 01:21:31,920
Speaker 6: the quarterback lately. You start that against the Bengals last week.

1870
01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:33,840
Speaker 6: I mean, that d line is just getting after folks.

1871
01:21:34,360 --> 01:21:36,920
Speaker 6: That's the that's the concern moving forward. And that's been

1872
01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:39,720
Speaker 6: kind of the mo o with Murray his entire career.

1873
01:21:39,800 --> 01:21:42,559
Speaker 6: Like when he's upright and you know, people think Kyler

1874
01:21:42,720 --> 01:21:44,479
Speaker 6: likes to run a lot of the times because you

1875
01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:46,439
Speaker 6: see a lot of plays with his feet. Sure, I

1876
01:21:46,560 --> 01:21:49,000
Speaker 6: think Kyler gets enough credit for truly just hanging in

1877
01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:52,160
Speaker 6: the pocket. He'll hang there and he'll deliver the ball downfield.

1878
01:21:52,200 --> 01:21:53,880
Speaker 6: He don't mind taking a hit. Does he like to

1879
01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:55,799
Speaker 6: get hit? No, I'm not sure a lot of quarterbacks

1880
01:21:55,880 --> 01:21:58,120
Speaker 6: like to get hit in general. But he'll hang there

1881
01:21:58,160 --> 01:22:00,920
Speaker 6: and take a hit. But the numbers, it's crazy, are

1882
01:22:01,040 --> 01:22:03,920
Speaker 6: drastically different. You saw that too on Sunday this past

1883
01:22:03,960 --> 01:22:06,960
Speaker 6: Sunday two as well. Like when Murray has time and

1884
01:22:07,040 --> 01:22:08,760
Speaker 6: he's able to kind of sit in that pocket just

1885
01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:10,360
Speaker 6: a little bit and deliver it, does there'd be a

1886
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:12,280
Speaker 6: lot of time, but just a little bit, he can

1887
01:22:12,320 --> 01:22:14,360
Speaker 6: deliver the ball down the field. And when he's got

1888
01:22:14,439 --> 01:22:16,799
Speaker 6: guys in his face and he gets pressured, the numbers

1889
01:22:16,840 --> 01:22:19,479
Speaker 6: they drop off a cliff. And it's been kind of

1890
01:22:19,520 --> 01:22:21,840
Speaker 6: the mo his entire career is like he's got time,

1891
01:22:22,080 --> 01:22:23,760
Speaker 6: he's going to be able to deliver the ball down

1892
01:22:23,800 --> 01:22:26,240
Speaker 6: the field, but if not, and guys are just all

1893
01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:28,240
Speaker 6: over him and he doesn't really have any lanes to go.

1894
01:22:28,680 --> 01:22:31,759
Speaker 6: Plus he can't find anybody downfield. Like that's where he struggles,

1895
01:22:31,960 --> 01:22:33,760
Speaker 6: and that's where this offense struggles too as well. And

1896
01:22:33,840 --> 01:22:35,600
Speaker 6: that was kind of the same thing we saw this

1897
01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:38,040
Speaker 6: past Sunday, they could be down two starters. They left

1898
01:22:38,040 --> 01:22:42,280
Speaker 6: tackle DJ Humphries, Pro Bowl guy, did not play last week.

1899
01:22:42,439 --> 01:22:45,439
Speaker 6: Kelvin Beacham, the backup kind of swing tackle who really

1900
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:48,200
Speaker 6: was their best offensive lineman last year because they drafted

1901
01:22:48,479 --> 01:22:51,960
Speaker 6: Paris Johnson junior this year, who's playing Beacham is now

1902
01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:54,040
Speaker 6: that swing guy. He's not in the lineup anymore, but

1903
01:22:54,080 --> 01:22:56,360
Speaker 6: he filled in for DJ. I thought did a good job.

1904
01:22:56,439 --> 01:22:57,880
Speaker 6: So it's interesting to see if they'll have him at

1905
01:22:58,040 --> 01:23:00,439
Speaker 6: back out there again or if they'll be had another

1906
01:23:00,520 --> 01:23:02,519
Speaker 6: right guard wilhard And has banged up to as well.

1907
01:23:02,920 --> 01:23:05,200
Speaker 6: Left guard has just been who's ever healthy? The next

1908
01:23:05,320 --> 01:23:07,840
Speaker 6: offensive line kind of been thrown in there, so it's

1909
01:23:08,120 --> 01:23:11,280
Speaker 6: definitely the concern I think moving forward is the offensive line,

1910
01:23:11,560 --> 01:23:13,519
Speaker 6: just because they want to run the football, and it's

1911
01:23:13,600 --> 01:23:16,519
Speaker 6: tough when you've got guys rotating in and out right.

1912
01:23:16,560 --> 01:23:19,880
Speaker 11: Defensively, they're twenty eighth in the NFL in points per

1913
01:23:19,960 --> 01:23:23,680
Speaker 11: game allowed, but the astisk by because on the other

1914
01:23:23,720 --> 01:23:26,519
Speaker 11: side of the ball, you've had guys not named Kyler

1915
01:23:26,600 --> 01:23:29,120
Speaker 11: Murray playing quarterback and that changes the calculus of the

1916
01:23:29,280 --> 01:23:30,960
Speaker 11: entire equation for the defense.

1917
01:23:31,080 --> 01:23:32,960
Speaker 8: So with Murray back.

1918
01:23:33,479 --> 01:23:37,080
Speaker 11: What did you see helping the defense, helping the other

1919
01:23:37,160 --> 01:23:39,519
Speaker 11: side of the ball that you know, maybe wasn't going

1920
01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:42,360
Speaker 11: their way through the first stretch of the season without Murray.

1921
01:23:42,600 --> 01:23:44,479
Speaker 6: Well, dude, the biggest thing with the defense is they're

1922
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:47,040
Speaker 6: just underfunded and they got a lot of guys who

1923
01:23:47,160 --> 01:23:49,400
Speaker 6: moving forward that probably aren't going to be there, and

1924
01:23:49,439 --> 01:23:51,720
Speaker 6: they need some new pieces to as well. Like that's

1925
01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:54,200
Speaker 6: the one area that probably the new g of Montiosa

1926
01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:56,760
Speaker 6: Ford is really good to address moving forward. I think

1927
01:23:56,800 --> 01:24:00,599
Speaker 6: they're the lowest paid defense in the league, and it's

1928
01:24:00,680 --> 01:24:03,439
Speaker 6: like by a long shot. Yeah, obviously you have buddh

1929
01:24:03,479 --> 01:24:05,800
Speaker 6: Baker back there, but you got guys, you know, you know,

1930
01:24:05,960 --> 01:24:09,320
Speaker 6: rookie guys starting at cornerback. You got another good safety

1931
01:24:09,360 --> 01:24:12,120
Speaker 6: in Jalen Thompson. You know you have experience in linebacker,

1932
01:24:12,200 --> 01:24:13,880
Speaker 6: but then you don't have a lot of experience. You've

1933
01:24:13,880 --> 01:24:16,000
Speaker 6: got guys you just tried to move different places to

1934
01:24:16,080 --> 01:24:18,519
Speaker 6: rush the passer. Not a lot of big names rushing

1935
01:24:18,560 --> 01:24:21,280
Speaker 6: the passer. Names, I guarantee you most fans couldn't even

1936
01:24:21,360 --> 01:24:23,600
Speaker 6: rattle off or even think of. Up front on the

1937
01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:26,160
Speaker 6: d line has been a mixed match of guys they've

1938
01:24:26,240 --> 01:24:30,040
Speaker 6: played well, but they're extremely thin at D lin They

1939
01:24:30,040 --> 01:24:32,040
Speaker 6: had another D lineman get hurt last week, so it's

1940
01:24:32,240 --> 01:24:34,280
Speaker 6: probably gonna sign another guy off the street at some

1941
01:24:34,360 --> 01:24:36,680
Speaker 6: point just to get after it. So they're just incredibly

1942
01:24:36,800 --> 01:24:39,759
Speaker 6: thin on defense. I have seen a bunch of injuries

1943
01:24:40,120 --> 01:24:42,439
Speaker 6: and that's just the case when it comes to Now,

1944
01:24:42,520 --> 01:24:46,800
Speaker 6: what Murray brings is that belief and so he's able

1945
01:24:46,840 --> 01:24:48,720
Speaker 6: to put those drives together. When he's able to keep

1946
01:24:48,760 --> 01:24:51,400
Speaker 6: that defense off the field, they can play well. They

1947
01:24:51,439 --> 01:24:53,519
Speaker 6: can play well. I think they can hang with Houston,

1948
01:24:53,840 --> 01:24:56,479
Speaker 6: but if like there's an area to attack, it's that defense.

1949
01:24:56,560 --> 01:24:59,200
Speaker 6: It's just because they just don't have the horses to

1950
01:24:59,360 --> 01:25:02,320
Speaker 6: keep up, I think, And that's something they'll address moving forward.

1951
01:25:02,520 --> 01:25:04,400
Speaker 6: But it's just something that they've struggled with so far.

1952
01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:07,240
Speaker 11: Yeah, it's something you're familiar with as a Texans fan.

1953
01:25:07,400 --> 01:25:09,920
Speaker 11: You go back to twenty seventeen Deshaun Watson's rookie year

1954
01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:13,040
Speaker 11: he leaves, and that that whole team goes off a cliff.

1955
01:25:13,080 --> 01:25:15,280
Speaker 11: You're at five hundred maybe a game under, and he

1956
01:25:15,400 --> 01:25:17,439
Speaker 11: was starting to with send in the defense. With anyways,

1957
01:25:17,640 --> 01:25:20,439
Speaker 11: re veering off course, Hey, one of our favorite he

1958
01:25:20,520 --> 01:25:21,240
Speaker 11: wasn't here long.

1959
01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:21,880
Speaker 1: Well.

1960
01:25:21,920 --> 01:25:24,559
Speaker 11: One of our favorite all time Texans is defensive linemen

1961
01:25:25,080 --> 01:25:25,799
Speaker 11: Roy Lopez.

1962
01:25:26,479 --> 01:25:27,040
Speaker 8: Didn't make it.

1963
01:25:27,120 --> 01:25:29,680
Speaker 11: Here this season, but now he's in Arizona. He's back

1964
01:25:29,720 --> 01:25:32,120
Speaker 11: home and he's from the Phoenix area. What have you

1965
01:25:32,200 --> 01:25:34,840
Speaker 11: seen out of Roy? And I know you don't always

1966
01:25:34,840 --> 01:25:37,760
Speaker 11: focus on the interior defensive lineman too much, but he

1967
01:25:37,880 --> 01:25:39,280
Speaker 11: was a fan favorite around here and he was one

1968
01:25:39,280 --> 01:25:40,840
Speaker 11: of our favorites as well here in the building.

1969
01:25:41,439 --> 01:25:43,559
Speaker 6: Man, the Lopez family have been one of my favorites

1970
01:25:43,600 --> 01:25:46,519
Speaker 6: for a long time. His dad, Roy Lopez Senior's been

1971
01:25:46,560 --> 01:25:49,439
Speaker 6: a longtime valley coach here coaching a bunch of different

1972
01:25:49,680 --> 01:25:51,560
Speaker 6: spots and we do a big high school football, so

1973
01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:54,479
Speaker 6: we've known mister Lopez for a long time. It's what

1974
01:25:54,600 --> 01:25:57,160
Speaker 6: I still call him too as well. It's it's been

1975
01:25:57,240 --> 01:25:59,640
Speaker 6: great to see that fat com coach. When I see him,

1976
01:25:59,680 --> 01:26:05,080
Speaker 6: so comes to as well. You know, it's crazy. I'll

1977
01:26:05,160 --> 01:26:08,760
Speaker 6: never forget when when Roy played for the Texans, they

1978
01:26:08,840 --> 01:26:12,400
Speaker 6: played out here. His family had this massive tail game,

1979
01:26:12,800 --> 01:26:14,960
Speaker 6: so I had to stop by, had to see what

1980
01:26:15,040 --> 01:26:17,200
Speaker 6: it was about. They had about fifty people there and

1981
01:26:17,320 --> 01:26:20,320
Speaker 6: they partied up until kickoff and then partied after the

1982
01:26:20,360 --> 01:26:22,720
Speaker 6: game two as well. The family could not be nice.

1983
01:26:22,760 --> 01:26:25,960
Speaker 6: I remember talking with Roy at his camps before the draft.

1984
01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:27,680
Speaker 6: He comes back home every year and does a lot

1985
01:26:27,760 --> 01:26:30,280
Speaker 6: for kids, so it's really cool to see and saw

1986
01:26:30,320 --> 01:26:31,800
Speaker 6: him in a locker, just gave a big hug. We

1987
01:26:31,840 --> 01:26:33,640
Speaker 6: welcome home because it's this is home for him and

1988
01:26:33,680 --> 01:26:36,080
Speaker 6: it's his family. Was super excited for him to get

1989
01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:38,760
Speaker 6: another opportunity. I really thought it would have worked out

1990
01:26:38,800 --> 01:26:41,000
Speaker 6: with the Texans, but sometimes the business gets in a

1991
01:26:41,040 --> 01:26:43,960
Speaker 6: way just is what it is. But he's fitting great

1992
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:46,280
Speaker 6: with that d line because they needed somebody like they've

1993
01:26:46,360 --> 01:26:49,000
Speaker 6: needed somebody with just his motor. You know that that

1994
01:26:49,160 --> 01:26:51,640
Speaker 6: dude just doesn't kind of stop at times, and so

1995
01:26:51,840 --> 01:26:53,760
Speaker 6: he's been able to get after the quarterback. He's been

1996
01:26:53,800 --> 01:26:56,320
Speaker 6: able to make an impact. He'll get i think half

1997
01:26:56,360 --> 01:26:58,080
Speaker 6: the snaps most of the time during the game when

1998
01:26:58,120 --> 01:27:00,840
Speaker 6: they rotate d lineman out. So really good to see

1999
01:27:00,840 --> 01:27:03,840
Speaker 6: he's fitting well because they needed somebody with his type

2000
01:27:03,880 --> 01:27:06,000
Speaker 6: of experience. And the best part is is, you know,

2001
01:27:06,080 --> 01:27:09,559
Speaker 6: towards his time with his Texas wasn't healthy. Now he's healthy,

2002
01:27:09,720 --> 01:27:12,360
Speaker 6: so that's just a good thing. He's healthy now and

2003
01:27:12,479 --> 01:27:14,320
Speaker 6: he's going to get the opportunity to play. He's done

2004
01:27:14,320 --> 01:27:15,080
Speaker 6: a really good job.

2005
01:27:15,600 --> 01:27:16,920
Speaker 8: He's somebody we always wish the best for.

2006
01:27:17,040 --> 01:27:19,840
Speaker 11: I was interviewing him one on one back in September

2007
01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:22,880
Speaker 11: or so a year ago, and he kind of casually

2008
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:24,760
Speaker 11: this was like one of those goofy interviews I was doing,

2009
01:27:24,840 --> 01:27:27,880
Speaker 11: and he just sort of casually mentioned, yeah, I work

2010
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:31,400
Speaker 11: out in the off season at Malik Collins's boxing gym

2011
01:27:31,439 --> 01:27:32,040
Speaker 11: in Arizona.

2012
01:27:33,160 --> 01:27:33,680
Speaker 6: Was what.

2013
01:27:34,240 --> 01:27:35,640
Speaker 8: And so I happened to.

2014
01:27:35,640 --> 01:27:37,559
Speaker 11: See Malik a few days later and I was walking

2015
01:27:37,600 --> 01:27:39,760
Speaker 11: over to practice with him and he talked about it,

2016
01:27:39,800 --> 01:27:42,640
Speaker 11: and as I'm as I'm splitting to go watch and

2017
01:27:42,720 --> 01:27:46,599
Speaker 11: he's gonna go practice, he just kind of casually says, no, Yeah,

2018
01:27:46,640 --> 01:27:49,400
Speaker 11: the best part about it is most of our people

2019
01:27:49,439 --> 01:27:53,280
Speaker 11: that we train, or Parkinson's patience, and so I would

2020
01:27:53,360 --> 01:27:54,800
Speaker 11: we went out and did that fun story, and you know,

2021
01:27:54,840 --> 01:27:56,840
Speaker 11: I've talked about it off camera, and I know you're

2022
01:27:56,840 --> 01:27:59,679
Speaker 11: probably gonna go out there sometime soon and talk with Marty.

2023
01:27:59,479 --> 01:28:00,200
Speaker 8: Barrett as well.

2024
01:28:00,320 --> 01:28:02,559
Speaker 11: But wouldn't have happened if if Roy had to let

2025
01:28:02,640 --> 01:28:04,000
Speaker 11: that slip and let that slide.

2026
01:28:04,080 --> 01:28:07,120
Speaker 8: It was awesome. So thank you Roy Lopez. If you're listening.

2027
01:28:07,200 --> 01:28:08,320
Speaker 8: I appreciate everything you do.

2028
01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:10,960
Speaker 6: Right, It's so cool. He gives a lot back to

2029
01:28:11,040 --> 01:28:11,880
Speaker 6: the community here too.

2030
01:28:12,000 --> 01:28:14,160
Speaker 11: Oh yeah, huge, And I mean it's like you said,

2031
01:28:14,200 --> 01:28:16,600
Speaker 11: he's a giant. He was a giant, you know in

2032
01:28:16,680 --> 01:28:17,559
Speaker 11: high school football.

2033
01:28:17,760 --> 01:28:18,439
Speaker 8: He was a hell of a.

2034
01:28:18,479 --> 01:28:23,000
Speaker 6: Wrestler's people forget that, like he was an amazing wrestler. Yeah,

2035
01:28:23,040 --> 01:28:26,720
Speaker 6: I tooke a ww the dance have paid off better.

2036
01:28:27,520 --> 01:28:31,880
Speaker 11: Hey, there's still time, there's always all right, let's veer off.

2037
01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:34,880
Speaker 11: Let's uh, let's talk about who you are? Man, Okay,

2038
01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:36,440
Speaker 11: favorite all time Texans?

2039
01:28:36,760 --> 01:28:42,320
Speaker 6: Are favorite all time Texans. Andre Johnson is is. I

2040
01:28:42,400 --> 01:28:44,600
Speaker 6: still had the very first jersey when they put it

2041
01:28:44,920 --> 01:28:48,200
Speaker 6: on the shelf this team store waiting right after he

2042
01:28:48,360 --> 01:28:49,960
Speaker 6: was drafted. The next day, I was like, Dad, we

2043
01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:54,120
Speaker 6: gotta go get it's white. It's somewhat faded, the numbers

2044
01:28:54,120 --> 01:28:57,519
Speaker 6: are peeling off a little bit, but still Andre Johnson

2045
01:28:57,640 --> 01:28:59,679
Speaker 6: was my one of my all time favorite Texans.

2046
01:29:00,120 --> 01:29:02,160
Speaker 11: What's your favorite? What's your favorite Andrew Johnson game?

2047
01:29:03,400 --> 01:29:06,240
Speaker 6: Gosh, one that comes to mind, Jacksonville the game winner

2048
01:29:06,280 --> 01:29:09,559
Speaker 6: and Jackson against Jacksonville here at home. It just seemed

2049
01:29:09,640 --> 01:29:12,680
Speaker 6: like he had it didn't matter he would always find

2050
01:29:12,720 --> 01:29:15,160
Speaker 6: a way. And what I remember the most is anytime

2051
01:29:15,200 --> 01:29:17,880
Speaker 6: he scored, just watching the people and like listen to

2052
01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:20,360
Speaker 6: the stadium. I just that echo still rings in my ear.

2053
01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:23,720
Speaker 6: Billy Miller was one of my favorites just because that

2054
01:29:23,880 --> 01:29:27,679
Speaker 6: was the first touchdown. Yeah, and I just remember looking

2055
01:29:27,760 --> 01:29:30,240
Speaker 6: up at my grandpa, my dad. They were so excited

2056
01:29:30,280 --> 01:29:33,000
Speaker 6: that football was. I was kind of a young kid

2057
01:29:33,040 --> 01:29:35,800
Speaker 6: at the time, learning and it was just cool to see.

2058
01:29:35,880 --> 01:29:37,680
Speaker 6: And I just will never forget that moment. Sitting in

2059
01:29:37,720 --> 01:29:40,200
Speaker 6: the stadium. You thought they had just knocked the Cowboys

2060
01:29:40,240 --> 01:29:42,280
Speaker 6: out and here we go. So I thought that was

2061
01:29:42,320 --> 01:29:46,880
Speaker 6: pretty cool. Jonathan Joseph was always one of my favorite Texans.

2062
01:29:46,960 --> 01:29:49,240
Speaker 6: The leadership he brought over the years. It's cool to

2063
01:29:49,280 --> 01:29:51,439
Speaker 6: see him be just as involved today too as well.

2064
01:29:51,920 --> 01:29:54,080
Speaker 11: Probably the greatest. He's probably the greatest free agent signing

2065
01:29:54,160 --> 01:29:54,880
Speaker 11: the texts.

2066
01:29:54,720 --> 01:29:57,360
Speaker 6: Yeah and man, the leadership he brought to that defense

2067
01:29:57,560 --> 01:30:00,360
Speaker 6: was just unbelievable to see over the years. To Miko,

2068
01:30:00,680 --> 01:30:02,960
Speaker 6: I just remember him being that cool, calm guy in

2069
01:30:03,000 --> 01:30:05,040
Speaker 6: the middle. It was a no brainer. When he was

2070
01:30:05,160 --> 01:30:06,920
Speaker 6: up and the Texas needed a coach, it was like,

2071
01:30:07,320 --> 01:30:09,519
Speaker 6: that's the guy. And then to see that reaction like

2072
01:30:09,600 --> 01:30:12,479
Speaker 6: when he was hired, and I thought it was really cool.

2073
01:30:12,520 --> 01:30:14,960
Speaker 6: I wish the Cardinals at some point would have that

2074
01:30:15,120 --> 01:30:18,800
Speaker 6: feeling and like have that moment because to see him

2075
01:30:18,800 --> 01:30:20,920
Speaker 6: get hired and then to see that wall of like

2076
01:30:21,120 --> 01:30:24,479
Speaker 6: other Texans show up, like that's a powerful image for

2077
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:27,360
Speaker 6: any franchise. And I think fans noticed that too as well,

2078
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:30,240
Speaker 6: because those are guys like the community is connected with

2079
01:30:30,400 --> 01:30:32,479
Speaker 6: over the years, and to see them so excited that

2080
01:30:32,640 --> 01:30:35,720
Speaker 6: he was gonna be there was just unbelievable to see.

2081
01:30:35,760 --> 01:30:39,120
Speaker 6: And there's no it's obvious why he's having success because

2082
01:30:39,120 --> 01:30:42,160
Speaker 6: he started with the family and investing in people and

2083
01:30:42,280 --> 01:30:45,760
Speaker 6: building relationships, and the Dbacks manager toory level always talks

2084
01:30:45,760 --> 01:30:48,080
Speaker 6: about that, like we're gonna build people first, We're gonna

2085
01:30:48,080 --> 01:30:50,280
Speaker 6: build relationships and the wins will come. Look, they just

2086
01:30:50,400 --> 01:30:52,320
Speaker 6: ended up in the World Series two as well, and

2087
01:30:52,360 --> 01:30:53,439
Speaker 6: that's what Demiko's doing.

2088
01:30:53,800 --> 01:30:53,920
Speaker 8: Uh.

2089
01:30:53,960 --> 01:30:55,840
Speaker 6: And then of course JJ. And then when JJ was

2090
01:30:55,880 --> 01:30:58,120
Speaker 6: here it was even cool to me in the person

2091
01:30:58,479 --> 01:31:00,720
Speaker 6: it had to be weird, man Like for you, it

2092
01:31:00,800 --> 01:31:04,280
Speaker 6: was weird because just like in a good way, in

2093
01:31:04,360 --> 01:31:07,200
Speaker 6: a good way. But there are two things that I

2094
01:31:08,200 --> 01:31:11,160
Speaker 6: that I really got to in my career due because

2095
01:31:11,160 --> 01:31:12,840
Speaker 6: I thought it was important to do one. When JJ

2096
01:31:13,040 --> 01:31:15,479
Speaker 6: got here, we got to do the first interview with him,

2097
01:31:15,600 --> 01:31:17,280
Speaker 6: was really cool. But then afterwards I was like, hey man,

2098
01:31:17,560 --> 01:31:19,599
Speaker 6: just want to let you know, thank you for everything

2099
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:21,240
Speaker 6: you did a phrase town. It was that was just

2100
01:31:21,400 --> 01:31:24,439
Speaker 6: cool to see. And then to meet Bob McNair before

2101
01:31:24,479 --> 01:31:26,080
Speaker 6: he passed away here at the owner's meeting. He was

2102
01:31:26,160 --> 01:31:29,439
Speaker 6: just walking by and I real quick, probably you know

2103
01:31:29,600 --> 01:31:31,760
Speaker 6: his wife was with him too. This was years ago,

2104
01:31:32,200 --> 01:31:33,720
Speaker 6: but I just got to tell him, thank you, hey man,

2105
01:31:34,040 --> 01:31:36,000
Speaker 6: thank you for bringing football back to Houston. And so

2106
01:31:36,120 --> 01:31:38,439
Speaker 6: those were two cool moments where it's just like they

2107
01:31:38,439 --> 01:31:40,240
Speaker 6: didn't need to hear it. They probably don't even remember

2108
01:31:40,320 --> 01:31:42,080
Speaker 6: hearing it, but it was just like, hey man, what

2109
01:31:42,200 --> 01:31:44,439
Speaker 6: they did for our city. I don't think they can

2110
01:31:44,840 --> 01:31:46,080
Speaker 6: never be top because.

2111
01:31:46,040 --> 01:31:49,519
Speaker 8: I guarantee you, Bob MacNair love you saying that to him.

2112
01:31:49,680 --> 01:31:51,760
Speaker 11: You know you say, he I bet if you If

2113
01:31:51,800 --> 01:31:53,200
Speaker 11: you'd have brought that back up to him later, he

2114
01:31:53,200 --> 01:31:54,760
Speaker 11: probably would have like I remember that. You know, he

2115
01:31:54,920 --> 01:31:56,880
Speaker 11: he loved hearing that because he was that was like

2116
01:31:56,960 --> 01:31:58,040
Speaker 11: one of the things he was proud of st of

2117
01:31:58,240 --> 01:32:01,639
Speaker 11: was getting football back here and yeah again, so yeah

2118
01:32:01,680 --> 01:32:03,200
Speaker 11: that that's cool that you got to do that and

2119
01:32:03,600 --> 01:32:04,240
Speaker 11: see that to them.

2120
01:32:04,680 --> 01:32:07,280
Speaker 6: Yeah, it was. It was those two things I'll always

2121
01:32:07,360 --> 01:32:10,920
Speaker 6: remember just because the impact is just incredible, the memories

2122
01:32:11,000 --> 01:32:13,640
Speaker 6: that you know, we've all had it at NRG. And

2123
01:32:13,760 --> 01:32:16,080
Speaker 6: then it's just believe believe.

2124
01:32:16,800 --> 01:32:19,280
Speaker 11: All right, Well, tell the folks what you got coming

2125
01:32:19,320 --> 01:32:22,519
Speaker 11: up this week? Your Twitter handle, your your social media,

2126
01:32:22,560 --> 01:32:25,639
Speaker 11: all that stuff. Let's make it the Cameron Cox Hour

2127
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:27,000
Speaker 11: right here. What's what's going on with you?

2128
01:32:27,080 --> 01:32:27,200
Speaker 12: Man?

2129
01:32:27,240 --> 01:32:27,960
Speaker 8: What do you have coming up?

2130
01:32:28,400 --> 01:32:32,680
Speaker 6: Cam Cox twelve on Twitter and Instagram, Camera Cox on Facebook.

2131
01:32:33,400 --> 01:32:35,160
Speaker 6: This week, we'll be heading out to Houston. We'll be

2132
01:32:35,240 --> 01:32:37,280
Speaker 6: out there Saturday night and then Sunday night we'll do

2133
01:32:37,320 --> 01:32:41,240
Speaker 6: all our shows from NRG. After the game, be ready

2134
01:32:41,280 --> 01:32:44,000
Speaker 6: to roll. Hopefully. This is a game that I'm incredibly

2135
01:32:44,520 --> 01:32:48,639
Speaker 6: looking forward to, Like I see if the Cardinals kind

2136
01:32:48,680 --> 01:32:50,639
Speaker 6: of can keep this going in a way. The Texans

2137
01:32:50,680 --> 01:32:52,679
Speaker 6: are hot, So no way am I picking the Cardinals

2138
01:32:53,000 --> 01:32:54,960
Speaker 6: early on in this one. Like the Texans just seemed

2139
01:32:54,960 --> 01:32:57,680
Speaker 6: to have it rolling. CJ in that office has been

2140
01:32:57,880 --> 01:33:00,240
Speaker 6: a cool surprise in the NFL, and I think people

2141
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Speaker 6: have finally taken notice of what Domico and his leadership

2142
01:33:03,439 --> 01:33:05,280
Speaker 6: can do for a team. So I think this is

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Speaker 6: their first major test, like it's it worked last week.

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Speaker 6: Falcons aren't very good, Cardinals haven't been very good up

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Speaker 6: until that point. I just want to see what they

2146
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Speaker 6: can do, I think against a good football team like Texas.

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Speaker 11: Okay, and very importantly, what are you eating while you're here?

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Speaker 11: Is it homemade stuff?

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Speaker 8: Are you going out? Is it a mixture of both

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Speaker 8: of us?

2151
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Speaker 6: Well, got to stop by Mom's house because Mom's cooking

2152
01:33:26,720 --> 01:33:32,040
Speaker 6: is always top notch, and then got papasitos meos. Mexican

2153
01:33:32,120 --> 01:33:34,639
Speaker 6: food in Houston doesn't compare. They think they do Mexican

2154
01:33:34,720 --> 01:33:37,800
Speaker 6: food well out of here in Phoenix not so much.

2155
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Speaker 6: And they got to go to Shipley's. Another thing. They

2156
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Speaker 6: think the donuts here and they just don't.

2157
01:33:43,760 --> 01:33:44,240
Speaker 3: They just don't.

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Speaker 6: And it's Shipley's with an S. I know there's not

2159
01:33:46,360 --> 01:33:47,600
Speaker 6: an S, but there's an S.

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Speaker 1: And when my family comes from North Carolina where Krispy

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Speaker 1: Kreme is king and they tell me shipley Donuts glaze

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01:33:53,920 --> 01:33:56,320
Speaker 1: are the best they've ever had, that tells you something.

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01:33:56,360 --> 01:33:58,719
Speaker 1: And this show was one of the best I've ever done.

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01:33:58,840 --> 01:34:02,000
Speaker 1: A big thanks to Camerax, my former intern, Drew Doherty,

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Speaker 1: Marf Vandermir, Dave Pass, Nick Casserio, Shack Griffin, B Scott

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Speaker 1: from high Room, Clark and all of you for listening.

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Speaker 1: Everybody back in studio at six ' ten, thank you

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Speaker 1: so much. We'll see you tomorrow right here on Sports

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Speaker 1: Radio six ten. We break it down with Mark in

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Speaker 1: the general right here, so make sure you're with us.

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Speaker 1: See you next time, and as always, go Texans.