1
00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,000
Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Happy holidays. Welcome to the Tamico Ryans Program.

2
00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,360
Speaker 1: If you're out and about, coming home from work, going

3
00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,800
Speaker 1: to work, getting holiday shopping done, we are your destination

4
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,920
Speaker 1: to talk about your Houston Texans. Ten victories and counting

5
00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,759
Speaker 1: ten wins for the third consecutive year and ten plus

6
00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,919
Speaker 1: this year. Please, with two regular season games remaining, Houston

7
00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,200
Speaker 1: on a seven game winning streak, and all day long,

8
00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,000
Speaker 1: you've heard about how the Raider game was not a

9
00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,120
Speaker 1: piece of art exactly, it's not going to Canton, as

10
00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,320
Speaker 1: a former Texans coach might have said. But the Texans

11
00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,879
Speaker 1: got the dub and that's what matters in the crunch.

12
00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,000
Speaker 1: They were good. They got the win. It's seven in

13
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,800
Speaker 1: a row. It's tied for second all time as far

14
00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,200
Speaker 1: as Texans winning streaks go. And that was a seven

15
00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:51,040
Speaker 1: game winning streak in twenty ten. The longest is twenty nineteen.

16
00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,480
Speaker 1: That was also an ozer to three start for the Texans.

17
00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,840
Speaker 1: They started oh to three this year, three and five.

18
00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,280
Speaker 1: You know the story if you're listening to this show.

19
00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,400
Speaker 1: So they got the win over the Raider and the

20
00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,240
Speaker 1: Chargers are coming up Saturday at three point thirty. This

21
00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,320
Speaker 1: is another monster game for your Texans as the Chargers

22
00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:11,039
Speaker 1: are on a roll themselves four consecutive victories while the

23
00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,280
Speaker 1: Jags have won six in a row since they lost

24
00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,120
Speaker 1: to the Texans. They are unbeaten and they lead the

25
00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,920
Speaker 1: Texans by a game. In the AFC South, the Monday

26
00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,880
Speaker 1: nighter has the Colts playing the forty nine Ers. This

27
00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,600
Speaker 1: is significant as well. We will get into some of

28
00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,080
Speaker 1: that as the week progresses here, but let's get into

29
00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,920
Speaker 1: it with the head coach, Tamiko Ryans in studio. Coach,

30
00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:34,560
Speaker 1: Great to see a happy holidays. How's it going.

31
00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,680
Speaker 2: Happy Holidays? Great to see you guys as well.

32
00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,640
Speaker 1: Seven wins in a row, and we'll talk about the

33
00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,080
Speaker 1: Charger game coming up. This is a huge game coming

34
00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,480
Speaker 1: up on Saturday. But congratulations getting the win of the Raiders.

35
00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,880
Speaker 1: And I know a lot of people talk about how

36
00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,480
Speaker 1: it went down, what happened? You guys have found ways

37
00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,560
Speaker 1: to finish these games, to play well in the crunch.

38
00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:54,680
Speaker 1: What's the key to that, coach?

39
00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, the key to it is you go in each

40
00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,240
Speaker 3: week is a new week, like you go in with

41
00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,640
Speaker 3: that mindset. You have to do whatever it takes that

42
00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,440
Speaker 3: particular week to get the win and that's all that matters.

43
00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,480
Speaker 3: I know some of the talk about the wins, and

44
00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,280
Speaker 3: it seems like some people may think just because your

45
00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,560
Speaker 3: record is better, you go in with a ten point

46
00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,280
Speaker 3: that doesn't happen. Like all the games starting the same.

47
00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:19,760
Speaker 3: You got to go out and earn your right to

48
00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,760
Speaker 3: win the game. And that's what I'm most proud of

49
00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,040
Speaker 3: our guys for whatever it takes. However, it looks like

50
00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,920
Speaker 3: our guys have found ways to win games and to

51
00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,680
Speaker 3: be on this you know, seven game win streak right now.

52
00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,919
Speaker 3: There's just a credit to them for staying in the course,

53
00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,880
Speaker 3: believing in each other, and doing the things necessary that

54
00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:38,480
Speaker 3: we need to do to finish games.

55
00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,000
Speaker 4: Coach, one of the things I said to Mark, and

56
00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,160
Speaker 4: I said it right as we were starting the fourth quarter.

57
00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,000
Speaker 5: It feels like in this run of games where.

58
00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,800
Speaker 4: The fourth quarter, you guys are really kind of stepped up,

59
00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,440
Speaker 4: specially offensively, fourth quarter has been that time where things

60
00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,840
Speaker 4: maybe start to click a little bit more. CJ was

61
00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,079
Speaker 4: hot the other day against the Raiders in the fourth quarter.

62
00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,800
Speaker 4: I feels like the fourth quarter it's really kind of

63
00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,640
Speaker 4: been a comfort zone for you.

64
00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,280
Speaker 5: Where do you think that steps from.

65
00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:06,720
Speaker 4: Where do you think that really is coming from for

66
00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,040
Speaker 4: particularly the offense.

67
00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,160
Speaker 3: I feel like guys understand, like you need to be

68
00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,400
Speaker 3: a great fourth quarter team, Like if you want to

69
00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:14,560
Speaker 3: win in this league.

70
00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,000
Speaker 2: We talk about it all the time.

71
00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,160
Speaker 3: Most of the games in our league come down to

72
00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:22,560
Speaker 3: one possession games. There aren't many just blowouts that happen.

73
00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,240
Speaker 3: So you have to be on it. You have to

74
00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,160
Speaker 3: be really dialed in in that fourth quarter. And that's

75
00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,679
Speaker 3: where our guys have been. And I'm happy that was

76
00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,480
Speaker 3: that way, Like you're much rather be dialed in in

77
00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,880
Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, right finding a way things not really

78
00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,040
Speaker 3: going well early on, you find a way to correct it,

79
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,920
Speaker 3: and you find a way to close the game out.

80
00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,960
Speaker 2: That's all that matters. And that's where we are.

81
00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,520
Speaker 1: What did you see from CJ along those lines in

82
00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,000
Speaker 1: the second half thirteen to fifteen after halftime, really heating up,

83
00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,120
Speaker 1: Like Johnny said, I.

84
00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:52,480
Speaker 2: Thought he made better throws.

85
00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,920
Speaker 3: I thought he made really good decisions stepping up in

86
00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,600
Speaker 3: the pocket, really finding the guys who were open.

87
00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:58,240
Speaker 2: That was it.

88
00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,280
Speaker 3: I mean some throws are off. Admittedly from CJ, he

89
00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,840
Speaker 3: know he knews that the first half wasn't his best

90
00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,120
Speaker 3: and he knew that he wanted to come out and

91
00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,960
Speaker 3: prove and show that, and he's capable of making the throws,

92
00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,840
Speaker 3: making the right decisions to help the team win the game.

93
00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,320
Speaker 3: So proud of him for having a ugly start to it,

94
00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,000
Speaker 3: but finish it, finishing it in a very beautiful fashion.

95
00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,480
Speaker 5: Coach, What does it say for guys in the fourth thing?

96
00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,839
Speaker 4: It was the fourth quarter, CAD's got that third down catch,

97
00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,960
Speaker 4: Higgins makes the big third down catch.

98
00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,719
Speaker 5: Yeah, Nico got his targets.

99
00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:35,919
Speaker 4: And made some big plays, but it was guys that

100
00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,480
Speaker 4: really up to that point hadn't had a lot of targets,

101
00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,800
Speaker 4: hadn't had any catches I think at that point, but

102
00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,000
Speaker 4: they came up with big third down catches.

103
00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,320
Speaker 5: How big were those two that Cad and Jayden had?

104
00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's huge for us. Right, Look, it's team offense.

105
00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,480
Speaker 3: I know everybody wants to Nico had the ball twenty times,

106
00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:57,400
Speaker 3: but other defenses know that too. You're gonna take away

107
00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,640
Speaker 3: the best players, so we have to we understand, like

108
00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:04,039
Speaker 3: Nico's gonna get double, he's gonna get clouded. You better

109
00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:07,000
Speaker 3: do that, right because he's such an exposive player, He's

110
00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,159
Speaker 3: such a great player. Now we just have to do

111
00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,680
Speaker 3: a better job of making sure like we're going through

112
00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,279
Speaker 3: our progressions the proper way and we're hitting whoever is open,

113
00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,000
Speaker 3: because that's that's how we're gonna win games. We have

114
00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:23,080
Speaker 3: to continue to do whatever it takes right and for me,

115
00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,160
Speaker 3: it's whoever is open, let's hit them, and let's go.

116
00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:27,760
Speaker 2: We believe in whoever is open.

117
00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:29,800
Speaker 3: Those guys are gonna make plays for as you saw

118
00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,520
Speaker 3: Christian Kirk yesterday on a couple of his you know,

119
00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,560
Speaker 3: short passes, he was able to convert k was able

120
00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,240
Speaker 3: to convert Higgins like, so we have other guys besides

121
00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,720
Speaker 3: Nico that can make plays for us, which is a

122
00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:42,479
Speaker 3: really good thing.

123
00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:44,440
Speaker 2: And we're excited about all those guys.

124
00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,320
Speaker 4: And you and I talk a lot about third downs

125
00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,160
Speaker 4: seven for fifteen yesterday on third down for your offense,

126
00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,479
Speaker 4: I mean that's do you have a certain goal in

127
00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:53,960
Speaker 4: mind when you're going to I mean, I know he

128
00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,440
Speaker 4: wanted to be one hundred percent to get that, but

129
00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,560
Speaker 4: you have a goal in mind of what you want

130
00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,200
Speaker 4: the offense to be third down wise as you go into.

131
00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:01,360
Speaker 2: It's not going to a game.

132
00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,279
Speaker 3: I always want to beat the other beat the other team,

133
00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,920
Speaker 3: like in the third down. So I feel like defensively.

134
00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,000
Speaker 3: You guys, if we do a good job of stopping

135
00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,200
Speaker 3: them and our offense is able to convert more third downs,

136
00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,919
Speaker 3: that means we're sustaining drives. Our offense is staying on

137
00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,000
Speaker 3: the field longer than they are, and that eventually will

138
00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:20,320
Speaker 3: lead to us scoring more points.

139
00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,239
Speaker 1: I know you want to run for two hundred yards

140
00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,840
Speaker 1: a game, coach, but weren't able to do that yesterday. However,

141
00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,719
Speaker 1: you got some good runs Jawar in the second game

142
00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,520
Speaker 1: the encore performance found some cracks of daylight and Nick

143
00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,360
Speaker 1: had that big thirty yard run at a big time.

144
00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,360
Speaker 3: Jawar did it again his second time playing. I thought

145
00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,839
Speaker 3: he did find those cracks in the run game. He's

146
00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,720
Speaker 3: very slippery. He has a really good knack for you know,

147
00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,120
Speaker 3: bouncing off defenders.

148
00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,320
Speaker 2: He did that again, you know this week. And then

149
00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:47,279
Speaker 2: you throw in Chubb.

150
00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,840
Speaker 3: Chubb has the explosive run that really broke it open

151
00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,080
Speaker 3: for us there in the fourth quarter. So it you know, yeah,

152
00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,200
Speaker 3: you want to run for two hundred yards. Doesn't happen much,

153
00:06:58,320 --> 00:06:59,760
Speaker 3: but that's always a goal.

154
00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:00,560
Speaker 2: You're trying to do that.

155
00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,120
Speaker 3: You just we have to continue to stay with the run, right,

156
00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,960
Speaker 3: continue to challenge everyone up front everybody involved, receivers, tight ends,

157
00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,280
Speaker 3: o lineman. Just continue to finish blocks as best we can.

158
00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,560
Speaker 3: Right if we finished blocks, feel like we have really

159
00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,440
Speaker 3: good runners who can make some explosive runs there. Will

160
00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,520
Speaker 3: just continue to stay with it, continue to call it,

161
00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,920
Speaker 3: and we'll do a much better job I feel this

162
00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:21,840
Speaker 3: week and running the ball.

163
00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,880
Speaker 4: Coach Markin knows how I love numerology and symmetry. You

164
00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,440
Speaker 4: have four guys in the secondary, all with four interceptions each.

165
00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,560
Speaker 5: It's now one guy dominated, It's.

166
00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,520
Speaker 4: All four guys back there, all four of them with interceptions.

167
00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:36,640
Speaker 5: We're in the game of three.

168
00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,920
Speaker 4: Then sting comes up with his a the fact that

169
00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,800
Speaker 4: four different guys have four interceptions, what do you think

170
00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,080
Speaker 4: that says about the secondary? Then b Sting's interception then

171
00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,400
Speaker 4: be able to take at the house. How much that

172
00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:48,840
Speaker 4: can get kickstart to get the game going.

173
00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,600
Speaker 3: And having four guys that doesn't that definitely doesn't happen much.

174
00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,920
Speaker 3: So I'm proud of just all those young guys who

175
00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,400
Speaker 3: are able to make plays. Pea, Tree, Bullock, Kamari and

176
00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,840
Speaker 3: Stingley Like teams are looking to have like four guys

177
00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,720
Speaker 3: who can go and take the ball away like those

178
00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:06,080
Speaker 3: guys do.

179
00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:07,760
Speaker 2: So all guys.

180
00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,920
Speaker 3: Impact players for a young players that have really bright

181
00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,440
Speaker 3: future or bright future in this league. And I'm excited

182
00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,520
Speaker 3: that we have all those guys and we have them for.

183
00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:17,160
Speaker 2: A long time.

184
00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,280
Speaker 3: And Stingly the pick he makes is just such a

185
00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,480
Speaker 3: wild play. It's third and short. You know everybody's anticipating run.

186
00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,120
Speaker 3: Stingley does a really great job of playing the coverage

187
00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,600
Speaker 3: and also just having a knack and a feel for Hey,

188
00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,120
Speaker 3: when is the right time to go and jump arounte

189
00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,040
Speaker 3: and make a play.

190
00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:37,040
Speaker 2: You have to do that.

191
00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,920
Speaker 3: You have to be confident in your ability to make

192
00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,040
Speaker 3: that play, and you have to know kind of know

193
00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,240
Speaker 3: what's coming, know where you're needed. Stingly did that such

194
00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,000
Speaker 3: a great play by him jumping it, being able to

195
00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,640
Speaker 3: take the ball, not just take it. I always said,

196
00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,120
Speaker 3: we're always trying to go score man, and for him

197
00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,840
Speaker 3: to take it to the house and to see just

198
00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,640
Speaker 3: a sea of reds just turn and try to find

199
00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:02,520
Speaker 3: a blow up. It's a really cool clip there, and

200
00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,120
Speaker 3: I'm excited for staying his first I had to ask him,

201
00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,280
Speaker 3: I was like, have you ever had one before? It's

202
00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:11,760
Speaker 3: like his first pick six since high school, So that's impressive.

203
00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,800
Speaker 3: Play happy, He was there. We needed it, We needed

204
00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:15,920
Speaker 3: those points. Baby's so happy he got it for us.

205
00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,920
Speaker 1: Coach, You've handled a lot of really good running backs

206
00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,040
Speaker 1: this year, Ashton gent. He had a nice day for them.

207
00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,320
Speaker 1: You had some stops, but he had some big plays

208
00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,040
Speaker 1: as well. What made him so tough to stop.

209
00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,120
Speaker 2: The guy he keeps his feet moving.

210
00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,080
Speaker 3: Like some bags they you know, you get him in there,

211
00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,160
Speaker 3: you wrap him up, or you hit them and they

212
00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,480
Speaker 3: all kind of slow down. This kid actually speeds his

213
00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,840
Speaker 3: feet up, speed his feet up. He jumps out of

214
00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,719
Speaker 3: tackles a lot, and.

215
00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,160
Speaker 2: We were there a lot. We just we didn't wrap up.

216
00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,520
Speaker 3: And that was the thing that you know, we knew

217
00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,600
Speaker 3: going into the week, and we knew we needed to

218
00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,240
Speaker 3: wrap the kid up, tackle, secure the tackles, but we

219
00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,600
Speaker 3: we didn't do a great job there and he got

220
00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,480
Speaker 3: some explosives on us. Even when it breaks out, you know,

221
00:09:58,520 --> 00:09:59,920
Speaker 3: our safe We got to be able to get the

222
00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,040
Speaker 3: go down and not allow them to go in for

223
00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:02,760
Speaker 3: a touchdown.

224
00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,600
Speaker 2: And so some improvement to be had there.

225
00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,600
Speaker 3: We got another challenge this week Hampton, another good physical

226
00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:12,840
Speaker 3: young back who's tough. He's gonna run the exact same way.

227
00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:15,480
Speaker 3: So we got to make sure that we'll get our

228
00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,640
Speaker 3: We'll see if we got it correct it. They're gonna

229
00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:20,720
Speaker 3: check us. They're gonna run the ball a lot. So

230
00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,640
Speaker 3: we're gonna have our opportunities to show that we fixed

231
00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:24,520
Speaker 3: our tackling, and.

232
00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:25,280
Speaker 2: We have to do it.

233
00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:27,240
Speaker 1: And the coaching is different this time of year. Right

234
00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,640
Speaker 1: week three, I would imagine you'd be in pads and

235
00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,280
Speaker 1: you'd be telling the guys, let's simulate some of this stuff.

236
00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,800
Speaker 1: But short week and this late in the season, it's

237
00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:36,560
Speaker 1: a little bit different in the instruction part of it.

238
00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, it is like we're trying to keep guys healthy.

239
00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:41,760
Speaker 3: You're trying to keep guys fresh at this part of

240
00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,440
Speaker 3: the year. So we can't go out and physically put

241
00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,800
Speaker 3: on the pass and go through tackling drills. That's not

242
00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,599
Speaker 3: the case. Like we just got to play with a

243
00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,720
Speaker 3: better technique. Even when we're in shorts and helmets. We

244
00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,800
Speaker 3: gotta just finish rapping guys out, putting our bodies in

245
00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,880
Speaker 3: the right position. That's the main thing when it comes

246
00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,640
Speaker 3: to tackling. It's put your body in the right position,

247
00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,320
Speaker 3: makes you you have a great angle to the football.

248
00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,320
Speaker 3: And then I always say it's that desire that want

249
00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:07,920
Speaker 3: to like, how bad do you want to get the

250
00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,880
Speaker 3: guy down? If you want it bad enough, you'll get

251
00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,800
Speaker 3: it down. So we'll get that corrected.

252
00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,800
Speaker 4: You aren't bad enough to use your arms, hands, everything

253
00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,480
Speaker 4: to bring him down. Coach, With Mario and Tim out

254
00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:23,040
Speaker 4: at defensive tackle, I think there's just been questions about

255
00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:24,839
Speaker 4: what was going to happen in that position. When you

256
00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:26,560
Speaker 4: back looked at the film, how did you think the

257
00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:27,920
Speaker 4: interior guys played on Sunday.

258
00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, we thought Rankins and Tommy did a really good

259
00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,680
Speaker 3: job in there. And we're still we're moving guys around.

260
00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,840
Speaker 3: We got Autry in there a little bit. We're I'm

261
00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:37,640
Speaker 3: trying to find some guys. We knew it was going

262
00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,880
Speaker 3: to be a huge void, like losing Tim, losing Rio.

263
00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,280
Speaker 3: They played such great ball for us, and we had

264
00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,920
Speaker 3: a really good rotation, so we got to do a

265
00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,239
Speaker 3: better job of plane and the interior.

266
00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:50,640
Speaker 2: We got to play stouter right.

267
00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,760
Speaker 3: Some of those runs that got out, we're on the

268
00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,160
Speaker 3: ground right, we're getting creating too much movement, So we

269
00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,240
Speaker 3: got to just knock back the offensive line better right

270
00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,160
Speaker 3: to make the back check his feet, and that allows

271
00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,120
Speaker 3: our second level guys to make those plays with no disease.

272
00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,880
Speaker 1: Can you talk about what he brings to the table

273
00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,239
Speaker 1: that sometimes the fans don't see They see the playmaking,

274
00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,000
Speaker 1: but they might not see all the communication that takes

275
00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:15,920
Speaker 1: place or whatever else he adds to the equation.

276
00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, disease is being the play call of the green

277
00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,199
Speaker 3: dot guy right on his helmet. He's handled the communication

278
00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,280
Speaker 3: all year. So when you do lose a guy like Azz,

279
00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,640
Speaker 3: Henry moves over to the Mike linebacker spot, he hasn't

280
00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:34,679
Speaker 3: handled the communication. Not Henry's done it before, but it's like,

281
00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,960
Speaker 3: we're you most comfortable, and of course Asese having done

282
00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,439
Speaker 3: it a lot, he's more comfortable in that spot. He's

283
00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,719
Speaker 3: done it for longer and he's done a really good

284
00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,920
Speaker 3: job of it. So we missed having him out there.

285
00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,480
Speaker 3: Hopefully we can get him back this week. But you know,

286
00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,320
Speaker 3: you don't miss sometimes when plays are happening fast and

287
00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,760
Speaker 3: you have to talk to other guys, like he's that

288
00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,360
Speaker 3: coach on the field that has to get things correct

289
00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,120
Speaker 3: and when we can't get a call in quick enough

290
00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:02,200
Speaker 3: for they're going to hurry up.

291
00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,440
Speaker 2: He gets that call in. He kind of knows what

292
00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,440
Speaker 2: we're thinking, where we want to go with the call.

293
00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,040
Speaker 3: So it's uh and he's also just a motivator out

294
00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,840
Speaker 3: there on the field as well. He has to do

295
00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,599
Speaker 3: his job and he has to communicate, talk to the

296
00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,680
Speaker 3: other guys, get them pumped up, amped up throughout the

297
00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,520
Speaker 3: throughout the series. If things go bad, he has to

298
00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:22,360
Speaker 3: get it fixed. So it's a lot that's on your

299
00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,800
Speaker 3: plate as a Mike linebacker. The disease is an extension

300
00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,360
Speaker 3: of us as the play caller, and he's done an

301
00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,320
Speaker 3: outstanding the job of it all year coach.

302
00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,560
Speaker 4: The moment happened to a college playoff game, but malcoi

303
00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,120
Speaker 4: Tony Wide Rehiver from Miami.

304
00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,400
Speaker 5: It was caught a pass. It's like third down, he's

305
00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,160
Speaker 5: gonna make a first down. He fumbled. He went over

306
00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,880
Speaker 5: the sidelines and he was just distraught.

307
00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,720
Speaker 4: It's like seven half minutes, like he's distraught, and Mark Fletcher,

308
00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,599
Speaker 4: the running back, goes over there and he starts.

309
00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:48,400
Speaker 5: Talking to him like hey, young blood, we got up,

310
00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:49,400
Speaker 5: like stay in the game.

311
00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,880
Speaker 4: And I thought about that from a Texas perspective, when

312
00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,680
Speaker 4: mistakes happen like that, do you like to see players

313
00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,040
Speaker 4: go talk to you know, other players, or do you

314
00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,679
Speaker 4: like for your assistant or even you to kind of

315
00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,800
Speaker 4: step in to say hey, we're good or do you

316
00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:05,320
Speaker 4: like for your players to do those things?

317
00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it always means more when the players

318
00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,160
Speaker 3: are able to go and talk to each other, right,

319
00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,360
Speaker 3: it just means more coaches or we're always talking, we're

320
00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,640
Speaker 3: always correcting, we're always you know, coaching guys up. That's

321
00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:20,520
Speaker 3: our job, that's what we do. And sometimes it goes

322
00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:21,600
Speaker 3: in one ear and goes.

323
00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:21,960
Speaker 2: Out the other.

324
00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:25,240
Speaker 3: But I think when it's truly your other teammate is

325
00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,720
Speaker 3: coming over to talk to you and they look you

326
00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,280
Speaker 3: in the eyes and you know like, okay, man, I

327
00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,160
Speaker 3: got to pick it up. I gotta let that or

328
00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,200
Speaker 3: I gotta let that mistake go and I got to

329
00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,840
Speaker 3: move on to the next play. Definitely means a lot.

330
00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,560
Speaker 1: The correcting part of it during the game. It's the

331
00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,800
Speaker 1: assistants that have to reach out to the players on

332
00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,280
Speaker 1: the sideline try to straighten something out before they get

333
00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,880
Speaker 1: back out there. How does all that work, coach?

334
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,080
Speaker 2: Yeah? Well is it going through plays?

335
00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,920
Speaker 3: You know, we'll see mistakes that happen and we communicate

336
00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,720
Speaker 3: on the headset. For myself, it's telling hey, this happened,

337
00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,600
Speaker 3: makes sure we're getting make sure we're getting it fixed.

338
00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,240
Speaker 3: This coverage wasn't right, Like, make sure you're talking to

339
00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:04,120
Speaker 3: the corner, safety, linebacker. Make sure they're on the same page. Sometimes,

340
00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,360
Speaker 3: if I see it quick enough and the guy's walking off,

341
00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,320
Speaker 3: I was just hit him right when he walks off

342
00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:08,800
Speaker 3: the field.

343
00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,000
Speaker 2: Hey, remember we have to do X.

344
00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:11,360
Speaker 6: Y Z.

345
00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,880
Speaker 3: You know, we have to be on this communication or

346
00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,760
Speaker 3: on this leverage or this puts your eyes in the

347
00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,360
Speaker 3: right place. So try to correct it as quickly as

348
00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:21,360
Speaker 3: possible so we can move on and we don't have

349
00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:22,360
Speaker 3: those issues again.

350
00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,600
Speaker 4: When you mentioned Henry wearing a green die, I thought

351
00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,000
Speaker 4: back to last year when he had to wear a

352
00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,400
Speaker 4: green die for the Miami game when Disease was out

353
00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,960
Speaker 4: of those games. And it's a one way communication. Obviously,

354
00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,360
Speaker 4: you're you're talking to him. He can't you know, he

355
00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,760
Speaker 4: might hands signal or do something back to you, but

356
00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,560
Speaker 4: but you're talking to him. But now Matt's doing that

357
00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,760
Speaker 4: talking to Disease and the other day talking to Henry.

358
00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,560
Speaker 4: So who do you talk to? Well, who are you

359
00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,240
Speaker 4: talking to yourself? Or you talking who are you talking to?

360
00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,480
Speaker 4: Is that's going on? Because I always get the impression

361
00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,560
Speaker 4: that you like that communication, you'd like to kind of

362
00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,440
Speaker 4: keep talking as it's going, even though if you're not

363
00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,080
Speaker 4: talking to Henry you're talking to someone.

364
00:15:58,120 --> 00:15:59,600
Speaker 5: Who are you talking to at that moment?

365
00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:02,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I during that moment, I'm talking to Mad, talking

366
00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,920
Speaker 3: to ka Lee and telling them Hey, remind CJ of this,

367
00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:10,800
Speaker 3: remind Henry to tell this guy this, and talking a lot.

368
00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,920
Speaker 3: And then when I did call it, I'm wow the

369
00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,880
Speaker 3: play man down to the fifteen second mark, Hey, expect

370
00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,360
Speaker 3: this route or this run. Like, I'm trying to give

371
00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,760
Speaker 3: them a heads up on what I see from the formation.

372
00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,760
Speaker 3: If I can talk to them, I want to give

373
00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,240
Speaker 3: them the answer to the test if I see a

374
00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,320
Speaker 3: play and I know it, like, I want them to

375
00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,040
Speaker 3: be a step ahead and be able to make a play.

376
00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:31,640
Speaker 2: Absolutely.

377
00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,000
Speaker 1: Before we talk about the Chargers specifically, what about going

378
00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,120
Speaker 1: back to a building where you've played before this year,

379
00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,440
Speaker 1: but now it's a different team and they kind of

380
00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:43,720
Speaker 1: have similar colors, but it's a different team, Coach, does

381
00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,400
Speaker 1: it help at all that you've been in that building

382
00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,239
Speaker 1: before this year or is that irrelevant?

383
00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,400
Speaker 3: I hope it helps me have some familiarity with being there,

384
00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,480
Speaker 3: you know whatever, standing in the same hotel, being in

385
00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:56,160
Speaker 3: the same so guys know it's nothing new as we

386
00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:59,560
Speaker 3: go into that building, just a different team. But our

387
00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,160
Speaker 3: guys will be ready to go right. Our last time

388
00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,840
Speaker 3: being in that building it didn't go great for us,

389
00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,040
Speaker 3: and we have a lot, a lot to prove in

390
00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,600
Speaker 3: that building, to go show that we can go win

391
00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:10,119
Speaker 3: a game on the West Coast its.

392
00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,920
Speaker 4: Third year in a row. That will be in that situation. Baltimore,

393
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,560
Speaker 4: Kansas City, I mean those playoff games and in LA.

394
00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:17,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, but that was the same team.

395
00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:19,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's true.

396
00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,640
Speaker 1: They have a different team.

397
00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,720
Speaker 4: You know, same stadium, same city. It's all kind of

398
00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,000
Speaker 4: the same, I guess Los Angeles. Speaking of the Chargers,

399
00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,080
Speaker 4: it's a long time ago. How much coach, can you

400
00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:34,120
Speaker 4: look back at last year's playoff game and gather anything

401
00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:36,919
Speaker 4: from that versus what the Chargers are doing now with

402
00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,159
Speaker 4: Justin and with the offense in particular, Is there are

403
00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:42,520
Speaker 4: the things you can kind of carry over from that

404
00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,080
Speaker 4: playoff game until now it's just too much water on

405
00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:45,600
Speaker 4: the bridge.

406
00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:45,960
Speaker 2: Yeah.

407
00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,080
Speaker 3: I always try to take a fresh look of where

408
00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,080
Speaker 3: are they now. I think each season has its own,

409
00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:53,920
Speaker 3: you know a little it's at its own story of

410
00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:57,119
Speaker 3: who they become throughout the season, Like what changes if

411
00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,399
Speaker 3: they made. And so as I watch the guys watching

412
00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,199
Speaker 3: them this year in particular, you see like there's a

413
00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,160
Speaker 3: they have to shuffle their offensive line around a lot,

414
00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,960
Speaker 3: so they're trying to figure it out. They're trying to

415
00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,439
Speaker 3: now seems like after the Bilee week they're trying to

416
00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,080
Speaker 3: really lean in or running the ball more, getting into

417
00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:17,200
Speaker 3: the jumbo packages, running the ball more. Justin is making

418
00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,680
Speaker 3: really good decisions with the football. He has that athletic

419
00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,080
Speaker 3: ability to escape the pocket, doesn't you know, Like when

420
00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:25,840
Speaker 3: you hear about Justin Herbert, you don't hear a lot

421
00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,560
Speaker 3: of people talk about that, but man, he's His ability

422
00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,840
Speaker 3: to escape the A and B gaps very similar to

423
00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:33,960
Speaker 3: Mahomes in that way. And also they have the zone

424
00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,560
Speaker 3: red element that when it's crunch time he needs to

425
00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:38,960
Speaker 3: make it play, he'll pull the ball and make plays

426
00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,440
Speaker 3: for you. So really talented quarterback. One of the toughest

427
00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,320
Speaker 3: guys I've seen, you know, in the pocket.

428
00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:45,560
Speaker 2: I've shown clips of.

429
00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,000
Speaker 3: Him throughout the season to our team just of some

430
00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,199
Speaker 3: of the decisions he made, how tough he is in

431
00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,360
Speaker 3: the pocket. So he's an impressive young player who's doing

432
00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:55,919
Speaker 3: a really good job. They're doing a good job of

433
00:18:55,920 --> 00:19:00,120
Speaker 3: playing well around him. They're managing the game very well.

434
00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,600
Speaker 3: They're keeping it to third and manageable. They're eating clog,

435
00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,800
Speaker 3: they're first in time of possession. They play good on defense,

436
00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:11,399
Speaker 3: eliminade explosives. So I think it's very mirror image to

437
00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,680
Speaker 3: both teams, Like we try to do the same thing

438
00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,480
Speaker 3: like run the ball, get in the Zumbo package, run

439
00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:18,760
Speaker 3: the ball, be fishing on third down.

440
00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,880
Speaker 2: So it's going to be a true battle. Yep.

441
00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,040
Speaker 3: This week, I think that Clocket may run a little fast.

442
00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,080
Speaker 3: This week is maybe a short game, but it's I'm

443
00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,600
Speaker 3: excited about this though. Man, this is you get an

444
00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:36,440
Speaker 3: opportunity here right for this is playoff football in my mind,

445
00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,879
Speaker 3: like you going against a playoff team. We need this

446
00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,639
Speaker 3: win to get into the playoffs. So everything is on

447
00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,600
Speaker 3: the line for us. Excited for the challenge for our guys,

448
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,400
Speaker 3: see how we come out.

449
00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,080
Speaker 1: Of play What about the nuances of the short week

450
00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:53,760
Speaker 1: and a distraction called Christmas which is an important day,

451
00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,040
Speaker 1: but it's in the middle of the football week. Coach,

452
00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,080
Speaker 1: So how do you handle things for this short week?

453
00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,879
Speaker 3: Yeah, for this short week again, we everything up a

454
00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,800
Speaker 3: day and so Christmas will actually be like our Friday,

455
00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,560
Speaker 3: which is a shorter day, so we'll give guys and

456
00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,040
Speaker 3: we'll come in a little later, so give those who

457
00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,440
Speaker 3: have kids. Everybody wants that time to be able to

458
00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,359
Speaker 3: spend with your kids in the morning on Christmas, so

459
00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:17,879
Speaker 3: we'll have that and we'll get out, you know, early

460
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,080
Speaker 3: enough where families can go and eat dinner together as well.

461
00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,520
Speaker 3: So it falls under it's really cool that we had

462
00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,399
Speaker 3: a short week this week because you can enjoy your

463
00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,919
Speaker 3: Christmas on our typical short day Friday, which will be

464
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,520
Speaker 3: Thursday this week.

465
00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:33,960
Speaker 2: It works out well for us.

466
00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:35,560
Speaker 1: Oh, very well put together.

467
00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,280
Speaker 5: Yes, yeah, very nice coach.

468
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,080
Speaker 4: I know you haven't got too far into the chargers,

469
00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,600
Speaker 4: but I asked you about the offense. But I wonder,

470
00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,360
Speaker 4: from your standpoint, because of your connection to defense here

471
00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,000
Speaker 4: and just defense in general, do you watch certain defenses

472
00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,920
Speaker 4: as you're studying them and go, oh, man, I really

473
00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,439
Speaker 4: I like watching these guys, these guys I really like

474
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,360
Speaker 4: I know, man, I hate that we got to face them,

475
00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,240
Speaker 4: but boy, I really like watching these guys. And I

476
00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:01,919
Speaker 4: don't know the charges or defense like that, but you

477
00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,640
Speaker 4: have moments like that where you're watching whether it's players

478
00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,200
Speaker 4: or whether it's scheme or whether other defenses are doing

479
00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,040
Speaker 4: do you kind of got to go, yeah, man, I really.

480
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,159
Speaker 5: Like these guys, say y'all look at that.

481
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:12,000
Speaker 2: Yeah man.

482
00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,680
Speaker 3: It goes both ways for me, offenses and defense. I'm

483
00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,959
Speaker 3: always on watching, like I can always admire teams that

484
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,840
Speaker 3: do it the right way. Teams who play sound coverage.

485
00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:25,760
Speaker 3: Guys are exactly where they're supposed to be. They know

486
00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,120
Speaker 3: how to fit the run a proper way. Seeing some

487
00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,520
Speaker 3: guys mix it up on second and long getting something

488
00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,240
Speaker 3: to some of their third down packages, it's like, oh man,

489
00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,240
Speaker 3: they're doing a really nice job.

490
00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,760
Speaker 2: Seeing some guys blitzing.

491
00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:41,439
Speaker 3: A lot of like, oh man, I can't put the

492
00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:45,280
Speaker 3: guys in that position there, but it's really cool to see.

493
00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:49,439
Speaker 3: Just admiring just football, just my love for football. Seeing

494
00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,840
Speaker 3: you know, offense as well as I'm watching. I'm watching

495
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,720
Speaker 3: all kinds of different offenses and the schemes.

496
00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,200
Speaker 2: It's like, oh man, that's a.

497
00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,600
Speaker 3: Cool play idea, Like can we find a way to

498
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,760
Speaker 3: implen at this. I think this will work especially versus

499
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:03,480
Speaker 3: this defense.

500
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:04,640
Speaker 2: So I do.

501
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,679
Speaker 3: I have a lot of a lot of guys I

502
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,879
Speaker 3: admirus for me watching the Raiders last week, like really

503
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:10,679
Speaker 3: watching him.

504
00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:11,200
Speaker 2: Play the run.

505
00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 3: I knew it was gonna be a challenge for us

506
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,480
Speaker 3: because they were attacking aggressive downhill.

507
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,600
Speaker 2: So a lot of respect for those guys.

508
00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,080
Speaker 3: And I'm always watching to see, Okay, maybe this guy

509
00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:22,560
Speaker 3: may pop up as a free agent.

510
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 2: This player may have to keep a note for him.

511
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:26,679
Speaker 2: I like the way he plays.

512
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,639
Speaker 3: I may have to try to get him to be

513
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,359
Speaker 3: a textan. Later on, I said to.

514
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,520
Speaker 4: Mark after the game was over, I had I mean,

515
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,000
Speaker 4: I've always respected Max Crosby, but after watching him play

516
00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,520
Speaker 4: the run the way that he does, knowing full well

517
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,240
Speaker 4: that those edge rushers are getting paid a lot of

518
00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,200
Speaker 4: times for the sacks and the structure and a lot,

519
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,560
Speaker 4: but watching him play the run, I walked out of

520
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 4: that building with the utmost respect for how he played

521
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,480
Speaker 4: the game. And that's what made me think about it.

522
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,719
Speaker 4: Because we don't see them but every couple of years.

523
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,919
Speaker 4: But just watching how hard he plays and watching him

524
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,040
Speaker 4: play the run, I was like, Man, that and we've

525
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 4: got guys like that here. Just watching him have that

526
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,760
Speaker 4: respect for the way he plays.

527
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:06,440
Speaker 2: It sticks out. Man.

528
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 3: When guys play with relentless efforts, those are my type

529
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,160
Speaker 3: of guys that I like because everybody doesn't play that way.

530
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:14,880
Speaker 2: A lot of guys, especially.

531
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 3: Edge players, they're just looking for the passing downs and

532
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,000
Speaker 3: that's when they want to kind of turn it on

533
00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,440
Speaker 3: when it's time to go get your sacks and get

534
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,119
Speaker 3: to get the numbers up. But for me, I like

535
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 3: the guys who who like to get grimy, like in

536
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,760
Speaker 3: the run game, you're playing physical, you're closing. Like to

537
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,600
Speaker 3: see Max on the play he made to go chase

538
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 3: Chubb now, like.

539
00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,440
Speaker 2: Unbelievable effort by him. Like, really respect him.

540
00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,640
Speaker 3: Respect the way he plays the game, no matter how

541
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,200
Speaker 3: the game looks, no matter their record. He plays the

542
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:44,480
Speaker 3: game with a relentless motor.

543
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 1: And he's not going to be a free agent.

544
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 5: So there's okay.

545
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,160
Speaker 1: The coach the Abergy Bank ask coach, question of the week.

546
00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,520
Speaker 1: Kids will be opening presents this week, coach, So from

547
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,680
Speaker 1: your youth, bring back a toy, a toy that you

548
00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,560
Speaker 1: loved that you think kids would like today, not exist

549
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 1: today anymore, or maybe it does. You tell us what

550
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:04,560
Speaker 1: stands out to you.

551
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 3: Oh man, what doesn't exist today? Rock them socking robot. Yes,

552
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 3: that was a classic class. That's a great one.

553
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,920
Speaker 1: It does. I think they make a knockoff. You know

554
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,200
Speaker 1: what I mean, I don't know if it's the original manufacturer,

555
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:23,920
Speaker 1: but I've seen it somewhere and I thought that is

556
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:24,359
Speaker 1: a great thing.

557
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,560
Speaker 2: It was always a good one.

558
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 3: And then Nintendo with the little when you got the

559
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,200
Speaker 3: little track and field a little.

560
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 2: Track that was fun too, So it was very good

561
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 2: class and you can you can never go wrong.

562
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,320
Speaker 3: You got yourself some wheels, so to get a nice

563
00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,240
Speaker 3: bike popular, that's very popular. They got the electric bikes

564
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 3: now so they don't have to do much.

565
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: I will not allow my kid to have one. Get

566
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:47,640
Speaker 1: the exercise. Coach likes a lot of good luck this week,

567
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 1: you guys enjoy it plenty more coming up with your

568
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 1: head coach Demiko Ryans, including Demico in the locker room

569
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 1: to the team after the game that speech, we've got

570
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,680
Speaker 1: it and it's good. There's some motivational stuff at the

571
00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,159
Speaker 1: end of it that you're gonna want to hear no

572
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:03,320
Speaker 1: matter what you're doing. And Demiko with Johnny after the game.

573
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 1: Also after the game, e J. Speed cut up with

574
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,439
Speaker 1: Sean and Clint, so you're gonna hear that, among some

575
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,159
Speaker 1: other things. Kaemy Fairband with the three field goals. We

576
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 1: talked about him. You're gonna hear from him, and then

577
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:19,000
Speaker 1: some here on Texans Radio. Right back into the fray

578
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 1: here the Demico Ryan Show. Let's go right into the

579
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 1: locker room. After the game against the Raiders, Texans victory

580
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,960
Speaker 1: twenty three to twenty one. Here's the coach to his team.

581
00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:35,080
Speaker 7: You're like William and I grat the lasers on the win.

582
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 2: Man, They all hard to come by.

583
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,520
Speaker 3: We knew. I knew what that was gonna be like

584
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,159
Speaker 3: all week, all right. I knew it was gonna be

585
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,840
Speaker 3: a challenge. That's a really good football team. I get

586
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,679
Speaker 3: those guys credited a good football team. They can they battle.

587
00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,199
Speaker 3: But the way you guys finished, like, that's what it's

588
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,200
Speaker 3: all about. Man, No matter what it took, everybody stepped

589
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 3: up and fit is the right way. All right? Are

590
00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 3: we talking about during the week, you know, talking about Man,

591
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,879
Speaker 3: we need to pop it off early, start fans. We

592
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 3: haven't had a turnover in the first oh yeah right here,

593
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,360
Speaker 3: y yeah, by the way, got firsteing.

594
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:15,680
Speaker 2: That's his first big six, high inside down offense.

595
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 3: Spend the way you guys, I know it didn't go

596
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 3: the way we like it, right, but it's all about

597
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:20,040
Speaker 3: you finish.

598
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:23,120
Speaker 2: Man to five minute drives in the in the fourth

599
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 2: quarter to close the game out.

600
00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 5: Nico.

601
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 2: Outstanding job right.

602
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:31,480
Speaker 3: Now, cz House stands all like you was well, now

603
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,679
Speaker 3: one more game ball all right, this guy he eclipsed

604
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:39,719
Speaker 3: one thousand points, all right, worst in Texas history.

605
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 1: I had to do it.

606
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 2: Emmy, where you are?

607
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 3: Man a right, hits three of them, right, fifty five,

608
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:52,200
Speaker 3: fifty and forty nine. Again the winness head time. Tommy

609
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,400
Speaker 3: brink o'lin couldn't do it, ye, man, outstanding winning about

610
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:57,920
Speaker 3: everybody in here. He took everybody.

611
00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 2: Great job of everybody.

612
00:26:59,000 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 3: All right.

613
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:00,520
Speaker 2: We got a short week, you know.

614
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 5: We go to LA.

615
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 3: Game on Saturday, all right, so we'll be out tomorrow,

616
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,200
Speaker 3: but Tuesday will be our Wednesday, and then we start

617
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,880
Speaker 3: the weekend. We're off and rolling. Man, everything you want,

618
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 3: everything you play this game for, the reason why you

619
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 3: suit up.

620
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 2: Everything is in front of us.

621
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 3: Keep attacking it the right way, taking care every single day,

622
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 3: operating the best you can operate every single day. That's all.

623
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 2: It's on your mind.

624
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 3: Dominate that day, Dominate your job one day at a time,

625
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 3: all right, and we'll be who we gotta be, all right,

626
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,880
Speaker 3: special special team, man, I keep saying this special team.

627
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 8: We can win any.

628
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 2: Given way no matter where we play. When we play

629
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 2: like we got the.

630
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 3: Guys that go get it done no matter what, no

631
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,600
Speaker 3: matter how we look. All right, keep our eyes in front.

632
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 3: Let's keep hunting Bank one time.

633
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:48,640
Speaker 2: Man.

634
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 1: I especially love the end of that locker room speech. Hey,

635
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 1: we are presented by amerg Bank, the official business bank

636
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 1: of the Houston Texans, and the guys in the post

637
00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,199
Speaker 1: game show Sean Pendergast and Clint Sterner, we're doing a

638
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,479
Speaker 1: business like it interview with e J. Speed. I just

639
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: have to work in the word business there, but here

640
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: it is e J. Speed after the victory of the

641
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 1: Raiders in studio with the guys.

642
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 2: How's it feel?

643
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 5: How was the locker room afterwards?

644
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:10,360
Speaker 8: I feel good?

645
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 9: The morale is up. Great team win by the guys.

646
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,160
Speaker 9: Nico Collins, Oh my god, amazing.

647
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 2: You know what I mean.

648
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,159
Speaker 9: That's things that we talk about throughout the week. So

649
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 9: getting it done is everything?

650
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, Hey, EJ?

651
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,399
Speaker 1: What what about a game like today?

652
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,000
Speaker 10: Is one of them that to me from the outside

653
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 10: looking in, seems like one of those games you can

654
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 10: learn a lot from, take a lot from, wasn't I mean?

655
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 10: I'll refer to it as an ugly win. But you

656
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 10: you look at how you guys had to do it.

657
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 10: You had to kick some long field goals. You mentioned

658
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 10: Nico's play, you end up offense putting your knee in

659
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 10: the turf to finish the game.

660
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 1: That the pick six early, which which set it off.

661
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 10: So just it's a game that it seems like you

662
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 10: can learn a lot from film wise.

663
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,640
Speaker 8: No, no win in this league is gonna be easy.

664
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 9: I mean, were playing the best of the best, so

665
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 9: you just never know who gonna come out and have

666
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,760
Speaker 9: a great game. So like just playing down and just

667
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 9: understanding the game plan and everything that you go in

668
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 9: to do to be the team at the end of

669
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 9: the day. When when you look at that scoreboard at

670
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 9: the end of the fourth quarter and you up, I mean,

671
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 9: it's not a job just well done, because it is

672
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,160
Speaker 9: a lot of stuff that we left out there we

673
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:12,840
Speaker 9: could do better in.

674
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 8: But it is a it's a win.

675
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 9: A win in this league it's hard to come by,

676
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 9: so just to get it done, you know what I mean,

677
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 9: just go in look at the film and corrected and

678
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 9: you know, just get better.

679
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 8: That's all it is.

680
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 2: A week to week get better.

681
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 7: Ashton gent had had a big game for them. I

682
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 7: guess you give us your perspective on him. Obviously a

683
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 7: really good rookie who's you know, been a tough season

684
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 7: overall for the Raiders, But boy, he was tough today.

685
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 9: Yeah, I can see why he was so high coming in,

686
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 9: you know, as a drive pick and stuff like that.

687
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,160
Speaker 8: He did a great job today. I can say he

688
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 8: came to.

689
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 9: Play a lot of stuff that that we game planned on.

690
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 9: I mean, he just made his plays when his plays

691
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 9: was called upon. And you know, when a player doing that,

692
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 9: you just got to give him the respect that he deserves.

693
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 9: And you know, I give him that.

694
00:29:58,000 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 5: DJ.

695
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 10: Take us behind the curtain a little bit, man with

696
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 10: the we just heard from Demico rans and and uh,

697
00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 10: I mean I would say he's pretty hard on the defense.

698
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 10: But but that's I mean, that's I imagine you embraced that.

699
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 10: But but he mentioned today, uh, specifically communication in his

700
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 10: postgame pressure being a linebacker, that that you're part of

701
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 10: all of that communication. Take us behind the scenes a

702
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 10: little bit of what what today where today?

703
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 1: Did the communication struggle a little bit? How do you

704
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:24,400
Speaker 1: fix that?

705
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 5: What does that piece look like? Us?

706
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 8: From day one?

707
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 9: Meek been talking communication so quite honestly, I don't. I

708
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 9: don't think Meek was downplaying communication in that press conference.

709
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 8: I have to watch it, but I.

710
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 9: Mean he we have great games where we shut guys out,

711
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 9: and he was talking about communication when coming to I mean,

712
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 9: since I got here, that's been the biggest thing to

713
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 9: he harp on. So if the communication wasn't great today,

714
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 9: it's just something that we just gonna go in and

715
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:47,720
Speaker 9: work on the next day, you know what I mean.

716
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 8: It's just another thing.

717
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 9: So on the field, I mean on the field, I

718
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 9: feel like the communication was there or whatever like that.

719
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,880
Speaker 9: We gave up some plays in which you know we

720
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 9: won't back. But yeah, it's just something we just got

721
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 9: to get better at day by day, not even just communication,

722
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 9: just everything in general.

723
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 8: If we're gonna go and win that Super Bowl, you

724
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 8: know what I mean?

725
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 2: Absolutely? Yeah, absolutely.

726
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 7: EJ Speed Texans linebacker joining us here on Texans Radio.

727
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,520
Speaker 7: You signed here as a free agent. How do you

728
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 7: feel like you fit in? How's it going with you?

729
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 7: How have you enjoyed playing in this defense so far?

730
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 8: I love it.

731
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 9: I Mean I said in free agency I wanted to

732
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 9: come and play alongside Dmika Ryans just because I knew

733
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 9: the linebacker who he is.

734
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 8: If you look at his.

735
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 9: History, he had fred As He's fifty seven Green Law,

736
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 9: Green Law, Grey, Greenlaw. So yeah, man, he'd had some

737
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 9: great linebackers and a lot of linebackers talk highly of

738
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 9: them and respect them, and the same thing as me.

739
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 9: When I came in, I was just all ears. You know,

740
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 9: they was already a great defense. I've said this before

741
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 9: in many interviews. They was already a great defense. And

742
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 9: I just wanted to come in and, you know, just

743
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 9: put my stamp on things and just see, you know,

744
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 9: how can I help? What can I be special teams defense?

745
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 9: You know, if I need to spell Henry or come

746
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 9: in and do whatever I need to be be the

747
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 9: third linebacker. I just came in and I just wanted

748
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 9: to just open my heart and just learn. And that

749
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 9: was the biggest thing for me this year is just

750
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 9: to learn from the mic and just get on track

751
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 9: and just do my thing.

752
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:09,840
Speaker 10: How does the game change for you when it's these

753
00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 10: is not in it?

754
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 5: I mean we obviously see it.

755
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 10: I mean I mean we from our perspective, I mean,

756
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 10: but like for you, how does that change things operationally?

757
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 9: I Mean it's kind of aseas is all Mike linebacker

758
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 9: and our communicator, our leader, you know what I mean.

759
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 9: He wears a captain pat for a reason. I mean

760
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 9: he gets everything set up, and that's from OTA's to

761
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 9: camp to everything. Ause he's always been harping on you know,

762
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 9: he's great with his communication and everything like that. So

763
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 9: when you miss a piece like disease, of course, that's

764
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 9: like you know, the head of operations in here, if

765
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 9: they go down, you know, somebody got to step up

766
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 9: and do that. You know, it might not be the

767
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 9: same as disease, or it might not be as good,

768
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 9: or it might be you know, a day where we

769
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 9: can you know what I mean, they simplify calls or

770
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 9: whatever they need to do to get us going. So uh,

771
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 9: just missing disease in that situation, I mean, that's that's

772
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 9: never something that you want, you know what I mean.

773
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 9: So uh, with zero out there, everything is is smooth

774
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 9: and it's and is good and everything like that. Just

775
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 9: like when Henry's out and he's doing his thing. They

776
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,400
Speaker 9: just communicating in two different ways.

777
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 7: Is anything drastically different in the building compared to the

778
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 7: you guys start owing three and now you're on this

779
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 7: long winning streak, have you guys been pretty much at

780
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 7: that same level the whole time here inside the building.

781
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 7: What was it like being at Owen three? And did

782
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 7: you ever envision being ten and five after starting?

783
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, I mean go look at I mean you

784
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 9: can go look at press conferences and stuff that our

785
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 9: head coach had when we was owing three. He was

786
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 9: saying like, you know, calm down, it's not you know

787
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 9: what I mean. He was preaching the same thing to us.

788
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 9: It's just that we held us in and now and

789
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 9: now I think that we're going on to have one

790
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 9: of the best records or whatever like that. I think

791
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 9: Will just told me that. He was like, you know,

792
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 9: we're going on to have one of the best records

793
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 9: we had since I've been here. So I mean, of course,

794
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 9: like the beginning of the season's the beginning of the season,

795
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 9: you know what I mean. We lost those games, and

796
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 9: you know, we wish we could have those back, but

797
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 9: at the end of the day, we just kept moving

798
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 9: on week the week, week the week and doing we

799
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 9: know best and just putt our best foot forward.

800
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 5: Texans linebacker EJ.

801
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 7: Speed joining us here on Texans post came before we

802
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 7: get you out of here. How is it being on

803
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 7: the same side as CJ now, especially on days late today,

804
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 7: remix those plays at the end like that.

805
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 9: Man, CJ, don't let me make it bro always joking.

806
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 9: Like he told me today he said, you see the playoffs,

807
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 9: but like you know.

808
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 8: Me ANDJ I always be talking trash like.

809
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 9: But it's good because now, I mean, I've been knowing

810
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 9: CJ before I came, and I knew what type of

811
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 9: competitor he was, what type of person he was just

812
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 9: from you know, just hanging out in the off season

813
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 9: and stuff like that with the same agent and everything.

814
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 9: So just being on the same side of CJ. Bro

815
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 9: CJ as a competitor. Yeah, CJ want to win, you

816
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 9: know what I mean. And he even said it this week.

817
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 9: He's like, Bro, we gotta do the things we need

818
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 9: necessary to go win the Super Bowl. So like when

819
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 9: your quarterback talking like that, that gives you all the

820
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 9: inspiration in the world, and you know, you just go

821
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 9: ahead and just go do your thing.

822
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 2: What are the plans for Christmas? Oh?

823
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 9: Man, I got the family in right now. Artell about

824
00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 9: Christmas early because you know we going to California.

825
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:41,839
Speaker 8: Yeah, about so many presents and stuff.

826
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 9: I'm because you know, I've been in Indie for six years,

827
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 9: so it's like I never really had the whole family

828
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 9: there for Christmas. And I went to Charge to stay

829
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,959
Speaker 9: out of college. So you know, that was my first

830
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 9: time away from Texas when I was in six years

831
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 9: in Indies. So now that I'm back home in Texas,

832
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 9: I invited the whole family out. We about to go

833
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 9: have Christmas right now.

834
00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 2: Actually, oh, it's.

835
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 5: Beautiful, the whole Okay, good, and you get to do

836
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 5: it after a win. That's big.

837
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,320
Speaker 2: That's big.

838
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 1: There's EJ. Speed on Texans post game with Sean Pendergast

839
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 1: and Clint Sterner following the victory over the Raiders. Coming up,

840
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll, Raiders head coach and a veteran coach, Super

841
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 1: Bowl winner, what he had to say about the Texans defense.

842
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: You want to hear that, and you want to hear

843
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: from the head coach after the game with Johnny and

844
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: Kaimi Fairbairn in the locker room. It's all coming up

845
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: here on Texans Radio as we get back into it

846
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,919
Speaker 1: here on the Tamiko Ryan Show presented by Amage Bank,

847
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,280
Speaker 1: the official business bank of the Houston Texans. Pete Carroll

848
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 1: after the game now Carol of course, longtime coach of

849
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks. He had Jeno Smith there and he

850
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: really resurrected Gino's career or got it going in the

851
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: first place. Really, and Gino even last year helped the

852
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,239
Speaker 1: Seahawks win ten games. This year is not going so well.

853
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,280
Speaker 1: But Gino made some throws yesterday and kept the Raiders

854
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: in it. They actually had the lead in the second half,

855
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 1: as you know, by a point, but the Texans took

856
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 1: the lead again and got a nine point lead that

857
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: felt to two, but they killed the clock at the

858
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 1: end of the game with that clutch throw from c. J.

859
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 1: Stroud to Nico Collins on third and eight. Anyway, the

860
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 1: head coach of the Raiders, what do you have to

861
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: say about the Texans defense, in particular after the game

862
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: during the q and A with the media.

863
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 6: This is the best defense in the NFL, and they've

864
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 6: been doing it week in and week out and been

865
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 6: on a roll.

866
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 4: He wanted about that Texans defense based on the best

867
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 4: of the league as it just said.

868
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,239
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, nobody asked me that. You know, I'm

869
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 6: glad you asked because I see something in what Mimko's doing.

870
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,399
Speaker 6: Done with these guys in acquiring recruiting, however, it is

871
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 6: to get guys that really can play the game.

872
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:36,839
Speaker 2: This is a really.

873
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 6: Loaded defense, not size weight, speed wise, they are in

874
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,919
Speaker 6: terms of their playmaking ability. The linebackers we didn't see

875
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 6: their top guy today, but the linebackers and the safeties

876
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,280
Speaker 6: and the corners they don't all have They're not the biggest,

877
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 6: they're not the fastest. They're just terrific football players. And

878
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 6: they've they've found the scheme that comes the San Francisco background.

879
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,799
Speaker 6: They recognize that calls for the ends to play like

880
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 6: they play and they've just played right and recruited kind

881
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 6: of and drafted to the strengths of the style that

882
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 6: they want to play with. I think it's a really

883
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 6: important thing to notice for DA he's you know, and

884
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 6: how they've ever put it together figured out because it's

885
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,319
Speaker 6: really to me, it's very impressive, and so we hold

886
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 6: him in the highest of regard, and so to play

887
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 6: against him, well was I think it's a great statement

888
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 6: for us. But they're on track and U and Strout

889
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 6: played you know, well enough to win the game, made

890
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 6: enough plays today and see, you know, Chub get out

891
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:32,920
Speaker 6: there and run the ball a little bit. One of

892
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 6: my favorites. It was. It was a heck of football game.

893
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 1: There's Pete Carroll after the game. I thought that might

894
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,839
Speaker 1: be interesting for us to hear the outside perspective of

895
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,120
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. Now, let's go for some inside perspective.

896
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: In the locker room. Emy Fairbairn three for three yesterday.

897
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: He was hitting some bombs helping the Texans win the

898
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: game against the Raiders. Got a game ball. As you

899
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: heard earlier in the postgame locker room speech. Here's Johnny

900
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 1: Harris with Emy Fair.

901
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 6: Now.

902
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 5: I know if Mark.

903
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 4: Vanderbeer were here, he would actually say the full name,

904
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 4: but I'm just gonna say name. I love saying Kaymie

905
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 4: fair baron good all day long.

906
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 5: First or one thousand points.

907
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 4: I'll start there first, texting history over a thousand points.

908
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 5: What does that mean to you? Kaymie means that I'm old,

909
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 5: I guess no.

910
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 11: It's a lot of hard work, a lot of days

911
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 11: just focusing on my craft, and a lot of people

912
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 11: that have poured their support and love into what I do.

913
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 11: You know, Frankman, Tommy, I gotta shout out my guy Weets,

914
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 11: everybody who's helped me get to that.

915
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 5: That that total so very grateful. How big was this

916
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:41,839
Speaker 5: game for you today? For this team? Those field goals

917
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,360
Speaker 5: at that time, every time ball fence balked.

918
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 4: Down you came in, I would say saved them, But

919
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 4: you put the three up on the board and salvage

920
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 4: that drive.

921
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:49,719
Speaker 5: How big was that to come up with the three

922
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 5: you had?

923
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 11: Yeah, it's my mindset is whatever whatever they put me

924
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 11: on the field, that's my job to put it through

925
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 11: the uprights. So wherever it is, whenever it is, don't matter.

926
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,240
Speaker 11: I'm glad I got it done for the team today.

927
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:03,919
Speaker 4: One of the things that you and I have talked

928
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 4: about a lot of these new kickoffs, you hit that

929
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 4: kind of dirty kickoff that was bigs that bend them

930
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:09,320
Speaker 4: back into the twenty.

931
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:12,279
Speaker 5: I know you you hit it clean so often. How

932
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:13,240
Speaker 5: tough is it to kick.

933
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 2: A ball like that?

934
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 5: But then how useful was it for that you go

935
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 5: all the way the insie. Yeah, it's a little trick shot.

936
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 11: You have to build up confidence for it and get it,

937
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 11: get a good amount of work in the week and

938
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 11: sometimes it clicks and it rotates how you want it

939
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 11: to and keep it low. But you know, I try

940
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 11: to hit it, hit it well when I can and

941
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 11: give our uh, give our guys a good opportunity.

942
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 8: To get a hit on the ball.

943
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 4: I know Debiko won't like me asking you this, but

944
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 4: it's seven in a row. You guys have found ways

945
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 4: to win in different ways. What do you think it

946
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 4: says about this team this year the way that you

947
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 4: win in games and have completed seven in a row.

948
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 11: Yeah, just finishing, that's our That's our main concern. Our

949
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 11: main focus is finishing the game with a dub and

950
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 11: at some point it's gonna be do or die. So

951
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 11: you know that's a mindset we got to have now.

952
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 11: Why not have that mindset now and we can continue.

953
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:05,280
Speaker 5: That going forward.

954
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,399
Speaker 4: Timi, congratulations, man has been unbelievable. Watch your career thus far.

955
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 5: Hopefully there's a thousands more of my man.

956
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 8: Congratulations, great win.

957
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:17,320
Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Kayim new Alua mechi iki ki kumu.

958
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,840
Speaker 1: John Christian fair Bairn. There he is thirty six letters

959
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: in some apostrophes too in his first name, and Johnny

960
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,400
Speaker 1: dared me, so I went ahead and said it Johnny

961
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 1: again with the head coach after the game, the Texans

962
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,040
Speaker 1: beating the Raiders. This is Johnny and Demico Ryans.

963
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 4: All right, coach, win is a win, is a win,

964
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:38,000
Speaker 4: no matter how you get it.

965
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 5: Seven to row.

966
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 2: I don't know if you know that.

967
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 5: I don't know if that matters right now.

968
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 4: But just getting a win today against the Raiders, as

969
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 4: I feel, it feels great.

970
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 3: It feels outstanding to get the win. I felt that

971
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 3: all week.

972
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,280
Speaker 2: I know it's gonna be a tough.

973
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 3: One, and I was, man, I was stressed out all

974
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,319
Speaker 3: week about this one. You just watched the family and

975
00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 3: watch you know how good they played defensively and have

976
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,320
Speaker 3: some struggles on the offense. But I knew this was

977
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 3: a good team, way better than their record indicated. So

978
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,759
Speaker 3: I'm proud of our guys. We're finding a way to

979
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 3: gut it out and finish it how we finish it.

980
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 4: I know, offensively, it wasn't where you want to know.

981
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 4: You and I talked at half and another there were

982
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 4: some things you wanted to see, Hey, get down to

983
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:15,320
Speaker 4: the score.

984
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 5: Didn't really do that till in the fourth quarter. But

985
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 5: in the fourth quarter of the last few.

986
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 4: Games, your offense has really kind of risen up like

987
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 4: they did today to make some big plays.

988
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, you want to see a fast start. That was

989
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 3: kind of our that was our goal coming out. We

990
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 3: wanted to start fast on this team, but.

991
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:29,480
Speaker 2: It didn't happen.

992
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 3: But we've been a good fourth quarter team during this

993
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 3: win streak and that's what has allowed us to close

994
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 3: out games. So it's not always tell our guys we

995
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 3: coming at halftime like, hey, forget about the first half.

996
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 3: It doesn't matter, Like how are we finishing. That's own

997
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 3: that's the only thing that matters. And our guys have

998
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 3: carried that on. You know, for however many weeks we've

999
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 3: been rolling here, they've carried that mindset throughout the third

1000
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 3: and fourth quarter and how.

1001
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 2: We finished games, and that's what's put us in a

1002
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 2: win Callum.

1003
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,839
Speaker 4: I know, if you're playing box score here, you look

1004
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,440
Speaker 4: at Nico Collins numbers and you're like, God, those weren't

1005
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 4: great numbers. However, he came up big in the big moments,

1006
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,280
Speaker 4: the two pass interference calls that he was able to generate,

1007
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 4: and then obviously that last catch for the first down.

1008
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 3: The numbers may not say it, but watching the game,

1009
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 3: he impacted this game tremendously being able to just come

1010
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,120
Speaker 3: in and teams are going to try to double Nico

1011
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,399
Speaker 3: they doubled him, they put an umbrelle over him. That's

1012
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,399
Speaker 3: gonna happen, but you know you can't force it at time.

1013
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 3: But when we do, you know, have an opportunity to

1014
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 3: put the ball up. We're gonna bet on Nico, you know,

1015
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 3: coming down with the football, got a couple pass interference

1016
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 3: and to play at the end man for him to

1017
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:35,799
Speaker 3: be able to adjust and find that ball.

1018
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 2: They hit us with a zero pressures.

1019
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 3: DJ puts the ball up and gives him an opportunity

1020
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 3: leaving it and bound giving them opportunity to finish like man.

1021
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:45,439
Speaker 3: That was an outstanding played by both of those guys.

1022
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 3: We've been looking to try to connect on those and

1023
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,240
Speaker 3: it finally happened at a moment where we really needed

1024
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 3: it to start.

1025
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 4: Off the game with it. Derek Stingley picked six. How

1026
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 4: big was that defensively? And there's some things you want

1027
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 4: to go back and clean up big plays by Jent,

1028
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,279
Speaker 4: some plays he broke out of there. I know, I'll

1029
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,799
Speaker 4: ask you about this on Monday. By tackling, I know

1030
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 4: wasn't great on genty throughout the day, but getting stings

1031
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 4: picked six to start off the day.

1032
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 5: How big was that one to start it off Man.

1033
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:12,799
Speaker 2: That was That was the play of the game for me.

1034
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 2: I think it just you know, it's been our offense.

1035
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 3: Last week, they started fast, they came out, they get

1036
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 3: the touchdown CJ.

1037
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:19,240
Speaker 2: De Nico.

1038
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,240
Speaker 3: But this week now and we challenged the guys throughout

1039
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 3: the week, Hey, we need a turnover. We haven't had

1040
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 3: a turnover in the first quarter all year, so can

1041
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 3: we We challenged our guys and it's pretty cool when

1042
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 3: you talk about something in a meeting, you challenge guys.

1043
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 3: And the way it played out Man spent on third down,

1044
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 3: a play that we practiced and tried to work and

1045
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 3: for Stingley to have the awareness to come back to

1046
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 3: the football and take it away. Man can't say enough

1047
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,800
Speaker 3: great things about sting Leaving for how he battled throughout

1048
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 3: the week.

1049
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:48,799
Speaker 2: Couldn't practice every day, but he pushed through.

1050
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,360
Speaker 3: He really wanted to be out there to help his

1051
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 3: teammates the day and he helped his team in a

1052
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 3: huge way.

1053
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,359
Speaker 4: Coach, last one, we have been at such a fever

1054
00:43:55,480 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 4: pitch playing you know, Jaguars, Bills, Colets, Chiefs that were

1055
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,439
Speaker 4: just high intensity and then you face a couple teams

1056
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 4: at home. Were the records weren't great, but they had

1057
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 4: enough players to make it really, really dicey. I know

1058
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 4: that had to be tough, because human nature says, man,

1059
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:14,320
Speaker 4: we have been playing at such a high level intensity wise,

1060
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 4: probably human nature that you, I don't know, maybe step

1061
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 4: back a little bit, but yet you still got the wins.

1062
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 5: You're still tough ened up when you need to.

1063
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:23,000
Speaker 4: What do you think it says about your team to

1064
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 4: be able to get those wins here at home?

1065
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 3: You know, these are the toughest games to prepare for

1066
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 3: as a coach. Right, everybody in the world is telling

1067
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 3: you how not that you're gonna win, how much you're

1068
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 3: gonna win by, how are you gonna dominate? And that

1069
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 3: starts to seep into God's minds and you you can't

1070
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:42,440
Speaker 3: never think less than of your opponent, right, And this

1071
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 3: is a really good Raiders football team. Although their record

1072
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 3: doesn't say that they're a good team. They play hard,

1073
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,719
Speaker 3: they play the game the right way, and I'm really

1074
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 3: proud of our guys for you know, weathering through. Like

1075
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:55,360
Speaker 3: it's easy to get up for the big games that

1076
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 3: everybody calls a big game, but every game is big,

1077
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:00,959
Speaker 3: every win is important, and I'm happy for our guys

1078
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,239
Speaker 3: be able to get the ten right now and with

1079
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:04,839
Speaker 3: everything we want still in front of us.

1080
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 5: Coach, congratulations, Hecker win. Let's go to LA and get

1081
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 5: another one.

1082
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:09,279
Speaker 2: Thank you, thanks, Let's do it.

1083
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: And they'll try to do that on Saturday when they

1084
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: take on the LA Chargers. Still sounds funny to say that.

1085
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: I'll be saying that all week, and we will find

1086
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,239
Speaker 1: each other in the broadcast booth every time somebody says

1087
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: San Diego didn't happen with the Raiders yesterday, we dared

1088
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:27,960
Speaker 1: each other. Nobody said Oakland. I'm even tempted to say

1089
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 1: Los Angeles sometimes because yeah, I remember when they were

1090
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 1: in LA too, So there's that. But now they're the

1091
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,399
Speaker 1: Las Vegas Raiders and the Texans beat them by two.

1092
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:38,759
Speaker 1: I'll take a one point win, a half point win,

1093
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 1: any kind of win over the Chargers on Saturday. That

1094
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 1: will be a three thirty start time, So you want

1095
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 1: to remember that that's a national TV window, and a

1096
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago they confirmed that it would stay there.

1097
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,400
Speaker 1: It was sort of a TBA placeholder type game. They

1098
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 1: weren't very specific about it, but we got word through

1099
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: the league office that it's probably a Saturday. You never know,

1100
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 1: they probably want to hedge their bet. They had about

1101
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,280
Speaker 1: four or five games that they could flex a number

1102
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: of different ways. But the Texans indeed a Saturday afternoon

1103
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:10,279
Speaker 1: outing against the La Chargers, a team they beat in

1104
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: the postseason at home last year. Can't wait for it

1105
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: chance to perhaps clinch a playoff birth. We'll find out more.

1106
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:20,720
Speaker 1: The Monday nighter has the forty nine Ers and the Colts.

1107
00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 1: You know we're gonna be watching that one. This is

1108
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,560
Speaker 1: the Demico Ryan Show. Thanks so much for listening. Texans

1109
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 1: All Access on the way. This is Texans Radio.