WEBVTT - GM Nick Caserio headlines a Texans bonanza | Texans All Access 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.760 What's happened? Everybody. Welcome to Wednesday of Texans All Access 0:00:03.800 --> 0:00:06.440 from the Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris, 0:00:06.480 --> 0:00:09.760 football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans, and we 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:14.640 got plenty to do on Titans Week today. You know, 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:17.479 Wednesday's our day with Nick Cassario. Uh So we'll have 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:19.480 Nick here in a little bit. We'll have little Cutlet 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:24.480 with Juice Scrugs as well. Stephan and Zalez a newcomer. 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:27.400 You saw her on Texans three sixty, but she's new 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:30.440 to the slant. Formerly a deep slant, but now the slant. 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:34.519 She sits down with Walter Payton Man of the Year candidate, 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:38.640 the Texans representative John Weeks. One of the best dudes 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:40.760 you're gonna find on and off the field, and obviously 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:44.720 that's what it recognizes. We're also gonna hear from Mike Keith, 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:49.840 the longtime voice of the Tennessee Titans. He and Mark 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:52.880 they've been calling games since two thousand and two. Mike's 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:56.920 been calling him in Tennessee since the team formerly known 0:00:56.960 --> 0:01:02.720 as the Oilers moved to Tennessee. Had it from there. Longtime. Boys. 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:04.960 These guys know each other. That's a great conversation. A 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:07.360 little bit later, Drew, Dory and I go in the 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:12.080 lab and man, we went all over the place with 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:14.399 this one. This is a true in the lab because 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:17.680 Drew and I were, boy, we are feeling it. It 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:20.120 started with one question that led to something else, that 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:22.640 led to something else, that led to something else. So 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:24.200 there's a lot going on in that in the lab. 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:25.640 We'll have that a little bit later. We gotta look 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.280 at the injury report and see where it stands. And 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:33.119 I can tell you right now not going to be 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:40.399 something we love seeing. Not at all. CJ Stroud not 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:43.360 at practice today. Still in the concussion protocol. Now, there 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:47.480 are different stages or phases in concussion protocol, and you've 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.400 got to meet certain standards to be able to move 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.400 on to the next phase. So we'll see if CJ 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.440 is out there on Thursday. He was not out at practice. 0:01:56.880 --> 0:02:01.440 On Wednesday, he and a number of others were not 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.440 at practice. We'll get to injury report a little bit 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.120 later in the show, but we got to kick it off. 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:10.639 Executi Vice President and general manager of your Houston Texans, 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.639 Nick Cassario. We always get Nick going a little bit, 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:16.760 So here's Nick with me and Mark. 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:19.240 And now with us in the Hunday Texans Radio studio, 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:22.600 it's Texans executive vice president and general manager Nick Cassario. 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:23.880 Nick, welcome, good to. 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:25.360 See you, to see you guys. 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:28.520 Titan Week, big week back in the division. 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.079 Let's recap the Jets a little bit before we get 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:31.920 into Tennessee. 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:33.399 What did you see on Sunday? 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:35.560 I know it did not go as well as you 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:38.240 wanted at all, but what needs to be worked on 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:39.240 coming out of this game? 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:40.359 Yeah, bottom line. 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.280 Is we just didn't execute the things that we needed 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:44.160 to execute in the game. Give the Jets credit, they 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:46.320 made more plays than we did. And you kind of 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:48.360 look and identify some of the keys that we did 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.920 Mark going into the game offensively, defensively, and we really 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.280 came up short in all two or three areas or 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.920 the bullets that we identified, So credit to them, but 0:02:58.000 --> 0:02:59.880 we really didn't deserve to win because we didn't play well. 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:02.320 So we have to make some corrections and it's just 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:04.440 like any week, kind of have to flush it regardless 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.600 of the outcome, and then prepare for the opponent, try 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.679 to make some adjustments and modifications. We'll look at where 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:11.280 we are with some of the players that may may 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.440 or may not be available for this week. So just 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:16.200 kind of get ready for this week, kind of understand 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:18.680 what happened. Maybe I do some things that we can 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:22.440 maybe fix and there'll be some maybe some carryover. Otherwise 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:23.960 we kind of have to flip and focus on the 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:24.920 Titans and what they do. 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:27.960 Nick. All year, you and de Maker two have talked. 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:31.120 Whenever we've asked you about injuries, you've albably said, we'll 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.040 figure it out. I mean, there's really no other attack 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.160 you can take. But someday it felt like, oh my gosh, 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.360 they're really kind of piling up. How tough and how 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.080 difficult does that make the week for you beyond what 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:42.160 it's been already this year? 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:44.480 Yeah, you sort of have to react to what happens 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:46.640 during the course of the game and just understand the 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:50.320 nature of the player's condition and what is availability is 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.520 really you want to look in the short term, is 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:54.760 he going to be available for this particular game. So 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.640 the sooner we have that information, the better then we 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:02.160 can plan accordingly. So injuries are part of football. We 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:04.560 see it all around the league. Essentially every team has 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:06.920 to deal with something on some level. What it does 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.520 it creates another opportunity for another player that maybe hasn't 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:12.400 played as much. So we feel comfortable with the players 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:14.720 that are in the building. Some players have shown up 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.160 consistently week to week in practice, they haven't really had 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.200 the opportunity in the game, so maybe this is the 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.160 week where they get that opportunity. So you never know 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.560 when it's going to happen, why it occurs. You just 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:25.560 have to be prepared and then go through the week, 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:27.440 go through the process, and get ready to play football. 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:29.280 Well, I think it always points out, and we're two 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:31.440 and a half months away from the combine right now, 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:34.520 but it always points out how people get obsessed with 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.320 the starting lineup. But as you just pointed out, in 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.000 this league, that could not be less relevant. It's about 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:43.560 the entire depth chart and beyond right mark. 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:46.480 It's interesting, Waver, just actually having this conversation James Lotfert 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:48.360 and I, and I think there's a propensity league wide. 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:51.200 Everybody kind of focuses on quote unquote the stars, but 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.279 there's fifty three players on a roster and there's eleven 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:57.000 players on the field on a snap on each play, 0:04:57.160 --> 0:05:00.080 So we have to look our responsibilities, look at the 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.599 the roster top to bottom, one through fifty three, plus 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.280 the practice squad, which we've talked about, I would say excessively. 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:08.320 So that's the reality. That's the truth. And you've seen 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.680 a lot of players who maybe they're not highly thought of, 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.040 they get an opportunity and they become more of a 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:16.320 household name. I mean, Tommy DeVito is a good example 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.040 of a player who really nobody even was talking about, 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.280 and he's had an opportunity to play here and the 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.560 Giants have won three games. It's credit to you know, 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:26.840 coach Dable and you know Joe and what they've done. 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.599 But that's the NFL. That happens to everybody. Every team's 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:32.080 dealing with it. I mean, you just look around the league. 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:35.880 It's inevitably each game something happens. You're looking and we'll 0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:37.880 talk about the Titans here in a minute, but you 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:39.880 talk about the best player in the league. One of 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.680 the best players in the league didn't play last night 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:44.160 and they went down to Miami and won. 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.640 Anyways, So that's just the NFL. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.599 So our responsibility to try to identify players that we 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.800 think have the right traits and characteristics come in here 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.440 with the right mindset and the right work ethic and then. 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.479 Go out there and prepare to play. Everybody has to 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:57.320 prepare to play. 0:05:57.760 --> 0:05:59.840 We're gonna make players inactive, and there's gonna be players 0:05:59.880 --> 0:06:01.080 that a man in the practice squad. 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.520 At some point you're gonna need everybody. That's the truth. 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.599 Do you have any players represented by Tommy DeVito's agent? 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.720 We have his Actually, his agents are really good. 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.360 Dude, Sean, we've had a good Shawn still is his agent, 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:15.520 but we've had a good relationship going back to our 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:19.479 time in New England. I would say he's Italian through 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.880 and through to the nth degree. So, but Sean's a 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.160 great guy and it's done a good job obviously identifying 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:25.880 a pretty good player. 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:27.680 Are you inspired by what he wears? 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:29.599 Nick? 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:31.720 I don't have a fedora like that. 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.200 If you wear a vest version of that. 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:37.280 With the yeah, with the fedora, yeah, I don't think 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.840 the vest go over the Italian heritage very well. 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.880 So nick I feel like the poster child, if you will, 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.840 for what we've been talking about, being ready for your 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:49.000 moment at any point and then capitalizing on it as 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:50.920 a guy you know well and everybody got to know 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:52.560 because of the interception he has the Super Bowl, and 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.120 that's Malcolm Butler, a guy that when he gets the 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:59.240 opportunity finally in the Super Bowl, he makes the most 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.720 of it. In a situation like that, How when did 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:04.800 you guys feel like, Okay, he's ready for that opportunity, 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.000 Because I feel like that's one of the key things, 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:09.200 when you feel like a guy is ready for that 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:10.679 opportunity that could come at any point. 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:11.760 No, it's a great question. 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:13.120 I mean, just going back, we had a lot of 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:15.239 players that were in a similar category in New England, 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:17.480 I would say, specific to Malcolm, Malcolm was a player 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.600 who came to New England on a rookie tryout rookie 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:23.239 mini camp weekend, so he wasn't affiliated with the team, 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:27.560 so he wasn't we didn't even know who he was, 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:29.480 let alone, whether or not he'd be able to make 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.040 somewhat of an impact. But he came in, he worked 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.200 out rookie mini camp weekend, we signed to the ninety 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.080 man roster. He ended up making the roster and I 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.440 think he was the fourth or fifth corner for most 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:40.480 of the year, and then we had some things that 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:43.200 happened and took place. But Malcolm was a player who 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:46.040 showed up in practice, had a knack for getting his 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:48.440 hands on the football. He just had a good he 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:51.840 was natural just playing the ball. So I mean there 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:54.720 were multiple examples, not only New England league wide where 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:57.880 players aren't drafted, they just get another opportunity. Sometimes it 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.440 changes the scenery. So that's the beauty of this league. 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:03.640 It's in I think the way we approach it here 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:05.120 and Demiko and I have talked about it. We don't 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:07.760 really care where you come from, how you got here. 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:10.800 It's really about what you do with your opportunity when 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.680 you're there, and we have a responsibility to equal the 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.880 playing field. And the reality is that some teams say, 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:18.360 well this guy was drafted here. 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:19.800 You know we're going to hold on as long as 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:20.160 you can. 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:22.160 I mean, at some point if you have to cut 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.360 your losses, I mean, then you just have to cut 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.720 your losses and move on. So uh, you need to 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:28.640 have thick skin, no hard feelings, and try to make 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:30.800 good decisions and just to understand if a player doesn't 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:33.319 work out, just understanding the rationale and the reasoning behind it, 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:35.200 and then make sure that if you get into a 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:38.400 situation moving forward, you don't want the you don't want 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:39.600 to happen in the same way. 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:43.679 Nick, I'm always shouting out about people who make too 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:47.640 big a deal about sacks, except now, because Jonathan g 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.280 Renard has ten and this has only happened double digit 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.440 sacks five times in the history of the franchise or 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:53.480 five players have done it? 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.800 What did it multiple times? Of course? But what about 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:57.920 the kind of year Jonathan Garnard is having for you? 0:08:58.000 --> 0:08:59.920 I know it's not just about the sacks, it's about 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:01.920 pressure and other things, but what about his game? 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:03.960 Yeah, John's had a good year, and I think the 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:05.960 one thing about John he's been available. And I think 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:07.600 when you kind of look at the arc of his career, 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.000 when he's been available and he's been out there, he's 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.480 been productive. You know, his rookie season really didn't do 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:14.560 that much. His second season had a pretty good year. 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:16.760 Last year he had some bumps in the road, and 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.200 this year, you know, he's been able to stay, be 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:20.800 available and be out there on the field. 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:22.440 So has a good attitude. 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.400 He works hard, he has a good skill set, and 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.600 he's got a good playing strength. He has an ability 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.800 to bend and get the edge and think the defensive 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:31.000 line as a whole. We've gotten good production from that group, 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.760 both on the perimeter and inside. So it's a credit 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:37.000 to Jacques and you know Coach Wright and we play 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.959 eight nine players at the game each week. But you know, 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.840 John's taken advantage of his opportunity, and you know he's 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.240 receiving the recognition that you know he deserved. It's based 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:50.120 on what is his performance has enabled him to receive 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:51.679 some other recognition that he's receiving. 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:53.920 Nick, I'm reminded as I look over at our other 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.319 set and I see his name, Brevin Jordan over there. 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.400 You draft him in the fifth round of twenty twenty one. 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.880 We've seen in the progress of Bread has another couple 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:03.000 of big catches last week in the rain, making some 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:06.319 things happen. What have you seen from Brevin? And what 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.920 more do you want to see, in particular, if Dalton's 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:10.640 unable to go and you really need to continue to 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:12.400 rely on Brevin in the passing game, what do you 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:13.760 want to see even more from him? 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.240 Yeah, Brevan's been able to help us in the passing game. 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:18.240 He's made some plays. And think when you just look 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.200 at the arc of his career and he's showing the 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:21.600 ability to do that, And I think one of the 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.760 things that we liked about the player coming out of 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.280 Miami was his ability with the ball after the catch. 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:28.400 And there's some players that once they get the ball 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.680 in their hands, they do good things. You have some 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:33.120 players that are more catch at contact or you know, 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:36.440 yards at contact, yards at catch point. But Brevin's got 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:40.200 good playing strength for his size. He's athletic, he runs well, 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.959 he runs strong, he has ability to break tackle, He's 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:44.920 got good lower body strength. So I think the big 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:48.439 thing is consistency. Any young player looking for consistency, you 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:50.560 like Brevin, will tell you he probably hasn't always been 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.520 as consistent with his performance. There's been a myriad of 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:55.559 reasons for that. But it's got a good attitude. He 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:58.520 works hard, He's caught the ball, catching the ball at 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:00.760 times he's had and he had to drop the week before, 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:02.920 but he came back, made some catches and you know 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:05.599 the difficult conditions. So but braviits worked hard and you 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.240 put himself in a position to help a team, and 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:08.160 that's all you can really ask. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.120 Nick Davis gets into the game late against the Jets. 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.040 We don't know what's going to happen with CJ and 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:15.760 the protocol and everything. But what can Davis learn? What 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:20.800 could he learn all this time watching CJ? Absorbing whatever 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:24.199 he can absorb about this system, having played in the preseason, that. 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:24.679 Kind of thing. 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.000 Yeah, It's say when you have an experience in the system, 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:30.840 it always helps. And I may say he's actually an example, 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.040 played ten to eleven games and they didn't play for 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.360 two or three games. And sometimes when that player goes 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:37.840 back on the field for whatever reason, he's more comfortable. 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.040 So I'd say that room overall, our room overall, like 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.319 we feel good about all three players. So obviously CJ 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:45.160 has done a great job here this year. Kind of 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.920 see how the week goes. You know, Davis has played, 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.440 He's played well with his opportunities. Case has a lot 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.600 of experience, you know, not only here in Houston over 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.200 the course of his career, but he's played winning football. 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:58.080 So we'll do what we feel makes the most sense 0:11:58.120 --> 0:11:59.840 for our team here, try to look at our options. 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:01.719 Just whoever we have to put in a position he 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.480 gives us the best chance to win a Sunday against Tennessee, 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:05.440 and that's what we're gonna have to do. 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:07.640 Nick. You know, the fans in this town if there's 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:10.079 one team I know Mark would want to beat the Colts. 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:12.320 I think most everybody else would want to beat the Titans. 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:14.480 So let's get into scouting report. We haven't seen him 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.199 all year, We're gona see him twice in three weeks. 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:18.600 You're scouting report on Tennessee Titans as they are right now. 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:20.920 Yeah, improving football team they've gone through. 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:25.800 I'd say a lot of change, injury related, some personnel related, 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:28.000 but the hallmarks of the team. 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:29.480 They run the football well. 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.840 I would say, in addition to Derek ty Spears has 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:36.160 done a great job. He's really complimented. Derek very was 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:40.000 good player at Tulane, so a good running game. Chig 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.720 Coronquo to tight end is an explosive player at tight end, 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.680 has some similarities to Brevin And I'd say d Hops 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:48.600 playing probably as well as he's had in any point 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.040 in his career. He is one of the most targeted 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:53.440 players in the league his positioned, so wherever he is, 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:55.640 you certainly have to be cognitive. And d Hopps been 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:57.600 a good player for a long time and he's certainly 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:01.520 not slowing down. And will's played better the more he's played. 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.280 So big strong arm, I mean he has the ability 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.440 to get the ball down the field and create exposive plays. 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:07.600 He's very tough. 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:09.480 You can make plays with his legs and I think 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:10.920 you kind of saw a little bit of everything in 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:14.360 a Miami game there the other night. So offensively, they've 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:16.200 got good skill. They've had a lot of change on 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.400 the offensive front. On the offensive line shuffle with some 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.559 guys in and out, and then defensively, it's one of 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:22.360 the best red area defense in the league and really 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:23.160 starts with the front. 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.840 So I mean, Jefferies, he's a badass. 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:27.079 I mean, he's one of the best players in the 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.079 league whether or not he plays, but you always have 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:31.320 to count for him. But I've gotten good production from 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:34.520 Key Landry's back this year's giving him some good rush 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:38.040 production off the edge. Azas has done a good job 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.160 an inside linebacker. They signed him, you know, played with 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:42.199 Demiko and the group out there at San Francisco leads 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:45.040 him and tackles in the secondary is where they've probably 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.040 had the most I would say change of variability to 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.280 trade and bayered claim some players off of waivers. But 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:55.480 they play fairly disciplined, very sound. They make you earn yards. 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:58.600 So good run defense good in the red area. They 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.640 haven't taken the ball away as much, and then offensively 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:03.840 have the ability to create explosive plays and. 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:04.520 A kicking game. 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.520 The center's actually put in there now times with this 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.200 earlier in the year put of the ball well against Miami. 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.520 So they're a team that is going to keep the 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.120 game close and then gives themselves an opportunity in the 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.640 fourth quarter. And I think you saw everything kind of 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:19.360 come to fruition there in the Miami game, all the 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:19.920 way to the end. 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.200 Yeah, they came back. You saw several upsets in the 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.480 league this weekend. We're getting late in the year. I 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:28.600 guess nothing surprises you anymore because the line, the margin 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:29.680 is payper thin, right. 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:30.280 Very thin. 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:32.760 And the reality is, if if you don't play the 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.400 game the right way, it doesn't matter who you play. 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:37.760 Demiko has mentioned this, We've talked about it. Records in 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:39.640 the end really don't matter. A record is really a 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.560 snapshot of where you are present time. But you still 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:44.120 have to go out there and play the game. So 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:45.840 you have sixty minutes of football in front of you. 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.360 So whoever executes better that day is probably going to win, 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.160 and the team that doesn't probably won't and as you 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:54.600 get later in the year, you just run out of opportunities. 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:57.600 So our focus right now is try to put everything 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:59.640 we can into this week and then getting ready for 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:02.440 a good heightens football team on the road who's playing well. 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:04.960 So we'll see if we can make some improvements and 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.000 adjustments relative to what we put on the field against 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:07.440 the Jets. 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:10.000 I'm pretty sure I know the answer this question on 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:14.880 my ask anyways, it is December and playing important football. 0:15:15.320 --> 0:15:17.360 Do you sneak a peek at the scoreboard at times? 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:18.840 Do you kind of pay attention to what's going on 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:21.520 at times like teams that are around us at the time, Nick, 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:23.440 Or is it just we got to focus on our 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:24.280 job and what we do. 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:26.080 Yeah, I mean, I think you just take a quick 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.480 snapshot to kind of get an idea of what's going on. 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.680 But in the end, you have to focus on yourself 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:32.880 because if you don't take care of your business, nothing 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:37.120 else really matters. So focus on our job. Players internally 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.280 have to focus on individually what they can do to 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:43.080 help the team, so their preparation, their practice, their process, 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.040 and be able to go out there and execute the 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:46.960 game playing the right way. Those are the things that 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:48.640 are going to matter. The rest of it is for 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:50.360 the fans, and I'm sure they'll have fun with them 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:50.880 when they're doing it. 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:51.120 Yeah. 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.320 I want to bring up the running the football topic 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.840 this week, Nick, because in the first half it looked like, okay, 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.680 there's some things going on, and then the second half 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:59.480 kind of slowed down. Then the game kind of changed 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:01.640 to roll with a lot or whatever the case is. 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:03.640 What about the state of the art or the state 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:05.800 of the union rather with the running game and where 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:07.200 you're headed going into Tennessee. 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.280 Yeah, it's probably indicative of kind of where we've been 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:10.800 all year. We've got our moments, you know, if you 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:12.960 had some opportunities where there's been some run lanes and 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:14.760 we've able to churn out some good runs, and there's 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.960 been some other plays where either we don't get a 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.240 hat on the right guy, or the back misses the 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:23.000 cut or a combination. I think we miss a block 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:26.240 on the second level, or there's just a myriad of things. 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:28.480 So it's gonna be hard to run a football against 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:29.800 his front. I mean, this is one of the better 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:31.800 things that they do. So see if we can carve 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:33.800 out some you know, positive yards and I think the 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:35.760 big thing with the running game, and sometimes it's volume 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:37.600 and then just putting yourself in a position where it's 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:41.000 second in six or seven. It's not so much about 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:43.320 getting a thirty or forty yard run, it's just getting 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:46.680 incremental progress and kind of putting yourself in a position offensively, 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:48.400 you know, where you can manage the sticks a little 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:48.680 bit better. 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:50.720 I felt like we were behind the sticks with a 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:54.880 number of a number of times against the Jets on Sunday, Nick, 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.560 you brought it up earlier. He's the one guy that 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.680 I in the division that I always I I hate 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:05.800 seeing Jeffrey Simmons. How do you prepare It's been said, Okay, 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.520 he's probably not gonna play, but you can't take that 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.160 for granted. How do you kind of prepare for Simmons? 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.240 Because I would imagine he's the kind of guy that, 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.200 not that you have special game plans for, but he's 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:18.840 a guy that can completely wreck the game in certain 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:21.159 ways if he's playing and he's not totally account for. 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.040 How do you kind of go about that preparation with Simmons? 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:24.000 Yeah, no, absolutely. 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:25.680 I mean they have a good front, so they have 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:27.239 a lot of players that can But when you have 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:30.760 a player that can potentially impact the game in all areas. 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:33.439 And Jeffrey's a three down player and he has front versatility. 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:34.879 So I think the big thing you have to have 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.960 an awareness of understanding of the player, and thereous things 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.719 that you can do to mitigate, let's say, his impact 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.360 on the game. Then you have to address those during 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:45.920 the course of the week. So maybe it's the way 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:48.640 you design a running game, or in certain protections, there's 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:50.560 gonna make sure that you get extra presence there. But 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:52.480 if you do that, then you're gonna be a little 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:54.240 bit lighter on a guy like Landry or a guy 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.160 like Key. So when you have a player that impacts 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:58.760 the game that much, you just have to make sure 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.199 that you don't let that player becomes such a large 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.560 impact on the game where he completely wrecks the game 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:06.960 or ruins right. So it's a credit to him, and 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.439 I think his consistency and just his toughness and his 0:18:09.480 --> 0:18:11.440 playing strength and his ability to be a good run 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.520 player and still impact the passing game. That's what kind 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:16.280 of makes him unique because not everybody can do that. 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:16.560 Right. 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:18.440 I hate that guy. I mean, I'm sure he's a 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:20.360 great guy. I hate seeing him on the other side 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.160 of the field. I mean he's as No, he's actually 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:25.639 a great guy. I think he's there, Walter guy. I 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:29.840 mean I just hate seeing him because you I mean, 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:31.840 last year we ran that gauntlet of all those guys 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:36.040 we're seeing, from Dexter to uh Simmons who saw him 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.480 twice and then drawn paint to John Allen. So all 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:40.880 those guys. Of course, Quinn we thrown there from last week. 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:43.880 I can't stand well, how about Den Dexter. 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.600 Lawrence didn't play Monday night, his team won, Jeffrey Simmons 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:48.560 didn't play his team one, so you never know what's 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:49.040 going to happen. 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:50.560 Well, it kind of goes back to what we talked about, 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:52.000 like the depth of your team. You're going to need 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:54.320 everybody at some point, and everybody has good players. So 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:56.880 just because you don't have one said player doesn't mean 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:58.720 you don't have an opportunity to go out there and 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:00.639 play good football. You have to figure out of way, 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:02.640 and that's what our job is is to figure out 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:04.800 it way each week to put ourselves into position to 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:05.320 have success. 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:08.080 Nick, there are seven bowls on Saturday, only seven. 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:09.960 There's seven. Realize they already started. 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.640 Yes, how do you deploy people this time of year, 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:15.440 if at all, because these are not the power programs 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:17.439 playing in these early bowls. I don't know how you 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:19.200 handle all that because there might be some diamonds in 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:19.760 the rough there. 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.280 Very selectively, there's probably a good chance that we've probably 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:25.600 seen just about every player and these respective teams throughout 0:19:25.600 --> 0:19:27.840 the course of the fall. So unless you may there's 0:19:27.840 --> 0:19:31.120 something specific that you need to see live, then you're 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.080 probably not going to go watch the Blue Bonnet Bowl 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:36.119 or the Liberty Car My Ex Tax Bowl or now 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:39.080 we have the Bowl coming in n RG the twenty seven, 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:41.639 so definitely being the tendance for that one. Two pretty 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.439 good teams, so the ability to actually we haven't seen A, 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:46.280 and I haven't seen A and M this year saw 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:49.560 Oklahoma State play against Houston. But it's really you have 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:51.399 to be selective kind of pick and shoes and if 0:19:51.400 --> 0:19:53.159 there's really a reason that you need to be at 0:19:53.200 --> 0:19:53.760 the game. 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:55.719 You brought up or it came up. 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:57.520 The Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee that is 0:19:57.600 --> 0:19:59.600 John Weeks for the Houston Texans, who's been here for 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.560 a thousand and years and does a very important job. 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:06.200 And I liken him to a utility. It's the lights, 0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:08.840 it's the plumbing. If it goes off, everything's going to 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:11.040 go wrong. But you kind of take it for granted, 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:14.320 sometimes not you, but people that that job has done 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:16.280 extremely well for so long. 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:18.399 If you want to be going the kicking game, it 0:20:18.440 --> 0:20:20.800 all starts with the specialists. And nobody's done a better 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:23.360 job over the course of his career with his craft 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:26.120 and his job than John Weeks. And this award isn't 0:20:26.119 --> 0:20:27.919 about what he does on the football field. Is his 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:29.840 impact that he's had in the community. But I think 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:33.639 what it speaks to is just John's consistency and just 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:36.800 week after week a year after year, and he's reliable 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:38.680 and you could count on him to do the right thing, 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:40.240 to be a great teammate and go out there and 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:44.200 perform his job. And we've been fortunate to be fairly 0:20:44.200 --> 0:20:46.639 productive in the kicking game. And it all starts with 0:20:46.640 --> 0:20:48.960 the good specialists, and John is certainly at the forefront 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:49.159 of that. 0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:51.840 I was thinking about this nick last weekend because I'm 0:20:51.880 --> 0:20:55.000 watching You're a Boss put on a helmet on college 0:20:55.040 --> 0:20:57.000 game day as the game day picker, and he puts 0:20:57.040 --> 0:20:59.480 on an old Navy helmet, which was freaking awesome to see. 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:01.040 But it made me think about the Army Navy game. 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:03.160 Have you ever been to that game? Have you ever 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:04.680 been to it and seen it up close? Because it 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:05.600 wasn't last. 0:21:05.400 --> 0:21:08.280 We have not seen it live, just watched it from afar, 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:11.120 But there's nothing like it, and everybody that's either been 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:14.119 to it or experienced it just speaks to the impact 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:16.119 that it's had. And I think the one thing I 0:21:16.160 --> 0:21:17.879 haven't had the ability to do I haven't done yet 0:21:18.000 --> 0:21:20.800 is actually see a game on campus at West Point. 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:21.880 Oh yeah, So. 0:21:22.400 --> 0:21:26.840 It's that the academy experience. There's nothing like it in 0:21:26.880 --> 0:21:30.280 college football. But even just the pageantry and everything associated 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:32.640 with that game, when you watch it, it just has 0:21:32.680 --> 0:21:36.720 a different feel and it's it's very unique and there's 0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:37.600 really nothing like it. 0:21:37.680 --> 0:21:39.439 All Right, So, Nick, we're going to Nashville, I know 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:42.520 of an open mic night. Maybe that's not where you're 0:21:42.520 --> 0:21:42.840 gonna be. 0:21:43.200 --> 0:21:45.400 You guys will be there for the karaoke, I'm sure. 0:21:46.240 --> 0:21:48.399 I might know he will. 0:21:48.840 --> 0:21:51.680 But speaking of it's the music capital of the country 0:21:51.720 --> 0:21:54.480 really and country music of course, but have you ever 0:21:54.640 --> 0:21:56.879 put on a cowboy hat here at the rodeo or 0:21:56.920 --> 0:21:59.119 something like that, because I think I don't know if 0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:00.960 you've enjoyed the road deo or gotten to do it 0:22:01.040 --> 0:22:01.960 yet here have you. 0:22:02.480 --> 0:22:04.880 I have not been on a cowboy hat. We've seen 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:08.000 the rodeo because they they're here during March, during our 0:22:08.520 --> 0:22:10.960 i'd say off season if you will. So there's a 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:13.760 lot of traffic, there's a lot of dirt. Yeah, there's 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:15.200 a lot of activity. 0:22:14.680 --> 0:22:16.680 In the building. So we get displaced. 0:22:17.080 --> 0:22:22.160 So concerts partake and yeah, so I think the girls 0:22:22.200 --> 0:22:22.639 would like it. 0:22:22.760 --> 0:22:23.480 They probably will. 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:25.399 We probably will have a conversation about now, as you 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:26.040 brought it up, Mar. 0:22:27.119 --> 0:22:30.040 Wear that hat, get the boots. That's good stuff, all right, Nick, 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:31.120 thanks a lot of good luck this week. 0:22:31.160 --> 0:22:31.800 Thanks fellas. 0:22:31.920 --> 0:22:34.199 Now, we had that conversation with Nick on Tuesday, as 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:36.640 we always do, always sit around around lunch time with Nick, 0:22:37.320 --> 0:22:40.640 and so we have that conversation. So sometimes transactions happen, 0:22:40.720 --> 0:22:44.360 things happen. Well, something happened as it pertained to Tommy DeVito. 0:22:45.000 --> 0:22:47.600 He won NFC Offensive Player of the Week. How about 0:22:47.640 --> 0:22:50.639 that NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Tommy DeVito, his 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:54.040 agent shaunts the leto. I just love how Nick, just 0:22:54.400 --> 0:22:56.520 Nick just jumped right into that question. Man, that was 0:22:56.600 --> 0:22:58.840 that was pretty cool? Uh? But yeah, how about the 0:22:58.880 --> 0:23:02.560 two New Jersey quarterback Zach Wilson for the Jets got 0:23:02.600 --> 0:23:05.240 it against us AFC Offensive Player of the Week Tommy 0:23:05.280 --> 0:23:11.680 DeVito NFC Offensive Player of the Week. So some good 0:23:11.720 --> 0:23:14.360 things happening up in New York with their quarterbacks both 0:23:14.359 --> 0:23:18.520 playing in MetLife on Sunday and Monday. Okay, one of 0:23:18.560 --> 0:23:22.159 the guys that would be instrumental on Sunday is Juice 0:23:22.160 --> 0:23:25.560 Scruggs playing that left guard position. See some good things 0:23:25.600 --> 0:23:27.760 from Juice. I know people are the offensive line has 0:23:27.760 --> 0:23:29.880 been very good to be giving up sacks and et cetera, 0:23:29.920 --> 0:23:34.800 et cetera, And I I'm trying to make sure that 0:23:35.240 --> 0:23:37.840 with Juice, you give him a little bit of a chance. 0:23:37.840 --> 0:23:39.840 The guy who's only played a few games of football, 0:23:39.960 --> 0:23:42.720 especially at left guard the NFL. So he's handling some 0:23:42.800 --> 0:23:46.040 business and he's gonna be standing on business against Tennessee. 0:23:46.200 --> 0:23:49.280 Now we'll see if Jeffrey Simmons ends up being part 0:23:49.280 --> 0:23:51.840 of that, but it doesn't sound as if you will. 0:23:51.880 --> 0:23:54.399 At least this game, the game of Houston. Potentially Jeffery 0:23:54.400 --> 0:23:56.480 Simmons is there and he'll give lessons to everybody. Well, 0:23:56.520 --> 0:24:00.959 Quinn Williams gave lessons last week, and Juice did some 0:24:00.960 --> 0:24:04.000 good things against Quinny Williams. There are also some times 0:24:04.000 --> 0:24:06.920 that Quentin got his So let's talk to Juice. Drew 0:24:06.960 --> 0:24:08.560 already caught up with him for a little let in 0:24:08.600 --> 0:24:09.720 the locker room today. 0:24:09.640 --> 0:24:12.480 Juice Scruggs left guard joins us. Juice, tell me about 0:24:12.520 --> 0:24:15.199 the challenge that awaits with this front seven of the 0:24:15.240 --> 0:24:16.040 Tennessee Titans. 0:24:16.200 --> 0:24:19.200 Oh yeah, they're a good group, definitely another challenge for us. 0:24:19.480 --> 0:24:22.520 Just got to come out and play our game and 0:24:22.840 --> 0:24:23.919 I should take care of itself. 0:24:24.160 --> 0:24:26.320 Tough one on Sunday, But this is a bounce back 0:24:26.359 --> 0:24:28.879 team all season long. Outside of those first two weeks 0:24:28.920 --> 0:24:31.639 after loss, Texans have played really well this year, haven't they. 0:24:31.800 --> 0:24:31.919 Right? 0:24:32.000 --> 0:24:34.240 Yeah, yeah, we've been playing our ball, but last week 0:24:34.280 --> 0:24:35.040 it wasn't our ball. 0:24:35.119 --> 0:24:35.480 For sure. 0:24:35.640 --> 0:24:38.439 The results, the score says it all. But we just 0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:40.639 got to come back this week and get back to 0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:41.760 playing our ball. 0:24:41.800 --> 0:24:44.080 In watching the tape of your work these first few 0:24:44.080 --> 0:24:47.040 weeks and then being in the game, are you recognizing, Hey, 0:24:47.040 --> 0:24:49.399 I'm growing in this area. I'm getting better here. This 0:24:49.440 --> 0:24:52.200 is getting not easier, but I'm advancing us so to speak. 0:24:52.359 --> 0:24:55.480 Yeah, No, definitely, just as a whole. I feel myself 0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:58.240 getting better like each game and just trying to stack 0:24:58.359 --> 0:25:01.679 days and really just like you said, just trying to 0:25:01.960 --> 0:25:04.480 take a little things and just get better at the 0:25:04.520 --> 0:25:07.480 little things and then eventually it will show up in 0:25:07.560 --> 0:25:10.000 a bigger picture. But just focus on the little things, 0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:13.080 little details, and hopefully that would lead me to a 0:25:13.119 --> 0:25:13.840 bigger success. 0:25:13.960 --> 0:25:15.560 What are some of those little things that you're working 0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:16.680 on focusing on right now? 0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:20.480 Yeah, right now, just footwork technique and just really at placement. 0:25:20.680 --> 0:25:23.280 And it's those little things. I know it sounds simple, 0:25:23.320 --> 0:25:25.600 but those little things that can making you a very 0:25:25.600 --> 0:25:26.760 successful office alignment. 0:25:27.000 --> 0:25:29.960 I asked this of your fellow rookie, Xavier Hutchinson, your 0:25:30.040 --> 0:25:32.800 rookie also, But clearly you know this is not just 0:25:33.119 --> 0:25:36.119 some normal rivalry with the Titans and Texans. Correct. 0:25:36.240 --> 0:25:38.560 I don't know too much about it, but I definitely 0:25:38.600 --> 0:25:40.920 know this is like a big rivalry game for sure. 0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:43.520 Last thing, what are you asking for for Christmas? From Santa? 0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:46.439 What I'm asking I don't really got nothing, to be 0:25:46.480 --> 0:25:48.840 honest with you, I'm not a big I don't really 0:25:48.920 --> 0:25:51.160 like attention, So like I'm not a big GIF guy. 0:25:51.760 --> 0:25:55.120 But if I had to ask for something, probably just 0:25:55.119 --> 0:25:56.240 just some work on my truck. 0:25:56.280 --> 0:25:57.560 For real, work on your truck. 0:25:57.640 --> 0:25:59.600 Yeah, and work on my truck. Man, can't go wrong 0:25:59.640 --> 0:25:59.920 with that. 0:26:00.119 --> 0:26:02.400 There you go, all right, Well, Juice Scruggs, appreciate the time. 0:26:02.440 --> 0:26:04.240 Best of luck on Sunday, so I appreciate you. 0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:04.600 Well. 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:07.240 Of course, the man's got a truck. He's living in Houston. 0:26:07.280 --> 0:26:09.639 Now he's gotta have a truck. Man players coming to 0:26:09.680 --> 0:26:11.840 the Texans here in Houston, they're like, I gotta get 0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:14.760 a truck. Ben DeAndre Hopkins had one. You know. JJ 0:26:14.840 --> 0:26:17.080 Watt immediately got one. But it fit for JJ. But 0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:19.199 I don't quite see hopping a truck, but he loved it. 0:26:19.240 --> 0:26:22.760 So we'll see hop on Sunday right there at Nissan 0:26:22.960 --> 0:26:28.320 Stadium wearing oh boy, the Oilers jersey number ten. Listen, 0:26:28.320 --> 0:26:30.800 those things are sweet. Just be honest, those things are sweet, 0:26:30.840 --> 0:26:34.960 and just hate seeing them on those guys on Sunday. 0:26:35.000 --> 0:26:39.920 Speaking of sweet, sweet, Stevanie Gonzales is gonna join us next. 0:26:39.960 --> 0:26:42.320 She's a newcomer to the Slant. She sits down with 0:26:42.480 --> 0:26:47.280 Walter Peyton Man of the Year candidate the Texans Representative 0:26:47.640 --> 0:26:51.680 long snapper longest tenured Texan, John Weeks. That's next right 0:26:51.720 --> 0:26:54.760 here in Texans All Access. What is up, everybody? Welcome 0:26:54.800 --> 0:26:58.119 back to a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access in 0:26:58.280 --> 0:27:01.920 Hunday Texans Radio Studio. I'm John Harris, football Analyst, sideline 0:27:01.920 --> 0:27:05.520 reporter for your Houston Texans and it's time for the Slant. Now. 0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:08.280 If you know the history of the slant, you know 0:27:08.320 --> 0:27:10.440 this was the deep Slant for a long time. Dpcity 0:27:10.480 --> 0:27:13.280 or our good friend, did such a great job sitting 0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:15.240 down with the players, getting to know them a little bit, 0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:19.520 get to know them further. And she was such a 0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:22.520 great listener when she would do interviews with players and 0:27:22.560 --> 0:27:24.320 there would be some things that would come out of 0:27:24.359 --> 0:27:27.040 her just listening to the guys. Well, we've had a 0:27:27.119 --> 0:27:29.560 number of people do the slant last few weeks. Brandon 0:27:29.560 --> 0:27:31.879 Scott did it for a few weeks. Kennedy Smith was 0:27:32.000 --> 0:27:36.879 last week. Well, this week we go to Stephanie Gonzalez. 0:27:37.400 --> 0:27:41.080 She sat down with Walter Payton Man of the Year 0:27:41.600 --> 0:27:46.119 candidate Texas Representative John Weeks, one of the best dudes 0:27:46.400 --> 0:27:50.080 in the building. Stephanie could not have had a better 0:27:50.119 --> 0:27:53.080 person to sit down and chat with check that conversation 0:27:53.160 --> 0:27:53.880 out right here. 0:27:54.200 --> 0:27:57.320 Hey, everyone, welcome to the Slant. I'm Stephanie Gonzalez and 0:27:57.720 --> 0:28:00.639 our next guest needs no introduction, but I'm still going 0:28:00.680 --> 0:28:04.960 to do it anyway. Texans long snapper John Weeks Welcome. 0:28:04.760 --> 0:28:06.760 Thank you, thank you very much for having me. I'm excited. 0:28:06.880 --> 0:28:09.199 Thank you so much. And I know you've been so busy. 0:28:09.400 --> 0:28:12.080 It's been crazy last few months for you. But first 0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:14.040 of all, how are you great? 0:28:14.560 --> 0:28:14.760 Great? 0:28:14.800 --> 0:28:16.560 We just got off the practice field. We had a great, 0:28:16.880 --> 0:28:19.840 great practice, you know, getting ready for a really good team. 0:28:19.680 --> 0:28:20.359 Coming up this weekend. 0:28:20.760 --> 0:28:23.880 And we have to mention this little thing right here. Oh, 0:28:23.920 --> 0:28:28.160 Walter Peating Man of the Year nominee. That's amazing, that's huge. John. 0:28:28.320 --> 0:28:31.600 So I saw the video that the awesome media team 0:28:31.640 --> 0:28:34.440 put together for you. But what did you feel when 0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:35.840 you found out about this nomination? 0:28:37.480 --> 0:28:37.720 Wow? 0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:41.200 What a great question. I I was taken away. You know, 0:28:41.320 --> 0:28:45.080 it is something that I don't really have words as 0:28:45.080 --> 0:28:46.720 you can tell, you know, I don't really stutter too 0:28:46.800 --> 0:28:49.480 much over My words are fumble, but it just it 0:28:49.560 --> 0:28:52.160 meant the world to me for the organization to nominate me. 0:28:52.200 --> 0:28:55.720 First of all, incredibly grateful, especially because I know the 0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:57.520 men that we have in that locker room and how 0:28:57.560 --> 0:29:00.600 giving all those men are in the community. So to 0:29:00.640 --> 0:29:04.080 be nominated for that award was absolutely amazing. 0:29:04.440 --> 0:29:07.320 Anytime for me, when I hear your name, John Weeks, 0:29:07.360 --> 0:29:11.320 I think football and community because you're always out there, 0:29:11.360 --> 0:29:15.440 You're always doing something. And with my years working in sports, 0:29:15.520 --> 0:29:18.520 you know, like ten plus years, I've learned that as 0:29:18.560 --> 0:29:21.720 an athlete you can make such a difference off the field, 0:29:21.960 --> 0:29:24.960 making people smile, making a difference. It's like its own 0:29:25.040 --> 0:29:29.000 superpower and you're using it for good. So what is 0:29:29.040 --> 0:29:31.720 it that keeps you doing stuff in the community. 0:29:31.800 --> 0:29:35.520 Yeah, you know, something I've brought up many times since 0:29:35.560 --> 0:29:38.600 I've been you know, since I was nominated, people have 0:29:38.640 --> 0:29:42.080 asked me, and something my parents and my grandparents always 0:29:42.080 --> 0:29:43.520 told me was that if you're in a position to 0:29:43.560 --> 0:29:45.800 give back into better someone's life, it's your job to 0:29:45.840 --> 0:29:48.719 do it. And that's something that the organization has done 0:29:48.720 --> 0:29:51.840 an amazing job allowing me to do. They've been great. 0:29:51.920 --> 0:29:55.080 Anytime I've asked them or had an idea of something 0:29:55.080 --> 0:29:57.280 I wanted to do to try to help, They've been 0:29:57.400 --> 0:30:00.600 fully supportive. They've been one hundred percent Hi me trying 0:30:00.640 --> 0:30:04.520 to get get involved, and you know, it's it's those 0:30:04.560 --> 0:30:07.280 little things that make uh, you know, you can go 0:30:07.320 --> 0:30:09.640 out there and make a make a kid's day, right, 0:30:09.840 --> 0:30:12.120 just something so simple, just by spending time with them 0:30:12.160 --> 0:30:14.400 and and just talking to them and. 0:30:14.080 --> 0:30:15.640 And that stuff so important. 0:30:15.720 --> 0:30:18.600 And it's stuff that I value and stuff that the 0:30:18.760 --> 0:30:20.040 guys in this team value. 0:30:20.280 --> 0:30:22.280 And I'm proud to be a part of it. 0:30:22.360 --> 0:30:25.000 And we were just talking before we started recording about 0:30:25.600 --> 0:30:29.400 JJ Watson. Oh yeah, upcoming event at Consolation Field. 0:30:29.600 --> 0:30:30.200 Yeah, so. 0:30:31.640 --> 0:30:33.120 I'm guessing you will be part of that. 0:30:33.520 --> 0:30:34.720 I'm hoping to be a part of it. 0:30:34.800 --> 0:30:39.120 Yes, But yeah, JJ is having his charity softball event. 0:30:39.200 --> 0:30:42.560 I believe tickets just went on sale the other day, 0:30:42.680 --> 0:30:44.440 so you should go get those because it's going to 0:30:44.480 --> 0:30:46.000 be a fantastic time as always. 0:30:46.160 --> 0:30:48.800 Yeah, and you and I met years ago at a 0:30:48.920 --> 0:30:52.320 charity event. I mean we didn't really talk, but I 0:30:52.360 --> 0:30:55.600 became friends with your WiFi Amanda shout out yes. And 0:30:56.280 --> 0:30:59.160 it's so cool because I I see her posts, right, 0:30:59.240 --> 0:31:02.000 I see you as the dad, the husband, you know, 0:31:02.200 --> 0:31:05.080 sprinkled with a little football. So I'm excited to get 0:31:05.120 --> 0:31:07.880 to know you more and talk about football. And life 0:31:07.880 --> 0:31:08.600 and all that stuff. 0:31:08.640 --> 0:31:10.920 So let's go back in time a little. 0:31:11.040 --> 0:31:11.880 Okay, let's do it. 0:31:11.960 --> 0:31:13.640 So let's talk. 0:31:13.520 --> 0:31:16.560 About you know when little John, no boy, not the Rapper, 0:31:16.720 --> 0:31:20.560 but you What was it like, you know, kind of 0:31:20.600 --> 0:31:23.560 getting introduced to football. How did that happen? How did 0:31:23.600 --> 0:31:24.920 you fall in love with the game? 0:31:25.040 --> 0:31:27.120 Yeah, you know, so I was a military brat growing up. 0:31:27.400 --> 0:31:29.600 My dad was in the Air Force. We moved around 0:31:29.600 --> 0:31:32.920 a bunch, and I was a very active kid. 0:31:33.320 --> 0:31:35.080 My parents kind of. 0:31:35.040 --> 0:31:37.880 Realized that they needed to get me out and they 0:31:37.920 --> 0:31:40.560 needed to kind of get me under control because I 0:31:40.600 --> 0:31:42.320 was one of those little kids that just ran around 0:31:42.320 --> 0:31:44.240 like a crazy person. So they put me in every 0:31:44.280 --> 0:31:46.600 sport they could possibly put me in. So I think 0:31:46.600 --> 0:31:49.000 that's kind of how I got so involved with sports 0:31:49.640 --> 0:31:51.479 and then just kind of fell in love with it, 0:31:51.560 --> 0:31:54.120 fell in love with every sport I played. Yeah, I mean, 0:31:54.160 --> 0:31:56.560 it just it was it was fun. I think I 0:31:56.600 --> 0:32:00.880 started playing football, was introduced to football and a funny play. 0:32:00.920 --> 0:32:02.560 We were in stationed in Turkey. 0:32:02.800 --> 0:32:05.800 Oh, and my dad was my football coach, my flag 0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:07.520 football coach. That was probably the first time I think 0:32:07.520 --> 0:32:08.160 I ever played. 0:32:08.440 --> 0:32:12.080 Oh that's awesome. And then you ended up playing at Baylor. 0:32:11.960 --> 0:32:12.320 I did. 0:32:12.480 --> 0:32:16.240 Yeah, did you ever imagine that you would be playing 0:32:16.680 --> 0:32:19.360 in the NFL let alone for as long as you 0:32:19.440 --> 0:32:19.800 have been? 0:32:20.240 --> 0:32:22.480 You know, It's one of those things when you look back, 0:32:22.720 --> 0:32:28.360 it's always a dream, right. But when I picked up 0:32:28.560 --> 0:32:31.320 the skill of long snapping, I picked it up because 0:32:31.440 --> 0:32:34.200 a coach of mine told me he could give me 0:32:34.240 --> 0:32:36.160 a skill that would get me to college. And I 0:32:36.240 --> 0:32:38.920 knew I wanted to go play college football. I knew 0:32:38.960 --> 0:32:40.480 I wanted to do everything I could to help my 0:32:40.560 --> 0:32:43.960 parents try to earn a scholarship, and he told me 0:32:43.960 --> 0:32:45.440 he could give me a skill to do that. 0:32:45.680 --> 0:32:47.800 So that's how I actually picked up long snapping. 0:32:48.680 --> 0:32:51.120 And then once I got to Baylor and I was 0:32:51.120 --> 0:32:53.280 playing in the Big twelve and we were playing really 0:32:53.320 --> 0:32:56.200 good Oklahoma teams and Texas teams and at the time 0:32:56.280 --> 0:33:00.960 Kansas was good and I was going through that process, 0:33:01.760 --> 0:33:03.600 I kind of started to think maybe I had a 0:33:03.600 --> 0:33:06.640 shot because I knew I was playing against guys that 0:33:06.640 --> 0:33:08.200 were going to be playing on Sunday and I was 0:33:08.240 --> 0:33:10.960 holding my own So that was kind of when it 0:33:11.000 --> 0:33:16.640 started to creep in. I mean, I'm completely blessed to 0:33:16.880 --> 0:33:19.240 be where I'm at today. With the journey that I've 0:33:19.240 --> 0:33:21.480 been on with it and incredibly grateful. 0:33:22.480 --> 0:33:24.600 But yeah, that's kind of how that that all happen. 0:33:24.800 --> 0:33:25.239 I love it. 0:33:25.280 --> 0:33:28.920 And it wasn't an easy journey getting here. You've been 0:33:28.920 --> 0:33:31.840 through so many changes, right since twenty ten, there's been 0:33:31.880 --> 0:33:34.240 a long which is what has it been about this 0:33:34.360 --> 0:33:35.760 season that's made it so special. 0:33:37.920 --> 0:33:42.160 It's just, you know, sometimes there's just a feeling, right, 0:33:42.280 --> 0:33:43.880 I guess that's the best way to put it. And 0:33:44.440 --> 0:33:47.000 you know, with with the beginning of the season, starting 0:33:47.040 --> 0:33:51.240 off with the hiring of you know, coach, getting Dimico 0:33:51.320 --> 0:33:54.640 back in the building, and then what Demiko and the 0:33:54.760 --> 0:33:57.160 entire front of the front office and Nick and all 0:33:57.160 --> 0:33:58.960 those guys were able to do bringing in the talent 0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:01.560 they did through the draft, and then just getting all 0:34:01.600 --> 0:34:02.800 those guys in here and. 0:34:02.840 --> 0:34:04.400 The immediate. 0:34:05.560 --> 0:34:08.400 Process of like kind of coming together as a team 0:34:08.680 --> 0:34:13.160 started to happen. And I think that was kind of that, Okay, 0:34:13.200 --> 0:34:15.319 this could be something special as long as we put 0:34:15.360 --> 0:34:17.359 our head down and we keep working for it. And 0:34:17.480 --> 0:34:19.040 I think that's what we do. We got a great 0:34:19.040 --> 0:34:21.120 group of guys in there that just kind of put 0:34:21.120 --> 0:34:23.080 their head down and work as hard as they possibly 0:34:23.080 --> 0:34:25.960 can and understand, you know what's in front of us, 0:34:26.320 --> 0:34:29.960 and don't take anything for granted and work their tails off. 0:34:30.280 --> 0:34:32.600 What is your secret? We all want to know to 0:34:32.880 --> 0:34:36.480 just being here for this long, but it's the training, Like, like, 0:34:36.560 --> 0:34:37.080 what do you do? 0:34:37.760 --> 0:34:39.480 I don't know if there is a secret, you know. 0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:42.719 One thing one of my vets always told me was 0:34:42.719 --> 0:34:44.759 that once you get comfortable in this league, you're done. 0:34:45.440 --> 0:34:48.839 And I don't think I've ever been comfortable, you know. 0:34:49.000 --> 0:34:51.600 Unfortunately my journey started a little bit later and I 0:34:51.640 --> 0:34:53.319 was out of football for two years, so I do 0:34:53.440 --> 0:34:57.520 know what life without football was like and where I 0:34:57.560 --> 0:34:59.920 did find something I was passionate about and was able 0:34:59.960 --> 0:35:02.399 to to get back into football. So so things kind 0:35:02.400 --> 0:35:05.440 of worked out for me. I don't really want to 0:35:05.440 --> 0:35:08.560 feel that anytime soon. I love being around the guys, 0:35:08.600 --> 0:35:11.320 I love being in Houston, Texan. I love playing football, 0:35:12.719 --> 0:35:14.440 and I'm going to continue to keep doing it as 0:35:14.480 --> 0:35:15.120 long as I can. 0:35:15.440 --> 0:35:18.440 And I was talking to Mark Andrew Mayer earlier and 0:35:18.680 --> 0:35:22.879 he described you as the glue who's kept the team 0:35:22.920 --> 0:35:27.680 together so many changes. So what do you think it 0:35:27.760 --> 0:35:30.799 is that keeps you just being that team player that 0:35:31.560 --> 0:35:32.960 you know keeps the team together. 0:35:33.560 --> 0:35:35.840 I don't know if you. I mean, I think Mark's 0:35:35.840 --> 0:35:37.560 been a little too nice to be honest with you. 0:35:37.640 --> 0:35:41.239 I think, you know, when it comes to where I 0:35:41.280 --> 0:35:46.560 am now, I want to be as consistent as possible. 0:35:47.200 --> 0:35:50.279 I think as long as I can stay consistent and 0:35:50.360 --> 0:35:52.560 I can be there for these young guys and explain 0:35:52.680 --> 0:35:54.480 to them and try to help them and guide them 0:35:54.520 --> 0:35:58.040 through the ups and downs of a tough NFL season, 0:35:58.080 --> 0:36:00.680 that's that's what I'm lucky enough to be able to do. 0:36:00.719 --> 0:36:03.560 That's kind of my job right now, and I'm just 0:36:03.640 --> 0:36:05.200 trying to do that to the best of my ability. 0:36:05.680 --> 0:36:08.880 Yeah, and what is your goal? This will for the 0:36:08.880 --> 0:36:09.920 remaining of the season. 0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:13.000 Oh man, The goal for the remainder of season is 0:36:13.000 --> 0:36:14.520 probably make it through practice tomorrow. 0:36:14.680 --> 0:36:14.920 You know. 0:36:15.880 --> 0:36:17.640 Again, I try not to look too far ahead. 0:36:17.640 --> 0:36:20.680 I try to be in the moment as much as possible, because, 0:36:21.160 --> 0:36:23.000 you know, being in the moment is where you need 0:36:23.040 --> 0:36:25.040 to be at in this business because you just never know, 0:36:25.280 --> 0:36:28.400 right anything can happen. So just try to be in 0:36:28.400 --> 0:36:31.760 the moment as much as possible. You know, we understand 0:36:31.760 --> 0:36:33.239 the task that we have in front of us. We 0:36:33.320 --> 0:36:35.439 have a really good team that we're preparing for right now. 0:36:36.680 --> 0:36:38.920 You know, none of us are not aware of what 0:36:39.000 --> 0:36:41.560 we could do if if we put our heads down 0:36:41.600 --> 0:36:42.680 and really work towards it. 0:36:43.719 --> 0:36:44.680 And I think that's what we're doing. 0:36:44.680 --> 0:36:46.640 And again that's why this group is special, because this 0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:48.480 group understands that and they're willing to put the work in. 0:36:48.760 --> 0:36:51.480 Yeah, and what about a goal off the field, like 0:36:51.520 --> 0:36:53.240 something that you would like to call goal. 0:36:53.120 --> 0:36:53.840 Off the field? 0:36:54.040 --> 0:36:57.040 You know, I have been lucky enough, and I've talked 0:36:57.080 --> 0:36:59.279 about this with my wife. I've been lucky enough to 0:36:59.320 --> 0:37:00.960 be in this business for a while now, and I 0:37:01.040 --> 0:37:03.239 have got to accomplish a lot of things in my 0:37:04.040 --> 0:37:06.840 time here with the Texans. The only two things that 0:37:06.920 --> 0:37:09.319 have escaped me in my career so far are an 0:37:09.360 --> 0:37:12.320 AC championship game in the super Bowl. And the ultimate 0:37:12.360 --> 0:37:14.120 goal is to bring a Super Bowl to Houston, and 0:37:14.160 --> 0:37:15.120 I want to be a part of that. 0:37:15.320 --> 0:37:17.520 So that's the ultimate goal. 0:37:17.880 --> 0:37:20.080 But right now, the goal is to make sure that 0:37:20.160 --> 0:37:23.279 I prepared properly for tomorrow's practice and get ready to 0:37:23.360 --> 0:37:24.160 roll for a good team. 0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:27.160 Also, we touched a little bit on this earlier about 0:37:27.320 --> 0:37:30.480 just community and whatnot. So do you have any events 0:37:30.600 --> 0:37:32.879 or anything coming up that you would like to mention 0:37:33.239 --> 0:37:33.480 I have. 0:37:33.440 --> 0:37:36.520 A couple of things in the works, a couple of 0:37:36.560 --> 0:37:39.319 things again that the Texans are being amazing with and 0:37:39.360 --> 0:37:43.759 helping me with. Nothing that's completely iron down yet I 0:37:43.760 --> 0:37:47.560 am excited. I will be joining Kirsten and her Kirsten's 0:37:47.560 --> 0:37:49.680 Crew tomorrow for her shopping spree, so I'm going to 0:37:49.760 --> 0:37:53.600 go attend that. You know, her foundation and her group 0:37:53.640 --> 0:37:56.360 do a fantastic job with taking kids Christmas shopping, so 0:37:56.560 --> 0:37:58.319 I'll be happy to be a part of that and 0:37:58.360 --> 0:38:01.799 be there for that. But you know it, when when 0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:04.000 an opportunity arises, I try to be there for it. 0:38:04.320 --> 0:38:06.960 And our team does a great job of presaying those 0:38:06.960 --> 0:38:09.040 opportunities for us. And if I can be there, I'll 0:38:09.080 --> 0:38:09.359 be there. 0:38:09.760 --> 0:38:12.600 And what is the best advice that you've received? 0:38:12.960 --> 0:38:15.080 The best advice I've received as a. 0:38:15.000 --> 0:38:17.720 Player as go with as a player. 0:38:19.280 --> 0:38:22.520 The best advice I ever received I probably got when 0:38:22.560 --> 0:38:27.160 I was struggling to get back in, and. 0:38:27.960 --> 0:38:30.680 That was just never let someone else's perception of you 0:38:30.760 --> 0:38:33.560 be your reality. And it was at a. 0:38:33.520 --> 0:38:35.560 Time where there were some rules that were kind of 0:38:35.640 --> 0:38:38.640 keeping me from getting in because a couple teams said 0:38:38.640 --> 0:38:40.799 I was a little too small so I just kind 0:38:40.800 --> 0:38:43.439 of had to keep that in my mind that you know, yes, 0:38:43.480 --> 0:38:45.000 there are going to be teams that think that, but 0:38:45.080 --> 0:38:47.240 I just need one team to give me a shot 0:38:47.280 --> 0:38:48.640 and the rest will take care of itself. 0:38:48.680 --> 0:38:50.080 And thankfully it was Houston. 0:38:50.120 --> 0:38:56.799 And you're awesome both on and off the field, and 0:38:56.840 --> 0:38:59.759 truly I applaud you for everything that you're doing around 0:38:59.760 --> 0:39:02.640 the and for the team. And I'm telling you when 0:39:02.640 --> 0:39:05.000 you're When I say you're a fan favorite, you absolutely are. 0:39:05.160 --> 0:39:08.640 And we'll make sure to vote. Pple can vote by 0:39:08.640 --> 0:39:12.560 going on x which was Twitter and also going to 0:39:13.080 --> 0:39:15.000 NFL dot com slash Man of the Year. 0:39:15.120 --> 0:39:16.120 Yes, ma'am. 0:39:16.360 --> 0:39:19.200 Yeah, man go vote for WEEKSI if anybody deserves it, 0:39:19.400 --> 0:39:24.040 that man deserves it. He's been here since twenty ten, thirteen. 0:39:24.120 --> 0:39:26.440 I think it's a fourteenth season. I'm doing the math correct. 0:39:26.760 --> 0:39:32.480 Fourteenth season. Week sees the absolute best. He's the best. 0:39:32.480 --> 0:39:35.080 So glad he was able to step into studio with 0:39:35.320 --> 0:39:39.560 Stephanie Gonzalez and knock the interview out and give us 0:39:39.600 --> 0:39:42.719 the opportunity to hear it right here on Texans All 0:39:42.960 --> 0:39:47.719 Access now coming up. I said this earlier today at practice. 0:39:47.800 --> 0:39:50.600 It was probably one of the most well attended practices 0:39:51.040 --> 0:39:55.000 in season that I've seen in a while. And I 0:39:55.000 --> 0:39:58.880 would tell you more cameras at practice to see if 0:39:59.640 --> 0:40:02.799 or if if not a particular player was there at practice. 0:40:02.960 --> 0:40:06.160 CJ Stroud I mentioned earlier. CJ notin at practice today, 0:40:06.200 --> 0:40:09.240 still in the concussion protocol, will probably be in concussion protocol. 0:40:10.160 --> 0:40:12.200 I think it's up in the air as it pertains 0:40:12.239 --> 0:40:14.640 to Sunday's game against the Titans. We all know it's 0:40:14.640 --> 0:40:17.920 an important one. But there's a reason that football has 0:40:17.960 --> 0:40:20.279 eleven guys on the field and you know, forty eight 0:40:20.280 --> 0:40:22.719 on a game day roster. If CJ's unable to go, 0:40:22.800 --> 0:40:25.560 then Davis Mills in case Keenum are gonna have to 0:40:25.640 --> 0:40:28.400 carry that mantle for who's gonna play quarterback? But no 0:40:28.480 --> 0:40:32.680 CJ Stry to practice. He was not alone in not 0:40:33.360 --> 0:40:37.719 participating in practice. The part of me that thinks, oh 0:40:37.719 --> 0:40:40.120 my god, did they have anybody able to practice today? 0:40:40.160 --> 0:40:41.880 Because you know, Wednesday is a rest day for a 0:40:41.920 --> 0:40:44.920 number of the veterans. Let's check that out next to 0:40:45.000 --> 0:40:48.560 injury report what it all means next right here on 0:40:48.640 --> 0:40:51.080 Texans All Access. All Right, welcome back to Wednesday edition 0:40:51.120 --> 0:40:54.080 that Texans All Access I'm your host, John Harris, Football 0:40:54.080 --> 0:40:57.240 and a sideline reporter. Before we get into that injury report, 0:40:57.320 --> 0:41:00.960 let's hear from Xavier Hutchins Sin who caught up with 0:41:01.120 --> 0:41:03.160 Drew Doriday in the locker room. 0:41:03.360 --> 0:41:07.080 All right, wide receiver Xavier Hutchinson another test coming up 0:41:07.080 --> 0:41:09.480 this week? What do you know about this Titans secondary 0:41:09.520 --> 0:41:10.640 is Tecans defense as a whole? 0:41:11.400 --> 0:41:14.240 They kind of scheme from the Patriots a little bit obviously. 0:41:14.239 --> 0:41:16.200 You know, they run, you know, certain things that you 0:41:16.239 --> 0:41:18.840 know for their personnel that they have, but you know, 0:41:18.880 --> 0:41:20.840 it's a very good it's very good back end. You know, 0:41:20.880 --> 0:41:23.480 they have a really good offense, defensive line, got really 0:41:23.520 --> 0:41:26.800 good linebackers, their corners and safeties. You know, they fly around, 0:41:26.800 --> 0:41:29.200 they play hard. You can definitely tell on take that. 0:41:29.320 --> 0:41:32.319 You know, they give their everything, and you know that's understandable. 0:41:32.440 --> 0:41:34.200 You know, they're head coach Mike Brabel. You know that's 0:41:34.200 --> 0:41:36.160 how he is. So you know, we expect it to 0:41:36.200 --> 0:41:38.760 be a gritty game. We expect them to play hard 0:41:38.920 --> 0:41:41.160 and fast, and you know, we just have to match 0:41:41.200 --> 0:41:41.760 that energy. 0:41:42.040 --> 0:41:44.080 And I'm guessing you guys are expecting to bounce back 0:41:44.239 --> 0:41:45.840 after what went down in New York, right. 0:41:45.800 --> 0:41:48.520 Yeah, for sure, for sure that wasn't us. Everybody you 0:41:48.560 --> 0:41:51.200 know accepted that that that wasn't us. Can't keep putting 0:41:51.200 --> 0:41:52.840 that up there. You know, this lay in the season 0:41:52.880 --> 0:41:54.840 with you know where we're trying to head to. So 0:41:54.960 --> 0:41:56.640 you know, we just have to put back our head down, 0:41:56.760 --> 0:41:59.000 get back in our books. You know, really just come 0:41:59.040 --> 0:42:01.520 out this Sunday a lot better than we did last Sunday. 0:42:01.800 --> 0:42:04.239 Season high three targets for you last Sunday. You think 0:42:04.239 --> 0:42:06.239 you're growing. How are you growing as a receiver in 0:42:06.320 --> 0:42:07.360 this offense? 0:42:07.480 --> 0:42:08.760 Yeah, I'm definitely growing. 0:42:08.960 --> 0:42:09.160 Really. 0:42:09.239 --> 0:42:11.800 You know, my first you know, real game with real action, 0:42:12.120 --> 0:42:13.759 had a lot of ups and downs in that game, 0:42:13.880 --> 0:42:16.160 obviously going against a great secondary with what you know 0:42:16.200 --> 0:42:18.799 the Jets had, but really just you know, learning again 0:42:18.920 --> 0:42:20.879 where I can make an impact in the game. It's 0:42:20.920 --> 0:42:23.560 definitely different from college. You know, you have to find 0:42:23.560 --> 0:42:25.960 your knicks and next. Everybody's good in this league, so 0:42:26.040 --> 0:42:27.440 you know, you have to find the little things that 0:42:27.480 --> 0:42:29.200 you can win at. I mean, you also have to 0:42:29.200 --> 0:42:30.799 find the little things in which you can excel that 0:42:30.800 --> 0:42:33.400 can help you with everything. So, you know, really just 0:42:33.480 --> 0:42:36.520 learning that and taking everything with the positives, putting everything 0:42:36.520 --> 0:42:39.120 in perspective, trying to just keep going forward, don't want 0:42:39.160 --> 0:42:40.680 to take any steps back, So you. 0:42:40.640 --> 0:42:43.080 Bring up learning the little things, I mean, and doing 0:42:43.120 --> 0:42:44.960 well at some of those things. Saw that on special teams. 0:42:44.960 --> 0:42:46.319 We've seen it on the end of rounds as well. 0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:49.200 I'm guessing kind of like the previous questions happening, they're 0:42:49.480 --> 0:42:50.120 catching the ball. 0:42:50.120 --> 0:42:53.000 Right, Yeah, yeah, no it for sure? Is it for sure? 0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:55.040 Is got to catch it more confidently. Of course, I 0:42:55.360 --> 0:42:57.520 had a few body catches out there. I mean a 0:42:57.560 --> 0:42:59.320 part of it was, you know, the conditions, of course, 0:42:59.360 --> 0:43:01.920 but also you know, just be more confident out there. 0:43:01.920 --> 0:43:03.919 And I think you know that happened over the course 0:43:03.960 --> 0:43:06.279 of the game. I got more confident really, you know, 0:43:06.400 --> 0:43:08.560 believe that, you know, in myself and my abilities to 0:43:08.560 --> 0:43:10.520 go out there and make plays. Really, just trying to 0:43:10.520 --> 0:43:11.919 add on top of that again this week. 0:43:12.239 --> 0:43:14.160 Last thing. I know you're a rookie, but you kind 0:43:14.160 --> 0:43:17.040 of have at least a little understanding of this rivalry 0:43:17.080 --> 0:43:18.880 and this sort of history of these two teams, don't you. 0:43:19.080 --> 0:43:19.960 Yeah, I definitely do. 0:43:20.160 --> 0:43:21.960 Of course, you know, in any teams in your division, 0:43:22.000 --> 0:43:23.640 it's going to be a rivalry game, and I know 0:43:23.680 --> 0:43:25.560 this one is a little bit more. It would be 0:43:25.680 --> 0:43:27.239 very nice to come out with the win this week, 0:43:27.360 --> 0:43:29.319 just for everybody, for us, I mean for you know, 0:43:29.360 --> 0:43:31.160 the fans of course as well. You know, I'm really 0:43:31.160 --> 0:43:33.560 looking forward to it. Let the best man. 0:43:33.400 --> 0:43:35.440 Win, I guess always get to talk with the exabers. 0:43:35.440 --> 0:43:37.080 Thanks so much, thank you, appreciate you man. 0:43:37.680 --> 0:43:43.040 Now, Xavier Hutchinson does not show up on the injury report, thankfully, 0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:47.840 because he's probably about the only one. Now. I thought 0:43:48.239 --> 0:43:53.160 that the Texans injury report would look really bleak, especially 0:43:53.200 --> 0:43:55.879 in comparison to the Tessee Titans, but that's not the case. 0:43:55.920 --> 0:43:58.520 These are actually really tough on both sides. Start with 0:43:58.560 --> 0:44:04.720 your Texans peas today, boy, Will Anderson, Junior ankle, Blake 0:44:04.800 --> 0:44:10.160 Cashman hamstring, Nico Collins, Calf, George f Hip, c J. Stroud. 0:44:10.200 --> 0:44:15.480 As we mentioned, concussion, Tabio Thomas hamstring, Laramie Tunsel, Knie 0:44:16.400 --> 0:44:19.799 ohoh boy. That's not a good list. A lot of 0:44:19.800 --> 0:44:22.279 heavy hitters there. Hopefully we'll be able to see some 0:44:22.280 --> 0:44:25.400 of those guys getting back now. Limited participants Noah Brown, 0:44:25.680 --> 0:44:29.799 maliek Collins, Shack Mason, Henry Totoa and Robert Woods was 0:44:30.000 --> 0:44:34.360 a not injury related rest day, full participation. How about this. 0:44:34.520 --> 0:44:38.400 Kyemie Fairbairn is back. That's great, And Dalton Schultz was 0:44:38.440 --> 0:44:41.600 a full participant in practice today. Now on the Titan side, 0:44:42.320 --> 0:44:45.000 well boy, the Titans conducted to walk through on Wednesday, 0:44:45.000 --> 0:44:47.719 December thirteenth. Injury report is only an estimation of a 0:44:47.719 --> 0:44:51.680 player's participation if there was a full practice, So I 0:44:51.680 --> 0:44:53.560 would imagine some of these guys will be able to 0:44:53.560 --> 0:44:56.720 get back. But there's some pretty heavy hitters here as well. 0:44:57.480 --> 0:45:04.120 Denico Autrey outstanding underrated defensive lineman knee issue, did not participate. 0:45:04.160 --> 0:45:06.759 Aaron Brewers starting center, deal with the next. Jack Gibbons said, 0:45:06.800 --> 0:45:09.479 linebacker has played very very well. He with a back issue. 0:45:09.560 --> 0:45:12.799 Kyle Phillips thought receiver hamstring. Kevin Raider tight end was ill. 0:45:13.080 --> 0:45:16.360 Terry Tart was a personal day. Jeffrey Simmons is the 0:45:16.360 --> 0:45:17.960 big one now. The thought is that he's going to 0:45:18.000 --> 0:45:20.720 be out for well, it was two to three weeks. 0:45:21.920 --> 0:45:24.880 Two weeks ago, so it sounds as if he'd missed 0:45:24.880 --> 0:45:28.239 this one, but you never know. He did. DMP and 0:45:28.320 --> 0:45:31.720 Josh Wiley the tight end DNP, both with knee issues. 0:45:31.760 --> 0:45:35.960 Limited participants. Daniel Brunskill guard hop got a rest day, 0:45:36.640 --> 0:45:39.600 Will Levis dealing with an ankle issue, Sean Murphy bunting 0:45:39.640 --> 0:45:42.000 with a knee, and came on Wallace with a quad. 0:45:42.080 --> 0:45:45.440 So again that was the Titans side of things as 0:45:45.440 --> 0:45:48.000 they conducted a walk through on Wednesday, having played the 0:45:48.040 --> 0:45:52.560 game Monday night in Miami, so coming back from that 0:45:52.640 --> 0:45:56.000 with a twenty eight twenty seven win. But these injury 0:45:56.000 --> 0:46:01.200 reports are robust, a lot of heavy hit on both sides, 0:46:01.480 --> 0:46:05.440 Will Anderson Junior, obviously, CJ Stroud, and Nico Collins, Larie Tunzel. 0:46:05.480 --> 0:46:08.239 Now Larmie is taking Wednesdays off, I should say taken 0:46:08.280 --> 0:46:11.200 Wednesdays off. He has gotten Wednesday's rest day to get 0:46:11.239 --> 0:46:13.399 ready for the rest of the week. You could argue 0:46:13.400 --> 0:46:15.719 that Blake Cashman has been the best defender for the 0:46:15.719 --> 0:46:18.759 Texans this year. He's dealing with a hamstring and I 0:46:18.760 --> 0:46:20.839 think it's reported by Aaron Wilson that it's probably a 0:46:20.880 --> 0:46:23.439 game or two for cash probably a game or two 0:46:23.440 --> 0:46:26.799 for tav and that's not great news. So we'll learn 0:46:26.800 --> 0:46:28.480 a little bit more about CJ through rest of the 0:46:28.480 --> 0:46:31.360 week and obviously Will Blake and Nico as well, so 0:46:31.360 --> 0:46:33.080 we'll keep it on on that. But good news Doult 0:46:33.120 --> 0:46:38.560 Schultz and Kymie Fairbairn both back full participants in today's practice. Okay, 0:46:38.600 --> 0:46:41.200 we get back. We're gonna go. Men behind the mics, 0:46:41.239 --> 0:46:44.160 Mark Vandermir, you know, and you know, well, Mike Keith. 0:46:44.200 --> 0:46:46.040 You may not know, but the voice shoot here and 0:46:46.040 --> 0:46:47.960 going Wait a second, that sounds familiar. Yes, he's the 0:46:47.960 --> 0:46:50.560 Titans play by play man. That's next on Texans All Access. 0:46:51.960 --> 0:46:53.640 We want our down. One hour left to go. Right 0:46:53.680 --> 0:46:57.399 here on a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access from 0:46:57.480 --> 0:47:00.800 Monday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harry, football analyst, 0:47:01.200 --> 0:47:04.880 sideline report for your Houston Texans, and it's time to 0:47:05.080 --> 0:47:08.319 go to our men behind the mics, the two men 0:47:08.719 --> 0:47:12.560 that will call the game on Sunday in Nashville. You know, 0:47:12.640 --> 0:47:16.040 on the Texans side, it's my pal, Mark Vandermir. On 0:47:16.040 --> 0:47:18.880 the Tennessee side, you've probably heard this name before and 0:47:18.920 --> 0:47:23.000 heard this voice. It will sound familiar. It's Mike Keith. Now. 0:47:23.680 --> 0:47:28.080 Mark gave me a little preview of this before, you know, 0:47:28.160 --> 0:47:30.319 sometime today, and I thought it was pretty interesting. They 0:47:30.719 --> 0:47:35.279 they have a conversation about the Oilers jerseys and kind 0:47:35.280 --> 0:47:37.920 of the whole deal that went with it. And all 0:47:37.920 --> 0:47:40.520 that kind of stuff and give you some background on it, 0:47:40.560 --> 0:47:43.560 so people in Houston are a little bit more informed, 0:47:43.600 --> 0:47:46.040 if you will. I know, there's a lot of intense 0:47:46.120 --> 0:47:49.719 emotions as it pertains to the jerseys, the fact that 0:47:50.000 --> 0:47:53.640 the Titans will be wearing them. I asked Drew In 0:47:53.640 --> 0:47:55.239 in the lab. But you'll hear a little bit later 0:47:56.040 --> 0:47:58.480 to Houstonians doing in the lab. How are we gonna 0:47:58.640 --> 0:48:01.920 feel when we see the word oilers in the end 0:48:02.000 --> 0:48:04.279 zone and we see those jerseys. I mean, we grew 0:48:04.400 --> 0:48:06.879 up that was our team. I mean I still have 0:48:06.960 --> 0:48:11.680 Oilers hats in gear, so that's gonna be kind of weird. 0:48:12.080 --> 0:48:14.839 But Mike Keith gets into that with Mark Vandermire right 0:48:14.880 --> 0:48:18.280 here on men behind the mics, let's go, Mike. 0:48:18.640 --> 0:48:19.400 Great to have you on. 0:48:19.440 --> 0:48:22.480 Congratulations on the win, mind and I football knocking off 0:48:22.520 --> 0:48:25.120 the Dolphins, and I know it's a short week, but 0:48:25.160 --> 0:48:27.000 it's got to be a week filled with energy for 0:48:27.080 --> 0:48:29.000 the Titans as they get ready for this home game. 0:48:29.360 --> 0:48:31.239 First of all, Mark, good to be joining you in 0:48:31.239 --> 0:48:34.400 the Happy holidays to you and yours. It is good. 0:48:34.719 --> 0:48:38.719 It is good. We've had certainly a tough run on 0:48:38.760 --> 0:48:42.200 the road for over a year, and so to go 0:48:42.239 --> 0:48:45.080 to Miami and to surprise a lot of people and 0:48:45.200 --> 0:48:48.719 win in a very strange way was a lot of 0:48:48.760 --> 0:48:51.799 fun and it kind of built on some things this 0:48:51.880 --> 0:48:54.879 team's been working on for quite some time, and now 0:48:54.920 --> 0:48:57.959 they see if they can keep it up. The team 0:48:58.040 --> 0:49:01.520 did some good things in the Indianapolis geme lost that 0:49:01.600 --> 0:49:04.680 game in an unusual manner, and then they win this 0:49:04.800 --> 0:49:08.040 game in an unusual manner, and so now they're going 0:49:08.120 --> 0:49:10.040 to try to see if they can play a normal game. 0:49:10.440 --> 0:49:12.560 All right, Well, let's start with Will Levis as far 0:49:12.560 --> 0:49:14.839 as the Titans go. I know it's not all about him, 0:49:14.880 --> 0:49:16.799 but he is a focal point right now as you 0:49:16.840 --> 0:49:19.759 start the rookie quarterback, What are you seeing so far 0:49:19.960 --> 0:49:23.840 in the development? And everybody noticed that for a touchdown 0:49:23.880 --> 0:49:26.080 pass game to launch his career, and I know it's 0:49:26.120 --> 0:49:27.839 been a little bit of a rocky road since then, 0:49:27.880 --> 0:49:30.080 but what a great performance against the Dolphins. 0:49:30.120 --> 0:49:30.879 What do you see in Mike? 0:49:31.360 --> 0:49:35.319 He's growing up and I think this is probably a 0:49:35.400 --> 0:49:38.439 little sooner mark than they wanted to get him in there. 0:49:38.480 --> 0:49:41.600 But when he finally became the starter on October the 0:49:41.640 --> 0:49:45.319 twenty ninth, he had been with the organization for six months, 0:49:45.719 --> 0:49:48.360 and so he had been in that quarterback room. He 0:49:48.360 --> 0:49:51.080 had been around Ryan Tannehill. They had been able to 0:49:51.120 --> 0:49:54.480 take their time with him. He had a quad injury 0:49:54.680 --> 0:49:57.000 at the end of training camp, which sort of slowed 0:49:57.040 --> 0:50:01.680 his progress, but he had been working very regularly. They 0:50:02.200 --> 0:50:04.600 had an idea of what they had in him. They 0:50:04.640 --> 0:50:07.799 had gotten to know him. They'd certainly worked on some 0:50:07.880 --> 0:50:11.720 things with him about understanding that in the pro game, hey, 0:50:11.760 --> 0:50:14.400 you're gonna make mistakes, You've got to get over it. 0:50:14.440 --> 0:50:17.720 You've got to be even tempered. And that was something 0:50:17.760 --> 0:50:20.799 at Kentucky. He would get down on himself. You know, 0:50:20.840 --> 0:50:23.000 he would make a mistake and then he would take 0:50:23.040 --> 0:50:26.960 it very hard, which you like in a way because 0:50:27.200 --> 0:50:30.040 you know he's a guy who cares deeply. But at 0:50:30.040 --> 0:50:32.399 the same time, you have to be able to let 0:50:32.440 --> 0:50:35.080 it go. And I think Monday Night was a great 0:50:35.080 --> 0:50:38.040 example of Betty to a bad interception in the first quarter, 0:50:38.160 --> 0:50:40.759 he made a bad pitch in the fourth quarter, and 0:50:40.840 --> 0:50:45.160 yet he just kept playing. And his physical talent is undeniable. 0:50:45.840 --> 0:50:48.640 Now teams have tape on him and so they're able 0:50:48.680 --> 0:50:51.760 to make adjustments to him. He's having to adjust back, 0:50:52.320 --> 0:50:55.719 but Mark, I would say, so far, so good. I 0:50:55.719 --> 0:51:00.319 don't think anybody's you know, proclaiming anything or saying it's 0:51:00.320 --> 0:51:03.760 all fixed or it's all great, or you know, whatever 0:51:03.800 --> 0:51:06.680 the case may be. In a world where we like to, 0:51:07.239 --> 0:51:10.840 you know, sort of make snap proclamations about anything, you know, 0:51:10.920 --> 0:51:15.959 hot takes whatever. I think the Titans are quietly, very 0:51:16.000 --> 0:51:19.160 pleased with where he is and understand there's more work 0:51:19.200 --> 0:51:21.640 to be done. And I think Will Levis is the 0:51:21.680 --> 0:51:24.200 same way, Mark, And that's the best part of this 0:51:24.320 --> 0:51:25.160 story so far. 0:51:25.760 --> 0:51:28.600 Mike Keith, voice of the Titans, joining us Derrick Henry. 0:51:28.719 --> 0:51:31.000 What are we getting out of Derrick Henry? Now he 0:51:31.040 --> 0:51:34.160 looks pretty much the same to me. Maybe you're not 0:51:34.200 --> 0:51:37.919 getting as many long runs whatever. He's just so keyed on, Mike, 0:51:38.160 --> 0:51:41.160 Yet he still manages to gain a ton of yards, 0:51:41.200 --> 0:51:43.520 averaging four point one eight seventy five on the year. 0:51:43.920 --> 0:51:46.920 Yeah, he's doing fine. And you're right, they're keying on 0:51:47.040 --> 0:51:50.680 him and this offensive line has issues. But here he 0:51:50.880 --> 0:51:53.799 was the other night, and that the Titans are in 0:51:53.840 --> 0:51:58.360 a situation where he rushes seventeen times for thirty four yards. 0:51:58.400 --> 0:51:59.960 But you know what he did. He scored two touch 0:52:00.920 --> 0:52:04.560 He scored the game winning touchdown, and he was as 0:52:04.719 --> 0:52:10.040 happy after that game as any of his one hundred 0:52:10.040 --> 0:52:13.000 and fifty two hundred yard games because he knew he 0:52:13.160 --> 0:52:17.080 contributed in the way he could help. If he's lost anything, 0:52:17.440 --> 0:52:21.399 it's not much. He can still really play and he's 0:52:21.400 --> 0:52:23.879 in a bit of a different role. He understands that 0:52:23.960 --> 0:52:28.640 with Taja Spears, because Taja is the best partner he's 0:52:28.680 --> 0:52:31.839 ever had since he became the lead back. He gets it. 0:52:32.760 --> 0:52:35.160 I think he understands where he is. But guess what, 0:52:35.440 --> 0:52:38.160 He's going to finish the year with twelve thirteen hundred yards. 0:52:38.760 --> 0:52:41.520 And I think most teams would be happy to have 0:52:41.560 --> 0:52:43.439 a twelve or thirteen hundred yard back. 0:52:44.400 --> 0:52:45.120 Yeah, I think so. 0:52:45.400 --> 0:52:48.520 And when you drafted Spears in Nashville, we were all 0:52:48.560 --> 0:52:51.520 bummed out because we all really liked Taja Spears. And 0:52:51.560 --> 0:52:53.920 I was also bummed out when DeAndre Hopkins signed with 0:52:53.960 --> 0:52:57.000 the Tennessee Titans, because you know, we love hop here 0:52:57.719 --> 0:53:00.520 and to watch him as spry as he is right now, 0:53:00.560 --> 0:53:02.920 he looks about as good as he could possibly look 0:53:03.400 --> 0:53:05.640 at this age. And it must be a little freaky 0:53:05.680 --> 0:53:07.520 for you because he's had some big games against the 0:53:07.560 --> 0:53:09.640 Titans and now he's having some big games for you. 0:53:10.200 --> 0:53:12.840 It's funny. I mean, it is a it's a funny 0:53:12.880 --> 0:53:18.520 world that we live in because he absolutely tortured us 0:53:18.560 --> 0:53:21.040 for years. I mean, he didn't just play good against us, 0:53:21.400 --> 0:53:23.920 he tortured us. And then he went to Arizona and 0:53:24.000 --> 0:53:26.920 his first game with the Cardinals, he tortured us. So 0:53:27.920 --> 0:53:30.120 I finally got a chance to sit down with him 0:53:30.120 --> 0:53:32.319 not long ago. We were talking about he goes, yeah, 0:53:32.360 --> 0:53:34.400 he goes, it's kind of freaky, he said. It's a 0:53:34.440 --> 0:53:37.960 little different. But I think he's having a good time 0:53:38.040 --> 0:53:41.239 on this team. He likes Rabel and you know, they 0:53:41.320 --> 0:53:44.000 knew each other from their time together with the Texans, 0:53:44.000 --> 0:53:48.120 and so they have a good personal relationship. The Titans 0:53:48.280 --> 0:53:51.719 manage him very well, which is something that they do 0:53:51.840 --> 0:53:54.480 well with veterans. They do it with Henry, they do 0:53:54.520 --> 0:53:57.640 it with Hopkins, They've done it with Jeffrey Simmons, on 0:53:57.680 --> 0:54:00.879 and on and on. You just see that. And so, yeah, 0:54:00.960 --> 0:54:03.600 he's playing well. He had a good game the other night, 0:54:03.680 --> 0:54:06.200 seven catches for one hundred and twenty four yards and 0:54:07.400 --> 0:54:10.279 a what a breath of fresh air for a guy 0:54:10.360 --> 0:54:13.440 like Will Levis to have a receiver that's going to 0:54:13.480 --> 0:54:16.200 the Hall of Fame that you can count on in 0:54:16.239 --> 0:54:20.160 this way, and I think to me, that's the part 0:54:20.239 --> 0:54:24.480 that DeAndre Hopkins is enjoying the most. Is much like 0:54:24.600 --> 0:54:27.120 his time with Deshaun Watson where he sort of broke 0:54:27.239 --> 0:54:30.000 him into the league in that way being his guy. 0:54:30.640 --> 0:54:34.200 He's doing the same thing for Will Levis, which is 0:54:34.239 --> 0:54:37.480 really cool to see it. It's interesting to watch a 0:54:37.560 --> 0:54:41.879 professional in this way do it the way he does 0:54:41.920 --> 0:54:46.160 it every single day and you understand why he is 0:54:46.239 --> 0:54:48.800 the special player that he is. You know, from Afar 0:54:50.120 --> 0:54:53.080 being tortured by him, we knew he was good, but 0:54:53.160 --> 0:54:55.760 to watch him work every day in practice, it's really 0:54:55.800 --> 0:54:59.879 fascinating and gives a lot of insight into why he's 0:55:00.200 --> 0:55:01.040 the career he's head. 0:55:01.640 --> 0:55:01.879 Yeah. 0:55:01.920 --> 0:55:05.480 Absolutely, always a quarterback's best friend, Mike. What about that 0:55:05.680 --> 0:55:08.799 defense because we see some of the names we know, 0:55:08.960 --> 0:55:13.320 oh so well. You see Harold Landry, Jeffrey Simmons. I 0:55:13.360 --> 0:55:15.680 know we missed the last game, Daniko Autry. There are 0:55:15.680 --> 0:55:16.719 some new guys as well. 0:55:16.760 --> 0:55:16.960 Though. 0:55:17.080 --> 0:55:19.399 What are you getting out of that Titan D They've 0:55:19.400 --> 0:55:20.719 had a pretty good year. 0:55:21.160 --> 0:55:24.320 Yeah, the statistics will tell you it's not been bad 0:55:24.440 --> 0:55:27.279 and if you saw them on Monday night with how 0:55:27.320 --> 0:55:31.600 they contained Miami, that's pretty much the story of their season. 0:55:31.680 --> 0:55:35.600 They've rushed the passer pretty well, They've kept teams out 0:55:35.600 --> 0:55:39.680 of the end zone pretty well. The disappointment in this 0:55:39.840 --> 0:55:42.879 defense is we thought they had a chance at the 0:55:42.920 --> 0:55:46.440 beginning of the year to be dominant, and they have 0:55:46.560 --> 0:55:49.840 not been. They have not had the number of takeaways 0:55:49.880 --> 0:55:53.880 that we had hoped. They've just not had the big 0:55:53.960 --> 0:55:58.000 plays that we had hoped. But they've been very solid, 0:55:58.600 --> 0:56:02.600 and had the Titans offense been better, I think that 0:56:02.719 --> 0:56:04.919 might have given the defense a chance to be better 0:56:04.960 --> 0:56:09.560 because I think some teams offensively have been able to 0:56:09.680 --> 0:56:13.040 keep things more basic due to the fact that the 0:56:13.080 --> 0:56:16.640 Titans have had problems until the last two weeks scoring 0:56:17.360 --> 0:56:19.439 And you know this mark You've been around the league 0:56:19.440 --> 0:56:22.719 for a long long time. When an offense and opposing 0:56:22.760 --> 0:56:25.360 offense doesn't have to take a lot of chances to 0:56:25.400 --> 0:56:29.600 win the game, they're not going to. So the end 0:56:29.680 --> 0:56:33.160 result is the opposing defense has less chances to make 0:56:33.200 --> 0:56:36.000 things happen, and I think that's been part of the 0:56:36.080 --> 0:56:39.120 issue for the Titans this year. But you know, the 0:56:39.160 --> 0:56:42.759 defense did a great job the other night, they essentially 0:56:42.880 --> 0:56:46.560 did not give up a touchdown an offensive touchdown to 0:56:46.640 --> 0:56:50.200 the Dolphins, one was on an interception return, and the 0:56:50.280 --> 0:56:53.600 two late ones came when the Dolphins only had to 0:56:53.680 --> 0:56:58.440 drive nineteen yards for the fourteen points. So pretty good 0:56:58.520 --> 0:56:59.640 job by them overall. 0:57:00.120 --> 0:57:02.359 Mike, let's look at the division here for a moment, 0:57:02.440 --> 0:57:04.239 then we'll get back to this game. What are your 0:57:04.239 --> 0:57:07.040 thoughts on what you're seeing from the Colts now, because 0:57:07.239 --> 0:57:10.399 to me, it's pretty disturbing that they're still very much 0:57:10.440 --> 0:57:14.200 in this thing and they've suffered through everything they've suffered 0:57:14.239 --> 0:57:17.840 through with Jonathan Taylor, losing Anthony richardson, all of that, 0:57:18.400 --> 0:57:20.720 yet here they are still very much in the mix 0:57:20.760 --> 0:57:22.480 heading into the final four games. 0:57:22.800 --> 0:57:26.160 They're good on defense. You know, they've had good people 0:57:26.360 --> 0:57:30.280 and they've kind of continued to put that together in 0:57:30.360 --> 0:57:33.600 particular with their rotation in the front four on defense. 0:57:33.640 --> 0:57:37.440 And then Zire Franklin is having a monster year at linebacker. 0:57:37.440 --> 0:57:40.880 I mean he's taken over for Darius Leonard and he's 0:57:40.960 --> 0:57:43.439 now that guy for them, which is why they could 0:57:43.520 --> 0:57:48.680 let Darius Leonard go offensively. I think at this moment 0:57:49.480 --> 0:57:53.560 they're probably better off with Garner Minshew Now we'll see 0:57:53.560 --> 0:57:57.760 what happens next year, because Anthony Richardson will almost have 0:57:57.840 --> 0:58:02.000 to start all over again. I think they wanted him 0:58:02.000 --> 0:58:05.400 to battle through that rookie year and learn and grow 0:58:05.480 --> 0:58:07.439 and all those sorts of things. And then he gets 0:58:07.520 --> 0:58:12.240 hurt and ironically in the game against US, and they'll 0:58:12.240 --> 0:58:14.760 go back to him next year, but he'll still have 0:58:14.880 --> 0:58:18.040 a ton that he will have to learn, having just 0:58:18.120 --> 0:58:23.240 basically played a month, and Minchew manages them better now. 0:58:23.840 --> 0:58:26.160 I think does a good job with with all of that. 0:58:26.480 --> 0:58:29.600 He he gets who he is and he understands who 0:58:29.640 --> 0:58:31.760 he has to be in that offense, and you know, 0:58:31.760 --> 0:58:33.640 he's got a guy that can that he can lean 0:58:33.680 --> 0:58:36.640 on in Michael Pittman, and the rookie Downs is a 0:58:36.920 --> 0:58:39.680 really good player. He was a guy that you know, 0:58:39.760 --> 0:58:41.920 I was sitting there thinking, oh, man, if the Titans 0:58:41.960 --> 0:58:44.760 could get him, that would be a really good player. 0:58:44.880 --> 0:58:48.520 Josh Downs is really nice and gives them a kind 0:58:48.560 --> 0:58:51.080 of a different element. And I think Steiken gets where 0:58:51.120 --> 0:58:54.000 they are too. Mark I'm pretty impressed with the way 0:58:54.040 --> 0:58:58.120 he has coached that team. You know, that's one of 0:58:58.120 --> 0:59:01.040 the things you see in the league. It's easy to 0:59:01.040 --> 0:59:03.760 be a good coach, But you've got to coach the 0:59:03.800 --> 0:59:06.840 team you have well, and he has coached the team 0:59:06.960 --> 0:59:11.720 he has very well, which I think, unfortunately for both 0:59:11.800 --> 0:59:14.120 of us, that doesn't bode well for what he's going 0:59:14.240 --> 0:59:17.480 to do with them moving forward as they get better. 0:59:18.320 --> 0:59:20.760 Mike Keith's voice of the Titans with US Jaguars have 0:59:20.840 --> 0:59:24.520 lost back to back. Texans had a field goal attempt 0:59:24.520 --> 0:59:26.720 bounce off the crossbar that would have tied the game 0:59:26.720 --> 0:59:28.840 at the end of regulation with a chance to maybe 0:59:28.840 --> 0:59:31.680 win an overtime. Who knows you're going to host them 0:59:31.720 --> 0:59:35.200 to end the regular season here. How much trouble are 0:59:35.240 --> 0:59:37.680 they in, Mike, and how good can they be? 0:59:38.800 --> 0:59:41.800 I think to worry for them right now more than 0:59:41.840 --> 0:59:45.760 anything else is they're having some injury issues that they 0:59:45.800 --> 0:59:51.280 haven't had the last two years. And last year they 0:59:51.280 --> 0:59:54.640 were so healthy. They were amazingly healthy. They did not 0:59:54.840 --> 0:59:59.480 lose a starter until Week eighteen when they played the 0:59:59.520 --> 1:00:02.160 Titans on Saturday night to get into the playoffs, and 1:00:02.680 --> 1:00:06.880 Robinson got hurt and couldn't play in the playoffs. You know, 1:00:06.720 --> 1:00:11.000 you have some of this that you see as we 1:00:11.040 --> 1:00:14.680 go through November and get into December, the injuries chip 1:00:14.720 --> 1:00:18.720 away the guys who've been having to play are not 1:00:18.880 --> 1:00:21.680 quite as good, and they're a little banged up having 1:00:21.720 --> 1:00:24.480 to play more snaps. And I think that's kind of 1:00:24.480 --> 1:00:26.960 where Jacksonville is right now. I think they're trying to 1:00:27.040 --> 1:00:33.160 fight through this tough period. The question with Lawrence too 1:00:33.200 --> 1:00:36.000 and the ankle, and he's had the knee all year, 1:00:36.200 --> 1:00:38.880 and you know, where is he at this point? He 1:00:38.920 --> 1:00:43.280 played very well against US, really really played well against 1:00:43.360 --> 1:00:47.800 US last month. But we'll see, you know, down the stretch, 1:00:47.880 --> 1:00:51.720 we'll see exactly what they look like and are they 1:00:51.840 --> 1:00:56.760 able to maintain the pace with where they are health wise? 1:00:56.840 --> 1:00:59.920 They they're probably the most talented team in the division, 1:01:00.760 --> 1:01:03.920 but you know, as we know, that doesn't always win it. 1:01:04.760 --> 1:01:07.400 Who's the best team in the AFC? Not record wise, 1:01:07.480 --> 1:01:10.400 but who would be your pick? If it's not the Titans, Mike, 1:01:11.280 --> 1:01:12.480 you know, I think. 1:01:12.280 --> 1:01:17.600 It's probably going to end up being Baltimore. The team 1:01:17.640 --> 1:01:20.880 that I think is really interesting is Cleveland though you know, 1:01:21.000 --> 1:01:24.280 if they and I don't know if Flack Oak can 1:01:24.320 --> 1:01:27.200 hold up or you know, who's going to play quarterback 1:01:27.280 --> 1:01:30.360 for them, But their defense is so good, Mark, I mean, 1:01:30.360 --> 1:01:33.919 they are so good. You know, they're one of those 1:01:33.960 --> 1:01:37.280 teams in that one off situation in the playoffs, you 1:01:37.400 --> 1:01:41.040 do not want to play. Ironically, they're almost like the 1:01:41.160 --> 1:01:45.480 Ravens were back, you know, fifteen twenty years ago. You 1:01:45.720 --> 1:01:49.320 just you just don't want to play them because, I mean, 1:01:49.360 --> 1:01:51.360 you could get a day where they can hold you 1:01:51.400 --> 1:01:55.880 to one hundred yards. They're that good. So I don't know. 1:01:55.920 --> 1:01:58.320 I mean, I think it's more wide open than it 1:01:58.360 --> 1:02:00.880 has been. I think on the other side, San Francisco's 1:02:00.960 --> 1:02:03.600 the best team. I think that's going to become clear. 1:02:04.040 --> 1:02:07.840 Dallas may be taking a step. But in our conference, 1:02:08.040 --> 1:02:10.800 I think it's more wide open. If you ask me 1:02:11.400 --> 1:02:15.080 today to give you an answer, my best answer is Baltimore. 1:02:15.600 --> 1:02:17.720 Okay, I've got one more for you. Here. 1:02:18.120 --> 1:02:21.640 As the Texans and Titans meet on Sunday, I was 1:02:21.680 --> 1:02:25.040 thinking about all the moments in this rivalry. I was 1:02:25.080 --> 1:02:28.200 thinking of the eight game here mostly Texans wins, Mike, 1:02:28.440 --> 1:02:31.800 because it's my perspective, thirteen twelve victory against the thirteen 1:02:31.800 --> 1:02:34.480 and three Titans team team that would go thirteen to three, 1:02:34.640 --> 1:02:37.560 That oh nine game Week two that was wild with 1:02:37.640 --> 1:02:40.280 the bench brawl and everything like that. I think of 1:02:40.320 --> 1:02:42.840 all it at Cortland Finnegan, and then I zoom it 1:02:42.880 --> 1:02:46.560 into today because Dimiko Ryan's played in this rivalry and 1:02:46.640 --> 1:02:50.000 now it really feels like it's on again and the 1:02:50.000 --> 1:02:54.959 Oilers uniforms will be worn on Sunday. What about that vibe? 1:02:54.960 --> 1:02:57.240 Because you've been through it once already this year. Do 1:02:57.320 --> 1:03:00.760 the Nashville fans embrace that. It's kind of a weird 1:03:00.840 --> 1:03:03.000 dynamic to me, the way the whole thing is, but 1:03:03.160 --> 1:03:04.760 it is what it is, and we're going to enjoy 1:03:04.840 --> 1:03:06.840 it and see how it plays out. 1:03:07.000 --> 1:03:10.640 They just more than anything else, they love the look, 1:03:11.560 --> 1:03:17.160 you know, because everybody loves retro in everything now. And 1:03:16.840 --> 1:03:19.480 when they came out and they had a chance to 1:03:19.520 --> 1:03:24.440 see them, people just went wild over the look. Ironically, 1:03:24.680 --> 1:03:28.040 in the two years that we played in Tennessee as 1:03:28.080 --> 1:03:32.400 the Oilers, we never wore the blue jerseys at home. 1:03:33.440 --> 1:03:37.160 We only wore them. This is very strange. We wore 1:03:37.240 --> 1:03:41.280 them in a game Miami in September when they wore 1:03:41.360 --> 1:03:45.800 their whites, and then we wore them on Thanksgiving ninety 1:03:45.840 --> 1:03:50.120 seven at Dallas because Dallas wears white at home, and 1:03:50.440 --> 1:03:54.600 they chose the organization chose to wear the white jerseys 1:03:54.760 --> 1:03:58.480 in ninety seven and ninety eight, because from a mental standpoint, 1:03:58.520 --> 1:04:01.520 they wanted the team to always think, hey, we're the 1:04:01.600 --> 1:04:04.280 road team. You know, we're at We're not in our home. 1:04:04.360 --> 1:04:06.720 We're having to play away. We're going to be strong, 1:04:06.800 --> 1:04:09.360 and we're not going to make any excuses whatever. So 1:04:09.440 --> 1:04:13.320 when people walked into Nissan Stadium on October twenty ninth 1:04:13.400 --> 1:04:18.000 and saw the jerseys, they went crazy and they really 1:04:18.040 --> 1:04:21.800 do look fantastic, and so the kids are buying them 1:04:21.920 --> 1:04:25.640 like crazy. I mean, the team store can't keep them 1:04:25.680 --> 1:04:28.280 all of that, and I think that's been more of 1:04:28.320 --> 1:04:31.920 the overall vibe than anything else. You know, it's not 1:04:32.080 --> 1:04:35.400 about I mean to our ownership group and to the 1:04:35.440 --> 1:04:38.400 people who I was an oiler, so I know, and 1:04:38.720 --> 1:04:42.600 it means something to me. But from the fan perspective, 1:04:42.760 --> 1:04:45.280 it's just, man, this is cool that we're getting to 1:04:45.360 --> 1:04:48.440 live in the retro, and the retro is so cool. 1:04:48.600 --> 1:04:52.000 So we'll see, you know, it's been It was fun 1:04:52.160 --> 1:04:56.200 that day and we'll see exactly how the stadium looks 1:04:56.920 --> 1:05:00.480 come Sunday. Will they do the oil Derek in the 1:05:00.480 --> 1:05:02.440 middle of the field like they did for the earlier 1:05:02.520 --> 1:05:04.400 game and things like that. I don't know, you know, 1:05:04.640 --> 1:05:08.520 I don't know was that was homecoming weekend, and so 1:05:08.720 --> 1:05:11.560 with all the Oilers back in town, they decked out 1:05:11.720 --> 1:05:13.240 Nissan Stadium in o Whilers. 1:05:13.880 --> 1:05:18.640 Mike Finally, former Oiler and Tennessee Titan, Frank Wichek, passed 1:05:18.680 --> 1:05:20.160 away last weekend. 1:05:20.200 --> 1:05:21.840 I know you worked with him in the booth, you 1:05:21.920 --> 1:05:22.600 knew him well. 1:05:23.120 --> 1:05:25.640 My condolences to you, and I know that he had 1:05:25.680 --> 1:05:28.480 a great career on and off the field for the organization. 1:05:29.200 --> 1:05:32.120 Yeah, thanks for saying that, Marks, It's been a rough week. 1:05:34.000 --> 1:05:38.520 Frank is probably the most popular player in this part 1:05:38.560 --> 1:05:43.000 of our history because when the team moved to Tennessee, 1:05:43.280 --> 1:05:45.600 he was the guy who got out in the community 1:05:45.640 --> 1:05:49.040 the most early on, and he was doing all of 1:05:49.080 --> 1:05:51.640 those community events at a time that he was one 1:05:51.640 --> 1:05:54.360 of the best tight ends in the NFL, and so 1:05:54.520 --> 1:05:59.000 he combined that sort of big personality with a guy 1:05:59.080 --> 1:06:02.280 who was catching sixty passes for six hundred yards and 1:06:02.320 --> 1:06:06.760 go into Pro Bowls. And then after his playing career ended, 1:06:07.200 --> 1:06:10.480 he immediately went into the talk show business and he 1:06:10.600 --> 1:06:13.600 was very good at that. His talk show was hilarious 1:06:14.400 --> 1:06:19.120 and was the topic of everybody every day. And then 1:06:19.400 --> 1:06:21.720 you know, he was on Titan's radio for twelve years 1:06:21.760 --> 1:06:25.760 as well as our as our analysts, and so Titans 1:06:25.800 --> 1:06:30.480 fans had him for twenty seasons as a player and 1:06:30.520 --> 1:06:34.680 as a broadcaster, and that bond with him is such 1:06:34.840 --> 1:06:37.400 that we've we've never had, even with Steve McNair and 1:06:37.480 --> 1:06:40.520 Eddie George and some of our other grades, there was 1:06:40.560 --> 1:06:44.880 nobody as close to the heart of the of the 1:06:44.960 --> 1:06:49.920 player or of the fan base as Frank Whycheck. And 1:06:50.440 --> 1:06:52.600 I don't know if this is an app comparison, but 1:06:52.680 --> 1:06:57.200 it feels like how the Texans fans feel about JJ Watt. 1:06:58.240 --> 1:07:03.520 And that's that closeness, that love, you know, just more 1:07:03.560 --> 1:07:07.560 than anything else, not only loving the player, but loving 1:07:07.600 --> 1:07:11.960 the person and loving the personality. And you will still 1:07:12.000 --> 1:07:15.360 see eighty nine jerseys at games, You'll still see him 1:07:15.360 --> 1:07:18.640 everywhere you go because he meant so much to people. 1:07:18.720 --> 1:07:25.439 So for the Titans family to lose him, it, I mean, 1:07:25.480 --> 1:07:30.280 it is just crushing. And this week has been in 1:07:30.360 --> 1:07:34.240 many ways just awful. I mean, you hear the great 1:07:34.280 --> 1:07:37.920 stories about him and there it's fun, but just the 1:07:38.000 --> 1:07:42.040 shock that he's not with us anymore. I really don't 1:07:42.080 --> 1:07:44.400 know how to describe it other than there's a hole 1:07:44.400 --> 1:07:45.040 in our hearts. 1:07:45.480 --> 1:07:49.400 Very well, said Mike, and once again our sympathies and condolences, 1:07:49.480 --> 1:07:51.960 and we'll see what happens Sunday. I'm sure they're going 1:07:52.000 --> 1:07:55.200 to honor Frank and we look forward to that and 1:07:55.280 --> 1:07:57.600 seeing you in the booth on Sunday, my friend, as 1:07:57.640 --> 1:07:59.840 the Texans and Titans get together. Thanks so much for 1:07:59.880 --> 1:08:01.680 the time, Mike, appreciate the visit. 1:08:01.840 --> 1:08:03.440 My pleasure, Mark, thanks for having me. 1:08:04.160 --> 1:08:08.040 Frank Whitcheck alrip, what a great dude. And obviously when 1:08:08.040 --> 1:08:11.240 it comes to football, in football memories, everybody remembers the 1:08:11.320 --> 1:08:14.840 Music City miracle, which Mike called in his famous call 1:08:15.600 --> 1:08:18.320 that there are no flags on the field and Tennessee 1:08:18.360 --> 1:08:21.240 was gonna win that game. Frank Whitcheck makes that lateral 1:08:21.320 --> 1:08:24.200 pass across to Kevin Dyson, and I mean, I can 1:08:24.280 --> 1:08:26.720 still see it in my memories. Frank fifty two years old, 1:08:26.720 --> 1:08:29.000 and that obviously hits close to home because I am 1:08:29.080 --> 1:08:31.599 one year I'm actually a few months away from being 1:08:31.600 --> 1:08:34.639 fifty two. So thoughts and prayers to the White Czech 1:08:34.720 --> 1:08:38.800 family and just a sad situation. And they'll honor him 1:08:38.880 --> 1:08:43.320 on Sunday with us in the building. That's that's my guess. 1:08:43.520 --> 1:08:45.920 I imagine they would. He was just a beloved figure 1:08:45.960 --> 1:08:50.200 there in Nashville. Frank Whitecheck passing at the age of 1:08:50.400 --> 1:08:53.360 fifty two. All right, we get back. We're gonna go 1:08:53.800 --> 1:08:57.120 in the Lab right here with Drew Doherty and myself 1:08:57.280 --> 1:09:00.800 on Texans All Access day right where you are, Yes, sir, 1:09:00.880 --> 1:09:04.200 It's on Texans All Access from Moday, Texans Radio Studio. 1:09:04.280 --> 1:09:07.080 I'm your host, John Harris, Football on the Sideline Reporter 1:09:07.640 --> 1:09:11.320 and one half of the In the Lab podcast crew. 1:09:12.160 --> 1:09:14.639 The other half of that, the better half is Drew Doherty, 1:09:15.160 --> 1:09:18.920 Texas TV host all around great dude. And we started 1:09:19.040 --> 1:09:21.280 in the Lab a long time ago, and our mission 1:09:21.439 --> 1:09:22.960 on in the Lab, and why it's called in the 1:09:23.000 --> 1:09:24.880 Lab is that we get a little wacky. We'd like 1:09:24.920 --> 1:09:27.280 to throw some combinations together, you know, like you would 1:09:27.479 --> 1:09:29.599 in a science lab. You know, Hey, let's throw this together, 1:09:29.680 --> 1:09:32.320 let's put this with this, Let's see what happens. What 1:09:32.400 --> 1:09:35.080 if we just got really nerdy and geeky like you 1:09:35.200 --> 1:09:38.400 do in the lab. And trust me, I'm an engineering major. 1:09:38.520 --> 1:09:41.880 I've seen geeks. I am one. I know it. I'm 1:09:41.880 --> 1:09:45.360 fine with it. I'm okay with it. So this one 1:09:45.840 --> 1:09:47.720 kind of went in that direction. We kind of threw 1:09:47.760 --> 1:09:49.479 some stuff on the wall, and then all of a sudden, 1:09:49.479 --> 1:09:52.080 this thing took a left turn and then it circled back, 1:09:52.280 --> 1:09:55.000 and then you turned and we got it all in. 1:09:55.280 --> 1:09:57.640 This is it great? In the lab? It starts with 1:09:57.800 --> 1:09:59.400 Drew asking this. 1:10:00.200 --> 1:10:03.120 To talk you and me, John Harris, and normally the 1:10:03.160 --> 1:10:06.479 table of contents goes like this. We do a what 1:10:06.560 --> 1:10:08.760 if I told you? 1:10:07.840 --> 1:10:08.680 What I told you? 1:10:09.960 --> 1:10:14.240 We do a cream of the Crop award winner the crop, 1:10:14.600 --> 1:10:16.640 and then we get going, I'm not doing it what 1:10:16.640 --> 1:10:18.240 if I told you because I don't want to remember 1:10:18.240 --> 1:10:20.040 what just happened Sunday. I was there, I saw it. 1:10:20.040 --> 1:10:21.280 I don't need to see it again. I don't you're 1:10:21.320 --> 1:10:23.840 talking about again. That was ugly. You g l y 1:10:24.120 --> 1:10:27.479 and got no alibi whatever you want to say. That's stunk, 1:10:27.800 --> 1:10:31.599 and you lose some players that game. So John Harris, 1:10:31.960 --> 1:10:36.280 we're going to do a vintage in the Lab right now, 1:10:37.120 --> 1:10:38.840 and I'm hitting you with this. There is no what 1:10:38.880 --> 1:10:41.280 if I told you this week. Instead, we will do 1:10:41.280 --> 1:10:43.679 a cream of the Crop award winner for next week's game. 1:10:44.439 --> 1:10:47.280 But we're going to start out with this. Texans have 1:10:47.400 --> 1:10:50.000 some injuries that they're gonna have to deal with maybe 1:10:50.080 --> 1:10:54.400 a lot, maybe not, but probably a fair amount. To 1:10:54.400 --> 1:11:00.519 be conservative, you can take two players from their prime 1:11:01.840 --> 1:11:04.800 any position in NFL history. They can both be on defense, 1:11:04.840 --> 1:11:06.679 they can both be on offense. You can do one defense, 1:11:06.760 --> 1:11:09.599 one offense. So whatever you want. You can add any 1:11:09.640 --> 1:11:12.880 two players in their prime to this team this week. 1:11:13.000 --> 1:11:17.880 Who you're adding, John, I am going to add one 1:11:17.880 --> 1:11:21.760 player that actually played for the Tennessee Titans, okay. I'm 1:11:21.760 --> 1:11:24.280 going to add another player that actually played with this 1:11:24.360 --> 1:11:29.200 particular player okay. And I'm going to add two players 1:11:30.400 --> 1:11:36.320 that became famous and successful when a particular person in 1:11:36.360 --> 1:11:43.400 the building was working for a particular organization. So I, 1:11:43.479 --> 1:11:47.600 not knowing CJ's hrout status, not knowing Nico Collins status, 1:11:47.960 --> 1:11:53.080 am going to add Tom Brady, and I'm going to 1:11:53.120 --> 1:11:57.160 add in his prime Randy Moss. So give me two 1:11:57.160 --> 1:12:02.800 thousand and seven Tom Brady and Randy Moss for this 1:12:02.840 --> 1:12:08.240 weekend against the I've almost said Tennessee Oilers hate me 1:12:08.320 --> 1:12:11.280 for that. No, Tennessee Titans. I'll never hear me say 1:12:11.280 --> 1:12:13.719 Tennessee Oilers. They can man. 1:12:13.600 --> 1:12:15.280 That's who they are this weekend, John, You're playing the 1:12:15.280 --> 1:12:16.480 Tennessee Oilers. 1:12:16.240 --> 1:12:19.400 I thought about let me hold on. I gotta ask 1:12:19.439 --> 1:12:21.200 you this. I gotta ask you this, because this is 1:12:21.240 --> 1:12:27.040 gonna happen when you and I to Houstonians walk in 1:12:27.080 --> 1:12:30.400 that stadium and you look at the field and there's 1:12:30.439 --> 1:12:34.320 an oil Derek painted at midfield and there's oilers in 1:12:34.400 --> 1:12:37.679 the end zone. Have you thought about what you're going 1:12:37.720 --> 1:12:38.960 to feel when you see that. 1:12:39.720 --> 1:12:43.640 I've built up enough of a tallous that it just 1:12:43.680 --> 1:12:46.479 doesn't affect me anymore. I love the oilers. No woman 1:12:46.520 --> 1:12:48.880 will ever break my heart like the Oilers broke my 1:12:48.960 --> 1:12:51.679 heart in the early nineties. I was born during Lovely Blue. 1:12:51.760 --> 1:12:54.080 I don't remember it. I don't remember I don't you 1:12:54.120 --> 1:12:55.439 know that was all going on while I was a 1:12:55.439 --> 1:12:58.479 little kid and a baby. My first memories of the 1:12:58.520 --> 1:13:01.160 Oilers were not good ones, because they were really bad 1:13:01.240 --> 1:13:03.599 in between Love You Blue and the Run and Shoot Days, 1:13:04.360 --> 1:13:07.639 so bad that you know you sign Warren Moon. All 1:13:07.720 --> 1:13:10.600 those first round picks kind of come to fruition and 1:13:11.000 --> 1:13:15.160 develop around him. During some awful seasons, games blacked out 1:13:15.320 --> 1:13:20.080 locally on a pretty routine basis, and so I got 1:13:20.080 --> 1:13:23.160 into the Oilers when they were really good eighty seven 1:13:23.240 --> 1:13:28.799 through ninety three, but then in ninety four they showed 1:13:28.880 --> 1:13:31.519 and that organization showed they were not serious about winning. 1:13:31.680 --> 1:13:33.519 You know, they got rid of Warren Moon. You're not 1:13:33.520 --> 1:13:36.479 serious about winning if you go from Moon to God 1:13:36.479 --> 1:13:39.240 bless him. I love Cody Carlson, but he's not a 1:13:39.280 --> 1:13:42.519 Hall of Fame quarterback. And everything fell apart, and I 1:13:42.840 --> 1:13:45.559 think I kind of checked out on him after they left. 1:13:45.800 --> 1:13:48.519 Let Warren Moon go. I don't remember. I think so 1:13:48.520 --> 1:13:49.920 they were two and fourteen and I think they went 1:13:49.960 --> 1:13:52.320 eight and eight the rest rest of the time there here. 1:13:52.840 --> 1:13:55.200 But I was checked out, and I think a lot 1:13:55.200 --> 1:13:56.240 of other people were too. 1:13:56.320 --> 1:13:56.639 Sure. 1:13:56.720 --> 1:13:59.840 There's this revisionist history, like people didn't wear jerseys and 1:14:00.360 --> 1:14:05.000 as much oilers gear around town in at least in 1:14:04.760 --> 1:14:07.160 the eighties and the nineties, that was not a big 1:14:07.200 --> 1:14:10.439 thing like you see now with no matter where you live, 1:14:11.200 --> 1:14:12.920 NFLT that that was not a huge deal. 1:14:13.240 --> 1:14:15.160 That was not also a Houston thing, you know, that 1:14:15.360 --> 1:14:18.720 was that was pretty much generational. We were starting to 1:14:18.840 --> 1:14:24.840 see the explosion of you know, T shirts, gear things 1:14:24.840 --> 1:14:28.439 of that. Jerseys You didn't wear jerseys, you you couldn't 1:14:28.479 --> 1:14:31.000 get you couldn't get a jersey to wear. Now you 1:14:31.000 --> 1:14:33.519 see jerseys at games. I'd like to know the numbers 1:14:33.560 --> 1:14:35.760 of people that would end up wearing the jerseys at 1:14:35.760 --> 1:14:37.599 a particular game. So if we have seventy one thousand 1:14:37.600 --> 1:14:39.400 in the building for a game, how many of them 1:14:39.400 --> 1:14:40.120 are wearing. 1:14:39.880 --> 1:14:44.040 A jersey of a particular player, Say what, thirty thousand? 1:14:44.040 --> 1:14:46.559 Probably, I would probably say it's a decent number. It's 1:14:46.600 --> 1:14:48.439 a it's a really decent number. Now there are some 1:14:48.479 --> 1:14:51.320 people that wear like the other day we were we 1:14:51.320 --> 1:14:55.080 were going into the stadium and as I was walking 1:14:55.120 --> 1:14:57.400 into the stadium, I saw a guy in a Josh 1:14:57.479 --> 1:15:01.160 Dobbs number fifteen minutes at a Viking's jury. So we 1:15:01.240 --> 1:15:03.519 started this with Chris Jones, our former engineer on the 1:15:03.600 --> 1:15:07.439 radio broadcast. And Jones was great and we had to 1:15:07.520 --> 1:15:10.639 leave game. He still is. It's fantastic. Jones's doing great. 1:15:11.520 --> 1:15:14.400 And Jones and I would try and pick out It 1:15:14.520 --> 1:15:16.120 was a kind of challenge between us to pick out 1:15:16.120 --> 1:15:19.960 the most obscure and stupid jersey at a particular game, 1:15:20.479 --> 1:15:25.080 whether it was for that particular team or most of 1:15:25.120 --> 1:15:27.040 the time it was for a team that wasn't there. 1:15:27.720 --> 1:15:29.200 Like you'd see there was one time there was a 1:15:29.240 --> 1:15:31.479 guy in a Roberto clemeny Jersey, and as much as 1:15:31.520 --> 1:15:34.760 I love Roberto Clemene, like you had a football game 1:15:34.800 --> 1:15:37.200 and you were Roberto Clemene twenty one Jersey, Like, what 1:15:37.280 --> 1:15:39.800 are you doing? So we always used to do that. 1:15:39.960 --> 1:15:42.400 So it was tough for Sunday that a lot of 1:15:42.439 --> 1:15:43.719 people were in raincoats and stuff. 1:15:43.760 --> 1:15:45.800 Yeah, yeah, it was hard to tell. It was definitely 1:15:45.840 --> 1:15:48.240 hard to sell because everybody was covered up by the 1:15:48.680 --> 1:15:49.240 by the rain. 1:15:49.320 --> 1:15:49.479 It was. 1:15:49.640 --> 1:15:51.800 It was a bit much. It was a bit much 1:15:51.880 --> 1:15:55.120 of rain that I didn't enjoy and nobody did. And 1:15:55.360 --> 1:15:58.559 maybe that was a part of it. Drew on Sunday said, 1:15:58.560 --> 1:16:00.000 we wouldn't talk about it, don't really want to talk 1:16:00.000 --> 1:16:02.880 talk about it. But yeah, give me, going back to 1:16:02.960 --> 1:16:07.600 the question, give me Tom Brady and Randy Moss. I 1:16:07.640 --> 1:16:12.680 wouldn't mind Randy Moss with our receiver group. Yeah, throw 1:16:12.760 --> 1:16:14.760 him in that mix. Man, You've got the mix of 1:16:14.840 --> 1:16:17.120 Nico Collins and Tank Dell all on one individual. 1:16:17.439 --> 1:16:19.479 You can never go wrong putting Randy Moss in any 1:16:19.479 --> 1:16:22.599 wide receiver group, no matter how depleted or full strength 1:16:22.640 --> 1:16:24.080 it is. I mean, it's gonna be fine. I actually 1:16:24.120 --> 1:16:26.600 had Randy Moss as one of my choices. Yep, and 1:16:27.960 --> 1:16:29.960 I went with the challenge of just rolling with either 1:16:30.600 --> 1:16:34.479 Mills or Keenum as quarterback. And we don't know, we haven't. 1:16:34.720 --> 1:16:37.519 Everybody's asking about when Stroud coming back, and I doubt 1:16:37.560 --> 1:16:39.559 he comes back Sunday. I would not expect to see 1:16:39.640 --> 1:16:42.479 him Sunday. And then the next question was one's Nico 1:16:42.720 --> 1:16:45.599 Collins coming back? And that's a legitimate question. Nothing has 1:16:45.680 --> 1:16:49.719 been said really in a major manner about Will Anderson. 1:16:50.040 --> 1:16:52.920 How healthy is he? Is he coming back, whether he 1:16:53.000 --> 1:16:55.840 comes back or not, Let's give some more fangs to 1:16:55.920 --> 1:17:00.599 the pass rush. How about Reggie White? Did I interested 1:17:00.600 --> 1:17:01.280 you Reggie White? 1:17:01.320 --> 1:17:02.639 You could interested me in a Reggie White? 1:17:02.760 --> 1:17:05.000 The guy you can't go wrong ever putting him in 1:17:05.080 --> 1:17:07.439 any defensive front seven. 1:17:07.760 --> 1:17:11.000 JJ Watt has said on record, and in fact, I'm 1:17:11.040 --> 1:17:13.320 glad you said that because there's a thirty for thirty 1:17:13.360 --> 1:17:15.680 called the Minister of Defense. Yeah, we were discussing that 1:17:15.840 --> 1:17:20.800 on Wednesday night. That's gonna be awesome and JJ, I 1:17:20.880 --> 1:17:23.559 think JJ does an interview for that for that. Uh 1:17:23.760 --> 1:17:26.559 here hero, Yeah, I mean he grew up in Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1:17:26.560 --> 1:17:29.600 Wisconsin at the time, where Reggie was. I mean, this 1:17:29.720 --> 1:17:31.600 is blasphemous, and I know Reggie would get mad at me. 1:17:31.760 --> 1:17:31.920 He was. 1:17:32.040 --> 1:17:34.639 He was a use of football god to those people. 1:17:34.880 --> 1:17:36.760 You know, he came to Green Bay at a time, 1:17:37.080 --> 1:17:39.640 you know, free agency had just kicked off, really and 1:17:39.840 --> 1:17:43.200 so who's who's choosing to go to Green Bay? Well 1:17:43.280 --> 1:17:46.040 Reggie White did. And because Reggie White did, all of 1:17:46.040 --> 1:17:47.720 a sudden, that team started turning the corner, and then 1:17:47.800 --> 1:17:49.680 more players wanted to go play in Green Bay. And 1:17:49.760 --> 1:17:52.200 it's and I'll be honest, it's not always easy for 1:17:52.880 --> 1:17:57.479 Packers to be in Green Bay. It's it's the smallest city, 1:17:58.560 --> 1:18:02.360 it's not the most diverse area of the country, and 1:18:02.439 --> 1:18:04.479 so that always plays a role. But Reggie White chose 1:18:04.560 --> 1:18:06.559 to go there. He chose to go play for Mike 1:18:06.560 --> 1:18:08.720 Holmgren and alongside Brett Farvan. I've been a lot to 1:18:08.800 --> 1:18:11.360 Packers fans. And on top of it, he was just 1:18:12.040 --> 1:18:14.479 you know, a smile, brighten up the room. And JJ 1:18:14.920 --> 1:18:19.080 is on record he said he's the greatest defensive player 1:18:19.120 --> 1:18:22.240 there's ever been, bar none. And for JJ to say that, 1:18:22.520 --> 1:18:26.280 a player that people in Houston think is the greatest 1:18:26.320 --> 1:18:29.160 defensive player of all time, for him to say that, Okay, 1:18:29.200 --> 1:18:31.840 I'll roll with that because Reggie was nasty. Reggie was 1:18:31.880 --> 1:18:34.040 absolutely nasty. He had he had one of the greatest 1:18:34.120 --> 1:18:38.000 pass rush moves of all time. He had what was 1:18:38.040 --> 1:18:41.160 called a hump move, and so what he he was 1:18:41.200 --> 1:18:43.080 really the only guy that could do it because he 1:18:43.280 --> 1:18:45.559 was fast enough to beat you on the high side. 1:18:45.560 --> 1:18:47.920 If he's rushing defensive end, he was fast enough to 1:18:47.960 --> 1:18:49.720 beat you on the high side. So he would get 1:18:49.920 --> 1:18:52.200 he would beat a guy with some speed, then the 1:18:52.240 --> 1:18:54.600 guy would anticipate that, and at the last minute he 1:18:54.680 --> 1:18:58.400 would take his inside arm and literally club a guy 1:18:58.439 --> 1:19:01.640 out of the way, lost out of the way. So 1:19:02.080 --> 1:19:06.400 this two minute vignette that JJ is talking to during 1:19:06.439 --> 1:19:11.360 the interview, they're showing b roll of Reggie White using 1:19:11.400 --> 1:19:15.160 the hump move. On three hundred and fifteen plus. I mean, 1:19:15.400 --> 1:19:17.200 hun big was Larry Allen. Larry Allen was like. 1:19:17.240 --> 1:19:20.320 Three forty benched like EUNDs, and he did that. 1:19:20.400 --> 1:19:22.559 To Larry Allen, who many think is the greatest guard. 1:19:22.600 --> 1:19:24.320 I think he's the greatest guard's ever played. I mean, 1:19:24.320 --> 1:19:26.840 he was incredible, and he did that to Larry Allen 1:19:27.240 --> 1:19:30.040 and you're just watching them. Oh, okay, maybe JJ's right. 1:19:30.160 --> 1:19:34.920 So yeah, Randy Moss and Reggie White for for damn sure, 1:19:34.960 --> 1:19:37.679 I think we're we're definitely sure on Randy Moss. Yeah, 1:19:38.600 --> 1:19:40.360 without a dime, we could have. You know, look, there's 1:19:40.360 --> 1:19:41.920 a there's a there's a ton we could have gone 1:19:42.000 --> 1:19:43.679 with at that point. 1:19:43.800 --> 1:19:47.240 Matthews would be a nice one, just as a screw 1:19:47.360 --> 1:19:52.040 you to Tennessee. Oh good, Yeah, Laro Campbell, it's ad 1:19:52.040 --> 1:19:53.800 one I just popped into my head. Earl Campbe would 1:19:53.800 --> 1:19:54.320 have been a good one. 1:19:54.439 --> 1:19:56.000 I think Bruce would have made some sense, you know, 1:19:56.160 --> 1:19:59.439 rolling with Devin and Damien, but having Bruce Matthews. Here's 1:19:59.479 --> 1:20:02.280 your question, where would you play Bruce Matthews? You wouldn't 1:20:02.280 --> 1:20:03.160 play my left tackle, I. 1:20:03.160 --> 1:20:03.840 Don't think no. 1:20:04.160 --> 1:20:05.120 But where would you play him? 1:20:06.080 --> 1:20:07.680 Any place? Any of the other four? 1:20:07.760 --> 1:20:10.240 You could be up for a I think I would 1:20:10.280 --> 1:20:11.519 take the experience at center. 1:20:11.680 --> 1:20:12.880 Yeah, he was good there. 1:20:13.040 --> 1:20:15.400 I think center would have been a great, great spot. 1:20:15.439 --> 1:20:17.080 I think he was great there as his career. It's 1:20:17.120 --> 1:20:20.280 just interesting how go He just kept moving inside tackle 1:20:20.720 --> 1:20:22.760 to guard to center, and he ended up I think 1:20:22.960 --> 1:20:24.800 he was all proed up three different positions, wasn't he 1:20:24.840 --> 1:20:25.479 any He got a. 1:20:25.479 --> 1:20:28.280 Pro bowler at all five? Yeah, all pro Yeah, like 1:20:28.360 --> 1:20:30.880 you said, that's amazing. Indulge me just a little bit 1:20:30.920 --> 1:20:34.599 more about Reggie White. Okay, So, final college season nineteen 1:20:34.640 --> 1:20:37.960 eighty three at Tennessee. Yep, he doesn't show up what 1:20:38.680 --> 1:20:40.880 he didn't play in nineteen eighty four. His first stats 1:20:40.920 --> 1:20:43.800 in the NFL nineteen eighty five, comes into the league, 1:20:43.920 --> 1:20:48.200 only starts twelve games in nineteen eighty five, gets thirteen sacks, 1:20:48.560 --> 1:20:52.479 has one hundred combined tackles. John but eighty four, I 1:20:52.560 --> 1:20:54.240 guess just he wasn't any good. He was out on 1:20:54.280 --> 1:20:56.639 the street. No, he was playing in the us USFL USFL. 1:20:56.960 --> 1:20:59.639 So imagine if he just show boats he was good 1:20:59.720 --> 1:21:02.320 enough to have better than a sack per game as 1:21:02.640 --> 1:21:05.920 in his rookies true rookie season in eighty five and 1:21:06.040 --> 1:21:09.160 eighty four. Let's just conservatively say he's not gonna do that, 1:21:09.320 --> 1:21:11.519 but he's still gonna be pretty good. Let's say he 1:21:11.560 --> 1:21:16.000 still gets another twelve thirteen sacks that year. So from 1:21:16.080 --> 1:21:20.320 eighty five his first season, he has thirteen sacks, Next 1:21:20.400 --> 1:21:27.240 year eighteen sacks, next year twenty one, Next year eighteen eleven, fourteen, fifteen, fourteen, thirteen. 1:21:27.320 --> 1:21:30.320 You gotta go to nineteen ninety four, his second year 1:21:30.360 --> 1:21:33.000 in Green Bay. Find the first season of his career 1:21:33.520 --> 1:21:38.759 that he doesn't have double digit sacks. Nine straight seasons 1:21:38.800 --> 1:21:41.479 to start his career with ten sacks or more on 1:21:41.720 --> 1:21:45.120 two thirty four, five, six, seven, How many after that straight? 1:21:45.479 --> 1:21:48.080 Then he had a twelve sax season in ninety five 1:21:48.439 --> 1:21:50.840 on eleven sacks season. In ninety seven and ninety eight 1:21:50.880 --> 1:21:54.439 he hit sixteen sacks. And then he retires in ninety nine, 1:21:54.560 --> 1:21:57.960 comes back, plays two thousand with the Panthers, gets five 1:21:58.000 --> 1:22:00.599 and a half there, finishes with one hundred ninety eight 1:22:00.640 --> 1:22:03.799 sacks John, and one more thing, one more thing. Nineteen 1:22:03.840 --> 1:22:07.000 eighty seven, Regi only played twelve games. 1:22:07.040 --> 1:22:07.559 What's the deal? 1:22:07.720 --> 1:22:07.800 Right? 1:22:08.280 --> 1:22:11.120 Exactly in the strike season, he only plays twelve games. 1:22:11.160 --> 1:22:18.160 He's still he still has twenty one sacks. John. The 1:22:18.280 --> 1:22:20.720 best best JJ Watt ever did when he was a 1:22:20.800 --> 1:22:24.840 freaking comet. JJ Watt in twelve and in fourteen he 1:22:24.920 --> 1:22:27.880 had twenty point five sacks. Of those seasons each each year. 1:22:28.080 --> 1:22:30.880 In nineteen eighty seven, the strike year he had, he 1:22:30.960 --> 1:22:32.160 had twelve games. 1:22:31.840 --> 1:22:36.400 Twelve games, twenty one sack sacks. Had a fumble recovery. 1:22:36.200 --> 1:22:38.520 For sanity, that's absolutely insanity. 1:22:38.840 --> 1:22:39.600 Four fumbles. 1:22:39.760 --> 1:22:42.120 Well, he stole one from Doug Williams. I remember that. 1:22:42.920 --> 1:22:44.599 I mean he literally stole the ball. And I can't 1:22:44.600 --> 1:22:46.040 remember if that was eighty seven or eighty eight, but 1:22:46.120 --> 1:22:48.519 he literally stole the ball from him. He went to 1:22:48.560 --> 1:22:50.679 sack him, and all of a sudden, big dudes running 1:22:50.680 --> 1:22:53.719 the other way, and it was Kelly Green jerseys, which 1:22:55.080 --> 1:22:57.960 they should have those full time. Yes, those are those 1:22:57.960 --> 1:23:04.320 are fantastic jerseys. But Reggie was and the fact that 1:23:05.040 --> 1:23:07.479 he could win as a three hundred pound four to 1:23:07.560 --> 1:23:11.439 three defensive end and then jump inside like like JJ 1:23:11.600 --> 1:23:14.720 would like JJ, JJ would do that. Now JJ did 1:23:14.760 --> 1:23:19.200 a little bit more of his with his quickness and 1:23:21.439 --> 1:23:24.240 his agility. As you always called him a jungle cat. 1:23:24.960 --> 1:23:27.840 Reggie had that power because that helped move. I mean 1:23:27.840 --> 1:23:29.880 he had some speed, don't get me wrong, but his 1:23:30.200 --> 1:23:35.120 was power and strength and leverage. He was so damn powerful. 1:23:36.040 --> 1:23:38.479 And it's just, you know, it's interesting, like thinking about 1:23:38.479 --> 1:23:41.439 players like that Reggie White as I'm growing up and 1:23:41.479 --> 1:23:44.880 you're watching him and you're like that dude's like he's 1:23:45.000 --> 1:23:48.320 crazy good. And then you're like, well, I ever, you 1:23:48.400 --> 1:23:50.840 don't think this at the time. I guess you're like 1:23:50.920 --> 1:23:54.800 I guess everybody just is like Reggie White, right, You're no, no, 1:23:55.040 --> 1:23:57.960 not everybody is like Reggie White. In fact, nobody is 1:23:58.080 --> 1:24:00.920 like Reggie White. And I think that's because you feel like, 1:24:01.760 --> 1:24:04.200 you know, I don't know. Maybe if I'm I'm a 1:24:04.600 --> 1:24:07.160 young adult, I mean college and I'm watching him do things, 1:24:07.960 --> 1:24:10.040 maybe I cherish it a little bit more like no, no, no, 1:24:10.200 --> 1:24:14.120 This dude's a freakazoid. He's doing things that nobody should 1:24:14.160 --> 1:24:15.559 be doing, and yet he's still doing them. 1:24:16.080 --> 1:24:19.240 Reggie White, Rest in peace, Gone too soon the age 1:24:19.280 --> 1:24:21.679 of forty three. Man, he died back in two thousand 1:24:21.680 --> 1:24:24.840 and four. Crazy stuff. But that's who we would add 1:24:25.040 --> 1:24:27.880 if we could, in our prime or in their prime, 1:24:28.439 --> 1:24:33.120 put somebody out there, two players or the Texans this Sunday. Okay, 1:24:33.240 --> 1:24:36.759 let's talk in the real world. Back to reality on Monday. 1:24:36.800 --> 1:24:40.439 After the Texans beat the Tennessee Oilers. Who are you 1:24:40.520 --> 1:24:41.800 going to say is you're a Cream of the Crop 1:24:41.840 --> 1:24:43.439 award winner for Houston, John. 1:24:45.040 --> 1:24:49.599 Melik Collins. I like that, Malik Collins. It's a tough, 1:24:50.200 --> 1:24:56.160 tough task against Derrick Henry and rushing Will Levis, and 1:24:56.439 --> 1:24:59.000 that puts a real tough onus. I think on the 1:24:59.120 --> 1:25:03.040 inside guys, and on Monday night, I felt like the 1:25:03.120 --> 1:25:07.960 Titans controlled Christian Wilkins and Siler. But I feel like 1:25:08.120 --> 1:25:12.960 Maleak is more explosive than Siler for sure, and I 1:25:13.080 --> 1:25:17.439 think that he's on par with Wilkins. But they've got 1:25:17.520 --> 1:25:20.800 to create pressure up in will Levis's face. Lewis did 1:25:20.880 --> 1:25:23.320 a really nice job of delivering the ball at the 1:25:23.640 --> 1:25:29.200 very last minute half second. It was crazy, like, man, 1:25:29.520 --> 1:25:32.760 he wow, he got rid of that ball. How did 1:25:32.800 --> 1:25:35.639 he do that? He had probably four or five big 1:25:35.800 --> 1:25:38.439 throws where it looked like a dolphin was about to 1:25:38.560 --> 1:25:41.400 sack him and or get a hit on him. And 1:25:41.560 --> 1:25:44.599 right as they're hitting him, the ball's getting out. Malik's 1:25:44.600 --> 1:25:46.479 got to get there a half step faster and make 1:25:46.520 --> 1:25:48.559 sure that he's getting the sacks on will Lewson. Here's 1:25:48.560 --> 1:25:50.200 the other thing. Levis is a big dude. He's a 1:25:50.240 --> 1:25:52.320 strong guy, so you got to bring him to the ground. 1:25:52.800 --> 1:25:56.320 But the flip side is you also have to get 1:25:56.400 --> 1:25:59.439 off blocks and help on Derrick Henry. It's going to 1:25:59.479 --> 1:26:01.640 be one thing for the defensive lineman. It's one thing 1:26:01.720 --> 1:26:05.880 for the defensive lineman to occupy blocks, but against Henry, 1:26:05.960 --> 1:26:08.320 you've got to help on tackles because it's that much 1:26:08.360 --> 1:26:09.400 more difficult to tackle. 1:26:09.920 --> 1:26:12.360 Good choice. We were just talking about guys with lots 1:26:12.400 --> 1:26:14.800 of sacks. Reggie White was one of them. JJ Watt, 1:26:14.840 --> 1:26:17.840 we brought him up. JJ had double digit sacks for 1:26:17.920 --> 1:26:22.200 the Texans five different times. Mario Williams did it twice 1:26:22.320 --> 1:26:24.240 two thousand and seven, two thousand and eight. He also 1:26:24.280 --> 1:26:26.600 had Connor Barwin hit like eleven and a half and 1:26:26.640 --> 1:26:30.280 twenty eleven, and then Whitney twenty sixteen, Whitney merciless, he 1:26:30.320 --> 1:26:33.160 had double digit sacks. So it's the only four until 1:26:33.640 --> 1:26:37.400 Jonathan Garnard Sunday got too. So my guy for this Sunday, 1:26:37.400 --> 1:26:39.880 I want Grenard because we don't know, like we said, 1:26:39.920 --> 1:26:41.800 we don't know if will Anderson's gonna suit up if 1:26:41.800 --> 1:26:44.360 he is certainly not at full strength, and nobody's at 1:26:44.360 --> 1:26:47.040 full strength ever, I know that, but he's diminished a 1:26:47.080 --> 1:26:50.400 little bit. So John, let's get after like you're saying 1:26:50.720 --> 1:26:53.000 you need him leak up the middle for the dual 1:26:53.040 --> 1:26:55.639 action of getting after the quarterback but really also stuffing 1:26:55.720 --> 1:26:58.120 up Derrick Henry not getting a full out of steam. 1:26:58.880 --> 1:27:02.280 Let's see you, Jonathan Garnard, keep doing what you're doing. 1:27:02.360 --> 1:27:03.480 Get two sacks. 1:27:03.720 --> 1:27:07.280 Facing a rookie, facing a rookie Jalen Duncan from Maryland 1:27:07.360 --> 1:27:10.160 facing a rookie. So uh JG. You're right, he's got 1:27:10.280 --> 1:27:11.400 to have a big one for sure. Good ones. 1:27:11.600 --> 1:27:13.680 Been fun to see him, you know, succeed the way 1:27:13.720 --> 1:27:16.080 he has because he had the eight sex season a 1:27:16.080 --> 1:27:17.800 couple of years ago, only played in a dozen games. 1:27:17.840 --> 1:27:20.880 And yep, he's been healthy. He's been flourishing this year. 1:27:21.400 --> 1:27:22.560 I always love doing this with you. 1:27:22.720 --> 1:27:22.960 John. 1:27:23.320 --> 1:27:25.599 Don't want to talk about the Jets anymore. Let's get 1:27:25.640 --> 1:27:28.160 a win in Tennessee. I didn't ask you, you know, 1:27:28.160 --> 1:27:30.600 how are you are you gonna feel about seeing. 1:27:30.360 --> 1:27:31.439 The I don't know. 1:27:31.920 --> 1:27:33.760 I always, like I said, I'm callous to it. 1:27:33.880 --> 1:27:35.679 Yeah, I just I think I'm kind of the same. 1:27:36.240 --> 1:27:38.360 I think it'll probably they're doing this just a jab 1:27:38.439 --> 1:27:38.720 at us. 1:27:38.840 --> 1:27:41.080 I know, And that's that's probably the biggest reason why 1:27:41.120 --> 1:27:43.719 probably riles me up a little bit. But because Tennessee 1:27:43.720 --> 1:27:46.280 fans don't care exactly, I really would like to. I 1:27:46.320 --> 1:27:48.679 would like to just stuff a win down their throats. 1:27:48.920 --> 1:27:50.639 That would that would be kind of nice, That would 1:27:50.640 --> 1:27:52.160 be kind of nice. But I just want to see 1:27:52.240 --> 1:27:55.639 us go play well and play much better. For here's 1:27:55.680 --> 1:27:57.639 what I here, there's what I'd like, Drew. I don't 1:27:57.640 --> 1:27:59.719 want to see perfect, but I want to see sixty 1:27:59.760 --> 1:28:02.160 minut it's of consistent solid football from this team on 1:28:02.200 --> 1:28:04.800 both sides at the ball. Yeah, and we've not gotten that. 1:28:05.280 --> 1:28:09.040 We've gotten a good half here, We've gotten a good 1:28:09.280 --> 1:28:12.200 game from one side of the ball. The last time 1:28:12.240 --> 1:28:16.679 we really saw all phases come together was against the Steelers, 1:28:17.200 --> 1:28:20.439 and we what four It came together on both sides 1:28:20.479 --> 1:28:23.360 for sixty minutes. It needs to come together, all of 1:28:23.439 --> 1:28:25.600 it for sixty minutes. I'm not saying you gotta go 1:28:25.600 --> 1:28:28.040 down to score touchdowns every drive, but you know, put 1:28:28.080 --> 1:28:29.880 points up on the board as many drives as possible. 1:28:29.920 --> 1:28:32.040 Don't turn the ball over and then play your ass 1:28:32.080 --> 1:28:34.160 off on defense. But do it for sixty minutes. Yeah, 1:28:34.439 --> 1:28:37.560 sixty flip in minutes. No breakdowns, no going on on 1:28:37.600 --> 1:28:41.000 your own doing things. Just play solid, smart football for 1:28:41.080 --> 1:28:42.280 sixty minutes and see where you are. 1:28:42.479 --> 1:28:42.800 I like that. 1:28:43.200 --> 1:28:43.360 You know. 1:28:43.439 --> 1:28:46.120 One more thing, this offense. I think we can agree 1:28:46.360 --> 1:28:48.760 for a variety of reasons for at a variety of 1:28:48.800 --> 1:28:52.560 different levels. It's better than last year. Superior to the 1:28:52.640 --> 1:28:54.880 offense we've seen the last couple of years. But really 1:28:54.920 --> 1:28:57.120 I think the last decade this is a better offense. 1:28:58.000 --> 1:29:01.519 I also think natural progres ession wise, Davis Mills is 1:29:01.600 --> 1:29:04.479 probably a better quarterback than what we saw last year 1:29:04.680 --> 1:29:07.599 in his rookie season. I think being in this scheme, 1:29:07.680 --> 1:29:11.400 being around these guys, case Keenum, this coaching staff, I 1:29:11.479 --> 1:29:15.599 think Davis Mills has also had a gig of improvement 1:29:15.720 --> 1:29:18.320 there as well. I think you're going to see better 1:29:18.520 --> 1:29:20.840 Davis Mills when he goes out there. I don't know 1:29:20.880 --> 1:29:22.639 what that means. I don't know how how much better 1:29:22.720 --> 1:29:26.599 that that makes the team perform, But I do think 1:29:26.640 --> 1:29:29.760 you're going to see a better Davis Mills in this 1:29:29.960 --> 1:29:33.120 offense than what you're accustomed to seeing over the last 1:29:33.120 --> 1:29:35.439 few years. And don't don't forget Davis Mills had a 1:29:35.479 --> 1:29:38.240 pretty good game last time he suited up and played 1:29:38.240 --> 1:29:41.519 in a real game that week, a team victory at 1:29:41.720 --> 1:29:42.760 Indianapolis last year. 1:29:42.880 --> 1:29:46.800 Yeah. Absolutely, And he beat Tennessee on Christmas Eve Day 1:29:46.960 --> 1:29:50.840 as well. So it's it's a better defense I think 1:29:50.880 --> 1:29:54.479 for Tennessee since. But if there's no Jeffrey Simmons, you 1:29:54.560 --> 1:29:57.640 know who's to say, who's to say? So, you know, 1:29:57.680 --> 1:30:00.400 hopefully he will remain out of this one. That'll be 1:30:00.439 --> 1:30:02.320 a big side relief. And then you know, we'll wait 1:30:02.360 --> 1:30:04.080 for Wednesday and see what the injury report brings and 1:30:04.120 --> 1:30:05.240 what's gonna happen with the squad. 1:30:05.520 --> 1:30:07.680 Amen, John always enjoyed talking with you. 1:30:08.040 --> 1:30:10.280 Well, I thank you, Drew. I enjoyed talking with you 1:30:10.640 --> 1:30:13.680 as well. Yeah, there's some good stuff in there, but 1:30:13.760 --> 1:30:16.400 we we went all around it. And yet tonight I 1:30:16.439 --> 1:30:20.280 can't wait the Minister Defense thirty for thirty on ESPN 1:30:20.520 --> 1:30:23.960 about Reggie White and apparently it dives into more of Reggie, 1:30:24.360 --> 1:30:27.439 you know, behind the scenes, off the field, our religion 1:30:27.600 --> 1:30:32.320 really impacted Reggie. Really sounds like a really good thirty 1:30:32.320 --> 1:30:35.479 for thirty. Can't wait Head thirty for thirty Saturday night 1:30:35.560 --> 1:30:38.559 after the Heisman the Great Heisman Race of nineteen ninety seven, 1:30:38.600 --> 1:30:40.599 which was kind of interesting how they did that one. 1:30:40.640 --> 1:30:42.800 I'm curious to see how they do this one. I'm 1:30:42.880 --> 1:30:45.640 sure you will see our favorite textan or a lot 1:30:45.680 --> 1:30:48.479 of your favorite text and JJ watt on there. He 1:30:48.640 --> 1:30:51.040 was born in Wisconsin, lived in Wisconsin while Reggie was 1:30:51.040 --> 1:30:53.880 wrecking shop, and was very easy to look up to 1:30:53.960 --> 1:30:57.439 Big number ninety two. And the one clip I saw 1:30:57.520 --> 1:31:00.000 on social media today or yesterday, I can remember which 1:31:00.040 --> 1:31:03.559 one it was, but it showed JJ talking and then 1:31:03.600 --> 1:31:07.240 the b roll was Reggie White using his hunt move, 1:31:07.320 --> 1:31:10.599 which is absolutely awesome. Quinn Williams through that hump move 1:31:10.880 --> 1:31:13.559 on a Texans offensive lignment on Sunday and it was gross, 1:31:13.920 --> 1:31:18.000 like like gross. It was so powerful and so cool, 1:31:18.080 --> 1:31:19.560 and I've seen very few people that can do that. 1:31:19.640 --> 1:31:22.600 John Allen does that. Jonathan Allen with the Commanders does that. 1:31:23.400 --> 1:31:26.080 Hardly anybody else does it. Reggie White started at thirty 1:31:26.640 --> 1:31:29.320 years ago, so I can't wait to see that. All Right, 1:31:29.320 --> 1:31:31.400 we're gonna go around the NFL some of the stories 1:31:31.439 --> 1:31:36.120 that are hitting in the league, including AFC, NFC offensive 1:31:36.240 --> 1:31:41.280 players the week. Texans somehow well found themselves in the 1:31:41.479 --> 1:31:44.320 midst of at least one of them. We'll touch on 1:31:44.439 --> 1:31:49.120 those next right here on Texans All Access. All right, 1:31:49.200 --> 1:31:51.559 let's go round the NFL. Right here on a Wednesday 1:31:51.640 --> 1:31:54.080 edition of Texans All Access. I am John Harris, shows 1:31:54.120 --> 1:31:58.559 appreciate you being here with me. A couple of non 1:31:59.280 --> 1:32:02.920 week game game week items. The NFL is gonna play 1:32:02.920 --> 1:32:05.040 a game in South Powell, Brazil. How about that twenty 1:32:05.080 --> 1:32:10.439 twenty four. Now, apparently the Dolphins are like areas of 1:32:10.479 --> 1:32:14.599 the world are tied into certain teams, like we are 1:32:14.640 --> 1:32:20.360 connected to Mexico City. The Dolphins are connected to Spain 1:32:21.360 --> 1:32:23.920 and Brazil. Now they're the only team connected to Spain. 1:32:24.000 --> 1:32:26.920 Now to Brazil. Sorry, they've got another team that's connected 1:32:26.920 --> 1:32:30.080 to Spain. But in twenty twenty fourth they're playing that 1:32:30.160 --> 1:32:33.040 game there. It's more likely an NFC team. My guess 1:32:33.120 --> 1:32:36.080 is they'll want the Cowboys. Now there's a chance that 1:32:36.120 --> 1:32:39.800 Texans could play the Cowboys next year. I know you're like, 1:32:39.840 --> 1:32:42.880 wait a second, every four years, No, it's remember the 1:32:43.000 --> 1:32:47.920 seventeenth game is you play the team that finishes in 1:32:48.000 --> 1:32:51.840 the same spot as you in the standings from two 1:32:51.920 --> 1:32:54.720 years prior or the year before, the year before. We 1:32:54.800 --> 1:32:59.400 play the NFC East. So if the Cowboys win a division, 1:32:59.400 --> 1:33:01.960 we win a division, will play. If the Cowboys finished second, 1:33:02.080 --> 1:33:04.080 we finished second, will play. I don't know, maybe that 1:33:04.120 --> 1:33:06.559 game will be in South Powlo, Brazil, but we'll see. 1:33:06.640 --> 1:33:09.759 My guess is it's an MC team, but the Dolphins 1:33:09.760 --> 1:33:11.200 are the one that's tied there, so I don't know. 1:33:11.320 --> 1:33:13.000 We'll see what happens. But there will be a game 1:33:13.000 --> 1:33:15.479 in South Palo Brazil. There will also be a game 1:33:15.840 --> 1:33:19.200 in Los Angeles, California, in twenty twenty seven. It's called 1:33:19.200 --> 1:33:22.800 the Super Bowl. Yes, LA gets it, five years after 1:33:23.280 --> 1:33:26.280 having their last Super Bowl at SOFI Stadium over there 1:33:26.280 --> 1:33:31.280 in Inglewood. So the super Bowl going back to LA 1:33:32.080 --> 1:33:36.599 twenty twenty seven, that'll be Super Bowl sixty one. Good god, 1:33:36.960 --> 1:33:39.600 super Bowl sixty one. The first one I remember is 1:33:39.680 --> 1:33:44.599 Super Bowl eleven. Good man, Holy smokes. There are teams 1:33:44.640 --> 1:33:48.720 that can clinch playoff berths this week. The Ravens, the Cowboys, 1:33:48.880 --> 1:33:53.919 the Lions, and the Eagles can all clinch a playoff 1:33:54.200 --> 1:33:58.519 berth this weekend. For the Ravens, they are all kinds 1:33:58.560 --> 1:34:03.000 of there's like not scenario night scenarios that have got 1:34:03.120 --> 1:34:05.519 to happen, or nine things that could happen they clinch 1:34:05.920 --> 1:34:11.400 a playoff birth. For example, Baltimore wins, Denver loses or ties, 1:34:11.560 --> 1:34:15.360 Buffalo loses or ties, that gets him in. We're actually 1:34:15.400 --> 1:34:19.679 mentioning here too, the third scenario. Baltimore wins, Denver loses 1:34:19.720 --> 1:34:23.000 their ties, Pitts, I'm sorry, Denver loser ties, Houston loses 1:34:23.040 --> 1:34:26.200 their ties. That gets them a playoff berth, so I 1:34:26.200 --> 1:34:30.320 don't know. Clinching playoff berths in week fifteen would be 1:34:30.479 --> 1:34:33.759 kind of cool. That will not happen for your Houston Texans, 1:34:34.280 --> 1:34:37.679 even if they're able to win in Tennessee, which hopefully 1:34:37.840 --> 1:34:40.160 they do big Thanks a lot of people on today's show. 1:34:40.680 --> 1:34:43.080 We gotta thank Mark Vanderberg, I think Nick Cassario, gotta 1:34:43.080 --> 1:34:46.640 thank Stephanie Gonzalez and John Weeks, Walter Peyton, Man of 1:34:46.680 --> 1:34:49.680 the Year candidate Texans Representative Drew Doherty of course, and 1:34:50.000 --> 1:34:53.400 Titan's voice Mike Keith. We'll see tomorrow everybody, and as always, 1:34:53.479 --> 1:34:54.040 go Texans.