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Speaker 1: Welcome in, everybody to It was the edition of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I am

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Speaker 1: your host, John Harris, and we are about twenty five

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Speaker 1: hours away from a matchup with the Miami Dolphins. So

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Speaker 1: this show turning into a true pregame show for you.

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Speaker 1: So we've got plenty to get to. We're gonna go

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Speaker 1: behind enemy sidelines with Deep City. This week it's Greg

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Speaker 1: Lykens who covers the Dolphins for Finnsiders seven ninety to

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Speaker 1: Then we're gonna go with the men behind the mics.

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Speaker 1: Ar Old Mark Vannimer sits down with a friend of his,

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Speaker 1: somebody he's known for a long time, having spent time

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Speaker 1: in Miami. Jimmy Cuffalo, the play by play voice of

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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. I will give you my keys to

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Speaker 1: the game. And last week, did you listen to my

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Speaker 1: keys to the game? I would have told you the

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Speaker 1: exact game plan the Texans were going to use to

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Speaker 1: beat the Jaguars, or well, it would have been my

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Speaker 1: game plan, but it was the one that actually was

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Speaker 1: pretty close. My keys were pretty close. To be honest,

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Speaker 1: you go back and listen, just saying so you might

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Speaker 1: want to take a listen to my keys to the game.

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Speaker 1: Mark's gonna stop by. We're gonna kind of toss some

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Speaker 1: key things in this game back and forth between the

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Speaker 1: two of us. We're gonna hear from Brian Gaine, the

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Speaker 1: general manager, with the game plan, and then our final

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Speaker 1: word this evening, which we usually do on Friday because

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Speaker 1: that's the last show before the game on Sunday. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna do it tonight. Our final word tonight with Drew

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Speaker 1: Doherty is with Bernardrick McKinney, who has been all kinds

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Speaker 1: of fabulous for this team since he got here in

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Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. The leader just resigned to be with this

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Speaker 1: team for the foreseeable future and really excited about that

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Speaker 1: b Mac, Brian Gaine, Mark vandermir Me, Jimmy Cephalo, Greg

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Speaker 1: likns DP City's gonna be along the way. So we

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Speaker 1: got plenty to do, so let's jump right in and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna start with Hot Reads. Hot Reads presented to

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Speaker 1: or more on car insurance and each and every Friday.

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Speaker 1: We do this, but because it is the Wednesday for

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Speaker 1: the game game, we catch up with Ted coach at

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien. He stepped in studio with Mark Vanimir give

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Speaker 1: his thoughts about this one against Miami on Thursday night. Coach,

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Speaker 1: how's that Dolphins offense different, if at all with Brock

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Speaker 1: Ostwiler as opposed to Ryan Tannehill. You know, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if there's a huge difference. Brock can run and

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Speaker 1: tanny Hill can run. They're both really good athletes. So

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Speaker 1: Brock's making some plays with his feet, but you know

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Speaker 1: they have explosive of players around him. I mean a

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Speaker 1: lot of speed on this offense. You know, they've got

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Speaker 1: Drake in the backfield, Frank or in the backfield. Then

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Speaker 1: you look out. People are talking about their injuries and

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Speaker 1: even if some of them are injured, they still got

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Speaker 1: the Vante Parker. They've got Danny Ammondola and then Jacquim Grant.

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Speaker 1: You know, this is a guy that's, in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: be a very challenging night for us frank Or in

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Speaker 1: and the players too, because they kind of grew up

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Speaker 1: watching him. Some of these guys. Yeah, you know, I

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Speaker 1: we've watched great amount of respect for him. Downhill run

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Speaker 1: he's one of the best backs of all time. Their defense,

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Speaker 1: they get some interceptions, So how are they doing that pressure,

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Speaker 1: the key there is Vanny, which is a great point

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Speaker 1: Our special teams has done it this year. Offensively, we

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Speaker 1: need one hundred percent ball security. That'll be one of

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Speaker 1: the keys to the football game. Last year. I know

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Speaker 1: most recent games to be ready. So when you get

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Speaker 1: So I think we got a veteran staff. I think

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Speaker 1: our staff knows how to operate in these situations. These

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Speaker 1: Adam Gays, and especially a team that I think Miami

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Speaker 1: three Thursday Night games for them have been awful in fifteen, sixteen,

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Speaker 1: get to our next hot read, and this one will

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Speaker 1: be shorter, and we're gonna do this one, right. I'm

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Speaker 1: We'll get to the injury report in just a second.

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Speaker 1: But the Texans have a game with the New York

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Speaker 1: December fifteenth, A very great day in the Harris household.

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Speaker 1: It's my anniversary with my wife, so that will be

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Speaker 1: the Texans will play at the Jets at three thirty afternoon. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: definitely lengthy, especially on the Texans side. Seven players out,

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Speaker 1: be interesting to see what him and jj both on

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Speaker 1: the field, what they do with the Dolphins in town.

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Speaker 1: We talk about the receivers. Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson didn't

429
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Speaker 1: travel with the team, so the Dolphins are going to

430
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Speaker 1: have to put together the offense without them. How much

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Speaker 1: of a factor is that going to be? What are

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Speaker 1: they worried about now? I would imagine it's depth at

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Speaker 1: wide receiver next to Danny Amendola. Yeah, this is probably,

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Speaker 1: from an internal standpoint for the Dolphins, the biggest storyline

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Speaker 1: that they're dealing with, because you know Albert Wilson to

436
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Speaker 1: start with him, he's been the breakout star of the offense,

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Speaker 1: and so there was a lot of concern about Jarvis

438
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Speaker 1: Landry being traded in the offseason. He had been their

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Speaker 1: leading receiver his entire time with the Dolphins since being

440
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Speaker 1: drafted out of LSU a few years back, and so

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Speaker 1: Albert Wilson has filled the void well and really it

442
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Speaker 1: was just a breakout star in terms of his ability

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Speaker 1: to make the most of every opportunity he it accounted

444
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Speaker 1: for touchdown catches of twenty nine yard, seventy four yards,

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Speaker 1: forty three yards, and seventy five yards through the air,

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Speaker 1: plus he also threw a fifty two yard touchdowns. He

447
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Speaker 1: was like a big play waiting to happen and was

448
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Speaker 1: his second in the NFL and yards after the catch,

449
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Speaker 1: So he brought a lot at the table. And the

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Speaker 1: success that Oswalder has had statistically, a lot of that

451
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Speaker 1: had to do on the strength of quick short passes

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Speaker 1: to Albert Wilson that he turned into forty three yard

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Speaker 1: touchdown and seventy five yard touchdown in the Bears game.

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Speaker 1: So you know, for anybody who's looking at Oswalder's numbers

455
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Speaker 1: in Houston and saying, man, he's look him pretty good.

456
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Speaker 1: He's benefited from a lot of yards after catch. But

457
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Speaker 1: Wilson is not going to be available and Kenny Still's

458
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Speaker 1: not going to be available for this game. So Danny A.

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Speaker 1: Mendola's team Grant and Davante Parker are the three healthy

460
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Speaker 1: receivers still waiting to see if they call somebody up

461
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Speaker 1: from the practice squad, which we're expecting they will, just

462
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Speaker 1: a matter of who it's going to be. But then

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Speaker 1: the added rinkle of drama to all of this, because

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Speaker 1: we can't just have a normal Thursday night game, is

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Speaker 1: that DeVante Parker has been inactive the last three games.

466
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Speaker 1: Former first round pick. His agent came out in the

467
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Speaker 1: media immediately following this last Sunday's Lost Lions saying, among

468
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Speaker 1: other things, that Adam gas is incompetent and that his client,

469
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Speaker 1: Davante Parker is healthy and should be active in playing.

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Speaker 1: So you got going to ask you about that. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: So the Dolphins are down there two of their top

472
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Speaker 1: wide receivers. Parker is a guy they absolutely need right now.

473
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Speaker 1: They've been trade rumors circulating about him. Meanwhile, the agent

474
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Speaker 1: comes out and says it's about the coach. Now, Adam

475
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,200
Speaker 1: Gayson to Parker this week have both said the right things.

476
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Speaker 1: They said, They've spoken the men of defenses. So I

477
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Speaker 1: expect Parker to play for the Dolphins and actually play

478
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Speaker 1: a large role for Thursday Night. But Mandp. This is

479
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:16,720
Speaker 1: just drama all over the place with this Dolphins team.

480
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,800
Speaker 1: The injuries were bad enough, but then you've got this

481
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Speaker 1: issue with Parker and his agent just makes for even

482
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Speaker 1: more of the Dolphins are trying to balance as they

483
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Speaker 1: get ready for this short week. Well, if he is healthy,

484
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Speaker 1: he's definitely going to get his chance on Thursday night

485
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Speaker 1: with all those injuries. As far as wide receiver goes.

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Speaker 1: When I look at Frank Gore there for the run

487
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Speaker 1: game and Kenyan Drake, it's impressive what they've been able

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Speaker 1: to do. Especially Frank Gore thirty five years old. Do

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Speaker 1: you foresee him becoming sort of the feature back because

490
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Speaker 1: right now they're using both of them together. But do

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Speaker 1: you see one of those guys getting a bulk of

492
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Speaker 1: the careys Thursday night? Yeah? And you know what, I

493
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Speaker 1: get asked about this a lot, especially for those who

494
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Speaker 1: play fantasy football, right the fantasy people want to know

495
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Speaker 1: probably yeah, yeah, So, I mean, Kenyan Drake led the

496
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Speaker 1: league in rushing over the final five weeks of last

497
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Speaker 1: season and was of a breakout star in that regard,

498
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Speaker 1: and so when they added Frank Gore in the offseason,

499
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Speaker 1: the assumption was that Drake would be the lead back

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Speaker 1: and that Gore at thirty five years old, would be

501
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Speaker 1: a complimentary, maybe third down back. But the way it's

502
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Speaker 1: developed is, and the way Adam Gates has described, is

503
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Speaker 1: that Frank Gore is a real north south runner, so

504
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Speaker 1: they feel comfortable when they hand him the ball. He's

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Speaker 1: gonna maximize every carry and you know, he may not

506
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Speaker 1: break long runs, but he's gonna, you know, push forward

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Speaker 1: and get say three or four yards and make the

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Speaker 1: most of it. Where Kenyan Drake had the propensity to

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Speaker 1: dance a little bit, he produces big plays, but he

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Speaker 1: also produces some carries for loss. So the way it's

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Speaker 1: worked out over the last four weeks or so is

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Speaker 1: that Gore has been the featured back and Kennyan Drake

513
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Speaker 1: has been much more utilized in the passing game. He's

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Speaker 1: still carrying the ball and had a fifty four yard

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Speaker 1: touchdown run against Alliance on Sunday, but Drake is being

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Speaker 1: more utilized as a receiver out of the backfield and

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Speaker 1: Gore is being the more every down running back that's

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Speaker 1: receiving carry. So that's not what anybody had anticipated because

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Speaker 1: of course age. But at thirty five, if he's proven

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Speaker 1: to be very durable. Whether they can sustain that over

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Speaker 1: the course of sixteen games, we'll find out, but at

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Speaker 1: least for a Thursday night football, I would expect more

523
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Speaker 1: of the same. On the flip side of the ball,

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Speaker 1: Lamar Miller is going to face his former team. I know,

525
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Speaker 1: you guys know him well after four seasons there in Miami,

526
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Speaker 1: and that Dolphins defense really struggled against the run last week.

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Speaker 1: What led to the breakdown and how much of a

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Speaker 1: challenge is there going to be for the Dolphins to

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Speaker 1: turn it around on such a short week. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: a real big question, which you know, entering the game

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Speaker 1: against Detroit, the run defense had been kind of run

532
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Speaker 1: of the mill, hadn't been great, but also hadn't been terrible.

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Speaker 1: And then after giving up over two hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: yards rushing against the Lions, they're now created, as you know,

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Speaker 1: the twenty ninth run defense in the league. So I

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Speaker 1: would imagine in you know, coinciding with Lamar Miller kind

537
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Speaker 1: of getting on track against the Jaguars, he's probably licking

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Speaker 1: his chops, not only to play his former team, but

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Speaker 1: considering that trend that we're discussing. So that's gonna be

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Speaker 1: vitally important. I think one of the issues the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: have face despite being above five hundred at four and

542
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: three is that they don't seem to have an identity

543
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,760
Speaker 1: on either side of the ball, so week to week

544
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Speaker 1: they do certain things well and then not so well.

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Speaker 1: So run defense would be a great example of that.

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Speaker 1: None of us saw that coming, especially against the Detroit

547
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Speaker 1: team that historically, especially with Matt Stafford, has not run

548
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Speaker 1: the ball that effectively. So for Deshaun Watson with the

549
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Speaker 1: injuries he's dealing with, if they can continue handing the

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Speaker 1: ball off Lamar Miller effectively, especially against his hometown team

551
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Speaker 1: and the mightbe Dolphins, I think that that should be

552
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Speaker 1: a good matchup for the Texans to try to exploit Greig.

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Speaker 1: All things considered, both of these teams are sitting at

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Speaker 1: four and three heading into this Thursday night game. The

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Speaker 1: Texans are favored by over a touchdown. I don't know

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Speaker 1: from the Houston standpoint, it's surprising because all the Texans

557
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Speaker 1: games have been very, very close this year, minus the

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Speaker 1: one at Jacksonville where Jacksonville was favored. But how surprised

559
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Speaker 1: are you that the spread is what it is? And

560
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,520
Speaker 1: do you see maybe something different in sore for Thursday night. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I was a little bit surprised as because it seems

562
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Speaker 1: that seems like a big number. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: I do look at the two teams despite you know,

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Speaker 1: how the games are playing out as kind of moving

565
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Speaker 1: in separate directions. So the Texans have overcome a slow

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00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 1: start and are playing much better football, where the Dolphins

567
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 1: started three and zero, and even during the three and

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Speaker 1: oh start against Tennessee, the Jets and the Raiders, there

569
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,959
Speaker 1: were plenty of things that you could pick apart and say, hey,

570
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,640
Speaker 1: they're not doing things perfectly, but they're finding a way

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Speaker 1: to win. So you never complain about the wins, but

572
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,159
Speaker 1: you can always have a critical eye about it. You know,

573
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Speaker 1: they really really dropped the ball against the New England

574
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Speaker 1: Patriots in thirty eight to seven loss, and then gave

575
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Speaker 1: up a seventeen point lead in just an absolute collapse

576
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Speaker 1: against the Bengals. We liked what we saw against the

577
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Speaker 1: Bears because they want an overtime, but then the Lions game,

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Speaker 1: now you lose by eleven points. So I guess my

579
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: point is the Dolphins started off strong, but since then

580
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Speaker 1: they've lost three or four so just based on that trend,

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Speaker 1: considering the injuries, considering Oswiler starting a quarterback, and then

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Speaker 1: I think there's this assumption that he's going to kind

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Speaker 1: of back to the mean of his career. All of

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Speaker 1: those reasons, I think, and it's a road game. It

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Speaker 1: doesn't surprise me that Texans are favored. Whether it should

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Speaker 1: be favored by that much, I guess we could. We

587
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,440
Speaker 1: could argue back and forth. I guess it's a good

588
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: thing that I don't bet on these games, but i'd yeah,

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00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: the Texans should be favored. Let's put it that way.

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Speaker 1: All right, good stuff, Greg, Likekens covers the Dolphins for seven,

591
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,359
Speaker 1: I need to take it in five to sixteen. Miami, Greg,

592
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,119
Speaker 1: always a pleasure. I hope if we ever play a

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Speaker 1: Thursday night game against the Dolphins in Miami we also

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Speaker 1: go up forty eight hours early. I'm just saying, yeah,

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00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: that'd be good for everybody involved, right, I mean, get

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Speaker 1: down here, the toupful of Keaton humidity, enjoy the nice weather.

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Speaker 1: That that'd be good for everybody. Just a beach, A

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Speaker 1: beach would be nice. I'm just saying, good stuff, Greg,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much. Yeah, no problems, you'd be good to

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Speaker 1: talk to you. Great stuff there from Greg and from Deepe.

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Speaker 1: Coming up, we'll learn a little bit more about the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins from the man behind the mic for them, Jimmy

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Speaker 1: Cephalo catches up with our man behind them, Mike, Mark

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Speaker 1: it's time to go behind the mics with the two

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Speaker 1: men that will call the game for the respective organizations

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Speaker 1: or if you're in Canada, organizations. Mark Fandomir for the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans and Jimmy Cephalo, the play by play voice

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Speaker 1: and former Miami Dolphin wide receiver. It's a great conversation.

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Speaker 1: Let's give it to our men behind the mics. Mark

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Speaker 1: take it away. Jimmy, how are you doing? Great to

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Speaker 1: have you on back with you, Marks. Our time is

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Speaker 1: spent together back in Miami. Good to see you and

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Speaker 1: speak with you too. Well, let's talk about what's going

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Speaker 1: on with this football team first and foremost, as you're

622
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: coming off the loss to Detroit, but that followed a win.

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Speaker 1: So where are you at right now? I know you

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Speaker 1: have a lot of injuries at offense. Brock Oswiler, who

625
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Speaker 1: everyone here is very familiar with. How's all. It's it's

626
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 1: been confusing football team in some sense. You know, two

627
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 1: weeks ago they'd play the Chicago Barriers, played very well, lost.

628
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Speaker 1: Weiler finds out that morning Sunday morning that he's going

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Speaker 1: to be starting because Tannehill and warming up early at

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Speaker 1: the stadium, which determined he wouldn't be able to go,

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Speaker 1: And they texted him they're gonna call him. They texted him.

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Speaker 1: He was on his way in and they say, hey,

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Speaker 1: here's starting. And he went out and threw for three

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Speaker 1: hundred and eighty yards and three touchdowns, better numbers than

635
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Speaker 1: he's ever had in his pro career. And then the

636
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Speaker 1: following week he played well again against the Lions. But

637
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 1: this team just couldn't run the football. The offensive line

638
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Speaker 1: had its problems, They had lots of injuries. Kenney Stills

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Speaker 1: went out one of their wide receivers. Albert Wilson, another receiver,

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Speaker 1: went out. Neither one of them will play on Thursday night.

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Speaker 1: Mike is Sicky, the second round picked. The tight end

642
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: from Penn State also was injured. So they were really

643
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 1: banged up and they couldn't produce anything offensively and defensively,

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00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 1: they could not stop the run. The Lions ran for

645
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 1: over two hundred yards and just had a field day

646
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: against them. So it's a confusing football team. Some weeks

647
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 1: they play well, some weeks they don't. Jimmy coming in

648
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: a day early on a short week, I know a

649
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 1: lot of that had to do with recent years and

650
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: struggling in Thursday night road games, and they're always tough

651
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: for the road team anyway. But your thoughts on coming

652
00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: in early and why they did it, well, I've got

653
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 1: a theory about it, you know. I think they just

654
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,400
Speaker 1: wanted to change the script a little bit. You know,

655
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: things were getting a little hot and heavy in Miami

656
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 1: with the media and the press, a lot of difficult questions,

657
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: none with good answers. When you take a look at

658
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 1: why Ryan Tannehill isn't playing, you know, a couple of

659
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 1: weeks ago in Cincinnati, apparently he injured a shoulder and

660
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 1: it started to stiff enough up on him as the

661
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 1: following week progressed, and by Friday, before the Bears game,

662
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 1: he was having trouble throwing. So there were tough questions

663
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 1: about that. The league opened a bit of investigations to

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Speaker 1: find out why he wasn't on an injured list earlier.

665
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Speaker 1: And so I think in a sense, they probably wanted

666
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Speaker 1: to get away from all of the noise in a sense,

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00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: but they also wanted just to change the script of

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Speaker 1: what they've done in Thursday nine games they've been coming

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Speaker 1: in on Wednesdays when they play, they've played very poorly.

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Speaker 1: The last two times they've done an undercasee and so

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Speaker 1: I think he wanted to change things up a little

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Speaker 1: bit of both again. Jimmy Cephalo, voice of the Miami Dolphins,

673
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Speaker 1: joining us on Texans Radio. Jimmy, we're still in an

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Speaker 1: era here where the Dolphins are still trying to sort

675
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Speaker 1: of find a rhythm following the retirement of Dan Marino,

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Speaker 1: And does it kind of blow your mind that it's

677
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 1: taken so long to get it done. They're not alone

678
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 1: in NFL franchise is trying to find a rhythm and

679
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Speaker 1: Unfortunately you do live in the AFC East where you

680
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:45,720
Speaker 1: know who resides. Well, I've lost kind of how many

681
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: quarterbacks you've put in there or try to replace Marino.

682
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Speaker 1: I think it's over twenty years. They had some ridiculous number.

683
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Speaker 1: Now you know, from Jay Fiedler all the way up,

684
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Speaker 1: we had a chance of Drew Brees twice and passed

685
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: on him twice like that. That always drives a folks

686
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: crazy in Miami. One thing is obvious. You need. This

687
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: is such a quarterback driven league, and if you don't

688
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Speaker 1: have one, you don't have a football team. I don't

689
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Speaker 1: care what else you got. That's why I think people

690
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Speaker 1: in the should be excited about the shoun Watson. He

691
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,480
Speaker 1: looks like you know, he's twenty three years old, he's

692
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Speaker 1: got he seems to have a future if the injury

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00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: is fine, I guess it is. I have watched a

694
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Speaker 1: lot of film. He had tape on the tape, but

695
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 1: you know, here's someone with potential. And I am of

696
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Speaker 1: the opinion that you've got a draft at quarterback every year.

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Speaker 1: If you hit on I don't care what round it's

698
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: been every year. If you hit on one, fine, you

699
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: can always trade them. If you've got too many. There's

700
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Speaker 1: never such a problem as to make the quarterbacks on

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Speaker 1: a roster, and I don't think the Dolphins have done that,

702
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Speaker 1: and I think they'll change their philosophy. I think from

703
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Speaker 1: this point forward they all draft at quarterback every single year.

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Sephalo, Voice of the Dolphins, joining us. You played

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Speaker 1: with Dan Marino, You caught the past that broke the

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Speaker 1: single season touchdown record and eighty four. Marino didn't start

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Speaker 1: right away. When did you realize that you had something

708
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 1: extremely special under setter with the Dolphins? Jimmy, the first

709
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,760
Speaker 1: time he threw a path in the first mini camp,

710
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Speaker 1: two days after he was drafted. We were standing there

711
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: and David Woodley was the quarterback, and you know, we

712
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: went to the first team Offhins went through their stuff,

713
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 1: and then she said, all right, second team, get up there,

714
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,840
Speaker 1: and Marino went under center, dropped back five steps and

715
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Speaker 1: through the football, and Sula turned around and looked at us,

716
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 1: and we were all, you know, basically a gaped at

717
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,359
Speaker 1: just the fluidity, the quick release, the strength of the path,

718
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Speaker 1: the accuracy. We knew then it was just a matter

719
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Speaker 1: of time. And then take him that long. I mean

720
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Speaker 1: he was Remember he was a Pro Bowl or his

721
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 1: rookie year. He didn't start right away, but when he

722
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Speaker 1: got in there, it was against the Raiders. I believe

723
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Speaker 1: Joe Rose to the analyst for a radio network, caught

724
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Speaker 1: his first touchdown. From that point forward, it was all Marino.

725
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,840
Speaker 1: It was untoppable Shula. You go to the Super Bowl

726
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Speaker 1: with David Woodley a quarterback to late David Woodley, and

727
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:08,839
Speaker 1: you go to a Super Bowl with Marino And does

728
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: that just speak to the genius of Shula, the ability

729
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Speaker 1: to win with no matter what he's gotten working around

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Speaker 1: players strengths. That's right, There is just two years a

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Speaker 1: gap between those two things. With the Woodley team in

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Speaker 1: nineteen eighty two we were beaten by the Redskins and

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Speaker 1: the Rose Bowls. Through Bowl seventeen, I was a defensive

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Speaker 1: team predominantly. We ran the football a lot, try to

735
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Speaker 1: control the football that way and let the defense win

736
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Speaker 1: games for us. And then two years later it's a

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00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: completely different team. It's completely offensive minded with you know,

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Speaker 1: with Clayton and Duper and of course Marino, and defensively,

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Speaker 1: we were not the same football team we had. If

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Speaker 1: you could have combined that offense in that defense, we

741
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: would have had a heck of a football team, but

742
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,920
Speaker 1: we couldn't do that. In Mister Bowl nineteen two years later,

743
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 1: we were beaten by by the forty nine Ers at

744
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,359
Speaker 1: Stanford Stadium. Actonelto voice of the offense, Jimmy Cephalo joining

745
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,280
Speaker 1: us on Texans Radio. A little sidebar here about Jimmy

746
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: Johnson because I always thought he did better than people

747
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 1: think in South Florida. He really rebuilt the team and

748
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 1: Dave Wantsta did a pretty good job coaching the team.

749
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 1: You went to the postseason, a bunch didn't win as

750
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 1: much as you wanted to in the postseason. But and

751
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 1: I lived in South Florida at that time. I thought

752
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,240
Speaker 1: the fans were really frustrated because they're used to Super Bowls.

753
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: But those guys did do some positive things for that franchise. Well,

754
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 1: when you look at it, there's so many I mean,

755
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: I think Jimmy Johnson has a love hate relationship with

756
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: South Florida. Love for what he did with the University

757
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: of Miami and hate what he did with Dalton. He

758
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:36,320
Speaker 1: was the one along we've wanted that blame for ushering

759
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 1: Marino of out of town. And you know, the loss,

760
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 1: the stinging loss Danny's last game in Jacksonville, a playoff

761
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,799
Speaker 1: game where they were being by forty or fifty points.

762
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: I can recall the final score, but it was ugly

763
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,920
Speaker 1: and it just seemed that he didn't care as much

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00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,359
Speaker 1: as he may should have at that point. He tried

765
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: to walk away two years before and late to Wayne

766
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: Heisling had talked him out of it. So yeah, having

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00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: people have mixed feelings about Jimmy Johnson did in Miami

768
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Speaker 1: with the Dolphin. Jimmy, what about you? You're the voice

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Speaker 1: of the Dolphins. Now, you played at Penn State, played

770
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Speaker 1: for the Dolphins. When did you realize that you could

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Speaker 1: be a broadcaster and a really good one. You've done

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Speaker 1: national sportscasting, You've done game shows. When did it all

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Speaker 1: happen for you? And how did that evolve? Well, I

774
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,239
Speaker 1: it was I was a freshman at Penn State. I

775
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 1: wanted a major in journalism and idea it was, you know,

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Speaker 1: straight journalism. It was was my major. And you know

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00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: I came for the Watergate era and I was very

778
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 1: interested in politics. I do a political show now for

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Speaker 1: iHeart Medium, Monday through Friday, six ten am show in Miami,

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00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: and I was always interested in that, and so when

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00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: I got there, someone said, point, and you've got a

782
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: good voice. Why don't you want to try to do

783
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Speaker 1: radio and television? And I got a job at an

784
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: AM daytime radio station in nineteen seventy four, and that

785
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: was my first job in radio, and I've done radio

786
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Speaker 1: and television ever since. In fact, I left the Dolphins,

787
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 1: I retired well. I was offered a job at NBC

788
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: News at Sunrise and with NBC Sports, and I walked

789
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 1: in the show's office after doing two weeks at vacation

790
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: relief of the show called Sunrise. Connie Chung was the

791
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: anchor and she laid over in city. Wanted this job

792
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Speaker 1: full time, and it was just after You Bowl nineteen

793
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: and I said yes, and I flow back to Miami.

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00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 1: I walked into shows off the coach, I'm retiring. He said,

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00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: nobody quits this job. I said, well. He said, look,

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00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,799
Speaker 1: I'll call Al Davis. He always liked you. If you

797
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 1: were not happy for playing time here, I said, no, Coach,

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Speaker 1: I quit and he basically threw me out of his office.

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Speaker 1: It was a very pleased scotverstation. But it was back

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Speaker 1: then that I knew that's what I wanted to do. Excellent. Now,

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00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 1: you also did a game show called Trump Card and

802
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:51,879
Speaker 1: it hailed from Trump's Casino in Atlantic City, right right.

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00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:56,800
Speaker 1: That was That was I think Donald Trump's first first

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00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: television show. And there was a nation wide search. I

805
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 1: was with the Today's Show at the time, and I

806
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: flew out to Los Ange with the auditions along with

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Speaker 1: about I don't know, two hundred other people, and uh,

808
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: and I was given the job. And so I left

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Speaker 1: the NBC. I thought, you know, game show sound like

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00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 1: the most fun thing in the world, and it was.

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Speaker 1: It was. It was a lot of fun doing it.

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00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 1: We produced it in LA and we taped it in

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Speaker 1: Atlantic City, and I got to meet the future president

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Speaker 1: three or four times, and he was always extraordinarily gracious

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Speaker 1: and pleasant and very generous with the media and his time.

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00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: In fact, I said, remember shooting the pilot and he

817
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: went around getting coffee for the camera people. You know,

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Speaker 1: he really didn't want to talk much to the you know,

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Speaker 1: the mucky MUCKs in the suits from the production company,

820
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:51,400
Speaker 1: but he did spend a lot of time with the

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Speaker 1: people behind camera. And when he was running for office

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00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,879
Speaker 1: the first time I told that story, but a bunch

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Speaker 1: of his organizations called me, and I me get pleasant

824
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:02,359
Speaker 1: things to say about it, Like all you can do

825
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 1: is go by how people treat you. They're treating me

826
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Speaker 1: very well, and they never ran those those those stories,

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Speaker 1: which I found unusual, But I guess that's the way

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Speaker 1: this media these days. Well that's not hard to believe.

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Several Love, Voice of the Dolphins, joining us on

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio. Jimmy, The Today Show. The grind of the

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Speaker 1: Today Show versus the grind of the NFL. I know

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Speaker 1: they're completely different, but they are both grinds. So can

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Speaker 1: you compare and contrast? Well? When I look at the

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Speaker 1: news at sunrise and Today Show and what I do now,

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Speaker 1: which is that morning six am, you know called time,

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Speaker 1: they all have the same thing in common. You have

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00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 1: to flip your life around to get used to that

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Speaker 1: three am wake up time, and normally I'm up to

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Speaker 1: two or two thirty of the morning. That's that's my

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00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: normal line. I've been doing that since I retired from

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Speaker 1: the NFL. It's range, it's unusual. It doesn't give you

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00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: much of a social life, but if you can handle that,

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00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 1: part of it really is the grind, you know, once

844
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Speaker 1: you get on the air, as you know more, once

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00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:06,359
Speaker 1: the light goes on, the mic goes on. You've got

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00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 1: to bring an energy to things, and you've got to

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00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 1: train yourself to do that. You're tired, you know, sometimes

848
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 1: you're beating up from traveling and working seven day schedule.

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Speaker 1: But you just got to do it. And I love it.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't change I wouldn't trade this thing for anything

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Speaker 1: at all. I gotta think it's gotta be really difficult

852
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: and or interesting and maybe invigorating. But how is it

853
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: for you hosting a political talk show and doing NFL

854
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: play by play? And do the two worlds ever collide?

855
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: They really don't. In fact, you know, one of the

856
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 1: arguments I always have about people who want to get

857
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Speaker 1: up to the Grammys or the Emmys or the Academy Words,

858
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,480
Speaker 1: whatever they might be and give a political speech is this.

859
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,120
Speaker 1: If I were doing the Dolphins football game and I

860
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 1: decided to go political, I should be fired on the spot.

861
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: That's not my role. My job is to describe the

862
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: action in front of me of an NFL football game

863
00:41:57,239 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: on Monday. If you're Friday, I give an opinion. I

864
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 1: have lots of guests. I have most of the major

865
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: you know, people who are running through major offices in

866
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,839
Speaker 1: this country. In Florida, we've got a key Senate race,

867
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: we've got a key gubernatorial a race as well. And

868
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 1: I interview all of them, and I challenge them, and

869
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,799
Speaker 1: I and then I give my opinion. That's not my

870
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 1: role on Sundays. My role on Sundays is to talk

871
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: about the Miami Dolphins football team. In those two worlds

872
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,880
Speaker 1: should never collide. And it bothers me when I see

873
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: I don't mind it. Everybody should have an opinion. Everybody

874
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: should have a political team in this country, but not

875
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 1: while you're doing your job. That's that's that's for a

876
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:38,360
Speaker 1: different time. That was one of my favorite men behind

877
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 1: the MIC's interviews, obviously Mark knowing Jimmy, Jimmy, No, Mark,

878
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,240
Speaker 1: I mean that obviously helps, But that was excellent stuff

879
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 1: right there from Jimmy Cephalo, play by play voice of

880
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,839
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. All right, we get back. It's time

881
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 1: to dive into this one. The keys to the game.

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00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 1: Last week, I gave you what I thought were some

883
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 1: pretty good keys that all had to come true. And

884
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 1: when I went back and looked at him, who's pretty

885
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: darn close. Those keys came to fruition. Texans got the

886
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 1: w against Jacksonville Jaguars. What are my keys with this

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00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: one against the Miami Dolphins. I'll have those for you

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00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,839
Speaker 1: next for our first Community Credit Union first Glance keys.

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00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:14,279
Speaker 1: The game on Texans All Access. It is over. The

890
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,759
Speaker 1: Texans have come all the way back from all win

891
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 1: three to win four straight games and take over a

892
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: sole possession of first in the AFC South. They defeat

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00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 1: Jacksonville on the road twenty to seven. And that is

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Speaker 1: Choose Fun. Yeah, I used the final call because it

899
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:49,799
Speaker 1: was fun. They took the Jacksonville all day long and

900
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 1: hearing Mark say that they're four and three, four in

901
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: a row, taken over first place in AFC South and

902
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:59,839
Speaker 1: hopefully they will stay right there. Hopefully they will stay

903
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:03,360
Speaker 1: right there all right, seeing as this this is a

904
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Speaker 1: pregame show essentially for the game on Thursday night, I

905
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Speaker 1: typically do my first week First Community Credit Union First

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Speaker 1: Glance Keys to the Game on Friday, give you my keys,

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00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 1: the week do so I always try and give my

909
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: keys to the game. Well, I kind of had to

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Speaker 1: the Official Credit Union of the Houston Texans. So let's

913
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,840
Speaker 1: get into it. Let's see if we can't have fun

914
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 1: at the end of this one with another final call

915
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 1: from Mark that moves to Texans to five and three. Now,

916
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 1: my keys last week for Jacksonville were pretty darn good.

917
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: Got after it pretty well. My first key on offense

918
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 1: was you gotta block Janick and Gockway. He had no

919
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 1: stats none, He did not register an official tackle, sack, tackle,

920
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 1: for a loss, interception, fumbaker, nothing. He had two quarterback kits.

921
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 1: That was it. That's all. So they handled that pretty

922
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 1: well and defensively, it was forced the bad Blake Bortles

923
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: to come up and that happened. In fact, they forced

924
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: him off the field. So what about Miami? How does

925
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: he get done against Miami? So let's take a look

926
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,800
Speaker 1: at the offensive side of the ball. Number one. I

927
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:13,959
Speaker 1: don't know that I have these in any particular order

928
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: this week. I don't think because I look at these.

929
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: I just kind of was just spitting out thoughts as

930
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 1: I was watching Miami on tape, and I just started

931
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:23,360
Speaker 1: to write some stuff down Number one. When the Dolphins

932
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: go to nickel, run the football. Now, they don't need

933
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:30,359
Speaker 1: to be in nickel to run the ball, but if

934
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: they are in nickel, they are wide open for the run.

935
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:35,520
Speaker 1: Against Detroit, there were a number of times where I

936
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: saw them in nickel and it would be a six

937
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 1: man box and Detroit had a tight end and potentially

938
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 1: like an h back or a fullback in the game,

939
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: and they were nickel, and I could quite understand it.

940
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,759
Speaker 1: I was like, what are they doing? And Detroit would

941
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 1: hammer the football. Detroit ran for two hundred forty eight

942
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 1: yards on them. If Miami wants to get in nickel,

943
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,720
Speaker 1: and it's not a passing situation, say it's second and six,

944
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,720
Speaker 1: Say second and six and they get nickel, run the football,

945
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:07,319
Speaker 1: run the ball. Stuff it right down their throats. Now,

946
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:09,600
Speaker 1: even when they're in their base, look, you can still

947
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: run the ball. And I think camera down her throats.

948
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:13,879
Speaker 1: That's what Detroit did, and Detroit did it in different ways.

949
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,359
Speaker 1: They did a little bit of his own. They did

950
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: a little bit of power. They had a number of

951
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:24,640
Speaker 1: different formation looks that they gave the Dolphins, and they

952
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:26,440
Speaker 1: didn't handle any of them. The Bears the same thing.

953
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 1: The Bears are the same thing to them. Of course,

954
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: the Bears are gonna give you a lot of jet

955
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,360
Speaker 1: sweep looks and all that kind of stuff, and Detroit

956
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 1: did a little bit of that. But I don't know

957
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 1: if that window dressing really was the issue. It was

958
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 1: just the Bears and Alliance taking an NFC North approach

959
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,919
Speaker 1: and just hammering them. But both of them were able

960
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: to run the ball against them in nickel. When Dolphins

961
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,000
Speaker 1: went nickel, they put Minca Fitzpatrick in the game. And

962
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 1: the ironic thing is Minka is very good against the run,

963
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 1: but it's not really him. It's just when he goes

964
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:53,799
Speaker 1: in the game they're a nickel. That's when you got

965
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 1: to be able to run the football. Number two. Don't

966
00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: be afraid of shots down the field. Now, Zavian Howard

967
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:05,440
Speaker 1: is one of the more underrated unknown good corners in

968
00:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 1: the NFL. He has got sized, he played at Baylor.

969
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,319
Speaker 1: He is an excellent cover guy. Bobby mccainn on the

970
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:15,440
Speaker 1: other side, he can run, not as big, a little small,

971
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 1: but kind of feisty, bulldogg ish kind of guy. But

972
00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:21,200
Speaker 1: you can't can't be afraid to take the shots. Seawan

973
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 1: took one down the field to Will and that was

974
00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:30,040
Speaker 1: it against Jacksonville. And that was a That was a

975
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 1: as Bill Bryance talked about, it was what they had

976
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: to do. They had to run the football and run

977
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 1: it well. But I think this week they can take

978
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:38,360
Speaker 1: some shots. I think they can loosen up the secondary.

979
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,960
Speaker 1: T J McDonald and Rashad Jones, they're gonna start creeping

980
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,600
Speaker 1: at safety. They can start creeping. Don't be afraid to

981
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:47,560
Speaker 1: take the shots. Whether it's Will, whether it's DeAndre, whether

982
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:49,279
Speaker 1: it's even a tight end. Don't be afraid to take

983
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,319
Speaker 1: the shots down the field. Don't be afraid of that

984
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:55,360
Speaker 1: number three. This is a Miami defense that does not

985
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 1: get after the pastor all that. Well. Yes, Cameron Wake

986
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:02,280
Speaker 1: has been a really good pass rusher over the years,

987
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 1: but this is not a team that can generate a

988
00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:08,719
Speaker 1: ton of pass pressure and a bunch of sacks. Keep

989
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:12,759
Speaker 1: it that way, Keep it that way. They have not

990
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,440
Speaker 1: gotten to the quarterback much this year in facts sacks,

991
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:23,120
Speaker 1: They've had eleven through how many games? Seven games, so

992
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 1: they're at one sack, and last week against the Trader,

993
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 1: I don't think they got back there at all. Now

994
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 1: they've given up fifteen. So offensive line given up a

995
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: little bit more and we'll get that a little bit.

996
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:35,880
Speaker 1: But do not allow Wake and Quinn to get going

997
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 1: off the edge to kind of wake them up, if

998
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:40,880
Speaker 1: you will. No more sacks. They gave up one to

999
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: Jacksonville with eleven minutes left in the first quarter and

1000
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:45,400
Speaker 1: shut them out the rest of the game. It should

1001
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: be a great opportunity on a Thursday night to shut

1002
00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:52,399
Speaker 1: these guys completely out from getting to the quarterback, from

1003
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: getting to the sean. They've got to do that now.

1004
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,440
Speaker 1: Not turning the ball over, that's one thing we always

1005
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:58,839
Speaker 1: talk about that that's kind of up on the shelf.

1006
00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:01,919
Speaker 1: That's an always sort of thing. We've seen this team

1007
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 1: win games given up seven sacks. We've seen them win

1008
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,280
Speaker 1: a game last week where then they gave up one sack.

1009
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: So I'd like to get that all the way down

1010
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,960
Speaker 1: to zero and shaw much progress this offensive line is

1011
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 1: made but do not let Cameron Wake and Robert Quinn

1012
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 1: start ruining the game from the edge. So they're not

1013
00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:21,320
Speaker 1: sacking the quarterback. Let's keep it that way. Keep it

1014
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:25,000
Speaker 1: that way. Got an opportunity number four, get the tight

1015
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:28,959
Speaker 1: ends involved in the passing game. Now, I don't think

1016
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:32,719
Speaker 1: it's they're they're trying to avoid the tight ends, but

1017
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:35,200
Speaker 1: they've used the tight ends jord Nakins and George Thomas

1018
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:38,359
Speaker 1: in this last week as blockers and man, they did

1019
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:40,399
Speaker 1: a really good job, and they used them as pass

1020
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:42,920
Speaker 1: protectors and they did a really good job. But I

1021
00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:45,319
Speaker 1: wouldn't mind seeing those guys get out in the passing game.

1022
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: If the offensive line is look we got this, we're good.

1023
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,520
Speaker 1: We're locking guys up on the edge. They're losing. They're

1024
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,840
Speaker 1: using Lamar Miller out for a blue on the outside

1025
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:56,680
Speaker 1: to help out, or you know, up in a gaps

1026
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:58,880
Speaker 1: whatever to getting blitz. Whatever the case might be, that

1027
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 1: maybe you can get the tight ends out and routes.

1028
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:01,960
Speaker 1: I just think one of the ways to help you

1029
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:07,080
Speaker 1: inside passing game ends up being the tight ends, using

1030
00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:10,120
Speaker 1: the tight ends, using Akens, using Thomas, getting them involved

1031
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 1: in the passing game. They did a really good job

1032
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:13,960
Speaker 1: blocking on Sunday Man I can't even emphasize that enough.

1033
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:16,560
Speaker 1: They did a really, really good job. But now if

1034
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,239
Speaker 1: you get them a couple of looks in the passing game,

1035
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:21,040
Speaker 1: how does that change what Miami can do with those safeties. Well,

1036
00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:22,960
Speaker 1: safeties are creeping out with the run and boom you

1037
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,920
Speaker 1: hit Jordan Thomas, you know, a little little outward just

1038
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:29,520
Speaker 1: out valve, throw whatever it is and get that big

1039
00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:31,760
Speaker 1: fell up the field a little bit. Get Jordan Aikins

1040
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:33,480
Speaker 1: matchup one of those safeties, a guy he can run

1041
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 1: by and is bigger than it could go make a play.

1042
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 1: So keep the tightens involved in the passing game. And last,

1043
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:39,959
Speaker 1: and certainly not least on the offensive side of the ball,

1044
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:45,279
Speaker 1: the tackles have got to continue their ascent as quality

1045
00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:48,920
Speaker 1: NFL tackles, and they've gotten better and better and better

1046
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,480
Speaker 1: by the week. Now it's not been perfect, obviously Buffalo

1047
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:54,160
Speaker 1: is a perfect example of that, but last week, to me,

1048
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:56,239
Speaker 1: they showed a lot of growth. Now they got some help,

1049
00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,560
Speaker 1: and there's no question and they'll need some help however

1050
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:00,479
Speaker 1: long they play in this game. But Kennel m Julian

1051
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,920
Speaker 1: Davenport have got to continue the ascent. No doubt about that,

1052
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 1: all right, I'll flip it over to the defensive side

1053
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:08,880
Speaker 1: of the ball. Number one or two sort of come together.

1054
00:51:09,640 --> 00:51:14,640
Speaker 1: Number one closed down the well. Number two, Heat up

1055
00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:17,799
Speaker 1: the cauldron. Now what I mean by that is the

1056
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 1: well is the pocket from where the quarterback throws from.

1057
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:23,440
Speaker 1: And I thought the Texans followed that to a tea

1058
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:25,279
Speaker 1: with Blake Bortles. They did a pretty nice job of

1059
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:27,839
Speaker 1: keeping him in the well. When he did get out,

1060
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:31,319
Speaker 1: the linebackers were ready to pounce, and they did a

1061
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:33,680
Speaker 1: great job with that. If they can tighten up that

1062
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:36,520
Speaker 1: well even more and forced Brock to have to throw

1063
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:41,160
Speaker 1: from there, then I think he's gonna struggle. But if

1064
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 1: you allow him a nice clean well and it's kind

1065
00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:46,680
Speaker 1: of spread out and he's got time to elongate and

1066
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 1: do his thing, he's gonna hurt you. Now at that point,

1067
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,040
Speaker 1: heat up the cauldron, heat him up a little bit.

1068
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 1: He saw that a little bit with the Jaguars. They

1069
00:51:55,080 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 1: brought Tyrn Matthew off the edge. They've brought Kurim Jackson

1070
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:00,839
Speaker 1: in the A and the Big Apps at times when

1071
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,040
Speaker 1: he was playing nick or playing safety. They've done a

1072
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:06,320
Speaker 1: little bit of that. So don't let Brock get comfortable

1073
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 1: back there. Close up the well, heat up the cauldron.

1074
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:11,920
Speaker 1: There you go. I kind of link that, all right.

1075
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 1: Number three, crossers, A lot of crossers or Texans aren't. Man.

1076
00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:18,000
Speaker 1: That's what the Dolphins are going to. They're going to crossers.

1077
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,200
Speaker 1: Now those in the past have been Albert Wilson in particular,

1078
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 1: but that's probably gonna mean jakeem Grant and that joker

1079
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:27,520
Speaker 1: can fly. If he gets the ball on a crossing route,

1080
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:30,560
Speaker 1: it could be to the house. So gotta be aware

1081
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,360
Speaker 1: of the crossers. Can't let these guys get across your face,

1082
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:36,280
Speaker 1: and if they do, you gotta be writing a hip pocket.

1083
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:40,279
Speaker 1: Writing at hip pocket. As a defender, you've got to

1084
00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 1: crossers versus man. They're going to it all day, and

1085
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 1: it's one of the throws that Brock actually makes pretty well.

1086
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: To be honest with you. Number four, you gotta finish

1087
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:50,800
Speaker 1: Frank Gore. And what I mean by that is Gore

1088
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:53,400
Speaker 1: is going to pick up yards after contact. This is

1089
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:55,920
Speaker 1: a Thursday night game. We've seen him with the Colts

1090
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:59,040
Speaker 1: on a Thursday night game and he was really difficult

1091
00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:02,720
Speaker 1: to tackle. He fights through tackles, he fights through arm tackles.

1092
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:05,080
Speaker 1: If you're coming with some feeble attempt. He's gonna run

1093
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: right through you. You cannot allow that to happen. You've

1094
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:12,319
Speaker 1: got a gang tackle Frank Gore. Now Kenyan Drake's got

1095
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:13,879
Speaker 1: some juice out of the backfield, and he does worry

1096
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: me a little bit. But you've got to make sure

1097
00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: that Frank Gore has tackled and brought to the ground,

1098
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: that he's not picking up tackles. He's not picking up

1099
00:53:20,719 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 1: yards after Oh that tackles should be made to the

1100
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:24,719
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. He picks up four or five yards. Now,

1101
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:26,879
Speaker 1: all a sudden Oswald and the Dolphins offense has second

1102
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:28,759
Speaker 1: and five instead of second and ten. I'll live a

1103
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:30,919
Speaker 1: second and ten all day. Second and five is gonna

1104
00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:32,480
Speaker 1: be trouble. And the last one, and I mentioned him

1105
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:35,240
Speaker 1: a little bit. You gotta make Jachem Grant a non factor.

1106
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:37,000
Speaker 1: How do you do that? What do you take away?

1107
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:39,279
Speaker 1: Those crossers are one thing? But I think Miami will

1108
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:40,920
Speaker 1: try and get him the football in a number of

1109
00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:43,239
Speaker 1: different ways. Number nineteen can scoot man. He's one of

1110
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:45,880
Speaker 1: the fastest players in the NFL. He is explosive on

1111
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:49,120
Speaker 1: kick returns, and that's the key. First special teams just

1112
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:51,719
Speaker 1: don't let him get going. I wouldn't even kick him

1113
00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:53,200
Speaker 1: the football, to be honest with you, I wouldn't even

1114
00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:54,840
Speaker 1: take that. Just giving the ball to twenty five and

1115
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,279
Speaker 1: let's rock and roll after every kickoff, Jachem Grant can

1116
00:53:57,320 --> 00:53:59,719
Speaker 1: make something happen, make him a non factor on both

1117
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:01,520
Speaker 1: the fits the side of the ball, and also on

1118
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 1: special teams. That's more difficult said than done. But if

1119
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:06,920
Speaker 1: any defense is gonna be able to do it, this

1120
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: is a defense I can get it done. They can

1121
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:11,759
Speaker 1: show some different looks to Brock and show some Hey,

1122
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:13,840
Speaker 1: Jackie Grant supposed to be doing this, and the Texans

1123
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:15,560
Speaker 1: take that away. Maybe they end up with a pick

1124
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:17,319
Speaker 1: doing that. We'll find out. But that's got to be

1125
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:19,200
Speaker 1: one player that they completely take out of this game

1126
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,719
Speaker 1: because it was to be an explosives Jachim Grant. All right,

1127
00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 1: those are your first Community Credit Union first glance keys

1128
00:54:24,239 --> 00:54:27,160
Speaker 1: to the game. Coming up next, Mark Vandomer stops by

1129
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:28,960
Speaker 1: and we talk about this one and a couple of

1130
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:32,359
Speaker 1: interesting things about this matchup with the Dolphins. Welcome back

1131
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:36,040
Speaker 1: to Texas All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio.

1132
00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:38,080
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, I'm joined by the voice

1133
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:41,960
Speaker 1: of the Texans, Mark Vandomermark. When we meet on Wednesdays, rarely,

1134
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:45,880
Speaker 1: if ever, is it a pregame show. Today, it's a

1135
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:49,160
Speaker 1: pregame show. It's a game Eve shows game Eve show.

1136
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:52,839
Speaker 1: So today, which is really Wednesday, feels like a Saturday.

1137
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:56,360
Speaker 1: But that really isn't you're doing? You do that to

1138
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:59,200
Speaker 1: me all the time. It throws me off, and it

1139
00:54:59,239 --> 00:55:01,880
Speaker 1: has thrown me off a week. But excited that this

1140
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,120
Speaker 1: Thursday night is taking place here. Although I love the

1141
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,880
Speaker 1: I love primetime games in the road because getting up

1142
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:08,759
Speaker 1: in the hotel and then kind of just like walking

1143
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:11,560
Speaker 1: around the city and going doing my thing before the

1144
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:13,160
Speaker 1: game and then getting a run in doing all that.

1145
00:55:13,440 --> 00:55:14,880
Speaker 1: I love doing that on the road. But you know

1146
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:18,719
Speaker 1: where primetime road games are not that much fun the return,

1147
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 1: especially if you lose. But like because sometimes we get

1148
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:24,439
Speaker 1: back at like six in the morning. You know, you're

1149
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,960
Speaker 1: taking a red eyeback from wherever you are four to

1150
00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:30,000
Speaker 1: six in the morning, and especially after a lot, you know,

1151
00:55:30,040 --> 00:55:33,479
Speaker 1: the wins, the adrenaline carries you through a little bit better.

1152
00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:36,560
Speaker 1: The loss does not so much. So I don't know,

1153
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:38,839
Speaker 1: it's it's fun to have it here, and I think

1154
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:41,760
Speaker 1: everyone's gonna be sky high for this. One quick question

1155
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:44,239
Speaker 1: for you. Are you with me on this that the

1156
00:55:44,360 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 1: crowd was gonna be pumped up anyway? It's a primetime

1157
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:48,520
Speaker 1: game in the Texans of one four in a row. Yes,

1158
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:55,120
Speaker 1: But the Broxter, the Brock Bowl effect here ignites the crowd.

1159
00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,319
Speaker 1: And I'm not even so sure about the players. I

1160
00:55:57,360 --> 00:55:59,600
Speaker 1: can't speak for them. They've been saying all the right things.

1161
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:04,400
Speaker 1: But the crowd, there's no question that Brock being the

1162
00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:08,719
Speaker 1: opposing quarterback is going to send them into delirium. I

1163
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:11,040
Speaker 1: mean every time the balls in his hands, which is

1164
00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:13,640
Speaker 1: every play, it's like one of those NBA games where

1165
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:16,879
Speaker 1: the villain comes back to your arena and every time

1166
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:20,160
Speaker 1: he touches the ball's bo That's what it's gonna be

1167
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:23,560
Speaker 1: like with Brock in this building. Does that not help

1168
00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 1: you in some way, shape or form. If you're a

1169
00:56:25,239 --> 00:56:28,560
Speaker 1: defensive player, I mean no question, if you're If you're

1170
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:31,839
Speaker 1: a defender, if you're one of the defensive players, now

1171
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:33,879
Speaker 1: you gotta go and play your game, and you gotta

1172
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:36,839
Speaker 1: do you gotta do what you do right. But in

1173
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:41,880
Speaker 1: some sense, JJ with JD. Tyrant, all the guys on

1174
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:45,120
Speaker 1: defensive Jjoe kareem guys that were here in twenty sixteen

1175
00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:48,520
Speaker 1: when Brock was here. Do you think and I think

1176
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,600
Speaker 1: they do. Do you think that they feel an extra

1177
00:56:51,719 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 1: sense of pressure because we can't let this guy come

1178
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,799
Speaker 1: back into our place and ruin us. There might be that,

1179
00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:01,359
Speaker 1: but you've played this game, and I know you didn't

1180
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:03,840
Speaker 1: play in the NFL, but you know that once you're playing,

1181
00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:06,319
Speaker 1: you're playing right right. But I think leading into it,

1182
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,880
Speaker 1: there is a bit of that which I think helps

1183
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:11,520
Speaker 1: because what do we always say, even the great athletes

1184
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:14,040
Speaker 1: are looking for that chip. You're looking for something to

1185
00:57:14,080 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 1: give them an extra bit of adrenaline. You know, I

1186
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:19,040
Speaker 1: talk about this and look, I really didn't play the game,

1187
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,320
Speaker 1: but even in pickup basketball, when you're a little angry,

1188
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:25,640
Speaker 1: some days you play better, you have more energy, whatever edge.

1189
00:57:25,680 --> 00:57:29,040
Speaker 1: These guys look for that extra bit of adrenaline, they're

1190
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:31,640
Speaker 1: gonna find it. And I think this could provide some

1191
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:33,680
Speaker 1: of that for them. And what do you need on

1192
00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:36,160
Speaker 1: a Thursday night? What do you need on a Thursday

1193
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:39,120
Speaker 1: night after playing a physical game against Jacksonville. You need

1194
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:42,640
Speaker 1: a little bit of energy. You need Brock. So you

1195
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:45,480
Speaker 1: need Brock which amps up the crowd, which the crowd

1196
00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:47,280
Speaker 1: feed your energy. So to me, it's sort of a

1197
00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:51,800
Speaker 1: domino effect that whether it was Ryan Tannehill or Brock.

1198
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:56,880
Speaker 1: Ryan's got got his issues as well. But I think

1199
00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:00,000
Speaker 1: just seeing Brock on either side, Brock running out there,

1200
00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:02,400
Speaker 1: Brock doing his thing and pointing out the mic and

1201
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:05,600
Speaker 1: being demos a lot of scrimmage. I guarantee his defensive

1202
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:09,080
Speaker 1: players are gonna be like man in the crowd, you know.

1203
00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:12,480
Speaker 1: And the flip side of that is the flip side

1204
00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:15,600
Speaker 1: of that is you get overamped. Everybody's wanting to make

1205
00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:19,200
Speaker 1: a play. I don't know, and yeah, that's my only word.

1206
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:23,920
Speaker 1: Now takeaway Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson from Rock and

1207
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:29,280
Speaker 1: Oh in short week too. They traveled yesterday, they travel

1208
00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:31,920
Speaker 1: on Tuesday. It's a tough spot for them, Johnny, it

1209
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:34,040
Speaker 1: really is. I mean there, it's not quite what the

1210
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:36,760
Speaker 1: Texans went through Week two last year, but it's tough

1211
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:38,720
Speaker 1: because they have to design a game plan now. Bill

1212
00:58:38,720 --> 00:58:40,800
Speaker 1: O'Brien was quick to point out, Okay, yeah, they don't

1213
00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:43,360
Speaker 1: have those guys, but DeVante Parker can play. Even though

1214
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:45,439
Speaker 1: he was get active and his agent said what he said,

1215
00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:47,680
Speaker 1: and Parker said, well, my agent doesn't speak for me.

1216
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:50,840
Speaker 1: He said the right things. But Danny Avendola and I

1217
00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:53,480
Speaker 1: know he's nursing something. He's been limited in practice. Yes,

1218
00:58:53,640 --> 00:58:56,120
Speaker 1: but Danny Avendola, we know he could play football, and

1219
00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:58,880
Speaker 1: Brock's gonna be looking for him. So they still have

1220
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:01,640
Speaker 1: some things to work with, and they're going to try

1221
00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:03,840
Speaker 1: to run the ball with Guag and Drake and Gore.

1222
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:05,920
Speaker 1: But the Texans have been doing much better against the

1223
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:09,040
Speaker 1: run lately. So let's just see how this all plays out.

1224
00:59:09,080 --> 00:59:10,760
Speaker 1: And you and I always are quick to point out

1225
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:14,840
Speaker 1: Brock can move better than you think. There's no doubt

1226
00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:17,800
Speaker 1: about that. He can move around, get outside the pocket.

1227
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:19,920
Speaker 1: He can run for yards, not big yards. He's not

1228
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:22,280
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, but he can run for first down. So

1229
00:59:22,360 --> 00:59:26,360
Speaker 1: you better be ready for that. So Miami on Thursday night,

1230
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:31,360
Speaker 1: why did they travel on Tuesday weather? No. In twenty fifteen,

1231
00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:34,640
Speaker 1: they lost that in New England thirty six to seven.

1232
00:59:34,800 --> 00:59:38,440
Speaker 1: On Thursday night. In twenty sixteen, they went to Cincinnati

1233
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:42,280
Speaker 1: and they lost twenty two to seven. In sixteen. In

1234
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:45,480
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, they went to Baltimore up blown out forty

1235
00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:48,960
Speaker 1: to nothing. So they've lost on the road on a

1236
00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:53,280
Speaker 1: Thursday night ninety eight to fourteen the last three last

1237
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:54,800
Speaker 1: three years, and they've been on the road for all

1238
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,200
Speaker 1: three thirsty you see how this is the solution? Though,

1239
00:59:57,680 --> 00:59:59,200
Speaker 1: I think you want to spend as much time in

1240
00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:01,600
Speaker 1: your building as possible, and I would think so, I

1241
01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:04,160
Speaker 1: would think, you know, you're in the hotel and where

1242
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:06,640
Speaker 1: are you where you even walking through? Well, the way

1243
01:00:06,680 --> 01:00:09,320
Speaker 1: I understood it, they were having some issues finding They

1244
01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:12,360
Speaker 1: were concerned about the weather and how that was going

1245
01:00:12,440 --> 01:00:14,680
Speaker 1: to play out. So an outside option, they had to

1246
01:00:14,680 --> 01:00:16,760
Speaker 1: have some inside back up. And the bubble here is

1247
01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 1: not available by the way, because of the Carrasco's club

1248
01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:21,800
Speaker 1: on game days, so and as well it should not be.

1249
01:00:22,280 --> 01:00:24,160
Speaker 1: It shouldn't be available to another NFL team in their

1250
01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:27,240
Speaker 1: college team. Sure, so they came in with doubts about

1251
01:00:27,240 --> 01:00:28,640
Speaker 1: where they're going to walk through, and you know, look,

1252
01:00:28,640 --> 01:00:31,960
Speaker 1: they got it done. Everything's gonna be. I can't say fine,

1253
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:34,680
Speaker 1: but they got what they needed to do done. The

1254
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:36,360
Speaker 1: question is how are they going to be on the

1255
01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:38,400
Speaker 1: field our Thursday night have to being in the hotel

1256
01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:39,880
Speaker 1: for a couple of days. I just don't think it's

1257
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:43,520
Speaker 1: a great situation for them. Well, here's just take away

1258
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:45,680
Speaker 1: the short week. Just take all that away and just

1259
01:00:45,720 --> 01:00:49,480
Speaker 1: look at these two teams and think about Rocks playing quarterback.

1260
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:52,520
Speaker 1: You've got no Kenny Stills, You've got no Albert Wilson,

1261
01:00:52,560 --> 01:00:54,440
Speaker 1: and those two guys that caught three touchdowns in the

1262
01:00:54,520 --> 01:00:56,800
Speaker 1: last two weeks, right, So you take them out of

1263
01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:58,800
Speaker 1: the mix, they can hurt you. With Frank Gore, I

1264
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:01,160
Speaker 1: think Frank Gore is probably matic facing on a Thursday

1265
01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:04,280
Speaker 1: night because he runs so hard and so difficult to

1266
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:08,280
Speaker 1: right that he picks up yards after contact. Now, one

1267
01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:10,880
Speaker 1: thing this team did do the other day against Jacksonville

1268
01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:13,760
Speaker 1: was tackled exceptionally well. And that's what they worry about.

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01:01:13,880 --> 01:01:15,680
Speaker 1: A short week and you worry about that in a

1270
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:17,920
Speaker 1: short week, and you worry about that with Gore. But

1271
01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:22,240
Speaker 1: up front, they lost justson They no longer have pouncing

1272
01:01:22,320 --> 01:01:26,240
Speaker 1: in the middle. They are an offensive line that you go,

1273
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:29,840
Speaker 1: why no Laramy Tounsil, But who are the rest of

1274
01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:33,600
Speaker 1: these guys? So Travis Swanson was picked up off the street.

1275
01:01:33,640 --> 01:01:35,800
Speaker 1: He's starting at center for them. This should be an

1276
01:01:35,840 --> 01:01:39,120
Speaker 1: opportunity for the defensive line to really get after it

1277
01:01:39,160 --> 01:01:42,600
Speaker 1: and take away that run. Game to give b Mac

1278
01:01:42,680 --> 01:01:46,480
Speaker 1: and Zach Lanes to shoot to go, get the running

1279
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:48,360
Speaker 1: backs and bring them down and not give them anything

1280
01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:51,520
Speaker 1: on the ground. Game. Offensively, yes, they've moved to football,

1281
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:53,600
Speaker 1: and Brock hastron it pretty well. But if you take

1282
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:56,720
Speaker 1: away his two receivers, and if your offensive line, if

1283
01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:59,240
Speaker 1: your defensive line dominates like it should in this one,

1284
01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:02,920
Speaker 1: then you should be able to you should be able

1285
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:05,680
Speaker 1: to make life miserable for Rock. This is also a

1286
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:10,720
Speaker 1: Luke richardson Lad Harris game because Richards sports performance coordinator

1287
01:02:10,800 --> 01:02:14,360
Speaker 1: and Lad Harris nutrition guru, all the stuff we talked

1288
01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:16,440
Speaker 1: about in the offseason. This is a week where you

1289
01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:19,040
Speaker 1: want to see it play out on the field where

1290
01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:22,600
Speaker 1: you're just better suited for the short week than the opponents.

1291
01:02:22,600 --> 01:02:24,360
Speaker 1: So we'll see how that works out. And Bill o'bryen

1292
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:26,680
Speaker 1: has talked about sleep. I'm sure he means for the

1293
01:02:26,720 --> 01:02:29,280
Speaker 1: players and not for him, because he probably hasn't slept

1294
01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:33,280
Speaker 1: Madge since the whatever Jacksonville or ever maybe since you know, August.

1295
01:02:33,800 --> 01:02:35,840
Speaker 1: But here we go. Let's just see how they handle it.

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01:02:35,920 --> 01:02:37,360
Speaker 1: He sort of snapped the meat of the day. I

1297
01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:40,480
Speaker 1: was like, I was asking about sleep, and I you know,

1298
01:02:40,520 --> 01:02:42,240
Speaker 1: it was. I was trying to be like, you know,

1299
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:44,600
Speaker 1: a little brother, like you look, you gotta get your

1300
01:02:44,640 --> 01:02:47,919
Speaker 1: rest too, But um, you know, that's it. I've seen

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01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:49,920
Speaker 1: this on Twitter, Mark, and I thought it was interesting.

1302
01:02:51,080 --> 01:02:53,000
Speaker 1: And I know people who are joking about this, but

1303
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:56,600
Speaker 1: they were talking about Brock's record in Houston and Shawn's

1304
01:02:56,640 --> 01:03:01,280
Speaker 1: record in Houston, and oh yeah, bro Brock's eight Brock

1305
01:03:01,320 --> 01:03:05,840
Speaker 1: was eight and six. Yeah, Deshaun seven and six. Okay,

1306
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:09,680
Speaker 1: But here's what's interesting. Brock was eight and six. The

1307
01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:13,680
Speaker 1: point differential with Brock as the starting quarterback being eight

1308
01:03:13,720 --> 01:03:18,880
Speaker 1: and six was minus forty four. Yeah, the point deferential

1309
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:22,120
Speaker 1: at seven and six. Four teams led by Deshaun. This

1310
01:03:22,120 --> 01:03:25,880
Speaker 1: team led by de Shaun is plus sixty. Plus sixty. Well,

1311
01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:28,880
Speaker 1: guess what the Titans blow out really helps. Okay, but

1312
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:31,080
Speaker 1: even take that out, Okay, just take that whole game

1313
01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:33,080
Speaker 1: out like it never happens. Then Deshaun is six and

1314
01:03:33,160 --> 01:03:36,720
Speaker 1: six with a point differential of plus seventeen. Yeah. So,

1315
01:03:36,880 --> 01:03:39,080
Speaker 1: and and think about this though, how many points did

1316
01:03:39,080 --> 01:03:42,040
Speaker 1: the Patriots put up, I mean, in these losses last year?

1317
01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:44,280
Speaker 1: How many points did the Patriots put I mean, did

1318
01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:46,880
Speaker 1: the Seahawks put up last year. You know, these teams

1319
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:49,000
Speaker 1: put up a lot of points on the Texans, and

1320
01:03:49,280 --> 01:03:52,480
Speaker 1: Watson matched them in year one when he had to.

1321
01:03:52,920 --> 01:03:55,240
Speaker 1: This is the fascinating one. And I thought about this

1322
01:03:55,320 --> 01:03:57,200
Speaker 1: last night when I was at the grocery store and

1323
01:03:57,480 --> 01:04:00,400
Speaker 1: Colts two. I mean, what was it thirty four? Thirty three? Yeah,

1324
01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:07,080
Speaker 1: thirty four. So Deshawn's in the games that the Texans

1325
01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:12,520
Speaker 1: have lost, it's been no more than a one score game.

1326
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:15,560
Speaker 1: The Chiefs eight points, right, that was That was the

1327
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:17,960
Speaker 1: That was the only one that was. They lost with

1328
01:04:18,080 --> 01:04:21,640
Speaker 1: Deshaun as a starter. New England lost by three, Chiefs

1329
01:04:21,640 --> 01:04:24,520
Speaker 1: by eight, Seattle by three. Patriots to start this year

1330
01:04:24,520 --> 01:04:26,640
Speaker 1: by seven, the Titans by three, the Giants by fat.

1331
01:04:26,680 --> 01:04:30,800
Speaker 1: That's an incredible stat right there. That is so notable.

1332
01:04:30,840 --> 01:04:34,920
Speaker 1: Gas minus twenty nine point differential. Game three in Brock's

1333
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:38,120
Speaker 1: uh year against the New England Patriots, it lost by

1334
01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:40,600
Speaker 1: twenty seven alone. Think about the Minnesota game, think about

1335
01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:46,840
Speaker 1: the Denver game eighteen. I mean the with with Brock

1336
01:04:46,880 --> 01:04:50,000
Speaker 1: as a starter, we only had one game less than

1337
01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:52,880
Speaker 1: eight points, and that was Oakland lost by touchdown in

1338
01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:55,080
Speaker 1: Mexico City, which I thought was maybe the best game

1339
01:04:55,120 --> 01:04:57,040
Speaker 1: he played. And that was the best game he played

1340
01:04:57,360 --> 01:04:59,880
Speaker 1: was it was against Oakland. And that's the thing, you know,

1341
01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:03,880
Speaker 1: Brock coming in here, you know, it's it's made for

1342
01:05:04,040 --> 01:05:06,400
Speaker 1: a little bit of a juicier storyline. But my point

1343
01:05:06,440 --> 01:05:09,600
Speaker 1: earlier was that if you just boil it down to

1344
01:05:10,400 --> 01:05:13,640
Speaker 1: what are your assets? Were their liabilities? What are their assets?

1345
01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:16,439
Speaker 1: What are our liabilities? And it just feels like our

1346
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:21,840
Speaker 1: assets can exploit their liabilities better then their assets can

1347
01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:24,320
Speaker 1: exploit our liabilities. But it could be a different Brock

1348
01:05:24,360 --> 01:05:27,360
Speaker 1: you're looking at, true, and in all fairness to him,

1349
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:30,040
Speaker 1: you know, he was signed here for a reason. He

1350
01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:32,200
Speaker 1: does have talent. Yeah, and he was five and two

1351
01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:34,480
Speaker 1: in Denver as a starter. Okay, let's get the starters

1352
01:05:34,520 --> 01:05:36,440
Speaker 1: records out of here, because, as you just pointed out,

1353
01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:38,320
Speaker 1: they don't really mean as much as you think, especially

1354
01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:42,040
Speaker 1: in a small sample size relatively. But Oswyler, maybe maybe

1355
01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:43,800
Speaker 1: the light is on now. Maybe he's turning a corner,

1356
01:05:43,840 --> 01:05:46,080
Speaker 1: Maybe he's playing better. Maybe Adam Gase is who he

1357
01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:49,120
Speaker 1: needs as his guru on the sideline. Maybe it is

1358
01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:51,760
Speaker 1: that much better. I'll put that in air quotes, so

1359
01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:54,200
Speaker 1: you could be looking at a different quarterback. But I

1360
01:05:54,240 --> 01:05:56,160
Speaker 1: think the team thing when you look at the total

1361
01:05:56,160 --> 01:05:58,720
Speaker 1: team versus the total team. Yeah, the Texans should have

1362
01:05:58,760 --> 01:06:01,000
Speaker 1: the edge in this one, their home short week, all

1363
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:02,960
Speaker 1: the other factors we talked about. We'll see how they

1364
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:04,880
Speaker 1: handle it. I wanted to throw something at you though

1365
01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:08,160
Speaker 1: about the tackles and a lot of people are tackles. Yeah,

1366
01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:11,840
Speaker 1: the Texans tackles and young guys apparently on the rise.

1367
01:06:12,360 --> 01:06:15,040
Speaker 1: But the fact that the Texans haven't made a move

1368
01:06:15,120 --> 01:06:18,160
Speaker 1: for a veteran, you know, and I'm sure that it's

1369
01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:20,400
Speaker 1: hard to trade for a tackle. Okay. I know the

1370
01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:24,160
Speaker 1: Seahawks and Texans engaged in that Dwayne Brown deal last year,

1371
01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:26,680
Speaker 1: but there were other circumstances involved with that, as we

1372
01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:30,200
Speaker 1: all know, doesn't happen a lot. It's like trading starting pitching.

1373
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:31,960
Speaker 1: You know, you're just not gonna do it, you know,

1374
01:06:32,040 --> 01:06:34,040
Speaker 1: unless you're like hopelessly out of it, and I know

1375
01:06:34,080 --> 01:06:36,000
Speaker 1: the Raiders are, But are you gonna make a trade

1376
01:06:36,040 --> 01:06:38,760
Speaker 1: for Donald Pan or whoever? Really? At this point in

1377
01:06:39,200 --> 01:06:42,320
Speaker 1: your life? The thing is this? Or why don't you

1378
01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:44,600
Speaker 1: go the veteran route, like veterans who might have a

1379
01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:46,600
Speaker 1: little bit of tread left on the tire. But I

1380
01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:48,520
Speaker 1: think with that, and you went through it last year

1381
01:06:48,560 --> 01:06:51,160
Speaker 1: with Breno Jacomini, who played in every game, but you know,

1382
01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:54,040
Speaker 1: obviously it wasn't who he was a few years earlier.

1383
01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:58,440
Speaker 1: I think with these guys, you're looking at taking some lumps,

1384
01:06:58,920 --> 01:07:01,560
Speaker 1: but the arrows pointing up. You know, they're young players,

1385
01:07:01,760 --> 01:07:03,720
Speaker 1: and if they do have talent, they're working hard. They

1386
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:06,520
Speaker 1: should be getting better because we all know old line

1387
01:07:06,520 --> 01:07:09,520
Speaker 1: takes a while they get really good at And you know,

1388
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:12,439
Speaker 1: Dwayne Brown I joked about it. You know, it took

1389
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:14,560
Speaker 1: four years. He said, he told me once upon a

1390
01:07:14,600 --> 01:07:16,800
Speaker 1: time to really figure it out. And I'm thinking, we

1391
01:07:16,800 --> 01:07:18,840
Speaker 1: don't have four years. We need like four games, all right,

1392
01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:20,920
Speaker 1: you guys got to figure it out. But I think

1393
01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:23,960
Speaker 1: it's it's a philosophy they have here of let's go

1394
01:07:23,960 --> 01:07:26,080
Speaker 1: with these young guys. We're gonna take our lumps. They're

1395
01:07:26,120 --> 01:07:28,040
Speaker 1: gonna get better as we go along here throughout the

1396
01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:30,040
Speaker 1: course of the season and throughout the course of their careers.

1397
01:07:30,120 --> 01:07:31,560
Speaker 1: Let's just see what happens. I'm not saying they're not

1398
01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:33,680
Speaker 1: going to fortify in the offseason at that position, but

1399
01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:36,880
Speaker 1: we'll see. So I kind of like that as opposed

1400
01:07:36,920 --> 01:07:39,920
Speaker 1: to signing a veteran that might have something, but you

1401
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:41,840
Speaker 1: get a bad game or two with that veteran, you

1402
01:07:41,840 --> 01:07:43,960
Speaker 1: know he's not going to get better, he's getting worse.

1403
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:46,080
Speaker 1: He's on the way out. He was available for a reason.

1404
01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:51,720
Speaker 1: There's just watching them back on film, and you can

1405
01:07:52,040 --> 01:07:56,440
Speaker 1: just look at the numbers of one sack and I

1406
01:07:56,560 --> 01:07:58,600
Speaker 1: give the Jags credit there and a nice little stunt

1407
01:07:58,640 --> 01:08:03,040
Speaker 1: over on the on the right side, and they locked up.

1408
01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:05,800
Speaker 1: They locked up. Lamb and Man's didn't get back over

1409
01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:08,200
Speaker 1: for for one, and that got Fouler the sack. That

1410
01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:10,880
Speaker 1: was it. Other than that they didn't have they had.

1411
01:08:10,920 --> 01:08:12,600
Speaker 1: They had one where de Sean got out of it

1412
01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:14,919
Speaker 1: did his Houdini act, and that was really it. Other

1413
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:17,479
Speaker 1: than that. I saw these guys. I saw Julian snap

1414
01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:19,960
Speaker 1: Jannick's head back a couple of times. I mean he

1415
01:08:20,040 --> 01:08:22,479
Speaker 1: hit him with those arms and hit him with those hands,

1416
01:08:22,479 --> 01:08:25,000
Speaker 1: and Yannix net there was one time he stunned him,

1417
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:27,920
Speaker 1: I guarantee and Goquay felt like I'm gonna run rough shot,

1418
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:32,040
Speaker 1: and Davenport just went yeah and just snapped his head back.

1419
01:08:32,080 --> 01:08:33,960
Speaker 1: One time. I went WHOA. I mean I literally was

1420
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:36,320
Speaker 1: in my office watch him and went yo, I mean

1421
01:08:36,360 --> 01:08:39,760
Speaker 1: he really popped him. And you know, with Kendall on

1422
01:08:39,760 --> 01:08:41,400
Speaker 1: the touchdown run, I thought that was a really good

1423
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:45,880
Speaker 1: example of Kendall's athleticism because they run they run a

1424
01:08:45,960 --> 01:08:48,200
Speaker 1: duo play. It's inside zone play. But basically what it

1425
01:08:48,240 --> 01:08:50,719
Speaker 1: is is you got a you've got two double teams.

1426
01:08:50,720 --> 01:08:53,760
Speaker 1: They're called duo. You got two double teams basically, And

1427
01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:55,960
Speaker 1: we've talked about the Martin Mantz one and then the

1428
01:08:55,960 --> 01:08:59,400
Speaker 1: other side you had Um, you had Davenport and Calamet.

1429
01:08:59,400 --> 01:09:02,080
Speaker 1: They working to get telestrator on this. Yeah, and so

1430
01:09:02,320 --> 01:09:04,479
Speaker 1: what you see on the right side though, is Kendall

1431
01:09:04,600 --> 01:09:07,599
Speaker 1: turning out on Fouler, and that's it's an easier play

1432
01:09:07,720 --> 01:09:11,519
Speaker 1: for a defensive end to strike and then fold himself

1433
01:09:11,560 --> 01:09:15,479
Speaker 1: back in, but Kendall didn't allow him to. He you know,

1434
01:09:15,760 --> 01:09:18,559
Speaker 1: he and Fowler boom, they hit each other and they

1435
01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:22,599
Speaker 1: connect and then Lamb gets his inside arm like into

1436
01:09:22,640 --> 01:09:25,400
Speaker 1: Fouler to a point where Fowler can't get back across,

1437
01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:27,720
Speaker 1: and so he just kind of locks him out and

1438
01:09:27,720 --> 01:09:30,639
Speaker 1: then Miller scoots on by and on into the end zone.

1439
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:33,000
Speaker 1: You're just seeing a lot of progress with these guys,

1440
01:09:33,240 --> 01:09:37,280
Speaker 1: and I think, what what happens where for offensive lineman

1441
01:09:38,040 --> 01:09:41,240
Speaker 1: is and they're not listen, they're not perfect. They had

1442
01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:43,160
Speaker 1: a good ball game against Jacksonville. It can all go

1443
01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:46,240
Speaker 1: to you know what on on Thursday night, But what

1444
01:09:46,280 --> 01:09:50,040
Speaker 1: they showed against Jacksonville was that they had the athleticism.

1445
01:09:50,160 --> 01:09:52,799
Speaker 1: They showed and played with technique. They played with power,

1446
01:09:53,080 --> 01:09:55,320
Speaker 1: They played with everything you want to see in offensive

1447
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:58,600
Speaker 1: tackles and as a five, as a as a quintet.

1448
01:09:58,680 --> 01:10:01,400
Speaker 1: They played very wealthy together. That's what I thought was

1449
01:10:01,439 --> 01:10:03,679
Speaker 1: really impressed with those About playing together. What about matching

1450
01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:06,080
Speaker 1: up with Cam Wake and whatever the Dolphins are throwing in, Well,

1451
01:10:06,120 --> 01:10:08,760
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the thing Cam. I mean. Well, the

1452
01:10:08,800 --> 01:10:11,960
Speaker 1: other thing that I thought that helped them was they

1453
01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:14,839
Speaker 1: used Lamar Miller and Alfred Blue together in that shotgun

1454
01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:17,360
Speaker 1: set and they chipped and they helped and they used

1455
01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:19,720
Speaker 1: the tight ends to help. That help was there. That

1456
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:22,680
Speaker 1: help really I think gave them some confidence. But there

1457
01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:24,760
Speaker 1: are plenty of one on one situations where they went

1458
01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:28,560
Speaker 1: toe to toe. Hopefully that confidence they'll have that confidence.

1459
01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:33,000
Speaker 1: Now Wake's crafty, he is, he's still he's still thick,

1460
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:36,640
Speaker 1: he's explosive, and so Kendall's gonna have his hands full

1461
01:10:36,680 --> 01:10:38,120
Speaker 1: with him and they're probably gonna have to give him

1462
01:10:38,120 --> 01:10:40,880
Speaker 1: some help sometimes. But that's okay. These guys haven't got

1463
01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:43,360
Speaker 1: to the quarterback. Though, they have not got to the quarterback.

1464
01:10:43,520 --> 01:10:45,800
Speaker 1: They had I don't think they had any sacks maybe

1465
01:10:45,880 --> 01:10:47,680
Speaker 1: us sack. I think they had a sack against the

1466
01:10:47,720 --> 01:10:50,080
Speaker 1: trait and they trade through it twenty three twenty four times,

1467
01:10:50,240 --> 01:10:51,880
Speaker 1: so they only had one sack. They're not getting back

1468
01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:53,800
Speaker 1: to the quarterback. So this has got to be something

1469
01:10:53,840 --> 01:10:56,639
Speaker 1: where you can't take that for granted. What work against Jacksonville,

1470
01:10:56,640 --> 01:10:59,360
Speaker 1: against those rushers, you can use again against these guys. Well,

1471
01:10:59,360 --> 01:11:00,840
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna on the ball, I mean, and

1472
01:11:01,320 --> 01:11:04,080
Speaker 1: might look a lot like Jacksonville, don't. I don't know

1473
01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:06,120
Speaker 1: what the point total turns out being. Maybe you get

1474
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Speaker 1: more turnovers, maybe you get less. Right, I wouldn't expect

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01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:12,120
Speaker 1: a monstrous blowout or anything. I mean, I would like

1476
01:11:12,280 --> 01:11:15,720
Speaker 1: them to do that at some point, to dominate an

1477
01:11:15,720 --> 01:11:18,120
Speaker 1: opponent on the scoreboard. But the thing is just just

1478
01:11:18,160 --> 01:11:20,040
Speaker 1: get some good rushing yards, don't turn it over, and

1479
01:11:20,120 --> 01:11:22,120
Speaker 1: let your defense fire off. Yeah. Absolutely, that's not a

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01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:24,559
Speaker 1: bad formula. Mark appreciate it. Thanks Johnny. Coming up In

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Speaker 1: our final segment, it's the game plan and we'll hear

1482
01:11:26,880 --> 01:11:29,479
Speaker 1: from Benardrick McKinney's the final word with Drew Dohrty as well.

1483
01:11:29,560 --> 01:11:43,880
Speaker 1: Right here in Texans All Access. We've got one final

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01:11:43,960 --> 01:11:47,120
Speaker 1: segment of Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio studio.

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01:11:47,200 --> 01:11:49,320
Speaker 1: Glad you are with me. I am your host, John Harris,

1486
01:11:49,360 --> 01:11:52,040
Speaker 1: football analyst and SID one reporter. And this has truly

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01:11:52,080 --> 01:11:54,960
Speaker 1: turned into a pregame show for the game tomorrow night.

1488
01:11:55,080 --> 01:11:57,240
Speaker 1: You get one Thursday night game a year, and this

1489
01:11:57,320 --> 01:12:01,519
Speaker 1: is that one for the Texans week getting Miami Dolphins

1490
01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:03,599
Speaker 1: in here, and we've heard from a number of different people,

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01:12:03,800 --> 01:12:05,919
Speaker 1: and we're now about to hear from the general manager,

1492
01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:08,920
Speaker 1: Brian Gaine, because it's time for the game plan Brian.

1493
01:12:09,320 --> 01:12:11,360
Speaker 1: Before we get to what's going on with the Texans.

1494
01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:14,360
Speaker 1: The Dolphins come in here and it's the Brian Gaine

1495
01:12:14,360 --> 01:12:16,920
Speaker 1: Reality Tour this year playing so many of the organizations

1496
01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:19,719
Speaker 1: that you used to work for. But take me back

1497
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:23,080
Speaker 1: for a moment, because you were part of that Dolphins turnaround.

1498
01:12:23,080 --> 01:12:25,719
Speaker 1: It's the greatest turnaround in NFL history. One in fifteen,

1499
01:12:25,800 --> 01:12:29,320
Speaker 1: the year before you and the Bill Parcels people arrive

1500
01:12:29,800 --> 01:12:31,799
Speaker 1: and then you go eleven and five and win the division.

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01:12:31,960 --> 01:12:33,960
Speaker 1: A remarkable thing. What was that like being a part

1502
01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:37,280
Speaker 1: of that experience? That was a special memory, special circumstance

1503
01:12:37,360 --> 01:12:39,920
Speaker 1: to get there and one in fifteens. You know, it's

1504
01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:42,720
Speaker 1: basically starting on almost a whole football operation all over,

1505
01:12:43,320 --> 01:12:46,920
Speaker 1: not just an NFL roster. The three keys when I

1506
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:51,280
Speaker 1: recall that year was you know, defense, running game, and

1507
01:12:51,320 --> 01:12:54,479
Speaker 1: then the turnover ratio. We were very good. We may

1508
01:12:54,520 --> 01:12:56,120
Speaker 1: have been number one in the league in terms of

1509
01:12:56,160 --> 01:12:59,040
Speaker 1: the turnover ratio. We didn't turn it over, we generated

1510
01:12:59,120 --> 01:13:02,320
Speaker 1: the turnover. Play smart on offense. We never beat ourselves

1511
01:13:02,920 --> 01:13:06,800
Speaker 1: and we just positioned ourselves to in a shortage of words,

1512
01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:09,839
Speaker 1: kind of won ugly. We won close games, won score games,

1513
01:13:10,920 --> 01:13:14,439
Speaker 1: control the football on offense, played very well on defense,

1514
01:13:14,960 --> 01:13:16,760
Speaker 1: and when the games got in the fourth quarter, we've

1515
01:13:17,000 --> 01:13:20,760
Speaker 1: found ways to win more than we lost. We were

1516
01:13:20,880 --> 01:13:24,479
Speaker 1: very well coached then rest in Peace. Tony so Sperrano

1517
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:27,040
Speaker 1: was our head coach and we were off to a

1518
01:13:27,160 --> 01:13:29,640
Speaker 1: very good start. Chad Pennington was our quarterback for that

1519
01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:32,200
Speaker 1: one year. But it was a great bunch of guys

1520
01:13:32,439 --> 01:13:35,120
Speaker 1: who didn't didn't think about the previous year it didn't

1521
01:13:35,120 --> 01:13:37,200
Speaker 1: think about a one in fifteen year. They just thought

1522
01:13:37,200 --> 01:13:40,479
Speaker 1: they were getting a clean slate to start and as

1523
01:13:40,520 --> 01:13:42,360
Speaker 1: a team that kind of came together all at once,

1524
01:13:43,560 --> 01:13:46,080
Speaker 1: and then Chad Pennington provided some of the leadership that

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01:13:46,240 --> 01:13:49,559
Speaker 1: we needed at the time. So great learning experience. Well,

1526
01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:51,720
Speaker 1: the way you described winning some of those games, the

1527
01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:55,360
Speaker 1: Texans four game winning streak sounds kind of similar. Started

1528
01:13:55,400 --> 01:13:57,960
Speaker 1: to turn people over. Pulling out games in the fourth quarter.

1529
01:13:58,080 --> 01:14:00,360
Speaker 1: Yesterday was a little bit different, but this kind of

1530
01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:03,120
Speaker 1: has set of those characteristics to it. Turnover ratio is

1531
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:05,800
Speaker 1: critically important when you look at broad scope of ball

1532
01:14:05,840 --> 01:14:08,719
Speaker 1: games every weekend, when you see and study how teams

1533
01:14:08,720 --> 01:14:11,560
Speaker 1: are winning in the league. We were plus three. We

1534
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:13,880
Speaker 1: didn't turn the ball over on offense, and we turned

1535
01:14:13,880 --> 01:14:17,320
Speaker 1: them over three times, some in very favorable field position.

1536
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:21,320
Speaker 1: So those were critical elements too to us winning yesterday

1537
01:14:21,360 --> 01:14:23,640
Speaker 1: in Jacksonville, we ran the ball I think for one

1538
01:14:23,720 --> 01:14:25,599
Speaker 1: hundred and forty or one hundred and forty one yards

1539
01:14:25,640 --> 01:14:28,720
Speaker 1: on offense, so things were better for us there. We

1540
01:14:28,720 --> 01:14:32,160
Speaker 1: were better on third down, our special teams was real good.

1541
01:14:32,280 --> 01:14:34,760
Speaker 1: Field position was excellent in terms of the battle and

1542
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:37,519
Speaker 1: the tilt of the field position force in Jacksonville to

1543
01:14:38,080 --> 01:14:40,479
Speaker 1: go to the distance of the fields, distance of the

1544
01:14:40,479 --> 01:14:42,679
Speaker 1: field very often. I think we punted four or five

1545
01:14:42,720 --> 01:14:45,840
Speaker 1: times inside there twenty force and half to go to

1546
01:14:45,840 --> 01:14:48,120
Speaker 1: the distance of the field, and all the other thing

1547
01:14:48,120 --> 01:14:50,160
Speaker 1: Bill and I have pointed out. It's just our defense

1548
01:14:50,200 --> 01:14:53,080
Speaker 1: has has gotten off to a fast start these last

1549
01:14:53,120 --> 01:14:56,320
Speaker 1: three or four games. I think the halftime score aloud

1550
01:14:56,439 --> 01:15:00,839
Speaker 1: has been ten, six, zero and zero, and that's positioned

1551
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:02,760
Speaker 1: our offense to go out there in the second half

1552
01:15:02,760 --> 01:15:06,120
Speaker 1: and play smart, play efficient, and our defense has really

1553
01:15:06,200 --> 01:15:08,720
Speaker 1: given us an advantage by doing that, being able to

1554
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:11,439
Speaker 1: run the ball. You mentioned that against Jacksonville. I'm looking

1555
01:15:11,439 --> 01:15:13,400
Speaker 1: at Kendall Lamb, who has been holding it down at

1556
01:15:13,479 --> 01:15:16,320
Speaker 1: right tackle for you. It's a pretty good story really,

1557
01:15:16,400 --> 01:15:18,479
Speaker 1: because he was around here for a while then last

1558
01:15:18,560 --> 01:15:21,800
Speaker 1: year got an opportunity against Jacksonville in the opening game.

1559
01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:23,920
Speaker 1: I know you weren't part of the mix then and

1560
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:26,120
Speaker 1: it just didn't happen for him. But now it's starting

1561
01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:27,479
Speaker 1: to happen for him. It's got to make you feel

1562
01:15:27,479 --> 01:15:30,200
Speaker 1: happy when you see an individual player pull through like that. Yeah,

1563
01:15:30,240 --> 01:15:32,439
Speaker 1: it's a great story. A guy who was an undrafted

1564
01:15:32,439 --> 01:15:35,360
Speaker 1: free agent and it leans more to our player development

1565
01:15:35,439 --> 01:15:38,800
Speaker 1: operation and program in terms of the coaching points, the

1566
01:15:38,840 --> 01:15:43,439
Speaker 1: offseason way program, the conditioning and teaching technique, and teaching

1567
01:15:43,439 --> 01:15:46,240
Speaker 1: the fundamentals to give guys the base and the fundamentals

1568
01:15:46,240 --> 01:15:48,000
Speaker 1: they need to go out there when the bell rings. Well,

1569
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:50,320
Speaker 1: he got his opportunity, and he's been out there and

1570
01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:54,080
Speaker 1: he's been playing reasonably well. And he's a great story

1571
01:15:54,120 --> 01:15:58,040
Speaker 1: because he's come up through the rens and it's important

1572
01:15:58,040 --> 01:15:59,840
Speaker 1: that we develop our players here and have a plan

1573
01:16:00,160 --> 01:16:02,800
Speaker 1: for that, and he's been given an opportunity and he's

1574
01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:05,240
Speaker 1: trying to run with it. Back to the turnover thing,

1575
01:16:05,280 --> 01:16:07,639
Speaker 1: it's almost an ethic, isn't it, Because you can't just say,

1576
01:16:07,680 --> 01:16:09,920
Speaker 1: go take the ball away. It just doesn't happen like that.

1577
01:16:10,040 --> 01:16:11,720
Speaker 1: It's something that a team just sort of has to

1578
01:16:11,760 --> 01:16:15,200
Speaker 1: develop and work into. So Bill and I have talked

1579
01:16:15,240 --> 01:16:17,880
Speaker 1: about that in terms of the premise of creating turnovers,

1580
01:16:18,040 --> 01:16:21,639
Speaker 1: and first and foremost it's you have to stress the football,

1581
01:16:22,160 --> 01:16:25,080
Speaker 1: and whoever's whoever's possessing the football, you got to stress it.

1582
01:16:25,200 --> 01:16:27,880
Speaker 1: So if we can stress the quarterback to put them

1583
01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:31,240
Speaker 1: in positions to make decisions or take risk throws, that's important.

1584
01:16:32,160 --> 01:16:33,680
Speaker 1: You have to stress the ball when it's thrown to

1585
01:16:33,720 --> 01:16:35,559
Speaker 1: the receivers in terms of trying to get a PBu

1586
01:16:35,720 --> 01:16:38,800
Speaker 1: get a deflection, get an interception. When we rally to

1587
01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:41,000
Speaker 1: the ball, it's it's making every effort to try to

1588
01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:44,320
Speaker 1: get the ball out. So our focus as it relates

1589
01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:47,559
Speaker 1: to creating turnovers is you have to stress the ball.

1590
01:16:47,880 --> 01:16:50,519
Speaker 1: So whoever possesses the ball, or has the ball, or

1591
01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:52,760
Speaker 1: is in position to make a decision with the ball,

1592
01:16:52,800 --> 01:16:57,000
Speaker 1: if you can create a stressful environment, perhaps the percentages

1593
01:16:57,080 --> 01:17:00,519
Speaker 1: of a turnover will occur, I think. But we look

1594
01:17:00,560 --> 01:17:03,040
Speaker 1: back on the game against Jacksonville, will always refer to

1595
01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:05,479
Speaker 1: it as the Watson on a bus game, as Deshaun

1596
01:17:05,560 --> 01:17:08,599
Speaker 1: Watson took the bus. People say the bus, but it

1597
01:17:08,640 --> 01:17:10,799
Speaker 1: wasn't the bus. It was a bus that you guys

1598
01:17:10,960 --> 01:17:14,080
Speaker 1: got for him. But that was really an interesting aspect

1599
01:17:14,120 --> 01:17:18,720
Speaker 1: of this whole thing. Yeah, strictly precautionary from that standpoint,

1600
01:17:18,840 --> 01:17:21,320
Speaker 1: and then speaking to Deshaun and wanted to present him

1601
01:17:21,360 --> 01:17:23,720
Speaker 1: some options and that was the best option that we

1602
01:17:23,800 --> 01:17:28,000
Speaker 1: had to get him to Jacksonville. Nevertheless, you know, great

1603
01:17:28,000 --> 01:17:30,840
Speaker 1: teammate to make the sacrifice and to do that, and

1604
01:17:30,840 --> 01:17:33,280
Speaker 1: that's there and back, you know, and to do that

1605
01:17:33,320 --> 01:17:35,800
Speaker 1: within a forty eight hour stretch. I'm sure it was

1606
01:17:35,800 --> 01:17:37,800
Speaker 1: critically important for him to get the w because that

1607
01:17:37,800 --> 01:17:40,800
Speaker 1: would have been a long ride otherwise. But he was

1608
01:17:40,840 --> 01:17:43,360
Speaker 1: there with a few staffers and we try to create

1609
01:17:43,439 --> 01:17:45,680
Speaker 1: as much of a comfortable environment as we could. It

1610
01:17:45,720 --> 01:17:47,800
Speaker 1: wasn't a bus, says, you know what we all know

1611
01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:50,000
Speaker 1: it to be. I mean, we had all the amenities

1612
01:17:50,040 --> 01:17:51,960
Speaker 1: and the comforts on there that he and the staff

1613
01:17:52,000 --> 01:17:54,679
Speaker 1: we're going to need to be comfortable and get there

1614
01:17:54,439 --> 01:17:58,920
Speaker 1: in a very comfortable position in a short week situation.

1615
01:17:59,080 --> 01:18:01,559
Speaker 1: That really does the emphasis on everything you've done here

1616
01:18:01,600 --> 01:18:04,559
Speaker 1: as far as nutrition and the strength of conditioning, sports performance,

1617
01:18:04,600 --> 01:18:06,599
Speaker 1: all of those things that we've talked about all offseason

1618
01:18:06,640 --> 01:18:09,160
Speaker 1: law they really come into play. This week certainly does.

1619
01:18:09,360 --> 01:18:12,639
Speaker 1: And there's two elements that I think about is education

1620
01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:16,519
Speaker 1: and communication. And we're constantly talking to the players about

1621
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:19,320
Speaker 1: the wellness of the athlete and all the effort that

1622
01:18:19,320 --> 01:18:21,680
Speaker 1: we're making and the things that are important to us.

1623
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:24,080
Speaker 1: A lot of thought and time go into scheduling as

1624
01:18:24,080 --> 01:18:27,559
Speaker 1: it relates to player recovery and player wellness, especially in

1625
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:30,840
Speaker 1: a condensed week here. So between the coordination with Luke

1626
01:18:30,960 --> 01:18:34,960
Speaker 1: Richardson and our sports performance operation his staff and Lad Harris,

1627
01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:38,439
Speaker 1: our team nutritionist, as well as our trainers with Jeff Kaplan,

1628
01:18:38,520 --> 01:18:40,920
Speaker 1: our head athletic trainer. There's a lot of coordination and

1629
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:44,439
Speaker 1: planning and strategy involved in terms of how we want

1630
01:18:44,439 --> 01:18:46,599
Speaker 1: our players to rest, how we want them to hydrate,

1631
01:18:47,080 --> 01:18:49,200
Speaker 1: what we're going to feed them, and all in the

1632
01:18:49,439 --> 01:18:51,960
Speaker 1: hopes of getting an optimum performance on Thursday on a

1633
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:53,479
Speaker 1: short week. How do they make you feel to see

1634
01:18:53,520 --> 01:18:56,960
Speaker 1: Andre Hall out there? Inspirational? And I was asked about

1635
01:18:57,000 --> 01:19:00,280
Speaker 1: this on Sunday. It's really two parts. You know, on

1636
01:19:00,280 --> 01:19:03,160
Speaker 1: a personal level, and I pointed to him to my

1637
01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:06,240
Speaker 1: own kids, and I said that this is an example

1638
01:19:06,280 --> 01:19:10,360
Speaker 1: to follow when you face adversity. So on a personal level,

1639
01:19:10,479 --> 01:19:14,360
Speaker 1: it's an inspirational story. On a professional level, Andre is

1640
01:19:14,400 --> 01:19:17,800
Speaker 1: a good football player and given the opportunity, we know

1641
01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:20,559
Speaker 1: he can help us win. So Andre is a great

1642
01:19:20,600 --> 01:19:23,160
Speaker 1: example of a guy who's done everything right to stay

1643
01:19:23,160 --> 01:19:25,439
Speaker 1: ready and to position himself so that when the bell

1644
01:19:25,560 --> 01:19:29,000
Speaker 1: rung and the opportunity rose, he was ready to insert himself.

1645
01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:32,320
Speaker 1: So compliments to Andre. Well with the health situation you

1646
01:19:32,360 --> 01:19:34,360
Speaker 1: have at cornerback right now, it's got a help that

1647
01:19:34,400 --> 01:19:37,720
Speaker 1: you've had all these safeties who have cornerback experience like

1648
01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:40,880
Speaker 1: Kareem and Andre Halle and Tyron Matthew can do just

1649
01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:43,400
Speaker 1: about anything back there. It seems. Yeah. We have numerous

1650
01:19:43,439 --> 01:19:47,160
Speaker 1: players in our second day we call defensive backs, you know,

1651
01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:49,519
Speaker 1: because they can play safety. They can play corner, Some

1652
01:19:50,120 --> 01:19:53,519
Speaker 1: corners can play nickel, uh, Some safeties can play nickel.

1653
01:19:53,680 --> 01:19:55,880
Speaker 1: Some of our safeties can play strong and free safety.

1654
01:19:55,960 --> 01:19:59,360
Speaker 1: So that when injuries rise, we have game day flexibility,

1655
01:19:59,479 --> 01:20:02,000
Speaker 1: not in the fifth three, but also on the forty six,

1656
01:20:02,040 --> 01:20:04,280
Speaker 1: so where that when injuries occur in the game, when

1657
01:20:04,320 --> 01:20:06,800
Speaker 1: you only have forty six guys, we have the versatility

1658
01:20:06,840 --> 01:20:09,160
Speaker 1: to drop a guy to another position. What do you

1659
01:20:09,160 --> 01:20:11,960
Speaker 1: think about playing these Dolphins who have a winning record.

1660
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:14,080
Speaker 1: They're coming off a loss, but it's a short week

1661
01:20:14,120 --> 01:20:16,880
Speaker 1: and it's an unfamiliar team in a way, you haven't

1662
01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:19,800
Speaker 1: faced them since twenty fifteen. Very important game because it's

1663
01:20:19,840 --> 01:20:23,680
Speaker 1: the next game. Obviously they're four and three, so it's

1664
01:20:23,680 --> 01:20:26,559
Speaker 1: a conference game. It's critically important. It's a home game,

1665
01:20:26,960 --> 01:20:28,680
Speaker 1: and we put a lot of emphasis on trying to

1666
01:20:28,680 --> 01:20:31,240
Speaker 1: win all our home games to the best of our abilities,

1667
01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:33,800
Speaker 1: and it's important for us to get off to a

1668
01:20:33,800 --> 01:20:36,240
Speaker 1: fast art. You know, our crowd is amazing. We love

1669
01:20:36,280 --> 01:20:39,479
Speaker 1: having being playing in this environment, so I know when

1670
01:20:39,520 --> 01:20:41,639
Speaker 1: we play well, this place can be electric and we're

1671
01:20:41,640 --> 01:20:43,880
Speaker 1: looking forward to that opportunity. Now. One of the guys

1672
01:20:43,920 --> 01:20:46,920
Speaker 1: that feeds off that energy and that emotion is inside

1673
01:20:46,920 --> 01:20:50,320
Speaker 1: linebacker and leader for this defense Benardrick McKinney. And for

1674
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:52,559
Speaker 1: our final word, Drew Doherty this week, it is that

1675
01:20:52,680 --> 01:20:55,599
Speaker 1: man PMAC Benardrick McKinney. Drew, thank you so much. Fellas.

1676
01:20:55,600 --> 01:20:59,920
Speaker 1: We've got linebacker Benardrick McKinney here in Benard. The Dolphins

1677
01:21:00,240 --> 01:21:04,439
Speaker 1: are up. Their quarterback is brock Oswiler. Obviously, lots of

1678
01:21:04,520 --> 01:21:07,720
Speaker 1: questions concerning your former teammate. Does that give you an

1679
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:10,760
Speaker 1: advantage at all that you played with him, practiced against

1680
01:21:10,840 --> 01:21:13,200
Speaker 1: him in twenty sixteen and now you're playing against him.

1681
01:21:13,280 --> 01:21:15,640
Speaker 1: I mean, he's gonna be a co opportunity for the

1682
01:21:15,640 --> 01:21:18,120
Speaker 1: defense just to go out there play against him again,

1683
01:21:18,280 --> 01:21:21,720
Speaker 1: having practicing against him when he was here, but just

1684
01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:23,760
Speaker 1: gonna watch film on him, try to see what he

1685
01:21:23,800 --> 01:21:25,599
Speaker 1: does on the field, and just try to do we

1686
01:21:25,640 --> 01:21:27,679
Speaker 1: do best as a defense. Yeah, they're one and one.

1687
01:21:27,720 --> 01:21:29,880
Speaker 1: When he started the last couple of games, he's thrown

1688
01:21:29,920 --> 01:21:32,320
Speaker 1: more touchdowns and interceptions. What are some of his strengths

1689
01:21:32,360 --> 01:21:35,120
Speaker 1: in your eyes? I definitely think he's he's a great leader.

1690
01:21:35,880 --> 01:21:38,080
Speaker 1: When he was here, he always brought up juice in

1691
01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:40,320
Speaker 1: the locker room, kept a lot of guys out, fun,

1692
01:21:40,400 --> 01:21:42,559
Speaker 1: got to be around. But he's definitely a great leader.

1693
01:21:42,640 --> 01:21:46,120
Speaker 1: Interesting group of running backs, Drake Frank Gore. I mean,

1694
01:21:46,160 --> 01:21:48,599
Speaker 1: those are guys with some talent there on different ends

1695
01:21:48,600 --> 01:21:50,400
Speaker 1: of the spectrum age wise. What do you see from

1696
01:21:50,439 --> 01:21:52,680
Speaker 1: the running back position for the Miami Dolphins. Frank, Boy,

1697
01:21:52,720 --> 01:21:55,120
Speaker 1: he's a great running back. Running back, knows the trade,

1698
01:21:55,160 --> 01:21:57,800
Speaker 1: he knows the ends out. He's a hard guy to

1699
01:21:57,840 --> 01:22:00,559
Speaker 1: bring it down inside runner very very feels the goal.

1700
01:22:00,640 --> 01:22:02,400
Speaker 1: But we're just gonna watch film on him and just

1701
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:04,200
Speaker 1: try to, like I said about Brock, just see the

1702
01:22:04,280 --> 01:22:07,360
Speaker 1: style running. I know Frank, we played against him quite

1703
01:22:07,360 --> 01:22:09,280
Speaker 1: a bit. Just gonna try to, like I said, dude,

1704
01:22:09,320 --> 01:22:11,639
Speaker 1: what we do on defense and just fly to the ball.

1705
01:22:11,520 --> 01:22:13,599
Speaker 1: All eleven guys to the ball and just have fun

1706
01:22:13,640 --> 01:22:15,519
Speaker 1: like we've been doing. And another guy you've seen quite

1707
01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:17,519
Speaker 1: a few times, Danny Amndola when he played with the Patriots.

1708
01:22:17,560 --> 01:22:19,400
Speaker 1: Not that you're gonna be locked up with him, but

1709
01:22:19,600 --> 01:22:21,960
Speaker 1: he comes into your area of the field from time

1710
01:22:21,960 --> 01:22:25,080
Speaker 1: to time. That guy has been around. How does he

1711
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:27,280
Speaker 1: get so open? How does he make so many plays

1712
01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:29,840
Speaker 1: doing what he does? Oh, that's a fast guy. He

1713
01:22:29,880 --> 01:22:31,519
Speaker 1: makes a lot of play. He's a smart player. I

1714
01:22:31,520 --> 01:22:33,560
Speaker 1: feel like he reads the defense. He's smart players the

1715
01:22:33,600 --> 01:22:35,679
Speaker 1: offensive player, and he finds a way to get open.

1716
01:22:35,760 --> 01:22:37,960
Speaker 1: But like I said, you're just gonna do what we

1717
01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:40,280
Speaker 1: do best and just play defense man. And you guys

1718
01:22:40,280 --> 01:22:41,880
Speaker 1: have been doing that so well over the last month

1719
01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:44,439
Speaker 1: or so. It seems like we see this every single year.

1720
01:22:44,760 --> 01:22:47,439
Speaker 1: Early going, you're figuring things out and then you start

1721
01:22:47,439 --> 01:22:50,120
Speaker 1: getting better. Look at him. First win that you get

1722
01:22:50,280 --> 01:22:52,400
Speaker 1: is against the Indianapolis. You guys give up thirty points.

1723
01:22:52,439 --> 01:22:54,960
Speaker 1: Then you play the Cowboys sixteen points. Last week it's

1724
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:56,720
Speaker 1: thirteen points against the Bills. You only give up a

1725
01:22:56,720 --> 01:23:00,599
Speaker 1: touchdown on Sunday against the Jaguars. It looks like, knock

1726
01:23:00,640 --> 01:23:03,920
Speaker 1: on wood, you're rounding into form, right. Yeah, we're just

1727
01:23:03,960 --> 01:23:06,479
Speaker 1: coming together as defense, playing with a lot more energy,

1728
01:23:06,600 --> 01:23:08,599
Speaker 1: just watching a lot more film, just put doing an

1729
01:23:08,600 --> 01:23:11,720
Speaker 1: extra guys, even if it's rehab or anything like that.

1730
01:23:11,840 --> 01:23:14,760
Speaker 1: But we're just watching film together, just having fun, just

1731
01:23:14,920 --> 01:23:17,200
Speaker 1: taking a playby play if we're down, well up, we're

1732
01:23:17,200 --> 01:23:19,040
Speaker 1: just trying to take a playby playing in me as

1733
01:23:19,040 --> 01:23:20,840
Speaker 1: the inside line, but just trying to every play, just

1734
01:23:20,880 --> 01:23:23,360
Speaker 1: trying to get the guys going. Guys like JD and

1735
01:23:23,439 --> 01:23:26,439
Speaker 1: JJ doing an unbelieve the job DJ Reader, Donny doing

1736
01:23:26,439 --> 01:23:28,400
Speaker 1: a great job at the inside and just a friend,

1737
01:23:28,479 --> 01:23:30,800
Speaker 1: I mean, making it easier for me and Zach just

1738
01:23:30,840 --> 01:23:34,639
Speaker 1: fly around and just make plays. Tiring Kjack, JJ doing

1739
01:23:34,640 --> 01:23:37,120
Speaker 1: an unbelieving job in the secondary. I mean, we just

1740
01:23:37,479 --> 01:23:39,439
Speaker 1: we're just come together as a team, as a brotherhood

1741
01:23:39,439 --> 01:23:41,519
Speaker 1: and just just having fun. You just reeled off every

1742
01:23:41,560 --> 01:23:44,080
Speaker 1: member of the defense there almost What about you though,

1743
01:23:44,120 --> 01:23:45,640
Speaker 1: How are you better? How are you different as a

1744
01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:48,400
Speaker 1: player for the year's past? Just feeding off the guys

1745
01:23:48,439 --> 01:23:50,920
Speaker 1: around me. Like I said, guys like j D is

1746
01:23:51,160 --> 01:23:54,320
Speaker 1: always giving me an energy when I'm tired in the series,

1747
01:23:54,400 --> 01:23:57,040
Speaker 1: Guys like tiring coming up with an interceptional guys like

1748
01:23:57,120 --> 01:23:59,439
Speaker 1: j J j D making a sack. Just feeding off

1749
01:23:59,479 --> 01:24:01,640
Speaker 1: those guys just give me a boost of energy and

1750
01:24:01,960 --> 01:24:04,160
Speaker 1: allowing me to just be able to fly around, just

1751
01:24:04,240 --> 01:24:06,400
Speaker 1: make plays. And then on the flip side, you're in

1752
01:24:06,439 --> 01:24:08,680
Speaker 1: the middle. You gotta call this defense. You gotta bring

1753
01:24:08,720 --> 01:24:11,040
Speaker 1: some energy to those guys at times, don't you. Yeah,

1754
01:24:11,080 --> 01:24:13,360
Speaker 1: all the time. Just looking at those guys eyes, I

1755
01:24:13,439 --> 01:24:15,880
Speaker 1: mean they're dogs, man, Just looking at those guys eyes

1756
01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:17,960
Speaker 1: off his third and one or whatever I got. I'm

1757
01:24:17,960 --> 01:24:20,559
Speaker 1: the one that just tell them, man this man up,

1758
01:24:20,640 --> 01:24:22,360
Speaker 1: let's get this stop. I feel like I do a

1759
01:24:22,400 --> 01:24:24,400
Speaker 1: great job leading the defense, but like I do a

1760
01:24:24,400 --> 01:24:27,080
Speaker 1: great job helping guys like Zach with I feel like

1761
01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:28,840
Speaker 1: I do an unbelieving job just being a leader of

1762
01:24:28,880 --> 01:24:30,800
Speaker 1: the defense. How much fun is it? How much fun

1763
01:24:30,840 --> 01:24:32,559
Speaker 1: are you guys having as a unit right now? We're

1764
01:24:32,600 --> 01:24:34,240
Speaker 1: having a lot of fun. Me and Whitney, we have

1765
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:38,400
Speaker 1: fun every day, man, Manny on the field, off the field,

1766
01:24:38,439 --> 01:24:41,200
Speaker 1: we have have fun and beans. It's just a different feeling,

1767
01:24:41,240 --> 01:24:43,640
Speaker 1: just how much fun we have together, how much we

1768
01:24:43,680 --> 01:24:46,120
Speaker 1: respect each other and just love being around each other.

1769
01:24:46,160 --> 01:24:48,439
Speaker 1: You call it fun. I've seen your Instagram, Man, you

1770
01:24:48,439 --> 01:24:51,080
Speaker 1: give Whitney a pretty hard time. Yeah. I mean, like

1771
01:24:51,080 --> 01:24:53,280
Speaker 1: I said, we always having fun. We always bringing energy

1772
01:24:53,320 --> 01:24:55,680
Speaker 1: around the locker room, just to keep the excitement up

1773
01:24:55,960 --> 01:24:59,400
Speaker 1: last thing before every game, you DJ, Reader Whitney, and

1774
01:24:59,439 --> 01:25:01,800
Speaker 1: I think a few other players do a little mock

1775
01:25:01,920 --> 01:25:04,800
Speaker 1: game of baseball. Somebody's batting with one of the pylines,

1776
01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:07,840
Speaker 1: somebody's throwing the football take a few swings. Where did

1777
01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:10,400
Speaker 1: that come from? What's what's the deal with that? I

1778
01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:12,200
Speaker 1: don't want to be able. I don't know where it

1779
01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:14,439
Speaker 1: came from. I just had a feel. I mean, I

1780
01:25:14,520 --> 01:25:16,240
Speaker 1: just it just came out of nowhere. I just got

1781
01:25:16,240 --> 01:25:19,120
Speaker 1: the piline DJ, because me and I'm always play catch

1782
01:25:19,360 --> 01:25:21,680
Speaker 1: before the game. But DJ just having to throw the

1783
01:25:21,680 --> 01:25:24,160
Speaker 1: ball and I had the pieline, and we just kept going,

1784
01:25:24,439 --> 01:25:26,960
Speaker 1: kept doing it every game, every game, just kept getting better.

1785
01:25:27,320 --> 01:25:29,880
Speaker 1: Adding were guys to the game. But it isn't fun.

1786
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:32,040
Speaker 1: That's what we do for every game. So good stuff.

1787
01:25:32,040 --> 01:25:33,680
Speaker 1: We'll help the good times keep rolling for you and

1788
01:25:33,720 --> 01:25:35,639
Speaker 1: the rest of the defense, rest of this team. Best

1789
01:25:35,680 --> 01:25:38,920
Speaker 1: of luck against the Miami Dolphins. And there you have it.

1790
01:25:39,040 --> 01:25:42,280
Speaker 1: Another Wednesday edition in the books. A pregame show edition

1791
01:25:42,760 --> 01:25:44,559
Speaker 1: is now in the books. Got a lot of people

1792
01:25:44,560 --> 01:25:47,720
Speaker 1: to thank. Gotta thank Bill O'Brien, Mark vandermeric, I think

1793
01:25:47,800 --> 01:25:52,599
Speaker 1: Deep City, gotta think Brian Gaine Bernardrick McKinney, Drew Doherty,

1794
01:25:52,840 --> 01:25:55,800
Speaker 1: Jimmy Cephalo man, anybody I've forgotten that list. We had

1795
01:25:55,800 --> 01:25:57,400
Speaker 1: a lot of people on the show. I gave you

1796
01:25:57,479 --> 01:25:59,000
Speaker 1: my keys to the game. Time to go out and

1797
01:25:59,000 --> 01:26:01,839
Speaker 1: get win NUM for five. We'll see tomorrow night. Excellent

1798
01:26:01,880 --> 01:26:04,639
Speaker 1: primetime opportunity to get some Miami Dolphins and broadcast wider.

1799
01:26:04,840 --> 01:26:08,880
Speaker 1: Getting this building be loud, be obnoxiously loud to make

1800
01:26:08,920 --> 01:26:11,240
Speaker 1: it difficult for the Dolphins to hear anything, and hopefully

1801
01:26:11,280 --> 01:26:13,360
Speaker 1: your Texans will get a key win and keep them

1802
01:26:13,400 --> 01:26:14,400
Speaker 1: atop the AFC