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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the show. Great to have

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Speaker 1: you with us. It is a fantastic evening because it's

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Speaker 1: the bye. We have a few days off sort of,

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Speaker 1: we're not really off, obviously we're on right now, but

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Speaker 1: off from other things. And no Texans game this weekend.

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Speaker 1: But a lot to discuss. Mark Vandermer and John Harris

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Speaker 1: with you. Man, do we have a lot to discuss?

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Speaker 1: The General? John McClain joins us, and let's dig in.

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Speaker 1: All right, General, here we go. My name is not

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Speaker 1: Ramon Foster, and I don't have a radio show in Nashville.

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Speaker 1: But if it was, and I did, should I really

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Speaker 1: be hearing an appeal? I don't know what your thoughts

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Speaker 1: are on this, but I just think that's kind of ridiculous,

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Speaker 1: and maybe it wouldn't have changed if somebody else heard it. Whatever,

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Speaker 1: we all got to live with it. But it just

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Speaker 1: keeps on coming up. I mean, I got the monitors

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Speaker 1: on and the hot take shows are on, and everybody's

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Speaker 1: talking about it. What are your thoughts?

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Speaker 2: Did you say that last year when he reduced Anzel

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Speaker 2: Berriman's suspension.

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Speaker 1: No, I liked that part. That part I liked. I'm

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Speaker 1: allowed to be selectives.

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Speaker 2: What I thought, and I tweeted this because I believed

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Speaker 2: it that as all Shire played for the Titans last year,

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Speaker 2: he played most snaps, he had the most tackles, and

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Speaker 2: so Ramon Foster is the sideline reporter, like John Harrison,

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Speaker 2: a talk show host five days a week on the

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Speaker 2: Titans flagship, would know how Shire know the kind of

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Speaker 2: person is, and he would be the best person to

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Speaker 2: hear it, and he would reduce it from three to two.

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Speaker 2: I thought it should have been one, and so I

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Speaker 2: was stunned when he didn't do that. And he doesn't

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Speaker 2: have to say why now the league, the players Association

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Speaker 2: agrees on these four guys. I'm kiddy. I don't Derek Brooks,

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Speaker 2: he doesn't do talk shows. I don't think and Tampa

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Speaker 2: and I just can't say it's a conflict of interest

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Speaker 2: when he reduced Perryman last year. But I was just

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Speaker 2: surprised that he did not reduce this one. It's the

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Speaker 2: first time since twenty nineteen the player's been suspended for

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Speaker 2: I'm just amazed that it wasn't reduced.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the same general I saw that late last night.

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Speaker 3: I just my stomach kind of sank. So okay, there's

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Speaker 3: not much we can do about it. Now, everybody's been shouting,

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Speaker 3: you know, on the shouty shows and all this about

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Speaker 3: who's right, who's not, who did this? You did? Okay?

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Speaker 3: What do the Texans do going forward? For these three

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Speaker 3: games they're facing Miami, same thing they did when they.

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Speaker 2: He lost three games because of injuries this year, Neville

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Speaker 2: Hewittt stepped in. You can read all about it and

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Speaker 2: my column on Houston Texans dot com. You had had

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Speaker 2: three really good games interceptions, forced fumbles, pass deflections, and

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Speaker 2: in two of those games, in which they lost at

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Speaker 2: green Bay and beat Indy, Jay Hanson was the other

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Speaker 2: starter because Henry Toatoa was injured. So now I believe

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Speaker 2: they're close to getting Richden Harris back. Nick Caserio said,

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Speaker 2: sooner rather than later. You know, he could be practicing

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Speaker 2: next week. I don't imagine he would start right away.

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Speaker 2: I think it would be Hewittt and Toatola and I

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Speaker 2: think Dave fashioned good depth on this team, and they

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Speaker 2: were one and two without him. They lost on the

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Speaker 2: last second field goal at green Bay and then they

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Speaker 2: lost on the Jets game by eight but it wasn't

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Speaker 2: nevill Hewitt's fault. And now with Christian Harris hopefully coming back,

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Speaker 2: they'll be in better shape. And when al Shark comes

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Speaker 3: Dot Well, general, that's where I was going was to

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Speaker 3: Christian Harris and what impact he can have after missing

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Speaker 3: thirteen games. What do you think about Christian Harris coming back?

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Speaker 3: And that's where I was going with my question. You know,

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Speaker 3: he's different than his ease. He's not really a mic backer.

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Speaker 3: He's more an outside backer. But having him in the

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Speaker 3: lineup just gives you depth and options of things you

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Speaker 3: can do. How much do you think Christian Harris can

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Speaker 2: Will, not much right away. He's missed too much time.

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Speaker 2: Remember Denico Audrey when he missed six he needed a

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Speaker 2: would imagine Christian Harris when he plays, he'll come off

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Speaker 2: playoffs game maybe two. So he I mean, we know

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Speaker 2: just like Denico Audrey was, And so I look, I

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Speaker 2: think he'll be brought along slowly. But by the time

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Speaker 2: they get, say to the last two games of crunch time,

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Speaker 2: when you separate the contenders from pretenders, we'll be seeing

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Speaker 2: at Christian Harris we saw last season.

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Speaker 1: Well general, and you guys have touched on some things

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Speaker 1: that I wanted to touch on, because, yeah, Harris not

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Speaker 1: playing football for almost a year is a big deal,

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Speaker 1: no question. But I am glad Will Anderson Junior he'll

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Speaker 1: Gauntlet when the Texans get back, and they'll start with Miami.

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Speaker 1: Miami has already had a bye, and we're about to

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Speaker 1: enter the grand experiment here of Christmas Day on Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: is a strange deal general, because you have a game Sunday,

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Speaker 1: How these teams are able to navigate through that. The

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Speaker 2: Thoughts, I'll tell you what blows me away. It's how

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Speaker 2: not more than any team in the NFL twenty six

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Speaker 2: Jacksonville second, they've just been pathetic and stopping touchdown passes.

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Speaker 2: And yet their second league with sacks, even though they

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Speaker 2: So I don't know if it's the safeties because Stingley's

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Speaker 2: they're going to prevent these guys to ift. If Matt

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Speaker 2: That to me is the biggest thing going into this stretch.

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Speaker 2: I think they'll stop the run. I think they'll get

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Speaker 2: after the quarterbacks, but for whatever reason, they're giving up

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Speaker 2: a lot of touchdowns. And I've gone over every touchdown

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Speaker 2: pass of the season and I'll be writing about that

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Speaker 2: early next week, about what's happening that's not in sync

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, uh, you know, well, that's gonna be

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Speaker 3: an interesting hoope parie that you're gonna pull out of

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Speaker 3: you're gonna pull out some man to man. Uh, You're

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Speaker 3: it's not as if they've been in one coverage that's

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Speaker 3: comes out from that assessment. The other day, Demico gave

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Speaker 2: I think they took a very big step. But the

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Speaker 2: key is Jacksonville has no interior pressure. It's all on

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Speaker 2: and John maybe you have about what kind of interior

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Speaker 2: the Ravens of getting pressure. But their pass defense has

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Speaker 2: Texans and the Jaguars, So I thought it was good

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Speaker 2: for their collective confidence. Thought it was a very smart

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Speaker 2: thing for Demiko to do, just like I thought Dimigo

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Speaker 2: all Shire's suspension. They were sending a message to him

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Speaker 2: and all the players that we got your back. You know.

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Speaker 2: They didn't say we didn't think you should be suspended,

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Speaker 2: the players, and I think that was so smart. You're

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Speaker 2: to see how you're defending ault Shire. And I thought

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Speaker 2: giving that game ball to the offensive line was very smart.

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Speaker 2: And you're right, Johnny could have given it to the whiteouts,

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Speaker 1: General questions, I would not ask Tomko Ryans, who would

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Speaker 1: you rather face of the playoffs? Denver Chargers, give me

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Speaker 1: a team he would.

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Speaker 2: Rather play the Broncos. He'd never say in a rookie quarterback,

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Speaker 2: those years that, I'll guarantee you he'll never say it,

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Speaker 2: of course, but would rather go up against Justin Herbert

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Speaker 2: and Jim Harbaugh. Would you rather go up against Lamar Jackson?

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Speaker 2: Wouldn't it be weird? Last year's season began and ended

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Speaker 2: with Baltimore both games there. This year's games could be

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Speaker 2: two of your last three games could be against Lamar

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Speaker 2: Jackson and Dry Henry, who the Texans of course always

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Speaker 2: shut down. And so give them Denver and a rookie

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Speaker 2: quarterback and see what Tamiko and Matt Burke could con

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Speaker 2: coct for bow Knicks in that wild card playoff game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, taking on bow Knicks would be interesting because he's

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Speaker 3: playing every week he's better and better and that that

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Speaker 3: rookies in playoff games you never know. General. This news

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Speaker 3: saw it. Revin Jordan is being brought back on a

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Speaker 3: one year contract with the Texans. And I know when

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Speaker 3: I saw that news, I was, I was thrilled. What

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Speaker 3: were your thoughts when you saw Brevin Jordan being brought

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Speaker 3: back by the Texans for twenty twenty five?

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Speaker 2: Same thing already and rapidport he broke that story and

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Speaker 2: and I thought, Wow, you know, he's been hurt. But

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Speaker 2: I thought that the Brevin making that big play against

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Speaker 2: Cleveland what he's capable of doing, and uh, he's he's

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Speaker 2: And I thought that was a great move. I thought

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Speaker 2: stay healthy next year, work with CJ. Stroud and see

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Speaker 2: because there's less pressure, you know, there's no pressure from

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Speaker 2: He'll be reunited with Caleb Williams. They're going to go

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Speaker 3: Okay, I'm gonna hit both y'all with a curveball. Okay,

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Speaker 3: Now this is not from the Onion. This is legit.

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Speaker 3: you're first, then Mark. The North Carolina tar Heels have

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Speaker 3: had discussions in recent days about their opening head their

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Speaker 2: I think there's zero chance of that. He's not trying

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Speaker 2: They all, most of them won know that much money

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Speaker 3: College job, Johnny.

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Speaker 1: This is very simple. They wanted to go young because

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Speaker 1: You get that energy, that youthful exuberance. Does They took

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Speaker 1: something going on. They're like the scouts and money Paul. Look,

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Speaker 1: he's got a young girlfriend. He still got it. Let's

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Speaker 1: get Bill Bellich.

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Speaker 2: He could be a student and finish her degree or

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Speaker 2: get the mansters. That's a great line.

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Speaker 1: That's the selliment. They're going to pay for her education.

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Speaker 3: This is what he posted on x Twitter tweeted whatever,

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Speaker 1: Wow, John, your thoughts on that first, because I have

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Speaker 2: I think there's no way Bill Belichick's going to college

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Speaker 2: gonna tell him, oh, yeah, it's great. You U should

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would think it would be. And he's still

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Speaker 2: I remember Rolonzo Highsmith was hired for the general manager

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Speaker 2: a general manager's important. I look for Andrew Lux thirty five.

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Speaker 2: It's hard to believe he's been out now so long

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Speaker 2: because they know how much money Stanford's got, and so

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Speaker 2: I wish him the very best. I've known him since

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Speaker 2: And I'm guessing all the big schools that have all

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Speaker 2: Maybe Belichick will take to North Carolina job. I'm calling

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Speaker 3: You think an athletic director is going to tell Bill

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Speaker 1: I got one more for John McClean.

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Speaker 2: Can you imagine the media ask him about the game,

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Speaker 2: He goes on to Clemson.

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Speaker 1: That's good. General. One more for you from me, and

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Speaker 2: He says that he doesn't have to have total control,

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Speaker 2: would not hirehim. I would. You know he would want

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00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,760
Speaker 2: total control even though he said he didn't, and I

431
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,760
Speaker 2: think that keeps him from getting jobs now. No, but

432
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 2: he and Jerry Jones are friends. Jerry Jones has said

433
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,679
Speaker 2: before he wouldn't mind working with him. A lot of

434
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 2: people are trying to act like you go there, there's

435
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,800
Speaker 2: talking Jacksonville that Belichick's interested in that job. I wonder

436
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:53,920
Speaker 2: if he's interested in just about any job and would

437
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,320
Speaker 2: take any job because what does he need, like nineteen

438
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:02,080
Speaker 2: victories to surpass Don Shulan become the winnings in history.

439
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,320
Speaker 2: But I wouldn't do it, but I think somebody will.

440
00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, good luck with that. General. Thursday Night football Lions v. Packers,

441
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 3: Old baby, it's gonna be a good one. It's into Detroit.

442
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 3: Detroit's banged up, though they're really banged up. They got

443
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,439
Speaker 3: thirteen guys on IR. But the game is in the

444
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,959
Speaker 3: Motor City. Your thoughts Packers, Lions.

445
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 2: They have thirteen defensive players on injured deserve plus offensive players,

446
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 2: and they have four defensive starters who are not playing tonight,

447
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,159
Speaker 2: so they're gonna light it up. Think it's gonna be

448
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,480
Speaker 2: high scoring. After what I've seen of the Lions, especially

449
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,399
Speaker 2: to come back here, I would never pick against them.

450
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 2: I think Detroit and Buffalo are going to the super Bowl.

451
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 1: All right, General, what do you have on Houston Texans

452
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:49,359
Speaker 1: dot com?

453
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:53,359
Speaker 2: Remind us I've got a column that was posted today

454
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:58,639
Speaker 2: on how the Texans will replace aziz au Shire the

455
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,359
Speaker 2: way they did in the three games that he was

456
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:05,439
Speaker 2: out earlier. Neville Hewitt plays very well. He's a former starter,

457
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 2: he's in his tenth year. Great special teams player he

458
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,399
Speaker 2: and al Shire both so fast, they cover so much ground,

459
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,679
Speaker 2: and the possibility that Christian Eras could be back. And also,

460
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,840
Speaker 2: since you brought it up, can I speculate on the

461
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,840
Speaker 2: Kinders Texas balls it's paper than all of them. Yes, yes,

462
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 2: Baylor's in all the stories I've read coming here, and

463
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,359
Speaker 2: I remember last time they had a great crowd, and

464
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,919
Speaker 2: Baylor would love to come to Houston. I'd like to

465
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,639
Speaker 2: see it. And I've seen Arkansas and M won't be

466
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,360
Speaker 2: A and M. They were here last year in LSU.

467
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,919
Speaker 2: I'd like to see a Southwest Conference matchup like Baylor

468
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,200
Speaker 2: in Arkansas. But really i'd like to see him play

469
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,520
Speaker 2: LSU because lsu'd bring a lot of fans and they're

470
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,159
Speaker 2: a better team, and maybe they'd have a lot of player.

471
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 2: I don't know, but the only time I've really watched

472
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 2: them was against Texas A and M. But if I

473
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 2: had my choice to be Baylor and LSU, but I'd

474
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:08,679
Speaker 2: certainly be happy with the Hogs. Yeah, Clinch sn Clinch

475
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,880
Speaker 2: Sturn could call the Hogs.

476
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 1: Either one fine with me, all right, John, thanks a

477
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:14,480
Speaker 1: lot for being with this weird appreciate it.

478
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,680
Speaker 2: Thank you guys, very much as always.

479
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 1: There's John McClain, Hall of Famer, joining us on a

480
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Speaker 1: Thursday night Texans All Access. Johnny Harris sticks around and

481
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: next up, who's better? And some other questions. It's all

482
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Speaker 1: happening here on Texans Radio. Right back into the fray

483
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:32,200
Speaker 1: here Texans Radio. Mark Vandermer and John Harris with you

484
00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,360
Speaker 1: bye week. We'll have another show tomorrow, the complete three

485
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 1: hour block. My goodness. We're busy during bye week and

486
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 1: then the Texans back to practice on Monday to get

487
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,240
Speaker 1: ready for that Miami team that's coming in a week

488
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:48,040
Speaker 1: from Sunday. And I'm getting all my days confused already, Johnny.

489
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 1: But here we go. Let's get it to who's better.

490
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,919
Speaker 1: We got some betters and some other questions and that

491
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:55,480
Speaker 1: sort of thing.

492
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,880
Speaker 3: You ready to go, Let's go. I'm always ready, man,

493
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,199
Speaker 3: we have done this in a while. I'm ready.

494
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:05,119
Speaker 1: Okay, who's a better judge of an appeal? No, I'm kidding,

495
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that one.

496
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 1: I was guyam and I just thought, you know, let's

497
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,399
Speaker 1: just put it away. I might have some more thoughts

498
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,879
Speaker 1: on this later. Better chance to crash the playoff party.

499
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,880
Speaker 1: They're both on the outside looking in. But the Miami

500
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:25,400
Speaker 1: Dolphins and the dreaded, hated, despised Indianapolis Colts. Now bear

501
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 1: with me here, because the Dolphins have the Jets, us

502
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: the Texans a week from Sunday, the forty nine Ers,

503
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: the Browns and the Jets again. Okay, so they have that. Now,

504
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 1: let me get the Colts' situation. Boot it up here

505
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 1: for you so you can check out their slate, which

506
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: does not include the Houston Texans. They're gonna buye. Then

507
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 1: they have Denver, Tennessee, the Giants, and the Jaguars, so

508
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 1: if they beat Denver Johnny, they deliver a serious blow

509
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,200
Speaker 1: to Denver's playoff hopes. And then they have the Titans, Giants,

510
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 1: and Jags on the way. I'm not saying they're gonna

511
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: do it, but who's got a better chance to crash

512
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 1: the party? Dolphins?

513
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,160
Speaker 3: I think the Colts. Okay, I think the Colts. Now

514
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 3: I think that Dolphins are a better team than the Colts.

515
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 3: But the Dolphins have five games, Colts have four, and

516
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 3: that Broncos game is tough. That Broncos game is tough,

517
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 3: But the Colts aren't gonna lose to the Titans in Indy.

518
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 3: They're not. They're not gonna lose to Drew Locke or

519
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:32,000
Speaker 3: whomever is playing quarterback for the Giants. They're not. And

520
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 3: they're certainly not gonna lose to the Jaguars at home.

521
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 3: So I think that the Colts are gonna end up

522
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 3: nine to eight.

523
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 1: Wow.

524
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 3: I don't know that the Dolphins can get to that

525
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 3: now that they've got five games. They went out ten

526
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 3: to seven, but I don't think they're beating us. The

527
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 3: Browns can be tricky. That's gonna be a weather game.

528
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 3: The Jets one of those is gonna be. The last

529
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 3: one is gonna be a weather game. So and they

530
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 3: always the Dolphins always struggle with weather games. So I

531
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 3: think I think, and I think they look. I hope

532
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,440
Speaker 3: we beat them. I think they beat the Jets at home.

533
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 3: That gets in the six and seventh, same as the Colts,

534
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 3: so that basically kind of evens it up over last four.

535
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,959
Speaker 3: But I think the last four is easier for the

536
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 3: Colts than it is the Dolphins, and I think it

537
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 3: ends up being Dolphins eight to nine, Colts nine to eight.

538
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: And broncoes in. And by the way, the Broncos remaining

539
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 1: slate Colts, Chargers, Bengals, Chiefs. This is no picnic here.

540
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 1: They're on the body this week. They've got four left

541
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,040
Speaker 1: if they lose that Colts game. That's why I said

542
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: they get dealt a serious blow because that is no

543
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 1: easy out the Chargers. That's going to be a playoff

544
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: battle right there in week what is that fifteen? And

545
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 1: the Bengals, you know, they can compete with anybody as

546
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: long as they keep scoring. And the Chiefs, I don't.

547
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,480
Speaker 1: The Chiefs are not going to need that game. So

548
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: that could be weird, that could.

549
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,360
Speaker 3: I mean maybe maybe? I mean that's that could be

550
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 3: tough because.

551
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: Oh, with Buffalo, Yeah, that's right.

552
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 3: If Buffalo wins out, Buffalo ends up getting that number

553
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 3: one seed. If Buffalo wins out and the Chiefs get

554
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 3: knocked off, so that's I think that game could mean

555
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 3: something at the very end for the Broncos. Now I'm

556
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 3: not buying the Broncos. I think the Chargers are good.

557
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,320
Speaker 3: I just think the biggest thing, which would be great

558
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 3: is if the Texas could avoid the Ravens or the Steelers.

559
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 3: And I still think that's gonna come down to the

560
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 3: Ravens are eight and five, like I get it, but

561
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 3: they're gonna have the game against the Steelers in Baltimore,

562
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 3: and I you know the Steelers. I'm not totally. I

563
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,680
Speaker 3: just you know, down the stretch it's Browns and we

564
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 3: already saw the Browns beat them. Eagles at Eagles at

565
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 3: Ravens home, Chiefs home Bengals. That's tough. That's tough. I

566
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,320
Speaker 3: still think the Ravens might be able to catch them,

567
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 3: But the Ravens are gonna have to win out and

568
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 3: that's gonna be tough for them too.

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Speaker 1: All Right, who's better to a tongue of Ioloa or

570
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: Jared Goff? Think about this, and I know you always do.

571
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: GoF former number one overall pick plays on a team

572
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: that has a lot of weapons. I mean he's driving

573
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: a very souped up Formula one. Tua has his own

574
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 1: Formula one weapons. I mean he's got tyreek hill, he's

575
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: got waddle, he's got good running backs. Yeah, he's got

576
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 1: a coordinator coach who knows what he's doing. So thoughts

577
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: Tua or golf and all, get rid of all the

578
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: concussion stuff with Tua just lay in his day. You know,

579
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 1: you got to go out and win a game. You

580
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: got one of these guys, what are you thinking?

581
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 3: I mean, you just said it. That's typically my test. Like,

582
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 3: if I had to go win a game tomorrow, all

583
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 3: things considered, who would I want? And initially I feel

584
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 3: like Jared Goff because I would think, well, I trust Golf.

585
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 3: But the game that we saw he had Yo up

586
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 3: close in person, he had five interceptions. I think I

587
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 3: would end up taking Tua. I think I'm gonna take

588
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 3: two in this one, because if I gotta go win

589
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 3: a game, if I put two with the Lions weapons,

590
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 3: I put two of the Dolphins weapons, I think I'm

591
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 3: gonna get more out of it than if I put

592
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 3: Golf with either one of them. So I'm gonna go

593
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,400
Speaker 3: to a tonguebaya looa. I'm gonna take him over Jared Goff.

594
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 3: I understand how good golf is. I've been banging a

595
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 3: drump for Jared Goff for a long long time, and

596
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 3: I think he has turned himself into a really good quarterback.

597
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 3: That said, I think Tua would open up a box

598
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 3: for the Lions that maybe Goff wouldn't, And I think

599
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 3: that might be the difference in what that offense could

600
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 3: do if they had two of versus having Jared Goff.

601
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: All Right, I didn't even know if this is a

602
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,480
Speaker 1: good one, but I'm gonna give it to you. I'm

603
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:45,959
Speaker 1: gonna go two other quarterbacks. Who's better, Kyler Murray or

604
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. Now we all know that Mayfield having a

605
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:55,959
Speaker 1: nice resurrection of his career in Tampa. But Kyler Murray,

606
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: you want to talk about resurrection. A lot of people

607
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: left him for dead. But here they are. They're battling, Johnny.

608
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 1: I mean they are battling in that NFC West. Now,

609
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 1: the Seahawks lead the division, but Arizona six and six,

610
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 1: they still got a shot here to break into the

611
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: postseason party. And by the way, six and six happens

612
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: to be the Buccaneers record. So you tell me Kyler

613
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 1: Burray Baker Mayfield.

614
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 3: I mean, I feel like Kyler has played really well

615
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 3: this year. I think he is really I don't say

616
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 3: rained his game in I don't know if that's not

617
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 3: really the right way of saying it, but I feel

618
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 3: like he has played. He's made the offense more dangerous

619
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 3: in Arizona. But Baker is carrying that thing in Tampa Bay,

620
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 3: carrying them. He's throwing twenty five touchdowns already, which is

621
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 3: third in the league. He's third in the league in touchdowns.

622
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 3: He's put that team on its back. The games that

623
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 3: they lost, they were playing without Mike Evans, Chris Godwin

624
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 3: and Bakerstone at Trey Palmer and Trent Sherfield or whoever

625
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 3: it was that he's thrown to and he's carrying them

626
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 3: to the finish line. I think I'm gonna say Baker

627
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 3: in this one, but I'm not gonna take anything away

628
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 3: from Kyler. I felt like when we saw Kyler last year,

629
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,920
Speaker 3: I was like, Okay, I think the light's going on

630
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 3: for him. He doesn't have to run around and do

631
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 3: his you know, Allen high school thing or the one

632
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 3: year he spent at Oklahoma where he was kind of

633
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 3: playing hero ball. He's kind of playing within the system

634
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 3: now with the chance that he can go out and

635
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 3: make a play. It's not that's not top of mind.

636
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 3: He's letting the offense develop and work for him. But

637
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 3: I just gotta go Baker. I think Baker has been

638
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 3: fantastic this year. Seventy one percent of his passes completed,

639
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 3: twenty five touchdowns. I know he's got eleven interceptions, but

640
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 3: he really I think has taken a big, big step

641
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,880
Speaker 3: this year. So I'm going Baker Mayfield.

642
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: Okay, Now the bizarro news of the day is no

643
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: doubt and it's anybody predicted this. Come on Bill Belichick

644
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,879
Speaker 1: interviewing for the North Carolina football coaching job. I mean,

645
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 1: that's just amazing to me that I did not expect that.

646
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 1: I'm totally surprised by that. But let me ask you, Johnny,

647
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 1: what's better North Carolina or I don't have all the

648
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 1: vacancies in front of me. What do they got open? Purdue?

649
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:27,840
Speaker 1: You got uc yef right, you got West Virginia. I

650
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:32,240
Speaker 1: guess I'm answering my own question here is Fresno is open.

651
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: I'm talking to these nowork group of five here, so

652
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna consider that. I guess North

653
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,360
Speaker 1: Carolina is the best one. And I'm wondering, though, what

654
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,839
Speaker 1: are your thoughts on this overall? Is it something you

655
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,840
Speaker 1: think McClean says, no way he would do it. Is

656
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 1: it something you think he might do.

657
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 3: I think he's listening, and it's I don't think it's

658
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 3: a bad thing to listen. And you know, I go

659
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 3: from Mac Brown to Bill Belichick. Man, that's gonna be

660
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 3: it'll be a culture shift. But the fact of the

661
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 3: matter is college is moving closer to the NFL, and

662
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 3: if I'm North Carolina, I'm definitely thinking about it because

663
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 3: I want to have somebody that understands the NFL model. Now,

664
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 3: it's not fully determined and it's not fully put on paper.

665
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 3: How the NCAA is going to handle the universities with

666
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,919
Speaker 3: their money and is there going to be a salary cap?

667
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 3: How are they going to dole out the money to

668
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 3: the various players. You know, that's something Andrew luck is

669
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 3: gonna have to figure out as a GM over at

670
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,879
Speaker 3: Stanford with Trent Taylor that coach there. But I think

671
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 3: Belichick's been there, He's done that, he's worked on contract,

672
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 3: he's done all those things. And then obviously he comes

673
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,280
Speaker 3: with the championships that he's had, the numerous Super Bowls

674
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 3: as head coach and also defensive coordinator. It's always thought

675
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 3: and it's always said that college coaches it's a young

676
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,399
Speaker 3: man's game. It's a young man's game. It's a young

677
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 3: man's game. But honestly, I think it now has to

678
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 3: be a game in which the head coach understands the

679
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,880
Speaker 3: economic model. And I think Belichick does, and you know

680
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 3: as well as I do, Mark, when something is just different,

681
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 3: it catches your attention. This is different, So I'm sure

682
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 3: it's probably gotten his attention. But if I'm Bill does

683
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 3: he If I'm Bill Belichick, that news being out there,

684
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 3: I mean, hell, if you're Ohio State, are you sitting

685
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 3: there going hey, wait a second, Belichick? Ryan Day can't

686
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 3: get it? And maybe Belichick, So I mean, I don't know.

687
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 3: Maybe Ohio State's thinking about that, Maybe I State thinking

688
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 3: about Mike Rabel. So it'll be interesting to watch. Ultimately,

689
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 3: we've seen so many guys want to move to the NFL,

690
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 3: so they're not caught in this nil and all this,

691
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 3: but now they're finding out, oh man, this NIL stuff

692
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 3: is a lot like what's going on at the NFL level.

693
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 3: So maybe I can just cut my teeth here and

694
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 3: stay here in college and maybe move to the NFL

695
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,720
Speaker 3: at some point. So I don't think that it's outside

696
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 3: the realm of possibility at all to sit there and

697
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 3: listen here what they've got to say. And Mark, North

698
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 3: Carolina is a tremendous university. It is beautiful. He would

699
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 3: love living there. And I think as we said earlier

700
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 3: his girlfriend have a place to go to school.

701
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 1: Yeah. I want to throw this at you because for

702
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,279
Speaker 1: years we thought, well, look, NFL coaches don't want to

703
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: deal with the college kids. You're up twenty four hours

704
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 1: a day worrying about them. Are they okay? What are

705
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: they doing? I think a lot of that's changed. You're

706
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: grown a men now, and guess what, you're taking money.

707
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: So now the onus is on you to protect yourself,

708
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: to handle yourself, and if you don't, you're out of here,

709
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,760
Speaker 1: and we'll go to the next guy. Because the portal

710
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 1: is full. And it's funny because I asked somebody today, Hey,

711
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,800
Speaker 1: can I go look at the portal? No, the portal

712
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: is not public, because that would be a disaster if

713
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: the portal was public. Could you imagine that? Yeah, but

714
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:07,359
Speaker 1: if I'm missing a kid, or if I if I

715
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 1: have to say goodbye to a kid, let me just

716
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,359
Speaker 1: go pick up another one. Right, I might have them

717
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 1: in my program. I might not have them in my program.

718
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 1: The landscape has changed. The problems that we used to have,

719
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 1: not completely don't exist anymore, but a lot of them don't.

720
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 1: And now you have new problems. So that's what you're

721
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 1: dealing with.

722
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's exactly. The problems have changed, and I think

723
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:33,280
Speaker 3: the issues are so different. But as I started seeing

724
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 3: this whole, you know, nil portal thing happening at the colleges,

725
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 3: I was one of the first ones to say, Man,

726
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 3: these colleges need to start thinking about running this like

727
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 3: an NFL organization. So it's not too surprising that you're

728
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 3: gonna end up with more more guys that have NFL

729
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 3: experience because they know how to run it, they know

730
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 3: how to do this. It still just has to be

731
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 3: determined how the schools are going to, you know, go

732
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:03,320
Speaker 3: through financial aspect of it. They still haven't really gotten

733
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 3: to that. But I mean, coaching football's coaching football's a

734
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 3: little different. You know, maybe Bill wants a challenge.

735
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 2: I don't know.

736
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,760
Speaker 3: I just I know this. I've said this many many times.

737
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 3: There's nothing in football that surprises me. And so when

738
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:18,319
Speaker 3: I saw this news, I kind of chuckled at it,

739
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 3: like it sounds as if it should be surprising, but

740
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 3: it really isn't. I mean, he's a free agent. He

741
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 3: can go wherever he wants. If I'm a college I

742
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:31,240
Speaker 3: call him. If anything else, he's gonna have ideas about

743
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 3: how you run things.

744
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: All right, I've got one more who's better for you?

745
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 1: Better chance at making the playoffs? We vaguely hit on this,

746
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 1: but not these two against each other, the Chargers and

747
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: the Broncos. Now, the Chargers are eight and four, the

748
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 1: Broncos eight and five. They're on the buy, so they

749
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 1: have one more notch in the loss column as opposed

750
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: to the Chargers. So they're a half game up in

751
00:40:56,520 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 1: the lost column, which is nice for LA A right.

752
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: I called them LA for the first time, the LA Chargers.

753
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:05,280
Speaker 1: I usually just called them the Chargers. Your thoughts though,

754
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,479
Speaker 1: better chance Broncos Chargers? Would you like? And they're gonna

755
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: play each other. By the way, here's the deal Chargers

756
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: down the stretch Chiefs this weekend? Ouch? That's is that

757
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: the Monday nighter? That's the Monday nighter. Wow? So that's

758
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:26,800
Speaker 1: the Funday night game at the Chiefs. Then Bucks, Broncos, Patriots, Raiders.

759
00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: That is no easy pickings down the stretch. And as

760
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:34,840
Speaker 1: we mentioned earlier, the Broncos by then the Colts, Chargers, Bengals, Chiefs.

761
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:35,440
Speaker 1: You pick it.

762
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 3: I feel like I would take the Chargers. I just

763
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 3: feel the Chargers overall, maybe there's just a little bit

764
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 3: more experience there. I trust Herbert more than I trust

765
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 3: trust bon Nicks, but you know, two quarterbacks from Morgan,

766
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 3: they've done a nice job. I just feel like I

767
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 3: could trust Herbert. Think Sean Payton. For as much as

768
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:56,759
Speaker 3: we said this is going to be a disaster to joke,

769
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 3: I think Sean Payton's done a really nice job. He

770
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,879
Speaker 3: and bon Nicks have really kind of craft something offensively,

771
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 3: and the Broncos defense plays its guts out. Vance has

772
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 3: done Vance Joseph has done an incredible job of that defense,

773
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:10,879
Speaker 3: just the way that Jesse Minter has done a great

774
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,919
Speaker 3: job with that Chargers defense. So I think they're pretty close.

775
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 3: But if I got a bet on it, I'm gonna

776
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 3: go with the Chargers. I just think the Chargers are

777
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,879
Speaker 3: a better overall, not by much, but I think they're

778
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 3: better overall, and they're definitely better at quarterback right now

779
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,440
Speaker 3: with Herbert and that experience.

780
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: Lost in the jamis joy on Monday night because it

781
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: was fun to watch Winston even if he lost. I mean,

782
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 1: it was too bad, but it was really entertaining. Bow

783
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:37,040
Speaker 1: Knicks looked really good to me. Bro a rookie he

784
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:40,320
Speaker 1: looked really sharp, and it looked like they're keeping him comfortable.

785
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,240
Speaker 1: He's making good throws, So that was something Johnny dikes

786
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: a lot. Yeah, Mark absolutely, all right. Coming up, we've

787
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 1: got Houston Methodist minutes. Final thoughts on the show Holiday

788
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 1: health habits. Do you have good ones? You need him,

789
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: don't you? Because I do. Let's listen in got some

790
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:01,319
Speaker 1: other thoughts on the way out as Tech Radio continues

791
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 1: final segment here on the program tonight. It's so great

792
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:07,240
Speaker 1: to have you listening to us, and we do Houston

793
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: Methodist Minutes in just a few moments here. Usually this

794
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 1: time I give you the injury report this time of

795
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: the week, but there is no injury report because we

796
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 1: won't have one till next Wednesday. Actually, yes, the team

797
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: will practice Monday, but they're not required to put one out.

798
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 1: What is going to be really weird is when they

799
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 1: play that Saturday Wednesday portion of the three game Gauntlet,

800
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 1: when they take on the Chiefs on a Saturday, come

801
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: home Sunday. Look, if it was a Sunday Monday, you're

802
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,399
Speaker 1: looking at right back to work. So they'll be working

803
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: Sunday while the rest of the league plays. It's just

804
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,319
Speaker 1: gonna be an odd dynamic. We'll be talking about that.

805
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 1: Not with head coach Ryans. It's going to be all

806
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 1: about Miami. When we get back to him on Monday.

807
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 1: He'll have his regular coaches show Monday at five o'clock

808
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,160
Speaker 1: to meet go Ryan's program. Can't wait for that, all right,

809
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:57,879
Speaker 1: Houston Methodist minutes. It's holiday time. You have a lot

810
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,360
Speaker 1: of things on your mind? Are healthy? How do you

811
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:04,760
Speaker 1: stay kind of healthy at least through all these holiday

812
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 1: parties or whatnot? A two parter here this week and

813
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:11,799
Speaker 1: next week with doctor Alicia Robashow from Houston Methodist. How's

814
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:12,400
Speaker 1: it going, doctor?

815
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 4: All good? Everything's great here.

816
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 1: All right, well, let's talk about holiday eating holiday healthy

817
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: because a lot of people are not. In fact, I

818
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:25,640
Speaker 1: have a friend who teaches fitness classes and they said, hey,

819
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: a lot of people aren't showing up and they're making

820
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 1: the mistake of maybe putting it off till January.

821
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:32,000
Speaker 3: What do you recommend?

822
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,799
Speaker 1: First of all, in that department your workout routine tough

823
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:37,959
Speaker 1: to maintain, but you have to write absolutely.

824
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,360
Speaker 4: You know, a lot of us are like, oh, it's December,

825
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 4: all start in January And that's really common, but not

826
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 4: good for you always start something, even if it is

827
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 4: just mild, even if it means you have a few

828
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 4: days that you're not going to be able to do

829
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,400
Speaker 4: it because you're traveling, or you're cooking, or you've got

830
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 4: events to do. But waiting till January is just a waste.

831
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 4: So why wait? Get started? Get doing something. Even if

832
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 4: it isn't your biggest plan and your best investment, it's

833
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 4: still starting something and so it's good for your health.

834
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:08,839
Speaker 1: Kind of a side note here, but do you find

835
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,560
Speaker 1: that a lot of people are intimidated about working out,

836
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,840
Speaker 1: about getting into shape. They see all these videos and

837
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 1: it looks intimidating, It looks like it's too much of

838
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:19,360
Speaker 1: a heavy lift. Pardon the pund and you could do

839
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 1: stuff at home that would help you out right.

840
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 4: Absolutely. Sometimes people are afraid of the big gyms. People

841
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:28,479
Speaker 4: are afraid of being either ridiculed or just not knowing

842
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 4: what they're doing. So, you know, one of the big

843
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:33,719
Speaker 4: things I either tell you patients or colleagues is get

844
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 4: a trainer. If you're going to go to the gym,

845
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,919
Speaker 4: have somebody that can help get you around the gym

846
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 4: of what's what and how to use the machines. If

847
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,319
Speaker 4: you have a friend that works out more than you do,

848
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,399
Speaker 4: then that's always welcome to You don't have to pay

849
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,319
Speaker 4: for it. But if you don't like going to a

850
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,719
Speaker 4: big gym, starting slowly and doing a lot of videos

851
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 4: is perfectly okay. We live in the time and age

852
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Speaker 4: that you can download just about anything. So there are

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Speaker 4: are yoga and pilates and payo and all the different

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Speaker 4: combination videos that you can do from the privacy of

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Speaker 4: your own home. So number one, you don't have to

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Speaker 4: worry about what you're wearing. Number two, you don't have

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Speaker 4: as quickly as you feel ready. And then if you

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Speaker 4: not working at it, home is still more than okay.

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Speaker 1: There she is doctor Alisha Robaschow from Houston Methodist, the

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Speaker 1: official healthcare provider of the Houston Texans. Houston Methodist dot

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Speaker 1: org for everything to do with Houston Methodist. Houston Methodist

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Speaker 1: leading medicine. All right, that's going to do it for

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Speaker 1: tonight's show. That was a quickie segment, so we'll be

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Speaker 1: back at it tomorrow, full three hour block of the

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Speaker 1: show with some really great content. You're gonna hear now,

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Speaker 1: we've aired this before caid' stover interview, but you got

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Speaker 1: to hear it again. It's amazing to hear what Cad

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Speaker 1: has to say as a rookie, very insightful guy. Many

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Speaker 1: other players, some of the assistant coaches, Nick Cassario will

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Speaker 1: be on, Damico Ryans will be on tomorrow. It's all

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Speaker 1: happening from six to nine, the three hour Friday night block.

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Speaker 1: Have a great night, everyone, Enjoy Thursday night football. Go Texans.