1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,639 Speaker 1: To be able to take it to that next level. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: That's what I'm excited about. Mills quick past the Gnard 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: with the sacks back at the twenty five yard line touchdown. 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: You'll stand rock and roll, Trey mot Smith coast to coast. 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: There is no off season for your Houston Texans. Game 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: day is every day. No, it's Texans all excess. Oh yes, 7 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: it is good evening everyone, and welcome to the program, 8 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: live from the Hunday Texans Mobile radio studio wherever we 9 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: happen to be. It's Mark Vandamer and John Harris with you. 10 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: And you know a day of the week it is, 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: Do I have to go dated references? If it was Monday, 12 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: I might be tell me why I don't like Mondays 13 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: or manic Monday. If it was Tuesday, I could say 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: afternoons with the Moody Blues. If it was Wednesday, I 15 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: could say Prince Spaghetti Day. Does anyone remember that? Maybe 16 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: three people? Do they even make Prince spaghetti anymore? But 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: it's Thursday, and that means it's time for the General. 18 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: John McClain for the Houston Chronicle General. Good evening. Wow, 19 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: what an intro. Thank you. I had coffee earlier, General, General, 20 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 1: you've ever been speechless, but I think you just were. 21 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: That was pretty amazing. I've got his speechless myself. I've 22 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: never heard Mark. I was right. I was writing next 23 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: for a Rock and roll Uh dated references with days 24 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,320 Speaker 1: of the week. I didn't get to Friday because we're 25 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: not there yet, and Johnny, maybe that's tomorrow, but it 26 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: is Thursday, and john it's not like a slow news 27 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: week in the NFL or anything in Major League Baseball 28 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: two with labor peace now and their season getting underweight 29 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: April seventh. But let's start here, General with I think 30 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: the biggest quarterback story of the week as far as 31 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: the division goes, and that would be Carson Wentz. Why 32 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: don't we just start here. I know there's a big 33 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: thing going on tomorrow related to the Texans and certainly 34 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: could have a major impact, but we'll get to that 35 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: in a few moments. Let's start with Wentz leaving Indie 36 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 1: for the Washington Commanders and what happens to Indy Now, 37 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: what you thought of the deal? Overall? It amazes me. 38 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: The coaches will think, well, just because he bombed out there, 39 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: I can handle him. And if Frank Wright can handle 40 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: him and Frank Wright, who coached him in Philadelphia, doesn't 41 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,679 Speaker 1: want him on the team because he's a bad teammate 42 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: or not a leader or whatever else that he did 43 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: to be shipped out of there after one season, and 44 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: they paid so dearly to get him. Something's wrong with 45 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz and yet the Commanders have made that trade. 46 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: You know, Taylor Annakey was a really good teammate and 47 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: hard worker, and he earned a lot of respect, And 48 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: of course he wasn't a high first round pick like 49 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz was. But my goodness, when you've been traded 50 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,079 Speaker 1: so much, especially to a coach who wanted you and 51 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: believes in you, and they get rid of you, I 52 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: would have been buy or beware. That just shows you 53 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: when Deshaun Watson finally has his legal situation cleared up, 54 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: what the Texans could probably get for him, especially when 55 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: you see what happened with Russell Wilson. So I'm guessing now, 56 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure the Colts are not going to get Watson. 57 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: So who do they turn to They don't have a 58 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: first round pick. I think they are. There's two guys 59 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: veterans to keep an out. Number one, Jimmy Garoppolo, who's 60 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: coming off surgery on his right shoulder, and the other 61 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: one might be Jordan's Love. Will Green Bay considering Aaron 62 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: Rodgers is signing a four year deal, decide to trade him? Now, 63 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: wait another year. You're not going to make a trade 64 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: for Jordan Love based on what he's done two touchdowns, 65 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: three interceptions, sixty eight rating. But if you did have 66 00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: him rated high two years ago, why not? Don't know 67 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: what else the Colts are gonna do. Well. It's good 68 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: news for the Texans because Wentz played pretty well against 69 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: the Texans. Yeah, he did play well against the Texans, 70 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: which was always mysterious in some sense, like why is 71 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: he playing well today? What's going on? I think one 72 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,559 Speaker 1: thing about a general that you know, trying to who 73 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: won the trade? Who won this trade? And sometimes that 74 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: stuff is just nebulous and frustrating. But I don't understand. 75 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: First of all, they were gonna have to cut Carson Wentz, 76 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: and the Commanders gave them two picks, a third and 77 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: a potential second. It's a third right now, but if 78 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: you play seventy percent of the plays in tween twenty two, 79 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,719 Speaker 1: it'll be a second. So the Colts got a second 80 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: and a third and complete contract relief. I don't understand 81 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: It's well, I was gonna make a comment about a 82 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: trade that happened two years ago, what your running back 83 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: was taken in the full complete salary was taken on 84 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: what it did need to be. But it seems like 85 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: that has happened to again with the Commanders. And I 86 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: don't know how much better to your point, John, the 87 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 1: Commanders are with Carson Wentz over Taylor Heineke. How much 88 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: better do you think this does make Washington over the 89 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: NFC East. I think it makes them good enough to 90 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: be the Giants and maybe compete with the Eagles buying 91 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: the Cowboys. And it's like, I don't know why the 92 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: Giants would not be interested in Watson. They wouldn't have 93 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: to give both those first round picks up. But considering 94 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: one is there what fifth and sixth or something like 95 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 1: that of Carolina is six, fifth and seven one of 96 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: those packages with the number three the Texans have, can 97 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: you imagine what it'd be like going in the draft 98 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: of those picks, or even going in with Carolina's number 99 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: six or Seattle's number nine. And whence, I you know 100 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 1: Ron Rivera, He's the one that controls the personnel. He 101 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: wanted to do it, and good. He's a great guy. 102 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: I hope it works out for him and they went 103 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: into Vision and beat the Cowboys. As far as the Colts, 104 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: I think Wentz being gone is good for the Texans, 105 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: all right, Russell Wilson going to Denver. Your thoughts and Seattle? 106 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: Are they rebuilding or not? Are they a contender to 107 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: make a big trade at the quarterback position for instance, 108 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: just hypothetically, Well, Pete Carroll's going to be seventy one 109 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 1: next season. He's not interested in going through a rebuild. 110 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: You know, they didn't make that deal for Drew Lock 111 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: to be their starter this year. And if they know 112 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: it's one thing if you take Mac Jones in the 113 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: first round and you surround him with a great defense 114 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: and a good running game, and so you can still 115 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: make the playoffs because you got the greatest coach in history. 116 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,239 Speaker 1: But most of the time, when you play a rookie 117 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: quarterback that's not going to have Washington obviously, little talk 118 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,119 Speaker 1: there was nobody they could get with that eleventh pick 119 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: in the first round. I don't think that they'll take 120 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: a quarterback with eleventh pick in the first round with 121 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: Wentz and because they paid too dearly to gain him, 122 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,679 Speaker 1: to make think he's going to be a one year deal, 123 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: and then they're going to promote the rookie. And in Seattle, 124 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: I'm told they're interested in a veteran quarterback. And I 125 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: wrote today that if the Satan Seahawks offered two ones 126 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 1: and two twos and the five that they got for 127 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, and they kept no offense, and they had 128 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: Watson throwing the Tyler Lockett dk met Keth, no offense, 129 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: they resigned running back with Sean Penny who averaged one 130 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty two yards over the last five games, 131 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty five and the last two games, 132 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: that would be a prolific offense. And to have Deshaun 133 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: Watson running the show, and they had Watson, of course, 134 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: had that great game the kids, would they make the 135 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: trade with the civil suits not being settled, maybe all 136 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: of them won't be wood. Watson waves no trade class 137 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: to go to the Great North as one of the 138 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: most beautiful cities in the country, to play with offensive 139 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: firepower like that in a great stadium that's sold out 140 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: with rabid fans every game. He could do like Russell 141 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: Wilson and live on the water in a great estate. 142 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: Would that be possible? Would he approve that? I can't imagine. 143 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: If he wants to win and play with great players 144 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: on offense, Seattle would not be the destination where he 145 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't want to go. On the other end, Maybe Nike 146 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: Caserio is able to get no offan and am him 147 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 1: as a starting tie the end and Reverend Jordan as 148 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 1: the backup, because right now only a one guard, one 149 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: tied end at the contract. Well, the type of titan 150 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: they've got to get is a guy that's got some beef, 151 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: can put his hand in the ground knock people off 152 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: the ball. And I don't know if Fan does that, 153 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: But either way, point being, you're right, John, they do 154 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: have to go out and get tight ends. Let'sok. At 155 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: the other side of that, John, you mentioned Russell Wilson 156 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: living in that his state in Seattle. He now goes 157 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,079 Speaker 1: in lives in the mountains with Sierra in Denver. Do 158 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: you think that's gonna play him in the AFC West 159 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: still making noise today And we'll get to that one 160 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 1: in a second. But Russell going to Denver, how do 161 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: you like that fit with Thaniel Hacket as head coach 162 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: of play caller, the receivers, the offensive lines decent, not 163 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,559 Speaker 1: get great, but decent. And then you got to Montey 164 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,719 Speaker 1: Williams back there as a running back. What do you 165 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: think about Russell Wilson's fit not only Dever, but in 166 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: the AFC West there was a report that Washington was 167 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: going to offer more. I don't know how the commanders 168 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 1: could have done that, but he rejected it. He had 169 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: no trade clause, and I don't blame him not wanting 170 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,439 Speaker 1: to play for Daniel Snyder, especially you know wh things 171 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 1: that could happen in Washington and the investigation and they 172 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: could get fine first draft big so I think it's great. 173 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 1: And he's got a running game. Like you said, they've 174 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: got everything on offense, but their defense won't be as 175 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: good without big Fangio running in. And right now, I 176 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: wouldn't pick them to win the division. That big Kansas 177 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: City maybe be right there with a Charger and all 178 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: those teams would be trying to make the playoffs. Tough division. 179 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: Johnny miss your last appearance on six ten. Do you 180 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: have a prediction for what's going to happen tomorrow? Legal wise, 181 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: nobody has a clue what's going to happen. Grand juries, 182 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: don't often hear testimony, make an immediate ruling they're supposed to. 183 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: I think they subpoened at eight of the accusers. I 184 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: think they're not going to ask each of one question 185 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: and make a decision. I'd be stunned. What I mean, 186 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,719 Speaker 1: what happens on Friday? What business ever gets done on 187 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: a Friday? So I'm not expected now if they file charges, 188 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: Watson could be on the team again next year while 189 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:50,359 Speaker 1: they wait for court dates. But if say they don't indict, 190 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: then people are wondering about Roger Goodell. Well does he say, okay, 191 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 1: he's under a lot of pressure from Congress because of 192 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: Washington sexual miss conduct. Jerry Jones has got stuff going on. 193 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: Would he feel pressure to suspend Watson or would he figure, okay, 194 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: he missed a season, that's punishment enough. And people say 195 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 1: what kind of punishments that he made ten point five 196 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: four million, Well, he wanted to play, And I've had 197 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: people that no Watson and they said he was devastated 198 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: that he didn't not get to play last season and 199 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: never thought it would come to that. So he does 200 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: not want to sit out this season, so they better 201 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: hope they don't indict, and then that goodell, if he's 202 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: gonna suspend, it makes it a minimal amount, maybe two 203 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: games or six, and it's reduced to three on appeal, 204 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: and then it becomes the civil suits. Now, Mike Florio 205 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: from Pro Football Talk, who's an attorney, does a great job. 206 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: He's been right for about two weeks. Multiple teams will 207 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: make them offers despite the twenty two civil suits, and 208 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: maybe he's right. The Texan sure hope he's right because 209 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: they want to trade him. And in Seattle has been 210 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: through this kind of situation with Frank Clark, their former 211 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: defensive end. They traded to Kansas City, who was kicked 212 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: out of Michigan State because he beat up his girlfriend 213 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: and from multiple witnesses and they got killed by fans 214 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: and media up there, and then the people cheered him, 215 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: gave him standing ovations. So I think that if whenever 216 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: we find out that they had died or they don't, 217 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,959 Speaker 1: that is the next big step and the wheels will 218 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: start turning, and hopefully multiple teams will call Nick Assario 219 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 1: and he'll say, Sean, okay, Miami's out of it, so 220 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: will you go to Carolina. He rejected Philadelphia last year? 221 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: Will you go to Seattle? And if I'm Seattle and 222 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: I'm Pete Carroll and John Schneider, I'm asking the owner, 223 00:12:56,120 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: Jody Allen, can I borrow your jet and send it 224 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: down to Houston and thick up to Shaun Watson and 225 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: his girlfriend and bring him up here and let's show 226 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: him Seattle in a good time. He's only seen the 227 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: stadium and his team's hotel and hopes that he would 228 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 1: say okay to the Seahawk. I don't even know that 229 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: I can think about all that. John. It's so just like, oh, 230 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: it's all the ifs, and I mean, we all know that. 231 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,839 Speaker 1: But what did happen today? I'll transition to this back 232 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:32,559 Speaker 1: to the FC West. Khalil Mack traded back to the 233 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: FC West, traded to the LA Chargers to be added 234 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: with Nick Bosa, and kind of to the theme of 235 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 1: all this of Carson Wentz and the potential Watson trade, 236 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: he goes for a second and a future sixth. I 237 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: was a little shocked at that price tag on Khalil Mack. 238 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: But he goes back to the Chargers. They get Russell 239 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 1: Wilson and Denver. But the Chargers answer with some defensive guys, 240 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 1: including one of the best, Kalil Mack. Where are your thoughts? 241 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 1: Was the general's gut reaction to going back to the 242 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 1: FC West. Well, I see all these people, Oh my goodness, 243 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa, and I'm thinking, what's Khalil 244 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: mc done lately? Why is everybody getting excited about him? 245 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: And remember when John Gruden just got roasted for making 246 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 1: that trade. And I can't remember what he did with 247 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: the picks, but I do know they were in the 248 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: playoffs this season and the Bears were not. And I 249 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: would think Bears new GM that was done by former 250 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: general manager Ryan Pace, that he'd like to have those 251 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: picks because the Bears are kind of rebuilding with second 252 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: year quarterback Justin Fields and Chargers, when you're playing against 253 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and Russell Wilson and Derek Carr, you'd never 254 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: be able to get the quarterback. So in a short term, 255 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: I think he's what twenty nine or will be twenty 256 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: nine or thirty, I can't remember. In a short term, 257 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: that's probably good and he ought to be real fired 258 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: up about it, because anytime you get a division with 259 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: quarterbacks like that, my goodness, you'd better get him and 260 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: be able to cover and say Watson ended up in Seattle. Seattle, 261 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: look at that division and their quarterbacks Stafford, Murray, Watson, 262 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: and Lance, all of them former first round picks to 263 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: the first overall, and then the other teams better load 264 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: up on Bass risers if that happens. I want to 265 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: get back to Jordan Love here for a moment, because 266 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: the Jordan Love talk and it's just talked from the 267 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: outside in Jordan Love going to the Colts possibly. I 268 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: welcome that Johnny and I were debating this yesterday. He's 269 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: got one appearance to evaluate. I know he was highly 270 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: regarded coming out of college. He's a first round draft 271 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: choice and all of that, but you don't really have 272 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: a whole lot of NFL film on him, and he'll 273 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: be playing for the first time on a regular basis. Look, 274 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: the Texans went through this too when they acquired Matt 275 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 1: Shop for a couple of twos back in two thousand 276 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: and seven. Shob actually had more time with the Falcons 277 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: behind Mike Vick. Then Love has behind Aaron Rodgers in 278 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: Green Bay. Not that you could make the best evaluation, 279 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: but they felt pretty comfortable and Shop did some good 280 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: things here. I'm not saying Love's not better than Shop, 281 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: but you don't know. And for the Colts, that's a 282 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: pretty risky proposition to make that deal. I think they 283 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: Chris Mallard the general manager and Frank Rock the coach, 284 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: would have had to have had Jordan Love rated high. 285 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: Now they who was that was two years ago? So 286 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: was Philip Rivers just retired or was he playing one 287 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: more year? So it was then once this season, and 288 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: it was Rivers the year before, so they still had Rivers. 289 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: Now he wasn't going in the first round if Green 290 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: Bay hadn't traded to Pick to go back there and 291 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: get him at twenty seven or whatever. But I think 292 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: if you got Jordan Love, Ryan Tannehill and Trevor Lawrence 293 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: coming off the disappointing rookie season going into his I 294 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: could season that's not quite as good as the AFC 295 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: West is in the NFC West, could be Seattle makes 296 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: the trade for Watson and Tannehill, you know, because Aaron 297 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: Rodgers had bought land in Nashville, and I think his 298 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: good buddy Clay Matthews had a lot to do with 299 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: that because all the former Matthews players are living in Nashville, 300 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 1: like Rex, Ryan and Bobby Bethord moved. He moved there. 301 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: There's a lot of people behind homes there. People just 302 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 1: assumed that the Titans were going to trade point. That 303 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: was never a possibility, and so Ryan Tannehill's got to 304 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: get Derry Henry back to be effective. But if you're 305 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 1: you know, you think about the Texans playing the division 306 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: should be so much easier than having to play the 307 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: FC West next season. Well they get the NFC East 308 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: and so that's it's a decent it's a decent balance, 309 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 1: if you will. General you mentioned it earlier. Mark and 310 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: I haven't talked about this, but General Hawks said, are 311 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,479 Speaker 1: you off of football for a second? Baseball's back? How 312 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: do you feel about that? When I went in to 313 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: get a haircut today, I walked in, everybody's shouting baseball 314 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: is back. And then I'm thinking, the only bad thing 315 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: is Carlos Correa is gone, and it's gonna be weird. 316 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 1: Baseball free agency, an NFL free agency all going at 317 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: the same time. Gonna be a lot of money being 318 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: fun from near and far, and I can't wait to 319 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: see it can't wait to have the season. I'm glad 320 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: they didn't have to postpone games. I missed being able 321 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 1: to go to spring training and watch the Astros and 322 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: can't wait till they crank it up because they're still 323 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: gonna have good pitching staff and they're still gonna have 324 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: good hitters. But man, losing Springer and Correa in back 325 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 1: to back seasons, that kind of makes me want to 326 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: throw up. And if Correa ends up with the Yankees 327 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: or the Dodgers, I will vomit. Well, Steve Phillips from 328 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: Serious Sex MMLB radio says that he thinks Karea stays 329 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: in Houston, and look, he's not a news breaker. That's 330 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: his analysis, so we'll see if he's right. But that 331 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: kind of piqued my interest, and he had a pretty 332 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: solid case for Karea in this market, signing a shorter 333 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 1: and lucrative contract with the Astros and sere well, he 334 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: was all he would happened. It was for good money, 335 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: but everybody says he wants a longer deal and that 336 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 1: he turned down like two hundred and sixty five million 337 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,400 Speaker 1: to be reunited with aj Hanshon Detroit. So I don't 338 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: know that state Phillips is right. Yeah, he thinks there's 339 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: not going to be that kind of long term deal 340 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: out there for him that he's gonna like it. He'll 341 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 1: take the shorter money and then try to reup later. 342 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: We'll see what happens. Okay, General characterized a kind of 343 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 1: free agency. This is going to be for the Houston Texans. 344 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 1: We all know what happened last year. They signed a 345 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: ton of players, They needed a ton of players one 346 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: and two year deals. How different is it going to 347 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: be this year? Knowing that they have more draft choices 348 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: coming and possibly a whole lot more. They're gonna have 349 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: nine draft choices. You don't want too many. There's no 350 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 1: way Nickssario wants another two or three draft choices this 351 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 1: year because, as always say, too many young players are 352 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: like a salad with too much green. It's just not good. 353 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: And so I think that he'll want them spread over 354 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: the next couple of years. They've got to resign Malie 355 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: Collins and came with Rouge Hill. Not sure if they're 356 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:27,679 Speaker 1: going to make a run at Justin Reid or not, 357 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: and if they'd let Justin Reid walk and they'll get 358 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: a compensed story big next year. Then I think it 359 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: makes it more likely that they draft John Harris's number 360 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 1: one overall aspect, and that would be safety Kyle Hamilton, 361 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: even though he could not do one thing for the 362 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: running game, and the running game can do a lot 363 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: for him in the rest of the defense. But I 364 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: think that I wonder if Terrence Mitchell being cut makes 365 00:20:55,520 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 1: it more likely they would resign Desmond King, because if 366 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: they Right now, I think they have four veteran corners 367 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: under contract, and they still need an improvement, but they're 368 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: not destitute. They're not destituting the defensive line. You know, 369 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: they got one tight end and then really they got 370 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: two receivers. They can count on cooks and college. You know, 371 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 1: doors sat at a cup of coffee and then he 372 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,359 Speaker 1: got hurt, and so I don't think they target that early. 373 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: But they've got to have a new offensive line. You know, 374 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: do they trade Tonsil That means George Warhop, I'm guessing 375 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: would have four new starters unless he likes Charlie Atkin 376 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: plays to start, Titus Howard and left tackle. But that 377 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: offensive line has got to be improved. The good thing is, 378 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: because Sarrio can't go wrong, they need to play help. 379 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: So many places. I just I just want him to 380 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: not trade down from three because he's got a chance 381 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: to get a big time impact player. But if you 382 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: make a Illa Seattle, you might get the tenth pick 383 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: night pick. That could happen. General, we're gonna call this 384 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:11,199 Speaker 1: crystal ball. You got one sentence to explain what happens 385 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: to the particular individuals as we approached the new league 386 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 1: here all right, ready, here we go. You just talked 387 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: about Desmond Kings, so we'll leave that one alone. Justin Britt, 388 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 1: I don't think he's back because he's injured too much 389 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: and he's gonna be over thirty. What you gut to 390 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: tell you about? MALIEK Collins resigned? Christian Kirksey resign because 391 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: those guys are not going to get him a lot 392 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: of money from anybody else. And Lovey Smith puts a 393 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: lot of stock in culture. Cultures added to people wonder 394 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,199 Speaker 1: what the culture is it's added to. Courtesy is a 395 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: great guy for the attitude. It wouldn't cost a lot. 396 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 1: You mentioned Desmond King. How about where's the one I 397 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 1: was gonna ask you about? Oh, Danny Amendola, I'm not 398 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,959 Speaker 1: counting him on him being back just because he's so 399 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: old and talked about retiring, but if he wants to 400 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: be back, I'd signed him to a one year deal 401 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: because if you look and how literally played in his production, 402 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: it was amazing. I think that's all of them. I 403 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: think I got all of the Okay, I think that's 404 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 1: the ones I wanted to know. There are a few 405 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: others I could ask about. Oh, did I ask you 406 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 1: about Jacob Martin. No, Jacob Martin, I think you know 407 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: these guys. If they hit free agency next Wednesday at 408 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: three o'clock, I think they'll go somewhere else. Martin's never 409 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: turned into the pass rusher they hoped he would be. 410 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,640 Speaker 1: That is a need position. If they drafted, say say 411 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: hudg Center or Trayvon Walker who stock has gone up 412 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: since the Combiner, or Trayvon or Cavon Thibodeau, then they 413 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: would have a rookie pass rusher opposite Jonathan Grenard who 414 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: had a breakout year, and then you'd have MALIEK Collins 415 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: and Roy Thomas inside. You would have your defensive line set. 416 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: And but I don't think they're destitute there. Like the 417 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: Art the running game, you guys know, it's the worst 418 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: running game in team history. It is the worst than 419 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: the NFL. It can not just because Sarrio is not 420 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,439 Speaker 1: going to ignore it, but he's got to target it 421 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: big time. Absolutely has to target it, and he will. General, 422 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: what do you have going out of the chronicle? Brooks? 423 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: Combine and I have stuff for Sunday on free agents. 424 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: I've got my mailbag will be posted in the morning. 425 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: And Brooks did a great job at the Combine And 426 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 1: I wrote every day even though I wasn't there. You 427 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: guys did a great job as always, and I'm fired 428 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: up about Monday and then of course on Wednesday. It 429 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 1: is a feeding frenzy. I told Brooks, your head is 430 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: going to be spinning. Awesome. General, thanks so much of 431 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: the time as always, Thank you guys. That's John mcclayf 432 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: for the used to chronicle. All right, coming up we 433 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: usually do Who's Better on Thursdays. We're going to do 434 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:09,120 Speaker 1: in NFL and Texans. Would you rather for Johnny? It's 435 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: coming up next NFL and Texans would you rather hear? 436 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 1: On Texans Radio? 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Leading back to the show that 446 00:25:55,040 --> 00:26:00,160 Speaker 1: teach you, plugged in with the Houston Texans tex It's 447 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,959 Speaker 1: all access. Mark Vanderman and John Harris with you. All right, 448 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,239 Speaker 1: let's play would you rather? Instead of Who's Better? We're 449 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:10,360 Speaker 1: gonna make a substitution today on March tenth, March Madness 450 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,120 Speaker 1: is kind of going on this week, Johnny. With these 451 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: conference tournaments. I love these, I absolutely love them. And 452 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: Lopez and I are doing the South and Conference Final 453 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 1: on Saturday night, eight thirty live right on Sports Radio 454 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: six ten on the dial. Position you have right now. 455 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: It is at the Merrill Center in Katie. Automatic bid 456 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: to the NCAA tournament on the line. We do it 457 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: every year. It's fun. I know you did it with 458 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: me last year. It was great to have you along 459 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,159 Speaker 1: and Lopez's back, It'll be fun. So I wanted to 460 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: get that plug in. All right, you're ready for Would 461 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 1: you rather let's go? Would you rather the Colts get 462 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:47,160 Speaker 1: Jordan Love or Kirk Cousins? Which would you rather have 463 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 1: them do? From a Texans perspective, of course, I'm not 464 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: talking about who's going to help them win more. I 465 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 1: want the quarterbacks selected to help them lose more often. 466 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 1: I want them to get Kirk Cousins. Do you think 467 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,679 Speaker 1: Jordan Love is going to be that much better than 468 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,920 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins did this discussion slash fight last night? I know, 469 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: and I have not changed my stance. I give is dangerous. 470 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: He's dangerous now. He's dangerous both ways. He's dangerous in 471 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: that it could be as with anything, it could be 472 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: a total and complete flop, or it's gonna be a 473 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: home run and it's one of the other. For him, 474 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: it is either a three pitch strikeout or it is 475 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 1: a five hundred foot home run. And I would lean 476 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,080 Speaker 1: more towards the five hundred four home run because with 477 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: Frank Reich, with the weapons that are there in Indianapolis, 478 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: that scares me. Kirk Cousins is gonna do enough to 479 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: tantalize and then get you beat. I don't think after 480 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: and this is the other This is the other part 481 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: of this. And this goes to kind of the You know, 482 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins is a pretty headstrong individual, and he and 483 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz are not wound all that differently. There were 484 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: a lot of things that went on. Kirk Cousins is 485 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: not gonna give Hometown discounts. I don't think Kirk Cousins 486 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,360 Speaker 1: is gonna be that much of an upgrade over Carson 487 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 1: Wentz in the locker room. So I would think Jordan's 488 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,359 Speaker 1: love is going to be more of an issue. So 489 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: I Kirk Cousins, I am not gonna wake up on 490 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: a Sunday morning in Indianapolis Mark thinking about the game going, 491 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: Oh man, we're facing Kirk Cousins. I did that with 492 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,880 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck. I did that at times of Philip Rivers. 493 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: I would do that with Jordan Love. I would not 494 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: do that with Kirk Cousins. It's funny that Luck is 495 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: the one guy to get swept and it was as 496 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: Wilder did it to Houston, Texans and when it's all 497 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: said and done with the Luck era in Indy all right, 498 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: So they got two division championships out of it. They 499 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: had what three playoff appearances because they made it in 500 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: twelve as a wild card when the Texans won the division. 501 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: And that's it. And that's it. Remember, they were struggling 502 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: to get to five hundred those years, fifteen sixteen. It 503 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: was really tough for them. I'm amazed that it went 504 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 1: that badly. It's almost like they're paying back whatever deal 505 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: they made with the Devil to get Peyton Manning in 506 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: the first place and enjoy all that success with him. Yeah. 507 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: I mean they went right from Peyton Manning to Andrew 508 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: Luck and then the day I mean, I will never 509 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: forget the day that Luck retired. We're up in Dallas 510 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: playing that game, and it's an awful It's one of 511 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: the worst games I have ever seen, regular season, playoff 512 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: or not. It's ridiculously bad. And I remember I'm interviewing 513 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 1: Hop and we get done and you don't even say 514 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: thank you or nice job or anything. You just go 515 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: seismic news and I'm like, wait, what And I look 516 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: over you tell me, and I'm just like, oh my gosh. 517 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: We start talking about it, and I look over and 518 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: there's a group of people around JJ Watton. There's like 519 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,719 Speaker 1: eight to ten guys and they're all chatting. I can 520 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: see their eyes and I'm like, oh my gosh. They 521 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 1: just find out the news too. I mean it was 522 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: seismic and the Colts are not gonna got it right 523 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: since I mean Brissette Rivers got him too the playoffs 524 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 1: where they lost to Buffalo, and then you know what 525 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: happened to this past year with Carson Wentz. And now 526 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: who knows what they're gonna do. But I know Chris 527 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 1: Ballard doesn't worry about legacies and such, but it's on 528 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: the line and his job might be on the line. 529 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: But I don't believe that Carson Wentz was his choice anyways. 530 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: That was Frank rych I mean, Franks made that well known. 531 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: He was the guy that pushed for him. They went 532 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: and made a deal for him, got him. It didn't 533 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: work out. Ballard got the deal to get him out 534 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: of it, and so you move on. But whoever they choose, 535 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: there's a lot of pressure on Indie right now to 536 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 1: make the right decision. One playoff win for this regime. 537 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: So far, we all know where it was. I don't 538 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: want to relive that all right, would you rather if 539 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: you are Arizona Johnny, you are the Arizona Cardinal, congratulations, 540 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: Would you rather have Kyler Murray? Or what if I 541 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: offered you Kirk Cousins. Would you rather have Kirk Cousins 542 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: there or Kyler Murray there? Look, Kyler's a diva plus 543 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: I mean, he is a diva diva diva. But I'll 544 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: take Kyler Murray or Kirk Cousins. As you can tell, 545 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest Kirk Cousins guy in the world. 546 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 1: I think that offense with Cliff Kingsbury's offense has been constructed. 547 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 1: I don't say in large part four guy at Kyler Murray, 548 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: but I'll tell you this, if Kirk Cousins have been 549 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: behind an offensive line this last year, he'd have died. 550 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: He would have died. The offensive line was terrible. I 551 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: told I told you dred Away home, and we were 552 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: all talking about it. I said, they're only gonna go 553 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: as far as an offensive line allows him to go, 554 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 1: because Kyler can't be running around here forever. And even 555 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: in our game, you could see the frustration he was 556 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,400 Speaker 1: getting frustrated. He was getting hit from Gunnard in the 557 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: backside Jacob Martin hit got him for that safety. I 558 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: mean he was he was getting really rush rade in 559 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: our game and they won that game thirty thirty one 560 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: seven or five or whatever it was. So that offensive 561 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 1: line has not helped him out. And if you think 562 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: about the quarterbacks that have had success for the most 563 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: part in the league, when then they came in as 564 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: a young quarterback just lately, you know, Lamar Jackson step 565 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 1: behind a line with Ronnie Stanley and Zeus Brown and 566 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: Jensen at center. You know, the Shawn's the one that 567 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: didn't have a great offensive line in front of him. 568 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: Mahomes had a tremendous offensive line in front. They did 569 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 1: have to reconfigure it and out it's one of the best. Again, 570 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: Josh Allen's offensive line was decent. It wasn't great, but 571 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: they improved it by year two and three in his 572 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: play improved as a result. Joe Burrow, Man, it's amazing 573 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,400 Speaker 1: to see what Joe Burrow doing with that offensive line 574 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: with the Cincinnati Bengals. But you put a young quarterback 575 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: behind a crappy offensive line, You're only gonna go as 576 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: far as an offensive line is gonna allow. And I 577 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: think Kyler Murray. If that offensive line could get some 578 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: help and give Kyler some help, then I think the 579 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: Cardinals will end up being fine with Kyle. He's a diva. 580 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: There's no doubt Pops is an issue. It's yeah, it's 581 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 1: a problem, but I would take that all day, every 582 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: day over Kirk Cousins. All right, Next one, would you 583 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: rather you are required and you are the Houston Texans 584 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: right now? Congratulations about that. You are the Houston Texans 585 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: and you are required to switch to another division. I'm 586 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 1: not saying who's leaving that division, but you are switching 587 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: to another division. The league is mandating this. Do you 588 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: go to the NFC East or the NFC South. I'm 589 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: giving you a choice of either one. Which one are 590 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 1: you picking? Well, I'm gonna sayn FFC South. And the 591 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 1: are two reasons. Number One, that division has gone from 592 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: the penthouse to outhouse. Breeze gone, Brady gone, Oh my god, 593 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: what's happened? The Panthers can't figure it out a quarterback 594 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan is making nearly fifty million dollars and 595 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 1: he's killing the Falcons on salary cap. The NFC South 596 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: is right to be ad plus NFC South shorter flights. 597 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 1: I don't like to fly. I likes in the NFC South. 598 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: Those are the two reasons I've gone. I stressed number 599 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:13,359 Speaker 1: one more than number two. I love games. I love 600 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: games in Philly. That game in Philly in twenty eighteen, 601 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 1: even though we lost that game, that was one of 602 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: the more fun afternoons i've had. I love games in Philly, 603 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: love going to New York. So that would be cool 604 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,520 Speaker 1: to be in the A in NFC East. Take Dallas 605 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: output us in. Just swapped the two, put Dallas in 606 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:34,240 Speaker 1: with Tennessee Indian Jacksonville. But I think the NFC South 607 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:36,319 Speaker 1: is ripe to be had, And I'm not saying that 608 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,799 Speaker 1: we would go win it this year, but we'd be 609 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: in the mix. Because you have no idea what's going 610 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,319 Speaker 1: on with New Orleans the quarterback position. You have no 611 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 1: idea what's going on Tampa Bay, it's the quarterback position. 612 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: And in Carolina, if any of those three teams end 613 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: up beginning to Shaun Okay, now it's a different story 614 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,320 Speaker 1: because there is a lead dog. For sure. There's no 615 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 1: lead dog there right now. None, There's there's just four 616 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: of them kind of just sitting at the in line going, 617 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 1: all right, you're gonna tell us when to go. So 618 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 1: I would go to the NFCY South. Right now, how 619 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: did the Saints finished nine and eight? I mean, that's 620 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,640 Speaker 1: pretty good work considering what they were going through quarterback 621 00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: wise and injury wise. Yeah, I thought Champaign did the 622 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,439 Speaker 1: heck of a job with that team, did a hack 623 00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: job with that team. But when he looked up and 624 00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,399 Speaker 1: said as seventy one million or a cap, I'm good, 625 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,879 Speaker 1: I'm good, I'm good. You got this, Mickey limolutely, it's 626 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 1: all yours brother, hang on. So, yeah, Champaign did a 627 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 1: will have a job of that team last year. I thought, no, 628 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 1: Michael Thomas either. Michael Thomas didn't play for most of 629 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,839 Speaker 1: that year. Camara missed like five or six games. Man, 630 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 1: he did a really good job with that now I 631 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: think about it, Yeah, he absolutely did. Um, I'm intrigued 632 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 1: by the NFC East only because it would be great 633 00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: to be in the same division as Dallas. I think 634 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,399 Speaker 1: that would be so cool to be able to play 635 00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 1: them every year that in this case it would be 636 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,799 Speaker 1: twice a year. But you know how I feel with 637 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,960 Speaker 1: the seventeen games, I always thought if there was a 638 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,360 Speaker 1: seventeenth game, we'd get a chance at that Texans Cowboys 639 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,960 Speaker 1: natural rivalry every year at least if you get to eighteen, 640 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,320 Speaker 1: Please make it happen. Then. I don't know if they will, 641 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: because we've discussed as many times not every team as 642 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,239 Speaker 1: a natural rival in the other conference, but man, it 643 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,279 Speaker 1: would be so cool to be able to see that. 644 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: Maybe they would change the formula though, because you and 645 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 1: I came up with the whole system for doing this before. 646 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,840 Speaker 1: If you gave everybody two rivals in the opposite conference, 647 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: then you get it done. Then you find a way 648 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,600 Speaker 1: to get it done. And for instance, I don't want 649 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 1: to believe in the point here, but if you're the Patriots, 650 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: for instance, the Giants are your natural rival, but the 651 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: Bills would see it that way as well. So what 652 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,359 Speaker 1: are you gonna do? Right, So, if you have two 653 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,239 Speaker 1: NFC opponents for an AFC team, you can get it done, 654 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,680 Speaker 1: all right, Johnny, Next segment, here's what I want. It's 655 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,560 Speaker 1: mid round madness. It's March madness. No, it's mid round madness. 656 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,000 Speaker 1: Everybody talks about, oh, you have the number three pick 657 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,719 Speaker 1: in the draft or whatever, you're drafting high in the 658 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 1: second round. No, No, I want to focus on the guts, 659 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 1: the meat of the draft. You're gonna give me one 660 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:06,839 Speaker 1: tight end, one pass rusher, and one receiver who could 661 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:11,760 Speaker 1: help the Texans as immediately as possible if you select 662 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: them in the mid rounds, and that would be you know, 663 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: is third considered a bid round? Why not? Let's go 664 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: third and down and you tell me what next here 665 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:25,839 Speaker 1: on Texans Radio. Lord, Texans Radio is on the way. 666 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: What destinations are on your financial checklist? A new home, 667 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,840 Speaker 1: a new savings account, whatever it may be. TDECU offers 668 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,000 Speaker 1: better ways to save and do more with your money. 669 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 1: Join TDECU, the Official credit Union of the Houston Texans. 670 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:50,240 Speaker 1: Texans Radio The drive continues, Mark fandam Aaron John Harris 671 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 1: with you before we get to that mid round madness, Johnny, 672 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:58,960 Speaker 1: the Aaron Rodgers deal is not signed yet, and you 673 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,439 Speaker 1: wonder what it's you know, what's taken so long? Here? 674 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,960 Speaker 1: They have a deal, don't they? Am I just reading 675 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,240 Speaker 1: too much into it? I know PFT likes to tweet 676 00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: stuff just to get everybody all riled up, but they 677 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,760 Speaker 1: point out that if it's not done by Wednesday started 678 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,520 Speaker 1: the league year, the cap numbers not reduced all right, 679 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: the cap numbers forty six point sixty six million for 680 00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: the upcoming season. To knock that down, they got to 681 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 1: get it done before the start of the league year. 682 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:32,120 Speaker 1: League year start three pm Central Wednesday. Is a big 683 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,279 Speaker 1: deal as far as these contracts. Don't ask me to 684 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,160 Speaker 1: explain to all because we're gonna be here for a 685 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,160 Speaker 1: long time. Okay. That's up one class on contract law 686 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: many many years ago. And the one thing I remember 687 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,440 Speaker 1: is you don't have to sign the deal. If you 688 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,839 Speaker 1: verbally have agreed to the deal, then that's good enough 689 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 1: to make the deal now as it pertains to the 690 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 1: NFL and the requirements of what makes it. Maybe the 691 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,400 Speaker 1: language is different, I don't know, but if you have 692 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: verbally agreed to a d you then by not going 693 00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: through with it, I think you're uneguing on it. But 694 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,359 Speaker 1: that's the only thing I really remember from contract law. 695 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:19,319 Speaker 1: So you know, look, Florio is he's Florio. Yeah. Well, 696 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,719 Speaker 1: John McClean just said he does a great job. Now, 697 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,800 Speaker 1: he does a really good job with the legal stuff 698 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,120 Speaker 1: because he's an attorney, and I always thought that was 699 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:30,320 Speaker 1: his strong suit, all the legal stuff, business type stuff. 700 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,160 Speaker 1: I mean, Mike Floria is not the kind of guy 701 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: you ask, who do you think it's gonna win on Sunday? 702 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:38,480 Speaker 1: That's not his thing X strategy. Yeah, but people do 703 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,880 Speaker 1: ask him that and they ask for his analysis is 704 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:44,400 Speaker 1: like no, no, no, no no no. I mean, the PFT 705 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:49,319 Speaker 1: is an aggregation site that aggregates the stories and when 706 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 1: there's a story that needs more explanation, especially from a 707 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,800 Speaker 1: legal or a lost standpoint, which the NFL definitely needs. 708 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 1: The NFL definitely needs that because we have too many 709 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,160 Speaker 1: things going on. I e. Jeff Gladney Um, which my 710 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,759 Speaker 1: buddy Roddy Williams is called right in the middle of 711 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,400 Speaker 1: that as his agent um and glad he had to 712 00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:10,440 Speaker 1: go through all of that. So from that, from that standpoint, um, 713 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,520 Speaker 1: you know, just I don't want to say stay in 714 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: your lane, but you know, you don't have to. You 715 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,080 Speaker 1: don't have to muckrake if you will, you don't have to. 716 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:19,919 Speaker 1: You don't have to bring all that. Oh, he hasn't 717 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:21,720 Speaker 1: signed a contract. I mean, who knows why he hasn't 718 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 1: you know, gotten around to him. Maybe he's he's out 719 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,480 Speaker 1: of town, Maybe he can't find docu sign, maybe he 720 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:28,399 Speaker 1: doesn't know how to use the app on an Android phone. 721 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:32,920 Speaker 1: He just got an iPhone? Who knows? It just makes 722 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,239 Speaker 1: me so curious. Oh, man, like he hasn't gone to 723 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:42,480 Speaker 1: the bathroom yet, what's wrong with him? I mean, what stop? Stop, stop, stop, Johnny. 724 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,560 Speaker 1: He could be doing a cleanse, all right, and these 725 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 1: take a while for him. And if he's doing another one, 726 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,440 Speaker 1: oh my goodness, this could be a big problem. And 727 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:55,239 Speaker 1: as far as the verbal agreement versus this sign, I 728 00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: don't think they can file it with the league office 729 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,279 Speaker 1: in time if it's just a verbal So that's my 730 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:02,560 Speaker 1: thought on that. Anyway, give me all right, mid round draft. 731 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,799 Speaker 1: This coming draft, everyone talks about who are you gonna 732 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,960 Speaker 1: pick with number three overall? And I get it. There's 733 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:14,400 Speaker 1: always fascination and scrutiny and spotlight on who you pick first. 734 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,360 Speaker 1: I get it. But mid round, give me a pass 735 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:21,600 Speaker 1: rusher who could possibly help the Houston Texans in this draft. Okay, 736 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,480 Speaker 1: so now you mentioned earlier pass rusher. You want to go? 737 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:30,160 Speaker 1: You want to go third round, I'll okay, I'll go third, fourth, 738 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,440 Speaker 1: somewhere somewhere, third, fourth, fifth. I'm gonna give you a 739 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,840 Speaker 1: name of a guy, and it's gonna be really interesting 740 00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:39,959 Speaker 1: how the NFL reacts to him because he's he's got 741 00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:44,280 Speaker 1: some he's got some baggage from from days gone by, 742 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:50,000 Speaker 1: but he was incredibly He was an upstanding citizen, old Miss. 743 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,480 Speaker 1: He was great this past year. He ran a four 744 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:57,799 Speaker 1: four one the other day off the in the forty 745 00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:59,839 Speaker 1: or four four six, excuse me, a two hundred sixty 746 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:02,760 Speaker 1: one pounds, And that's Sam Williams from aout an old Miss. 747 00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:06,239 Speaker 1: I think like Grenard. Now, I don't think he has 748 00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:09,799 Speaker 1: got as many pass rush a pass rush skill set 749 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:11,760 Speaker 1: like John Garnard, but I think John ran like a 750 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,799 Speaker 1: four eight or four seven five or something like that. 751 00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,959 Speaker 1: Sam Williams the two sixty one ran at four four six, 752 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:20,400 Speaker 1: And I bring it up because he is an incredibly 753 00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,359 Speaker 1: skilled pass rusher. But there's so many pass rushers in 754 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,359 Speaker 1: this draft that Sam Williams is gonna get pushed down. Now, 755 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:30,319 Speaker 1: another guy that I think probably gets to round three 756 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:32,960 Speaker 1: that I really like, and I think other people really 757 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,360 Speaker 1: like him too, which makes me think a lot of 758 00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,040 Speaker 1: people like him around the league. And as Dominique Robinson 759 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,239 Speaker 1: at two hundred fifty three pounds, a little lights a 760 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,080 Speaker 1: formard wide receiver and he does a lot of he 761 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: does a lot of his pass rush standing up, but 762 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,600 Speaker 1: you talk about an athlete, Holy smokes. I saw him 763 00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:47,480 Speaker 1: at the Senior Balls, stood next to him and I'm like, 764 00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,600 Speaker 1: they kept having him rushed from the inside. I thought 765 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,560 Speaker 1: this is odd, But then you look at him me 766 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,600 Speaker 1: like that dude's got negative body fat. Dominy Robbins in 767 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:59,200 Speaker 1: Miami of Ohio. He's a guy to come off the edge. 768 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,279 Speaker 1: I'd like him. I think he is a guy that 769 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:04,120 Speaker 1: can blaze the edge and do some good things. He's 770 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:06,600 Speaker 1: two hundred fifty three pounds. If you want a guy 771 00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:10,040 Speaker 1: on the edge that's got a little something who could 772 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:13,840 Speaker 1: also transition inside is Zach Carter from out of Florida 773 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,920 Speaker 1: at two hundred and eighty two pounds. He is a loose, 774 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:22,120 Speaker 1: fluid athlete with some violence football violence that is. Zach 775 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:24,360 Speaker 1: Carter could be a really interesting guy that kind of 776 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,279 Speaker 1: fits that molded to Marcus Walker, where DeMarcus could rush 777 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:28,799 Speaker 1: from the outside, but then you'd see him rush from 778 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,239 Speaker 1: the inside. Well, Zach Carter from Florida could kind of 779 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:33,759 Speaker 1: fit that same bill. And he's about ten to twelve 780 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:37,280 Speaker 1: pounds heavier, and he's probably a little bit better athlete, 781 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,640 Speaker 1: if not as good a pass rushers. To Marcus right now, 782 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:41,439 Speaker 1: but he can kind of fill that inside outside role. 783 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:43,520 Speaker 1: So those are three guys from the edge. I think 784 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,480 Speaker 1: Round three and beyond could provide some really good value 785 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:51,279 Speaker 1: for the Texans. And Dominic Robinson lost a shoe and 786 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:55,480 Speaker 1: still did drills anyway with the lost shoe. So that's 787 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,600 Speaker 1: that Miami of Ohio toughness out of Oxford that we 788 00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:01,279 Speaker 1: like to see, but American for its toughness. Johnny, that's 789 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,120 Speaker 1: it for the show. We'll do the rest of it tomorrow. 790 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,400 Speaker 1: Big Day tomorrow, of course, who will be on the 791 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,359 Speaker 1: air at six pm to talk about it all. Thank 792 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,719 Speaker 1: you for your work. Thank you to the General John 793 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:14,319 Speaker 1: mcclaim from the Houston Chronicle Austin for producing. 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