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Speaker 1: Happy Friday.

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Speaker 2: Everybody, Welcome into a beautiful Friday. It's beautiful now, I

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Speaker 2: think for those of you that don't see rain, because

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Speaker 2: Sunday is going to be miserable in Nashville, well from

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Speaker 2: a weather perspective, but we're playing football, so it's always

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Speaker 2: a good thing. Welcome in everybody to Texans All Access

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Speaker 2: John Harris alongside the Voice of the Texans, Mark vandermir Mark.

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Speaker 2: First of all, Happy Friday. Going into the last regular

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Speaker 2: season game of the year. This is the last game

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Speaker 2: that is promised to you and to a team, to

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Speaker 2: an organization when the schedule comes out, it's the last

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Speaker 2: one of the year. Now, luckily we've got more to

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Speaker 2: play after this, but happy last week of the regular season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a strange week because you know, you don't

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Speaker 3: need the game, so to speak. And we've talked about

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Speaker 3: the different situations you've been through over the years where

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Speaker 3: you play this one and it doesn't affect your status

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Speaker 3: in the postseason at all. It's not status, but it's

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Speaker 3: maybe rhythm. It's feeling good about yourself if you get

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Speaker 3: the tenth victory. I'd like to see that. No matter

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Speaker 3: who's in the game. I'm curious to see how he's

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Speaker 3: gonna handle it. I think he's gonna start guys and

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Speaker 3: then take him out as the game progresses. I think

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Speaker 3: that is true, And let's just pray nobody gets hurt.

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Speaker 3: Who is really necessary, nobody gets hurt at all, But

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Speaker 3: obviously injuries occur. You gotta be as healthy as possible

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Speaker 3: next week. This is the most important thing. Monday, we're

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Speaker 3: gonna feel completely differently about everything because you know, you

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Speaker 3: have one opportunity, and whether you're the Vikings, the Lions, whoever,

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Speaker 3: you have one chance to keep your season going. By

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Speaker 3: the way that game Sunday night, I liken the loser

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Speaker 3: to going into It's almost like one of those tournaments

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Speaker 3: where you're entering the loser's bracket, right, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Fight your way out.

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Speaker 3: If you win, you're in the Winter's bracket. We go bye,

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Speaker 3: we play at home. If you lose, now you gotta

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Speaker 3: fight your way through the lower part of the bracket

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Speaker 3: to make your way back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Vikings, Lions. That'll be Sunday night.

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Speaker 2: We will hopefully be landing around that time, so we

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Speaker 2: get back to see that one. That's gonna be a

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Speaker 2: massive one because it does you think about an old

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Speaker 2: school college World Series. If you'd win those first two, yeah,

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Speaker 2: you were golden. You could set up your pitching rotation

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Speaker 2: the way you wanted, but you had to fight through

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Speaker 2: that loser's bracket. Oh yeah, staff, it is yeah, absolutely

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Speaker 2: every game and you're just fighting through it. But you

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Speaker 2: get through it. You're battle tested by the time you

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Speaker 2: get back to face that team. So that is a

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Speaker 2: big one on Sunday night. Texans will play at noon

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Speaker 2: on Sunday, January fifth. Now to try and do this

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Speaker 2: as clearly and as concisely and quickly as possible, Texans

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Speaker 2: can play three different opponents in the first round of

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Speaker 2: playoffs wild Card weekend. Yes, the Saturday games will go

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Speaker 2: a long way and giving getting us there, maybe not

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Speaker 2: all the way. So let's do this. Ravens win, Steelers win,

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Speaker 2: we face the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: No matter what, because the Chargers can't touch the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: If they tie them, they lose the tie breaker. The

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Speaker 3: Steelers and Ravens both beat the Chargers this year.

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Speaker 2: That's right. If the Ravens lose and the Steelers win,

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Speaker 2: then we face the Ravens.

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Speaker 3: Yeah please no, not now, not yet, not yet later, yes, yes,

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Speaker 2: And if it happens that way, whoever Baltimore Pittsburgh wins

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Speaker 2: the divisions of being a three seed. Okay, Baltimore wins,

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Speaker 2: Steelers lose, it's not automatic.

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Speaker 1: Do we face the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: No, Then you have to look at the result of

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Speaker 2: the Chargers Raiders game.

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Speaker 1: Right, the Chargers happened to win that game.

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Speaker 2: Combined with Ravens wins, Steelers loss, we would then face

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Speaker 2: the La Chargers.

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Speaker 3: And if Brandon Staley were still coaching the Chargers, I

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Speaker 3: would say the Raiders Chargers. The old rivalry returns and

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Speaker 3: anything can happen.

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Speaker 1: Throw the records out.

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Speaker 3: But with Harbaugh, I feel very confident that he'll be

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Speaker 1: That's the Vegas. It's in Vegas now. And the Raiders

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Speaker 3: But if the Chargers had a fan base, they could

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Speaker 1: But they don't, so they won't. And that's the way

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Speaker 2: So again, Ravens win, Steelers win, we get the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Ravens win, Steelers lose, and Chargers win, we get the Chargers. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Ravens win, Steelers win. Yeah, we get to Steelers. So

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Speaker 2: there we go. So there's three different or flip flop

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Speaker 2: that Ravens lose the Browns. The Browns are starting Bailey Zappy.

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Speaker 2: That's something we didn't talk about the other day, right,

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Speaker 2: the Browns are starting Victoria's own Bailey Zappy against the

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Speaker 1: Let's be entertained.

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Speaker 2: They've got a negative sixty five percent chance of winning.

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Speaker 3: Oh, there's no way they're gonna win. But it reminds

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Speaker 3: me of we talked about this twenty fourteen when the

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Speaker 3: Texans needed the Browns to beat the Ravens with Cody Kessler.

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Speaker 3: Was that Connor Shaw close enough Shaw to upset the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: It obviously did not happen.

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Speaker 3: You didn't get that help, and you ended up nine

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Speaker 3: to seven, missing the playoffs. But that's the early game.

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Speaker 3: The night game is just delicious. I mean, you've got

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Speaker 3: Joe Burrow and the Steelers getting it on in Steel City.

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Speaker 3: Pittsburgh needs it, wants it. Bengals obviously need it, want it,

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Speaker 3: and they know that their fate will not be determined

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Speaker 3: that night with a victory. They'll just have to wait

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Speaker 3: and watch and hope for losses from other teams in

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Speaker 3: order to make it in. But it's pretty cool that

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Speaker 3: the Bengals still have a shot. You have the Saturday

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Speaker 3: night entertainment with Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 1: How about this Kansas City?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, now you wouldn't face the Bengals because the Bengals

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Speaker 2: can only be the seventh seed.

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Speaker 1: Right, So the.

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Speaker 2: Bengals need to win and then hope that Miami loses

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Speaker 2: to the Jets in New York. Possible starting Snoop Huntley

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Speaker 2: two is not starting in that game, absolutely possible. Kansas

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Speaker 2: City then has to beat Denver. Yeah. Now Kansas City

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Speaker 2: is in a bit of a quandary because who's the

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Speaker 2: The Bengals. Yeah, so if you're Kansas City, they're going

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Speaker 2: to start Carson Wentz.

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Speaker 1: You don't want to see Joe Burrow in the playoffs?

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Speaker 2: Do you casually play not so well against the Denver Broncos,

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Speaker 2: your hated rival?

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Speaker 1: Will you tell me? Coach? We let the Bengals potentially in.

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Speaker 3: We talk about this all the time as fans media.

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Speaker 3: You know, we gotta lay down. How do you lay down?

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Speaker 4: You don't?

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Speaker 1: The only way you do it and we went through

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Speaker 1: this two years ago.

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Speaker 3: Is by playing guys or sitting key, and the Chiefs

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Speaker 3: are going to do that anyway.

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Speaker 1: They've already announced it.

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Speaker 3: Carson Wentz is your starter, but he's capable of playing,

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Speaker 3: capable of having a big game, absolutely, and Denver's a

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Speaker 3: tough defense. You're playing in Denver. That's a key component here.

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Speaker 3: I like Denver in that one. I think even if

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Speaker 3: Mahomes and company were starting, this is a hotly contested,

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Speaker 3: a fair deever at the field goal block in Arrowhead Stadium,

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Speaker 3: they could have actually won that game. So I think

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Speaker 3: that's gonna be a good one. It's a great slate

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Speaker 3: for the final week, and it could be better. You

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Speaker 3: could have more teams alive, but for what it is,

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Speaker 3: in every window they've got a key matchup or two

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Speaker 3: that's going to be compelling.

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Speaker 2: That's right. So right now in the AFC, we do

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Speaker 2: not know who the three seed is. We do not

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Speaker 2: know who the sixth seed is, we do not know

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Speaker 2: who the seven seed is. We do know five of

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Speaker 2: the playoff teams, your Texans being one of them, Kansas City, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Baltimore,

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Speaker 2: and US. That's five. So we're waiting on I missed one.

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Speaker 2: The Chargers are in. The Chargers are in.

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Speaker 1: They're in.

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Speaker 2: They're in. We just don't know what their seating is, okay,

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Speaker 2: And so the Chargers could be the five in playoffs,

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Speaker 2: they could be the six and go to the NFC

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Speaker 2: North champion. Yeah, could be hardball ball over again.

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Speaker 3: When we've talked about it, we'd rather face the Chargers.

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Speaker 3: But guess what what if the Steeler look great mm

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Speaker 3: hmm against the Bengals. Possible, It's entirely possible.

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Speaker 2: Possible.

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Speaker 3: I mean, anybody can put together a great gape. Look

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Speaker 3: at the New York Giants last week against a playoff

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Speaker 3: alive coach team who are getting barbecued by Pat mcafe.

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Speaker 1: I am glad you brought that up. We're gonna get

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Speaker 1: there in just a second. But the man himself stepped

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Speaker 1: in studio.

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Speaker 2: Who's gonna lead the Texans in Week eighteen against the

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Speaker 2: Tennessee Titans and our all mark coach?

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Speaker 3: You began the week saying you want to play better football,

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Speaker 3: and I know practicing well is a big part of that.

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Speaker 1: How is that gone for you? Getting ready for this one?

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Speaker 5: This week of practice has been really great. The energy

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Speaker 5: of our guys. I feel like they're they're refreshed, like

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Speaker 5: they came out with a renew sense of energy, purpose

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Speaker 5: the way guys are working, or it was really a

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Speaker 5: solid week of work.

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Speaker 6: All right.

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Speaker 3: What about playing the Titans. I know you faced them

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Speaker 3: a few weeks ago. Every game is different, but I

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Speaker 3: know you want to cut down on the big plays

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Speaker 3: that were surrendered in that game.

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Speaker 5: For sure. That's the first thing defensively where we have

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Speaker 5: to eliminate the explosive plays. That's what allowed them to

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Speaker 5: get back into the game right and have a chance

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Speaker 5: there to beat us because we gave up explosive plays,

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Speaker 5: plays that we should handle. So that's the first key

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Speaker 5: to victory is stopping the explosive plays. And then we

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Speaker 5: have to stop the run game as well. A right,

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Speaker 5: we know Pollard, they're going to try to feed him,

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Speaker 5: feature him a lot in this game, so we have

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Speaker 5: to do a great job of setting edges and we

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Speaker 5: have to tackle well.

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Speaker 3: They had a good kick return in this game, not

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Speaker 3: that explosive, but thirty nine yards. And also I know

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Speaker 3: you want to play clean on special teams first and foremost.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's the biggest thing special teams wise, We got

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Speaker 5: to be sounding what we do. We have to play

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Speaker 5: clean and in all of our coverage units, we have

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Speaker 5: to do it. We say eliminate leaky yardede. So when

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Speaker 5: we were on guys and we hit them that first contact,

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Speaker 5: we allowed the guys to bounce off in game more yards.

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Speaker 5: So for us, like we need all our guys rally

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Speaker 5: into the football, but we have to wrap up and

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Speaker 5: secure the tackle much better than we did in our

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Speaker 5: first matchup.

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Speaker 3: What about trying to move the ball on the ground

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Speaker 3: against their front.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's always a tough tough job moving and moving

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Speaker 5: there too, big guys on the interior right with sweat

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Speaker 5: and sentmis. But we have to make sure, you know,

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Speaker 5: we get four hands on these guys and that's double teams.

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Speaker 5: We have to try to move those guys, create movement,

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Speaker 5: create space, right, eliminate the negative plays in our run

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Speaker 5: game and let's just get the play started, giving Joe

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Speaker 2: And of course you got a coach, you gotta have

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Speaker 8: That's right, fellas wide receiver Robert Woods with us. Robert,

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Speaker 8: Happy new year to you. Good to see it. How's

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Speaker 2: Twenty five is going well.

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Speaker 10: I'm ready to just get this I guess the second

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Speaker 8: I like the way you said that the second half

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Speaker 7: We'll get into that in just this moment.

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Speaker 8: But hey, what's the benefit of those few extra days

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Speaker 10: I think it was a quick turnaround for those those

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Speaker 8: Yeah, as somebody who's in his twelfth season in the league,

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Speaker 8: When you're going great, what do you see when you

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Speaker 10: Now, Yeah, everybody's still locked in, focused and poison on

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Speaker 10: It's literally one moment at a time, and the details matter.

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Speaker 10: We have an opportunity to play meaningful football. We're gonna

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Speaker 8: How big a deal is it when it's just cold?

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Speaker 8: I mean, you played in Buffalo, You've you played for

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Speaker 6: How big a deal is that?

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Speaker 2: You got a job to do.

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Speaker 10: You know the weather is there, it's going to be cold,

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Speaker 10: The expectations doesn't change whether it's slippery, conditions cold. We're

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Speaker 8: The record hasn't been what they'd like, but this defense

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I think one thing about them is that they've

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Speaker 8: You just said, whoever's out there, And that can apply

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Speaker 8: this late the season, no matter who's playing, no matter

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Speaker 8: everybody's gonna get their chance. So with that in mind,

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Speaker 8: what's the biggest challenge when you go into a game

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Speaker 10: Game, take advantage of when you're out there. You only

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Speaker 10: either way, you only get a limited time to play football.

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Speaker 1: Whether it's a quarter, twelve.

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Speaker 10: Years, five years, you gotta take advantage of every opportunity.

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Speaker 2: Our coach said, we're gonna be out there. We're gonna

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Speaker 10: We're gonna play fast, play physical, and put good stuff

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Speaker 8: What's it like playing against a former team? You were

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Speaker 10: You want to get a win, especially going there, going

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Speaker 10: your new boys, and you want to win. We want

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Speaker 10: that's that's what a win. You want to go in

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Speaker 10: And when we won, got a lot of ex Titans

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Speaker 8: Robert Woods. We appreciate the time. Best of luck on

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Speaker 2: Okay, you mentioned the Colts Mark, so I want to

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Speaker 2: I want to take each team and all three teams

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Speaker 1: I want to plan their futures.

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Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna pose these questions to you, and

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Speaker 2: I want you to tell me what happens in these locations.

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Speaker 1: GM head coach quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Now, you don't have to tell me exactly who if

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Speaker 2: take the team that Texans are playing on Sunday. GM

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Speaker 3: Lewis stays, Rudolph really gone, Yeah, because Lewis is inexpensive.

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Speaker 1: He's going into year three.

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Speaker 3: they go ahead and draft one Johnny because they're gonna

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Speaker 3: I believe, So let's see how that shakes out following

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Speaker 3: They need to have an X factor there to replace Levis,

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Speaker 3: But they'll keep Levis because what if Levis has a

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Speaker 3: So I think what I just said, Levis stays. Rudolph gone.

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Speaker 3: Callahan after one year, I would think, and there's probably

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Speaker 3: progress and you go from there. I know it's not

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Speaker 3: better than that for them.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you.

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Speaker 2: I think that's exactly the way to go. I think

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Speaker 2: be a little bit better. I don't know that Ran

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Speaker 2: I think the decisions have been a little bit like,

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Speaker 2: he's had a decent year, but it's just not worth

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Speaker 3: No no, no, no, sim is not the problem.

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Speaker 2: so I agree with you on that. Okay, let's go

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Speaker 2: to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Oh boy, they play in Indianapolis

440
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Speaker 2: on Sunday four and twelve. GM is Trent Balki been

441
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Speaker 2: there for a while. Head coach is Doug Peterson, been

442
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Speaker 2: there for I think this is year three, your four

443
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Speaker 2: year three, Year four four.

444
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Speaker 3: In Jackson's year three, his third year. He won the

445
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Speaker 3: division in twenty twenty two meltdown after going eight and three,

446
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:14,240
Speaker 3: miserable in twenty twenty four miserable and inexplicably a miserable season.

447
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Speaker 3: I don't understand it should work a lot better. I

448
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,520
Speaker 3: think I mentioned this last night. If not, it was

449
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Speaker 3: another conversation, but I'm not saying the Jags should be

450
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Speaker 3: a super Bowl team, but they should be eight nine

451
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Speaker 3: wins flirting with the very least. I figured that was

452
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Speaker 3: a virtual lock for them this year, and it didn't happen.

453
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Speaker 1: They played terribly.

454
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Speaker 2: So all right, your question is GM, Trent Balki head

455
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Speaker 2: coach Doug Peterson.

456
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Speaker 1: We know the quarterbacks, Trevor Lawrence.

457
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Speaker 2: They paid him a lot of money, and so the

458
00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,440
Speaker 2: assumption is, okay, Trevor's coming back. That's I would think

459
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Speaker 2: a safe assumption to make. I just had an epiphany

460
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Speaker 2: about who Tennessee could look at as a quarterback. Who

461
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Speaker 2: But all right, I'll get tell a little bit later,

462
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Speaker 2: maybe not even today. What happens in Jacksonville.

463
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Speaker 3: It's a clean sweep GM, and coach got okay, he's

464
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Speaker 3: got it all right.

465
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Speaker 1: He was there with urban Meyer. It's time.

466
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Speaker 7: Now the roster.

467
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Speaker 3: You could argue, hey, the roster is not too bad,

468
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Speaker 3: but you hired Peterson, and that, like we said, should work.

469
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Speaker 3: I don't know where you go from, Doug Peterson. But

470
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Speaker 3: if you keep them, how what's the sales pitch that

471
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Speaker 3: it's going to get better?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

473
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Speaker 1: I don't understand. Why isn't it better.

474
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Speaker 3: Now, maybe Peterson thinks Balki is the problem, But Johnny,

475
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Speaker 3: you know the talent on the roster, they're not that bad.

476
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Speaker 2: They shouldn't be this bad. They should not be this bad.

477
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Speaker 3: Then the next question is, and if they do whack Peterson,

478
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Speaker 3: the question for the head coach becomes what do you

479
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Speaker 3: think of Trevor Lawrence?

480
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Speaker 1: What can you do with them?

481
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Speaker 3: It reminds me of Kubiak and others interviewing here in

482
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Speaker 3: O sis. What do you think of David Carr? We

483
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Speaker 3: drafted him number one? Can you work with him? We

484
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Speaker 3: really like him. We don't want to see you draft

485
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Speaker 3: Vince Young necessarily, But what do you think coach? And

486
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Speaker 3: whatever was said was said? And they worked with Carr

487
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Speaker 3: for one year and said that's enough. So they went

488
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Speaker 3: out and got Matt Shobb and the whole direction of

489
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Speaker 3: the franchise changed. So I think with Jacksonville, that's the

490
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Speaker 3: question you're going to ask the next coach. But Peterson's

491
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Speaker 3: definitely gone. There's no way you can sell yourself back

492
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Speaker 3: into that role unless you can sell seod Con that

493
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,000
Speaker 3: the problem is Balkie, and I doubt that happens, But

494
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Speaker 3: Balkie's got to go too, because listen, you've been in

495
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Speaker 3: the building for a long time now, nothing is really

496
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Speaker 3: worth it. One really good year and that's it. So

497
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Speaker 3: they're gonna go new GM, new coach and try to

498
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Speaker 3: work with Trevor Lawrence. And I would keep mac Jones

499
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Speaker 3: there because there might be more upside there, so see

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Speaker 3: what happens.

501
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Speaker 1: But new GM, new coach in Jacksonville.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. If I were the Jags, I might throw

503
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Speaker 2: I might reverse it, I might throw all kinds of

504
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Speaker 2: money at Ben Johnson. I know Ben's an inexperienced head coach,

505
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Speaker 2: but what Ben's done with the Lions offense.

506
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Speaker 3: With Jared Goff a lot of people left for dead.

507
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Speaker 2: Throw him a bunch of money, get him to be

508
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Speaker 2: the head coach, and say we want you to be

509
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Speaker 2: the guy that helps us bring in the general manager,

510
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Speaker 2: basically saying to Ben Johnson, you're the grand poobah.

511
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Speaker 1: The general manager is going to not so much.

512
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Speaker 2: Be behind you or be under you, but you're gonna

513
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Speaker 2: be the one calling the shots. You're the one without it.

514
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Speaker 2: And I think that's what Ben Johnson's looking for, and

515
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Speaker 2: I think that's what people they miss out when they

516
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Speaker 2: talk about these head coaching hires. That's a massive part

517
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Speaker 2: to the coaching thing. And I think for Ben Johnson,

518
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,240
Speaker 2: what Ben Johnson is saying, hey, look, you know he's

519
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 2: gonna get a good contract, there's no doubt. But it's

520
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Speaker 2: I want to be able to have the decision making

521
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Speaker 2: power that I'm not gonna have this GM who is

522
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Speaker 2: going to dictate to me how things are gonna go.

523
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Speaker 2: I want to be in that situation and the GM

524
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Speaker 2: can help me find players and do things the way

525
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Speaker 2: they want, but they're gonna work, you know, fifty to

526
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Speaker 2: fifty whatever his final decision, go THEMS down to Ben Johnson.

527
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Speaker 2: If I'm Jacksonville, that's what I do. That's exactly that's

528
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Speaker 2: what I do. I go after the hottest coaching candidate

529
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Speaker 2: that has experienced making quarterbacks better in an offense.

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Speaker 1: Exciting.

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Speaker 3: If I'm interviewing Ben Johnson, I want to know why

532
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Speaker 3: is he still there? Even though things are going well? Yep,

533
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Speaker 3: I want to know why is he still there? I've

534
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 3: probably got to wait, so we'll see how that goes.

535
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Speaker 3: I've got to wait, and that's gonna be a little

536
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Speaker 3: bit painful.

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Speaker 2: I think what's interesting though about that job is the

538
00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 2: coach that takes that job, has some belief or even

539
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,560
Speaker 2: more belief that Trevor Lawrence can be that guy. Yeah,

540
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 2: somebody's gonna have that belief. And I'd like to know

541
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Speaker 2: one hundred percent truth serum. When Gary Kubak took the job,

542
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Speaker 2: did he have that belief in David Carr or was it, Hey,

543
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 2: I think we can make him better. But down deep

544
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Speaker 2: it was like, all right, look, this has got a year.

545
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Speaker 2: We'll go and get our guy next year or whatever the.

546
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Speaker 6: Case I pick.

547
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Speaker 3: He felt the offense was poorly coached. That was Joe

548
00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,800
Speaker 3: Pendry taking over for Chris Palmer in the last year.

549
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Speaker 3: The one game where Carr called his own plays was

550
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Speaker 3: Arizona and they put up points and they won the

551
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Speaker 3: game in that terrible year of two thousand and five

552
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Speaker 3: when they went too and fourteen. So I think they

553
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,119
Speaker 3: saw ability in Car and if you think about Kubiak's system,

554
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 3: car should work in that system. But you got to

555
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,040
Speaker 3: be able to see the field. We all know a

556
00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:59,720
Speaker 3: lot goes into it. Do the Colts now?

557
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,000
Speaker 2: Through the leaves GM. Chris Bowder has been there since

558
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Speaker 2: twenty seventeen. Shane Steiking got there in twenty twenty three.

559
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,680
Speaker 2: Jim Mersey is the owner. You can't change the owner,

560
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,439
Speaker 2: at least I don't think we can. It's a hot mess.

561
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Speaker 2: Before the show started, I played you a clip from

562
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Speaker 2: Pat McAfee talking about this team. Now he saw what

563
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Speaker 2: he posted on ex Twitter the other day.

564
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Speaker 1: The clip is worse.

565
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Speaker 3: The clip is damn it's an elbomb high rade. We

566
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Speaker 3: can't even play it with bleeps.

567
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Speaker 2: Yes, it would take me five hours to get all

568
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Speaker 2: the bleeps out. He basically said, I'd keep Pittman, Pierce,

569
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Speaker 2: Quintin Nelson, the Forrest Buckner, and Kenny Moore.

570
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Speaker 1: And get rid of everybody.

571
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Speaker 2: And then somebody goes, what about Jonathan Taylor, and he

572
00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,440
Speaker 2: goes trade him, get rid of him.

573
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Speaker 1: You don't bleep him, need.

574
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Speaker 3: Him their best player, their best player, Trade him, trade everybody,

575
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Speaker 3: put everybody. They were joking about the portal in the

576
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,359
Speaker 3: NFL exactly.

577
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Speaker 2: They were joking about the podcasters EJ. Speed and Ziia Franklin.

578
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Speaker 2: I think they've got a point. When your season, when

579
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,960
Speaker 2: your season is going sideways, that becomes a reason in

580
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 2: people's eyes why it's not going well. When the season

581
00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:13,800
Speaker 2: is going well, then you're looked at as these eccentric

582
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 2: in some sense personalities that have this podcast, and it's great.

583
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:19,399
Speaker 2: They have not played well. I know Franklin went to

584
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 2: the Pro Bowl, but you can miss me with that

585
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 2: because he was not good in either game the Texans

586
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 2: played against him in Week one or Week eight.

587
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Speaker 1: Think about this, I'm ready to answer.

588
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Speaker 3: Okay, all right, you're right to say Shane Steichen gone

589
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 3: because to me, last week is if it's not entirely

590
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 3: it is so close to being a fireable offense the

591
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,439
Speaker 3: way you played, not just losing, the way you played

592
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,080
Speaker 3: against the New York Giants and everybody calling you out.

593
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 3: And McAfee's opinion shouldn't matter, but it kind of does, yeah,

594
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,360
Speaker 3: because he's sort of the voice of the fan and

595
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:57,000
Speaker 3: there's such a level of upset there. And Anthony Richardson

596
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 3: didn't play. Had he played, would it have been better?

597
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,400
Speaker 3: I don't think so. And the lack of discipline that's

598
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,160
Speaker 3: being reported by the athletic and everybody else.

599
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 7: That is a big loss.

600
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 3: Bob McNair always used to say, if you lose the

601
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 3: locker room, I'm gonna find out about it. It's not

602
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 3: good for your professional health. Not quoting him, this is

603
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 3: my wording, right the way he used to put it.

604
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 3: But losing the locker room is a big thing, and

605
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,440
Speaker 3: it sounds like Shane Steichen has lost the locker room somehow.

606
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,479
Speaker 3: I see Ballard still there. They have tried to replace

607
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 3: the quarterback since twenty twenty with veteran here, veteran there.

608
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:31,240
Speaker 1: Let's draft a guy.

609
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Speaker 3: They've tried everything, Johnny, I don't know what they do now,

610
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 3: because you can't sell Richardson to the fans for next year,

611
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 3: and you certainly can't do it with flat though, So

612
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 3: you have to find another guy, another Darnold, and say

613
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 3: we're gonna give Richardson a shot to compete, kind of

614
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,600
Speaker 3: like Will Levis in Nashville. By the way, this is

615
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 3: so satisfying this discuss the other teams in this light,

616
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,639
Speaker 3: because I just like the situation here.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much.

618
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Speaker 2: You know how I feel, Abautard. I've respected Christopher a

619
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Speaker 2: long time, known it from about thirty years now, and

620
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 2: I think Chris has in personnel, he knows what he's

621
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 2: looking for. He has a particular type of guy he

622
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,359
Speaker 2: looks for. I've got talent, no exactly. You're right, he

623
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 2: has talent. But the Richardson thing, to me is like

624
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,080
Speaker 2: this red light. This this just flashing right in your

625
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 2: eyes because the things that we've learned about Richardson to meet.

626
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 3: First of all, yeah, they're red flags all over the place,

627
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,879
Speaker 3: right and they draft realized that. But Johnny, let me

628
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 3: should have realized, well this, I'll defend Ballard right here.

629
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Speaker 3: What we don't know is ownership's input that adds.

630
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Speaker 2: And that's a great question, because a great, great question.

631
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Speaker 2: Jeff Saturday. You think that was Ballard's decision to hire

632
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 2: Jeff's Saturday to coach. Actually we talked about that. Yeah,

633
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:53,680
Speaker 2: we knew that wasn't so how much you right? I

634
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 2: just remember when Richardson was at Florida. I don't remember

635
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 2: a Florida fan going, oh, yeah, that guy will succeed

636
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 2: in the NFL.

637
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 1: Absolutely.

638
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,400
Speaker 2: The guy missed a game at South Carolina because he

639
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 2: hurt his hamstring dancing before the game, and it's like.

640
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 1: A very it's a freak thing. I understand, but it

641
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: was like.

642
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 2: Nothing from this time at Gainesville East Side through Florida

643
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 2: made you feel like this guy is gonna end up

644
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 2: being the lead.

645
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: I said it during draft time.

646
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Speaker 2: I said, there are too many red flags that would

647
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 2: make me feel good. But God dang, like you said,

648
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 2: it's it's good looking girls syndrome. It's like, holy wow,

649
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 2: he's so hot. He must be.

650
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 3: We can work with it, bro. Tim tapping out of

651
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 3: the game was the ultimate proof of all the red

652
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 3: flags being right.

653
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 2: Absolutely, and now what do you do? Right?

654
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,719
Speaker 3: Clearly, he's a great athlete. It's got a lot of ability.

655
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Speaker 3: We see him make some incredible throws and runs. But

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Speaker 3: there's too much negative to go along with it, including

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Speaker 3: injuries and backspavesm.

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Speaker 1: So list goes on.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to the question, quarterback, what are you doing

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five?

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Speaker 3: I'm bringing him back, but I have to bring back

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Speaker 3: somebody else with him.

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Speaker 7: I got it.

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Speaker 1: There's got to be an X factor.

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Speaker 3: I draft a guy mid Rown who can be a

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Speaker 3: you know, some diamond in the rough, or I bring

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Speaker 3: it a veteran.

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Speaker 1: I'll give you a guy.

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Speaker 3: Give me a guy Justin Fields. Is that your Tennessee guy?

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Speaker 1: Also?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, No, I think he's gonna be a hot come

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Speaker 3: out of the Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: I think Justin Fields because Justin has not shown that

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Speaker 2: he breaks down after carrying it twelve times in a game. Right,

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Speaker 2: and Justin is highly respected in the places that he's

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Speaker 2: been and I think Justin can go in there and

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Speaker 2: run that Jalen Hurt, Shane Stike in offense, and Justin

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Speaker 2: can throw the football.

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Speaker 1: He's not great, you're not CJ. But he could throw

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Speaker 1: the football effectively. I think Justin Fields in Indianapolis might

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Speaker 1: not be a bad situation.

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Speaker 2: Let's think Justin Fields and Richardson, you guys battle it out,

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Speaker 2: and all of a sudden, now we're facing you know,

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Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson like offense. You're not gonna get You're not

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Speaker 2: gonna get Greg Roaman away from But Shane Steiken ran

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Speaker 2: the offense with Hurts that he could run with Fields

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Speaker 2: and Richardson. But Richardson's brittle and breaking down. Justin could

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Speaker 2: run that thing and throw the deep ball to Pierce Pimn.

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Speaker 3: Hurts into quite the player because Hurst was remember early

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Speaker 3: on it wasn't quite good enough there. We're gonna trade

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Speaker 3: for Watson right right, and now look at them exactly exactly,

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Speaker 3: and Hurts is really matured into a really solid passer.

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Speaker 2: So that's the thing what Justin Fields could do in Napolis.

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Speaker 2: So hopefully they don't do that. We get back. Let's

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Speaker 2: get with Jonathan Alexander of the Houston Chronicle. He's next

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Speaker 2: on Texans All Access. Throughout the twenty twenty fourth season,

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Speaker 2: we've had the opportunity to catch up with Jonathan Alexander

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Speaker 2: of the Houston Chronicle. It's week eighteen. Nothing's different. We

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Speaker 2: got to catch up with our guy right here, who

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Speaker 2: jumped in studio with Mark and myself with.

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Speaker 3: Us in studio now. Jonathan Alexander, a from the Houston Chronicle. Jonathan,

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Speaker 3: Happy new year.

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Speaker 1: How you doing.

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Speaker 9: I'm good. Happy new year to you guys.

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Speaker 3: All right, so it's a new year and not quite

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Speaker 3: new season as far as the postseason goes, because we

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Speaker 3: have one more game in the regular season, and everybody's

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Speaker 3: got an opinion on this. So I want to know,

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Speaker 3: if you were the head coach, Jonathan, would you play

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Speaker 3: quote the starters. I know you can't rest all of that,

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Speaker 3: but what would you do? How would you approach this game?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 11: I think I would probably rest as starters, just given

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Speaker 11: the injuries and the significant injuries that have happened recently.

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Speaker 11: Having said that, I understand Dimico's perspective. You know, they

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Speaker 11: left a bad taste in them out thirty one to two,

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Speaker 11: lost to the Ravens of Christmas Day and they need

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Speaker 11: to get into a rhythm, and you know, a win

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Speaker 11: here could get them going for the playoffs. But for me,

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Speaker 11: I'm a little bit more in favor of resting guys

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Speaker 11: like cig strou who you know mentioned that he was

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Speaker 11: a little bit banged up, and a lot of guys

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Speaker 11: are banged up at this time of the year. So

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Speaker 11: but I but I get where Dimiko's coming from.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we'll get to the Titans after a little bit,

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Speaker 2: but since we're asking those questions, we're going to go there.

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Speaker 4: Here.

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Speaker 2: There are three potential opponents for the Texans first round

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Speaker 2: of playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Let's take one out.

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Speaker 2: Let's take the Ravens out, because I think that would

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Speaker 2: be a unanimous we'd like to see them for a while.

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Speaker 2: Chargers are Steelers. Who would you rather face in the playoffs?

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Speaker 2: Steelers are Chargers from Texans. I'd rather face the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: I think they're struggling just as bad as the Texans

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Speaker 2: are right now. You know, I'm not a person who

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Speaker 2: trusts Russell Wilson. I think he is not as good

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Speaker 2: as he was when he was with the Seahawks. He's

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Speaker 2: done enough for the Steelers but I think their defense

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Speaker 2: is struggling a little bit too, So I'd rather face

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Speaker 2: the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they didn't get through the gauntlet well at all.

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Speaker 3: I mean the Texans at least won the first game,

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Speaker 3: and that was a really important one. The Steelers lost

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Speaker 3: all three in their three games in eleven days.

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Speaker 1: Session that they had.

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Speaker 3: What do you think it takes for this team to

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Speaker 3: if I say turn it around it sounds too general,

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Speaker 3: but to start playing a whole lot better once they

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Speaker 3: get to the postseason, they clearly need to take it

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Speaker 3: up a few notches when a wild card week and arrives.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, I think the offense has been kind of consistent

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Speaker 11: in that it goes through struggles. It goes through a

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Speaker 11: lot of ups and downs. When the Texans have been

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Speaker 11: at their best, there's been two things that have really

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Speaker 11: worked well. It's been Joe Mixon's round the ball extremely

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Speaker 11: well and the defense has played lights out.

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Speaker 9: And you haven't seen that the past two weeks.

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Speaker 11: Particularly with the running game. It's been Joe Mixon a

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Speaker 11: little bit longer, and I think they need to get

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Speaker 11: back to that. They need to get back to getting

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Speaker 11: pressure on the quarterbacks. They didn't get a sack on

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Speaker 11: Lamar Jackson. I think they only had what one sack

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Speaker 11: on Patrick Mahomes one was taken back. I think they

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Speaker 11: need to get pressure, force turnovers and give the offense

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Speaker 11: easier possessions and better field position because they're struggling obviously

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Speaker 11: right now. So I think those two bigger those are

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Speaker 11: the two biggest things that need they need to do.

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Speaker 1: Daneil Hunter does not make the Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 2: Go.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, that was the biggest nub of the Pro Bowl

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Speaker 11: because I think Dan Neil Hunter is in the defensive

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Speaker 11: Player of the Year conversation, including Derek Singley as well.

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Speaker 11: But the Neil Hunter has been consistent throughout the entire year.

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Speaker 11: He's been available throughout the entire year's top five in

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Speaker 11: the NFL and sex number one in pressures. I don't

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Speaker 11: see how he isn't in the Prop Bowl. And now

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Speaker 11: he'll probably get in because what Crosby is hurt and

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Speaker 11: won't play.

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Speaker 1: But he's the first alternate.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, he's the first alt in this so he'll get

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Speaker 11: in regardless. But it is a shame that he wasn't

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Speaker 11: voted by his peers, and that's what it ultimately came

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Speaker 11: down to.

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Speaker 3: Well, it's weird because you have the different factions of

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Speaker 3: voting that goes into it. So it'd be great to

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Speaker 3: have a pure peer vote or whatever, because Daniel's having

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Speaker 3: a heck of a season and Grenard makes it so

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Speaker 3: good for Grenard Jonathan weekly or semi weekly we ask

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Speaker 3: or bring up this topic. And I know you do

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Speaker 3: out of town shows. So when they ask you what's

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Speaker 3: going on with CJ. Stroud and what needs to improve

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Speaker 3: as far as the playoffs go, what is your opinion

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Speaker 3: on that?

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Speaker 1: What do you tell people?

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Speaker 11: Yeah, I think when I look at CJ, I think

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Speaker 11: it's a combination of things.

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Speaker 9: You know, he mentioned that he's a little bit beat up.

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Speaker 11: You know, the interior of the offensive line has really

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Speaker 11: struggled tremendously throughout this year. I thought that that early

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Speaker 11: on in the middle of the season started to have

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Speaker 11: an effect on CJ. And there were a couple of

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Speaker 11: games where he saw him have a little bit of

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Speaker 11: happy fee and I think that's kind of compounded.

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Speaker 9: I think the confidence CJ.

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Speaker 11: Strit was playing on a lot of high confidence when

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Speaker 11: he was a rookie and you haven't seen that. And

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Speaker 11: I also think the injuries to his wide receivers you

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Speaker 11: have injuries to Nico Collins, Stefan Diggs, Tank Dell. That's

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Speaker 11: that's extremely hard for any quarterback. And I think that's

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Speaker 11: just had a really compounding effect. And I think he

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Speaker 11: really needs some confidence. He needs somebody to get into

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Speaker 11: a rhythmano to get back into rhythm. He needs Dalton

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Speaker 11: to have some big games, needs Joe Mixing to take

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Speaker 11: some pressure off him, and I think that will happen.

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Speaker 11: But I think it's another case of a lot of

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Speaker 11: quarterbacks throughout their careers have tough seasons in their second seasons.

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Speaker 11: I don't think that this is a unique situation. I

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Speaker 11: think a lot of factors haven't contributed. But I think

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Speaker 11: I think ultimately CJ will, he has the mindset, he

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Speaker 11: wants to be better. I think ultimately he'll get out

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Speaker 11: of it.

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Speaker 2: Coming next year, Nico missed five games, Tanks gonna end

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Speaker 2: up missing I mean three and then the playoffs. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Diggs is gonna miss nine games, Brevin Jordan will have

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Speaker 2: missed fifteen. Yeah, I mean those are all guys that

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Speaker 2: we're gonna factor into this offense in some way, shape

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Speaker 2: or form. So we'll stick with the quarterbacks here. ANFC

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Speaker 2: South has four teams, no new news. How many of

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Speaker 2: those four teams have their starting quarterback on the roster

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Speaker 2: right now?

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Speaker 1: In twenty twenty four, four, twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, I was reading a lot of stuff on the

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Speaker 11: Colt situation and there was a report that they're gonna

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Speaker 11: at least give Anthony Richardson a chance. You know, I

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Speaker 11: think this might be the end for Will Levis. They're

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Speaker 11: gonna try to find a different option once they could

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Speaker 11: get the number one pick and then drafted the try

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Speaker 11: to back they could. So yeah, I think the only

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Speaker 11: teams that you'll see have their starting quarterback guaranteed, well,

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Speaker 11: we'll probably be the Colts, Texans, and Jaguars, But I

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Speaker 11: think Anthony Richardson will be on the short least. It

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Speaker 11: seems like there are going to be some changes there

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Speaker 11: with Shane potentially with Shane Syke psyching and and really

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Speaker 11: Chris Ballard who's been there eight years from now. So

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Speaker 11: I think there's gonna be some significant changes with the

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Speaker 11: Coast organization, and Anthony Richardson will be on the short least.

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Speaker 9: He's going to have to produce year three.

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Speaker 3: If Doug Peterson has shown the door in Jacksonville, does

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Speaker 3: he get another head coaching job right away.

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Speaker 11: No, I think he'll probably end up being OC or

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Speaker 11: take a year off, as you've seen with like Ron

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Speaker 11: Rivera and other veterand longtime head coaches. But I don't

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Speaker 11: think immediately he'll get a head coaching job right out.

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Speaker 7: Of the bat.

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Speaker 1: How about Mike Vrabel?

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Speaker 2: Maybe I'll shask it this way, which job does Mike

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Speaker 2: Vrabel get in twenty twenty five?

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Speaker 1: Yea, well, it's first question off the table.

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Speaker 2: By the way, Well for now, come on, Stay loses

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Speaker 2: by three touchdowns in Texas. You don't think he eats

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Speaker 2: back on Ryan Day.

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Speaker 3: I don't think it's well, we could talk about that. Yeah, anyway,

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Speaker 3: go ahead, Jonathan.

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Speaker 11: You know, I think that's a side clitch because I

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Speaker 11: do think he is a hot name. I think he

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Speaker 11: could be potentially in line for the Jaguars gig. We

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Speaker 11: might see him back in the back in the get

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Speaker 11: him out of the division, back in the division. One

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Speaker 11: of these jobs is definitely going to happen, whether that's

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Speaker 11: you know, Jaguars or or it's Cowboys decide to part ways.

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Speaker 11: I think that's also a potential option. But he's gonna

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Speaker 11: be somewhere.

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Speaker 7: I believe.

876
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,800
Speaker 3: Yep, absolutely, All right, Tennessee Titans, let's get into it here,

877
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 3: because they have their own issues obviously going into this one,

878
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:49,879
Speaker 3: but the motivation to have that high draft choice, and

879
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 3: if somehow Cleveland pulls off the upset Saturday, they take

880
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:54,879
Speaker 3: the field knowing that they have the number one pick

881
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,839
Speaker 3: in the bag potentially, we know what that feels like

882
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 3: from two years ago, and clearly it didn't play out

883
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 3: that way because you have the number two pick, it

884
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,799
Speaker 3: all worked out. Well, what do you think, how do

885
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 3: you think they should approach this one and how do

886
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,400
Speaker 3: you think they do it? You know, Amy Adams Struck

887
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 3: wants to win this game.

888
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 11: Yeah, for sure, I know. I to be honest with you,

889
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:14,440
Speaker 11: I think they should lose.

890
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 2: They will.

891
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,399
Speaker 11: Levis is not the answer. I mean, they'll still get

892
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 11: a good quarterback whether they have number one or number two.

893
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 12: Uh.

894
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 11: But but if they got seven or eight, but yeah,

895
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,360
Speaker 11: if they yes, But yeah, it's so close. You're right,

896
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:29,799
Speaker 11: that's a good point. It's so close and you could

897
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:33,279
Speaker 11: fall so far. I think they have no choice but

898
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 11: to lose because their future right now is in question.

899
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 11: So I'm sure Amy Adams wants to win. I've seen

900
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 11: all the clips about how you distraught she was. But

901
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 11: this is a game that they got to lose for

902
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 11: the future of their franchise.

903
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 2: Okay, you'll know when I ask it, was it targeting

904
00:40:55,520 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 2: which play Texas? You know, Texas Arizona State? Okay, Yeah,

905
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 2: I was watching it with Henry in the locker room. Yeah,

906
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 2: and Henry explained it to me. No, it wasn't targeting.

907
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 2: Their faces just bumped. So I think it was the

908
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 2: right call.

909
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 1: Okay, all right, I can appreciate that.

910
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 2: I saw Henry Scott in Alabama slant too, so he's

911
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 2: defending the SEC.

912
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 3: But yeah, okay, I saw convincing arguments from both sides.

913
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I still think it was But I get it.

914
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 2: I get it, I understand it. But you know why,

915
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 2: I've seen a different angle of it now, and now

916
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 2: I look at it and go, I think what Jonathan

917
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 2: just said is right. When you see that angle, when

918
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 2: you see that particular angle, you're like, Okay, their face back.

919
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 2: He doesn't lower his head to do it, and I

920
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 2: think that's the biggest key. But either way, Arizona State

921
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,680
Speaker 2: still had the chance. So the chance fourth to thirteen,

922
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 2: you got to cover the guy run on the post.

923
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 2: You still got to recover him. But that was a

924
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:48,839
Speaker 2: great football game.

925
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 3: Oh absolutely, all right, since you used to cover Carorolina,

926
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 3: we'd like to go to the NFC South every once

927
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,279
Speaker 3: in a while with you. So you tell me your

928
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:59,359
Speaker 3: thoughts on the division. Baker Mayfield season, Bucks can lock

929
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 3: it up? What do you think?

930
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean that it's been interesting because you know,

931
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 11: it's been long between the Falcons and the Bucks, and

932
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 11: I think Baker Mayfield's playing extremely well right now, and

933
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 11: I think, if you ask me, I think they're gonna

934
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 11: be the ones that ultimately win. I think the Falcons

935
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 11: should have went to Michael Pennix a little bit earlier.

936
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 11: I think Kirk cousins struggles were far pronounced earlier in

937
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:30,279
Speaker 11: the season. But I just think the Buccaneers just have

938
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,880
Speaker 11: too much right now. As far as what Baker Mayfield

939
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,439
Speaker 11: and Mike Evans is playing really well, I think they're

940
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 11: gonna be the ones that ultimately come out on top.

941
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:43,840
Speaker 2: Okay, after Sunday, Kirk Cousins and Aaron Rodgers have played

942
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 2: their final games in the NFL. Yes or no, we No,

943
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 2: Cousins isn't gonna play, but Rogers could be playing in

944
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 2: the last game. Will it be the last time we

945
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,720
Speaker 2: see both Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins.

946
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 11: I think one of those guys are gonna go on

947
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,319
Speaker 11: to a team as a back cup and then end

948
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:04,399
Speaker 11: up getting a start because of an injury. So I'll

949
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 11: say one of those black Road, Yes, I'll say one

950
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 11: of those guys won't play.

951
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 9: One of them?

952
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 3: Will It won't be Rogers being a backup. Rogers is starting, okay,

953
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 3: running the franchise. Let me ask this, so let me

954
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 3: ask this.

955
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,399
Speaker 2: What was the one team you said might be looking

956
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 2: for a quarterback in the NFC South? Yeah, could they

957
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 2: make a play for Aaron Rodgers?

958
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:27,320
Speaker 1: He's not going there?

959
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:28,759
Speaker 7: I doubt it.

960
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: I could see Cousins going there.

961
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 9: But is Aaron is going to have many choices? I

962
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:34,480
Speaker 9: don't think he's gonna have choice.

963
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 2: That's right.

964
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,799
Speaker 3: He could get offers him a choice. He could get

965
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 3: belichicked out of the league. And he can't go to college.

966
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 3: So there's that no eligibility. I don't know, even in

967
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 3: today's date age, I don't know, can't do it.

968
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 2: You got nine nine year players playing at the University

969
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,360
Speaker 2: of Miami. You're a former school, so I know that

970
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 2: could happen. All right, Jonathan, what do you have going

971
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 2: out of the Chronicle for us?

972
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:57,879
Speaker 11: Yeah, so I just wrote a story about disease. I'll

973
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 11: say inside the conversation he had with the NFL and

974
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,719
Speaker 11: how that helped him come to peace with the three

975
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 11: game suspension in the league's letter, So please check it out.

976
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:09,760
Speaker 9: Is up right now.

977
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:12,759
Speaker 3: Very nice, Jonathan, Alexander, Houston Chronicle. Thanks for joining us.

978
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 9: Thanks for having me.

979
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:17,840
Speaker 2: Really appreciate Jonathan stepping in studio each and every week

980
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 2: through the season. Okay, we get back. The injury slash

981
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 2: status report is out. It's probably to be expected on

982
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 2: the Texas side, but the Titans side, oh my goodness,

983
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:31,839
Speaker 2: Oh it's crazy. That's next on Texas All Access. Look

984
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 2: back this edition of Texas All Access from Monday, Texans

985
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 2: Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter,

986
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 2: looking for a well looking forward to a wet Sunday

987
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 2: in Nashville. It's gonna be nasty. Now. I don't know

988
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 2: if that has driven some of the decisions even in

989
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:53,439
Speaker 2: week eighteen. I don't know that I've seen anything quite

990
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 2: like this, and I'll get to that in a second.

991
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 2: But the Texas. About four players out. There were the

992
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 2: four players that had been peace throughout the week. Now

993
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 2: there's a little bit of a change. Kamari in practice

994
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 2: on Wednesday, but then he was back limited on Thursday.

995
00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 2: He was back with no injury designation on Friday. So

996
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 2: Kamari is in. Three others at death practice all week,

997
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 2: Niko Autry, Foley Fotakasi, Shaq Mason out. Jeff Akuda got

998
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 2: a concussion in practice on Thursday. He is also out

999
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 2: questionable Christian Harris and Jamal Hill. Now Jamal I don't

1000
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 2: believe has been on here, so that must have happened

1001
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 2: today with a hamstring, So those two questionable. Now, we

1002
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,400
Speaker 2: talked about this in the first segment, Mark and I

1003
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:45,160
Speaker 2: did about how this game for the Titans, they win

1004
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:49,200
Speaker 2: this thing, they all of a sudden could drop as

1005
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:52,520
Speaker 2: many as five spots draft Watch. So they're sitting right now.

1006
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:54,920
Speaker 2: I think with pick number two, you get down to

1007
00:45:54,960 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 2: pick number seven the quarterbacks, and I think, honestly, quarterbacks

1008
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,200
Speaker 2: youre going first round this year, just none of that caliber.

1009
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,240
Speaker 2: But I think two will go maybe a third surprise,

1010
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 2: but the Titans would lose an opportunity to get one

1011
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 2: of those guys, they get seven, they be be out

1012
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 2: of it. So maybe that's why this reads the way

1013
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:22,280
Speaker 2: that it does. Here we go Titans wide receiver Tyler

1014
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 2: Boyd out starting tackle last week, Jalen Duncan out, kicker

1015
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 2: Nick Folk, abdomen out, safety Amani Hooker, shoulder out, Arden

1016
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:36,800
Speaker 2: Key one of the best pass rushers out, Otus Reese,

1017
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:42,800
Speaker 2: linebacker out Taj Spears concussion out wide receiver Colton Dowell

1018
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:48,240
Speaker 2: knee out. Two other key pieces. Chig a Konko scored

1019
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,320
Speaker 2: the seventy yard touchdown against the Texans. That was the backbreaker,

1020
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 2: the game winner questionable. Also with the abdomen Tony Pollard

1021
00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 2: ankle questionable. Neither chig nor Tony Pollard practiced on Friday.

1022
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 2: Tony Polter's they've both been limited, but then on Friday

1023
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:13,919
Speaker 2: they were dnps. They're questionable. Oh boy, that's a lot

1024
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 2: of players too. For six, seven, eight, eight are out

1025
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 2: for the Titans. Now, Jeffrey Simmons Defandre Sweat are still playing,

1026
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 2: and that means that this game is on because those

1027
00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:29,400
Speaker 2: two are gonna play their guts out no matter what. Now,

1028
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,000
Speaker 2: you could see a situation where Julius Chesnutt has to

1029
00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:34,560
Speaker 2: play running back. It's a little different than Tajay Spears

1030
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 2: and Tony Pollard. But you never know, you never know

1031
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:39,440
Speaker 2: how these things can go. But a lot of guys

1032
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:43,359
Speaker 2: out and two key questionables for the Titans. Okay, when

1033
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 2: we get back, I gotta make predictions. Yeah, let's do

1034
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:51,399
Speaker 2: it next right here at Texas All Access. Welcome back

1035
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 2: to second hour of our Friday ed issue of Texans

1036
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 2: All Access.

1037
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:58,359
Speaker 1: We got third hour coming up after this as well.

1038
00:47:58,440 --> 00:48:03,319
Speaker 2: MARKO Drive that final hour before turnover to Area forty five.

1039
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 2: I'm your host, John Harris Football and on a sideline

1040
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 2: reporter for your Houston Texas's Top four predictions. That these

1041
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 2: are always the hardest ones because you never know who's playing,

1042
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,799
Speaker 2: never know's in, you never knows out. It just becomes

1043
00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:18,880
Speaker 2: this hodgepodge of whatever's going on. We're gonna do it.

1044
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:21,640
Speaker 2: We're gonna do it rather quickly so we can kind

1045
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:23,799
Speaker 2: of get a read on how things are gonna go.

1046
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 2: Maybe for your Texas. It starts on Saturday, so it's coops,

1047
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 2: some music and get these things going, all right. I

1048
00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:33,319
Speaker 2: don't think I've ever seen this before. I don't think

1049
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 2: I've ever seen this number before. The Baltimore Ravens are

1050
00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:43,000
Speaker 2: a twenty point favorite a twenty point favorite against the

1051
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:47,399
Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns on Saturday. This game will kick off three

1052
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:53,040
Speaker 2: thirty Local time, three point thirty Ravens taking on the Browns.

1053
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:58,279
Speaker 2: The Ravens win, they win the AFC North. We would

1054
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 2: not play them in the first round of the playoff,

1055
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:03,600
Speaker 2: so we would play him in twenty twenty five in Baltimore.

1056
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:07,399
Speaker 2: There's no way the Prows are winning this game. They're

1057
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:10,000
Speaker 2: starting Bailey Zappy. The Ravens know they have to win

1058
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,200
Speaker 2: this one, so they're going to be full boar. Let's go,

1059
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 2: Ravens win this thing. I don't know if they'll get

1060
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:17,640
Speaker 2: a cover. I mean, the Browns beat them last time

1061
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:20,239
Speaker 2: in Cleveland. Jameis Winston did it, but Bailey Zappi's not

1062
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,799
Speaker 2: doing it. So let's go with the Ravens calling off

1063
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 2: the Dogs. Browns get a cover, but the Ravens get

1064
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,799
Speaker 2: to win. The Ravens win the AFC North, so then

1065
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:31,520
Speaker 2: it becomes a two horse race to see which one

1066
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 2: comes to Houston. The Steelers are the Chargers. Well. The

1067
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:39,200
Speaker 2: evening game on Saturday is the Bengals eight and eight

1068
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:43,640
Speaker 2: still live for the seventh seed taking on the Steelers.

1069
00:49:44,040 --> 00:49:48,799
Speaker 2: Cincinnati is favored by two and a half in Pittsburgh.

1070
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:53,440
Speaker 2: So now it's as simple as this, Steelers win with

1071
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 2: what I just predicted for the Ravens. The Steelers come

1072
00:49:55,680 --> 00:50:01,040
Speaker 2: to Houston, Steelers lose and the Chargers win. Chargers come

1073
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:07,240
Speaker 2: to Houston, they both lose or both win. The Steelers

1074
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,719
Speaker 2: come to Houston. That's how it is. But can the

1075
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 2: Steelers beat a hot Bengals team the lust three in

1076
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:16,000
Speaker 2: a row. I do think crazily enough, I think the

1077
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,960
Speaker 2: Steelers are gonna win this thing, low scoring somehow, Steeers

1078
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:22,440
Speaker 2: defense is gonna rise up, make life tough on Joe Burrow.

1079
00:50:22,719 --> 00:50:25,759
Speaker 2: It's gonna end the Bengals playoff dreams. It was a

1080
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:27,680
Speaker 2: great run at the end with that offense. But I

1081
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:30,000
Speaker 2: think the Steelers are gonna get a narrow win, and

1082
00:50:30,040 --> 00:50:32,800
Speaker 2: in winning they'll gotta cover. So let's get the Sunday

1083
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 2: Panthers Falcons. The Falcons have gotta have it and they

1084
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 2: gotta hope the Bucks lose. So it's kind of they're

1085
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:45,040
Speaker 2: back to back games here. I think the Falcons are

1086
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:48,320
Speaker 2: gonna win this thing. They'll beat the Panthers, their favored

1087
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:51,280
Speaker 2: by seven and a half at home. Gut punch loss

1088
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:55,479
Speaker 2: last week to Washington that took away them controlling their

1089
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:59,239
Speaker 2: own fate. I do think Atlanta is gonna win, and

1090
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,280
Speaker 2: I do think that Land is gonna cover. But playing

1091
00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:04,560
Speaker 2: at the exact same time, the Saints are taking on

1092
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:10,760
Speaker 2: the Buccaneers. The Bucks are fourteen point favorites against the Saints.

1093
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:14,320
Speaker 2: The Bucks are gonna win this that last second touchdown

1094
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:19,799
Speaker 2: to zach Ertz Will it's more than that. But the

1095
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 2: Falcons should have won that game against the Commanders last week.

1096
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 2: They have no one but themselves to blame. Didn't call

1097
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:27,959
Speaker 2: time out near the end of the second half. That's

1098
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,800
Speaker 2: gonna be one of the pieces in my new book

1099
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,240
Speaker 2: coming out. I already gave you times on your side,

1100
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:36,440
Speaker 2: so we're gonna have Times on your Side part two.

1101
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 2: Because this season could just do a masterclass and all that.

1102
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 2: So Falcons will win and they'll cover. The Buccaneers are

1103
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 2: gonna win and they'll cover. Buccaneers will be the NFC

1104
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:47,880
Speaker 2: North champion.

1105
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:49,080
Speaker 1: And that also.

1106
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:52,239
Speaker 2: Means the Texans will play the Buccaneers again in twenty

1107
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,839
Speaker 2: twenty five. This time again, I should say, this time

1108
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:59,360
Speaker 2: at NRG Stadium, Like it was back in twenty twenty three. Okay,

1109
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 2: Bill's Patriot's Buffalo's favored by three. They're not gonna play anybody.

1110
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:05,399
Speaker 2: They're resting a bunch of guys as well. They should.

1111
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:07,560
Speaker 2: This is their bye week before they go into the playoffs.

1112
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:10,040
Speaker 2: That's why Buffalo is only favored by three. In New England.

1113
00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:11,680
Speaker 1: I think New England will keep it close.

1114
00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:14,160
Speaker 2: But the Bills are gonna somehow find a way to

1115
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:17,759
Speaker 2: win this thing narrowly, So we'll give the Patriots a cover.

1116
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:20,920
Speaker 2: Bills the win. Jags, Colts. Mark and I talked about this.

1117
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,680
Speaker 2: Colts favored by five. The Colts are a hot mess.

1118
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:27,200
Speaker 2: Jaguars one. That game last week gets Tennessee kind of

1119
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,279
Speaker 2: on an up note, if you will. But they're not

1120
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,239
Speaker 2: gonna win in Indianapolis. They always win in Jacksonville. That

1121
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:37,720
Speaker 2: are gonna lose this one narrowly, narrowly as Joe Flacco

1122
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:40,280
Speaker 2: I would imagine. It's gonna get another start for the Colts.

1123
00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:42,800
Speaker 2: So let's get the Jags a cover, but the Colts

1124
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:45,480
Speaker 2: a win. Commanders, Cowboys, Commanders just want to get out

1125
00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:47,839
Speaker 2: of here healthy. They're favored by six and a half.

1126
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:50,040
Speaker 2: In Dallas. I think Dallas will put up a good fight.

1127
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:52,560
Speaker 2: Let's get watching the win, but the Cowboys are gonna

1128
00:52:52,640 --> 00:52:57,960
Speaker 2: end up getting the cover. Giants Eagles the John Merra

1129
00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 2: Saquon Barkley Bowl. Saquon will not play, he will not

1130
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:04,560
Speaker 2: go for the record. I think that's a smart thing

1131
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:08,399
Speaker 2: to do. Eagles thirteen and three at home. Giants three

1132
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 2: and thirteen. Phillies favored only by two and a half.

1133
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:12,520
Speaker 2: I think as a result of the Eagles resting some guys.

1134
00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:15,040
Speaker 2: I still think the Eagles will win. The Giants got

1135
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:17,440
Speaker 2: their big win last week, and the Giants don't want

1136
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:19,879
Speaker 2: to win, so I want to maintain one of those

1137
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,839
Speaker 2: high draft picks. So Eagles getta win and they'll get

1138
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:26,520
Speaker 2: a cover. Bears taken on the Packers. The Bears have

1139
00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:30,520
Speaker 2: lost ten in a row. Green Bay favored by ten.

1140
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:33,840
Speaker 2: I think Green Bay hammers the Bears the hammer Caleb

1141
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:37,120
Speaker 2: Williams and the Packers win by fourteen, so they gonna

1142
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:41,040
Speaker 2: win in a cover. Seahawks Rams. This one's it's tough

1143
00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:44,719
Speaker 2: because after last week the Rams said have like three

1144
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:49,120
Speaker 2: of five things happened. They happened, so it makes the

1145
00:53:49,239 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 2: Rams the division winner. The Seahawks are favored by six

1146
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 2: and a half. They take on the Rams. I think

1147
00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:56,160
Speaker 2: Seahawks are gonna win here. The Rams just trying to

1148
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:58,719
Speaker 2: get out healthy. So again the Seahawks wi winning a

1149
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:00,279
Speaker 2: cover that win by seven, they'll cover the six and

1150
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 2: a half Dolphins Jets. The Dolphins are still alive if

1151
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:09,040
Speaker 2: the Steelers. Let me see, yes, right, if the Steelers win.

1152
00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:11,600
Speaker 2: So if the Bengals, no, it doesn't even come down

1153
00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:15,640
Speaker 2: to that. Well, well, it relies on the Kansas City

1154
00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:18,759
Speaker 2: Denver game. The Dolphins are taking on the Jets up

1155
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:22,360
Speaker 2: in New York. Could be Aaron Rodgers last game. Stepuntley

1156
00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:25,520
Speaker 2: is playing quarterback for the Dolphins. You looked good last week.

1157
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:28,880
Speaker 2: Knowing the sense of urgency for Miami, I'm thinking Miami

1158
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:32,480
Speaker 2: to win even in the cold weather, if they get

1159
00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:35,160
Speaker 2: some help from the other game. At the same time,

1160
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:41,279
Speaker 2: they need the Chiefs to beat the Broncos. However, the

1161
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:45,799
Speaker 2: Chiefs put out their injury report for this week and

1162
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:52,600
Speaker 2: it's h how do I say this, It's gnarly in

1163
00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:59,319
Speaker 2: a sense because they're resting everybody with a pulse. Everybody

1164
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:02,920
Speaker 2: Chris Jones, Patrick Mahomes, Tret McDuffie, Nick bol Cream Hunt,

1165
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:07,640
Speaker 2: George Carloftus, Travis Kelsey, Justin Reid, Andrew Tranquill are doubtful

1166
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:11,240
Speaker 2: for the game against the Broncos. Now I've said this before,

1167
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:14,400
Speaker 2: I've never seen a doubtful play, So those guys are

1168
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:17,920
Speaker 2: basically all gonna be out. Isaia Pacheco, Juan Taylor, Miko Hardman,

1169
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:22,359
Speaker 2: and Jalen Watson also out. I didn't know if they're

1170
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:25,239
Speaker 2: gonna have enough guys to play for the Chiefs. So

1171
00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:29,600
Speaker 2: even though Carson Wentz I think could go win this game,

1172
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,960
Speaker 2: I don't think he's going to Denver Thiry at ten

1173
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:34,600
Speaker 2: and a half. I think Chiefs play hard, but it

1174
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:36,000
Speaker 2: will be the second loss of the year. They still

1175
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,000
Speaker 2: out the number one seed locked up. They're gonna get

1176
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:41,640
Speaker 2: basically rest week this week, by week that the following week,

1177
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:43,560
Speaker 2: and they'll be ready to go for the divisional playoffs.

1178
00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:47,360
Speaker 2: So the Broncos will win, they'll get to seventh seed.

1179
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 2: The Dolphins will win barely. That gets him a cover.

1180
00:55:51,840 --> 00:55:54,480
Speaker 2: They're only one point favorite. That'll get them tonight and eight,

1181
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:56,239
Speaker 2: but they'll miss out in the playoffs. The Broncos will

1182
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:58,120
Speaker 2: get into the playoffs winning that game, getting to ten

1183
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:01,560
Speaker 2: and seven. The Chargers I said earlier, so the Steelers

1184
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:04,640
Speaker 2: would win that, so the Chargers would end up being

1185
00:56:04,719 --> 00:56:09,000
Speaker 2: the sixth seeds. So Denver wins, Denver seven Chargers win.

1186
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:10,960
Speaker 2: They're taking on the Raiders. The last time the Chargers

1187
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:14,880
Speaker 2: played the Raiders in Las Vegas, the Raiders scored sixty

1188
00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:18,719
Speaker 2: three on them. Sixty three won't be that many. The

1189
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:21,359
Speaker 2: Chargers will get their revenge. Chargers are fair by four.

1190
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:25,040
Speaker 2: They'll beat the Raiders by fourteen or more. Niners, Cardinals

1191
00:56:25,040 --> 00:56:27,400
Speaker 2: will playing out the string. Arizona's fair by four and

1192
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:28,759
Speaker 2: a half at home and get the Cardinals will win.

1193
00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:33,640
Speaker 2: And then Sunday night the big one Vikings fourteen to two,

1194
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:37,719
Speaker 2: Lions fourteen to two, Lions fair by two and a half.

1195
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:40,640
Speaker 2: The Lions are banged up. The only thing that worries me,

1196
00:56:40,719 --> 00:56:43,239
Speaker 2: but they're playing at home. They're really good at home.

1197
00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:47,239
Speaker 2: I'm gonna give the Lions a very narrow win by

1198
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:50,000
Speaker 2: three points, but that's enough to cover. So Lion's gonna

1199
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:51,960
Speaker 2: win in a cover at home. Lions are the number

1200
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,800
Speaker 2: one seed they gonna buy, they need it. The Vikings

1201
00:56:54,800 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 2: that have to go on the road to take on

1202
00:56:56,080 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 2: the Buccaneers, yikes, that's what you get. For losing this game,

1203
00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:04,360
Speaker 2: you get a road trip to Tampa. Oh that's not great. Okay,

1204
00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:07,160
Speaker 2: Well we get back Seewd Friday. We're gonna hear for

1205
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 2: Demiko Ryans next right here in Texas. Auxis all right, everybody,

1206
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:14,279
Speaker 2: look at the calendar. It's Friday night and that means

1207
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:17,760
Speaker 2: it feel good Friday with the Miko Ryans. We got

1208
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:20,520
Speaker 2: a lot going on. So just a little snippet from

1209
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:23,200
Speaker 2: the Miko hanging with Mark and myself to make you

1210
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:25,040
Speaker 2: feel good on this Friday evening.

1211
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 3: All right, So it is New Year's Week, but we'll

1212
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:30,000
Speaker 3: get into that later. Obviously, coming back from we call

1213
00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:31,800
Speaker 3: it a mini buy. I don't know how you look

1214
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:33,560
Speaker 3: at it. How'd you feel getting back out of the

1215
00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:36,640
Speaker 3: practice field on Monday after a little bit of time

1216
00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:37,680
Speaker 3: off since the last game.

1217
00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:40,320
Speaker 5: It's always good to get some time off, especially you

1218
00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:42,440
Speaker 5: know after a rough out. It's rough and out, and

1219
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:46,000
Speaker 5: as we have versus Baltimore, it's hard to kind of

1220
00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:49,280
Speaker 5: sit and enjoy Christmas because he's just stirring.

1221
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:49,920
Speaker 3: Right.

1222
00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:52,960
Speaker 5: What just happened on the field set women is hard

1223
00:57:53,000 --> 00:57:55,600
Speaker 5: to deal with, But you know, after a couple of days,

1224
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:58,880
Speaker 5: really have to just flush it right. Learn from it

1225
00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:01,520
Speaker 5: and you know, down some really good notes on what

1226
00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 5: we're doing, how we can improve and get better. And

1227
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:07,120
Speaker 5: then just took the weekend and really enjoy time with

1228
00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:09,480
Speaker 5: the family and that's what that was about. And now

1229
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 5: coming back today hitting the field was even better of

1230
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:16,160
Speaker 5: just getting back out flushing it right, getting our guys

1231
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:18,600
Speaker 5: back to doing football, and we just got to continue

1232
00:58:18,600 --> 00:58:21,600
Speaker 5: to play football better. And so that today was the

1233
00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:24,280
Speaker 5: start of that, and if we continue that focus as

1234
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:26,400
Speaker 5: we go throughout the week, will end up in a

1235
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:27,760
Speaker 5: really good spot versus Tennessee.

1236
00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 2: Could you said something in your press conference that stayed

1237
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:33,080
Speaker 2: with me. You're like, get the ball right, like get

1238
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:37,920
Speaker 2: right playing ball. And I like that saying because it is.

1239
00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:40,400
Speaker 1: Getting back to the block and the tackling the fundamentals.

1240
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:42,760
Speaker 2: I know, even at the NFL level, you still in

1241
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:44,280
Speaker 2: some sense those things that.

1242
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:45,120
Speaker 1: Got to be a focus.

1243
00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:45,600
Speaker 2: Do they not?

1244
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 6: For sure?

1245
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:48,840
Speaker 5: It goes back and I know it's like a broken record,

1246
00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:50,760
Speaker 5: but it goes back to the fundamentals of the game,

1247
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:54,200
Speaker 5: like can we sustain a block and finish a block?

1248
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:56,960
Speaker 5: And now we got to crease right, can we be

1249
00:58:57,040 --> 00:59:00,560
Speaker 5: at the proper depth on our route? Can we executed

1250
00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:03,080
Speaker 5: the right way? Can we be more firm and protection?

1251
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 5: Can we have our eyes right defensively? Like can we

1252
00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:09,520
Speaker 5: fit the run the proper way? Understanding the block, recognition

1253
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:12,240
Speaker 5: that we're getting, So all of those things, it's just

1254
00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:13,040
Speaker 5: it's football.

1255
00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:13,600
Speaker 4: Right.

1256
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:16,120
Speaker 5: If I step back and as I reviewed the game

1257
00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:18,520
Speaker 5: and I kept going through it, it's just for me,

1258
00:59:18,640 --> 00:59:22,200
Speaker 5: it's like, are we doing football the right way? And

1259
00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:25,000
Speaker 5: that just goes back to are my eyes right? Do

1260
00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:27,880
Speaker 5: I know knowing what to do, knowing how to do it,

1261
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:30,000
Speaker 5: and then getting it done. So that's a lot of

1262
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:33,080
Speaker 5: like what I talk about execution after the game, Like

1263
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:35,440
Speaker 5: that's what it comes down to, Right, we had our

1264
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:39,520
Speaker 5: opportunities to make plays, like, but are we going through

1265
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:41,280
Speaker 5: the progression the proper way?

1266
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:43,560
Speaker 7: Are my eyes the right way? Like?

1267
00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:48,480
Speaker 5: Am I sticky in coverage? Am I finishing my rushes tackling?

1268
00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:50,840
Speaker 5: Am I securiting at tackle or wrapping up? Or am

1269
00:59:50,840 --> 00:59:53,200
Speaker 5: I just throwing the arm out there? Or am I

1270
00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:56,000
Speaker 5: running my feet once I secure? So it's all those

1271
00:59:56,080 --> 01:00:00,240
Speaker 5: little things that kind of goes unnoticing games and kind

1272
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:02,920
Speaker 5: of talk about the big plays in this moment momentum,

1273
01:00:03,160 --> 01:00:05,520
Speaker 5: all those things, But once the ball is snap want

1274
01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:07,680
Speaker 5: our guys to be hyper focused on what they have

1275
01:00:07,760 --> 01:00:09,480
Speaker 5: to do and then get it done.

1276
01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:11,800
Speaker 3: Is that one of the big keys in building confidence

1277
01:00:11,840 --> 01:00:13,800
Speaker 3: because I know you want to go into the postseason

1278
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 3: with some confidence and whatever happens in the game against

1279
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:18,640
Speaker 3: Tennessee happens in the game. But you have all these

1280
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:20,800
Speaker 3: practices until you play a playoff game, right.

1281
01:00:20,800 --> 01:00:23,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure that goes into that confidence. Like confidence

1282
01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:26,680
Speaker 5: is earned and I truly believe in it. Like to

1283
01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:29,160
Speaker 5: gain confidence, you got to go do it right over

1284
01:00:29,240 --> 01:00:32,160
Speaker 5: and over repeatedly. Like when you repeatedly do things the

1285
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:34,560
Speaker 5: right way, that's how you get confidence in what you're doing.

1286
01:00:34,840 --> 01:00:37,360
Speaker 5: So for us, that's practice reps. That's walked through reps.

1287
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:40,400
Speaker 5: Everything you do, is it the right way every single

1288
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:43,000
Speaker 5: If it's not some telling our hey, start it over,

1289
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:46,200
Speaker 5: redo it like you got to bank good reps and

1290
01:00:46,240 --> 01:00:48,800
Speaker 5: that's how you get confidence. And that's how you can

1291
01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:52,200
Speaker 5: step out there on Sunday knowing like whatever is thrown

1292
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:54,600
Speaker 5: at me, whatever I've seen, like I've already done it.

1293
01:00:55,240 --> 01:00:58,760
Speaker 5: I have that my body knows it like it's almost

1294
01:00:58,800 --> 01:01:02,360
Speaker 5: second nature. I'm just pretty much coasting because I've done

1295
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:03,720
Speaker 5: it right so many times.

1296
01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:07,640
Speaker 2: Coach how much at this particular point of the year,

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Speaker 2: after a game like that, do you want Slash need

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Speaker 2: your leaders on the team to step up and say, coach,

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01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:18,680
Speaker 2: we're good, we got this, We're gonna make sure that

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Speaker 2: doesn't happen.

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Speaker 1: How important is it for those leaders right now?

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01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:24,400
Speaker 2: And everybody's tired mentally, physically tired to step up and

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01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:25,600
Speaker 2: be leaders of the team right now.

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Speaker 5: More than anything else, leadership is the most important thing

1305
01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:31,680
Speaker 5: player Like, the best teams are the player led teams, right.

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01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:35,440
Speaker 5: It's only you know, as a coach, you can say

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01:01:35,480 --> 01:01:37,840
Speaker 5: it over and over again or say so many things,

1308
01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:40,960
Speaker 5: but when it comes from amongst the team, when it

1309
01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:44,480
Speaker 5: comes from the leaders, and guys of course listen to

1310
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:47,360
Speaker 5: that better. They take it or receive it better because

1311
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:50,200
Speaker 5: they're in this thing, it's all. And I always tell guys, right,

1312
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:54,320
Speaker 5: I'm here to serve and help you like it's your team, right,

1313
01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:57,320
Speaker 5: and we're only gonna go as far as our team

1314
01:01:57,400 --> 01:01:59,320
Speaker 5: can take us. And that starts with our leaders and

1315
01:01:59,360 --> 01:02:01,800
Speaker 5: their message of the guys and making sure their groups

1316
01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:04,880
Speaker 5: are excelling and playing at a high level. And it's

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Speaker 5: also you know, it's more when you man, I can't

1318
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:12,200
Speaker 5: let my teammate down. That's when it means more. Every

1319
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Speaker 5: team that I've been on and when I've kind of

1320
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:17,240
Speaker 5: played my best and more urgent, it's like, oh, I

1321
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:20,000
Speaker 5: can't let the guy next to me down, right, That's

1322
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,040
Speaker 5: when it means more. Not so much of the coach,

1323
01:02:22,520 --> 01:02:26,080
Speaker 5: but it's my brother in their locker room and our leadership.

1324
01:02:26,320 --> 01:02:30,000
Speaker 5: I think caause he's getting him back really helps with

1325
01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:33,640
Speaker 5: that leadership piece because he's one of our leaders and

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01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:35,680
Speaker 5: we've been missing him the past three weeks. So I'm

1327
01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:38,560
Speaker 5: excited to see him back and just to see his

1328
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:41,840
Speaker 5: messaging to our guys and to see them receiving and

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Speaker 5: take off with it.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we get back a little special something for all

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Speaker 2: of you listeners out there. My favorite place of calendar

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Speaker 2: year twenty twenty four. That's next, the Texas All Access.

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Speaker 2: We want final segment, this vision of Texas All Access

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Speaker 2: from today Texas Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harrison,

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Speaker 2: ball analyst, sideline reporter for your favorite football team to Houston, Texas.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 2: Each every Tuesday, I do a show called Texans Matchup.

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Speaker 2: And as we were going into this edition a Matchup

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01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:13,480
Speaker 2: this past week, I was like, man, I don't know

1340
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:15,000
Speaker 2: what to do because it can't really come up with

1341
01:03:15,120 --> 01:03:17,960
Speaker 2: ultimate eleven that I normally do because A the game

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01:03:18,080 --> 01:03:20,120
Speaker 2: was like six days prior and b it was the

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01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:22,800
Speaker 2: Ravens game that didn't go well. So I decided, you

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01:03:22,800 --> 01:03:25,120
Speaker 2: know what I'm gonna do, my favorite plays, my favorite

1345
01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:28,680
Speaker 2: plays of the year, and I came up with this.

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Speaker 2: My favorite plays of the year starts against Detroit. On

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01:03:35,560 --> 01:03:40,800
Speaker 2: the very first drive of the game, Jalen Petree jumped up,

1348
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:44,240
Speaker 2: tipped the Jared Goff pass and it fell into the

1349
01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:48,720
Speaker 2: waiting arms of Jimmy Ward. An interception on the first

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01:03:48,840 --> 01:03:52,760
Speaker 2: drive against Jared Goff, who had been mega hot going

1351
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:56,200
Speaker 2: into this game and has been mega hot ever since,

1352
01:03:57,000 --> 01:03:59,840
Speaker 2: but the Texans picked him off not one, two, three, four,

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01:04:00,120 --> 01:04:04,760
Speaker 2: five times in this game. That's one of my favorites.

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Speaker 3: It'll be second down and eleven, next snap, thirteen to

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01:04:09,680 --> 01:04:12,600
Speaker 3: fifteen to go, first quarter, opening driving the game. Lions

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Speaker 3: have it driving toward the north end zone. Second and

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01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:17,080
Speaker 3: eleven from the Detroit forty.

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01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:17,760
Speaker 7: One yard line.

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01:04:17,840 --> 01:04:20,160
Speaker 3: Gibbs in the backfield golf and the guy to your

1360
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:21,200
Speaker 3: receivers wife's side.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 3: Here's the snap to Gough looking firing tipped in the

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01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:28,040
Speaker 3: air and intercepted Texans hab it at the thirty five

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Speaker 3: yard line of Detroit.

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Speaker 7: Jimmy Ward off the Kram with the pick.

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Speaker 12: Welcome back, Jimmy Ward Petree with the tip they work

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01:04:38,520 --> 01:04:43,920
Speaker 12: on it daily, and Jimmy Ward with the scoop in

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01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:47,720
Speaker 12: the interception. The Texans are set up in great field

1369
01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:52,040
Speaker 12: position to operate their first offensive series.

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Speaker 3: Here Goff's first interception since Week three.

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Speaker 7: What a way to open the game.

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Speaker 2: SATs we're doing. We're doing my favorites, and it can

1373
01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:04,240
Speaker 2: range from plays that happened and loss. It can range

1374
01:05:04,320 --> 01:05:09,600
Speaker 2: to end of game field goals like this one against

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Speaker 2: the Buffalo Bills. What an afternoon that was against the

1376
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Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills, playing the Bills here new kick. A little

1377
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:18,520
Speaker 2: surprised it happened that way, but it did. Game in

1378
01:05:18,520 --> 01:05:20,600
Speaker 2: which the Texans had a big lead, had a twenty

1379
01:05:20,800 --> 01:05:24,000
Speaker 2: to three lead, I believe it was, but the Bills

1380
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:29,520
Speaker 2: fought back and tied the game at twenty. But after

1381
01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:32,680
Speaker 2: the Texans got stopped, the Bills an opportunity, but they

1382
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:35,680
Speaker 2: were backed up deep in their own territory a three

1383
01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:38,720
Speaker 2: and out. Kamari Laster knocked down one pass Will Anderson

1384
01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:40,720
Speaker 2: had packed it another and another one was knocked down.

1385
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:44,800
Speaker 2: The Bills had to punt. They punted, Robert Woods got

1386
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:49,439
Speaker 2: up field, then CJ. Stroud hit Darya Goombawalle boom bang.

1387
01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:54,080
Speaker 2: A timeout. But you're fifty nine yards away. Fifty nine

1388
01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:55,960
Speaker 2: yards from a win over one of the best teams

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01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:58,400
Speaker 2: in the league early in the season. This is one

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Speaker 2: of my favorites. Kymie Fairbrand beats the Bills on the

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01:06:01,560 --> 01:06:04,360
Speaker 2: final play of the game, and I.

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Speaker 7: Mean, there's not a butt in a seat in this stadium.

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Speaker 7: Fifty nine yard at ten for the win.

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Speaker 3: Weeks with the snap, Tommy Townsend with the hold, and

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Speaker 3: Canny Fairbairn with a chance to give the Texans the victory.

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Speaker 3: Here's the snap by Weeks the spot. Here's the kick

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Speaker 3: by fairbarn has the distance.

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Speaker 7: And it's good. Fairbar wins it at the buzzer. The

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Speaker 7: Texans beat the Bills.

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Speaker 3: Fifty nine yards for the dub on each town Day

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Speaker 3: twenty three to twenty.

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Speaker 7: Wasn't the prettiest, but it might have been good.

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01:06:48,320 --> 01:06:53,320
Speaker 12: From seventy he hit it and it wasn't high.

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01:06:54,200 --> 01:07:01,080
Speaker 7: It just was long and accurate. The operation ran smoothly.

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01:07:02,040 --> 01:07:06,240
Speaker 3: Fair baron drove it through the uprights to give the

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01:07:06,280 --> 01:07:11,360
Speaker 3: Texans the victory. Four and one out of the year,

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Speaker 3: beating Buffalo and sending a message in the AFC.

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01:07:19,080 --> 01:07:22,680
Speaker 2: That was a fun afternoon against the Buffalo Bills. I

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01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:27,960
Speaker 2: don't know, though, if any win in any season can

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01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:33,120
Speaker 2: be as sweet as beating the Dallas Cowboys. I mean,

1411
01:07:33,160 --> 01:07:37,320
Speaker 2: beating the Cowboys as fantastic, but it It never happened

1412
01:07:37,520 --> 01:07:42,959
Speaker 2: up in Arlington, but the Texans defense was on one

1413
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:47,000
Speaker 2: that night. In fact, they had so many plays in

1414
01:07:47,040 --> 01:07:49,760
Speaker 2: this particular game. One you might hear a little bit later,

1415
01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:53,880
Speaker 2: but one of my favorite moments in this game was

1416
01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:58,280
Speaker 2: a three sack sequence. Tim Settled, Daneil Hunter and Danko

1417
01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:03,280
Speaker 2: Autrey sacking for rush in Arlington at Jerry.

1418
01:08:03,040 --> 01:08:10,400
Speaker 3: World Dallas right up to the line, two receivers to

1419
01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:13,120
Speaker 3: the left side, Lamb in the slot, Cooper looking that way,

1420
01:08:13,160 --> 01:08:16,960
Speaker 3: but here comes from big sack by Tim Settle inside

1421
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:23,600
Speaker 3: the five yard line. Settled does the damage. Third and

1422
01:08:23,720 --> 01:08:26,679
Speaker 3: seven from the Dallas forty nine yard line. Cooper rush

1423
01:08:26,720 --> 01:08:28,800
Speaker 3: and the gun Dawdle back in the game to his left.

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01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:32,559
Speaker 3: Three receivers whiteside right, Rush takes the snap. Here's pressure

1425
01:08:32,720 --> 01:08:36,360
Speaker 3: Tonel Hunter with another sack back at the forty yard line,

1426
01:08:36,479 --> 01:08:40,360
Speaker 3: his second of the night. It's fourth down at sixteen

1427
01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:44,800
Speaker 3: from the Dallas forty one, empty backfield for Cooper Rush.

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01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:49,000
Speaker 3: Here's the snap, here's the rush by the Texans. Ball

1429
01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:54,120
Speaker 3: comes out, Rush has it still sacked. Big pressure coming

1430
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:59,560
Speaker 3: through for Denico Autry getting there first, and the Texans

1431
01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:04,120
Speaker 3: pounds on fourth down. They get the turnover on downs,

1432
01:09:04,160 --> 01:09:06,639
Speaker 3: the pass rush paying off big tonight.

1433
01:09:07,360 --> 01:09:10,719
Speaker 2: Now, one other place the Texans won for the very

1434
01:09:10,760 --> 01:09:16,920
Speaker 2: first time was in New England, and this play is

1435
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:20,000
Speaker 2: one of the more physically impressive plays that I think

1436
01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:22,240
Speaker 2: happened all year, and it doesn't really get talked about.

1437
01:09:22,240 --> 01:09:24,200
Speaker 2: It's one of my favorites because it's one of my

1438
01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:26,840
Speaker 2: favorite guys on this team, and that's Eric Murray. Eric

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01:09:26,920 --> 01:09:30,160
Speaker 2: Murray came here during the bleep. You know what I'm

1440
01:09:30,200 --> 01:09:33,639
Speaker 2: talking about. It was tough coming here in twenty twenty.

1441
01:09:33,840 --> 01:09:36,360
Speaker 2: Texas has just won the AFC South two years in

1442
01:09:36,400 --> 01:09:39,520
Speaker 2: a row. Comes here in twenty twenty, sounds a big contract.

1443
01:09:39,640 --> 01:09:43,639
Speaker 2: Everybody's expecting huge things not always go exactly the way

1444
01:09:43,720 --> 01:09:45,800
Speaker 2: that everybody thought it was going to. So Eric Murray

1445
01:09:45,840 --> 01:09:47,720
Speaker 2: took a lot of heat and I always loved there

1446
01:09:47,760 --> 01:09:50,040
Speaker 2: because he always stood up to it. He always came

1447
01:09:50,040 --> 01:09:52,320
Speaker 2: in this studio, he talked about playing for this team

1448
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:55,479
Speaker 2: and he has been through it. He's one of very

1449
01:09:55,560 --> 01:09:58,120
Speaker 2: few guys that have been through it for this team.

1450
01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:01,519
Speaker 2: But he has well against New England and Will Anderson

1451
01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:04,960
Speaker 2: was on one that day. Willy Anderson tipped at Drake

1452
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:08,840
Speaker 2: may pass. Eric Murray saw it, but he was shielded

1453
01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:12,000
Speaker 2: by a tight end from the Patriots exs was trying

1454
01:10:12,000 --> 01:10:14,519
Speaker 2: to block him. So I think it was Austin Hooper.

1455
01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:17,559
Speaker 2: So Hooper's blocking him and Murray sees the ball and

1456
01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:19,439
Speaker 2: he's like, I gotta get this thing. Reached out with

1457
01:10:19,479 --> 01:10:21,920
Speaker 2: one handcut and snatched it, pulled into his body and

1458
01:10:21,960 --> 01:10:24,240
Speaker 2: came up with one of four turnovers against the Patriots.

1459
01:10:24,280 --> 01:10:25,920
Speaker 2: It's one of my favorite plays of the year.

1460
01:10:26,320 --> 01:10:30,040
Speaker 3: First down Patriots at their twenty two one back Gibson,

1461
01:10:30,439 --> 01:10:32,920
Speaker 3: here's man and the gun floats the ball upside, It's

1462
01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:37,560
Speaker 3: tipped and it's intercepted. The Texans have it at the

1463
01:10:37,680 --> 01:10:41,800
Speaker 3: twenty six yard line. Who came down with it off

1464
01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:46,640
Speaker 3: the deflection. Eric Murray celebration ensues.

1465
01:10:46,280 --> 01:10:51,760
Speaker 7: And the tip ball and a pick Now.

1466
01:10:51,760 --> 01:10:54,080
Speaker 2: I love when guys go through adversity and come out

1467
01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:57,720
Speaker 2: the other side successful. And the guy that had some

1468
01:10:57,800 --> 01:11:01,799
Speaker 2: adversity hit him in twenty twenty three, he was Damian Pierce.

1469
01:11:02,439 --> 01:11:05,000
Speaker 2: And then Joe Mixon comes here to Houston. Everybody's like, Okay,

1470
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:07,280
Speaker 2: what is what's Damien gonna do this year? You know,

1471
01:11:07,320 --> 01:11:09,840
Speaker 2: how is he gonna fit in all this kind of stuff? Well,

1472
01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:12,000
Speaker 2: he showed in New England and he's ready to fit

1473
01:11:12,040 --> 01:11:15,439
Speaker 2: in extremely well. I wish I could play you, because

1474
01:11:15,439 --> 01:11:18,479
Speaker 2: I don't think I have it anymore. My reaction. Our

1475
01:11:18,600 --> 01:11:21,720
Speaker 2: engineer on the road, Aaron Rabel, records me throughout the

1476
01:11:21,760 --> 01:11:25,120
Speaker 2: game in case I have a reaction like the one

1477
01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:28,160
Speaker 2: I had when Damian Pierce won fifty four yards for

1478
01:11:28,200 --> 01:11:29,800
Speaker 2: a touchdown against the Patriots.

1479
01:11:30,160 --> 01:11:32,960
Speaker 3: First down Texans at the Houston forty six o'clock at

1480
01:11:33,000 --> 01:11:35,599
Speaker 3: eight minutes to go, thirteen point lead. Here's a tossed

1481
01:11:35,640 --> 01:11:38,840
Speaker 3: up Piers running right, Pierce across the fifty piers places

1482
01:11:38,840 --> 01:11:41,960
Speaker 3: attack on forty five forty right sideline the thirty twenty

1483
01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:45,000
Speaker 3: fifteen ten five rock and roll.

1484
01:11:45,240 --> 01:11:49,559
Speaker 7: He's got the touchdown. Tavey at Piers to the house.

1485
01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:52,679
Speaker 1: That was fun. That was a lot of fun.

1486
01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:56,800
Speaker 2: That Patriots win came a week after the Texans had

1487
01:11:56,840 --> 01:12:00,840
Speaker 2: beaten Jacksonville at home, and for a long time in

1488
01:12:00,880 --> 01:12:04,320
Speaker 2: that Jacksonville game boy, it did not feel like it

1489
01:12:04,439 --> 01:12:09,160
Speaker 2: was going to happen. But Daria Goombalwalles showed up on

1490
01:12:09,240 --> 01:12:12,120
Speaker 2: that day with two of my favorite plays because ad

1491
01:12:12,240 --> 01:12:15,639
Speaker 2: involves Dara be He's one of my favorite players I've

1492
01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:20,160
Speaker 2: ever had in this organization and c or three. These

1493
01:12:20,200 --> 01:12:24,960
Speaker 2: were huge plays. The first a huge third down catch

1494
01:12:25,000 --> 01:12:27,759
Speaker 2: for thirty one yards to keep a scoring drive alive.

1495
01:12:28,240 --> 01:12:31,360
Speaker 3: Third down at eighteen from the Houston thirty three yard line.

1496
01:12:31,400 --> 01:12:33,920
Speaker 7: CJ in the gun, one back, Daria Gonbowama, I think

1497
01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:34,680
Speaker 7: you pick this up.

1498
01:12:35,320 --> 01:12:38,160
Speaker 3: Here's the snap, here's CJ stepping up, and now he's

1499
01:12:38,160 --> 01:12:39,960
Speaker 3: got a duck it tadaray, but he's got somewhere in

1500
01:12:40,040 --> 01:12:44,000
Speaker 3: forty five punting inside fifteen forty five up Jacksonville the

1501
01:12:44,120 --> 01:12:47,280
Speaker 3: forty down inside the thirty five yard line. Dora does

1502
01:12:47,400 --> 01:12:50,920
Speaker 3: it again, big play into Jack's territory to the thirty six.

1503
01:12:51,479 --> 01:12:54,920
Speaker 2: But Daria saved his best for last when CJ. Stid

1504
01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:57,559
Speaker 2: hit him with a one yard touchdown to give the

1505
01:12:57,560 --> 01:13:01,639
Speaker 2: Texans a win. Over Jacksonville in Week four at home.

1506
01:13:02,200 --> 01:13:03,880
Speaker 2: Daria goomblewle to the.

1507
01:13:03,920 --> 01:13:10,320
Speaker 7: Rescue, second and goal digs to the right side.

1508
01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:12,120
Speaker 4: You gotta have.

1509
01:13:13,960 --> 01:13:16,519
Speaker 7: Offset. I CJ. Rowls after the right coast to the

1510
01:13:16,640 --> 01:13:17,040
Speaker 7: N zone.

1511
01:13:17,120 --> 01:13:18,799
Speaker 3: HiT's dory as.

1512
01:13:18,680 --> 01:13:20,880
Speaker 7: The Texan score they lead.

1513
01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:23,640
Speaker 4: C J.

1514
01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:28,600
Speaker 3: Stroud Tadari, who's had a huge game, puts the Texans

1515
01:13:28,600 --> 01:13:29,120
Speaker 3: onp top.

1516
01:13:31,439 --> 01:13:37,160
Speaker 2: But maybe the favorite Darya Goombwalle play of twenty twenty four,

1517
01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:41,479
Speaker 2: Maybe it's upcoming. Who knows, but I think it's probably

1518
01:13:41,600 --> 01:13:44,360
Speaker 2: right here. I love those plays against Jacksonville. He was

1519
01:13:44,439 --> 01:13:46,280
Speaker 2: named one of the offensive players of the game for

1520
01:13:46,360 --> 01:13:49,080
Speaker 2: that win in Week four. But maybe the play peep

1521
01:13:49,080 --> 01:13:51,599
Speaker 2: bor are gonna remember the most happened against the Miami

1522
01:13:51,720 --> 01:13:55,080
Speaker 2: Dolphins December fifteenth, twenty twenty four. I remember that day

1523
01:13:55,120 --> 01:13:57,560
Speaker 2: like the back of my hand. It is my anniversary

1524
01:13:57,720 --> 01:14:01,000
Speaker 2: and on my twenty ninth year mayor to my wonderful

1525
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:05,479
Speaker 2: wife Page Harris, Daria Goombwalle took off running down the

1526
01:14:05,560 --> 01:14:08,160
Speaker 2: right side with a fake punt and it's also one

1527
01:14:08,200 --> 01:14:09,559
Speaker 2: of my favorite plays of the year.

1528
01:14:09,960 --> 01:14:14,880
Speaker 3: Field from ote otherwise he's running to the end. Jets

1529
01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:18,800
Speaker 3: that on the run and its deep in their territory

1530
01:14:19,479 --> 01:14:22,200
Speaker 3: and it's a fake and running around the right side

1531
01:14:22,320 --> 01:14:27,599
Speaker 3: darre forty thirty five thirty twenty fifteen and ripped out

1532
01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:28,000
Speaker 3: at the ten.

1533
01:14:28,040 --> 01:14:31,599
Speaker 7: The ball comes out. Oh no, he may be down.

1534
01:14:31,680 --> 01:14:32,360
Speaker 7: He was down.

1535
01:14:32,400 --> 01:14:34,560
Speaker 3: I think the Dolphins say they have it.

1536
01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:35,639
Speaker 7: There's a big straw.

1537
01:14:35,680 --> 01:14:38,400
Speaker 12: I don't know now looking at the replay team after

1538
01:14:38,479 --> 01:14:42,799
Speaker 12: renew the runner was down by contact.

1539
01:14:43,200 --> 01:14:44,240
Speaker 7: He's way down.

1540
01:14:44,360 --> 01:14:44,960
Speaker 1: Okay.

1541
01:14:45,560 --> 01:14:47,439
Speaker 2: It's been a long season, there's no doubt about that.

1542
01:14:47,520 --> 01:14:50,400
Speaker 2: It started Week one up in Indianapolis on the road

1543
01:14:51,040 --> 01:14:54,040
Speaker 2: where it had happened in Week eighteen, twenty twenty three.

1544
01:14:54,120 --> 01:14:57,200
Speaker 2: The Colts were gonna get revenge all this kind of stuff. Well,

1545
01:14:57,280 --> 01:15:00,200
Speaker 2: the Colt trailed detext in twenty nine, twenty seven when

1546
01:15:00,240 --> 01:15:01,040
Speaker 2: the Texas got.

1547
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:02,400
Speaker 1: The ball looking to round the.

1548
01:15:02,360 --> 01:15:06,439
Speaker 2: Clock, but they needed a first down and looking at

1549
01:15:06,439 --> 01:15:11,120
Speaker 2: third and eleven, it didn't look good until one of

1550
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:14,800
Speaker 2: my favorite, one of my favorite throws and catches of

1551
01:15:14,840 --> 01:15:17,080
Speaker 2: the season from all the way back in week one

1552
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:21,519
Speaker 2: took place right here. CJ. Stroud found Nico Collins on

1553
01:15:21,560 --> 01:15:25,840
Speaker 2: the sideline for a massive catch, and another CJ to

1554
01:15:25,880 --> 01:15:27,560
Speaker 2: Nico Knife.

1555
01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:30,719
Speaker 3: In the heart of the Colts third down and eleven

1556
01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:33,360
Speaker 3: from the Houston twenty nine yard line.

1557
01:15:33,640 --> 01:15:34,080
Speaker 7: CJ.

1558
01:15:34,320 --> 01:15:38,720
Speaker 3: Stroud shotgun Dara to his right, Dell in motion to

1559
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:45,040
Speaker 3: the left, crowd deafening. Here's the snap, CJ looking firing

1560
01:15:45,120 --> 01:15:48,800
Speaker 3: right sideline and Nico Collins with that catch, he gets

1561
01:15:48,840 --> 01:15:51,160
Speaker 3: the feet down for a first down at the forty

1562
01:15:51,160 --> 01:15:52,680
Speaker 3: one yard another.

1563
01:15:52,360 --> 01:15:57,200
Speaker 12: Bad spot mark. The spot is tricky. It's right at

1564
01:15:57,240 --> 01:15:59,960
Speaker 12: the forty. You gotta look at this, which is exactly

1565
01:16:00,240 --> 01:16:03,479
Speaker 12: where they needed to get to, and there may be

1566
01:16:03,520 --> 01:16:04,599
Speaker 12: they may measure this.

1567
01:16:05,280 --> 01:16:07,840
Speaker 2: They didn't even have to dre They went up and

1568
01:16:07,880 --> 01:16:11,400
Speaker 2: reviewed it and found that he had gotten well beyond

1569
01:16:11,439 --> 01:16:14,320
Speaker 2: the sticks. And that got the Texans to one in

1570
01:16:14,479 --> 01:16:19,800
Speaker 2: zero on the season, and they would stay hot the

1571
01:16:19,840 --> 01:16:23,040
Speaker 2: next week when they took on the Chicago Bears, and

1572
01:16:23,120 --> 01:16:29,320
Speaker 2: it was a defensive performance. Jalen Petrie dropping hit sticks

1573
01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:30,080
Speaker 2: on everybody.

1574
01:16:30,880 --> 01:16:33,960
Speaker 3: First down from the Chicago thirty bunch formation right, Caleb

1575
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:36,400
Speaker 3: Williams and the gun with one pack swift.

1576
01:16:37,280 --> 01:16:38,120
Speaker 1: Here's the snap.

1577
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:41,360
Speaker 3: Here's the past the swift and he's knocked down by

1578
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:43,839
Speaker 3: Peatree with a blast of the black field.

1579
01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:51,479
Speaker 12: What recognition by Petree recognized the formation and played fast

1580
01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:54,680
Speaker 12: and as soon as the ball hit the fingertips of

1581
01:16:54,800 --> 01:16:56,800
Speaker 12: swift Petree was there?

1582
01:16:57,439 --> 01:16:58,720
Speaker 7: Man, is he having a good year?

1583
01:16:58,920 --> 01:17:00,479
Speaker 1: That's a Stafford's stick.

1584
01:17:00,960 --> 01:17:05,040
Speaker 2: He was also in that game where one Derek Stingley

1585
01:17:05,560 --> 01:17:11,880
Speaker 2: Junior came up with one of his five interceptions on

1586
01:17:12,240 --> 01:17:12,879
Speaker 2: the season.

1587
01:17:13,479 --> 01:17:16,960
Speaker 3: Third down of sixteen from the Bears forty Williams and

1588
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:19,360
Speaker 3: the Guns back to pass fires.

1589
01:17:19,080 --> 01:17:21,200
Speaker 7: Left sideline and intercepted.

1590
01:17:22,120 --> 01:17:25,320
Speaker 3: Stanley's got it the Texans with the takeaway.

1591
01:17:25,800 --> 01:17:27,080
Speaker 7: Derek Stingley Junior.

1592
01:17:27,160 --> 01:17:27,920
Speaker 3: He's at it again.

1593
01:17:29,240 --> 01:17:33,280
Speaker 2: Oh, the interceptions didn't stop at all for Derek Stingley Junior.

1594
01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:36,960
Speaker 2: He put on an absolute show in week fifteen against

1595
01:17:37,040 --> 01:17:42,600
Speaker 2: Miami with not one, but two brilliant fourth quarter interceptions.

1596
01:17:43,200 --> 01:17:45,840
Speaker 2: Oh these two I could see him. I just I

1597
01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:49,480
Speaker 2: visualize him right now. Sting with two third.

1598
01:17:49,200 --> 01:17:51,840
Speaker 3: Down and five with the Houston twenty in the gun.

1599
01:17:51,880 --> 01:17:54,840
Speaker 3: Here's the snap to a quick fire right side and

1600
01:17:55,080 --> 01:17:59,200
Speaker 3: intercepted by Stanley. He's got it across the fifteen and

1601
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:02,760
Speaker 3: wrestled at a outs by hill. Derek Stingley Junior the

1602
01:18:02,800 --> 01:18:08,120
Speaker 3: ied team. He turns back Miami. What a takeaway for

1603
01:18:08,240 --> 01:18:11,080
Speaker 3: the Texans. They've got the rocket at twenty to twelve

1604
01:18:11,160 --> 01:18:13,040
Speaker 3: lead with ten twenty six to go in the fourth

1605
01:18:13,280 --> 01:18:18,160
Speaker 3: from the Dolphin twenty three first and ten, Tua takes

1606
01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:21,080
Speaker 3: the snap, Tua with pressure, throwing Taffield to his right.

1607
01:18:21,120 --> 01:18:24,120
Speaker 13: And intercepted Stanley again.

1608
01:18:25,120 --> 01:18:26,120
Speaker 7: That's gonna do it.

1609
01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:30,880
Speaker 3: The Texans are gonna beat Miami. Stingley's second pick seals

1610
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:34,360
Speaker 3: the deal and Houston will get its ninth wins.

1611
01:18:35,080 --> 01:18:39,200
Speaker 12: Teams are going to stop throwing to Stingley side. He

1612
01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:44,360
Speaker 12: was stepped for stiff and arguably the fastest player in

1613
01:18:44,400 --> 01:18:49,560
Speaker 12: the NFL, and came up with yet another interception.

1614
01:18:50,280 --> 01:18:52,960
Speaker 2: Yon know as well as I do. Beat Miami's greats awesome.

1615
01:18:53,000 --> 01:18:56,360
Speaker 2: Beating Dallas is that much better. And sting had a

1616
01:18:56,360 --> 01:18:58,360
Speaker 2: big interception in that game as well.

1617
01:18:58,360 --> 01:19:01,840
Speaker 3: At third and eight at the Houston one rush shotgun.

1618
01:19:02,280 --> 01:19:04,680
Speaker 3: Here's the snap rush looking throwing the left side, it's

1619
01:19:04,720 --> 01:19:07,800
Speaker 3: booked off. Here's Derek Stingley Junior taking it to his

1620
01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:10,120
Speaker 3: right to the sideline, turning it upfield.

1621
01:19:09,760 --> 01:19:12,719
Speaker 7: And turning it out of bounds. The sting pick.

1622
01:19:13,560 --> 01:19:18,120
Speaker 2: That was the night when national media, national people really

1623
01:19:18,160 --> 01:19:22,320
Speaker 2: started paying attention to Derek Stingley, and they should have

1624
01:19:22,320 --> 01:19:24,559
Speaker 2: been all along. But you know, look, Sauce has been

1625
01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:29,960
Speaker 2: pretty good. But Derek Stingley was absolutely phenomenal, phenomenal in

1626
01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:35,880
Speaker 2: this season, so so very good. So has Nico Collins. Now,

1627
01:19:36,520 --> 01:19:39,720
Speaker 2: this play is both one of my favorites and one

1628
01:19:39,760 --> 01:19:42,120
Speaker 2: of my least favorites of the year, Like it's up

1629
01:19:42,160 --> 01:19:45,240
Speaker 2: there one of my most favorite because it's one of

1630
01:19:45,320 --> 01:19:47,680
Speaker 2: my favorite things in football. For a long time, I

1631
01:19:47,760 --> 01:19:50,840
Speaker 2: used to love big hits, big smashes, your collisions and

1632
01:19:50,880 --> 01:19:52,559
Speaker 2: that kind of thing. I used to love those I love.

1633
01:19:52,600 --> 01:19:55,120
Speaker 2: I still love physical play, but I've gotten to wear

1634
01:19:55,760 --> 01:19:59,320
Speaker 2: the long ball, the bomb. Watching CJ link up with

1635
01:19:59,400 --> 01:20:02,200
Speaker 2: Nico or rum deep. I love it so Week eighteen,

1636
01:20:02,320 --> 01:20:05,120
Speaker 2: that throw the Colt against the Colts. I could watch

1637
01:20:05,160 --> 01:20:07,439
Speaker 2: it all day, just as I could watch this one

1638
01:20:07,560 --> 01:20:11,559
Speaker 2: against Buffalo. Needing a play to open things up, CJ

1639
01:20:11,760 --> 01:20:15,599
Speaker 2: found Nico sixty seven yards down the field. We all

1640
01:20:15,680 --> 01:20:20,160
Speaker 2: rejoiced until we saw Nico Poole's hamstring. But this play,

1641
01:20:20,280 --> 01:20:22,519
Speaker 2: just on its own, one of my favors of the year.

1642
01:20:23,280 --> 01:20:26,160
Speaker 3: First down Texans to begin this possession at the Houston

1643
01:20:26,200 --> 01:20:27,960
Speaker 3: thirty three, Straud fakes the toss.

1644
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:28,960
Speaker 1: He has time in the pocket.

1645
01:20:29,160 --> 01:20:32,120
Speaker 3: He's gonna gun it long, and Nico Collins is there

1646
01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:35,960
Speaker 3: at the fifteen ten to five rock and Roll touchdown

1647
01:20:36,520 --> 01:20:37,360
Speaker 3: h Town.

1648
01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:42,800
Speaker 7: A bomb from Stroud to Collins.

1649
01:20:43,320 --> 01:20:46,320
Speaker 12: I know someone would have a chance to come up

1650
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:48,280
Speaker 12: with one. I thought it would be Tank Dale.

1651
01:20:48,600 --> 01:20:48,960
Speaker 7: It's not.

1652
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:55,479
Speaker 12: It's mister consistency, Mister leading the NFL and receiving yards

1653
01:20:55,479 --> 01:20:59,840
Speaker 12: in net Go Collins see.

1654
01:21:00,240 --> 01:21:02,960
Speaker 7: A beautiful play as he faked the.

1655
01:21:03,000 --> 01:21:06,160
Speaker 3: Toss to his left and had enough time to get

1656
01:21:06,160 --> 01:21:09,559
Speaker 3: the ball off to As you said, Dre, the NFL's

1657
01:21:09,640 --> 01:21:12,160
Speaker 3: leader in receiving yards and that number is not going

1658
01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:15,679
Speaker 3: to be hurting after today leads by over one hundred

1659
01:21:15,760 --> 01:21:17,360
Speaker 3: coming into the day's action.

1660
01:21:17,720 --> 01:21:21,200
Speaker 2: Dude has been absolutely phenomenal in twenty twenty four, just

1661
01:21:21,240 --> 01:21:24,960
Speaker 2: like he was in twenty twenty three. His biggest night

1662
01:21:25,560 --> 01:21:29,519
Speaker 2: was probably against the Chicago Bears. One of my favorite

1663
01:21:29,600 --> 01:21:31,800
Speaker 2: moments of the entire season. So right at the end

1664
01:21:31,800 --> 01:21:34,679
Speaker 2: of the first quarter against the Bears, Tyreek Stevenson, who

1665
01:21:35,120 --> 01:21:38,439
Speaker 2: we learned doesn't do real well with Hill Mary's, but

1666
01:21:38,479 --> 01:21:43,320
Speaker 2: he's also kind of this hot blooded, vowelttle kind of guy. Well,

1667
01:21:44,160 --> 01:21:48,519
Speaker 2: he took his finger and he basically smushed Nico Collins

1668
01:21:48,560 --> 01:21:51,160
Speaker 2: right in the face. Well, Nico's luck would have it

1669
01:21:51,200 --> 01:21:53,559
Speaker 2: responded got a fifteen yard penalty. It was right at

1670
01:21:53,560 --> 01:21:55,639
Speaker 2: the end of the first quarter, and I'll never forget

1671
01:21:56,160 --> 01:21:58,760
Speaker 2: Texas were down in the red zone and Nico got

1672
01:21:58,800 --> 01:22:01,040
Speaker 2: that penalty, and I could just see Nico stewing like

1673
01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:04,240
Speaker 2: he couldn't believe the tyreek Stevenson had gotten to him.

1674
01:22:04,439 --> 01:22:08,600
Speaker 2: Couldn't believe it. So it's first in twenty five, the

1675
01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:11,920
Speaker 2: very first play the second quarter, CJ threw a diamond

1676
01:22:11,960 --> 01:22:15,280
Speaker 2: in eco and Nico just started running over everybody in

1677
01:22:15,320 --> 01:22:18,439
Speaker 2: the Chicago secondary and he made Jalen Johnson pay for

1678
01:22:18,479 --> 01:22:19,639
Speaker 2: one to tackle in the enzone.

1679
01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:21,679
Speaker 1: This is one of my favorite plays all year long.

1680
01:22:21,760 --> 01:22:24,559
Speaker 2: Right here, CJ to Nico against the Bears in Week two,

1681
01:22:25,360 --> 01:22:25,920
Speaker 2: strat of the.

1682
01:22:25,920 --> 01:22:27,559
Speaker 1: Gun on second and twenty four.

1683
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:32,360
Speaker 3: Here's the snap, CJ looking, CJ firing downfield, hits Nico

1684
01:22:32,400 --> 01:22:39,360
Speaker 3: ten five to the end zone, touchdown. Kusten a flag

1685
01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:40,000
Speaker 3: on the play.

1686
01:22:40,320 --> 01:22:46,680
Speaker 12: That's weight room right there, baby.

1687
01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:48,320
Speaker 7: What Let's see what this penalty is. Effort? What an effort?

1688
01:22:48,360 --> 01:22:49,200
Speaker 7: After the kids?

1689
01:22:52,640 --> 01:22:55,360
Speaker 3: All right, Nico college wrestles his way in.

1690
01:22:57,439 --> 01:22:57,800
Speaker 2: That's that.

1691
01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:03,719
Speaker 3: Our first TD of the home portion of the season.

1692
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:09,360
Speaker 3: Nico Collins brought about the fifteen yard in fraction said

1693
01:23:09,640 --> 01:23:11,960
Speaker 3: I got this and CJ fed on the rock.

1694
01:23:12,080 --> 01:23:14,280
Speaker 12: That's what That's how you make up for it, coach.

1695
01:23:14,720 --> 01:23:17,800
Speaker 12: I'll be right back, yep, my apologies. Let me go

1696
01:23:17,840 --> 01:23:18,719
Speaker 12: take care of something.

1697
01:23:19,200 --> 01:23:21,519
Speaker 2: A little later in that game, as the Texas were

1698
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:23,320
Speaker 2: trying to score near the end of the first half,

1699
01:23:23,680 --> 01:23:26,960
Speaker 2: CJ threw a ball towards the Texans sideline, and I

1700
01:23:27,040 --> 01:23:28,960
Speaker 2: was convinced. I mean, I get blocked a lot of

1701
01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:32,160
Speaker 2: times on throws to the Texans sideline. I could just

1702
01:23:32,160 --> 01:23:35,200
Speaker 2: see Nico go up for the ball on the sideline,

1703
01:23:35,880 --> 01:23:37,680
Speaker 2: but I had no clue whether he had actually come

1704
01:23:37,720 --> 01:23:39,320
Speaker 2: down and bounds. I couldn't see where it was. And

1705
01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:41,840
Speaker 2: then I saw it on the replay like that, dude

1706
01:23:41,960 --> 01:23:45,919
Speaker 2: just snagged one one hand and got both feet and bounds.

1707
01:23:46,479 --> 01:23:48,320
Speaker 2: That's one of the best catches of the year, and

1708
01:23:48,360 --> 01:23:49,960
Speaker 2: it's one of my favorite moments of the year.

1709
01:23:50,320 --> 01:23:53,680
Speaker 3: Second in Tannothony Houston forty eight, CJ shotgun Dara to

1710
01:23:53,760 --> 01:23:57,400
Speaker 3: his right. CJ takes the snap, scrambles out to the right,

1711
01:23:57,479 --> 01:24:01,160
Speaker 3: surveying the field, throwing and caught Nico one handed. Grabbles

1712
01:24:01,160 --> 01:24:01,479
Speaker 3: out of.

1713
01:24:01,439 --> 01:24:05,719
Speaker 7: House thirty seven yard line of Chicago. Are you kidding?

1714
01:24:06,560 --> 01:24:13,960
Speaker 2: I mean what that was unbelievable, Absolutely unbelievable, that catch

1715
01:24:14,040 --> 01:24:16,439
Speaker 2: against Chicago. Now, we've got a lot of really good

1716
01:24:16,479 --> 01:24:20,400
Speaker 2: wins this year. Probably the favorite for a lot of

1717
01:24:20,439 --> 01:24:23,920
Speaker 2: people would be the Dallas game. Maybe the second favorite

1718
01:24:24,000 --> 01:24:26,960
Speaker 2: would end up being the win against the New England

1719
01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:32,559
Speaker 2: Patriots in Foxborough for the first time, and one of

1720
01:24:32,560 --> 01:24:35,200
Speaker 2: the keys. One of my favorite plays of the year

1721
01:24:35,800 --> 01:24:38,640
Speaker 2: the Neil Hunter strip sack at the beginning of the

1722
01:24:38,760 --> 01:24:41,280
Speaker 2: second half of Drake Maya.

1723
01:24:41,960 --> 01:24:45,639
Speaker 3: We're closing dock calling defensive signals. May gets the snap,

1724
01:24:45,640 --> 01:24:47,439
Speaker 3: He's got a little time and now he's sacked. The

1725
01:24:47,520 --> 01:24:50,720
Speaker 3: ball is out. Hunter got it out and Edwards recovers

1726
01:24:51,800 --> 01:24:53,280
Speaker 3: at the ten yard line.

1727
01:24:53,360 --> 01:24:55,799
Speaker 7: Strip sack. Drake May is still down.

1728
01:24:56,120 --> 01:25:00,599
Speaker 2: Now that play becomes a footnote. Really if the next play,

1729
01:25:00,600 --> 01:25:01,880
Speaker 2: I don't know it's the next play. I think it

1730
01:25:01,920 --> 01:25:03,960
Speaker 2: was a couple of plays later, but it happened really

1731
01:25:04,040 --> 01:25:08,000
Speaker 2: quickly as CJ. Stroud hit Stefon Diggs for a touchdown.

1732
01:25:08,160 --> 01:25:11,040
Speaker 2: I put the Texans up twenty one to seven. They

1733
01:25:11,080 --> 01:25:13,760
Speaker 2: would be off on a forty one to twenty one

1734
01:25:13,800 --> 01:25:15,920
Speaker 2: win over to New England Patriots.

1735
01:25:16,080 --> 01:25:18,799
Speaker 3: Second to goal from the ten offset I formation, digs

1736
01:25:18,800 --> 01:25:22,639
Speaker 3: to the right side and the pistol as CJ's between

1737
01:25:22,680 --> 01:25:25,479
Speaker 3: the eye bakes the gab croose to the end zone.

1738
01:25:25,680 --> 01:25:30,840
Speaker 3: Hit ste five digs touchdown Houston A bullet to Stefan.

1739
01:25:31,200 --> 01:25:36,559
Speaker 2: But that day was about Will Anderson Junior, not one,

1740
01:25:36,840 --> 01:25:40,639
Speaker 2: not to a three sacks of the day. You heard

1741
01:25:40,640 --> 01:25:43,200
Speaker 2: the tip pass a little bit earlier that Eric Murray intercepted.

1742
01:25:43,240 --> 01:25:45,959
Speaker 2: He was on one that day for show.

1743
01:25:46,040 --> 01:25:48,559
Speaker 3: Third and ten from the New England forty. Here's the snap,

1744
01:25:48,640 --> 01:25:52,400
Speaker 3: here's Will Anderson Junior bring it down. The quarterback came

1745
01:25:52,479 --> 01:25:55,360
Speaker 3: around the end and sacked Drake May.

1746
01:25:56,080 --> 01:26:01,600
Speaker 2: Indianapolis Colts came to Houston for Week eight, and that

1747
01:26:01,720 --> 01:26:05,480
Speaker 2: was a tough one. I mean, that was a tough ballgame.

1748
01:26:06,040 --> 01:26:09,599
Speaker 2: Lost Steph in that game that really really stung. But

1749
01:26:09,880 --> 01:26:13,240
Speaker 2: there was a moment right before half when this thing

1750
01:26:13,560 --> 01:26:17,040
Speaker 2: really went the Texans direction. The Cults were backed up

1751
01:26:17,200 --> 01:26:19,960
Speaker 2: his third down, Anthony Richardson changed the plate at the

1752
01:26:20,000 --> 01:26:23,719
Speaker 2: line of scrimmage and then he did this.

1753
01:26:24,439 --> 01:26:27,280
Speaker 3: Third down in three thirty four seconds to go in

1754
01:26:27,320 --> 01:26:29,519
Speaker 3: a half ten to ten game, They'll snap it from

1755
01:26:29,600 --> 01:26:33,639
Speaker 3: the Indy twelve yard line. Richards An empty backfield. He's

1756
01:26:33,680 --> 01:26:37,519
Speaker 3: in the gun. Here's the snap, Richardson looking, firing right side.

1757
01:26:37,680 --> 01:26:41,080
Speaker 7: It's picked off by Ptree. Ptree running across the ten

1758
01:26:41,520 --> 01:26:42,160
Speaker 7: to his right.

1759
01:26:42,640 --> 01:26:47,400
Speaker 3: NIE's stacked up inside the eight yard line. Richardson coughs

1760
01:26:47,400 --> 01:26:51,640
Speaker 3: it up, jailing Petree with the imt first in gold Houston.

1761
01:26:52,760 --> 01:26:54,719
Speaker 7: Jim Bob Cooter may be on the.

1762
01:26:54,640 --> 01:27:00,719
Speaker 2: Market, and the Texans answered right away as he Stroud

1763
01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:04,800
Speaker 2: found tank Dell to take a send point lead right before.

1764
01:27:04,479 --> 01:27:06,880
Speaker 3: Half strad of the gun first and goal at the

1765
01:27:06,960 --> 01:27:09,519
Speaker 3: seven to one back mix in bunch for nation rights.

1766
01:27:09,560 --> 01:27:13,120
Speaker 3: CJ to throw looking looking. CJ steps up, fires light

1767
01:27:13,160 --> 01:27:13,920
Speaker 3: side of the end zone.

1768
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:19,439
Speaker 13: Yes, suck touchdown Houston Tek Dell. The Texans take the lead.

1769
01:27:20,520 --> 01:27:24,960
Speaker 13: It is homecoming weekend for the University of Houston. Only

1770
01:27:25,040 --> 01:27:28,120
Speaker 13: proper that Tanke put one in the end zone.

1771
01:27:29,479 --> 01:27:33,840
Speaker 3: Dell with the TV catch and just like that, the

1772
01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:37,280
Speaker 3: Texans go back in front of Indeed.

1773
01:27:37,280 --> 01:27:39,400
Speaker 2: The week prior was a gut punch loss to the

1774
01:27:39,400 --> 01:27:42,759
Speaker 2: Green Bay Packers, but that thing could not have started

1775
01:27:43,080 --> 01:27:45,800
Speaker 2: any better. After the Packers had gotten the first down,

1776
01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:49,759
Speaker 2: Jordan Love went back to pass and that man Jaln

1777
01:27:49,800 --> 01:27:54,680
Speaker 2: Petrie almost had another interception, but instead he tipped it

1778
01:27:55,120 --> 01:27:57,719
Speaker 2: and Neville Hewitt, playing for a ziz Al Shier who's

1779
01:27:57,760 --> 01:28:02,120
Speaker 2: banged up, gets the interception and nearly took it to

1780
01:28:02,240 --> 01:28:02,639
Speaker 2: the house.

1781
01:28:03,640 --> 01:28:06,679
Speaker 3: Crafted the tight end and Jacob's lineup short side left,

1782
01:28:06,760 --> 01:28:10,160
Speaker 3: three receivers wide side right, empty backfield. Here on third

1783
01:28:10,200 --> 01:28:13,920
Speaker 3: and three at the fifty, Love looks it over Hanson

1784
01:28:13,960 --> 01:28:17,520
Speaker 3: close to the line. Love takes the snap, fires and

1785
01:28:17,600 --> 01:28:21,759
Speaker 3: it's picked off. Hewett to his left forty thirty twenty

1786
01:28:21,800 --> 01:28:24,880
Speaker 3: cutting inside the twenty of green Bay and Neville's got

1787
01:28:24,880 --> 01:28:28,799
Speaker 3: the ball inside the fifteen yard line on the pick.

1788
01:28:30,120 --> 01:28:35,360
Speaker 2: Interceptions all around for everybody this year, including the two

1789
01:28:35,439 --> 01:28:41,160
Speaker 2: rookies Kaylen Bullock and Kamari Lassiter. Kaylin against the New

1790
01:28:41,200 --> 01:28:44,720
Speaker 2: England Patriots came up with one and nearly took this

1791
01:28:44,840 --> 01:28:46,200
Speaker 2: one in the house. I after the game, we had

1792
01:28:46,200 --> 01:28:47,640
Speaker 2: a chance to talk to him. I said, dude, if

1793
01:28:47,640 --> 01:28:49,639
Speaker 2: you run to the sideline, you take that thing the house.

1794
01:28:49,720 --> 01:28:49,760
Speaker 3: Go.

1795
01:28:49,960 --> 01:28:52,160
Speaker 2: I know I could have outrun Drake May but he didn't.

1796
01:28:52,360 --> 01:28:57,439
Speaker 2: But still, Kaylen Bullock interception in New England. Absolutely love

1797
01:28:57,479 --> 01:28:58,479
Speaker 2: seeing it from the rookie.

1798
01:28:58,880 --> 01:29:02,680
Speaker 3: All right, here we go third down and three Patriots

1799
01:29:02,840 --> 01:29:05,000
Speaker 3: from their thirty seven yard line. May and the gun

1800
01:29:05,040 --> 01:29:08,640
Speaker 3: won back. Gibson motioned to the right side by Douglas.

1801
01:29:08,680 --> 01:29:11,360
Speaker 3: Two receivers to each side. Now Texan's loading up at

1802
01:29:11,360 --> 01:29:14,599
Speaker 3: the line. May gets to snap. He's got a little time.

1803
01:29:14,600 --> 01:29:18,719
Speaker 3: He's gonna gun it long downfield and it's intercepted. Bullock

1804
01:29:18,920 --> 01:29:22,639
Speaker 3: running to his left forty five forty thirty five thirty

1805
01:29:22,880 --> 01:29:25,080
Speaker 3: trying to find extra room and he's down inside the

1806
01:29:25,160 --> 01:29:28,200
Speaker 3: twenty seven yard line. Kaitlin Bullock with the I and

1807
01:29:28,439 --> 01:29:29,519
Speaker 3: t his second of the.

1808
01:29:29,600 --> 01:29:34,719
Speaker 2: Year now against Miami. Kayln had one right in his hands.

1809
01:29:34,800 --> 01:29:36,920
Speaker 2: I thought it was going for a pick six. I

1810
01:29:36,960 --> 01:29:39,439
Speaker 2: mean right in his hands, like dang it, man, You'll

1811
01:29:39,479 --> 01:29:42,080
Speaker 2: get that opportunity very often. And then a few plays

1812
01:29:42,160 --> 01:29:46,880
Speaker 2: later he did get the opportunity again. Kaylen Bullock nearly

1813
01:29:46,920 --> 01:29:49,240
Speaker 2: took this one from two all the way to the house.

1814
01:29:49,439 --> 01:29:52,160
Speaker 3: Tua takes the toss, looking firing over the middle and

1815
01:29:52,240 --> 01:29:56,320
Speaker 3: it's intercepted. There's Bullock to his left forty fifty to

1816
01:29:56,400 --> 01:29:59,920
Speaker 3: the sideline, shut out of a cannon thirty twenty fifty

1817
01:30:00,320 --> 01:30:04,920
Speaker 3: ten and wrestle down inside the ten catchhead.

1818
01:30:04,479 --> 01:30:06,959
Speaker 7: Run Jason Bullock one sick.

1819
01:30:06,880 --> 01:30:11,240
Speaker 12: You still have thirteen seconds left, so no harm, no

1820
01:30:11,400 --> 01:30:15,920
Speaker 12: foul on the fumble. Now the Texans set up shop

1821
01:30:16,280 --> 01:30:19,200
Speaker 12: for two timeouts and thirteen seconds.

1822
01:30:19,360 --> 01:30:21,759
Speaker 7: You can go to the end zone a couple of times.

1823
01:30:21,800 --> 01:30:25,519
Speaker 2: Here now is pal Kamari Lasser has been all kinds

1824
01:30:25,560 --> 01:30:28,720
Speaker 2: of good this year. He's had a few interceptions, But

1825
01:30:28,800 --> 01:30:31,240
Speaker 2: the play I think I'm gonna remember about Kamari is

1826
01:30:32,000 --> 01:30:35,559
Speaker 2: one of my favorites. It actually happened in the loss

1827
01:30:35,600 --> 01:30:37,400
Speaker 2: of Baltimore, and I know there wasn't a whole lot

1828
01:30:37,439 --> 01:30:40,920
Speaker 2: that went right about that lost to Baltimore other than

1829
01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:44,559
Speaker 2: Kamari Lassiter making a play in the end zone to

1830
01:30:44,640 --> 01:30:48,440
Speaker 2: tackle Big Derrick Henry for a safety. Yeah, the Texans

1831
01:30:48,439 --> 01:30:51,800
Speaker 2: got punished that night, But for Kamari Lasser to come

1832
01:30:51,880 --> 01:30:55,800
Speaker 2: up and make that play and stuff Dereck Henry in

1833
01:30:55,880 --> 01:30:59,080
Speaker 2: the end zone for two points. I'll remember that play

1834
01:30:59,120 --> 01:31:02,000
Speaker 2: for a long long time and it still will be

1835
01:31:02,080 --> 01:31:04,040
Speaker 2: one of my favorites of his career.

1836
01:31:04,320 --> 01:31:06,560
Speaker 3: Baltimore up ten nothing, ten to fifteen to go in

1837
01:31:06,600 --> 01:31:09,120
Speaker 3: the second. Here the Ravens up there four yards on

1838
01:31:09,360 --> 01:31:13,120
Speaker 3: Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson in the Ravens end zone.

1839
01:31:13,200 --> 01:31:16,320
Speaker 3: Set to go to work. Hand of Henry running to

1840
01:31:16,360 --> 01:31:18,640
Speaker 3: the left. He's gonna be broughted out for a safety,

1841
01:31:19,160 --> 01:31:20,439
Speaker 3: lasting her off the edge.

1842
01:31:20,640 --> 01:31:22,840
Speaker 7: The Texan store produce.

1843
01:31:24,840 --> 01:31:29,080
Speaker 2: But my goodness, I haven't forgotten about him. Don't worry.

1844
01:31:30,160 --> 01:31:34,200
Speaker 2: Joe Mixon in twenty twenty four started in Week one

1845
01:31:34,960 --> 01:31:38,160
Speaker 2: when the Texas needed to close it out against Indianapolis

1846
01:31:38,200 --> 01:31:41,720
Speaker 2: Colts on a third down, Could they do it? Yes, sir,

1847
01:31:41,800 --> 01:31:42,240
Speaker 2: they could.

1848
01:31:42,520 --> 01:31:44,360
Speaker 3: My first down, Let's you walk out of here with

1849
01:31:44,400 --> 01:31:47,439
Speaker 3: a win. Third down and three from the Houston forty

1850
01:31:47,439 --> 01:31:51,679
Speaker 3: eight I formation, Collins in motion into the right mix

1851
01:31:51,760 --> 01:31:53,800
Speaker 3: in the tailback, Stroud digs in.

1852
01:31:54,160 --> 01:31:54,880
Speaker 1: Here's the snap.

1853
01:31:54,920 --> 01:31:57,360
Speaker 3: Here's the toss to Mixon running right across the fifty

1854
01:31:57,400 --> 01:32:00,320
Speaker 3: to forty five, tackled by a crossing the forty one

1855
01:32:00,520 --> 01:32:01,040
Speaker 3: check bait.

1856
01:32:01,840 --> 01:32:02,599
Speaker 7: That'll do it.

1857
01:32:02,920 --> 01:32:05,320
Speaker 3: The Texans will beat the Colts on opening Day.

1858
01:32:05,840 --> 01:32:08,240
Speaker 2: But in the Chicago game, Joe got hurt and he

1859
01:32:08,280 --> 01:32:10,400
Speaker 2: missed some time. It's really the first time that he

1860
01:32:10,439 --> 01:32:13,240
Speaker 2: had missed in the last I don't know, four five years.

1861
01:32:13,680 --> 01:32:16,280
Speaker 2: But he came back for New England and had the

1862
01:32:16,360 --> 01:32:20,560
Speaker 2: longest run of the year against the Patriots.

1863
01:32:21,240 --> 01:32:24,240
Speaker 3: Stroud under center, first down, Texans at the Houston nineteen

1864
01:32:24,320 --> 01:32:27,599
Speaker 3: yard line, one back, it's mix it and Nixon shut

1865
01:32:27,600 --> 01:32:29,599
Speaker 3: out of a cannon left side twenty five to thirty

1866
01:32:29,760 --> 01:32:33,000
Speaker 3: thirty five forty fifty left sideline the forty of New England.

1867
01:32:33,000 --> 01:32:35,519
Speaker 3: Could he do it the thirty and he's tripped up

1868
01:32:35,560 --> 01:32:37,520
Speaker 3: inside the twenty yard line.

1869
01:32:38,040 --> 01:32:40,080
Speaker 7: Welcome to the Mixon.

1870
01:32:39,840 --> 01:32:43,040
Speaker 3: What are run deep into New England territory?

1871
01:32:43,160 --> 01:32:45,439
Speaker 7: Welcome back? Joe Mixon is.

1872
01:32:45,320 --> 01:32:49,040
Speaker 2: An absolute stud against Dallas. In the first play of

1873
01:32:49,080 --> 01:32:52,479
Speaker 2: the game, Nico Collins took one seventy five yards to

1874
01:32:52,520 --> 01:32:55,519
Speaker 2: the house, but penalty called it back, so Texans got

1875
01:32:55,520 --> 01:32:57,920
Speaker 2: a little drive going. CJ hit a couple passes, it

1876
01:32:58,040 --> 01:33:00,000
Speaker 2: met you for a first down, tank for first down,

1877
01:33:00,360 --> 01:33:02,880
Speaker 2: and then forty five yards away. Joe Mixon said, no, no, no,

1878
01:33:02,880 --> 01:33:03,360
Speaker 2: I got it.

1879
01:33:03,600 --> 01:33:04,000
Speaker 7: I got it.

1880
01:33:04,040 --> 01:33:06,760
Speaker 2: Guys give it to me, and they did, and he

1881
01:33:06,880 --> 01:33:09,840
Speaker 2: housed it from forty five yards out.

1882
01:33:10,560 --> 01:33:12,760
Speaker 3: At the forty five yard line of Dallas. First and

1883
01:33:12,840 --> 01:33:16,200
Speaker 3: ten handoff, Mixon starts white, cuts back left, has round

1884
01:33:16,280 --> 01:33:19,160
Speaker 3: thirty twenty five, twenty fifteen to ten.

1885
01:33:19,000 --> 01:33:21,920
Speaker 7: To five, rock and roll touchdown.

1886
01:33:21,520 --> 01:33:26,639
Speaker 3: Joe Mixon and no flanks forty five yard TV run

1887
01:33:27,280 --> 01:33:28,160
Speaker 3: Monday Night.

1888
01:33:28,360 --> 01:33:32,559
Speaker 2: Mixon I mean, I had so many different plays of

1889
01:33:32,680 --> 01:33:36,280
Speaker 2: Joe's I mean week seven at Green Bay, I would

1890
01:33:36,360 --> 01:33:42,400
Speaker 2: contend this play was probably the best executed run all

1891
01:33:42,520 --> 01:33:46,519
Speaker 2: year long. The blocks were beautiful, everything was right, and

1892
01:33:46,600 --> 01:33:49,280
Speaker 2: Joe walked into the end zone and really put the

1893
01:33:49,280 --> 01:33:52,280
Speaker 2: pressure on Green Bay at Lambeau mix in.

1894
01:33:52,280 --> 01:33:54,559
Speaker 3: And the Mackfield strout of the guns, second down and

1895
01:33:54,680 --> 01:33:58,880
Speaker 3: less of the yard inside the two CJ hands off

1896
01:33:58,880 --> 01:34:02,120
Speaker 3: to Joe running to the left, Joe across the goal line.

1897
01:34:02,320 --> 01:34:03,760
Speaker 7: Touchdown Houston.

1898
01:34:04,880 --> 01:34:06,760
Speaker 2: Joe Mixon for six.

1899
01:34:09,400 --> 01:34:14,479
Speaker 12: By Lambeau leaps into one of the few Texans fans that.

1900
01:34:14,439 --> 01:34:15,479
Speaker 7: Are on the front row.

1901
01:34:16,600 --> 01:34:21,120
Speaker 2: But my favorite play of the year has got to

1902
01:34:21,120 --> 01:34:27,919
Speaker 2: be this one from Arlington Derek Barnett scoop and score

1903
01:34:28,479 --> 01:34:32,240
Speaker 2: after he created the first fumble on this play, y'all

1904
01:34:32,280 --> 01:34:33,479
Speaker 2: remember it. Take a listen.

1905
01:34:34,240 --> 01:34:37,320
Speaker 3: Second and six for Dallas from their forty Cooper rush

1906
01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:39,840
Speaker 3: with daddle to his left, bunch formation, light after motion,

1907
01:34:41,120 --> 01:34:47,040
Speaker 3: rush in trouble stripsack. Who's got it, It's still loose, Texas.

1908
01:34:47,120 --> 01:34:47,599
Speaker 1: Kick it up.

1909
01:34:47,840 --> 01:34:49,200
Speaker 7: Here's Barnett on the run.

1910
01:34:49,320 --> 01:34:57,040
Speaker 3: Twenty fifteen ten to five touchdown scoop score Derek.

1911
01:34:56,680 --> 01:35:05,479
Speaker 12: Barnett Guiden, Thank you very very much, because he picked

1912
01:35:05,560 --> 01:35:11,080
Speaker 12: up the strip sacks and tried to run. Petree with

1913
01:35:11,240 --> 01:35:15,800
Speaker 12: a great play to disengage the ball from Guiden, and

1914
01:35:15,840 --> 01:35:19,040
Speaker 12: it's Barnett that picks it up and puts.

1915
01:35:18,720 --> 01:35:19,639
Speaker 7: It in the end zone.

1916
01:35:19,640 --> 01:35:21,880
Speaker 3: Boy, I want to hit by Petrie to jar that

1917
01:35:22,120 --> 01:35:25,400
Speaker 3: ball loose Barnett with the line of the end zone.

1918
01:35:25,439 --> 01:35:27,479
Speaker 2: That was as fun a segment as I've done all

1919
01:35:27,600 --> 01:35:30,600
Speaker 2: year long. Hope we there are more of those favorite

1920
01:35:30,640 --> 01:35:33,360
Speaker 2: plays coming up. Very very so appreciate you being with

1921
01:35:33,400 --> 01:35:36,200
Speaker 2: me this evening. We'll see you on Sunday. It as

1922
01:35:36,240 --> 01:35:37,280
Speaker 2: always go Texas.

1923
01:35:38,479 --> 01:35:42,000
Speaker 3: Hello Texans, and welcome to the Late Night Hour. It's

1924
01:35:42,040 --> 01:35:44,360
Speaker 3: not that late, but for us it's late Texans All

1925
01:35:44,400 --> 01:35:47,719
Speaker 3: Access the Bonus Hour, the eight o'clock Friday night hour.

1926
01:35:47,800 --> 01:35:50,200
Speaker 3: And yes, it's a weird week with New Year's last

1927
01:35:50,200 --> 01:35:51,960
Speaker 3: week we had Christmas, of course, do I need to

1928
01:35:51,960 --> 01:35:55,320
Speaker 3: remind you of this? And football wise, it's a normal

1929
01:35:55,400 --> 01:35:58,720
Speaker 3: week because the team has been added since Monday. They

1930
01:35:58,760 --> 01:36:02,000
Speaker 3: had that little walkthrough practice on Monday day off Tuesday

1931
01:36:02,120 --> 01:36:04,639
Speaker 3: than normal week to get ready for the regular season

1932
01:36:04,640 --> 01:36:08,240
Speaker 3: finale against the Tennessee Titans. And this hour will feature

1933
01:36:08,280 --> 01:36:11,960
Speaker 3: Nick Cassario, Executive vice president and general manager. You'll hear

1934
01:36:12,040 --> 01:36:14,160
Speaker 3: from the guy who plays Toro. We had him on

1935
01:36:14,280 --> 01:36:16,519
Speaker 3: earlier this week, but you probably missed it because you

1936
01:36:16,520 --> 01:36:18,960
Speaker 3: were partying on New Year's Eve. So some of that

1937
01:36:19,080 --> 01:36:23,240
Speaker 3: conversation and some of our conversation with Mike Keith, who's

1938
01:36:23,280 --> 01:36:25,360
Speaker 3: the voice of the Titans, and I'm not going to

1939
01:36:25,400 --> 01:36:28,439
Speaker 3: get into a full blown scouting report probably, but we'll

1940
01:36:28,479 --> 01:36:32,519
Speaker 3: have some of Mike talking about Steve McNair about Titans history.

1941
01:36:32,720 --> 01:36:35,680
Speaker 3: It's pretty cool stuff as it relates to some of

1942
01:36:35,720 --> 01:36:39,280
Speaker 3: the success they had in the early days in Nashville.

1943
01:36:39,320 --> 01:36:41,479
Speaker 3: But let's start out with the exec VP of GM,

1944
01:36:41,600 --> 01:36:45,639
Speaker 3: Nick Cassio, because it's important this week obviously to start

1945
01:36:45,640 --> 01:36:48,960
Speaker 3: playing better, get guys healthy, get ready for the postseason.

1946
01:36:49,320 --> 01:36:52,680
Speaker 3: Johnny and I wouldn't possibly ask about next week, would we.

1947
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Speaker 2: So I know we always talk about advanced prep. So

1948
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Speaker 2: in advance prep, we know it's one of three teams,

1949
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Speaker 2: one of them we just played last week, or I

1950
01:37:01,120 --> 01:37:03,120
Speaker 2: guess that's what it is. What do we have played

1951
01:37:03,160 --> 01:37:05,519
Speaker 2: this year the other two? Trying to think we played

1952
01:37:05,520 --> 01:37:07,479
Speaker 2: that we played the other two? So do you do

1953
01:37:07,560 --> 01:37:10,040
Speaker 2: advanced prep for all three teams. Nick, at this point,

1954
01:37:10,120 --> 01:37:13,280
Speaker 2: do you wait until Saturday night to see Rabs and Steelers?

1955
01:37:13,280 --> 01:37:14,800
Speaker 2: How do you kind of go with the advanced prep

1956
01:37:14,840 --> 01:37:16,400
Speaker 2: for the playoffs. No, it's a great question.

1957
01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:18,439
Speaker 14: You sort of have to start some of the work

1958
01:37:18,479 --> 01:37:19,960
Speaker 14: here a little bit, because what you want to be

1959
01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:23,040
Speaker 14: able to do is after the Tennessee game, transition to

1960
01:37:23,120 --> 01:37:26,040
Speaker 14: whoever the next opponent is. So number of the pro

1961
01:37:26,120 --> 01:37:29,400
Speaker 14: scouts will be assigned specific teams. So of the teams

1962
01:37:29,400 --> 01:37:32,559
Speaker 14: that we could potentially play, put together the advance scout

1963
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Speaker 14: and report, and then the idea would be after the

1964
01:37:34,600 --> 01:37:38,439
Speaker 14: game on Sunday, whoever we think it is or if

1965
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Speaker 14: it's definitive, then we'll just be able to get that

1966
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Speaker 14: information out to the staff. So then we come back

1967
01:37:42,880 --> 01:37:46,040
Speaker 14: coming on Monday. We're sort of ready to go. Even

1968
01:37:46,040 --> 01:37:48,840
Speaker 14: though we haven't played them. We're somewhat familiar with some

1969
01:37:48,880 --> 01:37:51,240
Speaker 14: of the teams, other than maybe LA that's probably the

1970
01:37:51,240 --> 01:37:53,160
Speaker 14: one team that's a little bit of an X factor here.

1971
01:37:53,280 --> 01:37:55,160
Speaker 14: So but other than that, we do we have to

1972
01:37:55,200 --> 01:37:57,800
Speaker 14: put a separate from the coaches in the playing preparation.

1973
01:37:57,920 --> 01:38:00,599
Speaker 14: We have to from a advanced scouting stand point. Yeah,

1974
01:38:00,960 --> 01:38:02,320
Speaker 14: just put some work in place.

1975
01:38:02,520 --> 01:38:04,760
Speaker 3: Coach Ryan saded like he wanted to get back to

1976
01:38:04,800 --> 01:38:07,240
Speaker 3: the basics year. Let's play some good football. Let's get

1977
01:38:07,240 --> 01:38:09,439
Speaker 3: back to playing the game that we love and we

1978
01:38:09,520 --> 01:38:10,519
Speaker 3: know how to play well.

1979
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Speaker 1: You see it that way as you face Tennessee on Sunday.

1980
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Speaker 14: Yeah, it's really a big summation of our season. We've

1981
01:38:14,960 --> 01:38:17,000
Speaker 14: kind of sat here multiple weeks and we've played good

1982
01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:19,599
Speaker 14: football at times. Other times we just haven't executed him.

1983
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Speaker 14: We go back and look at the Tennessee game Week twelve,

1984
01:38:21,720 --> 01:38:24,400
Speaker 14: it's kind of some respects the synopsis of our season

1985
01:38:24,880 --> 01:38:26,960
Speaker 14: gave us some explosive plays, turn the ball over a

1986
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:29,400
Speaker 14: little bit. I think we were penalized eleven times, so

1987
01:38:29,760 --> 01:38:32,960
Speaker 14: just trying to minimize some of those bad plays. Tennessee

1988
01:38:33,000 --> 01:38:35,360
Speaker 14: played better than we did. We understand that this is

1989
01:38:35,400 --> 01:38:38,120
Speaker 14: a challenging opponent that has a number of skilled players

1990
01:38:38,160 --> 01:38:40,879
Speaker 14: in a lot of different areas. So focusing on Tennessee,

1991
01:38:40,960 --> 01:38:42,960
Speaker 14: trying to play a good football game, doing the things

1992
01:38:42,960 --> 01:38:44,960
Speaker 14: that are conducive to winning, put on ourselves in a

1993
01:38:45,000 --> 01:38:47,519
Speaker 14: position where we can go ahead and go out there

1994
01:38:47,560 --> 01:38:49,680
Speaker 14: and play good football as a team, which this time

1995
01:38:49,680 --> 01:38:51,120
Speaker 14: of the year, that's the most important thing.

1996
01:38:51,680 --> 01:38:55,600
Speaker 2: We've had this yere Nick before where week seventeen. I

1997
01:38:55,640 --> 01:38:57,559
Speaker 2: don't want to use the word irrelevant because any game

1998
01:38:57,680 --> 01:39:00,439
Speaker 2: is relevant, but it's not going to change seed. We're

1999
01:39:00,479 --> 01:39:04,000
Speaker 2: into playoffs. We want to be seemingly as healthy as possible.

2000
01:39:04,040 --> 01:39:06,720
Speaker 2: How much does that become a part of it, Like, Hey,

2001
01:39:06,760 --> 01:39:08,840
Speaker 2: we want to be as healthy as possible. Yeah, we

2002
01:39:08,840 --> 01:39:10,840
Speaker 2: won't play great football, but man, we got to have

2003
01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:12,200
Speaker 2: the guys we need to be able to play that

2004
01:39:12,200 --> 01:39:12,800
Speaker 2: playoff game.

2005
01:39:12,960 --> 01:39:16,960
Speaker 14: Yeah, every game takes on significance whenever it is, whatever

2006
01:39:16,960 --> 01:39:20,320
Speaker 14: the circumstances are. So fortunately been kind of in this

2007
01:39:20,400 --> 01:39:24,000
Speaker 14: situation multiple times and the last week, you know, we've

2008
01:39:24,040 --> 01:39:26,519
Speaker 14: handled it differently at different points. So I think ultimately

2009
01:39:26,560 --> 01:39:28,360
Speaker 14: you have to do we have to do. Demico has

2010
01:39:28,400 --> 01:39:30,400
Speaker 14: to do what you know, we feel as best for

2011
01:39:30,479 --> 01:39:33,800
Speaker 14: our football team. What do we think we need understandingly

2012
01:39:33,840 --> 01:39:36,759
Speaker 14: be cognizant if a player has a health issue or concern,

2013
01:39:37,200 --> 01:39:40,479
Speaker 14: then maybe are we better off waiting another week or

2014
01:39:40,520 --> 01:39:43,080
Speaker 14: whatever the case may be. So in the end, we're

2015
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Speaker 14: gonna need our whoever we have, whoever is available to

2016
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Speaker 14: us this week and next week, Like those are the

2017
01:39:48,120 --> 01:39:50,040
Speaker 14: players that we're gonna win with. Can't worry about who

2018
01:39:50,040 --> 01:39:51,760
Speaker 14: we don't have. Else we can do as focus on

2019
01:39:51,800 --> 01:39:54,200
Speaker 14: the players that we do have. So each week is

2020
01:39:54,240 --> 01:39:55,680
Speaker 14: going to be different, each team is going to be

2021
01:39:55,680 --> 01:39:57,400
Speaker 14: a little bit different, and you just have to take

2022
01:39:57,439 --> 01:39:59,200
Speaker 14: inventory of where we are as a team and ultimately

2023
01:39:59,320 --> 01:40:01,480
Speaker 14: make the decision you feel makes the most sense.

2024
01:40:01,400 --> 01:40:03,200
Speaker 3: No matter who you facing the postseason.

2025
01:40:03,240 --> 01:40:04,080
Speaker 1: This is good prep.

2026
01:40:04,200 --> 01:40:05,880
Speaker 3: I know you want to be better at stopping the

2027
01:40:05,920 --> 01:40:07,920
Speaker 3: run than you were against Derek Henry. You got Tony

2028
01:40:07,920 --> 01:40:10,479
Speaker 3: Pollard here, had a good game last time. He's a thousands,

2029
01:40:10,560 --> 01:40:12,280
Speaker 3: thousand yard back, so it's a good test.

2030
01:40:12,360 --> 01:40:13,280
Speaker 6: Yeah, really good back.

2031
01:40:13,479 --> 01:40:15,439
Speaker 14: I mean ran for one hundred yards over one hundred

2032
01:40:15,479 --> 01:40:17,880
Speaker 14: yards in the first games, a thousand yard rusher, and

2033
01:40:17,920 --> 01:40:20,320
Speaker 14: he's really kind of a multi purpose back because he's

2034
01:40:20,320 --> 01:40:21,160
Speaker 14: just not a runner.

2035
01:40:21,600 --> 01:40:23,400
Speaker 6: He's a very capable receiver as.

2036
01:40:23,240 --> 01:40:25,559
Speaker 14: Well, so good athlete, good with the ball in his hands,

2037
01:40:25,560 --> 01:40:28,720
Speaker 14: capable of making explosive plays because of his speed. So

2038
01:40:29,040 --> 01:40:31,479
Speaker 14: the run game will be important, i'd say this time

2039
01:40:31,520 --> 01:40:33,720
Speaker 14: of year in most games, like the ability to run

2040
01:40:33,760 --> 01:40:36,000
Speaker 14: the ball, stop the run, and cover kicks like those

2041
01:40:36,040 --> 01:40:37,680
Speaker 14: are the things that you're gonna have to be be

2042
01:40:37,720 --> 01:40:40,759
Speaker 14: able to do in order to be a good physical

2043
01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:41,400
Speaker 14: football team.

2044
01:40:41,479 --> 01:40:45,720
Speaker 1: Are you trying to sneakily steal my scout? You got

2045
01:40:45,760 --> 01:40:49,400
Speaker 1: it with it umped the gun. I'm just my last.

2046
01:40:49,200 --> 01:40:53,080
Speaker 6: Mistake report because we've already but we can.

2047
01:40:53,880 --> 01:40:54,559
Speaker 1: Let's start in there.

2048
01:40:54,600 --> 01:40:56,519
Speaker 2: Week twelve, we got a chance to see these guys.

2049
01:40:57,200 --> 01:41:00,599
Speaker 2: We didn't see Taj Spears uh and he was part

2050
01:41:00,640 --> 01:41:03,280
Speaker 2: of the mix this past couple of the past couple

2051
01:41:03,280 --> 01:41:05,280
Speaker 2: of weeks and look pretty good doing it. How have

2052
01:41:05,400 --> 01:41:07,800
Speaker 2: they changed from Week twelve? Nick, I know it's not

2053
01:41:07,840 --> 01:41:10,280
Speaker 2: gone exceedingly well for them. There is talk about them

2054
01:41:10,280 --> 01:41:14,000
Speaker 2: playing both quarterbacks Mayson Rudolf and Will Levis. What's changed

2055
01:41:14,040 --> 01:41:16,320
Speaker 2: most about the Titans in the Scotland report that you see.

2056
01:41:16,280 --> 01:41:18,320
Speaker 14: Yeah, the big thing, it's always personnel related more than

2057
01:41:18,360 --> 01:41:20,679
Speaker 14: anything else schematically, like from the start of the season

2058
01:41:20,720 --> 01:41:22,600
Speaker 14: until now. You know, the run game, they do a

2059
01:41:22,600 --> 01:41:25,559
Speaker 14: really good job coach Coach Callahan's square, they both do

2060
01:41:25,640 --> 01:41:28,200
Speaker 14: a really good job in a running game. They ran

2061
01:41:28,240 --> 01:41:30,559
Speaker 14: the ball effectively and have two really good backs who

2062
01:41:30,600 --> 01:41:33,360
Speaker 14: are capable of gaining yards and their ability to create

2063
01:41:33,400 --> 01:41:35,840
Speaker 14: explosive plays. We saw that, you know with Chick on

2064
01:41:35,880 --> 01:41:38,240
Speaker 14: the big play there in the third quarter, or whatever

2065
01:41:38,280 --> 01:41:41,479
Speaker 14: it was, and Ridley is always a factor. So they

2066
01:41:41,520 --> 01:41:43,680
Speaker 14: do a good job schematically in a running game and

2067
01:41:43,720 --> 01:41:46,479
Speaker 14: then creating some explosive plays as well. You know, they've

2068
01:41:46,479 --> 01:41:48,479
Speaker 14: turned the ball over a little bit, you know, probably

2069
01:41:48,520 --> 01:41:51,280
Speaker 14: more than they would like, So the ability to take

2070
01:41:51,320 --> 01:41:53,280
Speaker 14: the ball away and an r end control of the

2071
01:41:53,280 --> 01:41:54,920
Speaker 14: football or take care of the football is going to

2072
01:41:55,000 --> 01:41:57,880
Speaker 14: be important. But it seems like they've kind of solidified

2073
01:41:57,920 --> 01:41:59,640
Speaker 14: the offensive line, which is a little bit of a

2074
01:41:59,680 --> 01:42:01,479
Speaker 14: moving hard and think Latham has kind of been to

2075
01:42:01,520 --> 01:42:03,120
Speaker 14: one constant there from the beginning of the year. They've

2076
01:42:03,120 --> 01:42:05,920
Speaker 14: had a number of young rookie players who have played

2077
01:42:05,920 --> 01:42:08,000
Speaker 14: well for them this year on both sides of the ball,

2078
01:42:08,439 --> 01:42:11,760
Speaker 14: but they present challenges offensively because of their skill more

2079
01:42:11,800 --> 01:42:12,479
Speaker 14: than anything else.

2080
01:42:12,960 --> 01:42:15,879
Speaker 3: All Right, what about this streak you have going on

2081
01:42:15,880 --> 01:42:18,960
Speaker 3: on the road in the division, because you have to

2082
01:42:19,000 --> 01:42:21,240
Speaker 3: go back to what twenty twenty one, twenty twenty one

2083
01:42:21,360 --> 01:42:24,840
Speaker 3: when the Texans last lost an AFC South game on

2084
01:42:24,840 --> 01:42:25,160
Speaker 3: the road.

2085
01:42:25,200 --> 01:42:25,920
Speaker 1: Is there anything to that?

2086
01:42:26,000 --> 01:42:28,400
Speaker 3: I know it spans different coaching eras and that kind

2087
01:42:28,439 --> 01:42:30,120
Speaker 3: of thing, but you've been here the whole time time.

2088
01:42:30,240 --> 01:42:32,920
Speaker 14: Yeah, I mean, each week it's really one game at

2089
01:42:32,960 --> 01:42:34,760
Speaker 14: a time, one week at a time, and just doing

2090
01:42:34,880 --> 01:42:37,799
Speaker 14: enough that particular week, So you can't necessarily worry about

2091
01:42:37,880 --> 01:42:40,240
Speaker 14: I mean, streaks are streaks, but all streaks are made

2092
01:42:40,240 --> 01:42:43,840
Speaker 14: to be broken. It's ultimately about playing good football, so

2093
01:42:44,120 --> 01:42:45,200
Speaker 14: that's what it's going to take.

2094
01:42:45,320 --> 01:42:47,120
Speaker 6: So can't really get too caught up in that.

2095
01:42:47,160 --> 01:42:50,120
Speaker 14: But we've talked on this show everything starts with a division,

2096
01:42:50,240 --> 01:42:53,040
Speaker 14: so we're in a position fortunately we continue to play

2097
01:42:53,040 --> 01:42:55,120
Speaker 14: football because of what we've done in the division. So

2098
01:42:55,280 --> 01:42:56,559
Speaker 14: we think we just want to go out there and

2099
01:42:56,560 --> 01:42:59,880
Speaker 14: play good football against division opponent like who beat us

2100
01:43:00,080 --> 01:43:02,360
Speaker 14: week twelve. So we just want to try to play

2101
01:43:02,439 --> 01:43:04,519
Speaker 14: better football and make sure we're doing the things that

2102
01:43:04,520 --> 01:43:07,000
Speaker 14: are conduced with the winning this week against Titans.

2103
01:43:06,760 --> 01:43:10,200
Speaker 2: Nick, have you seen Tovandre get better and better each week?

2104
01:43:10,240 --> 01:43:12,479
Speaker 2: I mean he's a guy obviously big. There were some

2105
01:43:12,640 --> 01:43:14,639
Speaker 2: questions about conditioning. Oh, he's not going to be able

2106
01:43:14,640 --> 01:43:16,599
Speaker 2: to make a the NFL because he can't play that much.

2107
01:43:17,080 --> 01:43:18,880
Speaker 2: It's almost as if he's got in the NFL and

2108
01:43:18,960 --> 01:43:20,200
Speaker 2: it's really not bothered him.

2109
01:43:20,479 --> 01:43:21,840
Speaker 1: I think he's played every single game. What have you

2110
01:43:21,880 --> 01:43:22,839
Speaker 1: seen for the big fella.

2111
01:43:22,640 --> 01:43:25,800
Speaker 2: And how tough is he to account for just because

2112
01:43:25,800 --> 01:43:27,160
Speaker 2: of sheer size and athleticism.

2113
01:43:27,320 --> 01:43:28,599
Speaker 6: No, he's played really well.

2114
01:43:28,840 --> 01:43:31,200
Speaker 14: So when you look at the combination of him and Jeffrey,

2115
01:43:31,280 --> 01:43:33,840
Speaker 14: Jeffery is a problem by himself regardless of where he

2116
01:43:33,920 --> 01:43:36,120
Speaker 14: lines up, and it's about his skill AND's about how

2117
01:43:36,120 --> 01:43:36,960
Speaker 14: hard he plays as well.

2118
01:43:36,960 --> 01:43:38,679
Speaker 6: But deve Andre has done a good job.

2119
01:43:38,880 --> 01:43:40,800
Speaker 14: He's obviously a factor in the running game, but he's

2120
01:43:40,800 --> 01:43:43,120
Speaker 14: done a decent job with some power rushes because once

2121
01:43:43,160 --> 01:43:45,800
Speaker 14: he gets going vertically, it's just hard to sit down

2122
01:43:45,840 --> 01:43:47,800
Speaker 14: and block a guy, you know, three hundred fifty pounds.

2123
01:43:47,880 --> 01:43:49,760
Speaker 14: He had the fumble recovery kind of the second man

2124
01:43:49,880 --> 01:43:52,400
Speaker 14: strip there a couple of weeks ago. That's stiff arm.

2125
01:43:52,439 --> 01:43:55,639
Speaker 14: So you're talking about a big, strong, athletic player who

2126
01:43:55,640 --> 01:43:58,080
Speaker 14: presents problems on the inside part of the defense. So

2127
01:43:58,560 --> 01:44:00,719
Speaker 14: Devandre has played well, and going back to the rookies

2128
01:44:00,720 --> 01:44:02,679
Speaker 14: and Brownlee has done a really good job from start

2129
01:44:02,720 --> 01:44:04,680
Speaker 14: to finish at corner. Then they've had a bump them

2130
01:44:04,680 --> 01:44:07,040
Speaker 14: inside a little bit and play some nickel with McCrary

2131
01:44:07,080 --> 01:44:09,439
Speaker 14: being out. So they have a number of good young

2132
01:44:09,479 --> 01:44:11,120
Speaker 14: players who have given them a lot of good plays

2133
01:44:11,160 --> 01:44:12,040
Speaker 14: during the course of the year.

2134
01:44:12,360 --> 01:44:14,400
Speaker 3: We haven't had a chance to catch up since the

2135
01:44:14,520 --> 01:44:17,240
Speaker 3: back to back with Kansas City and Baltimore, and I know,

2136
01:44:17,479 --> 01:44:21,080
Speaker 3: two very different games, very competitive against Kansas City and Baltimore.

2137
01:44:21,240 --> 01:44:22,840
Speaker 3: How do you look at that one? Do you look

2138
01:44:22,880 --> 01:44:23,800
Speaker 3: at it as well?

2139
01:44:23,920 --> 01:44:24,840
Speaker 2: That just wasn't our day.

2140
01:44:24,880 --> 01:44:26,799
Speaker 3: We got to get it out of our minds because

2141
01:44:26,960 --> 01:44:28,880
Speaker 3: obviously you want to correct those things, but you want

2142
01:44:28,920 --> 01:44:30,840
Speaker 3: to move forward and get momentum for the postseason.

2143
01:44:31,000 --> 01:44:33,160
Speaker 6: And really both games we had opportunities.

2144
01:44:33,240 --> 01:44:35,280
Speaker 14: So going back to the Kansas City game, we kind

2145
01:44:35,320 --> 01:44:37,280
Speaker 14: of had the it was seventeen sixteen. We get the

2146
01:44:37,280 --> 01:44:39,599
Speaker 14: fourth down stop and then we're at midfield and then

2147
01:44:39,600 --> 01:44:41,479
Speaker 14: we'll go three and out and then we just couldn't

2148
01:44:41,640 --> 01:44:45,320
Speaker 14: garner enough momentum and then any end, they just made,

2149
01:44:45,479 --> 01:44:47,640
Speaker 14: you know, a few more plays than we did. The

2150
01:44:47,680 --> 01:44:50,160
Speaker 14: same thing against Baltimore as well. It's ten to two,

2151
01:44:50,240 --> 01:44:52,240
Speaker 14: we have the ball down there in a three yard line.

2152
01:44:52,600 --> 01:44:55,320
Speaker 14: We went forward on fourth down, which Demiko you know,

2153
01:44:55,360 --> 01:44:57,559
Speaker 14: wanted to get points. Was the right decision, you know,

2154
01:44:57,640 --> 01:45:01,519
Speaker 14: to try to play aggressively, and you know, we didn't converted,

2155
01:45:01,800 --> 01:45:03,599
Speaker 14: you know, and we weren't able to keep him off

2156
01:45:03,720 --> 01:45:06,280
Speaker 14: the long field. They hit the explosive play to Mark

2157
01:45:06,320 --> 01:45:08,800
Speaker 14: Andrews and then it's seventeen to two, and then it

2158
01:45:08,960 --> 01:45:10,240
Speaker 14: just kind of was hard to catch up.

2159
01:45:10,320 --> 01:45:13,559
Speaker 6: So say, both games we had our opportunities.

2160
01:45:12,880 --> 01:45:15,200
Speaker 14: Which goes back to what Tamiko talked about, like this

2161
01:45:15,280 --> 01:45:17,640
Speaker 14: game is just going out there playing good football, executing

2162
01:45:17,680 --> 01:45:19,840
Speaker 14: from start to finish, and I think that'll be the

2163
01:45:19,960 --> 01:45:21,040
Speaker 14: challenge for us here this week.

2164
01:45:21,160 --> 01:45:22,280
Speaker 2: Nig I don't know if we've had a chance to

2165
01:45:22,280 --> 01:45:27,960
Speaker 2: talk to you since claiming Deontay Johnson, and I know

2166
01:45:28,040 --> 01:45:30,160
Speaker 2: we talked about the trade deadline and one of the

2167
01:45:30,160 --> 01:45:32,600
Speaker 2: things that you mentioned which was true, is that you

2168
01:45:32,680 --> 01:45:35,040
Speaker 2: made a number of waiver claims. I mean, Derek Barnett

2169
01:45:35,160 --> 01:45:37,559
Speaker 2: coming here was huge over the second half of the

2170
01:45:37,640 --> 01:45:40,800
Speaker 2: twenty twenty three season. This one was later than I

2171
01:45:40,800 --> 01:45:42,839
Speaker 2: think any of the others getting him in week seventeen.

2172
01:45:42,840 --> 01:45:43,759
Speaker 1: As you go out to week.

2173
01:45:43,600 --> 01:45:46,800
Speaker 2: Eighteen, I know expectations are different for everybody in this

2174
01:45:46,880 --> 01:45:49,080
Speaker 2: building and the thought of a guy coming in, what

2175
01:45:49,160 --> 01:45:51,240
Speaker 2: he can learn, what he can do. What's your thoughts

2176
01:45:51,240 --> 01:45:53,760
Speaker 2: about bringing in Deontay this late in the season, and

2177
01:45:53,840 --> 01:45:55,400
Speaker 2: what do you think he can provide for the team.

2178
01:45:55,600 --> 01:45:58,040
Speaker 14: Yeah, our philosophy is always just look to take advantage

2179
01:45:58,040 --> 01:46:00,240
Speaker 14: of opportunities when they present themselves. You don't really know

2180
01:46:00,240 --> 01:46:03,439
Speaker 14: when that's going to happen, whether it's week eight, week twelve,

2181
01:46:03,560 --> 01:46:06,360
Speaker 14: week sixteen. So we look at the waiver wire every day.

2182
01:46:06,800 --> 01:46:08,680
Speaker 14: Pro scouting staff does a great job and then we

2183
01:46:08,720 --> 01:46:10,759
Speaker 14: have discussions about it. We talk about it as a staff.

2184
01:46:11,160 --> 01:46:13,800
Speaker 14: Ultimately you make a decision, well this makes sense or not.

2185
01:46:14,439 --> 01:46:17,000
Speaker 14: I think the situation with Tank maybe you know said, hey,

2186
01:46:17,000 --> 01:46:19,000
Speaker 14: he missed an opportunity for us to bring in a

2187
01:46:19,000 --> 01:46:22,040
Speaker 14: good football Player's a lot of experience. So Deante has

2188
01:46:22,040 --> 01:46:24,040
Speaker 14: been a productive player in this league for a number

2189
01:46:24,040 --> 01:46:26,880
Speaker 14: of years, a skilled player, even going back to his

2190
01:46:26,920 --> 01:46:28,760
Speaker 14: Toledo days. I mean, this is a player you know

2191
01:46:28,920 --> 01:46:31,519
Speaker 14: actually had the opportunity to work him out and spend

2192
01:46:31,520 --> 01:46:33,200
Speaker 14: the day on campus with him when he was coming out.

2193
01:46:33,200 --> 01:46:35,320
Speaker 14: I think it was near him in Woodside, I think,

2194
01:46:36,120 --> 01:46:39,000
Speaker 14: or around the same time. So he's got a good

2195
01:46:39,040 --> 01:46:41,360
Speaker 14: skill set, he's athletic, he's fast, he's got good quickness.

2196
01:46:41,439 --> 01:46:42,280
Speaker 6: He's been productive.

2197
01:46:42,320 --> 01:46:44,559
Speaker 14: So when you get a player this late, obviously you

2198
01:46:44,600 --> 01:46:47,080
Speaker 14: can't teach him everything. You just want to try to

2199
01:46:47,080 --> 01:46:49,120
Speaker 14: give him some small doses so he can go out

2200
01:46:49,120 --> 01:46:52,040
Speaker 14: there and actually practice and then if he has an

2201
01:46:52,080 --> 01:46:54,360
Speaker 14: opportunity to play, go out there and perform at a

2202
01:46:54,439 --> 01:46:55,240
Speaker 14: you know, at a high level.

2203
01:46:55,720 --> 01:46:59,400
Speaker 3: It really puts a test on your wide receiver group overall, though,

2204
01:46:59,439 --> 01:47:01,679
Speaker 3: the injury tank and again that's not something we talked

2205
01:47:01,680 --> 01:47:05,040
Speaker 3: about since the last time we got together. So as

2206
01:47:05,080 --> 01:47:07,240
Speaker 3: a group, what are you thinking here moving forward?

2207
01:47:07,320 --> 01:47:09,160
Speaker 14: Yeah, no, that's a group that's been taxed here at

2208
01:47:09,200 --> 01:47:11,360
Speaker 14: different points. So we kind of played without and played

2209
01:47:11,360 --> 01:47:13,400
Speaker 14: without Digs for a period here. I play without tank

2210
01:47:13,439 --> 01:47:15,880
Speaker 14: even Nico missed a few games there. But we've talked

2211
01:47:15,880 --> 01:47:17,400
Speaker 14: about this even going back to beginning of the year.

2212
01:47:17,439 --> 01:47:19,240
Speaker 14: We felt that, you know, the depth in that room

2213
01:47:19,920 --> 01:47:22,400
Speaker 14: was was really good. Was the strength of the team.

2214
01:47:22,560 --> 01:47:25,320
Speaker 14: You know, Metch has had his opportunities, he's taken advantage

2215
01:47:25,360 --> 01:47:28,320
Speaker 14: of them. Hutch seemingly in each game when we thrown

2216
01:47:28,400 --> 01:47:30,800
Speaker 14: the ball he makes it play. So it's about other

2217
01:47:30,840 --> 01:47:33,439
Speaker 14: players getting opportunities. You know, Jay Wayne had to be

2218
01:47:33,560 --> 01:47:35,920
Speaker 14: he was elevated a couple of times. So we feel

2219
01:47:35,960 --> 01:47:38,080
Speaker 14: comfortable with the players that are here at Deontae to

2220
01:47:38,160 --> 01:47:40,840
Speaker 14: that mix. So we'll take four or five receivers to

2221
01:47:40,880 --> 01:47:43,080
Speaker 14: the game however it is, and then see if we

2222
01:47:43,080 --> 01:47:45,080
Speaker 14: can go out there and just take advantage of opportunities

2223
01:47:45,120 --> 01:47:46,120
Speaker 14: when they present themselves.

2224
01:47:46,280 --> 01:47:49,960
Speaker 2: We've also had injuries at this, seemingly the nickel position

2225
01:47:50,000 --> 01:47:52,360
Speaker 2: where Jaylen's been banged up, then Jimmy gets banged up.

2226
01:47:52,479 --> 01:47:54,280
Speaker 1: Nick, What can you tell us about Miles Bryant?

2227
01:47:54,320 --> 01:47:57,519
Speaker 2: The guy's since his days back to Washington, you always

2228
01:47:57,520 --> 01:47:58,880
Speaker 2: felt like a guy when you watch them in the field.

2229
01:47:58,920 --> 01:48:00,000
Speaker 2: He might have been the smallest guy in a few

2230
01:48:00,160 --> 01:48:01,800
Speaker 2: but it felt like he was a playmaker, like he

2231
01:48:01,840 --> 01:48:04,040
Speaker 2: was gonna make a play no matter what. What can

2232
01:48:04,080 --> 01:48:06,240
Speaker 2: you tell us about Miles and what maybe he can

2233
01:48:06,240 --> 01:48:07,760
Speaker 2: bring to that nickel position when he's there.

2234
01:48:07,960 --> 01:48:12,520
Speaker 14: Yeah, he's a very smart, experienced, instinctive player, has position versatility.

2235
01:48:12,680 --> 01:48:14,599
Speaker 14: I mean I think he played I don't know, seven

2236
01:48:14,960 --> 01:48:17,200
Speaker 14: hundred and eight hundred snaps last year in New England

2237
01:48:17,240 --> 01:48:22,240
Speaker 14: between safety corner, slot corner, so he's taken some snaps

2238
01:48:22,240 --> 01:48:25,599
Speaker 14: there inside the formation. So has a good awareness, has

2239
01:48:25,640 --> 01:48:28,120
Speaker 14: a good understanding of how to play football. Here's another

2240
01:48:28,120 --> 01:48:30,519
Speaker 14: player who's made the most of his opportunities in his career.

2241
01:48:30,600 --> 01:48:32,920
Speaker 14: Wasn't drafted, but he's a great kid, works really hard,

2242
01:48:32,960 --> 01:48:37,000
Speaker 14: He's very smart, he's instinctive runs well, so he has

2243
01:48:37,040 --> 01:48:39,000
Speaker 14: a good skill set. So he's gone in there. He

2244
01:48:39,040 --> 01:48:41,719
Speaker 14: went into the other day against Baltimore log some snaps.

2245
01:48:41,720 --> 01:48:43,960
Speaker 14: So we'll kind of see what makes the most sense here.

2246
01:48:44,040 --> 01:48:46,600
Speaker 14: Kamari's been in there, Miles was in there. We'll just

2247
01:48:46,640 --> 01:48:48,680
Speaker 14: figure out, you know, who makes the most sense. But

2248
01:48:49,080 --> 01:48:50,800
Speaker 14: we've had multiple players in there, and I think we

2249
01:48:50,880 --> 01:48:52,639
Speaker 14: kind of felt this was a position you're probably gonna

2250
01:48:52,640 --> 01:48:54,920
Speaker 14: need multiple players, and that's really kind of come to fruition.

2251
01:48:55,240 --> 01:48:55,400
Speaker 1: Well.

2252
01:48:55,479 --> 01:48:57,760
Speaker 3: Kate Stover, Johnny and I have visited with him a

2253
01:48:57,760 --> 01:48:59,680
Speaker 3: couple of times this year and recently as a matter

2254
01:48:59,720 --> 01:49:03,320
Speaker 3: of fact, since the appendectomy recovery. He got out there

2255
01:49:03,400 --> 01:49:07,080
Speaker 3: pretty quick Nick and he says he likes playing that fullback,

2256
01:49:07,240 --> 01:49:10,240
Speaker 3: h back, whatever it is, that extra role because he

2257
01:49:10,280 --> 01:49:12,280
Speaker 3: can move around a lot. And that's a player who

2258
01:49:12,360 --> 01:49:14,040
Speaker 3: spent a lot of training camp just learning how to

2259
01:49:14,040 --> 01:49:15,160
Speaker 3: play tight end.

2260
01:49:15,360 --> 01:49:20,920
Speaker 14: Yeah, Kaid's a smart, tough, versatile, instinctive player. He's improved

2261
01:49:20,960 --> 01:49:23,639
Speaker 14: continually as the years progress. The more you give him,

2262
01:49:23,720 --> 01:49:25,839
Speaker 14: the more he can handle. And that's where you always

2263
01:49:25,840 --> 01:49:29,040
Speaker 14: start with kind of a baseline of whoever the player

2264
01:49:29,120 --> 01:49:31,920
Speaker 14: is and then add small doses as you go. But

2265
01:49:32,479 --> 01:49:35,519
Speaker 14: Kade's ability to kind of play multiple spots enhance his

2266
01:49:35,600 --> 01:49:36,439
Speaker 14: overall value.

2267
01:49:36,520 --> 01:49:37,479
Speaker 6: And we've talked about this.

2268
01:49:37,560 --> 01:49:39,320
Speaker 14: He's made some plays in the kicking game as well,

2269
01:49:39,360 --> 01:49:41,080
Speaker 14: and you're probably not going to find a tougher player

2270
01:49:41,120 --> 01:49:42,960
Speaker 14: on a football team, you know, than Kate's stiver.

2271
01:49:43,120 --> 01:49:44,320
Speaker 6: So glad he's here.

2272
01:49:44,360 --> 01:49:46,759
Speaker 14: He's helped us, you know, in a number of different

2273
01:49:46,800 --> 01:49:49,320
Speaker 14: areas here this season. Looking forward to finishing the year

2274
01:49:49,360 --> 01:49:51,800
Speaker 14: strong with him and what the future holds, you know,

2275
01:49:51,840 --> 01:49:52,719
Speaker 14: for him in our program.

2276
01:49:52,760 --> 01:49:54,839
Speaker 3: And if you ever want to learn more about beef production,

2277
01:49:55,000 --> 01:49:56,080
Speaker 3: he's the expert.

2278
01:49:56,120 --> 01:49:58,000
Speaker 6: Yeah, he's the expert in that category. Absolutely.

2279
01:49:58,360 --> 01:50:01,000
Speaker 2: Nick. I don't know if you've ever been completely persuaded,

2280
01:50:01,040 --> 01:50:03,879
Speaker 2: but thinking a Kaid maybe think of I mean, obviously

2281
01:50:03,920 --> 01:50:07,000
Speaker 2: you had us with the Patriots where you guys looked

2282
01:50:07,000 --> 01:50:09,120
Speaker 2: at players like Julian Edelman You're like, I don't really

2283
01:50:09,120 --> 01:50:10,599
Speaker 2: know what we're gonna do with him. We'll find something

2284
01:50:10,640 --> 01:50:13,519
Speaker 2: that dude ends up playing nickel, he played punt return

2285
01:50:13,600 --> 01:50:15,000
Speaker 2: to it obviously settles in to be one of the

2286
01:50:15,040 --> 01:50:17,040
Speaker 2: best solid receivers with best receivers.

2287
01:50:16,640 --> 01:50:17,240
Speaker 1: We've ever seen.

2288
01:50:17,840 --> 01:50:21,000
Speaker 2: Have you ever been persuaded by a guy's second sport.

2289
01:50:21,720 --> 01:50:23,519
Speaker 2: Like you see him play football and you're not totally convinced,

2290
01:50:23,560 --> 01:50:25,120
Speaker 2: But do you see him play a second sport or

2291
01:50:25,160 --> 01:50:29,000
Speaker 2: he's in a different sport and you're like, man, maybe

2292
01:50:29,000 --> 01:50:31,599
Speaker 2: there's something there. I like the way he plays basketball, Man,

2293
01:50:31,600 --> 01:50:33,479
Speaker 2: he's a wrestler, or whatever the case might be. I've

2294
01:50:33,479 --> 01:50:35,680
Speaker 2: ever been persuaded by a guy because he's had kind

2295
01:50:35,680 --> 01:50:36,920
Speaker 2: of a second sport that.

2296
01:50:37,000 --> 01:50:39,559
Speaker 14: Really you think can help him. It's interesting that they

2297
01:50:39,600 --> 01:50:42,720
Speaker 14: bring that up. There's never a direct correlation. While you

2298
01:50:42,760 --> 01:50:45,000
Speaker 14: see a player do this in this sport, it's going

2299
01:50:45,080 --> 01:50:48,200
Speaker 14: to translate over to the NFL because the reality is

2300
01:50:48,200 --> 01:50:50,639
Speaker 14: they're all kind of starting from scratch. It's really about

2301
01:50:50,640 --> 01:50:53,680
Speaker 14: their mindset and then the combination of the player in

2302
01:50:53,720 --> 01:50:56,400
Speaker 14: and of itself, and then the coaching staff and just

2303
01:50:56,439 --> 01:50:58,840
Speaker 14: the ability to kind of think outside the box a

2304
01:50:58,880 --> 01:51:01,640
Speaker 14: little bit. S' have been a part of some situations

2305
01:51:01,680 --> 01:51:04,920
Speaker 14: like that. Going back to Chris Hogan, you know, Lcross

2306
01:51:04,960 --> 01:51:07,040
Speaker 14: player ended up being a pretty good receiver for a

2307
01:51:07,080 --> 01:51:09,960
Speaker 14: number of years. Steven Neil, who was a very accomplished

2308
01:51:10,000 --> 01:51:13,600
Speaker 14: amateur wrestler didn't play college football, signed him in a

2309
01:51:13,640 --> 01:51:15,920
Speaker 14: practice squad and then he ended up having an eight

2310
01:51:15,960 --> 01:51:18,120
Speaker 14: to nine year career, you know, and he.

2311
01:51:18,200 --> 01:51:20,400
Speaker 6: Worked hard, took coaching, got better.

2312
01:51:20,439 --> 01:51:21,680
Speaker 14: So I think if you have a player with the

2313
01:51:21,720 --> 01:51:24,840
Speaker 14: right mindset who's willing to put the time in, you

2314
01:51:24,960 --> 01:51:26,680
Speaker 14: really never know how it's going to turn out. And

2315
01:51:26,720 --> 01:51:29,360
Speaker 14: you're seeing multiple examples throughout the league, even looking at

2316
01:51:29,400 --> 01:51:32,360
Speaker 14: the Chargers using Matt Locke the defensive tackle at fullback.

2317
01:51:33,040 --> 01:51:35,280
Speaker 14: Ricard has kind of made that transition even with the

2318
01:51:35,280 --> 01:51:38,320
Speaker 14: Eagles and Jordan Malatta, who had a rugby background wasn't

2319
01:51:38,360 --> 01:51:40,519
Speaker 14: really a football player. Now he's become one of the

2320
01:51:40,520 --> 01:51:41,719
Speaker 14: best left tackles in the league.

2321
01:51:41,800 --> 01:51:45,080
Speaker 6: So it's not always going to work out all the time.

2322
01:51:45,320 --> 01:51:47,320
Speaker 14: But I think if you have an open mind and

2323
01:51:47,360 --> 01:51:49,759
Speaker 14: then just take the individual player and just their mindset,

2324
01:51:49,800 --> 01:51:52,000
Speaker 14: their thought process, how they work, how they approach it,

2325
01:51:52,240 --> 01:51:54,599
Speaker 14: and see if they make some progress along the way,

2326
01:51:54,880 --> 01:51:57,120
Speaker 14: then ultimately you just kind of let let you know,

2327
01:51:57,200 --> 01:51:58,120
Speaker 14: nature run its course.

2328
01:51:57,960 --> 01:51:58,439
Speaker 6: A little bit.

2329
01:51:58,600 --> 01:51:59,759
Speaker 1: You ever played lacrosse.

2330
01:52:00,600 --> 01:52:03,680
Speaker 14: I've played with my daughters throwing the ball, but I

2331
01:52:03,720 --> 01:52:05,080
Speaker 14: never actually played lacrosse.

2332
01:52:05,080 --> 01:52:06,880
Speaker 6: So it's a great sport. Yeah, Honestly, I wish I

2333
01:52:06,880 --> 01:52:07,400
Speaker 6: would have learned it.

2334
01:52:07,600 --> 01:52:09,800
Speaker 3: You're good at it, Yeah, I did go to.

2335
01:52:10,000 --> 01:52:12,519
Speaker 14: I was too consumed by baseball, playing baseball since I

2336
01:52:12,520 --> 01:52:14,680
Speaker 14: was six years old, so I didn't even know what

2337
01:52:14,760 --> 01:52:16,519
Speaker 14: lacrosse was. We actually had at our high school and

2338
01:52:16,520 --> 01:52:17,960
Speaker 14: I was trying to figure out what this sport was.

2339
01:52:18,040 --> 01:52:20,439
Speaker 14: But it's a great sport. Honestly, not to get into

2340
01:52:20,520 --> 01:52:22,760
Speaker 14: lacrosse discussion, but I think what Paul Rabel has done

2341
01:52:22,760 --> 01:52:26,080
Speaker 14: for the sport of lacrosse has been phenomenal. His impact

2342
01:52:26,200 --> 01:52:28,320
Speaker 14: and the way they've grown it, both on the male

2343
01:52:28,360 --> 01:52:31,479
Speaker 14: and female side. I think there's a professional women's lacrosse

2344
01:52:31,479 --> 01:52:34,599
Speaker 14: team that he are, a league that like they're promoting

2345
01:52:34,640 --> 01:52:36,880
Speaker 14: that he started. But his impact on the game has

2346
01:52:36,880 --> 01:52:39,680
Speaker 14: been significant. So had the good fortune of you know,

2347
01:52:40,040 --> 01:52:42,280
Speaker 14: meeting Paul on the way. But I mean, look, it's

2348
01:52:42,280 --> 01:52:45,639
Speaker 14: a tremendous sport and a couple of our my daughters

2349
01:52:45,640 --> 01:52:48,320
Speaker 14: have actually just experimented with it, and I think it's

2350
01:52:48,360 --> 01:52:50,320
Speaker 14: a great sport for all young kids to try if

2351
01:52:50,320 --> 01:52:51,200
Speaker 14: they have the opportunity.

2352
01:52:51,320 --> 01:52:53,880
Speaker 1: And Jim Brown played it at Syracuse about.

2353
01:52:53,640 --> 01:52:55,759
Speaker 2: That I wish the sport that we had here because

2354
01:52:55,760 --> 01:52:57,519
Speaker 2: that's the sport I would have thought about, probably in

2355
01:52:57,560 --> 01:53:00,160
Speaker 2: front of baseball, because I mean I love baseball too.

2356
01:53:00,280 --> 01:53:01,880
Speaker 2: I get to Brown, I had never seen the cross

2357
01:53:01,880 --> 01:53:03,640
Speaker 2: and I see some of the lacrosse players. I'm like,

2358
01:53:04,000 --> 01:53:06,760
Speaker 2: whoa these guys a lot of them played football in

2359
01:53:06,800 --> 01:53:08,600
Speaker 2: high school but then decided to focus on the.

2360
01:53:08,640 --> 01:53:12,719
Speaker 14: Cross running, change direction, hand eye coordination, coordination.

2361
01:53:12,760 --> 01:53:14,600
Speaker 2: It's amazing to see what those guys can do with

2362
01:53:14,640 --> 01:53:17,960
Speaker 2: a stick and direct the ball make people missing space.

2363
01:53:18,320 --> 01:53:20,240
Speaker 2: I mean, once I saw Hogan sign with you guys,

2364
01:53:20,280 --> 01:53:22,479
Speaker 2: I thought this is gonna be interesting because I got

2365
01:53:22,520 --> 01:53:24,200
Speaker 2: a feeling he's a pretty good athlete, and it turned

2366
01:53:24,200 --> 01:53:26,000
Speaker 2: out he was a really good athlete.

2367
01:53:26,120 --> 01:53:26,400
Speaker 1: All right.

2368
01:53:26,439 --> 01:53:29,280
Speaker 3: So there's something called the Scepter and it's handed out

2369
01:53:29,360 --> 01:53:32,120
Speaker 3: from Good Morning Football Kyle Brandt for Angry Runs.

2370
01:53:32,400 --> 01:53:32,559
Speaker 1: Now.

2371
01:53:32,640 --> 01:53:35,559
Speaker 3: Damian Pierce won Angry Run of the Year two years ago,

2372
01:53:35,720 --> 01:53:40,320
Speaker 3: but this week he just won another sceptor for his return. Yes,

2373
01:53:40,640 --> 01:53:44,040
Speaker 3: this is breaking news. We saw it in the morning show.

2374
01:53:44,280 --> 01:53:47,400
Speaker 3: But he had that tremendous kickoff return didn't go all

2375
01:53:47,439 --> 01:53:50,719
Speaker 3: the way, but he knocked over several people along the way,

2376
01:53:50,800 --> 01:53:52,439
Speaker 3: and it could have been a game changing play at

2377
01:53:52,479 --> 01:53:54,960
Speaker 3: that point. But he's found a way to If he

2378
01:53:55,000 --> 01:53:57,080
Speaker 3: gets his hands on the ball, it's gonna be exciting,

2379
01:53:57,160 --> 01:53:58,800
Speaker 3: and he's trying to make a difference even though he

2380
01:53:58,800 --> 01:53:59,839
Speaker 3: doesn't get all the carries.

2381
01:54:00,200 --> 01:54:02,120
Speaker 14: No, he's shown that over the course of his career,

2382
01:54:02,160 --> 01:54:04,040
Speaker 14: when he gets the ball in his hand, good things

2383
01:54:04,080 --> 01:54:06,640
Speaker 14: can happen. And he's worked really hard. Talking about like

2384
01:54:06,680 --> 01:54:09,320
Speaker 14: a skill he necessarily didn't have, but he's.

2385
01:54:09,120 --> 01:54:09,960
Speaker 6: Worked really hard.

2386
01:54:10,600 --> 01:54:12,400
Speaker 14: You know, Frank has spent a lot of time with him,

2387
01:54:12,880 --> 01:54:15,559
Speaker 14: and there's some nuances that are involved and understanding how

2388
01:54:15,720 --> 01:54:18,640
Speaker 14: the returns blocked and what we're trying to accomplish. But

2389
01:54:18,680 --> 01:54:20,080
Speaker 14: once you get the ball in your hands and you

2390
01:54:20,160 --> 01:54:23,120
Speaker 14: let your run instincts take over, Damian's hard to tackle.

2391
01:54:23,160 --> 01:54:26,919
Speaker 14: He's got good lower body strength, he's slow center of gravity,

2392
01:54:27,320 --> 01:54:29,080
Speaker 14: he's strong with the ball in his hands, and there's

2393
01:54:29,040 --> 01:54:31,040
Speaker 14: been multiple examples. Not only were the kickoffers in the

2394
01:54:31,080 --> 01:54:33,800
Speaker 14: other day, but even going back to the touchdown run

2395
01:54:33,840 --> 01:54:36,360
Speaker 14: against the Patriots and then the kickoff returned last year

2396
01:54:36,360 --> 01:54:38,880
Speaker 14: with the Browns. So it's a skill that he's learned

2397
01:54:38,880 --> 01:54:41,400
Speaker 14: and acquired and he's embraced it and he's helped our

2398
01:54:41,400 --> 01:54:42,600
Speaker 14: team in that particular area.

2399
01:54:42,800 --> 01:54:45,840
Speaker 2: Nick, we talked last week week before you said you

2400
01:54:45,880 --> 01:54:49,440
Speaker 2: guys are starting your draft meetings, how does that work

2401
01:54:49,520 --> 01:54:54,520
Speaker 2: with playoff games? Are guys at playoff games? Are you

2402
01:54:54,520 --> 01:54:57,440
Speaker 2: sending certain guys to playoff games? Are certain teams or

2403
01:54:57,520 --> 01:55:00,280
Speaker 2: just players that you still have questions about they kind

2404
01:55:00,280 --> 01:55:02,840
Speaker 2: of handle the playoff situation for your draft scouts.

2405
01:55:02,920 --> 01:55:06,720
Speaker 14: Yeah, it's interesting sometimes those games are like off limits

2406
01:55:06,760 --> 01:55:10,400
Speaker 14: relatively like the normal scouting protocol. Normally during the season

2407
01:55:10,400 --> 01:55:12,360
Speaker 14: you get a credentially get the sideline for the game.

2408
01:55:12,680 --> 01:55:15,120
Speaker 14: You know, when they're playoff games, takes on a little

2409
01:55:15,120 --> 01:55:18,040
Speaker 14: bit of different significance. But you know, with the Texas

2410
01:55:18,040 --> 01:55:20,720
Speaker 14: Bowl here and in our stadium, so it's not partic definitely. Actually,

2411
01:55:20,760 --> 01:55:23,160
Speaker 14: I saw I've seen LSU and Baylor play a couple

2412
01:55:23,200 --> 01:55:23,800
Speaker 14: different points.

2413
01:55:23,800 --> 01:55:25,520
Speaker 6: But it's always good to get another look.

2414
01:55:25,600 --> 01:55:28,080
Speaker 14: You're not necessarily looking for anything new, maybe just a

2415
01:55:28,120 --> 01:55:30,280
Speaker 14: follow up from something from earlier in the year. So

2416
01:55:30,800 --> 01:55:33,400
Speaker 14: but as far as specific to the playoff games, you know,

2417
01:55:33,400 --> 01:55:35,680
Speaker 14: there's probably not too much you can glean, you know,

2418
01:55:35,880 --> 01:55:38,360
Speaker 14: from a live look. You're just continue to gather information.

2419
01:55:38,520 --> 01:55:40,760
Speaker 14: So but it's creeping up on us. So, I mean,

2420
01:55:40,800 --> 01:55:42,840
Speaker 14: we're going to be the Senior Bowl before we know it,

2421
01:55:42,920 --> 01:55:44,480
Speaker 14: and then the middle of February we're going to have

2422
01:55:44,480 --> 01:55:45,680
Speaker 14: our next round of draft meetings.

2423
01:55:45,680 --> 01:55:47,880
Speaker 6: So the train keeps moving, there's no question about it.

2424
01:55:47,960 --> 01:55:50,440
Speaker 3: Johnny was saying warm ups. Sometimes he sees scouts looking

2425
01:55:50,480 --> 01:55:52,960
Speaker 3: at the players in warm ups as opposed to well,

2426
01:55:52,960 --> 01:55:55,839
Speaker 3: in addition to being in the game and at the combine,

2427
01:55:55,840 --> 01:55:57,760
Speaker 3: this comes up to you like to watch them milling

2428
01:55:57,800 --> 01:56:00,920
Speaker 3: around and interacting and going through whatever they're going through

2429
01:56:00,920 --> 01:56:01,360
Speaker 3: to get ready.

2430
01:56:01,480 --> 01:56:04,440
Speaker 14: No, really, you're just looking for an opportunity to observe

2431
01:56:04,560 --> 01:56:07,680
Speaker 14: the player in a different environment or maybe there's something.

2432
01:56:08,040 --> 01:56:10,240
Speaker 14: Pregame is usually interesting too, because you can see how

2433
01:56:10,240 --> 01:56:12,800
Speaker 14: they approach their warm up, what are they doing, what's

2434
01:56:12,840 --> 01:56:16,480
Speaker 14: their process. Maybe you haven't seen a player catch live

2435
01:56:16,600 --> 01:56:18,560
Speaker 14: or they're doing a drill, were actually able to see

2436
01:56:18,560 --> 01:56:20,400
Speaker 14: something a little bit different, or to go back there

2437
01:56:20,440 --> 01:56:23,840
Speaker 14: at pregame and catch punts. So it's always an opportunity

2438
01:56:23,960 --> 01:56:27,040
Speaker 14: to learn and gather more information. So it not necessarily

2439
01:56:27,080 --> 01:56:29,680
Speaker 14: earth shattering, but it's just more part of the information

2440
01:56:29,760 --> 01:56:30,600
Speaker 14: gathering process.

2441
01:56:30,960 --> 01:56:32,960
Speaker 3: Okay, now we have a question here, and this is

2442
01:56:33,160 --> 01:56:37,720
Speaker 3: a big development. Okay, Well, Demiko, we gave them this

2443
01:56:37,840 --> 01:56:40,920
Speaker 3: situation with the New year, New Year's resolutions.

2444
01:56:40,960 --> 01:56:43,480
Speaker 6: He asked me about New Year's resolutions, because I've never

2445
01:56:43,520 --> 01:56:44,000
Speaker 6: really had any.

2446
01:56:44,120 --> 01:56:46,560
Speaker 3: We must say, all four hang on a second, okay,

2447
01:56:46,560 --> 01:56:48,480
Speaker 3: all right. We had to give them a hypothetical here

2448
01:56:48,520 --> 01:56:50,120
Speaker 3: he has to give up one thing, one of these

2449
01:56:50,160 --> 01:56:55,360
Speaker 3: four barbecue, text mes, pasta, or fish. And he took barbecue.

2450
01:56:55,640 --> 01:56:57,919
Speaker 3: And we couldn't help but thinking this is your influence

2451
01:56:57,960 --> 01:57:00,480
Speaker 3: on him. Maybe Nick, I don't know. So he said

2452
01:57:00,480 --> 01:57:02,400
Speaker 3: he needed to work out. He could beat my ass.

2453
01:57:02,400 --> 01:57:04,160
Speaker 3: So like whatever he says, like he.

2454
01:57:05,200 --> 01:57:07,400
Speaker 2: Was trying to like, all right, I'm trying to watch myself.

2455
01:57:07,440 --> 01:57:09,920
Speaker 2: We we both said pasta. We know you can't give

2456
01:57:10,000 --> 01:57:11,120
Speaker 2: up pasta. There's no way.

2457
01:57:11,840 --> 01:57:14,600
Speaker 6: Not a big pasta consumer necessarily. I have it maybe

2458
01:57:14,640 --> 01:57:16,640
Speaker 6: once or twice a week, so our kids.

2459
01:57:16,400 --> 01:57:18,200
Speaker 1: Love it for herbs and things like that.

2460
01:57:18,560 --> 01:57:19,800
Speaker 6: You're just a little bit of variation.

2461
01:57:20,120 --> 01:57:22,440
Speaker 1: You're not giving up fish, so forget about that stand.

2462
01:57:22,520 --> 01:57:23,800
Speaker 6: So I have to give up one of those.

2463
01:57:24,520 --> 01:57:27,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, for you, this is easy.

2464
01:57:27,680 --> 01:57:30,440
Speaker 14: But probably would give up the text mechs even though

2465
01:57:30,440 --> 01:57:31,560
Speaker 14: I don't eat text mes.

2466
01:57:33,320 --> 01:57:34,440
Speaker 1: That's easy.

2467
01:57:34,960 --> 01:57:37,040
Speaker 7: I'll give it up smoking.

2468
01:57:37,120 --> 01:57:40,160
Speaker 1: I don't think it off. Stop drinking, you stop drinking on.

2469
01:57:41,680 --> 01:57:43,440
Speaker 14: Actually when we go out to dinner and that ridge

2470
01:57:43,520 --> 01:57:44,960
Speaker 14: she loves Ribs, so it's great.

2471
01:57:44,960 --> 01:57:46,040
Speaker 6: They all have different.

2472
01:57:47,600 --> 01:57:47,800
Speaker 2: Acts.

2473
01:57:47,840 --> 01:57:49,000
Speaker 1: A lot of good luck this week.

2474
01:57:48,840 --> 01:57:49,520
Speaker 6: Thanks fellas.

2475
01:57:49,880 --> 01:57:52,440
Speaker 3: There's some of our conversation with Nick Cassario that we

2476
01:57:52,520 --> 01:57:55,480
Speaker 3: had this week New Year's and you know that's always

2477
01:57:55,520 --> 01:57:58,320
Speaker 3: available on YouTube for you. Check it out there on

2478
01:57:58,360 --> 01:58:00,640
Speaker 3: the Texans YouTube page. If you go to the page

2479
01:58:00,640 --> 01:58:03,400
Speaker 3: and just click videos, you see the latest videos. And

2480
01:58:03,520 --> 01:58:06,480
Speaker 3: Nick is up there, Demiko Ryan's is up there, and

2481
01:58:06,640 --> 01:58:09,240
Speaker 3: Iron Sharp Andsired, and all the stuff that you know

2482
01:58:09,400 --> 01:58:11,640
Speaker 3: so well and love so much. And you also love

2483
01:58:11,680 --> 01:58:14,680
Speaker 3: Toro because in the history of the Houston Texans, Toro

2484
01:58:14,880 --> 01:58:18,240
Speaker 3: is undefeated. Let's get to some of our conversation with him.

2485
01:58:18,280 --> 01:58:20,160
Speaker 3: He's got a new book out. The guy who plays

2486
01:58:20,200 --> 01:58:22,560
Speaker 3: Toro put the book out about Toro, not about him,

2487
01:58:22,880 --> 01:58:25,760
Speaker 3: but we get behind the scenes and it's really cool stuff.

2488
01:58:25,760 --> 01:58:28,960
Speaker 3: That's next here on Texans Radio. Great to have you

2489
01:58:29,000 --> 01:58:32,080
Speaker 3: listening to our Friday night Bonus hour of Texans Radio.

2490
01:58:32,240 --> 01:58:34,800
Speaker 3: And earlier in the week you were probably partying. On

2491
01:58:34,800 --> 01:58:38,160
Speaker 3: New Year's Eve, we had Andrew Johnson on the show.

2492
01:58:38,200 --> 01:58:41,160
Speaker 3: Who's that he's the guy who plays Toro and this

2493
01:58:41,320 --> 01:58:43,800
Speaker 3: is historic. Never before have we had the guy who

2494
01:58:43,840 --> 01:58:46,080
Speaker 3: plays Toro on Texans Radio.

2495
01:58:46,200 --> 01:58:46,760
Speaker 1: Very interesting.

2496
01:58:46,800 --> 01:58:49,360
Speaker 3: Has a book out about Toro has well, it's a

2497
01:58:49,440 --> 01:58:52,520
Speaker 3: children's book that features Toro, so you'll hear about that

2498
01:58:52,880 --> 01:58:56,160
Speaker 3: and all the behind the scenes stuff. Here's Andrew Johnson

2499
01:58:57,160 --> 01:59:01,000
Speaker 3: with us now in studio. Is the tech Sin's mascot

2500
01:59:01,040 --> 01:59:04,760
Speaker 3: the greatest mascot in the NFL, That would be Toro.

2501
01:59:04,880 --> 01:59:08,280
Speaker 3: But wait a minute, Toro does not speak, so this

2502
01:59:08,440 --> 01:59:13,120
Speaker 3: is unprecedented in the history of Texans Radio. Johnny Toro's

2503
01:59:13,160 --> 01:59:16,240
Speaker 3: alter ego. It's I don't know if you'd call him that.

2504
01:59:16,400 --> 01:59:19,320
Speaker 3: His name is Andrew Johnson, and he portrays Toro. He's

2505
01:59:19,320 --> 01:59:21,720
Speaker 3: done it for a number of years. He's one of

2506
01:59:21,800 --> 01:59:24,760
Speaker 3: two people in the history of the franchise that have

2507
01:59:24,800 --> 01:59:27,640
Speaker 3: played Toro, and the other one, Jonathan Frost, I know,

2508
01:59:27,680 --> 01:59:32,040
Speaker 3: would be pissed about this interview because he's always wanted

2509
01:59:32,080 --> 01:59:34,960
Speaker 3: to do this and when he was Toro, there was

2510
01:59:35,040 --> 01:59:38,600
Speaker 3: no unmasking Torow. But with Andrew, we've taken it to

2511
01:59:38,640 --> 01:59:40,880
Speaker 3: another level. Here Andrew Johnson, welcome.

2512
01:59:40,720 --> 01:59:42,880
Speaker 15: Hey, thank you so much for having me. It's an

2513
01:59:42,920 --> 01:59:43,560
Speaker 15: honor to be here.

2514
01:59:43,600 --> 01:59:45,880
Speaker 3: All right, So when did you start refresh? My memory

2515
01:59:45,960 --> 01:59:47,840
Speaker 3: was sometime in the early teens, mid teens.

2516
01:59:47,920 --> 01:59:50,520
Speaker 15: Yeah, this is season ten for me, Season ten already

2517
01:59:50,560 --> 01:59:53,920
Speaker 15: twenty fifteen. I started right in the midst of Hard Knocks. Gosh,

2518
01:59:54,040 --> 01:59:55,280
Speaker 15: right during Hard Knocks.

2519
01:59:55,400 --> 01:59:59,280
Speaker 3: That Yes, that's that's a decade Johnny, that was a

2520
01:59:59,320 --> 02:00:00,960
Speaker 3: decade ago Hard Knocks.

2521
02:00:00,800 --> 02:00:01,480
Speaker 1: Hard Knocks.

2522
02:00:01,680 --> 02:00:07,560
Speaker 2: I mean, that's for soo man, I want to say

2523
02:00:07,680 --> 02:00:10,880
Speaker 2: that in Hard Knocks for you? How was that for you?

2524
02:00:10,920 --> 02:00:13,800
Speaker 2: Did you try and get on camera? Were you on camera?

2525
02:00:13,800 --> 02:00:15,240
Speaker 2: Were you trying to do that or was that not

2526
02:00:15,360 --> 02:00:17,640
Speaker 2: something you were even trying to that's just the time

2527
02:00:17,760 --> 02:00:18,640
Speaker 2: marking time for you.

2528
02:00:18,880 --> 02:00:20,440
Speaker 15: Yeah, it was just a marketing time for me. I mean,

2529
02:00:20,440 --> 02:00:22,240
Speaker 15: it was such a crazy time around this building, and

2530
02:00:22,240 --> 02:00:24,360
Speaker 15: I didn't know anything else, you know. That was one

2531
02:00:24,360 --> 02:00:27,160
Speaker 15: of my first days on the job, was running around

2532
02:00:27,160 --> 02:00:29,160
Speaker 15: and grabbing food in the cafeteria and there's a ton

2533
02:00:29,160 --> 02:00:31,960
Speaker 15: of different people in there, from cameramen to producers and

2534
02:00:32,080 --> 02:00:33,680
Speaker 15: them all being out there at training camp. I didn't

2535
02:00:33,680 --> 02:00:35,400
Speaker 15: know anything different because that was my first season. But

2536
02:00:35,520 --> 02:00:37,400
Speaker 15: it was a pretty crazy time to be in the building.

2537
02:00:37,440 --> 02:00:40,960
Speaker 3: What a time to start. Andrew Johnson plays Toro, so

2538
02:00:41,080 --> 02:00:43,400
Speaker 3: tell us. I know Jonathan used to be a gymnast

2539
02:00:43,480 --> 02:00:46,000
Speaker 3: and all this and he was the first toro and

2540
02:00:46,000 --> 02:00:49,720
Speaker 3: then you took over. And what was your background before

2541
02:00:49,760 --> 02:00:52,240
Speaker 3: you got this gig? Andrew, Yeah, I definitely wasn't a gymnast,

2542
02:00:52,640 --> 02:00:56,280
Speaker 3: but I wish I had that skill set, but no,

2543
02:00:56,400 --> 02:00:58,160
Speaker 3: My journey kind of started at a very young age.

2544
02:00:58,840 --> 02:01:00,160
Speaker 3: When I was in the fifth grade, the mass scot

2545
02:01:00,240 --> 02:01:02,120
Speaker 3: for the Kansas City Chiefs came to my elementary school.

2546
02:01:02,120 --> 02:01:03,840
Speaker 3: I grew up in the Kansas City area, and he

2547
02:01:03,840 --> 02:01:06,120
Speaker 3: has a very unique school program. It's very different from

2548
02:01:06,160 --> 02:01:08,400
Speaker 3: what we do inside the elementary schools. He runs in

2549
02:01:08,400 --> 02:01:10,240
Speaker 3: with his costume on. I don't know if you've ever

2550
02:01:10,240 --> 02:01:12,960
Speaker 3: seen the Chief's mascot, the wolf Casey Wolf, Casey Wolf,

2551
02:01:13,040 --> 02:01:13,360
Speaker 3: that's right.

2552
02:01:13,360 --> 02:01:14,960
Speaker 15: Everyone calls him Chuck e Cheese because it kind of

2553
02:01:14,960 --> 02:01:17,160
Speaker 15: looks like a mouse, kind of looks like he does,

2554
02:01:17,240 --> 02:01:20,000
Speaker 15: look like got these big googly eyes and these big hips.

2555
02:01:20,720 --> 02:01:25,560
Speaker 15: Appropriate he's a wolf. He's a wolf, that's right. So

2556
02:01:25,760 --> 02:01:27,400
Speaker 15: he runs in with his costume on and then breaks

2557
02:01:27,400 --> 02:01:29,839
Speaker 15: the number one mascot rule. He takes his mascot costume

2558
02:01:29,880 --> 02:01:31,320
Speaker 15: off in front of all the kids. So I'm in

2559
02:01:31,320 --> 02:01:33,760
Speaker 15: fifth grade and I meet the man underneath the mask.

2560
02:01:33,840 --> 02:01:35,520
Speaker 15: His name is Dan mears, and so he talks about

2561
02:01:35,520 --> 02:01:37,360
Speaker 15: his really cool job with the chiefs, all the cool

2562
02:01:37,400 --> 02:01:39,400
Speaker 15: things he does in the community, the people he's met,

2563
02:01:39,560 --> 02:01:41,600
Speaker 15: and ties it into some kind of educational message. And

2564
02:01:41,640 --> 02:01:43,840
Speaker 15: I don't remember what educational message he brought that day.

2565
02:01:44,000 --> 02:01:45,360
Speaker 15: I just remember he had the coolest job in the

2566
02:01:45,400 --> 02:01:46,920
Speaker 15: world and that was something that I wanted to do

2567
02:01:46,960 --> 02:01:48,880
Speaker 15: at some point in my life. And at the very

2568
02:01:48,960 --> 02:01:50,600
Speaker 15: end of his presentation, he lets one of the kids

2569
02:01:50,640 --> 02:01:52,240
Speaker 15: try on his costume, and I was the kid that

2570
02:01:52,320 --> 02:01:54,240
Speaker 15: was randomly selected to try that costume on.

2571
02:01:54,320 --> 02:01:55,760
Speaker 1: So that's an inspiration hit.

2572
02:01:55,920 --> 02:01:59,640
Speaker 2: Oh wow, you have a pretty good network with the mascots,

2573
02:01:59,640 --> 02:02:03,960
Speaker 2: not only in the NFL but throughout the city, different universities,

2574
02:02:04,000 --> 02:02:04,880
Speaker 2: different pro teams.

2575
02:02:05,040 --> 02:02:05,880
Speaker 1: What's that been like kind of.

2576
02:02:05,840 --> 02:02:09,360
Speaker 2: Cultivating those relationships with the other mascots that you've got.

2577
02:02:09,360 --> 02:02:11,400
Speaker 2: I know Blue has been here a few times, the

2578
02:02:11,440 --> 02:02:14,240
Speaker 2: Colts mascot. He doesn't like me very much. He's done

2579
02:02:14,280 --> 02:02:16,920
Speaker 2: his belly at maybe before because he's been mad at me.

2580
02:02:16,960 --> 02:02:19,400
Speaker 15: But how has that kind of been cultivated over the years, Andrew,

2581
02:02:19,600 --> 02:02:21,880
Speaker 15: It's probably very similar to the broadcasting world. That's a

2582
02:02:22,000 --> 02:02:24,680
Speaker 15: very small niche community. Because you think about you know,

2583
02:02:24,800 --> 02:02:27,560
Speaker 15: in every major market there's probably two, three or four

2584
02:02:27,760 --> 02:02:30,960
Speaker 15: professional mascots in each city. And so with my experience,

2585
02:02:31,040 --> 02:02:32,600
Speaker 15: you know, I started at a young age. So I

2586
02:02:32,600 --> 02:02:35,080
Speaker 15: worked for the Chiefs, that worked for the Royals, worked

2587
02:02:35,080 --> 02:02:36,400
Speaker 15: for a minor league hockey team, I worked for a

2588
02:02:36,440 --> 02:02:38,240
Speaker 15: major league soccer team all in Kansas City when I

2589
02:02:38,280 --> 02:02:41,280
Speaker 15: was going through school. And so through those opportunities, you

2590
02:02:41,320 --> 02:02:43,920
Speaker 15: just get to know different guys throughout the industry. And

2591
02:02:43,920 --> 02:02:46,160
Speaker 15: so I've built some really strong connections and really strong

2592
02:02:46,160 --> 02:02:49,160
Speaker 15: friendships with other guys that have this crazy occupation.

2593
02:02:49,640 --> 02:02:51,080
Speaker 1: It is a crazy occupation.

2594
02:02:51,600 --> 02:02:54,600
Speaker 3: But tell me, you said, the rule is don't take

2595
02:02:54,640 --> 02:02:58,120
Speaker 3: your costume off in front of anybody. And there's another rule,

2596
02:02:58,280 --> 02:03:00,520
Speaker 3: never stop moving. Right As a mascot, you can never

2597
02:03:00,560 --> 02:03:03,240
Speaker 3: stop moving. Why is that explaining that to the radio?

2598
02:03:03,560 --> 02:03:05,600
Speaker 15: You know, on radio, when you stop talking, you just

2599
02:03:05,640 --> 02:03:08,160
Speaker 15: got dead air, right, Yeah, So with a mascot costume,

2600
02:03:08,520 --> 02:03:13,320
Speaker 15: you know, taxidermy, if you're just standing there, you're completely lifeless.

2601
02:03:13,680 --> 02:03:15,320
Speaker 15: With a human being, when you're looking at somebody, you

2602
02:03:15,320 --> 02:03:17,760
Speaker 15: see them blink, you see them move, And with a mascot,

2603
02:03:17,880 --> 02:03:20,520
Speaker 15: when we don't have that ability to smile or move,

2604
02:03:20,520 --> 02:03:23,280
Speaker 15: our facial features, and so the only ability to bring

2605
02:03:23,280 --> 02:03:25,320
Speaker 15: this thing to life is to keep moving and be

2606
02:03:25,440 --> 02:03:26,880
Speaker 15: kind of big and exaggerated.

2607
02:03:27,280 --> 02:03:30,680
Speaker 1: Okay, mascot fights. No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding.

2608
02:03:30,800 --> 02:03:33,280
Speaker 2: What's the most fun thing that you get to do

2609
02:03:33,400 --> 02:03:35,880
Speaker 2: as Toro Andrew? What's the most fun thing you get

2610
02:03:35,920 --> 02:03:37,840
Speaker 2: to do? You know, I live my dream every single day.

2611
02:03:37,880 --> 02:03:40,320
Speaker 2: I'm just so honored and so thankful for the opportunity

2612
02:03:40,360 --> 02:03:41,920
Speaker 2: to get to call this my job. You know, I've

2613
02:03:41,920 --> 02:03:44,680
Speaker 2: been avoiding a real job for all these years, and

2614
02:03:44,720 --> 02:03:46,440
Speaker 2: so to get to call this my occupation is just

2615
02:03:46,680 --> 02:03:49,200
Speaker 2: a true blessing. But there's so many different things that

2616
02:03:49,240 --> 02:03:50,760
Speaker 2: we get to do that are so much fun. I

2617
02:03:50,800 --> 02:03:54,680
Speaker 2: talked about how the school programs really inspired me to

2618
02:03:54,720 --> 02:03:56,920
Speaker 2: want to become a mascot, and so being able to

2619
02:03:56,920 --> 02:03:59,480
Speaker 2: go out in the community and bring Texans Game Day

2620
02:03:59,520 --> 02:04:02,880
Speaker 2: to kids all over the Houston area is truly a

2621
02:04:02,960 --> 02:04:03,800
Speaker 2: dream come true.

2622
02:04:04,360 --> 02:04:05,600
Speaker 1: It's so much fun to get to do that.

2623
02:04:06,280 --> 02:04:08,560
Speaker 15: The most visible part of our job is game day, obviously,

2624
02:04:08,600 --> 02:04:10,000
Speaker 15: and so the ten days out of the year that

2625
02:04:10,040 --> 02:04:12,400
Speaker 15: we get to come to NRG Stadium and you know,

2626
02:04:12,440 --> 02:04:15,360
Speaker 15: bring some excitement in this building. You know, that's that's

2627
02:04:15,360 --> 02:04:18,120
Speaker 15: obviously fun. People always want to ask questions about the

2628
02:04:18,280 --> 02:04:20,440
Speaker 15: stunt work we do in the stadiums. It is a

2629
02:04:20,440 --> 02:04:22,280
Speaker 15: lot of fun. It is just as scary as it looks.

2630
02:04:22,320 --> 02:04:25,040
Speaker 15: But there's just there's so many fun things about this.

2631
02:04:25,240 --> 02:04:26,000
Speaker 15: I think you said it well.

2632
02:04:26,040 --> 02:04:28,680
Speaker 3: You bring game day to the people and they're always

2633
02:04:28,760 --> 02:04:31,640
Speaker 3: happy and smiling. Toro is undefeated and when we are

2634
02:04:31,640 --> 02:04:33,760
Speaker 3: going through a sort of dark period on the field

2635
02:04:34,040 --> 02:04:37,080
Speaker 3: as far as results went in twenty twenty, twenty one,

2636
02:04:37,280 --> 02:04:40,400
Speaker 3: twenty two, you were going out and still people would

2637
02:04:40,480 --> 02:04:42,720
Speaker 3: cheer for you and be so happy to see you,

2638
02:04:43,040 --> 02:04:44,040
Speaker 3: and it's awesome to see.

2639
02:04:44,080 --> 02:04:45,080
Speaker 1: And here's another one.

2640
02:04:45,520 --> 02:04:56,280
Speaker 3: Now, Jonathan the previous Toro person what do you call yourself, Toro, mascot, coordinator, person, director, whatever, yeah, la, performer, yeah, Toro.

2641
02:04:56,440 --> 02:05:00,600
Speaker 3: So Jonathan the previous Toro and my son Luke a rapport,

2642
02:05:00,680 --> 02:05:03,040
Speaker 3: you know, because Jonathan over the years, my son was

2643
02:05:03,080 --> 02:05:06,280
Speaker 3: a baby and he just always recognized him and the

2644
02:05:06,440 --> 02:05:09,120
Speaker 3: high five, and there was recognition there from Toro. And

2645
02:05:09,160 --> 02:05:12,560
Speaker 3: the first time my son sees andrewis Toro, he doesn't know.

2646
02:05:12,600 --> 02:05:15,640
Speaker 3: It's a different guy. And you were really nice to him.

2647
02:05:15,680 --> 02:05:17,840
Speaker 3: But you moved on because there were other kids to

2648
02:05:17,880 --> 02:05:20,040
Speaker 3: do and that was never gonna happen with and he

2649
02:05:20,120 --> 02:05:22,840
Speaker 3: was thinking, thinking what happened? I said, listen, I gotta

2650
02:05:22,880 --> 02:05:28,200
Speaker 3: tell you something about Santa Claus. Okay, so it was

2651
02:05:28,240 --> 02:05:29,280
Speaker 3: pretty good, but Andrew.

2652
02:05:29,120 --> 02:05:32,120
Speaker 15: John little thing Jonathan left out in my training exactly.

2653
02:05:32,440 --> 02:05:37,640
Speaker 2: Yes, here are the kids you really really need to

2654
02:05:37,680 --> 02:05:41,919
Speaker 2: take care right. So when it comes to the creativity process,

2655
02:05:41,960 --> 02:05:44,240
Speaker 2: because every single week, you guys come up with something,

2656
02:05:45,640 --> 02:05:47,920
Speaker 2: something new, whether it's related to the opponent or just

2657
02:05:47,960 --> 02:05:50,720
Speaker 2: something new, how does that process kind of work for you, guys?

2658
02:05:50,720 --> 02:05:53,720
Speaker 2: I mean you guys sitting room brainstorm. Okay, here, here

2659
02:05:53,760 --> 02:05:55,760
Speaker 2: are three ideas I think we could bring to it.

2660
02:05:56,040 --> 02:05:58,120
Speaker 2: Who do you involve in that process? And how does

2661
02:05:58,160 --> 02:06:01,720
Speaker 2: that go from playing from the beginning the drawings, you know,

2662
02:06:01,760 --> 02:06:03,680
Speaker 2: like you would a play up on a rease board,

2663
02:06:03,720 --> 02:06:04,840
Speaker 2: to the play we see in the field.

2664
02:06:04,840 --> 02:06:05,880
Speaker 1: Ho does it work for you guys? Kind of the

2665
02:06:05,880 --> 02:06:07,040
Speaker 1: same way. It's a team effort.

2666
02:06:07,360 --> 02:06:09,880
Speaker 15: I always relate to or I always talk about Team Toro,

2667
02:06:10,160 --> 02:06:12,160
Speaker 15: and there's a group of people that really truly bring

2668
02:06:12,200 --> 02:06:13,920
Speaker 15: Toro to life. And at the beginning of every season,

2669
02:06:14,000 --> 02:06:16,040
Speaker 15: usually right after the schedule comes out, we host a meeting,

2670
02:06:16,160 --> 02:06:18,320
Speaker 15: and we call it Idea Palooza. It's so much more

2671
02:06:18,360 --> 02:06:20,360
Speaker 15: than just a boring brainstorm meeting. We call it Idea

2672
02:06:20,400 --> 02:06:22,240
Speaker 15: Palusa because that's where all the ideas come out of.

2673
02:06:22,360 --> 02:06:24,520
Speaker 15: So we look at our schedule, we look at the opponents,

2674
02:06:24,520 --> 02:06:26,600
Speaker 15: we look at the opposing cities, we look at what's

2675
02:06:26,640 --> 02:06:27,680
Speaker 15: happening in pop culture.

2676
02:06:27,720 --> 02:06:29,360
Speaker 1: We look at relevant holidays, whether.

2677
02:06:29,240 --> 02:06:31,560
Speaker 15: It be Christmas or Thanksgiving or whatever, and try and

2678
02:06:31,600 --> 02:06:33,320
Speaker 15: bring all that together to come up with some unique

2679
02:06:33,320 --> 02:06:35,920
Speaker 15: concepts for every single game, because we want to be special.

2680
02:06:36,040 --> 02:06:38,360
Speaker 15: So obviously we've got a bunch of fun theme games

2681
02:06:38,360 --> 02:06:40,440
Speaker 15: that we have every single week here at the stadium,

2682
02:06:40,480 --> 02:06:42,000
Speaker 15: and so we just try to tie into that and

2683
02:06:42,040 --> 02:06:44,080
Speaker 15: what's happening in pop culture and be relevant.

2684
02:06:44,120 --> 02:06:44,400
Speaker 2: All Right.

2685
02:06:44,400 --> 02:06:47,040
Speaker 3: When I was much more involved with social and digital media,

2686
02:06:47,200 --> 02:06:50,120
Speaker 3: I kept on telling everybody we got to get this guy.

2687
02:06:49,960 --> 02:06:51,120
Speaker 1: On the digital team.

2688
02:06:51,320 --> 02:06:54,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, because Andrew you and Ryan Records, who's in digital media. Now,

2689
02:06:55,040 --> 02:06:57,920
Speaker 3: you guys came up with such great skits, such great ideas,

2690
02:06:58,360 --> 02:07:00,040
Speaker 3: and we would benefit.

2691
02:06:59,680 --> 02:07:00,839
Speaker 1: From it on the main account.

2692
02:07:00,840 --> 02:07:04,720
Speaker 3: But I felt like more ideas for everybody because it's funny.

2693
02:07:04,760 --> 02:07:07,000
Speaker 3: Like I said, Toro is undefeated and there's a lot

2694
02:07:07,080 --> 02:07:09,840
Speaker 3: you can do with Toro and Ryan and you came

2695
02:07:09,920 --> 02:07:12,480
Speaker 3: up with all these videos to scaring people videos and

2696
02:07:12,520 --> 02:07:15,560
Speaker 3: all of that. That's really fun stuff and it still

2697
02:07:15,600 --> 02:07:16,800
Speaker 3: goes viral these days.

2698
02:07:16,920 --> 02:07:17,080
Speaker 6: Man.

2699
02:07:17,080 --> 02:07:19,240
Speaker 15: We've had a lot of fun on social media, and

2700
02:07:19,320 --> 02:07:22,320
Speaker 15: especially with the emergence of TikTok. You know, we've always

2701
02:07:22,640 --> 02:07:24,360
Speaker 15: you know, Twitter, I think we've always struggled with because

2702
02:07:24,360 --> 02:07:26,920
Speaker 15: Toro doesn't have a voice, and Twitter is always just

2703
02:07:26,960 --> 02:07:30,280
Speaker 15: about your commentary, right, But when we launched into TikTok

2704
02:07:30,280 --> 02:07:32,840
Speaker 15: and Instagram, it's a visual platform and that's what Toro is,

2705
02:07:32,920 --> 02:07:34,400
Speaker 15: you know. So I think we've really found a lot

2706
02:07:34,440 --> 02:07:36,280
Speaker 15: of success there and we've had a lot of fun

2707
02:07:36,320 --> 02:07:38,840
Speaker 15: with the different prank videos and scare videos. But we've

2708
02:07:38,880 --> 02:07:40,520
Speaker 15: always also had a lot of fun of just showing

2709
02:07:40,560 --> 02:07:43,120
Speaker 15: people behind the scenes. Look at what Texans game day.

2710
02:07:43,160 --> 02:07:45,480
Speaker 15: What goes into a Texans game day, you know, like repelling,

2711
02:07:45,760 --> 02:07:47,560
Speaker 15: like the stunts. I mean, people have no idea how

2712
02:07:47,640 --> 02:07:50,000
Speaker 15: much work goes into those stunts and how the stunting.

2713
02:07:50,240 --> 02:07:51,920
Speaker 15: The stunt team comes in a couple of days ahead

2714
02:07:51,920 --> 02:07:54,040
Speaker 15: of the game to rig up all the ropes. There's

2715
02:07:54,040 --> 02:07:55,400
Speaker 15: a lot of coordination on the front end that we

2716
02:07:55,440 --> 02:07:57,960
Speaker 15: have to do with our operations team. Like this past game,

2717
02:07:57,960 --> 02:07:59,560
Speaker 15: we did a stunt for the Christmas Day game, and

2718
02:07:59,600 --> 02:08:02,920
Speaker 15: not only were we working with the skycam, which is

2719
02:08:02,920 --> 02:08:05,440
Speaker 15: something we normally have to work with because they're up

2720
02:08:05,480 --> 02:08:07,120
Speaker 15: there in the airspace as our weeks, we have to

2721
02:08:07,160 --> 02:08:09,920
Speaker 15: coordinate all of our rehearsals and performance times. But then

2722
02:08:09,920 --> 02:08:11,960
Speaker 15: Beyonce had a little stunt as well, and so she

2723
02:08:12,040 --> 02:08:13,280
Speaker 15: had a bunch of stuff up in the air and

2724
02:08:13,280 --> 02:08:15,040
Speaker 15: so there was a lot of coordination that has to happen.

2725
02:08:15,080 --> 02:08:17,160
Speaker 3: So they are the fun stories that we love to

2726
02:08:17,640 --> 02:08:20,640
Speaker 3: tell on social I'm sure Tommy Townsend has some opinions

2727
02:08:20,680 --> 02:08:21,320
Speaker 3: on this as well.

2728
02:08:22,000 --> 02:08:25,640
Speaker 2: A pod the same comment comes from the broadcast team

2729
02:08:25,720 --> 02:08:28,520
Speaker 2: every time that Toro repels down, and it's.

2730
02:08:28,320 --> 02:08:30,560
Speaker 1: Hell no, one of us.

2731
02:08:30,920 --> 02:08:32,400
Speaker 2: We just look at there and go, hell no, how

2732
02:08:32,400 --> 02:08:35,640
Speaker 2: does he do that? But I love this that you've done,

2733
02:08:36,160 --> 02:08:38,000
Speaker 2: and you gave one to both Mark and I and

2734
02:08:38,080 --> 02:08:40,240
Speaker 2: I love this. And actually before the interview we're getting started,

2735
02:08:40,320 --> 02:08:42,200
Speaker 2: Mark's like, Johnny, you're ready. I'm like, no, I'm reading

2736
02:08:42,240 --> 02:08:46,520
Speaker 2: this a to be a mascot. You did it children's book,

2737
02:08:46,600 --> 02:08:49,400
Speaker 2: which is really awesome. So tell us a little bit

2738
02:08:49,400 --> 02:08:51,440
Speaker 2: about this. I know you were hanging them out like

2739
02:08:51,560 --> 02:08:53,240
Speaker 2: Christmas time and it's really awesome.

2740
02:08:53,320 --> 02:08:56,480
Speaker 1: Illustrations are great. Tell us a little bit about illustrations.

2741
02:08:56,600 --> 02:08:59,560
Speaker 15: How you came to do this particular book. Yeah, this

2742
02:08:59,600 --> 02:09:01,320
Speaker 15: is a buck list project for me. It's something I've

2743
02:09:01,320 --> 02:09:04,000
Speaker 15: always wanted to do. And we got the Green Lawn

2744
02:09:04,040 --> 02:09:05,640
Speaker 15: on just a couple of years ago. It's a three

2745
02:09:05,680 --> 02:09:07,760
Speaker 15: year process. I've been working on this book for three

2746
02:09:07,800 --> 02:09:10,160
Speaker 15: full years to get it up and underway, and so

2747
02:09:10,360 --> 02:09:11,800
Speaker 15: I'm really really proud of it. And i think part

2748
02:09:11,800 --> 02:09:13,080
Speaker 15: of the reason why I'm so proud of it is

2749
02:09:13,120 --> 02:09:16,360
Speaker 15: it's really my story in the confines of a children's book.

2750
02:09:16,400 --> 02:09:18,080
Speaker 15: So I told you guys, I was inspired to be

2751
02:09:18,120 --> 02:09:19,920
Speaker 15: a mascot at a really young age, when I was

2752
02:09:19,920 --> 02:09:22,320
Speaker 15: in the fifth grade, and whenever I would tell people

2753
02:09:22,320 --> 02:09:23,800
Speaker 15: that that was my dream, that was what I wanted

2754
02:09:23,840 --> 02:09:26,120
Speaker 15: to do. Obviously, it's a weird dream that not many

2755
02:09:26,200 --> 02:09:27,920
Speaker 15: kids have, but kids made fun of me for it,

2756
02:09:27,960 --> 02:09:29,840
Speaker 15: and so being able to put that story down on

2757
02:09:29,880 --> 02:09:32,120
Speaker 15: paper in this children's book has just been a dream

2758
02:09:32,160 --> 02:09:34,320
Speaker 15: come true. So I'll give you guys a little synopsis

2759
02:09:34,320 --> 02:09:36,880
Speaker 15: of what the book looks like so when you open

2760
02:09:36,960 --> 02:09:38,760
Speaker 15: up the book, Toro wakes up. It's game day. It's

2761
02:09:38,760 --> 02:09:41,320
Speaker 15: his favorite day of the entire year, and nothing can

2762
02:09:41,400 --> 02:09:43,400
Speaker 15: upset Toro on game day. So he goes into the

2763
02:09:43,520 --> 02:09:45,480
Speaker 15: kitchen to start making breakfast, and as we all do

2764
02:09:45,520 --> 02:09:46,880
Speaker 15: when we wake up, we kind of open up our

2765
02:09:46,880 --> 02:09:49,680
Speaker 15: phone start flipping through social media, and Toro find some

2766
02:09:49,760 --> 02:09:53,000
Speaker 15: unkind messages people bullying him for being a mascot, and

2767
02:09:53,040 --> 02:09:55,120
Speaker 15: so that leads toward to a question, do I really

2768
02:09:55,200 --> 02:09:56,720
Speaker 15: want to be a mascot? Maybe I want to do

2769
02:09:56,760 --> 02:09:58,720
Speaker 15: something else? And so he goes on this journey to

2770
02:09:58,800 --> 02:10:01,400
Speaker 15: find something else that he do on Texans game day.

2771
02:10:01,440 --> 02:10:04,160
Speaker 15: So he tries a bunch of different jobs. He starts

2772
02:10:04,160 --> 02:10:06,040
Speaker 15: out with trying to be an equipment manager and realizes

2773
02:10:06,080 --> 02:10:07,960
Speaker 15: that the uniforms are a little stinky, so maybe that's

2774
02:10:07,960 --> 02:10:09,800
Speaker 15: not the job for him. Then he goes through the

2775
02:10:09,840 --> 02:10:13,000
Speaker 15: broadcast booth something you guys know very very well, and

2776
02:10:13,040 --> 02:10:16,440
Speaker 15: tries to commentate the game and realizes that Toro doesn't speak,

2777
02:10:16,480 --> 02:10:18,000
Speaker 15: and so he has a hard time being able to

2778
02:10:18,000 --> 02:10:20,000
Speaker 15: tell people over the radio, so what's.

2779
02:10:19,880 --> 02:10:21,480
Speaker 1: Going on down on the field.

2780
02:10:21,840 --> 02:10:24,080
Speaker 15: So then Trot tries to become a football player, and

2781
02:10:24,400 --> 02:10:26,280
Speaker 15: he goes out for a pass, the quarterback throws it

2782
02:10:26,320 --> 02:10:28,080
Speaker 15: and the football pops on his horn, So that's not

2783
02:10:28,120 --> 02:10:31,160
Speaker 15: going to work out. Then he tries to be a groundskeeper,

2784
02:10:31,200 --> 02:10:32,520
Speaker 15: and so he goes out there and they tell him

2785
02:10:32,560 --> 02:10:34,360
Speaker 15: to cut the grass. He pulls out a pair of scissors,

2786
02:10:34,360 --> 02:10:37,000
Speaker 15: and as he's snipping each blade of grass individually, he

2787
02:10:37,040 --> 02:10:39,040
Speaker 15: realizes this is going to take forever, so maybe that's

2788
02:10:39,040 --> 02:10:41,120
Speaker 15: not the job for him. Tries to be a cheerleader,

2789
02:10:41,160 --> 02:10:43,760
Speaker 15: and then the cheercoach hands him a pair of boots

2790
02:10:43,800 --> 02:10:45,680
Speaker 15: and can't give him over his big hooves, and so

2791
02:10:45,960 --> 02:10:47,880
Speaker 15: at the end of the day, Tour realizes he wasn't

2792
02:10:47,880 --> 02:10:50,080
Speaker 15: made to be any of those things. He was made

2793
02:10:50,080 --> 02:10:52,000
Speaker 15: to be the mascot. And so this book is all

2794
02:10:52,040 --> 02:10:54,120
Speaker 15: about being yourself and being proud of who you are.

2795
02:10:54,480 --> 02:10:54,720
Speaker 2: Yeah.

2796
02:10:54,720 --> 02:10:57,840
Speaker 3: I love the line nothing can upset Toro on game day,

2797
02:10:58,200 --> 02:11:00,800
Speaker 3: and I'm thinking I feel the same way, except you know,

2798
02:11:00,920 --> 02:11:06,280
Speaker 3: certain things can upset me on my homes. Very triggering,

2799
02:11:06,680 --> 02:11:09,920
Speaker 3: very triggering. But it's called how it's called Made to

2800
02:11:10,000 --> 02:11:12,680
Speaker 3: be a Mascot. Made to Be a Mascot by Andrew Johnson,

2801
02:11:13,120 --> 02:11:15,440
Speaker 3: illustrated by Ava. How do you pronounce your last name

2802
02:11:15,440 --> 02:11:18,560
Speaker 3: Brick Ava Burrick, and the illustrations are fantastic. Where can

2803
02:11:18,600 --> 02:11:19,440
Speaker 3: people get this book?

2804
02:11:19,480 --> 02:11:19,839
Speaker 1: Andrew?

2805
02:11:20,400 --> 02:11:22,480
Speaker 15: The book is available in the Houston Texans team shop

2806
02:11:22,560 --> 02:11:24,280
Speaker 15: and now available online as well. If you go to

2807
02:11:24,280 --> 02:11:26,400
Speaker 15: shop dot Houston Texans dot com you can find it there.

2808
02:11:26,520 --> 02:11:29,120
Speaker 3: Okay, a few more questions for you, because you were

2809
02:11:29,160 --> 02:11:30,040
Speaker 3: on the Price is Right?

2810
02:11:30,240 --> 02:11:31,560
Speaker 1: So how did this happen?

2811
02:11:31,760 --> 02:11:34,720
Speaker 2: I picked his brain about this, andrews in Kansas City

2812
02:11:34,760 --> 02:11:36,160
Speaker 2: and so we had a chance to talk about this.

2813
02:11:36,800 --> 02:11:39,800
Speaker 1: But this, this is awesome. You continue, I'm sorry, No.

2814
02:11:40,120 --> 02:11:41,720
Speaker 3: Go ahead, tell us how you got on the Price

2815
02:11:41,800 --> 02:11:44,640
Speaker 3: is Right? And I was gonna say Showcase says, but no,

2816
02:11:44,680 --> 02:11:48,320
Speaker 3: it's Survey says, I'm blaming my game shows. That's family feud,

2817
02:11:48,320 --> 02:11:51,360
Speaker 3: the old one with Richard Dawson says his family feud.

2818
02:11:51,400 --> 02:11:53,880
Speaker 1: I mean price is right? Is uh? Don't go over

2819
02:11:53,920 --> 02:11:55,560
Speaker 1: the Showcase price right?

2820
02:11:55,680 --> 02:11:57,080
Speaker 2: Come down? Come on.

2821
02:11:57,320 --> 02:11:58,920
Speaker 1: I said that all the time, and I'm am seeing.

2822
02:11:58,960 --> 02:12:00,560
Speaker 2: Do you feel like you when you talked to Drew

2823
02:12:00,600 --> 02:12:03,720
Speaker 2: Carrey you were talking to me because people think that

2824
02:12:03,800 --> 02:12:04,760
Speaker 2: Drew carry and I look alike.

2825
02:12:04,800 --> 02:12:06,840
Speaker 15: Did you feel I've never recognized that? But you do

2826
02:12:06,960 --> 02:12:08,280
Speaker 15: have an uncanny resemblance to.

2827
02:12:08,880 --> 02:12:11,320
Speaker 1: Lot Drew carry and I are just like that.

2828
02:12:12,400 --> 02:12:14,320
Speaker 2: This experience was pretty cool though, but it was you

2829
02:12:14,320 --> 02:12:16,280
Speaker 2: have any idea you were being called down.

2830
02:12:16,440 --> 02:12:18,320
Speaker 15: I did not have did not have any idea. My

2831
02:12:18,360 --> 02:12:19,920
Speaker 15: wife and I were out in Los Angeles. We just

2832
02:12:19,920 --> 02:12:21,640
Speaker 15: took a fun vacation earlier this year. We were out

2833
02:12:21,640 --> 02:12:23,760
Speaker 15: there in October, and we were looking for things to

2834
02:12:23,760 --> 02:12:24,960
Speaker 15: do while we were out there, and so I just

2835
02:12:25,040 --> 02:12:27,440
Speaker 15: looked up different shows that were taping and Prices right

2836
02:12:27,480 --> 02:12:29,720
Speaker 15: was super easy. Go online, you see what dates they're filming.

2837
02:12:30,280 --> 02:12:32,400
Speaker 15: You can register for tickets and the ticket pops up

2838
02:12:32,480 --> 02:12:35,320
Speaker 15: right there. So I got the tickets, thinking, if we

2839
02:12:35,320 --> 02:12:37,200
Speaker 15: don't have anything better to do, maybe we'll go out

2840
02:12:37,200 --> 02:12:38,840
Speaker 15: there and catch a taping of the Prices Right.

2841
02:12:38,880 --> 02:12:40,560
Speaker 1: We showed up about three hours early.

2842
02:12:41,520 --> 02:12:42,960
Speaker 15: They give you a call time, which is like two

2843
02:12:42,960 --> 02:12:44,280
Speaker 15: and a half hours early, and we wanted to make

2844
02:12:44,280 --> 02:12:45,880
Speaker 15: sure we got in the audience, and so we made

2845
02:12:45,920 --> 02:12:48,560
Speaker 15: our way through security. Once you get in, they do

2846
02:12:48,640 --> 02:12:50,760
Speaker 15: a little group interview with everybody. So you go in

2847
02:12:50,800 --> 02:12:52,840
Speaker 15: with the group of ten and they tell you when

2848
02:12:52,840 --> 02:12:54,120
Speaker 15: they open the doors, they want you to come in

2849
02:12:54,120 --> 02:12:56,400
Speaker 15: with as much energy as possible. Just like you're getting

2850
02:12:56,400 --> 02:12:58,760
Speaker 15: called down to the very front of the room, so

2851
02:12:58,800 --> 02:13:01,160
Speaker 15: you run into the room. I've got two casting producers

2852
02:13:01,160 --> 02:13:03,520
Speaker 15: in the room. One is going down the line asking

2853
02:13:03,520 --> 02:13:05,760
Speaker 15: people questions. The other's kind of sitting in the corner,

2854
02:13:06,040 --> 02:13:09,640
Speaker 15: not saying a word, just taking notes throughout the whole experience.

2855
02:13:10,040 --> 02:13:11,720
Speaker 15: So if she's asking me questions, she gets to me,

2856
02:13:11,800 --> 02:13:13,400
Speaker 15: she says, Andrew, what do you do for a living? Like,

2857
02:13:13,840 --> 02:13:16,880
Speaker 15: I'm a mascot? You're a masker? Can you tell us

2858
02:13:16,880 --> 02:13:18,520
Speaker 15: who you're a mascot for? No, I can't, but it's

2859
02:13:18,560 --> 02:13:21,160
Speaker 15: a football team in Houston. The Texans can neither confirm

2860
02:13:21,240 --> 02:13:23,400
Speaker 15: or deny. Maally had a lot of follow up questions

2861
02:13:23,440 --> 02:13:26,040
Speaker 15: about that, and then kept asking questions to the rest

2862
02:13:26,080 --> 02:13:27,920
Speaker 15: of the group. And the ladies that were behind us

2863
02:13:27,960 --> 02:13:29,360
Speaker 15: in line had been to a bunch of tapings of

2864
02:13:29,400 --> 02:13:30,960
Speaker 15: the Prices right, and we're like, hey, she was really

2865
02:13:30,960 --> 02:13:32,320
Speaker 15: interested in you. I think you've got a chance of

2866
02:13:32,360 --> 02:13:34,560
Speaker 15: getting called out, called down. So you asked if I

2867
02:13:34,600 --> 02:13:36,720
Speaker 15: had any inclination that I was going to get called down.

2868
02:13:36,720 --> 02:13:38,440
Speaker 15: That was really it. The ladies thought that I had

2869
02:13:38,440 --> 02:13:40,120
Speaker 15: a good chance because they'd been to a bunch of shows,

2870
02:13:40,120 --> 02:13:42,120
Speaker 15: but it was still a shock and a surprise to

2871
02:13:42,360 --> 02:13:43,360
Speaker 15: get called down to the front.

2872
02:13:43,480 --> 02:13:44,920
Speaker 1: All right, So wait what happened?

2873
02:13:44,920 --> 02:13:45,080
Speaker 4: Then?

2874
02:13:45,200 --> 02:13:47,400
Speaker 1: You had to bid on something or guess a price?

2875
02:13:47,400 --> 02:13:48,440
Speaker 1: I mean what was Yes?

2876
02:13:48,480 --> 02:13:49,360
Speaker 2: So I got called down?

2877
02:13:49,720 --> 02:13:51,800
Speaker 15: I think I was like, I wasn't in the initial

2878
02:13:51,800 --> 02:13:53,960
Speaker 15: group that came down, like the first four. I think

2879
02:13:53,960 --> 02:13:55,800
Speaker 15: it was maybe the third time they had called an

2880
02:13:55,800 --> 02:13:58,240
Speaker 15: additional person down. So it's right before they spun the wheel,

2881
02:13:58,320 --> 02:13:59,640
Speaker 15: like basically midway through the show.

2882
02:14:00,000 --> 02:14:01,120
Speaker 1: So I didn't get the first prize.

2883
02:14:01,120 --> 02:14:03,000
Speaker 15: It was some gold jewelry and I'm not a gold

2884
02:14:03,080 --> 02:14:06,280
Speaker 15: jewelry expert, so I overbid on that price. And then

2885
02:14:06,440 --> 02:14:08,640
Speaker 15: the next time they had an outdoor TV. So I

2886
02:14:08,640 --> 02:14:10,000
Speaker 15: look back at the ladies who had been to a

2887
02:14:10,000 --> 02:14:11,920
Speaker 15: bunch of shows. They said they watched the show every day.

2888
02:14:12,040 --> 02:14:15,040
Speaker 15: They told me the price to guess for this outdoor television. Oh,

2889
02:14:15,080 --> 02:14:17,800
Speaker 15: I guess that price, and they were right. I'm really

2890
02:14:17,800 --> 02:14:19,320
Speaker 15: glad that I looked at them, because I would have

2891
02:14:19,400 --> 02:14:21,320
Speaker 15: never known what the price of outdoor TV is. I

2892
02:14:21,320 --> 02:14:24,080
Speaker 15: guess out there laughing and more expensive than indoor. Yes, Mark,

2893
02:14:24,160 --> 02:14:26,400
Speaker 15: you can get help on the prices, right. I learned

2894
02:14:26,400 --> 02:14:28,960
Speaker 15: that earlier this week, coming out Mike Keith, Voice of

2895
02:14:29,000 --> 02:14:31,520
Speaker 15: the Tennessee Titans. We won't get into a full blown

2896
02:14:31,520 --> 02:14:34,160
Speaker 15: Titans scouting report, but we will dig into the Steve

2897
02:14:34,240 --> 02:14:37,240
Speaker 15: McNair documentary that was on Netflix and some other stuff

2898
02:14:37,240 --> 02:14:39,280
Speaker 15: related to the Titans that you will be interested in.

2899
02:14:39,560 --> 02:14:42,040
Speaker 15: Let's get to it next here on Texans All Access.

2900
02:14:42,400 --> 02:14:44,880
Speaker 15: Final Journey of the Night here on Texans Radio. And

2901
02:14:44,920 --> 02:14:45,640
Speaker 15: this is a good one.

2902
02:14:45,680 --> 02:14:48,400
Speaker 3: Mike Keith has done the Tennessee Titans play by place

2903
02:14:48,560 --> 02:14:51,520
Speaker 3: since time began, well since time for the Titans began

2904
02:14:51,880 --> 02:14:55,720
Speaker 3: when they moved to Memphis and then Nashville. And they're

2905
02:14:55,760 --> 02:14:58,200
Speaker 3: working on their second stadium coming up here in a

2906
02:14:58,200 --> 02:14:59,720
Speaker 3: few years in Nashville.

2907
02:14:59,760 --> 02:15:00,600
Speaker 1: So good for them.

2908
02:15:00,720 --> 02:15:03,200
Speaker 3: But they'll wear the oiler uniforms because I don't know

2909
02:15:03,280 --> 02:15:05,200
Speaker 3: why I don't want to get into it right now,

2910
02:15:05,200 --> 02:15:06,560
Speaker 3: but I do want to get into some things with

2911
02:15:06,600 --> 02:15:10,560
Speaker 3: Mike Keith, like that Steve McNair documentary that was part

2912
02:15:10,600 --> 02:15:13,240
Speaker 3: of a series on Netflix, and they got into what

2913
02:15:13,440 --> 02:15:15,680
Speaker 3: happened at the end, and I would like some more

2914
02:15:15,720 --> 02:15:17,960
Speaker 3: of the positive stuff on McNair, But that was a

2915
02:15:18,000 --> 02:15:20,920
Speaker 3: football life that happened on NFL Network. What was the

2916
02:15:20,960 --> 02:15:26,040
Speaker 3: reaction locally to the Steve McNair retrospective.

2917
02:15:25,480 --> 02:15:28,160
Speaker 4: Well, I think you get into a lot of the

2918
02:15:28,200 --> 02:15:31,920
Speaker 4: things that people are interested in, as far as documentary

2919
02:15:32,000 --> 02:15:35,160
Speaker 4: style things and podcasts and people like all the true

2920
02:15:35,160 --> 02:15:38,240
Speaker 4: crime stuff, you know, so you knew you were going

2921
02:15:38,320 --> 02:15:41,480
Speaker 4: to get a lot of that. There was nothing in

2922
02:15:41,640 --> 02:15:45,800
Speaker 4: that that people here didn't know, So I think it

2923
02:15:45,880 --> 02:15:50,320
Speaker 4: was designed a great deal more for the broader audience

2924
02:15:51,000 --> 02:15:53,720
Speaker 4: that you know, you if you didn't know the Steve

2925
02:15:53,800 --> 02:15:57,280
Speaker 4: McNair story from fifteen years ago, which most people around

2926
02:15:57,320 --> 02:16:01,040
Speaker 4: the country didn't, then I get where it was probably

2927
02:16:01,360 --> 02:16:06,040
Speaker 4: very very interesting. But from here and having lived through

2928
02:16:06,080 --> 02:16:10,280
Speaker 4: it and lived through the subsequent investigations and the people

2929
02:16:10,320 --> 02:16:13,840
Speaker 4: who have conspiracy theories about all of it, which quite

2930
02:16:13,840 --> 02:16:18,000
Speaker 4: frankly have been debunked, and you know, all of it,

2931
02:16:18,000 --> 02:16:22,560
Speaker 4: it's just still incredibly sad. And Steve was a different guy,

2932
02:16:22,800 --> 02:16:25,880
Speaker 4: you know, he was a different guy from the standpoint

2933
02:16:25,880 --> 02:16:28,400
Speaker 4: that he grew up so poor, and I think there

2934
02:16:28,440 --> 02:16:30,720
Speaker 4: was a little bit of a Mickey mantle to him

2935
02:16:31,120 --> 02:16:34,320
Speaker 4: that he didn't know that he was going to probably

2936
02:16:34,760 --> 02:16:38,000
Speaker 4: be around until he was seventy, so he didn't always

2937
02:16:38,040 --> 02:16:40,720
Speaker 4: make the best choices about his life. And yet when

2938
02:16:40,760 --> 02:16:43,920
Speaker 4: he came back here after his couple seasons in Baltimore.

2939
02:16:44,080 --> 02:16:46,840
Speaker 4: I had a conversation with him that was easily the

2940
02:16:46,879 --> 02:16:49,680
Speaker 4: deepest conversation I had ever had with him, and it

2941
02:16:49,760 --> 02:16:52,000
Speaker 4: was like, you know, two grown ups. It wasn't like

2942
02:16:52,240 --> 02:16:54,400
Speaker 4: a broadcaster and a player. It was like two guys

2943
02:16:54,400 --> 02:16:57,440
Speaker 4: who were dads. And I really enjoyed it, and I

2944
02:16:57,480 --> 02:17:00,680
Speaker 4: thought to myself, man, I really looked forward to seeing

2945
02:17:00,760 --> 02:17:03,920
Speaker 4: him around over the next few years and watching his

2946
02:17:04,040 --> 02:17:06,920
Speaker 4: boys grow up and all of those things. And just

2947
02:17:06,959 --> 02:17:10,160
Speaker 4: a few months later, he was gone. And it's a tragedy.

2948
02:17:10,800 --> 02:17:13,879
Speaker 4: I mean, the whole thing in so many different ways,

2949
02:17:14,480 --> 02:17:20,440
Speaker 4: a tragedy about a guy who was very complicated but

2950
02:17:20,720 --> 02:17:26,120
Speaker 4: is still the guy who is seen as this franchise,

2951
02:17:26,200 --> 02:17:31,360
Speaker 4: at least this incarnation of the franchise's fates. And Eddie

2952
02:17:31,560 --> 02:17:34,680
Speaker 4: George has taken over a lot of that because he

2953
02:17:34,800 --> 02:17:37,000
Speaker 4: knew he needed to. He knew it was he and Steve.

2954
02:17:37,200 --> 02:17:40,200
Speaker 4: But once Steve was gone, Eddie really felt like he

2955
02:17:40,280 --> 02:17:43,480
Speaker 4: needed to be that face and that voice at critical moments.

2956
02:17:43,520 --> 02:17:46,000
Speaker 4: But I think Eddie would tell you that to the

2957
02:17:46,040 --> 02:17:50,040
Speaker 4: fan base, it was Steve because of how he played

2958
02:17:50,120 --> 02:17:52,840
Speaker 4: and how tough he was, and you know kind of

2959
02:17:52,920 --> 02:17:57,680
Speaker 4: everything that went with him. He's what people probably in

2960
02:17:57,840 --> 02:18:02,080
Speaker 4: thirty two NFL cities would want their guy to be.

2961
02:18:02,879 --> 02:18:06,160
Speaker 4: You know, he had so much of that for people,

2962
02:18:06,240 --> 02:18:10,840
Speaker 4: so wrong answer your question, but you know, it's been

2963
02:18:10,920 --> 02:18:13,720
Speaker 4: fifteen and a half years and we still haven't recovered

2964
02:18:13,760 --> 02:18:15,080
Speaker 4: from the loss of statement there.

2965
02:18:15,160 --> 02:18:18,240
Speaker 3: Well, it's been even longer since losing the Super Bowl.

2966
02:18:18,280 --> 02:18:20,720
Speaker 3: I wanted you to weigh in on this debate we

2967
02:18:20,720 --> 02:18:22,720
Speaker 3: were having. And I don't know what it's like to

2968
02:18:22,760 --> 02:18:26,880
Speaker 3: do either one. But Charlie Casly always said it's worse

2969
02:18:26,959 --> 02:18:29,600
Speaker 3: to lose the Super Bowl than any other game, and

2970
02:18:29,680 --> 02:18:31,320
Speaker 3: I would figure it's got to be worse to lose

2971
02:18:31,320 --> 02:18:33,360
Speaker 3: the championship game because at least you go to the

2972
02:18:33,400 --> 02:18:35,080
Speaker 3: Super Bowl. Now you went to one of the most

2973
02:18:35,160 --> 02:18:38,560
Speaker 3: dramatic Super Bowls ever, Tennessee Titans versus the Rams.

2974
02:18:38,600 --> 02:18:39,680
Speaker 2: You'll lose by a yard.

2975
02:18:39,879 --> 02:18:42,720
Speaker 3: It's an incredible ending, really, and I got to imagine

2976
02:18:42,760 --> 02:18:44,600
Speaker 3: the feeling in the moment was awful.

2977
02:18:45,120 --> 02:18:46,240
Speaker 1: But what do you think of that?

2978
02:18:46,280 --> 02:18:49,200
Speaker 3: Would you rather lose in the AFC Championship Game or

2979
02:18:49,320 --> 02:18:51,120
Speaker 3: go to the Super Bowl and lose it.

2980
02:18:51,440 --> 02:18:55,200
Speaker 4: So the twenty two days that we had from the

2981
02:18:55,280 --> 02:18:59,000
Speaker 4: Music City Miracle game to the super Bowl. It's the

2982
02:18:59,000 --> 02:19:01,280
Speaker 4: twenty fifth anniversion of that, by the way, which is

2983
02:19:01,320 --> 02:19:05,480
Speaker 4: hard to believe. So January January will be the twenty

2984
02:19:05,480 --> 02:19:09,199
Speaker 4: fifth anniversary of the Music City Miracle and moving forward

2985
02:19:09,280 --> 02:19:12,400
Speaker 4: to Super Bowl thirty four, winning a game in Indianapolis

2986
02:19:12,440 --> 02:19:15,880
Speaker 4: that everybody picks you to lose, beating Jacksonville for the

2987
02:19:15,920 --> 02:19:19,880
Speaker 4: third time in Jacksonville in a season where they lost

2988
02:19:19,920 --> 02:19:22,480
Speaker 4: to nobody else, and then going to the super Bowl

2989
02:19:22,520 --> 02:19:25,640
Speaker 4: without a week off. I mean, we went almost straight

2990
02:19:25,720 --> 02:19:29,680
Speaker 4: from Jacksonville to Atlanta. There's a massive ice storm that week,

2991
02:19:29,760 --> 02:19:34,520
Speaker 4: and so for what we do, it's crazy. It's the

2992
02:19:34,520 --> 02:19:38,120
Speaker 4: greatest twenty two days in my life. And if I could,

2993
02:19:38,240 --> 02:19:41,879
Speaker 4: if I could give that as a gift to every broadcaster,

2994
02:19:42,280 --> 02:19:45,240
Speaker 4: that's the gift I would give them. So I disagree

2995
02:19:45,280 --> 02:19:51,400
Speaker 4: with Charlie Casserley wholeheartedly. He's a much more refined football

2996
02:19:51,480 --> 02:19:54,000
Speaker 4: man than I will ever be. I'm just a broadcaster,

2997
02:19:54,720 --> 02:20:00,760
Speaker 4: but as a broadcaster, that experience was life changing. It

2998
02:20:00,879 --> 02:20:04,560
Speaker 4: you had everything. I will say this, I have never

2999
02:20:04,680 --> 02:20:08,600
Speaker 4: felt after a loss ever. Back when I was a

3000
02:20:08,640 --> 02:20:13,160
Speaker 4: player in high school, covering college, being involved with the NFL.

3001
02:20:13,320 --> 02:20:16,160
Speaker 4: I have never felt the way I did after losing

3002
02:20:16,160 --> 02:20:20,120
Speaker 4: a Super Bowl. I'm almost ashamed to say how crushed

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Speaker 4: I was after losing that Super Bowl because it is

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Speaker 4: just a game, right, you know, it's just a football game.

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Speaker 4: But you literally do want to cry. And I don't

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Speaker 4: know how much of it was that game or just

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Speaker 4: the fact that that ride was ending. You know, we

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Speaker 4: had a parade here. We had a parade here two

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Speaker 4: days after the Super Bowl, right, I mean, think about that,

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Speaker 4: despite I mean, have you ever heard of that ever? Actually,

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Speaker 4: So that whole experience was just fantastic. And again, if

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Speaker 4: I could hand that off to the people that I

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Speaker 4: love in this business, I would so do it because

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Speaker 4: it's it had everything in it. It was the ultimate

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Speaker 4: story of what you never expected in every way shaping form.

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Speaker 3: There's some good stuff there from Mike Keith. And I've

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Speaker 3: always said it's better to have loved and lost than

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Speaker 3: to have never loved at all. So I'd rather go

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Speaker 3: to the Super Bowl and lose it than lose in

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Speaker 3: the championship game. In fact, I'd rather win the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 3: how about that? Rather win the whole thing. Let's see

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Speaker 3: if they can do it. When it's going to happen,

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Speaker 3: how it's going to happen, We'll all be here together.

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Speaker 1: That's going to do it.

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Speaker 3: For the show tonight, Texans Titans Sunday at noon nine

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Speaker 3: am with Texans Countdown presented by Medelo Espessio. Have a

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Speaker 3: great night everyone, Area forty five coming up next Go Texans,