1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: What is up everybody? Welcome to Monday edition of Texans 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. The last 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: one of this football calendar year is tonight. I'm your host, 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,159 Speaker 1: John Harris, football analyst and silent reporter. It's always a 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: sad show because it means the season is over. Now. 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: Last year it wasn't so sad. We all wanted twenty 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: seventeen to hit twenty eighteen. Different story. Didn't want this 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: one and that's for sure. Wanted to keep this one 9 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: going for as long as humanly possible, but ran into 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: a roadblock called the Indianapolis Colts. On Saturday, Texans lose 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: twenty one to seven. Couple opportunities at the end of 12 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: the first half late in the game could have made 13 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: this one on one score game, or if you get 14 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: both of them, it could have made it a tie game, 15 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: but didn't happen on this particular evening, and the Texans 16 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: ZIL looked at wounds a little bit this offseason and 17 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: start getting it going for twenty nineteen. Bringing back a 18 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: twenty three year old quarterback who set records, bringing back 19 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: the best receiver in the game, bringing back guys healthy, 20 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: one guy that's got to come back Healthies will Fuller. 21 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: If he comes back healthy and Kiki Qt can play 22 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: fourteen fifteen games, I'll tell what this offense can do. Look, 23 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: this team has changes in the offing. There's no question 24 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: they've got changes to make. Offensive line, I'm sure we're 25 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: gonna see some changes. I think in the secondary we'll 26 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: see some changes, and just all over this team. There 27 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: are a number of free agents we've talked about. Heving 28 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: On Clowne is a free agent, Kareem Jackson, Tire Matthew, 29 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: Kendall Lamb. There guys, they're free agents and their guys 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: are gonna want to bring back and sign. And then 31 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a draft that's gonna bring in the 32 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: influx of new blood young blood. We'll see where the 33 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: Texans go. That will be picking twenty third, fifty third, 34 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: and fifty fifth. The fifty third pick is Seattle's and 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: they've got that from Dwayne Brown trade, So they'll draft 36 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: twenty third and fifty fifth. That's their picks. They'll have 37 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: a pick and a third. I'm not sure what number 38 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: that's gonna be. There are no compensatory picks come this year. 39 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: I don't believe, so they won't have any extra in 40 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: the third round unless they make a deal beforehand. But 41 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: as of now, they'll draft twenty third, fifty third, fifty 42 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: fifth in the first two rounds. They didn't pick till 43 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: pick sixty eight last year. They'll have three players before that. 44 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: Now they hit it out of the park with the 45 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: pick they had at sixty eight. That was justin Reid, 46 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: guy who started all year long for this team. I 47 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: think you should make the y'all Rookie team. He was fantastic. 48 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: But every rookie contributed. So there's gonna be a draft 49 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: class that comes in here. They're gonna be free agent signs, 50 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: some of the Texans own, and then I would imagine 51 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: some they're bringing in from other teams, and they'll all 52 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: come in here ready to compete and ready to go 53 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: in a championship in twenty nineteen. And looks it's no 54 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: secret what this team must improve on going forward. Now, 55 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: are there some some spots where this team can get 56 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: better and upgrade? Sure? Absolutely, Maybe something that you're not 57 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: that we're not even thinking about. Absolutely, And I'm sure 58 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: people are gonna hit me with them and hit me 59 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: with those suggestions all offseason, and I don't blame them. 60 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: But today we'll look forward a little bit. Because we'll 61 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: talk to our luminaries on Monday, as we always do, 62 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: we'll also look back. I've got the Offensive Plays of 63 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: the Year. This is a replay show that I do, 64 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: and I did it on Christmas Night, so I'm gonna 65 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: add a couple plays to it that happened the weekend 66 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: right before I recorded this up in Philadelphia. But we'll 67 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: have the offensive plays of the Year. I will also 68 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: break down for you what happened throughout the NFL, some 69 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: things that are happening. Some news coming out of Tampa 70 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: Bay that was like WHOA what? Some big news coming 71 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: out of there. The rumor of who the head coach 72 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: will be in Tampa Bay pretty pretty impressive. But wild 73 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: Card weekend close football games throughout the throughout the playoffs. 74 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: The spreads for these games going into this weekend a 75 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: lot high than I expected, a lot higher. Charges will 76 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: take on the Patriots, the Colts will go to the Chiefs, 77 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: and then in the NFC you've got the Eagles going 78 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: to the Saints and Never Say Die Eagles going to 79 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: the Saints and the Dallas Cowboys going to play the 80 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: La Ram. So we will talk about all of that 81 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: on today's show, but we're gonna start with some hot reads. 82 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: They're brought to you by Geico fifteen minutes. Consider you 83 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: fifteen percent or more on car insurance. And yesterday, unfortunately, 84 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: was clean out day in the locker room. It's a 85 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: day that everybody and well, I shouldn't say we all 86 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: hate it, but it this year, I will say that 87 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: I was not looking forward to this day. I kept thinking, 88 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: I do not want to see this day because the 89 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: one thing about the locker clean up day is everybody 90 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: saying good bye, and this team will never be together again. 91 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: This is a very fun team to be in a 92 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: locker room with, very fun team, and I loved going 93 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: in there. I'd love being around those guys, construct up 94 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: a conversation with pretty much anybody in the locker room. 95 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 1: And I didn't want I didn't want that aspect of 96 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: it to end. Just just didn't at all. But yesterday 97 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: was the was that final day because like I said, 98 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,239 Speaker 1: you don't the same team will not be together. Players 99 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: on the twenty seventeen team that you didn't see in 100 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, something that you had good relationships with and 101 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: you're just not going to see him. But we'll start 102 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: with the man in charge, Bill O'Brien, and he was 103 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: asked he went to the podium and just said, hey, 104 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 1: I'll answer. He questioned, you got for me today? So 105 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: people fired away and the first question was would Bill 106 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: consider hiring an offensive coordinator? And this is what he 107 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 1: had to say. I think at the end of every year, 108 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: we evaluate everything. And obviously, you know, we just ended yesterday, 109 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 1: but we'll take a look at everything, and you know, 110 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: we always try to make the best decisions and the 111 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: best interests of winning. And like I said after the game, 112 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 1: I think we have a very good few here. You know, 113 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,359 Speaker 1: a lot of things obviously to fix, but well, like 114 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: I said, we'll take a look at everything. Thirty one 115 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: teams have got a lot of things to fix. Even 116 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: the team that wins a championship knows it's got to 117 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: fix some things going into the following year or just 118 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: it won't be back. You know, Philadelphia'll learn that. I 119 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: think Philadelphia learn that very quickly. Obie was asked whether 120 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: Romeo would be returning next year's defensive coordinator. Yes, yes, 121 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: I certainly do. There you go, He's expecting him to 122 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: come back. Now, Rack seventy one, I would imagine he'd 123 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: want to come back. But and that's I think that 124 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: obviously is whether he wants to step away or continue 125 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: doing it. We'll find out more of the coming days. 126 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: But I would imagine if Bill I Brian wants him 127 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: to come back, he come back. And I think Rack 128 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: will have something to prove. He's got some big time 129 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: players that he's dealing with, and I know he wants 130 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: to He wants to see this defense at a much 131 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: higher level than it was, especially in the last three 132 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: or four games this year. Of course, the question of 133 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,559 Speaker 1: Deshan Watson was gonna come up with Bill Brian always 134 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: comes up no matter what, whether Bishan's playing great or 135 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: he throws eight interceptions in the game, And coach was asked, well, 136 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: he was happy with the Sean's progress after this second year. 137 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: He's such a unique guy. He's a very bright guy. 138 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: He's a great player, he's an even better person. He 139 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: made a bunch of strides this year. You know, he's 140 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: only twenty three years old, played a full season coming 141 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: off of an injury, which is hard to do. You know, 142 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: the first quarterback to do a lot of different things, 143 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,239 Speaker 1: you know, combine the passing yards with the rushing yards. 144 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: Awesome guy to coach. We're lucky to have him in 145 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: this organization. Not lucky, I mean we you know, we 146 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: went up there and got him. But you know, it's 147 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: great to have him. And I think he'll make tremendous strides, 148 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: no question he will going into this soft season, no doubt. 149 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: All Right, let's hear from a guy that I think 150 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: a lot of us were really excited to see. I 151 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: know I was. I was really excited to see Kevin Johnson. 152 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: First preseason game at home against San Francisco, he had 153 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: a concussion. First game of the season at New England, 154 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: he had a concussion, and it was a tough year. 155 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: And with concussions, man, you just you just don't know. 156 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: You had the situation with CJ. He had three in 157 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: a short span. CJ ended up hanging him up. Kevin 158 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: was asked about twenty nineteen, would he be ready to go? 159 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: How excited is he? And definitely not looking back to 160 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, as it was a rough year. All that 161 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: stuff unfortunate, but us in the past and I'm moving forward. 162 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: That's what he's gotta do. He's got to move forward, 163 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: and of course, will you be ready to play. I'm 164 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: feeling good. I'm feeling good. I'm gonna be ready to 165 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: go the next season. There you go, Kevin Johnson hopefully 166 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: be able to get them back. One thing I know 167 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: for Kevin, the one thing whenever we do Kjack TV, 168 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 1: Kevin is always one of the guys everybody kind of 169 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: pokes fun at. Everybody loves having him around, and I 170 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: think it's the feeling is mutual. And he said it 171 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: was difficult not being able to help the team this year, 172 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: having to sit on the sideline and watch, you know, 173 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: if you know my brothers fight. Um, you know, guys, 174 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: I would, you know, do spring with training camp and 175 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: then you know, come out and how fast my season 176 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: ended just with the unfortunate concussions I had. But you know, 177 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: it's it's motivation for me and uh, you know, I 178 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: know what I need to do moving forward. There is 179 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: Kevin Johnson's move on to the offensive line. Nick Martin. 180 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: I talked to Nick after the game, and I really 181 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: appreciate that after a tough loss like that, I know 182 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: it's tough to have to deal with me even for 183 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: a minute and that's really all I'm asking for is 184 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: just a minute, minute and a half. If they win, 185 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: they want to go longer. They can, but it's tough. 186 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: But Nick did that and he talked with me about 187 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: why the future was bright, and he went a little 188 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: further in locker room yesterday. It's a special team. It's 189 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: a special locker room. I mean to talk about that earlier, 190 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: all l locker room to lock this and it's just 191 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: a close, tight knit group everyone from every musician group 192 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: and obviously have Shun back there doing what he does, 193 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,199 Speaker 1: and he's how much young he is, even though he 194 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 1: doesn't play that way. It's a breakfast. So basically think 195 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: Nick Martin is one of the more experienced guys on 196 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: this team. It's like been in three years. I mean, 197 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: I mean Hopkins, you know, Diaz has been here since 198 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, but Nick as far as guys that have 199 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: been here, I mean Nick and Kenna Lamb, I mean, 200 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: it's unreal now he mentioned to Sean and you can 201 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: see the chemistry at those two have and Nick talked 202 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: about that all right. Actually Deshaw talked about that back 203 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: in and I think it may have been training camp 204 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: we had we talked to him and he was saying, yeah, 205 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: Nick and I roomed together back at the Greenbrier twenty seventeen, 206 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: and I think that's when this relationship really started to click. 207 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 1: And this coming up in twenty nineteen, everything stays as 208 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: is mack on Wood. This will be the first year 209 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: since twenty oh wow, twenty eleven wasn't even that way. 210 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: Twenty eleven had a different quarterback going all the way 211 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: back to twenty eleven, twenty twenty eleven center Chris Myers 212 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: Quarterback match Shop, twenty eleven Center Chris Myers Quarterback match Up. 213 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: The Texans have had a different quarterback center combination since 214 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: twenty twelve. They'll have the same one for two consecutive years. 215 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: And Martin and Deshaun and Nick talked about the relationship 216 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: those two have. We're actually roomed together his rookiere Greenbrier, 217 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: and I think that kind of built the foundation and then, um, 218 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: you know, I feel if we have that center quarterback 219 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: bond and we can droke on the field, but we 220 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: know when to lock in kind of weet, I just 221 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: kind of know what's I know, you know, he trusts me, 222 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: I trust him, and that's that open communication that really 223 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: helps on the fielding of certainly does like having those 224 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: two guys as the battery, if you will, the center 225 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: quarterback battery. But they have him back and back to 226 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: back years. It's the first time it's happened since Bill 227 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: Brian's been here, first time it's happened since twenty twelve. 228 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: They have the same center and quarterback. I mean, I 229 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: know that's like, well, yeah, so, but you haven't had that. 230 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: That's where you need to be consistent. You know. They 231 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: often talk, you know, be strong with the middle. That's 232 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: exactly where you've got to be strong center and quarterback. 233 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: And they'll have the same guys, so that relationship will 234 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,319 Speaker 1: be stronger, the communication will be tighter. There'll be times 235 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: when you don't even have to communicate, you know what 236 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: each other's thinking. So I think that's huge to have 237 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: that consistency. All things considered, everybody knocking Wood comes back healthy. 238 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: Nothing happens this offseason or in training camps here from 239 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: Tyron Matthew, a guy that came to Houston and was 240 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: very thankful for everything Houston did, and I think vice versa. 241 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: I think Houston was very thankful to have Tyron Matthew 242 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: here and he was here on a one year deal 243 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: and there was a report for me in Rapports said 244 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: the Texans want to bring him back, and he said, 245 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: feelings mutual. I want to be back. I'm just gonna 246 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: take some time really reflect. But you know, like I 247 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: said last night, you know, I really want to be here. 248 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: You know, I loved this team, loved a lot from 249 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: Anther cocon staff. So hopefully you know the business side 250 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: of gonna take care of itself, but definitely want to 251 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: be here. That's when I heard that, I was like, man, 252 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: let's let's do it now. He also said how much 253 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: it meant to him to be a Texan and be 254 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: a part of this team this year. A lot of 255 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: these guys giving me life, you know, this season, you 256 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: know really you know, coming from usation where you know 257 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,439 Speaker 1: it was really you know, cutting humbled, and you know, 258 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: a lot of these guys really embraced me, you know, 259 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: gave me the confidence in him. Uh. You know, I'm 260 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: lucky I was able to you know, return the favors. 261 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,199 Speaker 1: You know, I think these guys mean as much to 262 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: me as I mean today. So I don't know that 263 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: I've met a more honest player like Tyrant the way 264 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: that he he he openly will talk about things that 265 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: have impacted him, impacted the team. I mean, I love 266 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: love having that guy around this locker room, love having 267 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: him on his team. And he said coming to the 268 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: Texans rejuvenated him as a player. You know, I was humbled, 269 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: you know when I came to this team and um, 270 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: you know a lot of these people here embraced me, 271 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: encourage me, um and really saw the best in me. 272 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: And I think that was that was able to allow 273 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: me to really, you know, have a clear mind, m 274 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,959 Speaker 1: really focus on football and focused on being a good teammate. 275 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 1: And um, so I think this year really was a 276 00:13:55,400 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: successful Yeah, eleven and five. Tyrant had a huge impact. 277 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: The leadership, tackling in the back end. I mean just 278 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: your big plays, big tackles at big times. It's Tyran Matthew. 279 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: It's different. Ki Qt said his twenty eighteen was you know, 280 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: it was tough. It was a tough year. But man, 281 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: two games against Indianapolis eleven catches in each game, that's 282 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: pretty phenomenal. Kiki talked about his twenty eighteen season. He 283 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: was about, um, obviously wish I could have play more, 284 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: but I know where I had the works on now, 285 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: so I'll come better. I'll tell you, just thinking about 286 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 1: what a healthy Full or a healthy Qt, a healthy 287 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: Hopkins with a healthy Watson could do. My my goodness. Now, 288 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: when I asked about his hamstring, he said, look, I'm 289 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: not concerned. I don't know the things I need to 290 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: work on, So I'm kind of glad that they have 291 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 1: a year one. He said it down the row. So 292 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: like I said, I know what to work on. I 293 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: work on row season. I'll come back radio, get him 294 00:14:55,320 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: ready to roll. And you're talking about, you know, solidified 295 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: the offensive line. My goodness, Holy smokes, what they're gonna 296 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 1: be able to do now? One because of the injuries 297 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: out receiver. One of the things the Texans were that 298 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: they needed to do was trade for the Marius Thomas 299 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: and the Marias in a tough situation. And I hate 300 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: it for him that he got hurt in Philadelphia the 301 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: way that he did. But he said, you know, I 302 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 1: want to be back. Used already done, you know, to 303 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: tell him, I loved I wistening. You know what, you know, 304 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: we gotta deal with pers in the locker room song 305 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: and what he means by that, it is what it 306 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: is it's business, and everybody knows that it's a business. Uh. 307 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 1: And I just got an email about Justin Reichs, so 308 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: let's get the Justin reich cuts right here. And Justin 309 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: had a really really good year, a tremendous year. And 310 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: he said he feels very different from before the season 311 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: until now. It's wild man. I feel like a completely 312 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: different player, you know. I feel like I've really felt 313 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: settled into my role here, really comfortable with the system. 314 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: I'm really excited about my sophomore campaign because I know 315 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: I'm want to be attacking it head first, you know 316 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: what I mean. I don't have to go through those 317 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: games to get adjusted to the speed of the NFL 318 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: and things like that. Already be ready to go from 319 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: the beginning. So that's one of the exciting things, at 320 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: least for me personally leading to the next year, is 321 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: is having that confidence and that aggressive mentality to attack 322 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: your next year. I can't wait to see what he does. 323 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see what that young buck does. 324 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: My goodness. Now, we just had Tyre Matthew on a 325 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: second ago and Justin has known Tying for a while. 326 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: He's known him going back. His brother played with him 327 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: at LSU. Older brother Eric reads with the Panthers. He said, 328 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: Tire meant a lot to him in his rookie year 329 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: that things turns up for this because he's been an 330 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: incredible leader. He's been a voice, he's been a sense 331 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: of energy and passion. Shouldn't really been able to give 332 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: this a personality and I drive to attack the games. 333 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 1: I mean it's pregame speeches all the time are very emotional. 334 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: They really speak to me and help me get ready 335 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: for you the games each season, as well as a 336 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: little bunch of the veteran players said this year like 337 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: one part, a huge part of my success was the 338 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: vetteran leadership that we've had in this scene this season, 339 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: and they're willingness to help out the rookie, you know, 340 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 1: get me ready to play all that side, no doubt. 341 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: And now Justin Reid gets to flip the script. Now 342 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: he gets to be the veteran. Yeah to your veteran 343 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: means a veteran no longer a rookie. And he gets 344 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: to flip that for the rookies that will come in 345 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: here starting in late April early May, when the Texans 346 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: make their draft picks and start making moves. He gets 347 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: to be that veteran influence. Even as a second year guy, 348 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: he can have that influence, no question about that. All right, 349 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: does your outreach presenter you by Geico fifteen minutes you 350 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 1: can tell you fifteen percent more on car insurance. We 351 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 1: get back to Goodboddy andre Ware right here at Texans 352 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: Axis calling on Houston area teachers. You want to bring 353 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: a little Texas football your classroom, then sign up with 354 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: Toros Mathris wasented by Conico Phillips. Toros Matris is a 355 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: video series designing help third and fourth graders Leonard tackle 356 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: math in the classroom. Go to Houston Texans dot com 357 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: slash Toros Mathrils to learn more. Welcome back to a 358 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: Monday issue of Texans All Access. Colon the last one. 359 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: That's how it would look Texans All Access the last 360 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,239 Speaker 1: one and you would separated with a colon. That's just 361 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 1: me being hopefully grammatically correct on that. But welcome back 362 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: to the show. Appreciate you being here, and it's time 363 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: for our buddy andre Ware. Get an opportunity every single 364 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,119 Speaker 1: Sunday or whenever we're playing every single week, get a 365 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,360 Speaker 1: chance to spend three hours my man. Now I'm down 366 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: on the sidelines. But I love getting a chance to 367 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: talk with Mark and with Dre during the breaks. Wish 368 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: you guys could hear that show would be it'd be 369 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 1: one of the highest rated shows. You would hear it's fantastic, 370 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: but thank god you don't hear it as a matter 371 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: of fact. But either way, Dre spent a few minutes 372 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: with us talking about this team going forward, and then 373 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,879 Speaker 1: I asked him at the very end, who does he 374 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: have tonight, Clemson or Alabama. Here's Andrea Ware. So a 375 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: couple of days later, your thoughts on what went down 376 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 1: on Saturday night and how the team has to sort 377 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: of move through it into the future. Yeah, I still 378 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: feel like a couple of days later, like I felt 379 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: when I walked out, like I've been punched in the gut, 380 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 1: and you know, I didn't see it coming. I didn't 381 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 1: give my hands up, I didn't see see the punch 382 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,440 Speaker 1: was coming, and then all of a sudden I was down, 383 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: and it's kind of like being knocked out in a fight. 384 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: You still just kind of miffed at just how it 385 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: all unfolded, to be quite honest with you. So it 386 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: was tough then and it's still tough now to even 387 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: think about it. Hey, tre we were just talking about 388 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen verses twenty eighteen. Obviously lost that kid that 389 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: came to Kansas City in twenty fifteen, and we lose 390 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 1: the one twenty eighteen here in Annapolis Coast. But it 391 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: feels different today than it did twenty fifteen because I 392 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 1: think we market I would look at each other in 393 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen ago, well, who's playing quarterback for us next year? 394 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 1: Whereas look at twenty eighteen and go, we know who 395 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,719 Speaker 1: the guy is who's gonna lead this team going forward. 396 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 1: Do you kind of feel that way? Kind of same thing, 397 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: the difference in those two years in that particular aspect, Yeah, 398 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: there's no doubt I win Deshaun's on the field or 399 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 1: you know, with him in the locker room. You know 400 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 1: you have a chance each and every week to to 401 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 1: win and be in games. And that season in twenty 402 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: fifteen was you know, kind of jumbled and you had 403 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: no idea going into the offseason. This is it solidified 404 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 1: itself for quite some time with Deshaun Watson, where you 405 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: only need to tweak some certain areas certainly around him 406 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 1: to protect him a little bit better. Maybe find a 407 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,479 Speaker 1: little bit better running game. I know at times they 408 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: ran the ball well, but then I don't really put 409 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 1: too much weight on in that because of who they 410 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 1: were playing when they ran the ball. So unless it's 411 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: the Colts, unless it's the Eagles, unless it's the Patriots, 412 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: teams that you know are going to be in the 413 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: play offs from week to week, the nose stats don't 414 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,159 Speaker 1: really matter to me. But you have to. You have 415 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: to find that consistent running game when you're playing that 416 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: caliber of opponents. So yeah, you know it's there are 417 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: differences in the two seasons. Both had some really really 418 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 1: highs and then certainly didn't name the way that you 419 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: wanted them to. In Andre where joining us dre two 420 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: phases of the game that did not do well down 421 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: the stretch past defense. And I know they did much 422 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: better in the second half on Saturday, but the first 423 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: half you saw the damage down with twenty one nothing 424 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: deficit and lack of running game. If I gave you 425 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: the choice, you get to have one of those at 426 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: full peak heading down the stretch. This season, we get 427 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 1: to get it to the DeLorean go back in time, 428 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:47,000 Speaker 1: and I'll give you one of them. The running game 429 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: or past defense being utterly phenomenal. Which one are you picking? Boy, 430 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: that's a tough one. I'm probably going to pick the 431 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: running game because what it allows me to do is 432 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,439 Speaker 1: keep the d tends off the field and I can 433 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 1: kill some clock, I can protect the quarterback. I think 434 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: with a consistent running game you can play action to 435 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 1: you'll be able to know, now the defense, their defense 436 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,159 Speaker 1: has to respect what you want to do in the 437 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: running game, where you're gonna have a little bit more 438 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: time as they defend the run on the weight and 439 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: rushing the passer. Now, when you know you look at 440 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 1: it from that standpoint, it kind of covers up a 441 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: lot in terms of bleeding over and playing complementary football 442 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: where you're defense is out there whether or not having 443 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: to defend against the pass quite as well. And I 444 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: also believe that you get better on defense a lot 445 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,679 Speaker 1: faster than you do on offense. It takes all eleven 446 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: working on offense, whereas on a defense you can just 447 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: kind of play with your hair on fire a little 448 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: bit and get their pass rush takes care of the 449 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: back end at times, and you can find ways to 450 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: get to the pass or that cleans up a lot 451 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 1: on the back end where you're just not covering up 452 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: quite as long. To your point, Mark, I think I 453 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: think you actually could have gone either way. I mean, 454 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: if you're better, if you're better stop in the past, 455 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: you get more more cracks of running the football, you 456 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: get more plays. I mean I think one of the 457 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: think the Eagles game. I think you ran like thirteen 458 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: or fourteen more plays than we did in that game. 459 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: So either way, yeah, I think you just just one 460 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: of them. Maybe you just would have gotten either one. 461 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: I think he would have been much better off. But 462 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 1: that said, dre thinking ahead to twenty nineteen, I say 463 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, Will Fuller and key Key QT are healthy 464 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: for at least fourteen or sixteen games. They can play 465 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: all three of them together, and of course, assuming that 466 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: Shaw wants to stay healthy too, those guys stay together 467 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 1: for fourteen games. What do you think this offense can 468 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 1: do with a better offensive with better offensive line play. 469 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: I think Skuy's the limit. You're looking at at the 470 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: very least ten plus wins when they're all on the 471 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: field together, and then you throw in either tight end 472 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: and they're having a decent season as well, and in 473 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 1: terms of work in the middle of the field against 474 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: the defense. Then you're looking at a pretty successful, high 475 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,919 Speaker 1: powered offense. And Lamar Miller's healthy, give me that as well. 476 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: Throw him in there and you feel pretty good about things. Yeah, 477 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: I mean that would be unbelievable. I was gonna say, 478 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: thirteen games. If you could give those three to me 479 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: all together for thirteen games, I'll take my chances on 480 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: whatever's gonna happ all right, I'll ask both of you 481 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: this question. Then, if those three guys are all healthy, 482 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: Dre does the twenty nine touchdown mark that Mark Covett's 483 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: eventually going to come down. It's going to come down. Yeah, 484 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 1: if all three are healthy, I think so. I think 485 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: they do. I think it happens. I think before we 486 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: can't ignore the elephant in the room though. There needs 487 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,360 Speaker 1: to be better offensive line play. You can you can 488 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: go give me Jerry Reis and as prime and if 489 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: I don't have time to throw the football, it matters 490 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: not who the skill position players are. Damn got to 491 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 1: get better up front. It just flat out front and center. 492 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: That's got to happen. And so until that solidifies itself, 493 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,360 Speaker 1: you know, Yeah, we can talk thirteen wins, we can 494 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 1: talk eleven twenty nine touchdown passes. I'm total in agreement 495 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: with that. As long as the offensive line gives Deshaun 496 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 1: Watson the time necessary to throw the football, well, you 497 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 1: know they're gonna work on that. So having said that, 498 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: how does Deshaun Watson feel and what's he thinking going 499 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: into his second full year as a starter, Andrea, in 500 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: your opinion, I can tell you how he feels right now, 501 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: right this minute. He wants he wants to play next week, 502 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: you know, wishing that he could play next week. He's 503 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 1: going through his mind and things that he personally could 504 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 1: have done in this past weekend's game to change the outcome. 505 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: What more responsibility could have showed us? Could I have 506 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: checked out of this play to get to this one 507 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: to give us a better side on He's going through 508 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: every single one of them. That's the thing about playing 509 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,120 Speaker 1: quarterback is that you remember every single play for sixty 510 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: minutes that you were on a football field, both on 511 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: offense and if you're playing half attention to what's going 512 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 1: on on the defensive side. You just remember the game 513 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,479 Speaker 1: that way, and you go back and you replay it 514 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: and wonder, how could I have positively affected the game? 515 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,679 Speaker 1: That's what he's doing right about now. Then it's okay, 516 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 1: how fast can I get back to work to get 517 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,959 Speaker 1: a little bit stronger for the stretch of next season 518 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: of twenty nineteen, And then he can't wait to get there. 519 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: You know, it can't happen fast enough. When you get 520 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: a taste of it in the playoffs, you want back 521 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: in right now. And now you got to sit around. 522 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: I'll doubt that he'll watch anybody else play. Maybe he'll 523 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: watch he'll watch the night's game, certainly, but not an 524 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 1: NFL team and certainly not the AFC. As the playoffs 525 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:56,640 Speaker 1: continue to roll along. On the other side, the Eagles 526 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 1: get the win yesterday sixteen fifteen, I told after we 527 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: left Philly, I just felt like, I feel like Philly 528 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to do that, and I think going 529 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: to New Orleans and New Orleans is gonna be tough. 530 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: But the fact that coming out of Philly game, I 531 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: just felt like, man if the Bears and the Bears 532 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: are the ones that let him in, because the Bears 533 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: beat the Vikings the week before this craziness. I called 534 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,639 Speaker 1: them out on that what are you doing? What are 535 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 1: you doing? The Bears could have just laid down and 536 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: gotten the Vikings the very next week and gotten to win. 537 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: But they got the Eagles. But Dre when and I'm 538 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: sure you've been around this at some point on a team. 539 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: When a kicker miss I mean, kickers don't do anything. 540 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: And I know how a lot of players feel about kickers. Story, 541 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: what what do you do? How do you handle that 542 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: as a player when the guy that just you know, 543 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: does little rugby kicks and everything during practice and doesn't 544 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 1: really go through practice with you, guys, Like, how do 545 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 1: you handle that in the locker room as a player, 546 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: You're gonna say all the right things. Uh, certainly as 547 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: the teammate and missed that and the other. But when 548 00:27:56,800 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 1: when guys away from it and you're sitting on and 549 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 1: you know, you're you get together, they're playing Madden, they're 550 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: over whomever's house or whatever, you know that those things 551 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: are discussed, that that play, that kick is discussed about. 552 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 1: That's all he needed to do. Uh, Trubisky drives us 553 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: down the field and we're in a position to wre 554 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: I mean, all of that's going to come out. It's 555 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,440 Speaker 1: it's human nature. It's part of being on a team. 556 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: And the disappointment of of the situation that took place, 557 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: that the hitting of the cross bar, all of it. 558 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 1: And so as a teammate, you're you're you're going to 559 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: be supportive with that guy at that time. But uh, 560 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: let's just say that if the coach has decided to 561 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: make a change in Chicago, uh not a lot of 562 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: guys would be uh against it, so to speak, because 563 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: that's the time that it's so hard to get there, 564 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: it's even harder to get back. And you think, well, 565 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: next year we'll do this, Uh that may not ever come. 566 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: Look at what Dan Marino did earlier in his career, 567 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: and they never got back to a Super Bowl. Never 568 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: got back now, not even close. Yeah, I mean he 569 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: lost to the Patriots in the AFC Championship game at 570 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: eighty five. I mean it was Did he play in 571 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 1: another AFC Championship game? Even, I gotta look that up? 572 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:24,479 Speaker 1: Ye Buffalo Bills against the Bills. Andre quick thoughts on 573 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: this thumbnails You got the Cults at Kansas City and 574 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: the Chargers at the Patriots. And by the way, just 575 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,960 Speaker 1: for the sake of next week, I am a I'm 576 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: gonna say it's San Diego Super Charger because I want 577 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: to go to the old song, which I mean I 578 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: look for the theme song and see if they updated 579 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: it to Los Angeles and the syllables work, but the 580 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: inflection does it? You gotta go San Diego super Chargers, Superchargers, 581 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: all right? So anyway, what do you think of those? 582 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 1: And then surprised me that you're that you're now a 583 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: Charging fan the rest of the beause I know you're 584 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: your your love for day fouts and so yeah, no 585 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: doubt about it. And if that doesn't surprise me, one 586 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: thing I have for you guys is how about yesterday's 587 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: conservative offensive approach by Baltimore. I mean, it couldn't have 588 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: been more pathetic for three quarters before they decided to 589 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:22,600 Speaker 1: cut Lamar Jackson loose. And I'm sitting there watching that game, like, Okay, 590 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: when are you gonna take the handcuffs off this guy? 591 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: Let him play? And when they do, we toss a 592 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: two touchdown passes. It was pathetic. Almost almost got the 593 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: feeling that morning Wig was calling the game so Flanco 594 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: could come in, as I honestly had that feeling yesterday. Well, 595 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:46,800 Speaker 1: you were fighting against this force that game, That game, 596 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: I'm telling you, for a long time was there for 597 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: the taking for Baltimore, and they just wouldn't cut the 598 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,320 Speaker 1: kid loose. It was run up the middle, run up 599 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: the middle, throw on third time. Nobody can win that way, 600 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: all right? And what about the Chiefs and the Colts. 601 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: I think both games are gonna be closer than what 602 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: you think. I wouldn't be surprised at all. The Philadelphia 603 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 1: goes to New Orleans and win that game, and it 604 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me whatsoever. High powered offenses that have sat 605 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: around for a while take a little while to get going, 606 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 1: which is why I don't like the bye week. I 607 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised. The Colts have every single ingredient except 608 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: experience to go to Kansas City and win that football game. 609 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: They got a running game, they got defense, they got 610 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: a quarterback that can flat out and get it done. 611 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: They they've got enough of all of its special teams, 612 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: every single ingredient, and Kansas City's been sitting there waiting. 613 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: And when you wait, it takes a little while to 614 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: get going. I think some people saw some some vulnerabilities 615 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,600 Speaker 1: late in the season in Kansas City. The Colts are 616 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: ripe to go there and upset them, and wouldn't surprise 617 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: me at all. Drey in one word, who you got 618 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 1: tonight in Alabama Clemson Alabama? Close game, but I got 619 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: Alabama all right? Cool? Thanks Drey. Really appreciate it, you 620 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: guys over five seasons of doing the sidelines for the Texans. 621 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: I love those two guys, man Mark Wander, Mark Vandamir 622 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 1: and Andrea Ware and those guys are the best. I 623 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 1: love each and every game day with them, and we 624 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: have text strains going on in the offseason a I 625 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 1: when to SEEFL football start, and it's just great get 626 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 1: a chance to catch up with Dre each and every Monday, 627 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: and a chance to obviously talk with him during the week, 628 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: but then each and every game day. I think he's 629 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: great at what he does, and he picked Alabama and 630 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: I think that too. I think it's gonna be pretty close. 631 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: It sounds like the weather's gonna be ugly, and I 632 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: think Alabama's got the better run game. But against that 633 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: Clemson defensive line without Dexter Lawrence, I might give Alabama 634 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 1: a little bit of an edge, But I think Alabama 635 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 1: run game Josh Jacobs, Damien Harris, Naja Harris, I think 636 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: they're gonna I think they're gonna plow Clemson. It's good. 637 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be lower scoring if people think 638 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: if the weather ends up being a factor. What it 639 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: sounds like something like wind rain are canceled one of 640 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: the big concerts. So that could get a little dicey 641 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: out there in Santa Clara. But I got Alabama winning 642 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 1: as well. All Right, we get back. We'll go around 643 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: the NFL from this weekend, Wildcard weekend, and some news 644 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: in the NFL kind of really that could possibly happen. 645 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: We'll do that next right here in Texas Access. What's up, everybody? 646 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: Welcome back to a Monday edition. Almost said Wednesday. It's Monday. 647 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: Good greet, the day's all running together. Monday editions of 648 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: Texas All Access from the Hounday Texans Radio Studio. I 649 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: am your host, Sean Harris. Welcome back to the show. 650 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: Glad you are here with me. It is, as I've 651 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 1: said a few times, our last show for the twenty 652 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: eighteen season, going to Hibernation for a little bit web, 653 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: our podcast in lab Vandemer's View Deep Slam. We'll have 654 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 1: all that for you, but we'll be taking a break 655 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:56,959 Speaker 1: from Terrestrial hopefully. I said that right, Terrestrial radio, and 656 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 1: I figured this would be a good time to kind 657 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 1: of catch up what's going on around. Then fell three 658 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: wild card games yesterday or this weekend, not including the Texans, 659 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 1: and all of them six point one point two point games. 660 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 1: And I'm not gonna say I told you so, but 661 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: if you listen to me, I didn't Texans pick him 662 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,000 Speaker 1: all year long, and I did it for the playoff games. 663 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 1: I gave you Cowboys. I gave you Charger stup set 664 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: the Ravens because the Ravens were favored, and I gave 665 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,359 Speaker 1: you Eagles to straight up beat the Bears. I don't 666 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,360 Speaker 1: know what I would have made on a money line parlay, 667 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 1: but I would have made some bucks and I would 668 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: have made bucks for you, and I gave them all 669 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: to you. Cowboys went twenty four twenty two. Now, I 670 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,839 Speaker 1: know that was a bad beat for some because my 671 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,360 Speaker 1: line was two when I did it on Friday. The 672 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,720 Speaker 1: games on Sunday, it moved to two and a half. 673 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,040 Speaker 1: I'm sorry I did it on Friday earlier in the day. 674 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,320 Speaker 1: On Saturday moved to two and a half or maybe 675 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,800 Speaker 1: Friday evening, while the last line I saw was two, 676 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: so it would have given you a push. But those 677 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,880 Speaker 1: at two and a half. The Seahawks for two at 678 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,279 Speaker 1: the end of the game when it was twenty four 679 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:07,959 Speaker 1: twenty because Sevasti Janikowski had been injured, so they didn't 680 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,440 Speaker 1: want Michael Dixon to kick extra points. They worked on 681 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 1: it and he just couldn't do it, and so they 682 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,680 Speaker 1: just went for two, and they got it both times 683 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,880 Speaker 1: they went for two, but no Janikowski hurt them when 684 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 1: they went for the outside kicked. Michael Dixon tried to 685 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 1: drop kick. He kicked it right in the arms and 686 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: Cole Beasley Cowboys win. Cowboys move on, they go to LA. 687 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,120 Speaker 1: That's gonna be a fun ball game. I know the 688 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: spread is like six or seven at this point. I 689 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 1: think that's gonna be a fun ball game. I don't 690 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: know what the status of Todd Gurley will be, but 691 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,319 Speaker 1: I think Dallas is gonna be able defensively to give 692 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,640 Speaker 1: us an issue. And I do think that Zekieli will 693 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,920 Speaker 1: be able to run the football. And Dak Prescott the 694 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,440 Speaker 1: last few weeks has really kind of found it, especially 695 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: with the Marii Cooper Chargers get to win over the Ravens. 696 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: And I didn't get a chance to see this game 697 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,840 Speaker 1: right off. I hopped in a car. Was running a 698 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: couple of errands yesterday and as soon as I got 699 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: in the car, and I was listening to the broadcast 700 00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:59,759 Speaker 1: on Westwood One, and I don't remember who it was, 701 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,120 Speaker 1: might have been Iron Eagle and maybe Tony Bisselli. They 702 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,440 Speaker 1: were doing a game Charges Ravens and they threw it 703 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: down to Ben Lieber who was doing the sidelines. And 704 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,080 Speaker 1: Ben picked up on this and he said, the Chargers 705 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:16,279 Speaker 1: are playing seven defensive backs, so there's Nickel and then 706 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: there's dime to Hell's seven defensive backs. You can't call 707 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:23,319 Speaker 1: quarters because quarters is used to divide the field up 708 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,719 Speaker 1: into fours, and the quarters you can't. Well, so what 709 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,560 Speaker 1: is the seven defensive back alignment? Well, the Chargers went 710 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,759 Speaker 1: with that to try and stop the multiple Ravens and 711 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,960 Speaker 1: it worked. Ravens couldn't get anything going until the fourth quarter. 712 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,600 Speaker 1: In the Lamar Jackson pulled magic out of his hat, 713 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: had the ball with about am minute left with no 714 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 1: time out, so they still had a chance. And then 715 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:47,560 Speaker 1: you Shannerwassu from USC, a guy that the Texans had 716 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:49,279 Speaker 1: last year and the Senior Bowl and coached him in 717 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,160 Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl, stripped the ball out of Jackson's hands. 718 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,480 Speaker 1: Chargers got on it. Chargers, you get to win. They 719 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,560 Speaker 1: go to New England next Sunday, and then the Eagles 720 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,040 Speaker 1: Bears a game that because it was the last of 721 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:01,400 Speaker 1: the day, but also because of the way that had 722 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,360 Speaker 1: finished the Eagles and the Bears dream season. Bears finished 723 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:09,719 Speaker 1: twelve and four, and the Bears had the opportunity to 724 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,160 Speaker 1: lay down in Week seventeen, And had they lost the Vikings, 725 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,080 Speaker 1: it would have kicked the Eagles out and the Bears 726 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: would have played the Vikings and the Bears would have 727 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 1: hammered the Vikings. They beat him at home earlier that year. Yeah, 728 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: they would have kind of laid down for in Week seventeen. 729 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,359 Speaker 1: It would have been a split, but the Bears would 730 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:30,960 Speaker 1: have gotten a team that they knew well and they 731 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,279 Speaker 1: I think they would have taken apart the Vikings. But 732 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:37,399 Speaker 1: the Eagles, I saw them three weeks ago, three weeks ago, 733 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,359 Speaker 1: I guess it's three weeks ago Week sixteen, two weeks ago, 734 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,279 Speaker 1: two weeks ago. It seems like a longer time ago. 735 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,359 Speaker 1: Saw them in Philadelphia. I saw what Nick Foles brought 736 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,600 Speaker 1: to the table, saw that defense play well. Then I 737 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:50,719 Speaker 1: also saw Obviously the Sean do some things. I didn't 738 00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:54,120 Speaker 1: think Trubisky could do that against them. Now, one interesting 739 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,919 Speaker 1: aspect coming out of this. Truisky didn't do much against them, 740 00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:01,000 Speaker 1: but he did throw for three hundred three yards. Oh, 741 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:02,960 Speaker 1: that was pretty impressive that he threw for three h 742 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:05,080 Speaker 1: three Now took him forty three attempts to do it. 743 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,200 Speaker 1: He made a couple of key throws down to stretch. 744 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:10,680 Speaker 1: Alan Robinson was big, but the Cody Parkey field goal 745 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 1: was blocked. It was changed today. Trevion Hester, who I 746 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: saw in film, was really impressive to me. For the 747 00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:19,920 Speaker 1: Eagles men in the practice squad for a while. He 748 00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 1: joined them late in the year. He's made some plays. 749 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: He comes up with the fingertip block that change the 750 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 1: trajectory that missed the field goal upright, crossbar, doing over 751 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,279 Speaker 1: and the Eagles get to win sixteen to fifteen. So 752 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:44,600 Speaker 1: your Division round matchups Saturday, Colts at Chiefs, Cowboys at Rams, Sunday, 753 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: Chargers at Patriots, Eagles at Saints. What's interesting about this 754 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:52,640 Speaker 1: is that each wildcard game to spread was no bigger 755 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 1: than three and three of the games, maybe two is 756 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:59,240 Speaker 1: the largest except for the Bears and Eagles. I was six. 757 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 1: Everyone of these is like five points or more. So 758 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,120 Speaker 1: teams get to buy they're getting They're getting some love 759 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,440 Speaker 1: from Vegas. But I if I were to see an 760 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:12,080 Speaker 1: upset anywhere, I could see the Chargers playing well in 761 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 1: New England, and I could see the Colts playing well 762 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:18,600 Speaker 1: with the Chiefs. I wouldn't be surprised if Chargers host 763 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,880 Speaker 1: the Colts. I just wouldn't be surprised in that. For 764 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,960 Speaker 1: DAFC Championship game Chiefs Patriots, I wouldn't be surprised with 765 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 1: that too. That's so everybody wants to see. Look, we 766 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 1: talked about the Texans. They just didn't play well enough 767 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 1: to be in that game. Kind of just ran out 768 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:33,600 Speaker 1: of AMMO at the end of the year. But they'll 769 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 1: be back and they'll get it going in the right direction. Now, 770 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:40,280 Speaker 1: I teased a little bit of this information, some NFL information, 771 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:46,480 Speaker 1: some stories around the NFL. Number one is there is 772 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:53,359 Speaker 1: a potential new quarter new coach in Tampa Bay potential. Now, 773 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:56,840 Speaker 1: this has been rumored earlier today and then kind of 774 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,719 Speaker 1: following it throughout the day. It looks like he's the 775 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:04,040 Speaker 1: choice of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But they haven't sat 776 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,680 Speaker 1: down and gotten all the content in the contractual eyes 777 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:11,440 Speaker 1: dotted teas cross and that would be Bruce Arians. Oh wow, 778 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,280 Speaker 1: but they haven't gotten to the contract part. Or actually 779 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:18,400 Speaker 1: they're working on that, but keep an eye on Bruce Arians. 780 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 1: To the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. How about that now the 781 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,800 Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens after the loss, they're working on an extension 782 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 1: with John Harbaught, trying to get that taken care of. 783 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 1: A couple of kind of coaching and college moves that 784 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:38,720 Speaker 1: are kind of bleeding over to the NFL. And explain 785 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 1: why number one high state quarterback Dwayne Haskins did declare 786 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:48,640 Speaker 1: today for the NFL Draft. That then gets everybody excited 787 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:54,640 Speaker 1: because teams aren't needing quarterbacks. Jacksonville potentially, Denver potentially the Giants. 788 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,880 Speaker 1: Those teams knitn't need quarterbacks. They've got one in the draft. 789 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:03,280 Speaker 1: Now Dwayne Haskins does declare, justin Herbert goes back to college, 790 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:07,319 Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins, the one year wonder, decided to declare he 791 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,239 Speaker 1: very well could be QB one in this thing. I 792 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,439 Speaker 1: mean he I think he's the first quarterback off the board. 793 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:16,000 Speaker 1: Wouldn't be surprised if the first player taken it's not 794 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,759 Speaker 1: Arizona though, I mean Arizona. Arizona loves this because now 795 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,279 Speaker 1: they can parlay that into trading that to a team 796 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,399 Speaker 1: that does need it, because San Francisco's too. They don't 797 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:29,080 Speaker 1: need a quarterback. The Niners don't. Three. I can't remember 798 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 1: who three is, but maybe it's the Raiders. I think 799 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,719 Speaker 1: it might be the Raiders at three. But either way, 800 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,160 Speaker 1: Dwayne Haskins in the draft, some team that needs a 801 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,520 Speaker 1: quarterback might be thinking about moving off the number one. 802 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:41,840 Speaker 1: And the Cardinals. I gotta love that because the Cardinals 803 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,280 Speaker 1: drafted Josh Rosen last year. He's gonna be the future. 804 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,960 Speaker 1: But the Cardinals are looking for a head coach. How 805 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 1: about the name Cliff Kingsbury. Kingsbury has been cleared to 806 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,719 Speaker 1: interview with the Arizona Cardinals. Now, some people are kind 807 00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,320 Speaker 1: of doing some forensics on this. Apparently, you see, it 808 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:04,360 Speaker 1: had been denied Kingsbury from interviewing. When some people went 809 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,280 Speaker 1: to the USC website today to see the coaching staff, 810 00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:15,080 Speaker 1: Kingsbury's not listed as an assistant coach, so apparently they 811 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:20,600 Speaker 1: are interviewing him, Cliff Kingsbury for the head coaching position 812 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:24,000 Speaker 1: with the Cardinals. Wow. Now, there's some other teams apparently 813 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 1: that I have shown some interest in Kingsbury as well. 814 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:32,439 Speaker 1: But Cliff Kingsbury head coach Arizona Cardinals. Wow, I mean, 815 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:37,960 Speaker 1: that would be unbelievable. Unbelievable. But there's just some of 816 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,600 Speaker 1: the coaching news that's going on with teams throughout the league. 817 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,839 Speaker 1: Some of the info the Bruce Arians of Tampa Bay 818 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:47,080 Speaker 1: is very intriguing, and Texas play Tampa Bay next year 819 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:51,520 Speaker 1: and that will be in Tampa more than likely. I 820 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,160 Speaker 1: do see a London trip, but I think it might 821 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,440 Speaker 1: be another team because we'll talk about that down the road. 822 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,320 Speaker 1: All Right, we get back, we'll talk with the general 823 00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,719 Speaker 1: John McClain on Texans All Access. Let's get it started 824 00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,800 Speaker 1: in our second hour of the program, Texans All Access 825 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,680 Speaker 1: from the Day Texans Radio Studio. So last one of 826 00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:09,920 Speaker 1: the year. It's the last hour of the football calendar. Year. 827 00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,880 Speaker 1: We take a break until after the super Bowl, so 828 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:16,640 Speaker 1: we will be back Mondays six to seven after the 829 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,440 Speaker 1: super Bowl. After super Bowl six to seven Mondays, why 830 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,520 Speaker 1: will our podcast We'll have those going in the lab 831 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,879 Speaker 1: vanner Ree's View, Deep Slaying, We'll have those those going, 832 00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,160 Speaker 1: and may have a few others as well to add 833 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,440 Speaker 1: to the mix. But we'll be off radio until the 834 00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:35,240 Speaker 1: Monday after the Super Bowl, So there you go. I'll 835 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:37,319 Speaker 1: miss it. I love doing radio each and every week, 836 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,960 Speaker 1: so I appreciate you guys listening. I'll say that obviously 837 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,279 Speaker 1: at the end of the show, and I'll maybe say 838 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:44,480 Speaker 1: it a little bit more vociferously, but thank you very 839 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,080 Speaker 1: much for being here. And the second of the show, 840 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,359 Speaker 1: we kick it off with the General John McClain here. 841 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,160 Speaker 1: He is. All right, the guys in this playoff before 842 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,000 Speaker 1: we get this playoffs, tell me the guys who are 843 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:57,280 Speaker 1: playing in these playoffs who lost their first career playoffs 844 00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:59,319 Speaker 1: start and some of them very badly. Go ahead, So 845 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,960 Speaker 1: a twelve quarter backs. Quarterbacks in the twenty eighteen NFL 846 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,040 Speaker 1: playoff field who lost their first career playoff game. Drew Brees, 847 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:09,600 Speaker 1: Jared Goff, Philip Rivers, Andrew Luck, Nick Foles, Dak Prescott, 848 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:14,040 Speaker 1: Shawn Watson, Mitchell Trubisky, Lamar Jackson to be determined, Patrick Mahomes. 849 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:17,680 Speaker 1: Quarterbacks who won their first Tom Brady and Russell Wilson, 850 00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,120 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning lost his first career playoff. Oh, Payton Manning 851 00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:21,799 Speaker 1: lost his first one. Oh, let me tell you how 852 00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:23,960 Speaker 1: he did. His first playoff game at the age of 853 00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:27,719 Speaker 1: twenty three. He went nineteen to forty two for two 854 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:31,160 Speaker 1: twenty seven that's a forty five percent completion percentage, and 855 00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:34,040 Speaker 1: they lost the Titans after having a buy The next year, 856 00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:37,319 Speaker 1: he was seventeen and thirty two one hundred and ninety 857 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:39,760 Speaker 1: four yards, did throw a touchdown. That's only fifty three percent. 858 00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:43,520 Speaker 1: And then his third year, his third time in the playoffs, 859 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:47,240 Speaker 1: he was fourteen and thirty one, forty five percent completion, 860 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:51,759 Speaker 1: two interceptions. He went his first three playoff games and 861 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:54,360 Speaker 1: was dreadful, didn't complete more than fifty three percent of 862 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,040 Speaker 1: his passage. Yeah, I'm okay. We turned out on W four. 863 00:44:57,080 --> 00:45:00,560 Speaker 1: Didn't play well on Saturday. Nobody did. But guess I'll 864 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,839 Speaker 1: ride with the guy who just threw for four thousand yards, 865 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,359 Speaker 1: rush for five hundred through twenty five touchdowns, first kind 866 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,399 Speaker 1: of NFL history to do that. I think it'll be 867 00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:10,560 Speaker 1: a lot better as he gets older. And look, this 868 00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:14,360 Speaker 1: is his first offseason where his first offsea, it's his 869 00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:18,120 Speaker 1: first ever off doesn't have to be yeah in the NFL, alright, 870 00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:20,280 Speaker 1: he only had one offseason in the NFL. That's rehab 871 00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,880 Speaker 1: let's get an offseason. Yeah, let's get the general out. 872 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,120 Speaker 1: Chop acclaimed from the Houston Chronicle, Storry to keep you 873 00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,720 Speaker 1: waiting in general, your thoughts as you had some time 874 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:31,360 Speaker 1: to reflect review, What do you think about Saturday? What 875 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,240 Speaker 1: do you think moving forward? General? First of all, about 876 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:38,799 Speaker 1: Deshaun Rodson. What native performance so impressive? Is he had 877 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:42,399 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins and nobody else When you didn't have Will 878 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,719 Speaker 1: Fuller and Mary's Thomas. There was a big drop off 879 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,440 Speaker 1: with young guys and experienced guys, and then the offensive 880 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,080 Speaker 1: line was terrible. They couldn't build a running game over 881 00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:56,280 Speaker 1: the last five games unless it was Watson. Not exactly 882 00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:59,320 Speaker 1: what started with the Colts in that game in which 883 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,560 Speaker 1: they ended the nine game winning streak, in which they 884 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:07,120 Speaker 1: discovered something about the Texans up front, and the bags 885 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,239 Speaker 1: did not run from that point on, and so all 886 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:14,040 Speaker 1: the pressure was on Watson, and I thought he was outstanding, 887 00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:17,399 Speaker 1: and I thought that the way he was vicerated by 888 00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:21,160 Speaker 1: Steve Smith was ridiculous because he'd been doing that all 889 00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:25,360 Speaker 1: season and it took one second. And that's got nothing 890 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:28,520 Speaker 1: to do with nothing when it came to getting their 891 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,759 Speaker 1: butts kicked at home by the calls. So Watson was 892 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,920 Speaker 1: the best thing they have. Watson will be the best 893 00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:37,440 Speaker 1: thing they have, and the hopes they have of ever 894 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:40,600 Speaker 1: winning the super Bowl will be on his shoulders. And 895 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:44,040 Speaker 1: I think, as I wrote today, they go into an 896 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:48,839 Speaker 1: offseason having no questions about quarterback. Last year they had 897 00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:52,520 Speaker 1: questions about his torn ACL and his REEBB and could 898 00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,680 Speaker 1: he stay healthy, And now they don't. That's a huge 899 00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:58,200 Speaker 1: factor right there. And you know, we all assumed you'd 900 00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:01,240 Speaker 1: be healthy, but that's not an easy assumption. He's playing 901 00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:06,520 Speaker 1: on that ACL, that repaired, recovered, rehabbed ACL all season long, 902 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,560 Speaker 1: and he had the ribs and he had the collapsed 903 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:11,359 Speaker 1: long and everything else, and he was able to get 904 00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,680 Speaker 1: through the entire sixteen game campaign. It just didn't work 905 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:18,279 Speaker 1: out the postseason. But general, obviously, I can't ignore what 906 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,440 Speaker 1: was a poor performance by this team on a big stage. 907 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,680 Speaker 1: So your thoughts on that and how they need to 908 00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:27,120 Speaker 1: fix that part of things. First, First of all, I 909 00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:29,800 Speaker 1: would like everybody else, I was stunned that the Colts 910 00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:31,600 Speaker 1: were able to come out and just shove it down 911 00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,480 Speaker 1: their throats. You know, you guys were talking about Luck's 912 00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,480 Speaker 1: passing yards. He had one hundred and ninety one in 913 00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:40,200 Speaker 1: the first half, and he was any year up twenty 914 00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:43,480 Speaker 1: one fourteen oh in the first quarter. And then it's 915 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,680 Speaker 1: like they called off the dogs and they ran, ran, 916 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:49,560 Speaker 1: ran some more. That was the one thing I thought 917 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,279 Speaker 1: that the Texans were going to do, and I know 918 00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:54,839 Speaker 1: everybody did. They would contain the Colts running game. They 919 00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:58,239 Speaker 1: had totally shut it down the first two times. Matt 920 00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,480 Speaker 1: average two point two yards Kerry in the game he 921 00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:04,960 Speaker 1: played against them here. And then the one thing the 922 00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:07,480 Speaker 1: defense did. You know, they couldn't stop the clock when 923 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,719 Speaker 1: it came to the past, but when it came to 924 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:12,319 Speaker 1: the run, they were great. And then to give up 925 00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:14,400 Speaker 1: two hundred yards and I don't care when it was 926 00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:19,280 Speaker 1: was just embarrassing. And when I think about next season, 927 00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,200 Speaker 1: you know, looking back on this season, yes, that was 928 00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:28,040 Speaker 1: a disappointing playoff loss, an embarrassing performance, but you go 929 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:30,920 Speaker 1: from four to twelve to eleven and five, that's a 930 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:34,880 Speaker 1: successful season. And when you think about the next season, 931 00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:38,080 Speaker 1: you look at the quarterbacks they faced this season are 932 00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,839 Speaker 1: the ones they're gonna face next season. It's like night 933 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:45,120 Speaker 1: and day. The schedule is so much more difficult on paper, 934 00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:49,680 Speaker 1: and the thing that bodes well is Brian Jane had 935 00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:52,520 Speaker 1: a really good draft without a one and a two. 936 00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:56,040 Speaker 1: Now he's got a one in two twos, He's gonna 937 00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:58,759 Speaker 1: ask some cap room. They're not going to spend all 938 00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:02,960 Speaker 1: sixty eight million free agents. They got to resign there, guys. 939 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:05,680 Speaker 1: They got the draft pool, They got other kind of 940 00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,239 Speaker 1: hidden costs that will come out of that. But if 941 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,880 Speaker 1: Gaane wants to spend big bucks on a tackle like 942 00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:15,600 Speaker 1: they offered Made Solders sixteen a half million last year, 943 00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,640 Speaker 1: if he was to do that, he can. I kind 944 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:22,360 Speaker 1: of think more there's more corners available in free agency 945 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:26,320 Speaker 1: than offensive tackle. I kind of feel like they'll draft 946 00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:29,080 Speaker 1: two tackles in a corner in the first two rounds 947 00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:32,600 Speaker 1: and then sign a corner because they got to get 948 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:36,800 Speaker 1: some speed and size at corner. And then of course 949 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:40,399 Speaker 1: we know what they got to do in the offensive line. Well, 950 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,799 Speaker 1: I think what's interesting you I've heard people talk about 951 00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:45,160 Speaker 1: the schedule next year. Everybody in division's got to face 952 00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:47,359 Speaker 1: the same thing. You know, everybody in division's gotta face 953 00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:49,720 Speaker 1: Drew Brees and Cam Newton and Matt Ryan and whoever's 954 00:49:49,719 --> 00:49:52,759 Speaker 1: in Tampa, James Winston, whoever. Everybody in division's got to 955 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:54,680 Speaker 1: face him. Yeah, we gotta face Brady, but then he's 956 00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:58,400 Speaker 1: got to face Roethlisberger. So you know everybody, everybody's got 957 00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:00,560 Speaker 1: to face. Yeah, everybody's got to face the and rivers 958 00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:03,000 Speaker 1: as well. So you know, from that perspective, everybody in 959 00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,040 Speaker 1: the NFC South is gonna get a little bit of 960 00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:08,120 Speaker 1: a comeuppance. But to that point, John, going forward, I 961 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:11,040 Speaker 1: would think after seeing the last few weeks and how 962 00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:13,640 Speaker 1: much they were giving up against uh, you know, gets 963 00:50:13,719 --> 00:50:17,120 Speaker 1: good quarterbacks and good quarterbacks whatever, Donald and Falls. I 964 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:18,759 Speaker 1: don't know if you say they're great quarterbacks, but how 965 00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,840 Speaker 1: much they gave up through the air. I would imagine 966 00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:23,759 Speaker 1: best priority one is fixing the secondary and making sure 967 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:27,080 Speaker 1: that that doesn't happen again. But to your to your 968 00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:29,600 Speaker 1: you know, in your thoughts, where do you think this 969 00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:34,040 Speaker 1: team has to make the biggest changes both offensively and defense? 970 00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:35,719 Speaker 1: We have to think special teams have been pretty good, 971 00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:37,759 Speaker 1: and a lot of special teams players they end up 972 00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:40,480 Speaker 1: signing later on as it is, But where do you 973 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:43,320 Speaker 1: think offense defense? This team has got to make some changes. 974 00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:46,560 Speaker 1: What do you think the priorities are, John, Well, special 975 00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:48,759 Speaker 1: teams are in great hands. You know, Bill's not going 976 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,080 Speaker 1: to be looking for a Ford special teams coach, and 977 00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:54,759 Speaker 1: says year Brad Saley did a great job he and 978 00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:58,680 Speaker 1: his assistance, and Brad means more to build than just 979 00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,880 Speaker 1: special teams. He elves and in a lot of areas 980 00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:05,400 Speaker 1: getting him. When John Gruden went into Oakland want to 981 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,239 Speaker 1: make changes, that was great for the Texans. So there's 982 00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:11,600 Speaker 1: no issues on special teams for the first time since 983 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:15,320 Speaker 1: O'Brien's been here. Offense, can you imagine what it would 984 00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:20,080 Speaker 1: be like to have Hopkins, Fuller and Qt on the 985 00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,799 Speaker 1: field of full season. Now we're not going to see that, 986 00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,279 Speaker 1: but I don't know what the over under would be 987 00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:28,400 Speaker 1: those three together. You can count on Hopkins but not 988 00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:31,520 Speaker 1: the others to stay healthy. But when you thought saw 989 00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:35,760 Speaker 1: how QT clayton this game, how he's a Colts killer, 990 00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:39,440 Speaker 1: and then Will Fuller eleven touchdowns and eleven games with 991 00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:43,440 Speaker 1: Watson no drop passes since his rookie there, that passing 992 00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:47,359 Speaker 1: game would be tremendous. But you know, they've got to 993 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:50,239 Speaker 1: do something about offensive tackle and I think they'll have 994 00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:53,480 Speaker 1: two new ones now. Sean Drelle Henderson. They liked him 995 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:56,359 Speaker 1: in the off season, they liked him in preseason, they 996 00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:59,439 Speaker 1: liked him in training camp. They signed him to one year, 997 00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:02,879 Speaker 1: four million dollar deal. Does he want to come back here? 998 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,120 Speaker 1: You know he was hurt in the first game. He'll 999 00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:07,839 Speaker 1: be healthy in the off season, so do they want 1000 00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:10,520 Speaker 1: to bring him back on a similar deal? They have 1001 00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:13,000 Speaker 1: the money to do it, but they're going to need 1002 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:17,239 Speaker 1: two new starting tackles. Martinez ranking is going inside. Last 1003 00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,080 Speaker 1: year is one of their third round picks, and I 1004 00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:24,920 Speaker 1: think Nick Martin was their most consistent offensive lineman. But 1005 00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:29,279 Speaker 1: they have got to make improvement like the Colts. Mate Now, 1006 00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:31,400 Speaker 1: they're not going to be able to pick sixth overall, 1007 00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,480 Speaker 1: and they're not gonna be able to pick as high 1008 00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:37,480 Speaker 1: as the Colts had to get Quenton Nelson and Bradon Smith, 1009 00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:40,239 Speaker 1: but they still they've got to do it. And I 1010 00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:43,440 Speaker 1: looked over a long list of tackles last night, and 1011 00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:47,080 Speaker 1: we're early in the evaluation process and there's a lot 1012 00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,319 Speaker 1: of them. If you need one to hire in the 1013 00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:51,799 Speaker 1: first round, you're not gonna hear one. But if you're 1014 00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:55,240 Speaker 1: looking down for value down near the bottom of the 1015 00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:58,160 Speaker 1: first round, where the Texans are picking twenty third, then 1016 00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:01,360 Speaker 1: they're going to be some candidates. You never know. Brian 1017 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:04,520 Speaker 1: gain has somebody loves and trades up to get them. 1018 00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:08,680 Speaker 1: But the offensive tackle and corner and they need another 1019 00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:12,520 Speaker 1: pass rusher they got too. They couldn't generate a rush 1020 00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:16,359 Speaker 1: from anybody else consistently. And I think a guy will 1021 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:19,279 Speaker 1: see make a big improvement is due gas it for 1022 00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:23,520 Speaker 1: and he had two hits on Luck in that game. 1023 00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:26,560 Speaker 1: Nobody else had more than one. All these guys that 1024 00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:29,879 Speaker 1: were in their first year going into their second, they're 1025 00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:33,439 Speaker 1: fired up about them and they actually get fans even 1026 00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:36,560 Speaker 1: more fired up about the draft in free agency based 1027 00:53:36,560 --> 00:53:39,120 Speaker 1: on what they did last year in games first year 1028 00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:43,000 Speaker 1: in charge job. The playoffs move on. So the Colts 1029 00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:45,239 Speaker 1: at Kansas City? What do you think of that one? 1030 00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:50,320 Speaker 1: I think with the Colts playing as well as they are, 1031 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:57,360 Speaker 1: they're capable of beating anybody anywhere anytime. Chiefs depense is 1032 00:53:57,480 --> 00:54:01,879 Speaker 1: not good, They're running game is not good. They got 1033 00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:05,560 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes or bust and I think this is going 1034 00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,760 Speaker 1: to be a great game. I'm not thinking against Mahomes 1035 00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:12,040 Speaker 1: at home. Although Randy Andy Reid has been a terrible 1036 00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:17,399 Speaker 1: playoff coach, I'm still going with the Chiefs. How about 1037 00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:20,200 Speaker 1: what happened yesterday in Chicago? Your thoughts on that one 1038 00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:27,160 Speaker 1: bad for the kicker. The Philadelphia was the Daily News 1039 00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:30,880 Speaker 1: back page. By the way, on the tablet, General was 1040 00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:35,719 Speaker 1: clanks for the memory it was it was pretty good. 1041 00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:37,800 Speaker 1: Not if you're in a Chicago fan, but it was 1042 00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:41,320 Speaker 1: pretty good anyway. I'm sorry, General, go ahead, that's all right. Also, 1043 00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:45,680 Speaker 1: the kick was tipped, and I think the sports fans 1044 00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:48,719 Speaker 1: don't realize that, and he didn't realize that that they 1045 00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:52,040 Speaker 1: showed the slow motion films so many times, kind of 1046 00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:55,680 Speaker 1: like zapp Ruder film that one of the players got 1047 00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:58,920 Speaker 1: his got his hand on him, which had to be 1048 00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:01,600 Speaker 1: good enough to read direct. And so I hope the 1049 00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:04,480 Speaker 1: fans who were just killing him as he walked off 1050 00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:07,000 Speaker 1: the field and on social media, I hope they're a 1051 00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:12,680 Speaker 1: little more understanding. And I don't know, Saints just kill 1052 00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:16,719 Speaker 1: the Eagles and made them four and six, just humiliated them. 1053 00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:19,879 Speaker 1: I'm not thinking against the Saints, but boy, what we've 1054 00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,799 Speaker 1: seen in Nick falls and if he goes in there 1055 00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:25,959 Speaker 1: and they get revenge, it won't surprise me. People are saying, 1056 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,760 Speaker 1: what does he do to where they make the decision 1057 00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:32,120 Speaker 1: of him over Carson wins and they're not you know 1058 00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:34,439 Speaker 1: what if he wins another Super Bowl. All he's doing 1059 00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:38,400 Speaker 1: is adding money to his bank account, and he's going 1060 00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:41,920 Speaker 1: to be unrestricted. Can you imagine the kind of money 1061 00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:47,040 Speaker 1: he's going to be offered from teams like Denver and Jacksonville. 1062 00:55:47,239 --> 00:55:49,440 Speaker 1: Jacksonville we know for sure. Well, I don't know how 1063 00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:51,200 Speaker 1: much money they got to spend because they might be 1064 00:55:51,239 --> 00:55:54,439 Speaker 1: having to jettison some defensive alignment because of that. But John, 1065 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:58,279 Speaker 1: do you give Dallas a shot in LA? I do? 1066 00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:01,560 Speaker 1: I think that that's not a real big home advantage, 1067 00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:04,080 Speaker 1: and the Cowboys have a lot of fans out there. 1068 00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:06,920 Speaker 1: I think Cowboys would have had no prayer going in 1069 00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:10,600 Speaker 1: New Orleans because they beat the Saints and I don't 1070 00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:13,319 Speaker 1: think they could win in the Superdome. But out there, 1071 00:56:13,360 --> 00:56:16,680 Speaker 1: I'll beg you that crowds about ninety thousand with fifty 1072 00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:20,840 Speaker 1: thousand Cowboys fans, and when we're watching on TV, it'll 1073 00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:24,719 Speaker 1: sam sometimes like a home game for the Cowboys. John, 1074 00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:27,719 Speaker 1: we appreciate the visits all season long, and we look 1075 00:56:27,719 --> 00:56:30,319 Speaker 1: forward to having on Texans All Access after the Super 1076 00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:32,319 Speaker 1: Bowl when we roll out with those shows. Thank you 1077 00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:34,960 Speaker 1: so much. I look forward to it, guys, Thank you 1078 00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:38,600 Speaker 1: very much. As always, there is the General John McClain 1079 00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,480 Speaker 1: joining us. Appreciate having the chance to talk with the General. 1080 00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:42,799 Speaker 1: It's one of the things I missed in the off season. 1081 00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:45,400 Speaker 1: Now we do get to seem with the combine, and 1082 00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:48,320 Speaker 1: we do get to see him at certain spots to 1083 00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:51,279 Speaker 1: draft obviously things like that, But I missed the General Man. 1084 00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:52,919 Speaker 1: I get a chance to see him every so often 1085 00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:55,319 Speaker 1: out and about, but get to see him all the 1086 00:56:55,360 --> 00:56:57,919 Speaker 1: time during the season. It comes in speaks with Mark 1087 00:56:57,960 --> 00:57:01,480 Speaker 1: on Thursday and has the hour before Thursday Night football 1088 00:57:01,960 --> 00:57:03,760 Speaker 1: and get chance talked him for a couple of minutes. 1089 00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:05,759 Speaker 1: I hate that we won't do that for at least 1090 00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:08,560 Speaker 1: a little while. But either way, John McLean joins us 1091 00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:11,279 Speaker 1: each and every Monday. Okay, we get back start for 1092 00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:13,880 Speaker 1: our good buddy, Spencer Tillman. He is kind of our 1093 00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:19,360 Speaker 1: football psychologist, if you will, psychiatrists psychologist either way, take 1094 00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:23,320 Speaker 1: a pick. But he kind of can bring us down 1095 00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:25,200 Speaker 1: where we need to be or he can kind of 1096 00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:27,120 Speaker 1: bring us up where we need to be. He kind 1097 00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:29,720 Speaker 1: of helps us with all of that. So we take 1098 00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:31,400 Speaker 1: a seat on the couch with our buddy Spencer Tillman. 1099 00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:33,960 Speaker 1: Next right here, Texans or Axis. We'll start right in 1100 00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:37,360 Speaker 1: with our good friends Spencer Tillman, who joined us today. 1101 00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:41,680 Speaker 1: First of all, tell me about the performance, and it's 1102 00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:44,360 Speaker 1: perplexing to me how they weren't able to rise to 1103 00:57:44,440 --> 00:57:47,240 Speaker 1: even their average level of performance. It was. It was 1104 00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:51,040 Speaker 1: Watson's first two score game loss since high school. What 1105 00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:55,200 Speaker 1: did you make of it? Why? How all of it? Well? 1106 00:57:55,400 --> 00:57:57,600 Speaker 1: First of all, good morning, John. I think that, in 1107 00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:00,840 Speaker 1: a nutshell, you could not have run into a more 1108 00:58:01,320 --> 00:58:06,120 Speaker 1: white hot quarterback in this not just the wildcard round, 1109 00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:09,320 Speaker 1: but in all of NFL football in this postseason. I 1110 00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:12,520 Speaker 1: think that what Andrew Luck is doing and has done, 1111 00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:14,960 Speaker 1: and what Frank Reich, who I'm going back old school 1112 00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:17,720 Speaker 1: guys on you, has been able to do. Whether it's 1113 00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:20,200 Speaker 1: the Texans or the Oilers that preceded it, whether he 1114 00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:22,280 Speaker 1: was in the uniform or the coach on the sideline, 1115 00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:24,680 Speaker 1: that guy is one of the most brilliant individuals I've 1116 00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:28,640 Speaker 1: ever been around and watched operate and function. His temperament, 1117 00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:31,160 Speaker 1: his mindset, the way he thinks through matchups, the way 1118 00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:35,320 Speaker 1: he exploits matchups. It's really unbelievable to watch. But so 1119 00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:38,920 Speaker 1: first thing, against any other offense, I think our defense 1120 00:58:38,920 --> 00:58:41,120 Speaker 1: would have had it wouldn't have been going down the 1121 00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:44,040 Speaker 1: field twice on consecutive drives and scoring points. But for 1122 00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:46,320 Speaker 1: the fact that you've got three first rounds of raft picks, 1123 00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:49,280 Speaker 1: Kelly's back, in the mix of the center, white, hot quarterback, 1124 00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:52,400 Speaker 1: all those things converge that made it a perfect scenario. 1125 00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:55,000 Speaker 1: Texas got a little bit of pressure, just didn't close 1126 00:58:55,120 --> 00:58:57,480 Speaker 1: enough to get home. That was part of what we 1127 00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:00,920 Speaker 1: saw in those openings drives. Those five consecutive down conversions 1128 00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:03,280 Speaker 1: obviously gave him more opportunities to do what he does 1129 00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:07,120 Speaker 1: best and Andrew Luck those things that start is what 1130 00:59:07,360 --> 00:59:10,000 Speaker 1: really affected us and not allowed us to really get 1131 00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:12,440 Speaker 1: into a mobile We could remain competitive, and that was 1132 00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:14,520 Speaker 1: the bet. Was in a nutshell, the game was over 1133 00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:17,120 Speaker 1: to me at that particular point. You never give up 1134 00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:19,840 Speaker 1: in terms of your physical what you get after things, 1135 00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:22,920 Speaker 1: but in terms of an approach, a philosophy, a scheme, 1136 00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:25,920 Speaker 1: all of that was set in the first couple of series. 1137 00:59:26,840 --> 00:59:29,640 Speaker 1: Spencer guys go through their first playoff game. We talked 1138 00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:32,480 Speaker 1: about this last week, the mindset going into the playoffs. 1139 00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:34,200 Speaker 1: So I think's a little faster, everything's a little quicker. 1140 00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:38,440 Speaker 1: You gotta be a little bit sharper and how much 1141 00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:41,600 Speaker 1: value does a player get out of playing that first 1142 00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:44,919 Speaker 1: playoff game for the future, And and man talking about 1143 00:59:44,920 --> 00:59:48,120 Speaker 1: De Shan, but you know, Qt played his first playoff 1144 00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:50,240 Speaker 1: game and first past to him was a little behind him. 1145 00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:52,919 Speaker 1: But as a catchy probably makes you know, nine times 1146 00:59:52,920 --> 00:59:54,960 Speaker 1: out of ten you didn't make that catch. What is 1147 00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:57,120 Speaker 1: it that guys can learn coming out of that first 1148 00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:00,080 Speaker 1: playoff game that can help them get better for the 1149 01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:02,280 Speaker 1: next one, the next series of games that they're going 1150 01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:05,400 Speaker 1: to have down the road. Well, listen, that's a tough, 1151 01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:09,120 Speaker 1: complex question. But because it's it's individual every player. But 1152 01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:11,480 Speaker 1: as a general rule, I think what you need to 1153 01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:14,160 Speaker 1: do is, in most cases, you're gonna learn the most 1154 01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:16,760 Speaker 1: when something bad happens. You're gonna learn most when you 1155 01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:21,040 Speaker 1: lose games. But in a single elimination scenario, the only 1156 01:00:21,040 --> 01:00:23,880 Speaker 1: way you can have an appetite for to kind of 1157 01:00:24,080 --> 01:00:27,439 Speaker 1: a necessitize you from that next failure is to win. 1158 01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:30,360 Speaker 1: It is the taste of wins that gets you to 1159 01:00:30,440 --> 01:00:32,560 Speaker 1: come back. Now, if you're dealing with situations where you've 1160 01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:35,160 Speaker 1: got a game to lose, then if you win or lose, 1161 01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:38,440 Speaker 1: you can gain from most scenarios, probably more in a 1162 01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:42,040 Speaker 1: loss but in the playoffs, when it's single elimination, you 1163 01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:44,280 Speaker 1: need to win. And you also need to have a 1164 01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:46,920 Speaker 1: culture in your locker room of enough people that have 1165 01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:50,160 Speaker 1: been in playoffs scenarios to continue to repeat the narrative 1166 01:00:50,320 --> 01:00:52,280 Speaker 1: of what it's like to lose. And I think the 1167 01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:55,240 Speaker 1: commonists of both those gives you the balance that you 1168 01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:57,360 Speaker 1: need to move forward. In a locker room when you've 1169 01:00:57,360 --> 01:00:59,160 Speaker 1: got a guy's head on a swivel, not quite sure 1170 01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:01,520 Speaker 1: what to do, how to react, how to respond. They 1171 01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:04,480 Speaker 1: may have individual battles that they've overcome, you know, like 1172 01:01:04,760 --> 01:01:07,480 Speaker 1: jj Wat chief among them, who overcame a potentially career 1173 01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:10,320 Speaker 1: ending scenario. But that to me is almost a personal deal. 1174 01:01:10,360 --> 01:01:12,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure he was a leader. I'm sure he communicated 1175 01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,200 Speaker 1: that to everyone in that locker room, But everybody in 1176 01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:17,720 Speaker 1: there you just came in off the bumper with Reid. 1177 01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:19,880 Speaker 1: He's a first year player. You know, he didn't know 1178 01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:21,360 Speaker 1: what it's like to be in the playoffs. He don't 1179 01:01:21,360 --> 01:01:23,080 Speaker 1: know what it's like to be in that scenario, and 1180 01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:25,440 Speaker 1: you lose him to a rib injury. So what is 1181 01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:27,880 Speaker 1: the constellation of content that you have in there from 1182 01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:30,680 Speaker 1: those players in real time that can continue to repeat 1183 01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:33,320 Speaker 1: that narrative and shake guys up and wake them. And 1184 01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:35,520 Speaker 1: I think the Texans, if there's anything that's probably they're 1185 01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:39,400 Speaker 1: short on in that area, is a nucleus of players 1186 01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:43,960 Speaker 1: with a rich deftness of playoffs experience that they can 1187 01:01:43,960 --> 01:01:47,680 Speaker 1: go and kind of communicate that throughout the team. Watson 1188 01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:51,040 Speaker 1: moving forward, Spencer. When you look at the performance, it 1189 01:01:51,120 --> 01:01:53,640 Speaker 1: wasn't what he wanted to do, of course, and he 1190 01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:56,360 Speaker 1: had some misses, he had some opportunities, and it wasn't 1191 01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:58,880 Speaker 1: just him. Obviously, this is an unsemble kind of thing. 1192 01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:01,640 Speaker 1: But what about his said going into the offseason, he's 1193 01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:04,720 Speaker 1: so young, he's got a bright future. Well, you know, 1194 01:02:04,800 --> 01:02:07,720 Speaker 1: necess narrative that everybody talks about. And again I am 1195 01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:11,600 Speaker 1: the biggest fan of Watson and I through and through, 1196 01:02:11,720 --> 01:02:13,800 Speaker 1: but I will sell you this that we need to 1197 01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:16,480 Speaker 1: challenge him. Coaches need to challenge him to continue to grow. 1198 01:02:16,720 --> 01:02:18,800 Speaker 1: I think because he is twenty three years old, there's 1199 01:02:18,840 --> 01:02:22,560 Speaker 1: a temptation not just with coaches but with anyone fans included, 1200 01:02:22,800 --> 01:02:26,200 Speaker 1: not to be critical in certain situations. But creative tension 1201 01:02:26,280 --> 01:02:29,520 Speaker 1: is important. I would argue that it's necessary versus a 1202 01:02:29,560 --> 01:02:32,640 Speaker 1: cover two look, particularly down in the end zone and 1203 01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:35,360 Speaker 1: the green zone inside or near the green zone, almost 1204 01:02:35,360 --> 01:02:37,680 Speaker 1: close to the five yard two deep safeties in the 1205 01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:39,560 Speaker 1: back of the end zone. I say, that's an insult. 1206 01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:41,400 Speaker 1: You've got to be kidding me that you're going to 1207 01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:44,440 Speaker 1: do that, particularly because I'm a dual threat, a legitimate 1208 01:02:44,480 --> 01:02:47,840 Speaker 1: running quarterback. So to me, that was basically saying, what 1209 01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:49,280 Speaker 1: we don't think you can be this with your arm. 1210 01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:51,440 Speaker 1: That's what that was saying to me. But there were 1211 01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:54,360 Speaker 1: close windows down on the opportunity at the nine yard 1212 01:02:54,360 --> 01:02:56,200 Speaker 1: line are close there and where we had a chance 1213 01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:58,040 Speaker 1: to score and make a play. The ball was off 1214 01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:00,800 Speaker 1: the mark a little bit, and but you can't those 1215 01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:03,680 Speaker 1: windows are too significant, too huge. They were rushing three, 1216 01:03:03,800 --> 01:03:05,960 Speaker 1: dropping one in the coverage. It was conquered an old 1217 01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:08,840 Speaker 1: classic Dick Lebo type blitz where you got alignment involved 1218 01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:11,280 Speaker 1: dropping in the middle of the field, but the windows 1219 01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:14,080 Speaker 1: were still there. The throw was not accurate, and so 1220 01:03:14,120 --> 01:03:16,800 Speaker 1: in those mission critical situations you got to challenge the 1221 01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:18,720 Speaker 1: youngster to make those plays. And he can make it 1222 01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:20,760 Speaker 1: because he's made him before. I don't know if it's 1223 01:03:20,760 --> 01:03:24,040 Speaker 1: the cumulation of the sacks that neared you know, sixties 1224 01:03:24,120 --> 01:03:27,000 Speaker 1: in the high sixties that got to him eventually or what. 1225 01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:29,480 Speaker 1: But in those scenarios, and it was a couple of 1226 01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:33,280 Speaker 1: other what I call emotional throws with the moment dictated 1227 01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:35,439 Speaker 1: how much velocity, how much depth he put on them, 1228 01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:38,080 Speaker 1: And that's what you come away with in terms of evaluation, 1229 01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:40,320 Speaker 1: You say, Okay, what was the context? Why did he 1230 01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:42,840 Speaker 1: overthrow it is? Who's he throwing it too? How much 1231 01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:45,120 Speaker 1: reps did they have with him? De Andrew Hopson is 1232 01:03:45,120 --> 01:03:47,280 Speaker 1: probably the only one in that roster that can not 1233 01:03:47,600 --> 01:03:50,800 Speaker 1: practice and still have some modicum of consistency in the 1234 01:03:50,800 --> 01:03:53,800 Speaker 1: throw game. With him, the other guys, you know, you're 1235 01:03:53,800 --> 01:03:56,760 Speaker 1: not going to be optimum in that area. So it's 1236 01:03:56,840 --> 01:03:58,880 Speaker 1: it's a tough situation to go in. But he's proven 1237 01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:01,200 Speaker 1: time and time again that he's is doing it and 1238 01:04:01,320 --> 01:04:03,600 Speaker 1: can do it. And the upside for him obviously is 1239 01:04:03,600 --> 01:04:05,400 Speaker 1: off the chart. We're all excited about that, but you 1240 01:04:05,440 --> 01:04:08,080 Speaker 1: got to resist the temptation to just shower him with 1241 01:04:08,160 --> 01:04:11,360 Speaker 1: praise and then challenge him on those other points. Spencer 1242 01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:15,440 Speaker 1: priorities going into twenty nineteen, what does this team have 1243 01:04:15,520 --> 01:04:18,160 Speaker 1: to do? If talked about elphins Line, talked about the secondary, 1244 01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:20,720 Speaker 1: is there something that we're missing that. You think this 1245 01:04:20,760 --> 01:04:23,960 Speaker 1: team has got to be able to have in twenty nineteen. No, 1246 01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:25,880 Speaker 1: you've got a lot of cap money, you got the 1247 01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:27,960 Speaker 1: twenty third pick. You got to get an offensive tackle. 1248 01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:31,880 Speaker 1: You gotta get somebody that can take that reassurance to 1249 01:04:31,920 --> 01:04:34,160 Speaker 1: another level. You've got to be able to run block. 1250 01:04:34,200 --> 01:04:35,439 Speaker 1: I don't know what you're gonna do if you're gonna 1251 01:04:35,440 --> 01:04:37,120 Speaker 1: make some acquisition, but you've got to be able to 1252 01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:39,680 Speaker 1: run the ball. Look, Deshaun Watson can't be your top 1253 01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:43,280 Speaker 1: rusher for five consecutive games. That cannot exist. You cannot 1254 01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:45,640 Speaker 1: do that in a high risk sport. I don't care 1255 01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:47,720 Speaker 1: if you're legitimate dual threat or not. You need to 1256 01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:49,680 Speaker 1: have that run game working. And that's more a function 1257 01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:52,200 Speaker 1: of not who's in the backfield, but who's upfront. And 1258 01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:54,720 Speaker 1: again at the corners, you know you got kJ who's 1259 01:04:54,760 --> 01:04:58,240 Speaker 1: obviously career maybe even in jeopardy. You gotta have some 1260 01:04:58,360 --> 01:05:01,080 Speaker 1: consistent corner play some guys that and shut folks down 1261 01:05:01,080 --> 01:05:03,000 Speaker 1: because you've got the push up front. But let me 1262 01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:06,000 Speaker 1: tell you, guys, that clock runs fast. On the defensive side. 1263 01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:08,640 Speaker 1: It always takes more energy in a higher motor to 1264 01:05:08,800 --> 01:05:13,120 Speaker 1: play effective or football as a defensive player along the 1265 01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:14,919 Speaker 1: line of scrimmish, and it does. We used to say 1266 01:05:14,920 --> 01:05:18,600 Speaker 1: in the old school that offenses created creative process, defensive 1267 01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:21,160 Speaker 1: a destructive process. How it always takes longer to do 1268 01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:24,360 Speaker 1: the creative than the destructive, But it also takes more 1269 01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:27,800 Speaker 1: energy to play effective defense. And so JJ, who's twenty 1270 01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:30,280 Speaker 1: nine will be thirty. You know that's that thirty is 1271 01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:32,560 Speaker 1: going to go to thirty one thirty two faster than 1272 01:05:32,600 --> 01:05:35,000 Speaker 1: it would be for an offensive player that doesn't have 1273 01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:38,080 Speaker 1: the requirement a plane at a high level that the 1274 01:05:38,120 --> 01:05:41,440 Speaker 1: position demands. So you got a twenty three quarterback and 1275 01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:43,800 Speaker 1: your start on defense will be thirty. So when you 1276 01:05:43,880 --> 01:05:46,440 Speaker 1: look at that, how long can you keep them at 1277 01:05:46,440 --> 01:05:49,120 Speaker 1: their zenens at both sides? That window was a lot 1278 01:05:49,120 --> 01:05:52,200 Speaker 1: shorter than most people think. So again, get your Davian signed, 1279 01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:53,840 Speaker 1: get him back. You need a little nassy in that 1280 01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:56,600 Speaker 1: locker room. Get a couple of both guys and maybe Edgy. 1281 01:05:56,880 --> 01:05:58,440 Speaker 1: You may have to monitor them a lot more, but 1282 01:05:58,480 --> 01:05:59,800 Speaker 1: I think you need a balance of that in your 1283 01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:03,080 Speaker 1: room to be effective. Spencer Tillman joining, It's one more 1284 01:06:03,120 --> 01:06:06,840 Speaker 1: for you, Spencer. Moving forward, these playoffs cults against Kansas 1285 01:06:06,840 --> 01:06:10,200 Speaker 1: City Chargers at New England. Give me your thoughts on 1286 01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:14,360 Speaker 1: those two Chargers at New England. I think Chargers will 1287 01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:17,880 Speaker 1: be in New England. Kansas City to me, that to me, 1288 01:06:18,040 --> 01:06:20,200 Speaker 1: I was really looking at that last night. Kansas City 1289 01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:24,160 Speaker 1: reminds me of maybe a less competent defense than we have, 1290 01:06:24,440 --> 01:06:27,560 Speaker 1: but a mobile quarterback in an offense that's prolific. Andy 1291 01:06:27,640 --> 01:06:29,840 Speaker 1: Reid to me looks like a more advanced version than 1292 01:06:29,880 --> 01:06:32,800 Speaker 1: what O'Brien was. Remember now, before this year comes around, 1293 01:06:32,840 --> 01:06:37,400 Speaker 1: and before this quarterback came around, the Reefs track record 1294 01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:39,640 Speaker 1: in the playoffs so not very good, but it could 1295 01:06:39,640 --> 01:06:42,040 Speaker 1: be changed. But that one quarterback that he has in Mahomes, 1296 01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:44,920 Speaker 1: that guy's legitimate, and our quarterback can be the same 1297 01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:47,880 Speaker 1: thing if he has the other complimentary parts around him, 1298 01:06:47,960 --> 01:06:49,680 Speaker 1: and we can have that success as well. So I 1299 01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:52,320 Speaker 1: like Kansas City and the Chargers. Kansas City and the 1300 01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:55,440 Speaker 1: Chargers will be advancing, all right. Spencer, Hey, thanks a 1301 01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:58,360 Speaker 1: lot for the visits all season long. We really appreciate it. 1302 01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:01,200 Speaker 1: All right, guys, take care now be great stuff we've 1303 01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:04,120 Speaker 1: gotten from Spencer all year long, so many different things 1304 01:07:04,160 --> 01:07:07,720 Speaker 1: that he can provide perspective for us because he's been there. 1305 01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:09,439 Speaker 1: He's gone through this as a player, and of course 1306 01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:11,560 Speaker 1: takes a look at it as an analyst. Great stuff 1307 01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:15,200 Speaker 1: there from Spencer Tillman. All right, we get back on 1308 01:07:15,240 --> 01:07:18,400 Speaker 1: our final segment. I knew a show called Texans Replay 1309 01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:22,320 Speaker 1: Each and every Tuesday. A few weeks back, I did 1310 01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:24,520 Speaker 1: the Plays of the Year. I did the defensive plays 1311 01:07:24,520 --> 01:07:26,040 Speaker 1: of the year to the offensive plays of the year. 1312 01:07:26,160 --> 01:07:28,000 Speaker 1: Now and I did this show. It was right before 1313 01:07:28,120 --> 01:07:30,680 Speaker 1: going to Philadelphia, so I got a couple editions, but 1314 01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:33,360 Speaker 1: I'll make those next. It's our offensive plays of the year. 1315 01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:35,280 Speaker 1: They all through the eleven offensive plays the year. Next 1316 01:07:35,360 --> 01:07:38,280 Speaker 1: right here in Texans all Access the Choose Fun Moment 1317 01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:39,760 Speaker 1: of the week. He's brought to you by Carnival. Don't 1318 01:07:39,760 --> 01:07:41,640 Speaker 1: forget the answer for your chance to win a cruise 1319 01:07:41,800 --> 01:07:44,960 Speaker 1: every week if the Texans catch and touchdown Carnival, the 1320 01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:48,560 Speaker 1: official cruise line of the Houston Texans Choose Fun. Now. 1321 01:07:49,240 --> 01:07:52,040 Speaker 1: There really was no fun moment from the Annanapolis Cults 1322 01:07:52,080 --> 01:07:54,680 Speaker 1: playoff game. So what I decided to do in his 1323 01:07:54,800 --> 01:08:00,920 Speaker 1: final segment was to give you at least eleven ultimate 1324 01:08:00,960 --> 01:08:04,160 Speaker 1: eleven moments that would apply for our Choose Fund Moment 1325 01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:05,760 Speaker 1: of the week, and I do the show every week 1326 01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:09,200 Speaker 1: called Texans three Play, And on that show, I go 1327 01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:12,080 Speaker 1: back and I find the ultimate eleven plays of the game. Well, 1328 01:08:12,120 --> 01:08:15,480 Speaker 1: I broke it up into offense defense for a show 1329 01:08:15,640 --> 01:08:19,120 Speaker 1: in and around Christmas, and I came up with these 1330 01:08:19,400 --> 01:08:22,639 Speaker 1: as ultimate eleven plays. But at the end I'll add 1331 01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:25,960 Speaker 1: two more. So here it is the ultimate eleven offensive 1332 01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:30,840 Speaker 1: plays of twenty eighteen, and start with special teams because 1333 01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:33,960 Speaker 1: I didn't do although I probably could, I probably couldn't 1334 01:08:33,960 --> 01:08:36,960 Speaker 1: do special teams plays of twenty eighteen. But I decided 1335 01:08:37,120 --> 01:08:40,759 Speaker 1: at number eleven that I would put special teams plays, 1336 01:08:41,439 --> 01:08:44,679 Speaker 1: two of them in back to back weeks. And one 1337 01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:47,439 Speaker 1: of them happened on the final play of the game 1338 01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:52,360 Speaker 1: up in Indianapolis, and it was Kyamie Fairbairn from thirty 1339 01:08:52,600 --> 01:08:56,160 Speaker 1: seven yards to beat the Colts for win number one 1340 01:08:56,280 --> 01:09:00,519 Speaker 1: on the season. Fair Bairn, I'll win thirty seven yard 1341 01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:05,120 Speaker 1: field goal right, hash Mark Weeks with the snap, it's down, Daniel, 1342 01:09:05,160 --> 01:09:08,040 Speaker 1: what the whole Fairbarons kick is up? And it's good? 1343 01:09:08,360 --> 01:09:13,720 Speaker 1: Have not tech sends winning overtime man the voice Mark 1344 01:09:13,800 --> 01:09:17,040 Speaker 1: vandermir with the call, and you could just tell just 1345 01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:20,000 Speaker 1: that was almost a huge sire leaf coming out of 1346 01:09:20,040 --> 01:09:23,040 Speaker 1: his mouth, like, well, okay, we got one. Going to 1347 01:09:23,080 --> 01:09:26,320 Speaker 1: win eight more in a row for a season, five 1348 01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:33,960 Speaker 1: nine wins in a row, a team organization winning streak record. 1349 01:09:34,280 --> 01:09:35,920 Speaker 1: It was just incredible. But I'll started right there. Well, 1350 01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:39,600 Speaker 1: then the very next week, Tammy Fairban wasn't done. He 1351 01:09:39,680 --> 01:09:42,680 Speaker 1: then had an opportunity from thirty six yards out and 1352 01:09:42,800 --> 01:09:47,600 Speaker 1: overtime to beat the Dallas Cowboys thirty six yard a 1353 01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:51,280 Speaker 1: tap the victory for Fairbaron snapped us down. The kick 1354 01:09:51,439 --> 01:09:54,320 Speaker 1: is up, it's got the leg. That's good. Have not 1355 01:09:54,520 --> 01:09:59,280 Speaker 1: tech sends beat Dallas? Yes, they beat Dallas. I love 1356 01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:03,200 Speaker 1: hearing that. I love hearing the Texans beat Dallas. That's 1357 01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:05,280 Speaker 1: just kind of fun to say over and over and 1358 01:10:05,320 --> 01:10:08,160 Speaker 1: over again. All right, let's get the number ten and 1359 01:10:09,200 --> 01:10:13,759 Speaker 1: a night that I felt like the Texans were ready 1360 01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:18,080 Speaker 1: offensively to go to a whole different level. Scored a 1361 01:10:18,120 --> 01:10:20,840 Speaker 1: team or a team I forty two points that night 1362 01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,720 Speaker 1: against the Miami Dolphins. On Thursday night, they had just 1363 01:10:23,760 --> 01:10:26,439 Speaker 1: come off the winning against Jacksonville, took the lead in 1364 01:10:26,479 --> 01:10:30,880 Speaker 1: the AFC South have not relinquished that lead since. And 1365 01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:34,960 Speaker 1: that night against Miami. If you remember Mishaw Watson had 1366 01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:37,360 Speaker 1: come back on the bus after that Jacksonville game and 1367 01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:39,920 Speaker 1: then we're playing on a short week. And to me, 1368 01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:42,719 Speaker 1: there was a play in this game that I thought 1369 01:10:42,840 --> 01:10:49,320 Speaker 1: was massive, maybe more massive than anything that happened in 1370 01:10:49,360 --> 01:10:51,120 Speaker 1: that game. And there were some big plays and actually 1371 01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:53,400 Speaker 1: there'll be a play well, yeah, the next play number 1372 01:10:53,439 --> 01:10:56,320 Speaker 1: nine as well. But the play number ten I thought 1373 01:10:56,439 --> 01:11:01,280 Speaker 1: was huge because for weeks the Texans had struggled, struggled 1374 01:11:02,439 --> 01:11:05,040 Speaker 1: on fourth down plays, had struggled in the red zone, 1375 01:11:05,960 --> 01:11:08,799 Speaker 1: and here they were facing a fourth down play against Miami, 1376 01:11:09,520 --> 01:11:11,719 Speaker 1: down inside the red zone from the two yard line, 1377 01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:16,000 Speaker 1: and the Shawn Watson went back to throw and he 1378 01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:20,000 Speaker 1: didn't find what he wanted initially, but like Dallas, he 1379 01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:23,240 Speaker 1: then scrambled and looked to make a play to make 1380 01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:26,960 Speaker 1: give somebody an opportunity. Unlike Dallas, he was able to 1381 01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:30,639 Speaker 1: find somebody and he found Jordan Thomas on this fourth 1382 01:11:30,640 --> 01:11:33,560 Speaker 1: down play, and Jordan Thomas's responsive building his play was 1383 01:11:33,640 --> 01:11:36,599 Speaker 1: to block. But when the Seawan starts scrambling, big number 1384 01:11:36,600 --> 01:11:40,160 Speaker 1: eighty three went circled up and caught his second touchdown 1385 01:11:40,360 --> 01:11:43,200 Speaker 1: of the day. This is at number ten, fourth and 1386 01:11:43,320 --> 01:11:46,200 Speaker 1: goal at the two, Watson of the gun, Fuller in 1387 01:11:46,280 --> 01:11:48,080 Speaker 1: motion of the right side, Blue in the backfield with 1388 01:11:48,160 --> 01:11:50,479 Speaker 1: the Shawan who takes the snap steps to the right. 1389 01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:53,720 Speaker 1: Watson now scrambled to the left side looking for an 1390 01:11:53,760 --> 01:11:57,120 Speaker 1: open man. Watson throws back across his body, hits Jordan 1391 01:11:57,240 --> 01:12:03,960 Speaker 1: Thomas for another touchdown. Wizard. Watson touches it again, the Wizard, 1392 01:12:04,160 --> 01:12:07,120 Speaker 1: I love it. That play right there, Jordan Thomas the touchdown, 1393 01:12:07,160 --> 01:12:10,360 Speaker 1: he would have two on that night. DeAndre Hopkins would 1394 01:12:10,360 --> 01:12:13,720 Speaker 1: have two that night. And the play number nine would 1395 01:12:13,800 --> 01:12:16,560 Speaker 1: give will Fuller one touchdown on the night. And you 1396 01:12:16,680 --> 01:12:19,280 Speaker 1: talk about the prettiest thing you've seen, the deep ball 1397 01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:23,599 Speaker 1: from Deshaun Watson to Will Fuller. This one was launched. 1398 01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:26,240 Speaker 1: There were all kinds of big plays in this game. 1399 01:12:26,880 --> 01:12:29,800 Speaker 1: Hophead of forty nine yard touchdown catch, Lamar Miller to 1400 01:12:29,920 --> 01:12:33,920 Speaker 1: fifty eight yard run, But it was this seventy three 1401 01:12:34,479 --> 01:12:38,800 Speaker 1: yard bomb from DeShawn Watson to Will Fuller that's coming 1402 01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:41,680 Speaker 1: in at number nine, second down to eight from the 1403 01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:45,839 Speaker 1: Houston twenty seven takes the snap, little play fake, Watson 1404 01:12:46,360 --> 01:12:48,960 Speaker 1: loads up Myers Daffield and he's got him. Have Mumber 1405 01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:52,560 Speaker 1: twenty five twenty like sideline fifteen ten five rock and 1406 01:12:52,760 --> 01:12:57,120 Speaker 1: roll touchdown Texans. I think my favorite thing other than 1407 01:12:57,240 --> 01:12:59,760 Speaker 1: the visual aspect that plays. Listening to Andre, you can 1408 01:12:59,800 --> 01:13:03,320 Speaker 1: hear him like he sees it. He can see Fuller 1409 01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:07,040 Speaker 1: across the field. You can hear him. He's like he 1410 01:13:07,280 --> 01:13:09,600 Speaker 1: wants to say something, but he just won't because he 1411 01:13:09,600 --> 01:13:12,320 Speaker 1: doesn't want to interrupt Mark's call. But that's at number nine, 1412 01:13:12,439 --> 01:13:16,280 Speaker 1: right there, Will Fuller seventy three yards. Get well, buddy, 1413 01:13:16,320 --> 01:13:19,200 Speaker 1: We'll see you in twenty nineteen. All right, Number eight 1414 01:13:20,560 --> 01:13:24,120 Speaker 1: gets the New York Jets the deep ball again. Yes, 1415 01:13:24,720 --> 01:13:27,160 Speaker 1: love the deep imb I'm a huge fan of the deeper. 1416 01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:30,559 Speaker 1: Just something about seeing the ball majestically in the air. 1417 01:13:30,840 --> 01:13:34,320 Speaker 1: Playmaker because it's just one play drives, two play drives. Well, 1418 01:13:34,320 --> 01:13:36,840 Speaker 1: this was a two play drive. On the first down 1419 01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:39,799 Speaker 1: Alfred Blue, I think out a yard maybe after a turnover. 1420 01:13:40,080 --> 01:13:43,240 Speaker 1: J J. Watten forced to fumble Alfred Blue on the 1421 01:13:43,280 --> 01:13:45,320 Speaker 1: first run. After a long break, decided not to go 1422 01:13:45,439 --> 01:13:47,320 Speaker 1: deep on the first play. They went deep on the 1423 01:13:47,400 --> 01:13:52,200 Speaker 1: second play and Deshaun Watson would find DeAndre Hopkins for 1424 01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:56,719 Speaker 1: forty five yards. A beautiful throw took a hit DeAndre 1425 01:13:56,840 --> 01:13:59,200 Speaker 1: behind the coverage makes the catch. It's a huge player 1426 01:13:59,240 --> 01:14:01,040 Speaker 1: to get the text. Their team three lead and it 1427 01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:04,519 Speaker 1: comes in at number eight. Second down in nine at 1428 01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:07,760 Speaker 1: the New York forty five DeShawn with time after a 1429 01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:12,840 Speaker 1: play fake guns long wants Hopkins and caught for a touchdown. Five. 1430 01:14:12,920 --> 01:14:20,360 Speaker 1: DeAndre Watson deep to DeAndre Hopkins forty five yard touchdown. Pass. Boy, 1431 01:14:20,400 --> 01:14:22,800 Speaker 1: that was pretty alight. I'm telling you, I'm just a 1432 01:14:22,920 --> 01:14:25,479 Speaker 1: sucker for the deep ball man. Any time the balls 1433 01:14:25,520 --> 01:14:27,800 Speaker 1: going deep, I am a sucker for. There is something 1434 01:14:27,800 --> 01:14:31,400 Speaker 1: about seeing that majestic spiral in the air and then 1435 01:14:31,439 --> 01:14:34,519 Speaker 1: our guy on the opposite end of it. Man, Especially 1436 01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:35,960 Speaker 1: the way some of those deep balls went earlier in 1437 01:14:35,960 --> 01:14:38,280 Speaker 1: the year they changed later in the year. You see 1438 01:14:38,320 --> 01:14:40,759 Speaker 1: that at nine and eight, will Flir at nine, DeAndre 1439 01:14:40,840 --> 01:14:44,040 Speaker 1: Hopkins at eight, and hop is at number seven with 1440 01:14:45,080 --> 01:14:48,519 Speaker 1: what I think is the catch of the year, at 1441 01:14:48,600 --> 01:14:51,920 Speaker 1: least the ones that counted. I think this one in 1442 01:14:52,080 --> 01:14:55,839 Speaker 1: Jacksonville is the catch of the year. He was matched 1443 01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:59,880 Speaker 1: up one on one on Jalen Ramsey in coverage down 1444 01:15:00,080 --> 01:15:03,360 Speaker 1: the left sideline, and DeShawn just laid it out there 1445 01:15:03,439 --> 01:15:05,840 Speaker 1: for him and hoped being held with his right hand 1446 01:15:06,240 --> 01:15:10,000 Speaker 1: reached out with his left and made this one handed catch. 1447 01:15:10,200 --> 01:15:12,800 Speaker 1: My goodness, just as I talk about it, I could 1448 01:15:12,880 --> 01:15:15,920 Speaker 1: see it from the opposite sideline, and I just know 1449 01:15:16,080 --> 01:15:18,080 Speaker 1: what that did to Jalen rams He had number seven. 1450 01:15:18,160 --> 01:15:21,720 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins uses one hand his left to make this 1451 01:15:21,920 --> 01:15:24,519 Speaker 1: thirty two yard catch against Jacksonville, and this is it. 1452 01:15:24,640 --> 01:15:28,160 Speaker 1: Lucky number seven wats against the snap, airs it out downfield, 1453 01:15:28,240 --> 01:15:31,080 Speaker 1: up side and nuke with the one hand and grabbed 1454 01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:34,120 Speaker 1: down the sideline. He's out of my hounds in Jacksonville territory. 1455 01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:36,280 Speaker 1: The Texas will go down and put points on the 1456 01:15:36,360 --> 01:15:39,479 Speaker 1: board at the end of that drive and the dominating 1457 01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:43,479 Speaker 1: win over Jacksonville twenty to seven. Back on week number seven, 1458 01:15:43,479 --> 01:15:48,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna stay with that win over Jacksonville. At number six, 1459 01:15:50,200 --> 01:15:53,120 Speaker 1: Zach Cuttingham and Duke edge Forward forced to fumble on 1460 01:15:53,320 --> 01:15:58,560 Speaker 1: Blake Bortles, and two plays later, DeShawn Watson found that 1461 01:15:58,680 --> 01:16:03,519 Speaker 1: man DeAndre Hopkins for a touchdown. Again, Hopkins Jalen Ramsey 1462 01:16:03,680 --> 01:16:07,400 Speaker 1: one on one mandate battle each other. They go at it. 1463 01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:11,600 Speaker 1: This would put the Texas up twenty to nothing and 1464 01:16:11,720 --> 01:16:14,680 Speaker 1: they were cruising at this point. Sean put it a 1465 01:16:14,760 --> 01:16:17,840 Speaker 1: little bit higher Hophead to get loose and Ramsey he did, 1466 01:16:17,960 --> 01:16:20,400 Speaker 1: made the catch and beat the all pro corner for 1467 01:16:20,520 --> 01:16:24,280 Speaker 1: a touchdown. It's number six. DeAndre Hopkins touchdown catch in 1468 01:16:24,400 --> 01:16:28,240 Speaker 1: Jacksonville Week seven, second and eight at the Jacksonville tenth 1469 01:16:28,320 --> 01:16:30,680 Speaker 1: to Sean gets to snap throws right side, he has 1470 01:16:30,800 --> 01:16:34,360 Speaker 1: nuke touchdown Houston. That gave like I said, at twenty 1471 01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:36,640 Speaker 1: to nothing lead. That's all they needed. Actually, all they 1472 01:16:36,680 --> 01:16:39,839 Speaker 1: needed was ten points on that day because the defense 1473 01:16:39,960 --> 01:16:43,120 Speaker 1: was dominating against Blake Bortles and Cody Kessler. But she 1474 01:16:43,320 --> 01:16:46,160 Speaker 1: helps to have DeAndre Hopkins making a one handed grab 1475 01:16:46,280 --> 01:16:49,200 Speaker 1: on Jalen Ramsey at seven and then making that touchdown 1476 01:16:49,240 --> 01:16:52,559 Speaker 1: catch on Jalen Ramsey at number six. All right, number 1477 01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:58,240 Speaker 1: five Monday Night Football. Now, all throughout the year, people 1478 01:16:58,280 --> 01:17:01,040 Speaker 1: have asked me, well, how's its offense is gonna change 1479 01:17:01,040 --> 01:17:02,600 Speaker 1: and they're gonna do some different things, you know what 1480 01:17:02,680 --> 01:17:04,519 Speaker 1: the Sean's coming off the knee injury, all that kind 1481 01:17:04,520 --> 01:17:08,679 Speaker 1: of stuff. Well, I think we saw in the Tennessee 1482 01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:13,320 Speaker 1: game in particular, you saw the legs of Deshaun Watson 1483 01:17:13,439 --> 01:17:16,200 Speaker 1: really be a factor. Now he's done things with scrambles 1484 01:17:16,880 --> 01:17:19,479 Speaker 1: earlier in the year, but then he got really banged 1485 01:17:19,560 --> 01:17:21,719 Speaker 1: up in a Dallas game and for about it probably 1486 01:17:21,720 --> 01:17:26,280 Speaker 1: about a three four five week stretch, he wasn't used 1487 01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:29,400 Speaker 1: as much in the design running game. Well, what better 1488 01:17:29,479 --> 01:17:31,559 Speaker 1: time to bring it out than against Tennessee on Monday 1489 01:17:31,640 --> 01:17:36,000 Speaker 1: night football. A little split zone as we I would 1490 01:17:36,040 --> 01:17:38,719 Speaker 1: call it slice. We used to call it slice instead 1491 01:17:38,760 --> 01:17:41,800 Speaker 1: of the tight ends splitting the defensive end out. He 1492 01:17:41,960 --> 01:17:45,400 Speaker 1: went past the defensive end all the way to the linebacker. 1493 01:17:45,800 --> 01:17:49,400 Speaker 1: This play is blocked perfectly. The Sean read it perfectly 1494 01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:55,360 Speaker 1: and had played number five a unemotional Monday night football night. 1495 01:17:56,600 --> 01:17:59,120 Speaker 1: What a day, a day, what a day, what a night, 1496 01:17:59,560 --> 01:18:02,479 Speaker 1: what a weekend? That was the Shaw Watson took this 1497 01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:05,120 Speaker 1: one in from fifteen yards. It's a play number five, 1498 01:18:05,880 --> 01:18:09,439 Speaker 1: first down at the fifteen yard line of Tennessee. Watson 1499 01:18:09,479 --> 01:18:11,560 Speaker 1: with the keeper left side, has the ten, has the 1500 01:18:11,600 --> 01:18:15,559 Speaker 1: five going for the quarner. He's in fifteen yard touchdown 1501 01:18:15,720 --> 01:18:18,519 Speaker 1: run for Shawn Watson. Nothing I like better than a 1502 01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:20,439 Speaker 1: design run for the Shaw Watson. It gets in the 1503 01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:23,759 Speaker 1: end zone and didn't take a hit in the process. 1504 01:18:23,840 --> 01:18:25,760 Speaker 1: That was kind of nice, all right. Number four We 1505 01:18:25,920 --> 01:18:30,080 Speaker 1: go back to week number four, the Indianapolis Colts twenty 1506 01:18:30,120 --> 01:18:32,200 Speaker 1: three seconds on the clock to Texas had just gotten 1507 01:18:32,240 --> 01:18:34,960 Speaker 1: to stop. He was thirty four thirty four in overtime. 1508 01:18:35,600 --> 01:18:38,160 Speaker 1: Two weeks prior to Texas were down three with seventeen 1509 01:18:38,200 --> 01:18:40,920 Speaker 1: seconds on the clock, a little further out, but they 1510 01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:44,639 Speaker 1: weren't able to get a game tying field goal attempt 1511 01:18:45,160 --> 01:18:48,840 Speaker 1: twenty three seconds left. Could the Texans with no timeouts 1512 01:18:48,840 --> 01:18:52,759 Speaker 1: again at least get in position for a game winning 1513 01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:55,920 Speaker 1: field goal attempt? Well, they did, and it was because 1514 01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:59,360 Speaker 1: of this play right here. Watson to Hopkins to get 1515 01:18:59,439 --> 01:19:01,800 Speaker 1: it all set up in overtime, and this is play 1516 01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:04,679 Speaker 1: number four in win number one on the season. First 1517 01:19:04,720 --> 01:19:07,360 Speaker 1: down off the Colts forty three empty backfield, Watson awaits 1518 01:19:07,400 --> 01:19:09,920 Speaker 1: the snap here it is Deshan looking throw us off 1519 01:19:09,920 --> 01:19:11,519 Speaker 1: in the middle and he's got hop gets across that 1520 01:19:11,600 --> 01:19:13,759 Speaker 1: thirty that's twenty five. Hop gets down on the twenty 1521 01:19:13,800 --> 01:19:17,519 Speaker 1: yard line. Everybody hustling down fields, clock running sixteen seconds 1522 01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:21,760 Speaker 1: to go, and Deshaun would get everybody set, kikiqt try 1523 01:19:21,800 --> 01:19:26,320 Speaker 1: to move it. Deshaun said, yo, stay, everybody got set, 1524 01:19:26,720 --> 01:19:29,280 Speaker 1: spiked it and Kindamie kicked it through for the first 1525 01:19:29,320 --> 01:19:31,639 Speaker 1: win of the year. That play right there. I thought 1526 01:19:32,680 --> 01:19:34,679 Speaker 1: was maybe, And of course it's Week four, so there's 1527 01:19:34,680 --> 01:19:36,519 Speaker 1: plenty of football, but I thought that's gonna be a 1528 01:19:36,640 --> 01:19:39,560 Speaker 1: really important play for this team. There would be a 1529 01:19:39,640 --> 01:19:44,559 Speaker 1: few more talk about this one. From the Saturday evening 1530 01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:48,599 Speaker 1: matchup with the New York Jets down by three twenty 1531 01:19:48,640 --> 01:19:52,880 Speaker 1: two nineteen, Texans got on drive with five minutes left. 1532 01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:57,240 Speaker 1: DeShawn hit DeAndre, He hit the Marius, he hit Alfred Blue, 1533 01:19:57,760 --> 01:20:00,720 Speaker 1: he hit DeAndre again. He got it. The interference call 1534 01:20:00,760 --> 01:20:03,800 Speaker 1: actually a holding call on Morris Clayborne, and they had 1535 01:20:03,880 --> 01:20:07,120 Speaker 1: the ball down inside the red zone at the twelve 1536 01:20:07,200 --> 01:20:11,800 Speaker 1: yard line, excuse me, fourteen yard line, one on one 1537 01:20:11,920 --> 01:20:14,960 Speaker 1: coverage the Shawn under center. He looked out, he scanned 1538 01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:18,639 Speaker 1: the crowd, he scanned the defense, and he saw one 1539 01:20:18,680 --> 01:20:21,799 Speaker 1: on one coverage on DeAndre Hopkins, and he knew immediately 1540 01:20:21,840 --> 01:20:23,600 Speaker 1: where he was going with the ball. He laid it 1541 01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:26,759 Speaker 1: up there and number ten went and got a huge 1542 01:20:26,840 --> 01:20:29,680 Speaker 1: catch for win. Number ten a number three in r 1543 01:20:29,720 --> 01:20:33,920 Speaker 1: all through to eleven. DeAndre Hopkins game winning touchdown catch 1544 01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:36,960 Speaker 1: against the New York Jets. First down at the New 1545 01:20:37,080 --> 01:20:41,839 Speaker 1: York fourteen, Watson looks it over under center, fakes the handoff, 1546 01:20:41,880 --> 01:20:45,320 Speaker 1: throwing leapt side, wants DeAndre Hopkins and nuke. What the 1547 01:20:45,439 --> 01:20:50,160 Speaker 1: TD catch? Oh my goodness, he hauls it in. What 1548 01:20:50,360 --> 01:20:53,400 Speaker 1: it catch? That was? What a moment that was man, 1549 01:20:53,560 --> 01:20:55,479 Speaker 1: That was fun. The Texas attack on a field goal, 1550 01:20:55,560 --> 01:20:59,080 Speaker 1: win that one, twenty nine twenty two for win number 1551 01:20:59,320 --> 01:21:02,599 Speaker 1: ten and number two. I mentioned that Monday night football 1552 01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:06,920 Speaker 1: game and all that went with that weekend. Founder CEO 1553 01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:12,240 Speaker 1: senior chairman Bob mcnaird passed away on Friday and Texans 1554 01:21:12,320 --> 01:21:14,560 Speaker 1: played a game on Monday with heavy hearts and a 1555 01:21:14,640 --> 01:21:18,160 Speaker 1: lot of emotion in the building. Late in the first half, 1556 01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:22,000 Speaker 1: with the fourteen ten lead, the Texans stone Luke Stocker, 1557 01:21:22,360 --> 01:21:26,080 Speaker 1: the tight end inside the three yard line, right the 1558 01:21:26,200 --> 01:21:30,400 Speaker 1: three yard line, stopped him. Very next play, Deshaun Watson 1559 01:21:30,560 --> 01:21:36,439 Speaker 1: turned and handed to Lamar Miller. It couldn't be ninety 1560 01:21:36,479 --> 01:21:39,720 Speaker 1: seven yards on Monday at football, could it? Oh? Yes 1561 01:21:39,800 --> 01:21:42,040 Speaker 1: it could? And it comes in at play number two, 1562 01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:45,640 Speaker 1: first down from the Texans three, and here's Miller over 1563 01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:48,479 Speaker 1: right guard, has a little room brexit tackle ten fifteen twenty, 1564 01:21:48,600 --> 01:21:51,040 Speaker 1: right side, twenty five thirty. He's on the sideline the 1565 01:21:51,160 --> 01:21:54,439 Speaker 1: forty to fifty. He's gonna go all the way, the thirty, 1566 01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:59,960 Speaker 1: the twenty, the ten, the five, rock and roll touchdown 1567 01:22:00,680 --> 01:22:07,320 Speaker 1: Kostan ninety seven yards. That once for you, Bob Man, 1568 01:22:07,439 --> 01:22:12,200 Speaker 1: that was an amazing play to watch unfold. Ninety seven 1569 01:22:12,280 --> 01:22:14,640 Speaker 1: yards takes It takes a while to get all the 1570 01:22:14,680 --> 01:22:17,200 Speaker 1: way down to the end zone, even Lamar being as 1571 01:22:17,320 --> 01:22:20,720 Speaker 1: fast as he is. It takes a while. But I 1572 01:22:20,760 --> 01:22:23,200 Speaker 1: didn't hear that call because I started running in that direction. 1573 01:22:23,280 --> 01:22:25,000 Speaker 1: I didn't hear the call until later, and I just 1574 01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:29,160 Speaker 1: get chill bumps listen to it. I just love that 1575 01:22:29,360 --> 01:22:33,640 Speaker 1: particular play for so many different reasons. But that was 1576 01:22:33,680 --> 01:22:36,080 Speaker 1: against the tensee tight it's a good rival of the Texans. 1577 01:22:36,680 --> 01:22:39,920 Speaker 1: But play number one happened against the Dallas Cowboys, and 1578 01:22:40,080 --> 01:22:42,479 Speaker 1: I think because of the way that game went, it'll 1579 01:22:42,479 --> 01:22:45,920 Speaker 1: be remembered for a very very long time. In overtime 1580 01:22:46,400 --> 01:22:50,720 Speaker 1: second and nine, Texans offense could not score touchdowns all night, 1581 01:22:50,760 --> 01:22:53,439 Speaker 1: but they moved it. They moved the ball night, but 1582 01:22:53,600 --> 01:22:55,960 Speaker 1: they now needed to drive as the Cowboys had lopped 1583 01:22:55,960 --> 01:22:59,120 Speaker 1: off minutes of the clock in overtime. The defense forced 1584 01:22:59,200 --> 01:23:02,800 Speaker 1: them to punt on first down, one yard run, not 1585 01:23:03,040 --> 01:23:06,280 Speaker 1: much lineback up on second and nine and DeAndre Hopkins 1586 01:23:06,360 --> 01:23:08,599 Speaker 1: was in man coverage on Anthony Brown, or Anthony Brown 1587 01:23:08,680 --> 01:23:11,000 Speaker 1: was in man coverage on DeAndre Hopkins. That's not a 1588 01:23:11,040 --> 01:23:13,120 Speaker 1: good matchup for Dallas. It was just a matter of 1589 01:23:13,280 --> 01:23:16,160 Speaker 1: whether Deshaun could find him some time to get him 1590 01:23:16,200 --> 01:23:18,920 Speaker 1: the ball, and he did, but it was kind of 1591 01:23:18,960 --> 01:23:22,000 Speaker 1: a rough angle, so DeShawn had kind of floated a 1592 01:23:22,040 --> 01:23:23,880 Speaker 1: little bit, but not too much, and he threw the 1593 01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:29,200 Speaker 1: perfect ball. And then DeAndre Hopkins became DeAndre hopspins not once, 1594 01:23:29,439 --> 01:23:33,799 Speaker 1: but twice a number one spinner rama against Dallas. Second 1595 01:23:33,840 --> 01:23:35,680 Speaker 1: and nine from the Houston twenty four. Watson and the 1596 01:23:35,720 --> 01:23:38,040 Speaker 1: gun two receivers left Hopkins to the right side, QT 1597 01:23:38,160 --> 01:23:41,400 Speaker 1: in motion of the right. Watson fakes the pass to 1598 01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:44,160 Speaker 1: Qt now throws it downfield to his left. Hous Hopkins 1599 01:23:44,200 --> 01:23:47,479 Speaker 1: across the forty five fifty forty five on Dallas spin 1600 01:23:47,800 --> 01:23:51,120 Speaker 1: forty thirty five dion Very Hopkins inside the thirty dea 1601 01:23:51,320 --> 01:23:54,639 Speaker 1: twenty seven yard live want to catch him run by nuke. 1602 01:23:55,160 --> 01:23:57,920 Speaker 1: I can still see him spinning. My gosh, it was 1603 01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:01,840 Speaker 1: just unbelievable. Now, there are two plays that I think 1604 01:24:01,960 --> 01:24:03,600 Speaker 1: I would have put I definitely would have put in. 1605 01:24:03,680 --> 01:24:06,080 Speaker 1: They all through eleven. I'm not sure exactly where I 1606 01:24:06,080 --> 01:24:07,479 Speaker 1: would have put him, and I'm not sure that I 1607 01:24:07,560 --> 01:24:10,120 Speaker 1: wanted to, you know, kind of move things around and 1608 01:24:10,240 --> 01:24:12,680 Speaker 1: put everything in. So I just decided I would give 1609 01:24:12,720 --> 01:24:15,599 Speaker 1: you the two final plays, and they happened about four 1610 01:24:15,680 --> 01:24:19,599 Speaker 1: plays apart in Philadelphia. This was the first one, third 1611 01:24:19,720 --> 01:24:22,960 Speaker 1: down and eleven from the Houston forty four crowd revs 1612 01:24:23,000 --> 01:24:25,519 Speaker 1: it up, one back for him and Hopkins short side left, 1613 01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:28,400 Speaker 1: three receivers to the right. Here's the snap, Watson in trouble, 1614 01:24:28,600 --> 01:24:31,679 Speaker 1: Watson trying to escape, Watson trying to run out of trouble. 1615 01:24:31,760 --> 01:24:34,479 Speaker 1: He does, and he throws down field that it's good, 1616 01:24:34,880 --> 01:24:38,000 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness at the thirty five yard line by Aikins. 1617 01:24:38,320 --> 01:24:42,320 Speaker 1: Three plays later, Sean Watson did this Texans clearly in 1618 01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:45,920 Speaker 1: four damp territory. It's third and eleven at the Philadelphia 1619 01:24:46,040 --> 01:24:48,400 Speaker 1: thirty five yard line. Maybe looking to get about a 1620 01:24:48,439 --> 01:24:50,960 Speaker 1: half for this. Here, one back Blue Watson and the gun. 1621 01:24:51,040 --> 01:24:53,680 Speaker 1: Here's the snap to Sean looking to Sean firing to 1622 01:24:53,800 --> 01:24:56,200 Speaker 1: the end zone, and he wants Vincent Smith that he 1623 01:24:56,320 --> 01:25:00,519 Speaker 1: makes the catch deep in the end zone. Touchdown US dead. 1624 01:25:01,200 --> 01:25:03,760 Speaker 1: Watson fine Smith. That's how I want to end this 1625 01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:07,560 Speaker 1: show appreciate all of you all year long. Thank you 1626 01:25:07,640 --> 01:25:09,639 Speaker 1: so much for being here. We will see you after 1627 01:25:09,720 --> 01:25:46,920 Speaker 1: the super Bowl and as always, go Texans. M