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Speaker 1: Access from the Honday Texans Radio studio about twenty four

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Speaker 1: hours away right now or about twenty five hours away,

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Speaker 1: So midway through the show, we'll be right at twenty

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Speaker 1: four hours away from Thursday night football. Carolina Panthers coming

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Speaker 1: to Houston for the second time in three years. Came

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Speaker 1: here in twenty nineteen, a team that finished eleven and

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Speaker 1: five ten six one Division Panthers beat them, and that

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Speaker 1: was a Panthers team that wasn't very good by the

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Speaker 1: And even though Christian McCaffrey was very very good that

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Speaker 1: you're he was very good against us in that particular game.

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Speaker 1: Panthers bringing the number one defense in the league to

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Speaker 1: Houston going to be a tremendous test for Tim Kelly, Davis, Bills,

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Speaker 1: everybody on the offensive side of the balls got their

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Speaker 1: hands full. We'll talk about that and then some on

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Speaker 1: this show because we're gonna hear from David Culley, Nick

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Speaker 1: Caserio got my keys to the game. We are also

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Speaker 1: going to hear from Mixing when we go Men behind

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Speaker 1: the Mics with Mark Vandermer He is the long time

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Speaker 1: Playboy play voice of the Panthers. He is retiring at

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Speaker 1: the end of the twenty twenty one season and he

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Speaker 1: is a wonderful human being and Mark had a chance

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Speaker 1: to catch up with him. Kristen Balbona, who covers the

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Speaker 1: Panthers for Panthers dot Com, is going to be our

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Speaker 1: en any Sidelines interview of the week with DP Cities.

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Speaker 1: We've got that. We've also got Drew Doherty and I

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Speaker 1: doing a little in the lab as we get ready

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Speaker 1: for this one. And we'll close the final word with

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Speaker 1: David Johnson. I always geting that final word to Drew Doherty.

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Speaker 1: He somehow pulled the longest straw to the hat a

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Speaker 1: couple of years ago, and I just have gone with it.

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Speaker 1: David Johnson, You're gonna hear from him and talk about

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Speaker 1: this game against the Panthers. So we got plenty to do.

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Speaker 1: So let's kick it off as we do each and

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Speaker 1: every last show before a game US Friday game on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I put it on Friday, but I always have got

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Speaker 1: to day before the game. So being Wednesday before Thursday game,

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Speaker 1: we got to hear from your head coach of the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans. David Color, you sat down with Mark Vandimir

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Speaker 1: and talked about the short turnaround and the Panthers coach.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about this Panthers game. How do you feel

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Speaker 1: about the preparation short week. You've been through this before.

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Speaker 1: It's a unique situation, it is, Mark, and I'll tell

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Speaker 1: you what ends up happening is that there were a

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Speaker 1: bunch of plays that we didn't use in this pass

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Speaker 1: ball game that we practiced all last week. Well, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna use them this week, and we don't have time

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Speaker 1: the time is not there. So basically we'll take those

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Speaker 1: we feel like although it's a different opponent that the

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Speaker 1: plays that we had up, whether we're playing the Cleveland

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Speaker 1: not able to be able to gain plan like you

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Speaker 1: normally game plan an opponent. Well, you've been very clear

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Speaker 1: that you feel confident in what Davis Mills was able

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Speaker 1: and he got that second half and against the Browns,

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Speaker 1: The really good thing about that Mark was this after

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Speaker 1: So I thought his last two series in that ball

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Speaker 1: talk about defenses being aggressive, but the Panthers seemed extra aggressive. Coach,

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Speaker 1: that's their mentality, their defensive coordinator. That's been his philosophy.

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Speaker 1: A lot of that has to do it. Who's back

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Speaker 1: plan thing depending on who is back there returning. Coach,

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Speaker 1: thanks a lot for joining us. Good luck against Carolina

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Mark. Now, with this game a little over

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Speaker 1: He was on the practice squad. Yeah, it was one

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Speaker 1: of the season. Nick and when you have a quarterback,

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Speaker 1: any position player. Really there's such a sprint to get

431
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Speaker 1: good fast in this league, but sometimes it takes a

432
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Speaker 1: while maybe to develop. Maybe it's a personnel thing or

433
00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,080
Speaker 1: a coaching thing. What about that part of it? Players developing?

434
00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,240
Speaker 1: They can get better over time if given the opportunity. Sure,

435
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,520
Speaker 1: every year is different, and you to your question earlier,

436
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,159
Speaker 1: John about looking about think what has happened in the past.

437
00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,719
Speaker 1: There's some relevance, but you want to see where they

438
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Speaker 1: are moving forward. So each player has a certain level

439
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 1: of improvement that takes place. Some a little bit quicker

440
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,520
Speaker 1: than others, Mark, like you said, some takes a little

441
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Speaker 1: bit longer. So really you're just going to focus on

442
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,160
Speaker 1: what you see, how they're playing currently, and you can't

443
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Speaker 1: chase a bunch of ghosts. So that's what we really

444
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 1: have to evaluate, and that's what we have to prepare

445
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Speaker 1: to see. You know, we're on the field on Thursday

446
00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,480
Speaker 1: night in this case, Nick, when you have injuries like

447
00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,200
Speaker 1: you do yesterday, obviously, Tay, it's a big day and

448
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:21,879
Speaker 1: trying to figure out, especially with the game on Thursday,

449
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,399
Speaker 1: trying to figure out, Okay, is this guy gonna be available?

450
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Speaker 1: Do you have to make transactions. How difficult does that

451
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Speaker 1: make it? The fact that you've got this truncated time

452
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Speaker 1: frame that, hey, if we need to get somebody, get

453
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Speaker 1: somebody right right now to go, how tough to that

454
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,440
Speaker 1: make it for you to go make a transaction? As such?

455
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,760
Speaker 1: Getting ready for Thursday? It's a good question. You probably

456
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Speaker 1: have to just rely on the people that you have

457
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Speaker 1: in their building, unless there's some extenuating circumstances that forces

458
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Speaker 1: you to go externally or outside of the building. So

459
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Speaker 1: we're Monday to travel to get the player here Tuesday

460
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Speaker 1: to playing a game on Thursday, how much sense does

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Speaker 1: that make? So I'd say it's not unlikely, but it's

462
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Speaker 1: probably more likely that we'll choose from the pool to

463
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Speaker 1: players that we already have in our building in some capacity. Well,

464
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Speaker 1: how does the ability you have to bring them up

465
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Speaker 1: from the practice squad? How does that work in a

466
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,679
Speaker 1: short week situation? Very similar? Mark, you essentially have up

467
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Speaker 1: until game time, so you can go all the way

468
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Speaker 1: up until three o'clock on Thursday, So as opposed to

469
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Speaker 1: having to do Saturday the day before the game, you

470
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Speaker 1: can actually do it up until the game. So we'll

471
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Speaker 1: see where we are today and one day take the

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Speaker 1: information and then look at for Tuesday and should have

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Speaker 1: an idea of who's actually going to be available. Then

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Speaker 1: based on the availability of the game, then we can

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Speaker 1: figure out if there's any players that we need to

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Speaker 1: bring up from the practice squad or release a player

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Speaker 1: off the roster and sign a player to the roster.

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Speaker 1: So however that goes well, it should we should get

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Speaker 1: some resolution over the next two to three days. Nick, yesterday,

480
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Speaker 1: Chub and Hunt, seeing those two guys, you see it

481
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Speaker 1: in a different form. You mentioned Christian Christian McCaffrey a

482
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Speaker 1: little different than those two guys. I know you can't

483
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Speaker 1: draw too many parallels to them other than you better

484
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Speaker 1: tackle all three of them. Well, what are those two

485
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Speaker 1: guys and what were the challenges they presented to you yesterday.

486
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,119
Speaker 1: It's a great question, and to a certain extent, Christian

487
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Speaker 1: will post some of the same problems they had as

488
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,320
Speaker 1: a team. One hundred and fifty six hundred and sixty

489
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Speaker 1: yards after contact and we missed a number of tackles.

490
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Speaker 1: So hard to tackle, good body balance, good playing strength,

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Speaker 1: whether it's in line or in space. So that was

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Speaker 1: one just getting the runner on the ground. That was

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Speaker 1: a little bit of an issue for us yesterday and Christian,

494
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Speaker 1: and I would say even Freeman to a certain extent,

495
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Speaker 1: we'll post some of the same sort of challenges. I know,

496
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Speaker 1: he hasn't played a lot. And then Cuba, i'd say,

497
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Speaker 1: brings a little bit element of speed to the Carolina backfield.

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Speaker 1: So tackling getting a runner on the ground is going

499
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Speaker 1: to be important, especially this week with Christian. How will

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Speaker 1: you as an organization spend the weekend. Is it kind

501
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Speaker 1: of like a mini buy or how do you handle

502
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Speaker 1: that You might have a little bit of extra time.

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Speaker 1: It's probably going to be more for the players more

504
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Speaker 1: than anybody else, So I mean, the entire organization. The

505
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,680
Speaker 1: staff has been going pretty hard here. We're gonna go

506
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Speaker 1: pretty hard here this week, So you might have a

507
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Speaker 1: chance to just catch your breath for an extra day

508
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Speaker 1: or so, But then we're gonna have to turn the

509
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Speaker 1: page and start on Buffalo the following week. So you know,

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Speaker 1: we'll get the focuses on Thursday night, and then once

511
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Speaker 1: we come in on Friday, we'll sort of, you know,

512
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,840
Speaker 1: do an evaluation of the game, probably catch up on

513
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,800
Speaker 1: anything that we may have missed on Cleveland, and then

514
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Speaker 1: start to prepare for the next game, which will be Buffalo.

515
00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: I was John Carroll this weekend. They get a win,

516
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,920
Speaker 1: and they'll probably gonna be mad at me. I haven't checked,

517
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:13,960
Speaker 1: and I have no idea. I'm back in my hometown,

518
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,040
Speaker 1: didn't even know what's going on. Is it? Is it?

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Speaker 1: It's got to be unique to be there, to be

520
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Speaker 1: in that environment, to be in that city right by

521
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Speaker 1: the lake, and you're so familiar with the surroundings, you're

522
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 1: really caught up in the actual game. There was a

523
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Speaker 1: lot of time spent outside of the hotel and an

524
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Speaker 1: opportunity to have a little bit of coffee with my

525
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,280
Speaker 1: brother or Sunday morning before the game, which was nice

526
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Speaker 1: to be able to do. But you're so focused on

527
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Speaker 1: the game in the actual task at hand. There'll be

528
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Speaker 1: some time once the season's over to spend some time

529
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Speaker 1: in the family and go back to Cleveland and spend

530
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Speaker 1: some time there. Did you grow up a Browns fan

531
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Speaker 1: or were you Bengals or you some other? How is

532
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,159
Speaker 1: the Browns fan? Everybody Browns fans? The fair and my

533
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,440
Speaker 1: dad said in the end zone for the Red right

534
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 1: eighty eight game, memory and experience, Well, the reason that

535
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Speaker 1: Rob John Carrolls. I saw somebody in the sideline ahead

536
00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,960
Speaker 1: jaycu shirt and so I thought they were connected you,

537
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Speaker 1: and I was like, wait a second, they might be

538
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,719
Speaker 1: connected to Frank. I was like, wait, who might they

539
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 1: be connected to? But then that got me thinking about,

540
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 1: wait a second, you grew up a Browns fan. How

541
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 1: weird is that? Like? Step in that building and I

542
00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 1: know it's a game. I know you're doing your job,

543
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,920
Speaker 1: but how interesting does that make it for you? Hey,

544
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: it's a team I grew up loving, and now I

545
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 1: gotta try beat those guys. We've played there previously when

546
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,439
Speaker 1: I was in New England, so we had multiple trips

547
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,880
Speaker 1: to the stadium. So to your point, you really can't

548
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,960
Speaker 1: get too caught up in the actual nostalgia and the atmosphere.

549
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,159
Speaker 1: So there's a little bit of that, but really the

550
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: focus is on the team and on the game and

551
00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 1: on the players, and that's the most important thing. I

552
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,879
Speaker 1: know he's way before your time, but as Auto Graham,

553
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:41,159
Speaker 1: the most underappreciated quarterback in the history of this league,

554
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,639
Speaker 1: maybe for what he can do, the multitude of skills

555
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 1: that he possessed, and what he was asked to do.

556
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Speaker 1: The best source on this is probably Bill Bill is

557
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,800
Speaker 1: the biggest historian football. So we learned a lot about Autogram.

558
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:52,920
Speaker 1: There's a lot of discussions between Auto Graham and Jim Brown.

559
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Speaker 1: Anytime we played the anytime we played the Browns, did

560
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: you get a chance to step away a little bit

561
00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,639
Speaker 1: watch any college football over the weekend at all, do

562
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Speaker 1: any kind of look at what's going on. I mean,

563
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 1: even from a cursory, cursory glance intermittently. Actually was able

564
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: to catch up on some some of the college games

565
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,000
Speaker 1: from the first two weekends. That's part of my routine.

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00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,359
Speaker 1: I would say, over the weekend and when there's a

567
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: little bit of pocket of time, go back and start

568
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,719
Speaker 1: to look at some of the information that our scouts

569
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: have sent in and maybe watch some college football. So

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00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 1: it looks like there's some good teams that good players

571
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,560
Speaker 1: and each week it's a little bit like the NFL.

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00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 1: He has to be prepared to anybody at any given

573
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,280
Speaker 1: point can be beaten if you if you don't play

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00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 1: well and do the right things. Nick, thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for joining us. Good luck against the Panthers. Thanks guys,

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00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 1: appreciate it. There is the man, Nick Casserrio. I'll have

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Speaker 1: a chance to catch up with him, get some final

578
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: tidbits and nuggets from him from down on the field

579
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,680
Speaker 1: about a half hour before the game, So definitely we

580
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: want to be tuned in to our broadcast. Seawan and

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00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 1: Seth will have the pregame. I think it's starting at

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Speaker 1: four Well, don't quote me on that, but I think

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00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,160
Speaker 1: it's in and around that time frame, and then you'll

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Speaker 1: hear Nick and I about six thirty and then Andre,

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00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: Mark and myself will take over the rest of the

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Speaker 1: pre game lead jump to kickoff and that it's time

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00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,719
Speaker 1: to take on the Panthers, the number one defense in

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00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:11,919
Speaker 1: this league. Yes, it's two games, I get it. It

589
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:17,679
Speaker 1: was the Jets and the Saints, understandable. However, this group

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00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: is fast on d explosive on offense, and gonna be

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00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 1: a tough, tough task. However, you gotta play the team

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Speaker 1: that's in front of you, and I am gonna come

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Speaker 1: up with the keys. The game will have the for

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Speaker 1: you next right here on Texans All Access, All Access

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Speaker 1: All Working back this Wednesday edition of Texans All Access

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Speaker 1: from Monday Texans Radio Studio. I am your host, John Harris,

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Speaker 1: and glad to be with you, of course, and it's

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Speaker 1: take the stats Challenge. I'm gonna give you this stat

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Speaker 1: right here. This pretty much tells me everything that you

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00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 1: need to know. Actually, three of them, forty six point

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Speaker 1: five one forty three point five, one ninety. Those three

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Speaker 1: numbers are the rushing yards allowed per game by the

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Speaker 1: Panthers forty six point five. Forty six point five passing

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00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 1: yards allowed. You know, hey, you're slow them down the run,

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00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 1: but then you know they get them. With the Pats

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Speaker 1: passing yards allowed per game one forty three point five,

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Speaker 1: that's an amazing number total offense one ninety, first in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, first in the NFL, first in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Schlumbers Stats Challenge is a little bit depressing when you

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Speaker 1: start thinking about what the Panthers are bringing to NRG

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Speaker 1: Stadium on Thursday night, facing a rookie this year, and

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Speaker 1: this is something to keep in mind. First week, Zach

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Speaker 1: Wilson first NFL start. Second week, Jamis Winston did not

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Speaker 1: start a game in twenty twenty. This is the third

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Speaker 1: week in a row that Panthers defense is going to

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Speaker 1: face the quarterback who did not start in the NFL

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. So take all of it with a

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Speaker 1: grain assault, and hopefully our rookie does a whole lot

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Speaker 1: better than the two guys that came before him, Zach

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Speaker 1: Wilson and Jamis Winston. And speaking of the Panthers, it's

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Speaker 1: time for me, John Harris football end saw the reporter

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Speaker 1: to get into our keys to a victory over the

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Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers, and we are going to start with the

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Speaker 1: Panthers offense at Texans defense. You look at this group now,

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Speaker 1: it's not first in the NFL one hundred yards per

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Speaker 1: game on the ground, twenty first in the NFL passing yards, hey,

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Speaker 1: two hundred eighty two yards per game. Sam Donald doing

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Speaker 1: a pretty nice job in ninth in the league. Total

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Speaker 1: offense at three eighty two, they're at fourteenth. I think

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Speaker 1: the Texans are fifteenth, right around the same total offense

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00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 1: per game. They've lost two turnovers in two games, and

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna get to one of those turnovers and it's

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Speaker 1: one of the keys against the Panthers offense. Quarterback is

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Speaker 1: Sam Darnold. He came over from the Jets in a trade.

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00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 1: I would say the stars in this team are pretty

638
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: much everywhere else outside Christian McCaffrey running back. We all

639
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: know Robbie Anderson's is essentially a poor man's will fuller.

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00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: DJ Moore as a complete receiver and a speech or

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00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,880
Speaker 1: Terris Marshall is a rookie from l At Shoe who's outstanding.

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00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 1: But keep an eye on Dan Arnold to tight end

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Speaker 1: number eighty five. He does some great things in this offense.

644
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: The offensive line. I don't know if that offensive line,

645
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,280
Speaker 1: I don't say it scares me, but they do so much.

646
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: And that's one of the things that does worry me

647
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: when facing this Carolina offense. It's not to me a

648
00:31:55,840 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 1: great offensive line. This is not the Cleveland Brown's offensive line,

649
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,840
Speaker 1: but it's unique in that they'll do so much. They'll trap,

650
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 1: they'll run gap plays, they'll run blast plays, they'll have

651
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 1: split zone blocking and run calendar. I mean, they're doing

652
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 1: all kinds of different things on this offense. So let's

653
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 1: get into it. What are the keys to winning against

654
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 1: this Panther's offense. I'll start with number one, the biggest

655
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: small man on the field, and there's Christian McCaffrey. Now

656
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: it says in the program. He's five ten, two hundred pounds,

657
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: And if you know anybody five ten, two hundred pounds,

658
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 1: you're like, oh, yeah, I guess, But you know that

659
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 1: person's put together pretty well. First of all, I don't

660
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 1: think he's two hundred pounds. I think he's under one

661
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: ninety five. And he's the five ten. He might be

662
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: a little a little bit smaller than that under five

663
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: ten point being when you see him in the huddle,

664
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: he is dwarfed by everybody else. Yet yet there is

665
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: nothing on a football field that that guy does is small.

666
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: Last time we faced him in twenty nineteen, he had

667
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 1: thirty seven touches, twenty seven rush attempts, ten receptions, He

668
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: told one hundred and seventy nine yards. He had a

669
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown, He had that great catch for a first

670
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:09,480
Speaker 1: down on their sideline. He drives that offense. Yes, Anderson More,

671
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 1: Terris Marshall, they're all great. Sam Donald stepped in and and

672
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 1: done some good things. It's Christian McCaffrey is the engine.

673
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: He drives it and he runs with as much authority

674
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 1: as the two guys they saw last week and Nick

675
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,440
Speaker 1: Chubb or Kareem Hunt. So if you're gonna throw shoulder

676
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: into him. You're gonna get embarrassed like you were last week.

677
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 1: You throw shoulder in Demetri Felton and he spun out

678
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,960
Speaker 1: of it and went for a touchdown. You tried to

679
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: not wrap up Chubb and Hunt and look, I know

680
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 1: it's more difficult than it's it's more difficult to do

681
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 1: than to say. But you're paying a lot of money

682
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: to go into this game and tackle this guy. You

683
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: have to or it's going to be guice. It's gonna

684
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: be tough. Now let's get the number two. And this

685
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: kind of goes back to my thought on the offensive line.

686
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: I don't think this offens the line is great. He's good.

687
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 1: I don't think it's great. But what helps make this

688
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: offense great are the different things that they do in

689
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: the run game. They do a number of different things

690
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 1: and a great example of that was McCaffrey's touchdown that

691
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,240
Speaker 1: made it twenty six twenty three. It made twenty three seven.

692
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: The blocking action was split zone blocking, so a zone

693
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 1: one way, the tight end comes across the formation splits

694
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: the zone, but the backfield action was of a counter

695
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: sam Donald opened one way, turned and handed the ball

696
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 1: to Christian McCaffrey, who took a couple of counter steps

697
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 1: and then went back the other way. So to the front,

698
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:36,319
Speaker 1: it looks like split zone. But if you're looking at

699
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: the back, you're reading counter and so now you're like whoa.

700
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 1: So they're doing a lot of different things in the

701
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,360
Speaker 1: run game, and that can be very problematic. So whatever

702
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 1: your keys are, you got to be locked in your eye.

703
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: Discipline has got to be on point, especially for these linebackers.

704
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: Number three. You give it, they'll take it. The one

705
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 1: thing I really like about this Carolina offense is they'll

706
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,720
Speaker 1: you give them five, they'll take five. You give him fifty,

707
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 1: they'll take fifty. They are gonna take what it is

708
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: you give them. They're not one of those that you know, well,

709
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,280
Speaker 1: hey we're gonna put a stake of ground and we're

710
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: gonna we're gonna do this because this is what we are. No,

711
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: they're so diverse that they're just gonna take what they

712
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 1: want when you give it to him. You give him seven,

713
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 1: they'll take it. You give him ten, they'll take it.

714
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 1: You play off, they'll flow short and then they'll make

715
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 1: it tackle them. You put nickel on the field, they'll

716
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,799
Speaker 1: run whatever you give to them, they'll take it. So

717
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 1: if you play nickel, maybe there's some run blitzes that

718
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 1: you have off of that, because they're gonna run it

719
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: on you. Maybe you play off, maybe you jump those

720
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,839
Speaker 1: short routes with different disguises. So you give it, they're

721
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 1: gonna take it. But if you show them some disguises,

722
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,479
Speaker 1: maybe you can get one. Maybe you can't. We'll see

723
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,359
Speaker 1: number four moving on out and up and through. One

724
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: of the things about Sam Darnold is he's not quite

725
00:35:56,640 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 1: a dual threat, but he moves extremely well that he

726
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 1: becomes one out of the pocket. They aren't going to

727
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 1: design run plays for Darnald, but Darnald can get up

728
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:13,280
Speaker 1: through the pocket, in and out and be a problem.

729
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: We faced him between eighteen with the Jets. That's what

730
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: he did to us. He got he dropped, the rush came,

731
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: he found a scape lane, he took off, and he's

732
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 1: very athletic out of the pocket. So they've done a

733
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,759
Speaker 1: really nice job of that. But also they'll take him

734
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: and they move him. They run boots, they have rollouts,

735
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 1: they have different things that they do to get him

736
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: on the move. So with all these other things to consider,

737
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 1: sort of like the Browns. Baker Mayfield was the one

738
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,959
Speaker 1: that had a rushing touchdown. Why because the pass rush

739
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:47,479
Speaker 1: discipline didn't stick. Guys got out of their pass rushed lanes.

740
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,319
Speaker 1: Guys got upfield and Baker made an example of them.

741
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 1: Sam Donald can do the same exact thing, and that's

742
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: a problem. And number five, number five is called hit

743
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: on nineteen. Now, have you ever played blackjack? First of all,

744
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: you know, if you got nineteen, you don't hit. But

745
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 1: you definitely don't hit. If you're looking at a dealer

746
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 1: four five or six three four or five six, you

747
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: definitely don't hit then, and the probably two also. But

748
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: every now and again you do it or somebody does it,

749
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: and it's excusable and hurts everybody at the table. It

750
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: maybe didn't mean to do it, but it just happens.

751
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: It's just kind of your gambling nature. Well, that's kind

752
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 1: of Darnald. Once a game, Once a game, he's gonna

753
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,320
Speaker 1: have that moment against the Saints, he had that Moment's

754
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: seventeen nothing and they're just drilling the Saints and a

755
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 1: couple of guys are bringing Sam to the ground and

756
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,799
Speaker 1: he tries to throw it. The ball slipside of his hand,

757
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: Saints recover and it's the only touchdown they got on

758
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:43,800
Speaker 1: the day. When that one happens, you gotta take full advantage.

759
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,879
Speaker 1: If he gives you seven points doing something like that.

760
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 1: Make him pay. You can't miss out on any opportunities

761
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: because he's gonna hit on nineteen and hurt that team.

762
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 1: That's just his gambling nature. Make them pay. All right,

763
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: Let's flip it over to boy. The number one unit

764
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,919
Speaker 1: in the league forty six and a half yards per

765
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 1: game on the ground, one point five through the year,

766
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,840
Speaker 1: one ninety total. They picked up three interceptions. They have

767
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: as good a pass russia as you're gonna find. The

768
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 1: linebackers absolutely can fly, and the secondary might be the

769
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 1: fastest secondary in the league. Now, what do you got

770
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 1: to do to beat and where are the keys? Well?

771
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: Number one speed kills. Brian Burns is a son Reddick

772
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: or maybe the fastest duo pass rushers in the league. Now,

773
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: they're not exceptionally big, it would be nice to be

774
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,759
Speaker 1: able to run the ball right at them. Riddick in

775
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 1: the last seventeen games has fifteen and a half sacks,

776
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: including ten and a half in his last six games.

777
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 1: Burns he is a House of Fire. He has got

778
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: so many different moves and yet he can just win

779
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: with speed. So the Texans to slow them down. I

780
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 1: think the one thing you got to be able to

781
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,400
Speaker 1: do is run right at them, make them pay. Number

782
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 1: two shack in the house, they talked about the linebackers

783
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: being able to run shack. Thompson's number seven. It's a

784
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,359
Speaker 1: number he wore in college. There was some thought when

785
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 1: he came out of college it was the safety is

786
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: a linebacker? What? Well, he is the perfect linebacker now

787
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: because in this defense, very rarely does somebody get a

788
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: hat on number seven. And then he just runs to

789
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: the ball and he makes people pay. He reminds me

790
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,240
Speaker 1: Eric Kendricks, the Vikings, but he's probably a little more physical.

791
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: It is imperative that this front get to shock. Somebody's

792
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 1: got to get a hat on number seven. Somebody has

793
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: to number three. I just called an eight ball. Wearing

794
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: number eight for the Panthers is jac Horn. He was

795
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: a number eight pick in a draft. That's where he wear.

796
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:43,880
Speaker 1: Why he wears number eight, He's a rookie. Now the

797
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 1: Texans have got their own cornerback issues. The Panthers. Well,

798
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 1: I don't want to say he's an issue because he's

799
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 1: a really good football player, but he's a rookie and

800
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: the blitzcheme and the past rush have really helped out

801
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 1: both he and Dante Jackson on the other side. But

802
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: my guess is team including the Texans, look at it

803
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 1: and think, do we want to attack Jackson or do

804
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 1: we want to attack the rookie who's playing in just

805
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: his third game in the NFL. That's a decision that

806
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: Tim Kelly and this offensive staff are gonna have to make.

807
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,319
Speaker 1: And my guess is Bill challenge the rookie and see

808
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:18,319
Speaker 1: what he's got. But they gotta have time to be

809
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 1: able to throw it, and the way the Panthers do

810
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: things upfront makes that very problematic. I can't stress that enough.

811
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Speaker 1: And that leads me to number four, where is twenty one?

812
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:38,360
Speaker 1: Now my all time one of my all time favorite players.

813
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,759
Speaker 1: This guy by named Sean Taylor. He played safety with

814
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,800
Speaker 1: the red Skins. My guess is that if Sean Taylor,

815
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: rip to the late great, came back in another player's

816
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 1: body and played that way, he would come back in

817
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: the former number twenty one. Jeremy Chin if a defensive

818
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,720
Speaker 1: coordinator at Sean Taylor now he'd be using Sean Taylor

819
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: the same way Jeremy chinn As is used. He lines

820
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: up on the line of scrimmage, mugging in the A gap,

821
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,800
Speaker 1: showing like he's gonna blitz. He drops back as a

822
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 1: free safety. He plays the star sometimes sometimes he plays

823
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: an outside linebacker, depending on whether it's Bass, nickel or

824
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: dime twenty one. Lines up all over the place, and

825
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 1: the Texans A've got to find him in the b

826
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: They've got to account for him. And one of the

827
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,840
Speaker 1: more difficult things that Fills Snow, the defensive coordinator for

828
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 1: the Panthers does is line Chin and Shack Thompson up

829
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: in the A gaps and then depending on what the

830
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: blocking scheme is or what the defensive call is, one

831
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 1: of them's blitzing. Both they're blitzing both, they're showing and

832
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 1: then dropping. I mean, they do different things, and Chin

833
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,399
Speaker 1: is a key piece in all of that. He's all

834
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: over the field. You gotta find him because he, as

835
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: crazy as it sounds, can wreck the game. Reddick and

836
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 1: Burns up front, but Jeremy Chin can be a massive,

837
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: massive problem as well. The last key and this kind

838
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 1: of bridges it all all together. Last key, comfortability. The

839
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: one thing that you'd like to see from Davis Mills

840
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 1: is to find some level of comfort. The Panthers are

841
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,239
Speaker 1: not that defense that's gonna make you feel comfortable, but

842
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: if you can protect him early and get him to

843
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 1: a point where, yeah, I feel good back here, I'm okay.

844
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 1: They're gonna send some stuff, but I'm getting to my reads.

845
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: I know where I'm going with the football. I know

846
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: what I'm seeing. I'm not getting a ton of unscouted looks.

847
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 1: I feel okay back here. Then, okay, I think it'll

848
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:39,720
Speaker 1: be all right. And that's got to be the goal.

849
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:44,400
Speaker 1: Get Davis comfortable by any means necessary, make sure everybody's

850
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: picked up and he got a chance. All right, we

851
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 1: get back mcmixon. We'll sit out with Mark Vandermire, I

852
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Speaker 1: mean behind the MIC's next on Texans All Access Exens

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Speaker 1: all Access. We've got one hour down, one hour left

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Speaker 1: to go. Right here on a Wednesday issue of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access from Non Day Texans a studio. I am

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Speaker 1: your host Football and an sidelot reporter John Harris. So

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Speaker 1: glad to be with you tonight, and I love kicking

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Speaker 1: off the second hour of the show with our men

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00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 1: behind the mics. This is my idea. Probably, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Six seven years ago I said to Mark, you know,

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Speaker 1: it would be really fun. I love it when you

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Speaker 1: talk to the play by play men from the other side.

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Speaker 1: It's a great segment. I want to do it. And

864
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Speaker 1: he said, all right, let's do it each every week

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Speaker 1: he dials it up, texted the opposing play by play

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00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:32,880
Speaker 1: voice and says, hey, would you like new segment talking

867
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Speaker 1: about your team? And those men, for the most part,

868
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 1: are like, heck, yeah, let's do it this week. It's

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Speaker 1: Mick Mixon. Now. When I moved to North Carolina in

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Speaker 1: two thousand and one, Mick was working on the University

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Speaker 1: of North Carolina broadcast. He's shortly thereafter moved over to

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Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers broadcast. He's been doing play by play

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Speaker 1: for a while. He will retire at the end of

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one season. Moving on, and I'm telling

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Speaker 1: you he is salt to the earth. So we got

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Speaker 1: one final opportunity to chat with Mick Mixon. So here's

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Speaker 1: Mark and Mick, our men behind the mics. Let's go

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Speaker 1: joining us right now Texans Radio. Mick Mixon, the voice

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Speaker 1: of the Carolina Panthers. Mick, Well, welcome to the program.

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00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: We really appreciate having you on. So tell me it's

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Speaker 1: your last year, so this is the tour, if you will.

882
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:29,320
Speaker 1: What's it like for you so far? Just in the booth? Oh, well,

883
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Speaker 1: I appreciate your I appreciate your question, Mark, thank you.

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00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 1: Everybody's been so nice. I'm just humbled by people's outreach

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00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:42,879
Speaker 1: and what some folks have said, whether they're sincere about

886
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:44,359
Speaker 1: it or not, or whether they need it, I mean,

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Speaker 1: we could debate that, but it's just been amazing. I'm

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Speaker 1: a lot older than you. I'll be sixty three in

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Speaker 1: about a week or ten days, and I'm just I'm

890
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 1: so looking forward to retirement, but I'm also extremely fired

891
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: up about this last season and just gonna try to

892
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:02,399
Speaker 1: soak up every memory distracts every bit of joy. And

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Speaker 1: you and I are members of an amazing fraternity of people,

894
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,280
Speaker 1: and you're one of my favorite guys. I like listening

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00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,319
Speaker 1: to your calls, and as an honor to talk to

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Speaker 1: you prior to the Texans Panthers game. Well, the honors

897
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 1: mind make and I really appreciate that. And I'm really

898
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Speaker 1: not that much younger, but we won't get it too

899
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Speaker 1: that right now? Okay, thirty nine point nine, that's what

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Speaker 1: I'm turning next month, so I'll stick with that. That's

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Speaker 1: my story. Well, you're a young thirty nine point nine

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Speaker 1: even so that's that's awesome. All right. Well tell me, Mick,

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Speaker 1: the Panthers they couldn't be doing better for you right now?

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Speaker 1: Two and I start and what is your level of

905
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:40,839
Speaker 1: surprise or just what's your general reaction to the kind

906
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:43,080
Speaker 1: of football they've been playing so far in the young season.

907
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 1: I felt like Matt Rule ever since he got here.

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Speaker 1: I mean just even in a COVID year last year,

909
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Speaker 1: Mark getting a chance to vibe into this amazing ball

910
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:58,920
Speaker 1: of energy and this just this kinetic, cohesively kind of

911
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 1: team building coach, I mean, a natural born teacher, and

912
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 1: it's but it's not artificial. I mean I think he

913
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Speaker 1: just he just loves it. He's eaten up with it.

914
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Speaker 1: And immediately he got this I hate the word culture

915
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: because everybody uses it, but he got players wanting to

916
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,799
Speaker 1: do well for him, for him and with him, and

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Speaker 1: more importantly and with one another. So I had this

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Speaker 1: feeling after two months, He's not going to be denied.

919
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Speaker 1: David Tepper's not going to be denied. Matt Rule is

920
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 1: not going to be denied. They're gonna win. It's just

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Speaker 1: a matter. The only question now is a matter of

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Speaker 1: when Carolina may be a draft two away yet from

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Speaker 1: being that team that can be in the conversation to

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Speaker 1: bring absolute victory to the Carolinas. But but then again,

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Speaker 1: maybe not. I mean, this defense is so young and

926
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Speaker 1: so they're just playing with a zeal that's contagious. I mean, Mark,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how you are, but I be in

928
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Speaker 1: the age I am. I see very little these days

929
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Speaker 1: on an athletic field that moves to me that provokes

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Speaker 1: and emotional reaction in me. But when I've watched this

931
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:05,359
Speaker 1: Panther defense play through two games, it's made me want

932
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Speaker 1: to grab a set of shoulder pads in a helmet

933
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Speaker 1: and try to get a piece of it because it

934
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Speaker 1: looks like a lot of fun. Well, you mentioned rule,

935
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 1: and you mentioned the defense. What about Phil Snow Because

936
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Speaker 1: it's not like he's a spring chicken here. He's been

937
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Speaker 1: around the block and it looks like he's adding a

938
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Speaker 1: lot of different elements from places he's been and it's effective.

939
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Speaker 1: Right now. The key to it has been that the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: and you're right, Phil Snow's a fantastic Matt Rule has

941
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Speaker 1: described Phil Snow as the best football coach that he

942
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Speaker 1: Matt Rule knows. The two have a long history. Phil Snow.

943
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Speaker 1: Though the Panthers are getting home with four or fewer.

944
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:46,799
Speaker 1: In the Jets game, the Panthers had six sacks and

945
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Speaker 1: five of those came with four or fewer pass rushers. So,

946
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Speaker 1: as you know, and as David Culley I'm sure his

947
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Speaker 1: counseled Texans fans, if you can if you can get

948
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Speaker 1: pressure with four, now you got options. Now you can

949
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 1: double key receiver. Now you can do some disguising. Then

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Speaker 1: you can mix in some exotics to keep a quarterback

951
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Speaker 1: off balance. Yeah. I think it's a great point you mentioned.

952
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Speaker 1: I mean, they got a lot of pressure in these

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Speaker 1: first couple of games. Let's just flip it here to

954
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:17,400
Speaker 1: the Saints because they had that dominating victory over the Packers.

955
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Speaker 1: And I know it's early in the season, so you

956
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:21,799
Speaker 1: have these wild swings, but what do you think of

957
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:25,640
Speaker 1: them because you're in the division, you hosted them, and

958
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,359
Speaker 1: the Panthers just completely took it to them. What's going

959
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:30,319
Speaker 1: on with that franchise. Then we'll get back to the

960
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 1: Carolina side of things. Yeah, the Sean Payton is just irritating.

961
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Speaker 1: I mean, and I say that in the most respectful

962
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:41,799
Speaker 1: way possible. You got to compete against that. They make

963
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 1: offensive football looks so easy, and you got to see

964
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:47,359
Speaker 1: that twice a year in the NFC South. I mean,

965
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 1: it is a pureity handful in this world. But I

966
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Speaker 1: don't think they were the same Saints team that beat

967
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Speaker 1: the Packers. They that Packer game came with a cost.

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Speaker 1: They had eight defensive players that miss act. This time,

969
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:04,759
Speaker 1: they had seven coaches with COVID. They've been displaced by

970
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,840
Speaker 1: a hurricane. Now, even though Sean Payton is the best

971
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:12,200
Speaker 1: maybe currently coaching at bridging negatives to positives, they just

972
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 1: weren't quite the same team. The Panthers were lucky. Now

973
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: Carolina played well. I mean the Panthers still had to

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00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:19,960
Speaker 1: play well, still had to execute, and the game could

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Speaker 1: have gone either way. But I don't think the Saints

976
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Speaker 1: had quite all the weapons, all the armature in their

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00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:29,680
Speaker 1: in their quiver that they will have when of these

978
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Speaker 1: two teams meet again in early January. Haven't heard the

979
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Speaker 1: word quiver in a while. In a sports broadcast. I

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Speaker 1: love it. McK mixon, Voice of the Panthers, joining us.

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Speaker 1: All right, so tell me about McCaffrey, because he was

982
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:45,200
Speaker 1: so good here a couple of years ago. What kind

983
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:48,960
Speaker 1: of Christian McCaffrey are we getting coming off the injury?

984
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:52,880
Speaker 1: Good question. I think he's. I think he'll he'll be.

985
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:57,919
Speaker 1: He should be a pretty good imitation of his true

986
00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:03,239
Speaker 1: natural self. Daffrey is that he's kind of what everybody's

987
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 1: looking for. He's that any era football player, and they

988
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:09,879
Speaker 1: can all tote it. I mean, they can all run

989
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:12,200
Speaker 1: at this level. But the thing about McCaffrey is he's

990
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:15,239
Speaker 1: great in blitz pick up, he's great in pass pro.

991
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:19,840
Speaker 1: He's great without the ball. He's a deadly poisoned receiver

992
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:24,520
Speaker 1: just I mean, pitt viper dangerous on these check downs,

993
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:29,200
Speaker 1: the check release stuff, the flare passes, the swing passes

994
00:50:29,239 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 1: and screens. McCaffrey's he's the way he understands the geometry

995
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:39,080
Speaker 1: of defensive football. He understands the angles of pursuit, and

996
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,919
Speaker 1: he's able to split defenders like no one else I've

997
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:45,160
Speaker 1: ever seen. Play. Mick mix and Voice of the Panthers,

998
00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:48,400
Speaker 1: joining us on Texans Radio Mick. We talk about some

999
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:50,400
Speaker 1: of the big names of the Panthers and the coach

1000
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,759
Speaker 1: and McCaffrey and Darnald and everybody like that. But tell

1001
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:57,080
Speaker 1: me something about one aspect of the team, a player

1002
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,800
Speaker 1: or a certain facet that's not getting mentioned enough outside

1003
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:04,080
Speaker 1: of the market in your opinion. What do you got, Wow,

1004
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:07,279
Speaker 1: that's a good call. Let me think. I mean, you've

1005
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:09,200
Speaker 1: set me up to say something positive, so I don't

1006
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,880
Speaker 1: want to say anything negative. But we got special teams.

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00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,320
Speaker 1: This ues here. If I can hand the phone to

1008
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:17,200
Speaker 1: Matt Rulemark, he'd tell you the same thing. The Panthers

1009
00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:20,359
Speaker 1: had a field goal blocks and returned twenty or thirty

1010
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:23,279
Speaker 1: yards in the same scheme, gave up pressure right up

1011
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: the middle. The Panthers have a kicker, Zane Gonzalez, who

1012
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:28,440
Speaker 1: was not able to put the ball into the end

1013
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:32,440
Speaker 1: zone on kickoffs. Therefore, we got this whirling dervish, this

1014
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:37,319
Speaker 1: f five funnel cloud of Deante Harris coming out of

1015
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:40,399
Speaker 1: the end zone at a thousand miles an hour and

1016
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:45,960
Speaker 1: tackling him was problematic, and Gonzalez missed an extra point,

1017
00:51:46,239 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: so so kicking it and covering it remains an issue.

1018
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:54,400
Speaker 1: And so that's one thing that's getting talked about, and

1019
00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,600
Speaker 1: then the I don't know, I guess maybe let me

1020
00:51:57,600 --> 00:51:59,839
Speaker 1: just throw in Dan Arnold. Dan Arnold's the eighty five

1021
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:03,080
Speaker 1: tight end. We hadn't had a tight end like dan

1022
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: Arnold since Greg Olsen, So I think Texan fans would

1023
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:09,040
Speaker 1: do well to kind of keep an eye on how

1024
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:14,280
Speaker 1: Joe Brady are. Opie Taylor, wonder Kin's offensive coordinator mixes

1025
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:16,880
Speaker 1: in the tight ends as weapons, particularly dan Arnold. In

1026
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:20,360
Speaker 1: the passing game against this Texans defense, I noticed that

1027
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:24,000
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold the completion percentage is what nine points higher

1028
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:27,279
Speaker 1: than last year, yards per game, almost a hundred or

1029
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 1: somewhere around there. I mean, he's really doing well through

1030
00:52:30,200 --> 00:52:33,719
Speaker 1: two games of this season. Is it Joe Brady is

1031
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:36,359
Speaker 1: a change of scenery? What is it? In your opinion, Mick,

1032
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:42,920
Speaker 1: I think that he's benefited most notably by not being

1033
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:47,719
Speaker 1: on the New York Jets football team anymore. That's I

1034
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: think that's the That's how the skies have cleared, That's

1035
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:54,960
Speaker 1: how angels have started to sing and birds are chirruping,

1036
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,680
Speaker 1: and flowers are blooming and the sun is out in

1037
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:01,800
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold's world because he's got a career reset button,

1038
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:05,360
Speaker 1: which very few get. Number two, he's with an offensive

1039
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:10,000
Speaker 1: coordinator that understands him, and it's more interested in not. Okay, Sam,

1040
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:12,520
Speaker 1: here's the offensive you run it? But what Sam? What

1041
00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:15,440
Speaker 1: do you like? What are your favorite plays? What did

1042
00:53:15,440 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 1: you call this at Southern Cold? What do you use

1043
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:21,320
Speaker 1: to What can we do to help you? The receiving

1044
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:25,840
Speaker 1: rooms got juice with Robby Anderson, DJ Moore, Brandon Zilstra

1045
00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:31,040
Speaker 1: and others, and Terrace Marshall the rookie and then the

1046
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:33,080
Speaker 1: old line. The old line's not great, Mark here, but

1047
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,200
Speaker 1: it's better. It was better week two than it was

1048
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,640
Speaker 1: week one. So I think Sam Darnold, I think he's

1049
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:39,640
Speaker 1: just been able to release his breaks and get back

1050
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:42,080
Speaker 1: in touch with the reasons that he's good at football.

1051
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 1: All Right, the rest of the division, obviously of Tampa

1052
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:48,000
Speaker 1: Bay to deal with, and you have the Atlanta Falcons.

1053
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:49,719
Speaker 1: How do you think you fit into the mix? And

1054
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:55,720
Speaker 1: the NFC South but greatly detested Atlanta Falcons our arrival. Well,

1055
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:59,040
Speaker 1: I think if it were a stock, if all four

1056
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Speaker 1: teams in the NFC South were a stock, the Panthers

1057
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 1: would be that bitcoin, that sexy IPO that you'd want

1058
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,040
Speaker 1: to you'd want to take a flyer on. I think

1059
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:11,920
Speaker 1: moving forward, all credit to Tampa Bay and what they

1060
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:14,200
Speaker 1: did last year, but I think that moving forward, you

1061
00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:18,359
Speaker 1: would rather be the Carolina Panthers then you would be Now,

1062
00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:20,440
Speaker 1: I won't be in the booths to call it, but

1063
00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 1: that's neither here nor there. There's gonna be Championship football

1064
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 1: coming here very soon. So I think you'd rather be

1065
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:29,240
Speaker 1: the Panthers than you would be the Falcons, the Saints

1066
00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:31,560
Speaker 1: and the Bucks. This year, you'd have to say the

1067
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:33,719
Speaker 1: Bucks are the bully on the block with you could

1068
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:36,800
Speaker 1: probably just throw a bedsheet around the other three teams

1069
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:40,160
Speaker 1: and let us all fight it out, all right, make

1070
00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:42,880
Speaker 1: one more for you. The sports scene, and I can't

1071
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:47,000
Speaker 1: generalize and just put North Carolina the state in one

1072
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:51,440
Speaker 1: bucket here, But the Charlotte sports scene you have the Hornets.

1073
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:54,759
Speaker 1: College basketball still huge, of course with the attention to

1074
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:58,040
Speaker 1: the Research Triangle, Tobacco Road and all of that. But

1075
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 1: what is it like where the power rankings stand in

1076
00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:04,800
Speaker 1: local sports teams and entities in the Charlotte market these days?

1077
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:09,600
Speaker 1: It's changed in the last quarter century a tremendous amount.

1078
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:12,680
Speaker 1: It used to be Charlotte as a sports town was

1079
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:18,080
Speaker 1: kind of a the two phrases, didn't They were like

1080
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:22,960
Speaker 1: magnets that went returned opposite what Charlotte a sportstown. Charlotte

1081
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 1: had double a baseball in in the Orioles organization. Charlotte

1082
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:30,880
Speaker 1: had racing and Charlotte had professional wrestling. Then George shenn

1083
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,399
Speaker 1: Bought brought the Hornets here. They had a brief run,

1084
00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:36,560
Speaker 1: became the Bobcats, etc. But it was really when the

1085
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:40,960
Speaker 1: Carolina pant When Jerry Richardson got the Carolina Panthers to Charlotte,

1086
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:46,000
Speaker 1: Charlotte became that King Kong climbing up onto the skyscraper

1087
00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:50,680
Speaker 1: and batting away these little buzzing little Cessna f one

1088
00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:54,880
Speaker 1: fifties that flew at its head like ACC football and

1089
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,920
Speaker 1: ACC basketball and some of these other and hockey and

1090
00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:01,839
Speaker 1: all that. I mean, the NFL here is big, daddy, yep. Well,

1091
00:56:01,880 --> 00:56:03,480
Speaker 1: it seems to be in every market it's in, and

1092
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:05,759
Speaker 1: that's a great thing for us. Mick, thanks so much

1093
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:07,759
Speaker 1: for the visit. We appreciate it, and I'll look forward

1094
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,799
Speaker 1: to seeing you at the game. Always a pleasure. Mark,

1095
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:13,360
Speaker 1: Thank you man, and come find me in the visiting radio.

1096
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:15,680
Speaker 1: You know I will I gotta say that is one

1097
00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:18,759
Speaker 1: of the cool things about being in this radio fraternity

1098
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:21,319
Speaker 1: if you will every so often, and mine will be

1099
00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:23,920
Speaker 1: next Sunny, I just coming something to the following sun

1100
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,160
Speaker 1: I'm a good friend. Salkapacha is a sideline reporter for

1101
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:29,719
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills and going back to his going back

1102
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:32,799
Speaker 1: to his crib, which is the place I really really

1103
00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:34,879
Speaker 1: like it. You just had this opportunity to meet guys

1104
00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:36,759
Speaker 1: along the way. You meet him at the combine, you

1105
00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:39,319
Speaker 1: meet him when you go travel, and it's always cool

1106
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,080
Speaker 1: to kind of just go ahead and say hi, I

1107
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:44,759
Speaker 1: wish him luck, and just have this little little fraternity

1108
00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:48,479
Speaker 1: of radio broadcasters throughout the league. So definitely kind of cool.

1109
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,480
Speaker 1: Also kind of cool is Kristin Balboni. If you don't

1110
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:54,520
Speaker 1: know her, she which I wouldn't expect you to because

1111
00:56:54,520 --> 00:56:58,000
Speaker 1: she covers the Panthers for Panthers dot Com. But DP Cindy,

1112
00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:01,479
Speaker 1: who you know sat down and chatted about this game

1113
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:05,200
Speaker 1: with her, will have Enemy Sidelines next right here on

1114
00:57:05,320 --> 00:57:09,719
Speaker 1: Texans All Access pens all Access pensil. As you'll hear

1115
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,360
Speaker 1: in a little while. Drew and I did our in

1116
00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:14,319
Speaker 1: the lab and one of the things that Drew asked me.

1117
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:16,440
Speaker 1: He said, look, after a night game, what do you

1118
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:20,480
Speaker 1: what do you do? What is? What is is your ritual?

1119
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:22,680
Speaker 1: Because I don't want to give it away, but he

1120
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:24,960
Speaker 1: has kind of a ritual after a night game, especially

1121
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,760
Speaker 1: at home. Now in the road, it's all different story.

1122
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:29,920
Speaker 1: You just you know, you eat on the plane, you're

1123
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:31,440
Speaker 1: trying to sleep on the plane. You get back in

1124
00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:33,880
Speaker 1: like dark thirty. But home games you always have kind

1125
00:57:33,880 --> 00:57:36,120
Speaker 1: of a little little ritual. Well, the way that I

1126
00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:40,640
Speaker 1: go home, I always see the lights at a Freddy's

1127
00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:43,640
Speaker 1: and Freddie's Frozen Custer and steak Burgers. Is all about

1128
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:47,400
Speaker 1: the good in creating more of it. More drive through celebrations,

1129
00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:50,600
Speaker 1: more road trips around the block, more family dinners and lunches,

1130
00:57:50,840 --> 00:57:57,160
Speaker 1: more car picnics and desserts, more even more second desserts,

1131
00:57:57,440 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 1: more being together as much as we can. Seventeen area

1132
00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:04,480
Speaker 1: locations in the Houston area. Freddie's keep the good going,

1133
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:08,320
Speaker 1: with the taste that brings you back. And I will

1134
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:12,080
Speaker 1: tell you, even though I shouldn't, I want so badly.

1135
00:58:12,200 --> 00:58:14,640
Speaker 1: And I have a few times gone through there and

1136
00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:17,800
Speaker 1: got the double steak murder with cheese, and I've gotten

1137
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:20,560
Speaker 1: some cheese Kurds, and if I'm feeling really sassy, I

1138
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:24,680
Speaker 1: end up getting the turtle concrete, the mini, not the

1139
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:28,560
Speaker 1: big one, the mini. So yeah, I've Freddie's has been

1140
00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:33,240
Speaker 1: my pick du jour after games on occasion. That's not

1141
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:36,080
Speaker 1: Drews thing. You'll hear that a little bit later, but

1142
00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:38,560
Speaker 1: it is my thing, especially because I passed that beautiful

1143
00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:41,440
Speaker 1: Freddy's on the way home. Now it's time to go

1144
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:45,920
Speaker 1: behind Enemy Sidelines. Dpcity each and every week has a

1145
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:51,400
Speaker 1: chance to chat with an analyst, a writer of media

1146
00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:56,640
Speaker 1: personality from the other side, and this being the Carolina Panthers.

1147
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:58,480
Speaker 1: She's a good friend over there and her name is

1148
00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:01,040
Speaker 1: Kristin Balboni. She's been covering the Panthers for a little bit.

1149
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: She knows his team inside it out. So let's go

1150
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:07,720
Speaker 1: behind Enemy Sidelines with DPU and the Panthers Kristin Balboni.

1151
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:12,360
Speaker 1: It's Enemy Sidelines presented by Microsoft. My guests this week,

1152
00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:15,560
Speaker 1: christ and Balboni. She's a team reporter for the Carolina Panthers.

1153
00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:18,000
Speaker 1: It's a short week, it's the Thursday night game. Wants

1154
00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:20,320
Speaker 1: to be excited about and I'm sure the Panthers are

1155
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:22,640
Speaker 1: as well. With a two and no start headed into

1156
00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:24,960
Speaker 1: Week three, How has this season gone for you all

1157
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:27,840
Speaker 1: so far? What is the mood like around the building? DP,

1158
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:30,680
Speaker 1: As you can imagine, starting off two and oh is

1159
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:34,960
Speaker 1: is pretty good for morale around here. You know, I

1160
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:37,080
Speaker 1: think everyone if he talks to the players and the coaches.

1161
00:59:37,080 --> 00:59:40,120
Speaker 1: That was just downstairs talking to to Derek Brown, one

1162
00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:42,560
Speaker 1: of our starting d linemen, and they will tell you

1163
00:59:43,000 --> 00:59:45,240
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's a it's another week. We put

1164
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:46,960
Speaker 1: it in the past. It's it's not two and oh,

1165
00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:50,000
Speaker 1: it's one and know. Each week we are focused on

1166
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:52,520
Speaker 1: the Texans. But there's no denying that this team is

1167
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:55,919
Speaker 1: very excited to have started off to a no because

1168
00:59:55,920 --> 00:59:58,600
Speaker 1: it really feels like the things that coach rule and

1169
00:59:58,640 --> 01:00:02,800
Speaker 1: this coaching staff started last year is it's paid off right,

1170
01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:04,800
Speaker 1: Like the way that they are teaching, the way they

1171
01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:07,040
Speaker 1: are coaching, the way these players are playing. It's all

1172
01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:10,640
Speaker 1: coming together, which was not the case last year. We

1173
01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:12,640
Speaker 1: saw it a little bit at the end of last season,

1174
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 1: people starting to get comfortable. It's a very young team,

1175
01:00:15,560 --> 01:00:18,920
Speaker 1: so it really feels like some validation. I think that

1176
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:21,600
Speaker 1: this very young team has started off too and oh.

1177
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:24,000
Speaker 1: Heading into this Thursday night game. Yeah, it's the first

1178
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:26,400
Speaker 1: two and I will start for the Panthers since twenty seventeen.

1179
01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:29,200
Speaker 1: And they do so with quarterback Sam Darnold, who was

1180
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:32,720
Speaker 1: a big story this offseason Panthers traded for him. It

1181
01:00:32,800 --> 01:00:35,480
Speaker 1: seems like the change of scenery is doing him well.

1182
01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:38,800
Speaker 1: Last year he had nine touchdowns eleven interceptions. He's cut

1183
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:41,800
Speaker 1: down on the interception number. So you know, what has

1184
01:00:41,840 --> 01:00:43,919
Speaker 1: he been doing well through these first two games? What's

1185
01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:46,600
Speaker 1: really changed for him in this offense? You know, I

1186
01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:50,000
Speaker 1: think it's a different personnel, different coaching staff. So certainly

1187
01:00:50,360 --> 01:00:53,440
Speaker 1: the weapons that he has available to him. Christian McCaffrey

1188
01:00:53,560 --> 01:00:57,200
Speaker 1: is never going to be bad for any quarterbacks game stats,

1189
01:00:57,520 --> 01:00:59,880
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about it. And if you look at

1190
01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:02,680
Speaker 1: DJ Moore, you look at Robbie Anderson, and then of

1191
01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:05,720
Speaker 1: course plenty of young weapons I can continue to go on.

1192
01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:08,160
Speaker 1: I think that that is the biggest thing. But then

1193
01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:12,080
Speaker 1: also working under offensive coordinator Joe Brady and Matt Rule,

1194
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:15,480
Speaker 1: who is an offensive minded guy, I think those are

1195
01:01:15,480 --> 01:01:17,520
Speaker 1: big and that's what the Panthers were banking on, both

1196
01:01:17,520 --> 01:01:19,920
Speaker 1: this front office and this coaching staff, that that change

1197
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:23,960
Speaker 1: of scenery that the specific plan and the plans that

1198
01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:27,280
Speaker 1: they had for him, Sam Darnold coming in here would

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Speaker 1: pay off even if they didn't pay off for the Jets.

1200
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:32,680
Speaker 1: But this coaching staff could get him where they wanted

1201
01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:35,360
Speaker 1: him to be, could utilize his talents. And I've heard

1202
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:38,600
Speaker 1: our offensive coordinator Joe Brady say, you know, we don't

1203
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:41,360
Speaker 1: need him to be We don't need him to do everything.

1204
01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:44,040
Speaker 1: We don't need him to be Superman. We don't need

1205
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:46,480
Speaker 1: him to be what the Jets needed him to be.

1206
01:01:46,560 --> 01:01:49,000
Speaker 1: We just need him to play well, to know what

1207
01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:51,280
Speaker 1: he's doing and go out there and win. And it

1208
01:01:51,280 --> 01:01:55,240
Speaker 1: seems like it's working. You mentioned Christian McCaffrey, who You're right,

1209
01:01:55,320 --> 01:01:58,560
Speaker 1: he's certainly a great addition to anyone's tool built. He

1210
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:00,960
Speaker 1: has put up some impressed numbers, as he usually does,

1211
01:02:00,960 --> 01:02:04,440
Speaker 1: but right now currently leading the NFL in yards from scrimmage,

1212
01:02:04,440 --> 01:02:07,200
Speaker 1: he leads all running backs and catches, and for the Panthers,

1213
01:02:07,240 --> 01:02:10,720
Speaker 1: he's the leading rusher and he's tied as the leading

1214
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:14,320
Speaker 1: receiver right now. So with that being said, is Christian

1215
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:16,480
Speaker 1: McCaffrey an even bigger part of that offense? I don't

1216
01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:18,040
Speaker 1: even know if that's possible, But is he a bigger

1217
01:02:18,040 --> 01:02:20,680
Speaker 1: part of that offense. And if so, how much of

1218
01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:23,720
Speaker 1: a concern is his durability. I think he is as

1219
01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:26,800
Speaker 1: big as as anyone wants to make him. He is

1220
01:02:26,840 --> 01:02:29,160
Speaker 1: that important to this team. I don't think we can

1221
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:32,680
Speaker 1: overstate it enough, even though, as you said, it's odd

1222
01:02:32,720 --> 01:02:34,520
Speaker 1: to say, like, oh, yeah, he's even more important than

1223
01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:36,000
Speaker 1: he's been in years past. When you look at his

1224
01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:39,160
Speaker 1: usage rates in years past, they're just as high. I

1225
01:02:39,200 --> 01:02:43,280
Speaker 1: think that he's one of the best players in the NFL, right,

1226
01:02:43,320 --> 01:02:46,120
Speaker 1: and so you're going to utilize him as much as possible.

1227
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:49,720
Speaker 1: And as you said, his versatility with receiving and being

1228
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:52,360
Speaker 1: able to run the ball like nobody else. It's just

1229
01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:54,200
Speaker 1: why would you not just hand it off to him

1230
01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:56,120
Speaker 1: every single time, which I think is what Sam Doarnold

1231
01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:58,360
Speaker 1: has done a little bit. Then also, you know as

1232
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:01,400
Speaker 1: a as a checkdown option, it's very comfortable for Sam Darnold.

1233
01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:04,360
Speaker 1: So I think he is so huge, so important to

1234
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:08,080
Speaker 1: this offense. And we saw it last year when he

1235
01:03:08,120 --> 01:03:11,160
Speaker 1: didn't play. He was only available for three, really two

1236
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:14,200
Speaker 1: and a half games, And you know, you do wonder,

1237
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:16,760
Speaker 1: Panthers fans do wonder what would last season have looked

1238
01:03:16,760 --> 01:03:20,240
Speaker 1: like if he was available, because you just cannot, as

1239
01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:22,840
Speaker 1: I said, overstate the importance of what he brings to

1240
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:25,800
Speaker 1: this offense or you know, frankly any offense that he

1241
01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:28,439
Speaker 1: would be on. He's just that good at what he does.

1242
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:31,760
Speaker 1: But of course, with that, and you mentioned the numbers

1243
01:03:31,760 --> 01:03:36,040
Speaker 1: you also mentioned just I mean, how many reps he's getting.

1244
01:03:36,760 --> 01:03:39,960
Speaker 1: Of course, there's going to be durability concerns, especially considering

1245
01:03:40,040 --> 01:03:42,160
Speaker 1: his injury history last year. I mean, I don't think

1246
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:46,240
Speaker 1: that anyone is concerned about him right now, but they

1247
01:03:46,240 --> 01:03:48,600
Speaker 1: want to make sure that they're developing the guys behind him,

1248
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:50,720
Speaker 1: whether that's a Royce Freeman who's a new addition to

1249
01:03:50,760 --> 01:03:53,040
Speaker 1: the Panthers, or to be Hubbard, a rookie that we

1250
01:03:53,080 --> 01:03:55,920
Speaker 1: have seen a lot of. Joe Brady has said, we

1251
01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:59,200
Speaker 1: want Christian to be we want him to feel good.

1252
01:03:59,320 --> 01:04:01,560
Speaker 1: We want him to be available in the fourth quarter,

1253
01:04:01,640 --> 01:04:03,720
Speaker 1: that is when we need him. So if we need

1254
01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:06,280
Speaker 1: to rest him before that and bring in some of

1255
01:04:06,320 --> 01:04:08,320
Speaker 1: these other guys which we've seen a little bit of,

1256
01:04:08,360 --> 01:04:11,920
Speaker 1: that's what we'll do because having him available, ready to go,

1257
01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:16,280
Speaker 1: feeling fresh when it matters is the ultimate plan. That's

1258
01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:18,360
Speaker 1: what they want. They want to make sure that they're

1259
01:04:18,360 --> 01:04:21,320
Speaker 1: protecting him. However, when you have him out on the

1260
01:04:21,360 --> 01:04:24,560
Speaker 1: field or when you have him available, how do you

1261
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:26,400
Speaker 1: not hand the ball to him? So I think that's

1262
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:28,440
Speaker 1: what if you look at any of the past coaching

1263
01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:31,960
Speaker 1: staffs that he's worked with, everyone will say that, right, like,

1264
01:04:32,120 --> 01:04:33,960
Speaker 1: we want to make sure that we're keeping an eye

1265
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:36,000
Speaker 1: on his touches, we want to make sure that he's

1266
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:38,240
Speaker 1: not going over a certain amount, whatever that might be

1267
01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:41,920
Speaker 1: to this offensive coordinator or the staff. But when you

1268
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:44,000
Speaker 1: have him there and the game is on the line,

1269
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Speaker 1: it's a close game or whatnot, he's your best option.

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Speaker 1: So I think it's also hard in practice to get

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Speaker 1: away from wanting him on the field every single play. Yeah,

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01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:55,040
Speaker 1: certainly can say that, well hears and talk about defense

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01:04:55,080 --> 01:04:57,880
Speaker 1: for a moment, because that Carolina Panthers defense has been

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01:04:57,960 --> 01:05:00,640
Speaker 1: really impressive as well for the first two games. I

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01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:03,880
Speaker 1: didn recheck these stats, so ten sacks for the first

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01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:08,040
Speaker 1: two games, and they've allowed a league low of forty

1277
01:05:08,080 --> 01:05:11,720
Speaker 1: six and a half rushing yards per game on average,

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01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:14,240
Speaker 1: so less than fifty yards a game rushing. Ten sacks.

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01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:17,120
Speaker 1: They haven't allowed anyone to score in the in the

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01:05:17,120 --> 01:05:19,479
Speaker 1: first half of a game this year through their first

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01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:21,960
Speaker 1: two games. So what's been the key to such a

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01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:24,720
Speaker 1: hot start for this Panther's defense, Because it seems like

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01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:26,560
Speaker 1: they're doing it all. They're getting pressure on the quarterback,

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01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:29,760
Speaker 1: they're stopping the run, they're getting takeaways. It's pretty much

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01:05:29,760 --> 01:05:31,560
Speaker 1: as complete of a defense as you could draw up,

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01:05:31,560 --> 01:05:34,360
Speaker 1: wouldn't you say? I think so? And you know it's funny.

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01:05:34,520 --> 01:05:36,560
Speaker 1: I am with this team. I cover them every day,

1288
01:05:36,600 --> 01:05:38,280
Speaker 1: But even when you see that they're at the top

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01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:41,520
Speaker 1: of the leaderboard defensively through two weeks, I had to

1290
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:43,680
Speaker 1: even look at the stats and go, oh gosh, like

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01:05:43,760 --> 01:05:46,280
Speaker 1: this is how they compare to the other teams in

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01:05:46,320 --> 01:05:49,120
Speaker 1: the NFL. So you're not the only one there. I

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01:05:49,160 --> 01:05:51,160
Speaker 1: think they might even be a little surprised about what

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01:05:51,160 --> 01:05:53,360
Speaker 1: they've been able to do. But to me, it comes

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01:05:53,400 --> 01:05:55,320
Speaker 1: down to two things, and we touched on this a

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01:05:55,320 --> 01:05:58,520
Speaker 1: little bit earlier, which is I think these young guys

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01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:00,880
Speaker 1: that they drafted and brought in last year. So last

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01:06:00,920 --> 01:06:04,320
Speaker 1: year they drafted seven defensive players, and so we're seeing

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01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:08,560
Speaker 1: those guys mature. You're Jeremy Chintz, who's just been a

1300
01:06:08,640 --> 01:06:10,800
Speaker 1: revelation he can do it all. He's really a Swiss

1301
01:06:10,880 --> 01:06:14,080
Speaker 1: Army knife. He was drafted in the second round last year.

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01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:18,040
Speaker 1: Derek Brown is another one etour grosspontos. These young defenders

1303
01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:20,600
Speaker 1: are really starting to come into their own. We saw

1304
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:22,960
Speaker 1: it at the end of last season a little bit,

1305
01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:24,880
Speaker 1: but of course there were some holes that they needed

1306
01:06:24,880 --> 01:06:27,360
Speaker 1: to fill and then so then through the draft and

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01:06:27,520 --> 01:06:30,240
Speaker 1: free agency they've been able to plug those holes. They

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01:06:30,280 --> 01:06:33,160
Speaker 1: also have Dante Jackson back, one of our corners, one

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01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:35,720
Speaker 1: of our starting corners who really missed the majority of

1310
01:06:35,800 --> 01:06:38,800
Speaker 1: last season with turfto, so he's back. They draft his

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01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:42,760
Speaker 1: counterpart over there, j C. Horne, who I mean, he

1312
01:06:42,840 --> 01:06:45,120
Speaker 1: just looks like he's like a full grown man. You

1313
01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:47,120
Speaker 1: would not think he was a rookie just looking at

1314
01:06:47,200 --> 01:06:50,160
Speaker 1: him or a dB. Really him, he's huge. He's a

1315
01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:54,120
Speaker 1: large man. So you have these new pieces. And then

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01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:56,160
Speaker 1: on the d line, which is really where everything starts,

1317
01:06:56,440 --> 01:06:58,880
Speaker 1: they did quite a lot at free agency, so they

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01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:02,280
Speaker 1: brought in Morgan five Steakwon Jones. Hassan Reddick is another

1319
01:07:02,360 --> 01:07:05,000
Speaker 1: Swiss Army knife. He's contributing at three of those sacks

1320
01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:07,480
Speaker 1: to the ten total that you just mentioned. So it

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01:07:07,800 --> 01:07:10,680
Speaker 1: really feels like, as I said, with the way this

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01:07:10,760 --> 01:07:14,160
Speaker 1: coaching staff wants to play. This is the year, or

1323
01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:15,800
Speaker 1: at least the start of the year where it's all

1324
01:07:15,840 --> 01:07:18,960
Speaker 1: coming together, where their messages, the way they want to play,

1325
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:21,120
Speaker 1: everyone doing their job, being in their gap. That's where

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01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:23,640
Speaker 1: it starts. You know, the sound fundamentals are all paying off.

1327
01:07:23,680 --> 01:07:26,720
Speaker 1: They have people that can execute what they want to do,

1328
01:07:27,240 --> 01:07:29,440
Speaker 1: and then you see these young guys really getting comfortable

1329
01:07:29,480 --> 01:07:31,080
Speaker 1: and then some of the veterans they brought in. It

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01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:33,600
Speaker 1: just seems like everything is meshing well. You mentioned the

1331
01:07:33,640 --> 01:07:36,080
Speaker 1: young guys. Let's talk about that receiving core, because it

1332
01:07:36,120 --> 01:07:38,680
Speaker 1: seems like they've gotten younger at receiver. They've sort of

1333
01:07:38,760 --> 01:07:41,120
Speaker 1: let go some of the veteran receivers and some new

1334
01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:43,320
Speaker 1: faces there in the receiving more. Talking about the receivers,

1335
01:07:43,440 --> 01:07:45,480
Speaker 1: you mentioned DJ More a little while ago, what they

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01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:48,360
Speaker 1: do well and how they've really mentioned in their chemistry

1337
01:07:48,360 --> 01:07:51,000
Speaker 1: with Sam Donald. Yeah, you know, I feel like everyone

1338
01:07:51,080 --> 01:07:53,720
Speaker 1: is younger. It's one of the youngest teams in the NFL,

1339
01:07:53,800 --> 01:07:58,040
Speaker 1: and they just get younger and younger each season. But

1340
01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:02,200
Speaker 1: certainly the receiver position is exception. You know. Robbie Anderson,

1341
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:05,040
Speaker 1: I guess is technically a little bit older than the

1342
01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:07,920
Speaker 1: other guys, which is funny because we talk about it

1343
01:08:07,960 --> 01:08:10,880
Speaker 1: when you if you ask Robbie or or DJ Moore,

1344
01:08:11,080 --> 01:08:13,280
Speaker 1: they would say Robbie is the big brother, and then

1345
01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:16,840
Speaker 1: DJ Moore is the middle brother. And last year it

1346
01:08:16,880 --> 01:08:19,519
Speaker 1: was Curtis Samuel who was now with Washington. He was

1347
01:08:19,560 --> 01:08:22,120
Speaker 1: the little brother that kind of rounded out that trio.

1348
01:08:22,439 --> 01:08:24,840
Speaker 1: They're trying to bring a very very young receiver, rookie

1349
01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:28,560
Speaker 1: Terrace Marshall into the family, as Robbie would say. And

1350
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:30,920
Speaker 1: Terrace Marshall is starting. So he was drafted in the

1351
01:08:30,920 --> 01:08:34,720
Speaker 1: second round coming out of LSU, dealt with some injuries

1352
01:08:34,800 --> 01:08:38,960
Speaker 1: over the off season or was was rehabbing. The Panthers

1353
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:40,800
Speaker 1: knew about them and were totally ready for them, but

1354
01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:43,640
Speaker 1: we didn't really see him until training camp, so they

1355
01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:45,840
Speaker 1: knew he had to get right. And he just made

1356
01:08:45,840 --> 01:08:48,520
Speaker 1: a big impression in training camp and in the preseason

1357
01:08:48,840 --> 01:08:51,360
Speaker 1: and he's earned that that starting spot. He's coming out

1358
01:08:51,360 --> 01:08:54,720
Speaker 1: of the slot a lot in that starting lineup, and

1359
01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:56,719
Speaker 1: you know he's I mean, he's a rookie, of course,

1360
01:08:57,000 --> 01:08:59,479
Speaker 1: so he's one of these guys that you know, he's

1361
01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:01,639
Speaker 1: got a lot to learn. I think Joe Brady called

1362
01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:03,680
Speaker 1: him Clay like where you can mold him. You know

1363
01:09:03,760 --> 01:09:05,920
Speaker 1: that the end product is going to be there. Joe

1364
01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:08,639
Speaker 1: Brady spending some time with him at LSU when he

1365
01:09:08,680 --> 01:09:09,840
Speaker 1: was there as well, he said, you know, the end

1366
01:09:09,840 --> 01:09:11,200
Speaker 1: product is going to be there, but he still got

1367
01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:14,640
Speaker 1: a lot to learn. And then you have, you know,

1368
01:09:14,840 --> 01:09:17,439
Speaker 1: just a just a totally young receiving core. In general.

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01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:20,880
Speaker 1: Dj Moore feels like a veteran as as really I

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01:09:20,920 --> 01:09:23,479
Speaker 1: guess the number one option there. I mean, he's only

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01:09:23,560 --> 01:09:25,559
Speaker 1: been in the league really for a few years too,

1372
01:09:25,640 --> 01:09:28,880
Speaker 1: so it's it's funny how relative it is. And Shy

1373
01:09:28,960 --> 01:09:30,479
Speaker 1: Smith we have not seen him play, but he was

1374
01:09:30,560 --> 01:09:34,800
Speaker 1: drafted as well. He is recovering from an injury and

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01:09:34,800 --> 01:09:37,479
Speaker 1: we expect him to see you know, maybe on Thursday night.

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01:09:37,640 --> 01:09:41,120
Speaker 1: Not sure. It's just interesting to see. Robbie Anderson is

1377
01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:43,880
Speaker 1: the is the vet at like twenty seven. But I

1378
01:09:43,920 --> 01:09:46,600
Speaker 1: think they're all incredibly talented. Certainly receiver as one of

1379
01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:50,000
Speaker 1: the strengths of this team, and I'm excited to see

1380
01:09:50,040 --> 01:09:52,200
Speaker 1: what else they can do and watch these young guys

1381
01:09:52,240 --> 01:09:55,400
Speaker 1: come along. Well, we're excited for the Thursday night matchup. Christen,

1382
01:09:55,479 --> 01:09:58,240
Speaker 1: what other storylines are you working on as the Panthers

1383
01:09:58,240 --> 01:10:01,400
Speaker 1: and Texans set into this game, you know, I think,

1384
01:10:01,479 --> 01:10:03,599
Speaker 1: and it'll certainly be the same for the Texans. I'm

1385
01:10:03,720 --> 01:10:05,760
Speaker 1: very interested to see how this team does on a

1386
01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:08,320
Speaker 1: short week. You and I were just talking about what

1387
01:10:08,400 --> 01:10:10,240
Speaker 1: our schedules look like on a short week. But for

1388
01:10:10,280 --> 01:10:14,240
Speaker 1: the Panthers, they've really got two days before heading out

1389
01:10:14,520 --> 01:10:16,840
Speaker 1: on Wednesday to travel and then playing on Thursday. And

1390
01:10:16,840 --> 01:10:20,400
Speaker 1: I remember this turnaround last year, and for these young guys,

1391
01:10:20,439 --> 01:10:24,240
Speaker 1: this is something that's pretty new. So even if they're

1392
01:10:24,280 --> 01:10:26,240
Speaker 1: second year guys, they've only been through it once and

1393
01:10:26,400 --> 01:10:29,080
Speaker 1: we were the home team last year. So you've got

1394
01:10:29,080 --> 01:10:32,120
Speaker 1: two days to get your body right to recover. They'll

1395
01:10:32,160 --> 01:10:36,000
Speaker 1: have one practice and that's it, so you know they're

1396
01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:38,439
Speaker 1: in this routine. They found these things that work for them.

1397
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:40,680
Speaker 1: But it's all going to change this week. So I

1398
01:10:40,720 --> 01:10:43,360
Speaker 1: think that that's going to be really interesting. It's the

1399
01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:45,160
Speaker 1: first two games have been at home, and they've had

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01:10:45,160 --> 01:10:47,240
Speaker 1: the benefit of the home crowd, which has been great.

1401
01:10:47,400 --> 01:10:50,799
Speaker 1: It's nice to have everyone back, and certainly the defense

1402
01:10:50,840 --> 01:10:52,760
Speaker 1: can feel it, you know when the crowd jumps in

1403
01:10:52,840 --> 01:10:54,280
Speaker 1: on third down. So this is going to be the

1404
01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:57,880
Speaker 1: first row game and it's on an extremely, extremely short week,

1405
01:10:57,960 --> 01:11:01,160
Speaker 1: so I'll be interested to see how very young group

1406
01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:04,920
Speaker 1: of players response with this adversity. All right, Kristen, we're

1407
01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:07,560
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. Can't wait for Thursday night, Panthers

1408
01:11:07,640 --> 01:11:11,200
Speaker 1: here at the Texans. Kristin Belboni, team reporter for the

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01:11:11,200 --> 01:11:13,360
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers, christ and a pleasure. Can't wait to see you.

1410
01:11:13,560 --> 01:11:15,200
Speaker 1: I can't wait to see you. Then it's gonna be great.

1411
01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:18,120
Speaker 1: Now heading it to the segment, I mentioned that Drew

1412
01:11:18,160 --> 01:11:23,080
Speaker 1: Doherty has a ritual after home night games, whether it's

1413
01:11:23,080 --> 01:11:25,439
Speaker 1: a preseason game or regular season. This will be our

1414
01:11:25,800 --> 01:11:31,160
Speaker 1: right now. It'll be our only primetime night game. Maybe

1415
01:11:31,160 --> 01:11:32,840
Speaker 1: you'll get one flex that would be kind of nice

1416
01:11:32,920 --> 01:11:35,599
Speaker 1: later on, but for right now, it's our only home

1417
01:11:35,800 --> 01:11:39,920
Speaker 1: regular season night game on the schedule. What is it

1418
01:11:40,280 --> 01:11:44,559
Speaker 1: that Drew Doherty does after games when he gets home?

1419
01:11:45,240 --> 01:11:48,720
Speaker 1: I do something. I'm not as regular as he does,

1420
01:11:48,760 --> 01:11:51,200
Speaker 1: but I had one moment that I remember more than

1421
01:11:51,200 --> 01:11:54,320
Speaker 1: any other. We'll do our in the lab and we'll

1422
01:11:54,360 --> 01:11:57,160
Speaker 1: give Drew the final word with David Johnson. That's all

1423
01:11:57,160 --> 01:12:01,120
Speaker 1: next right here in Texans, All Access, Texans, All Acts, Texans.

1424
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:04,920
Speaker 1: We're gonnae Faull. Segment is Wednesday, Nation of Texans All Access.

1425
01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:07,639
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, football analysts and Southlade reporter.

1426
01:12:07,760 --> 01:12:10,800
Speaker 1: Let's jump right in to Drew Doherty and I doing

1427
01:12:10,880 --> 01:12:14,680
Speaker 1: our in lab thing. Here we go, Johnny. Great to

1428
01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:18,160
Speaker 1: see you, my friend as always, and let's jump right

1429
01:12:18,200 --> 01:12:20,240
Speaker 1: into it. We're not really even going to talk about Cleveland.

1430
01:12:20,760 --> 01:12:25,360
Speaker 1: Let's talk about Davis Mills and what he's got to

1431
01:12:25,439 --> 01:12:28,479
Speaker 1: do against the Panthers. But let's do it how we

1432
01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:33,840
Speaker 1: do in winnow, Winnow, winnow down even deeper and examine

1433
01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:39,000
Speaker 1: what really changes about the offense with Davis Mills, because yeah,

1434
01:12:39,040 --> 01:12:41,920
Speaker 1: I know they don't change much, they say, but you're

1435
01:12:41,920 --> 01:12:44,640
Speaker 1: not giving him the same package to run that you

1436
01:12:44,720 --> 01:12:47,720
Speaker 1: gave Tyrod Taylor, And they basically said as much on

1437
01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:51,280
Speaker 1: Tuesday and the press conferences. So what are maybe two

1438
01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:53,920
Speaker 1: or three key things that the Texans can do to

1439
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:56,519
Speaker 1: help make it easier on Davis Mills to put him

1440
01:12:56,520 --> 01:12:59,639
Speaker 1: in a more advantageous position to succeed, Because we've seen

1441
01:12:59,680 --> 01:13:02,040
Speaker 1: them all through the years do things like this, whether

1442
01:13:02,080 --> 01:13:04,880
Speaker 1: it was Bill O'Brien and Deshaun Watson, or whether it's

1443
01:13:04,920 --> 01:13:08,759
Speaker 1: Gary Kubiak and t J. Yates coaches adjust for rookies.

1444
01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:11,040
Speaker 1: How do they adjust for this rookie? And Davis spills

1445
01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:13,920
Speaker 1: who can do some things? I think the first thing

1446
01:13:14,560 --> 01:13:18,000
Speaker 1: to realize the difference in the quote unquote packages. I

1447
01:13:18,040 --> 01:13:19,680
Speaker 1: don't know if there's been too much in the you know,

1448
01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:23,000
Speaker 1: the play action game and just a straight drop game.

1449
01:13:23,080 --> 01:13:26,160
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be pretty I honestly pretty standard.

1450
01:13:26,160 --> 01:13:29,680
Speaker 1: By the think that it's gonna be um package was

1451
01:13:29,680 --> 01:13:31,519
Speaker 1: the wrong choice of words on my part. No, No,

1452
01:13:31,600 --> 01:13:34,400
Speaker 1: it's the right, like, what do they do differently? You know? No,

1453
01:13:34,640 --> 01:13:37,280
Speaker 1: I know you're absolutely right, because I do think that

1454
01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:39,639
Speaker 1: there are probably you know, if you think about like,

1455
01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:42,800
Speaker 1: you know, going to the grocery store, you know, Tyrod's

1456
01:13:42,840 --> 01:13:45,920
Speaker 1: got his bag of groceries and Davis's got his back. Now,

1457
01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:47,640
Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that are the same. But

1458
01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:51,479
Speaker 1: Davis pulls out wait, I got cum quats and Tyrode

1459
01:13:51,520 --> 01:13:53,920
Speaker 1: pulls out, well, I got sour patch kids. So yeah,

1460
01:13:53,960 --> 01:13:56,000
Speaker 1: there are a couple of items that are gonna be different.

1461
01:13:56,040 --> 01:13:57,800
Speaker 1: I think you you definitely hit on it. I think

1462
01:13:57,800 --> 01:14:01,320
Speaker 1: the one thing that's going to be interesting to me

1463
01:14:02,120 --> 01:14:05,919
Speaker 1: is the RPO package that the Texans had with Tyrod

1464
01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:11,599
Speaker 1: was I think one of the better things that they're doing.

1465
01:14:12,240 --> 01:14:15,679
Speaker 1: And they would put and they did put defenses both

1466
01:14:15,760 --> 01:14:18,599
Speaker 1: the Jaguars and the Browns in peril, like, man, how

1467
01:14:18,600 --> 01:14:21,519
Speaker 1: do we handle this? What do we do? And that

1468
01:14:21,640 --> 01:14:24,360
Speaker 1: got him some easy throws to flip out the Farrell Brown.

1469
01:14:24,560 --> 01:14:27,080
Speaker 1: You got Brandy Cooks down the sideline wide open. One

1470
01:14:27,720 --> 01:14:30,080
Speaker 1: cameras jagged might have been a Jaggs game, but anyway,

1471
01:14:30,400 --> 01:14:38,120
Speaker 1: that RPO package put defenses in conflict. So the question becomes,

1472
01:14:38,240 --> 01:14:43,040
Speaker 1: how does Davis do that? Well, honestly, you could run

1473
01:14:43,040 --> 01:14:46,040
Speaker 1: that same RPO package with Davis. Davis is not a

1474
01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:49,719
Speaker 1: tree sloth. He's not the smallest guy on the field.

1475
01:14:50,320 --> 01:14:54,240
Speaker 1: He's athletic, He's just not Tyrod. I mean that's you know,

1476
01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:58,840
Speaker 1: that's a different level of movement skills and experience. But

1477
01:14:58,960 --> 01:15:01,479
Speaker 1: I do think you can runs some of the same

1478
01:15:01,720 --> 01:15:05,320
Speaker 1: RPO type things, and you're going to have to do

1479
01:15:05,360 --> 01:15:08,680
Speaker 1: that against the Panthers. This is one of the fastest

1480
01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:12,960
Speaker 1: defenses in that I've seen that I've studied. I don't

1481
01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:15,559
Speaker 1: know that I've seen a lot faster defenses in the league.

1482
01:15:15,560 --> 01:15:18,280
Speaker 1: I mean, they're number one in every single category on

1483
01:15:18,479 --> 01:15:22,360
Speaker 1: defense for a reason, because they can all fly, and

1484
01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:25,839
Speaker 1: the best way or one of the best ways to

1485
01:15:25,880 --> 01:15:29,840
Speaker 1: attack a defense that fast. Two ways. Number One, counter

1486
01:15:29,880 --> 01:15:33,760
Speaker 1: their aggression, so a lot of counters, bootlegs, things like that,

1487
01:15:34,080 --> 01:15:37,679
Speaker 1: but also make them think, oh, this is option football.

1488
01:15:38,640 --> 01:15:42,240
Speaker 1: Who's got what? I got the quarterback, you got the

1489
01:15:42,240 --> 01:15:44,519
Speaker 1: guy in the flat, I got the running back. If

1490
01:15:44,520 --> 01:15:46,720
Speaker 1: you get them to slow down and think a little bit,

1491
01:15:47,200 --> 01:15:49,800
Speaker 1: that's going to help you. And so I don't want

1492
01:15:49,800 --> 01:15:52,400
Speaker 1: them to go totally away from that RPO package. I

1493
01:15:52,479 --> 01:15:55,120
Speaker 1: really don't, because I think that can help who's ever

1494
01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:58,640
Speaker 1: at quarterback, whether it's me or you, or Tyrod or Davis.

1495
01:15:58,760 --> 01:16:00,840
Speaker 1: It can help whom ever become as it makes them

1496
01:16:00,960 --> 01:16:03,519
Speaker 1: stop and think. The last thing you want these guys

1497
01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:07,559
Speaker 1: doing is having a dead one hundred percent read on.

1498
01:16:07,800 --> 01:16:11,360
Speaker 1: I know what this play is. I'm all right, I'm

1499
01:16:11,400 --> 01:16:14,800
Speaker 1: assuming this has passed. I'm going one hundred miles an

1500
01:16:14,800 --> 01:16:17,400
Speaker 1: hour because Brian Burns and Asn Reddick are going to

1501
01:16:17,439 --> 01:16:20,200
Speaker 1: get in the backfield faster than any two pass rushers

1502
01:16:20,200 --> 01:16:22,760
Speaker 1: we've seen this year or any other year. These guys

1503
01:16:22,800 --> 01:16:31,200
Speaker 1: are dynamic, so they well, they're different from those two guys.

1504
01:16:31,600 --> 01:16:35,439
Speaker 1: You know, Miles Garrett's two sixty five and Jenevion Clowne's

1505
01:16:35,439 --> 01:16:38,120
Speaker 1: two seventy. Now he did look trimmer, but they're both

1506
01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:41,120
Speaker 1: about two sixty two sixty five. They've got to mix

1507
01:16:41,200 --> 01:16:43,960
Speaker 1: the power to go along with their twitch. These two

1508
01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:49,040
Speaker 1: guys are just flat speed guys. Now, they've got pretty

1509
01:16:49,080 --> 01:16:52,920
Speaker 1: good repertoire pass rush skills. That especially Burns fifty three.

1510
01:16:53,600 --> 01:16:57,719
Speaker 1: But Hassan Reddick over the last seventeen games has fifteen

1511
01:16:57,800 --> 01:17:01,879
Speaker 1: and a half sacks. That's the most in the NFL,

1512
01:17:01,960 --> 01:17:04,120
Speaker 1: and people don't realize that. And he had a sack

1513
01:17:04,120 --> 01:17:06,640
Speaker 1: and half the other day against the Saints. He had

1514
01:17:06,640 --> 01:17:08,280
Speaker 1: a sack and half against the Jets. He is three

1515
01:17:08,320 --> 01:17:12,240
Speaker 1: through two games. Burns can go one on one and spin,

1516
01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:17,599
Speaker 1: move chops, you know, cross chops, swipe, rip, just RiPP.

1517
01:17:17,720 --> 01:17:20,200
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got every move in the book. So

1518
01:17:20,600 --> 01:17:22,880
Speaker 1: the Texans are gonna have to move Davis, so I

1519
01:17:22,880 --> 01:17:25,840
Speaker 1: think that RPO package is nice, But they're also gonna

1520
01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:28,800
Speaker 1: have to make sure that those two guys don't wreck

1521
01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:31,439
Speaker 1: the game and that they protect Davis so that he

1522
01:17:31,479 --> 01:17:33,439
Speaker 1: gets comfortable in the pocket, not to the point where

1523
01:17:33,479 --> 01:17:35,720
Speaker 1: he's back there just bouncing like, okay, he needs eight

1524
01:17:35,720 --> 01:17:38,000
Speaker 1: seconds of time. No, it's got to make him feel

1525
01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:40,599
Speaker 1: comfortable enough that he can deliver the ball on time

1526
01:17:40,960 --> 01:17:44,840
Speaker 1: to his receivers. But this defensive line, these linebackers, they

1527
01:17:44,840 --> 01:17:47,160
Speaker 1: don't make that easy because of the speed and explosiveness

1528
01:17:47,160 --> 01:17:51,040
Speaker 1: and twitsch that they have. When the Texans play a

1529
01:17:51,120 --> 01:17:57,240
Speaker 1: primetime game, I, after doing all my work and stuff,

1530
01:17:57,560 --> 01:18:00,720
Speaker 1: come home. This one's gonna be later because you and

1531
01:18:00,720 --> 01:18:03,360
Speaker 1: I are shooting Texans extra points at night. But I

1532
01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:07,840
Speaker 1: come home after a primetime game and I make a

1533
01:18:08,000 --> 01:18:13,599
Speaker 1: fried egg sandwich on toast with two slices of American

1534
01:18:13,720 --> 01:18:16,720
Speaker 1: cheese and a little bit of Tony Shatteries, and I

1535
01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:19,200
Speaker 1: drink a beer. What do you do after you get

1536
01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:23,639
Speaker 1: home from a Texans primetime game that's at home. I'll

1537
01:18:23,640 --> 01:18:26,240
Speaker 1: give you one of my favorite stories. I don't this

1538
01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:29,360
Speaker 1: obviously is not gonna happen this Thursday, but it's one

1539
01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:32,360
Speaker 1: of my favorite moments. Christmas Eve night twenty sixteen. That

1540
01:18:32,600 --> 01:18:36,040
Speaker 1: was fun. We beat the Bengals. Randy Bullock pushes the

1541
01:18:36,040 --> 01:18:38,800
Speaker 1: field goal to the right. It's Christmas Eve night, and

1542
01:18:40,080 --> 01:18:44,479
Speaker 1: I eventually got home clinched. Got your clinched, Your playoff spot. Yeah,

1543
01:18:44,520 --> 01:18:47,840
Speaker 1: clinched the playoffs spot, and it was I don't know,

1544
01:18:47,880 --> 01:18:50,759
Speaker 1: it was probably now that game was not at seven,

1545
01:18:50,880 --> 01:18:53,040
Speaker 1: I don't remember. I thought it was a little bit

1546
01:18:53,040 --> 01:18:56,000
Speaker 1: earlier in the day. But either way, got home pretty late,

1547
01:18:56,640 --> 01:18:59,559
Speaker 1: and it's Christmas night, so of course, even though with

1548
01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:01,800
Speaker 1: the older kids they're excited about Christmas, they were both

1549
01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:05,680
Speaker 1: to sleep and I came home and we were kind

1550
01:19:05,720 --> 01:19:08,200
Speaker 1: of finishing up, you know, everything, and we finally just

1551
01:19:08,240 --> 01:19:11,400
Speaker 1: had a moment probably about midnight, maybe late a night,

1552
01:19:11,439 --> 01:19:14,320
Speaker 1: about twelve thirty one o'clock in the morning, and just

1553
01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:17,320
Speaker 1: sat up. I sat on the couch and my wife

1554
01:19:17,320 --> 01:19:19,240
Speaker 1: started to kind of fall asleep on the couch, kind

1555
01:19:19,240 --> 01:19:21,160
Speaker 1: of laying one way. I was sitting the other way,

1556
01:19:21,479 --> 01:19:24,960
Speaker 1: and I watched the replay the game with the fire

1557
01:19:25,080 --> 01:19:28,800
Speaker 1: on until we both kind of both fell asleep about

1558
01:19:28,840 --> 01:19:30,400
Speaker 1: two thirty three o'clock in the morning. That's one of

1559
01:19:30,439 --> 01:19:33,160
Speaker 1: my favorite after game moments was that it was just

1560
01:19:33,240 --> 01:19:36,000
Speaker 1: kind of if I was quiet, you know, you could

1561
01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:39,040
Speaker 1: celebrate Christmas to the next day without having to worry

1562
01:19:39,040 --> 01:19:41,360
Speaker 1: about what was going to happen in Tennessee the next weekend.

1563
01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:43,639
Speaker 1: You could just kind of have a moment to breathe

1564
01:19:43,640 --> 01:19:46,040
Speaker 1: and relax, and that was a good one. Most of

1565
01:19:46,040 --> 01:19:48,360
Speaker 1: the time. When I get home, I did the same thing.

1566
01:19:48,720 --> 01:19:51,680
Speaker 1: It's funny because that sandwich you just described as exactly,

1567
01:19:51,920 --> 01:19:55,320
Speaker 1: I didn't use Tony shastre As. I used another guy

1568
01:19:56,120 --> 01:19:59,760
Speaker 1: that does YouTube videos called Meet I Meet Church, Meet

1569
01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:02,360
Speaker 1: Your Barbecue. Matt. He has he has a line of

1570
01:20:02,400 --> 01:20:04,800
Speaker 1: seasonings and one of him is called Holy Vood. I

1571
01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:07,600
Speaker 1: put the Holy Voodoo on that same egg sandwich, and

1572
01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:11,320
Speaker 1: my son loves he absolutely loves it. So it's funny

1573
01:20:11,360 --> 01:20:14,080
Speaker 1: you say that. So a lot of times Jack's up

1574
01:20:14,120 --> 01:20:16,599
Speaker 1: and so we'll have something to eat. Sometimes we order something.

1575
01:20:16,640 --> 01:20:18,400
Speaker 1: We just kind of sit there and you know, maybe

1576
01:20:18,479 --> 01:20:21,240
Speaker 1: watch a Marvel movie or watch him watch a show together,

1577
01:20:21,280 --> 01:20:23,640
Speaker 1: and you know, he kind of watches it and I

1578
01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:26,200
Speaker 1: kind of do my notes and write some stuff up.

1579
01:20:26,240 --> 01:20:28,680
Speaker 1: So it's always great after a night game, especially if

1580
01:20:28,680 --> 01:20:30,760
Speaker 1: you come home with w come home with the l

1581
01:20:32,479 --> 01:20:35,679
Speaker 1: Not as nice as nice as it certainly isn't as

1582
01:20:35,760 --> 01:20:39,160
Speaker 1: nice as David Johnson, that's for sure. That might be

1583
01:20:39,200 --> 01:20:41,519
Speaker 1: the nicest man we've ever met here. He is the

1584
01:20:41,520 --> 01:20:46,360
Speaker 1: final word of Drew Doherty. It's DJ. This pregame interview

1585
01:20:46,439 --> 01:20:49,680
Speaker 1: is powered by Reliant and we've got none other than

1586
01:20:50,040 --> 01:20:52,160
Speaker 1: David Johnson running back to the Texans joining us. David,

1587
01:20:52,200 --> 01:20:53,760
Speaker 1: good to be with you, Good to have you on.

1588
01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:56,800
Speaker 1: And this is a big game, a Thursday night er.

1589
01:20:56,880 --> 01:20:59,040
Speaker 1: You're under the lights. How much of a challenge is

1590
01:20:59,080 --> 01:21:00,760
Speaker 1: it when you're an NFL play and you play a

1591
01:21:00,760 --> 01:21:02,280
Speaker 1: game on Sunday and you got to flip around and

1592
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:05,599
Speaker 1: play three days later. Oh, it's a huge challenge. Probably

1593
01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:08,800
Speaker 1: one of the biggest things. How physically ready you are,

1594
01:21:08,800 --> 01:21:10,880
Speaker 1: trying to get all the bruises, trying to get your

1595
01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:14,360
Speaker 1: body as fresh as possible with what four days until

1596
01:21:14,360 --> 01:21:17,320
Speaker 1: the next game. And really the one of the good

1597
01:21:17,320 --> 01:21:19,679
Speaker 1: things is that we are home. Yeah, so we don't

1598
01:21:19,680 --> 01:21:21,960
Speaker 1: have to travel. That's a good thing. But yeah, it's

1599
01:21:22,080 --> 01:21:25,120
Speaker 1: Thursdays when you have to play those games. We're pretty tough. Yeah,

1600
01:21:25,160 --> 01:21:27,400
Speaker 1: and you got an opponent in here in Carolina that

1601
01:21:27,439 --> 01:21:30,080
Speaker 1: we'll get into and just a little bit, but tell

1602
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:32,479
Speaker 1: me about being part of this running back room. You

1603
01:21:32,479 --> 01:21:34,400
Speaker 1: guys will split the carries up a little bit differently

1604
01:21:34,479 --> 01:21:38,080
Speaker 1: than in the past. How much more beneficial is that

1605
01:21:38,760 --> 01:21:41,040
Speaker 1: in a situation like this where you do have a

1606
01:21:41,080 --> 01:21:44,560
Speaker 1: Thursday opponent after a Sunday game. It is very beneficial

1607
01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:47,920
Speaker 1: for us because since we're not one person's taking the

1608
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:51,360
Speaker 1: whole load of getting carries, our bodies a little bit

1609
01:21:51,400 --> 01:21:54,000
Speaker 1: more fresh. If especially if it was later in the season,

1610
01:21:54,120 --> 01:21:56,120
Speaker 1: it'd be a lot better. But you know, this would

1611
01:21:56,120 --> 01:21:58,759
Speaker 1: be in our third game. Our bodies be a lot fresh.

1612
01:21:58,800 --> 01:22:02,280
Speaker 1: And everyone knows playbook, everyone knows the game flow, so

1613
01:22:02,600 --> 01:22:04,760
Speaker 1: that helps out as well. Hey, how energized are you

1614
01:22:04,840 --> 01:22:06,760
Speaker 1: this time of year? Because it seemed like there's just

1615
01:22:06,840 --> 01:22:09,799
Speaker 1: a different vibe around this team when you see him

1616
01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:12,000
Speaker 1: interacting with each other, interacting with the coaches and so

1617
01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:15,080
Speaker 1: on so forth. How energized are you in this environment now? Oh,

1618
01:22:15,120 --> 01:22:17,920
Speaker 1: I'm very energized, very excited. Couldn't wait to get the

1619
01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:20,160
Speaker 1: season going. You know, we're doing really well. It was

1620
01:22:20,200 --> 01:22:22,240
Speaker 1: just a tough loss last week because you know, a

1621
01:22:22,240 --> 01:22:24,479
Speaker 1: lot of injuries. I mean, we were taking the Browns

1622
01:22:24,520 --> 01:22:26,840
Speaker 1: round for a round throughout the you know, the first half.

1623
01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:29,320
Speaker 1: And I'm very excited. You know, we have a good team,

1624
01:22:29,640 --> 01:22:31,920
Speaker 1: a lot of great veterans on this team, and that

1625
01:22:32,040 --> 01:22:34,360
Speaker 1: everyone you know, they know how to play, they know

1626
01:22:34,360 --> 01:22:36,360
Speaker 1: how to be a professionals. Off the field and on

1627
01:22:36,400 --> 01:22:39,519
Speaker 1: the field. So I'm very excited. Yes, veterans all around,

1628
01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:41,799
Speaker 1: and then you have a rookie quarterback in Davis Mills.

1629
01:22:41,800 --> 01:22:44,680
Speaker 1: But there is still confidence with Mills based on what

1630
01:22:44,760 --> 01:22:46,360
Speaker 1: you saw in the second half, based on what you

1631
01:22:46,360 --> 01:22:48,920
Speaker 1: saw in the preseason, isn't there? Yes, for sure. He's

1632
01:22:48,960 --> 01:22:51,120
Speaker 1: a smart guy. He's a guy that he has a

1633
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:53,320
Speaker 1: lot of vets around him to, you know, try to

1634
01:22:53,320 --> 01:22:56,479
Speaker 1: take him under their wings. Me included, to try to

1635
01:22:56,600 --> 01:22:58,920
Speaker 1: ease them in the starting role and get them ready

1636
01:22:58,920 --> 01:23:01,080
Speaker 1: to go for Thursday. Tell me about this Carolina defense.

1637
01:23:01,120 --> 01:23:03,800
Speaker 1: They're a top the league and fewest points allowed atop

1638
01:23:03,840 --> 01:23:06,320
Speaker 1: the league and fewest yards allowed. Now it's two games,

1639
01:23:06,360 --> 01:23:07,720
Speaker 1: so you take all that with a grain of salt,

1640
01:23:07,760 --> 01:23:09,600
Speaker 1: But nonetheless, this is a good defense, isn't it. What

1641
01:23:09,720 --> 01:23:11,920
Speaker 1: stands out to you the most about that front here

1642
01:23:11,920 --> 01:23:14,120
Speaker 1: in Carolina? I think the biggest thing with them is

1643
01:23:14,120 --> 01:23:16,400
Speaker 1: they all know their role and they do it pretty well.

1644
01:23:16,439 --> 01:23:19,280
Speaker 1: They all know where to be at when they're blitzing.

1645
01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:22,080
Speaker 1: They have a lot of different blitzes, and like I said,

1646
01:23:22,080 --> 01:23:25,519
Speaker 1: every player does their role exceptionally. Will let's find out

1647
01:23:25,520 --> 01:23:28,000
Speaker 1: how you get powered up on game day. It's all

1648
01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:31,719
Speaker 1: sponsored by Reliance, So any superstitions David Johnson all game day,

1649
01:23:32,120 --> 01:23:34,360
Speaker 1: it's not really a superstition, more of a ritual. My

1650
01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:36,280
Speaker 1: biggest thing is that I always run to the end

1651
01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:38,880
Speaker 1: zone as we run out of the tunnel and just

1652
01:23:38,920 --> 01:23:41,479
Speaker 1: thank God, going kneel on the opposite side of the

1653
01:23:41,600 --> 01:23:44,080
Speaker 1: end zone and just kneel and thank God for blessing

1654
01:23:44,080 --> 01:23:46,720
Speaker 1: me with this opportunity of playing the league, especially for

1655
01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:49,240
Speaker 1: this long as a running back. For everything he's done

1656
01:23:49,240 --> 01:23:51,160
Speaker 1: for me, you know, as well off the field with

1657
01:23:51,320 --> 01:23:54,040
Speaker 1: my beautiful family and everyone that's a part of my

1658
01:23:54,040 --> 01:23:56,960
Speaker 1: supports staff. So that's probably my one and only thing.

1659
01:23:57,080 --> 01:23:58,720
Speaker 1: All right. How about the music? You got anything that

1660
01:23:58,760 --> 01:24:00,519
Speaker 1: you listen to one game day to get ready. I

1661
01:24:00,560 --> 01:24:02,920
Speaker 1: listen to Christian Rat, La Craye, and I a lot

1662
01:24:02,960 --> 01:24:05,559
Speaker 1: of those guys. I listen to those guys that get

1663
01:24:05,600 --> 01:24:07,320
Speaker 1: me pumped up and ready to go. Okay, tell me

1664
01:24:07,320 --> 01:24:08,840
Speaker 1: about the meal. What are you eating? So it's a

1665
01:24:08,960 --> 01:24:11,360
Speaker 1: night game, it's a little different than a nude which

1666
01:24:11,400 --> 01:24:13,720
Speaker 1: is what you guys are mainly playing in twenty twenty one.

1667
01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:15,639
Speaker 1: What do you eat? It's tough with the night game,

1668
01:24:15,720 --> 01:24:18,160
Speaker 1: normal games. I don't eat too much. Maybe a pbn J,

1669
01:24:18,760 --> 01:24:21,120
Speaker 1: maybe a granola bar or something. But with the night game,

1670
01:24:21,200 --> 01:24:23,639
Speaker 1: I have to eat, sure, you know, with it being

1671
01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:25,600
Speaker 1: so late, so it would be something light, you know,

1672
01:24:25,720 --> 01:24:28,600
Speaker 1: light sandwich, maybe some chips or something like that, but

1673
01:24:28,720 --> 01:24:31,800
Speaker 1: nothing too heavy. How much do the butterfly's flutter before

1674
01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:34,800
Speaker 1: an NFL game for you? Not anymore now the young guy,

1675
01:24:34,960 --> 01:24:38,040
Speaker 1: Oh it's a young guy, my butterfly. I would be

1676
01:24:38,160 --> 01:24:41,040
Speaker 1: super anxious, just really wanting to prove my worth in

1677
01:24:41,080 --> 01:24:45,080
Speaker 1: the NFL. And now it's not too much more, you know, relax,

1678
01:24:45,320 --> 01:24:47,760
Speaker 1: especially with a lot of veteran guys around me. We all,

1679
01:24:47,880 --> 01:24:50,720
Speaker 1: you know, talk shoot the breeze, you know, just talk

1680
01:24:50,760 --> 01:24:53,840
Speaker 1: about our opponent. I'm a lot more relaxed now, all right,

1681
01:24:54,160 --> 01:24:57,719
Speaker 1: Without saying score more points, complete this sentence. The Texans

1682
01:24:57,760 --> 01:25:02,400
Speaker 1: will win this game if offensively, we are accountable and

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Speaker 1: do our job, each person relying on each other. That's

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Speaker 1: a tremendous answer and dead on a big thanks to

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Speaker 1: DJ to Drew, to mcmixon, to Kristen Balboni, to dp Eat,

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Speaker 1: to Mark, to Coach Culley, to Nick Casario, anybody I missed.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. We'll see you tomorrow night, everybody, and as always,

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Speaker 1: go Texans. Since since