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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program that takes you

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Speaker 1: inside NRG Stadium in the Hunday Texans Radio studio across

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Speaker 1: the hall from the locker room. It's Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: I'm Mark Vandermer, your host tonight. Coming up later in

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Speaker 1: the show, Kevin Coogler play by play Westwood One Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night Football and also our preseason games and the Big

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Speaker 1: Ten Network. Let's discuss some things with him. But to

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Speaker 1: open the show, as always on a Thursday, it's the

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Speaker 1: General John McClean from the Houston Chronicle. John, welcome, great

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Speaker 1: to have you aboard. Tough week, coming off the loss

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Speaker 1: to Carolina Atlanta on the Horizon, back to back games

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Speaker 1: against teams from the NFC South and a lot of

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Speaker 1: pressure as a lot of teams are feeling it this

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Speaker 1: week as we head into Week five. This is the

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Speaker 1: Falcon's third consecutive game against the AFC South. I think

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Speaker 1: they get Jacksonville at the end of the season, and

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Speaker 1: dan Quinn's under a lot of pressure. Head made the

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Speaker 1: playoffs the last two years after going to the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl and winning a playoff game the next next year,

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Speaker 1: and now everybody wants them fired because they're one in three.

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Speaker 1: One of the things about the Texans and I think

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Speaker 1: a lot of people are so disappointed. Everybody gets so

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Speaker 1: fired up after that Chargers game to go out there,

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Speaker 1: fall behind, come from behind to Sean Watson three hundred

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Speaker 1: fifty one yards, three touchdowns, one touchdown, rushing defense, stop

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers on downs to win the game. A lot

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Speaker 1: of people are saying that's the best road win in

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien's career. Everybody got fired up for the Carolina game.

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Speaker 1: I even picked them to win by seven, and then

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Speaker 1: to come in and as such a crushing offensive performance

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Speaker 1: and to lose to the Panthers and Kyle Allen. It's

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Speaker 1: not like it was Cam Newton as fine as so

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Speaker 1: people are really down with a good thing mark about

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Speaker 1: the NFL is you can bounce back and some days

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Speaker 1: you bug some days of the windshield. There's amazing how

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Speaker 1: many visiting teams pulled upsets in the game last week,

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Speaker 1: Oakland going to the Colts and winning. How do you

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Speaker 1: figure Mariotto? Everybody wanted him benched. He goes to Atlantis

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Speaker 1: three touchdown passes in the first half. He looked totally different.

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Speaker 1: The mustache pulls out of overcomes a fourteen point deficit

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Speaker 1: at Denver and Kyle Allen with that great performance against

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Speaker 1: the Texans. So Texans need to bounce back with the

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Speaker 1: road games upcoming against Kansas City and Indy. I thought

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Speaker 1: the Texans would be two and two after four, but

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Speaker 1: I thought they lose to the Chargers and beat the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: so I thought they'd win this one, be three two,

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Speaker 1: then be three to three, then be five and three

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Speaker 1: with a chance with Andrew Luck retiring to win the

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Speaker 1: last two before the midway point. And I thought all

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Speaker 1: along before Luck retired, four and four to midway point

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Speaker 1: would be good because the second half of the schedule,

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady, notwithstanding the schedule was easy. And then when

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Speaker 1: Luck retired, I thought, you know what, they may have

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Speaker 1: a chance to be five and three at the midway

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Speaker 1: point and be even better over the second half. And

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Speaker 1: they still can They still can be there, They can

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Speaker 1: still hold serve And I agree with you that would

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Speaker 1: be a really nice situation for this team if they

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Speaker 1: can go five and three at the halfway point. But

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Speaker 1: as we all know, as you pointed out, in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: anything can happen. I think one thing you pointed out

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Speaker 1: there was Defensively, you said, offensive performance not where you

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Speaker 1: needed to be on Sunday. Defensively, they played well and

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Speaker 1: they've been playing well. They've been getting after the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: That's good. That's going to come in handy here on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: And one thing about their offense, John, that I like

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Speaker 1: is that it's not like you have Tom Savage playing quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: Sorry Tom, you have Deshaun Watson who can erupt at

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Speaker 1: any time. So it's good. You have some assets here

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Speaker 1: and you really have to find a way to put

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Speaker 1: it all together on Sunday. One touchdown at the charges

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Speaker 1: of more than fifteen yard drive, one touchdown against the

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Speaker 1: Panthers that was set up by DeAndre Hopkins interception. And

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Speaker 1: they've got thirteen sacks. They're on a pace for fifty two,

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Speaker 1: which would break the team record of forty five set

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Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen. I'll tell you really strange thing. Mark

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Speaker 1: last two games, Watson's thrown for one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: yards in his career, they won each game. Cincinnati the

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Speaker 1: that he had lost a game. I expect him to

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Speaker 1: bounce back. But for some reason, Watson's been playing better

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Speaker 1: But he would tear it up at home. The five

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Speaker 1: touchdown passes last year, five against Kansas City, that unbelievable

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Speaker 1: it up. Falcons have only have five sacks and four games,

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Speaker 1: has thrown six interceptions and they are minus five in

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Speaker 1: a game, but he's loaded with receivers. And it's strange

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Speaker 1: to me that the Texans with Whitney Merciless and J. J.

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Speaker 1: Watt getting after the quarterback so well, no DB's got

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Speaker 1: an interception. They don't have an interception in three games.

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Speaker 1: The only one was Whitney Merciless in the first game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's funny because you're right there getting the ball out,

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Speaker 1: but it's not Via the pick, and I think that

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Speaker 1: last week. Look, Kyle Allen did what he needed to do.

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Speaker 1: He did cough it up three times with the strip sacks,

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Speaker 1: but he made the big throw at the end of

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Speaker 1: juggling catch by Christian McCaffrey. I asked Bill O'Brien about

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Speaker 1: it on Monday about these young quarterbacks coming in here

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Speaker 1: not to be consistent sixteen game really productive starters, but

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Speaker 1: limited basis. It's a backup quarterback thing right now. Teddy

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Speaker 1: They're getting a chance to play and they're taking advantage

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Speaker 1: of it. People are asking, well, what happens if the

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Speaker 1: Mustache keeps winning and Nick Falls is healthy, would they

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Speaker 1: keep him on the bench as I don't think so.

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Speaker 1: I think they paid Falls for a reason that was

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Speaker 1: to be their quarterback. And it's not like Menshe's throwing

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Speaker 1: for three hundred yards. He's making big plays and that's great.

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Speaker 1: Just like right now, you'd have to say the Panthers

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Speaker 1: offense is better with Kyle Allen than Kim Newton, but

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Speaker 1: And the best thing the young guys like Menshew, they're

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Speaker 1: not going anywhere. Teddy Bridgewater, who I think is the

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Speaker 1: and this is a great opportunity for him and he's

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Speaker 1: off to a good start. There's a lot of good

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Speaker 1: a lot right in the middle. Texas are in the middle.

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Speaker 1: They need to take that next step and have a

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Speaker 1: winning record. Gotta take the next step somehow. Someway. Matt

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Speaker 1: Ryan John He's always been a tough quarterback to figure,

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Speaker 1: better than Matt Ryan, and now Shab is his backup.

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Speaker 1: Kind of an interesting dynamic there. But you have Shob

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Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan, who's under fire right now. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if it's him personally. He's really more like the

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Speaker 1: needs because that old line is backed up. They are

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Speaker 1: they invested heavily, and I think first two draft choices

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Speaker 1: have not and they got Alex Mackett center and Jake

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Speaker 1: Hooper's catching a lot of balls, right, so he's got

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Speaker 1: a lot of receivers, and I guess it's difficult to

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Speaker 1: want to run with Devote Freeman and Man. I just

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Speaker 1: not good. And then last time Falcons were here, I

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Speaker 1: asked Dan Quitter, there are a lot of bad memories

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Speaker 1: here because they blew that fourth quarter lead and lost

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl in overtime, and they've been Their record since

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Speaker 1: Ryan's gonna throw a lot of passes. They gotta get him,

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Speaker 1: and it's gonna be hard for the guys covering. But romeo'

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Speaker 1: Cornell's defenses do the old ben, but don't break. Give

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Speaker 1: up a lot of yards, but don't let them score touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: They've done a good job of that, and I look

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Speaker 1: for him to do it more. I think to run well.

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Speaker 1: I look for Watson to bounce back. I look for

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Speaker 1: a high stool, pretty eye scoring game and a lot

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Speaker 1: of passing yards. John. It is Week five and I

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Speaker 1: think that whatever happens this week could change the answer

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Speaker 1: to this question. But what's the best story on the

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Speaker 1: Texans right now? Is it with Merciless with a start

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Speaker 1: he's off to yes, because you know he's already eclipse

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Speaker 1: last year's for sacks. He was playing out of position.

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Speaker 1: He also was had nagging injuries. He said the injuries

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Speaker 1: didn't hold him back. He was a good soldier. I

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Speaker 1: asked him in camp, did you ever question Romeo and

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Speaker 1: why you were being dropping into courage and not being

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Speaker 1: used in more passing situations. He said, nope. I just

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Speaker 1: and he has been great. Keep hearing every time you

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Speaker 1: turn on the TV, Khalil Mac. Does Khalil Mac that

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Speaker 1: Khalil Make's the early season Defensive Player of the Year,

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Speaker 1: and Mike's playing great. He's had a couple of National

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Speaker 1: TV appearances. But I can't imagine anybody playing better, not

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Speaker 1: just as a pass rusher, but forcing turnovers. And he

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Speaker 1: has the team's only interception, which prevented a possible touchdown

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Speaker 1: at New Orleans and Shack Shack Barrett said, his name

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Speaker 1: y out who's with Tampa's getting nine sacks so far,

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Speaker 1: but I don't think he's forced turnovers like Whitney Merciless

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Speaker 1: as and there's not a finer guy too. You'd want

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Speaker 1: to reap the rewards than Merciless, who's been an incredible teammate,

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Speaker 1: great in the community. Everybody's happy for Whitney. Bigger surprise

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Speaker 1: as far as near missus. Near missus on the deep

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Speaker 1: balls to Fuller and Hopkins last week by Watson or

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Speaker 1: J J. Watt unable to get Kyle Allen down on

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Speaker 1: that sack, and I credit Kyle Allen there. I mean,

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Speaker 1: wat was right there. Most guys are gonna go down,

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Speaker 1: but it happened, and it was costly at the end,

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Speaker 1: even though I know the defense only gave up sixteen points.

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Speaker 1: That's one of the things JJ he did it, and

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Speaker 1: he's looking his hands like, you know, like he drops

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Speaker 1: up and he slipped through his hands. Alan looked like

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Speaker 1: DeShawn Watson, and I saw him interviewed on either ESPN

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Speaker 1: or the NFL network about that and fearing for his life.

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Speaker 1: But when Fullers behind the coverage and you overthrow him,

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Speaker 1: and Hopkins is buying the coverage and you overthrow him,

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Speaker 1: I think one of those because Watson, member of the

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville game, through a perfect pass to Fuller buying and

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Speaker 1: coverage and he dropped it. Any of those, either one

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Speaker 1: of those last week, we wouldn't be everybody in town

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be so discouraged. Yep, And there is some discouragement

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Speaker 1: out there, and as we all know, it's a week

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Speaker 1: to week thing. You can win Sunday and get people

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Speaker 1: right back on board. Then you get ready for Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: the Giants are kind of going that. One reason they

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Speaker 1: brought Gary Kubie again was to help with Kirk Cousins.

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Speaker 1: Why isn't that working? Give them ballots? They got ballots

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Speaker 1: to running the ball great with Dalvin Cook, but they

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Speaker 1: brought Koby again here to work wonders With David Carter,

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Speaker 1: he couldn't do it and got rid of him in

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Speaker 1: a year. But Cousins has some ability here's done it before.

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Speaker 1: But he has the same problem in Minnesota you had

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Speaker 1: against Washington. In games against teams that could be classified

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Speaker 1: as good, his record is awful, like ten, two and nine.

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Speaker 1: So he's going to the Giants. They've won two in

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Speaker 1: a row with rookie quarterback Daniel Jones. I picked the

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Speaker 1: Giants to win, but it's a game the Vikings should

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Speaker 1: win if they want to be legitimate contenders to return

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs and to win the NFC North over

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Speaker 1: Green Bay in Chicago, Bears at Raiders. So you have

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Speaker 1: Chase Daniel and you have Derek Carr. We're gonna see

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Speaker 1: the Raiders here in a couple of well three weeks,

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Speaker 1: is it three four or something. I don't know the

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Speaker 1: first half of the season. I don't want to look

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Speaker 1: that far ahead, but they will be here, trust me. Anyway.

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Speaker 1: What do you think of this one? Bears defense is

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Speaker 1: playing great. Chase Daniels made thirty million dollars as a

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Speaker 1: backup quarterback. They don't want him starting two or three

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Speaker 1: games in a row. But some people think they're not

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Speaker 1: worse off with him than Mitchell Trubisky because he's not

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Speaker 1: gonna make mistakes. He may not make big plays, but

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Speaker 1: he's gonna not make mistakes and they're gonna rely heavily

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Speaker 1: on their defense. Have you ever heard Charlie Weiss on

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Speaker 1: the morning show on Serious x M NFL radio. I

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Speaker 1: do listen to him sometime. I mean, I just want

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Speaker 1: to feed the guy three four cups of coffee. Please, Charlie,

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Speaker 1: drink some coffee. He's not bad, he's not bad, but

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Speaker 1: it's you know, they're doing the shows from their houses. Like, guys,

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Speaker 1: you gotta gotta rev up a little bit here, you

463
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Speaker 1: know you're on the air. Let's have a little energy. Geez. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: he was talking about how he thought the Bears were

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Speaker 1: better off maybe with Chase Daniel. That was his professional opinion.

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Speaker 1: Now I find that hard to believe considering they were

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Speaker 1: what twelve and four last year. Yeah, and even though

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Speaker 1: Trubisky wasn't great, he was good enough. And I would

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Speaker 1: not if Chase Dad, if they were better off with

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Speaker 1: Chase Daniel, Chase, you'll be a starting quarterback in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: John Cowboys put up ten points in New Orleans. Texans

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Speaker 1: put up twenty eight, but neither was in a win.

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Speaker 1: So what do you think? Here is the Cowboys host

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Speaker 1: of Packers this week. Cowboys defense played great in New Orleans.

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Speaker 1: The offense did not. They shut down Elliott Dak Prescott

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Speaker 1: had his first bad game. It happens to quarterbacks. And

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Speaker 1: after one bad game, I'm watching NFL Live on ESPN

478
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Speaker 1: and they're saying, oh, he doesn't deserve the thirty seven million,

479
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Speaker 1: and I'm thinking last week you said he did. Yeah. Wow.

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Speaker 1: Just like last week, we know what the talk was

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Speaker 1: around here, and this week it's different. And that's life

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League. General, what do you have

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Speaker 1: going out of the chronicle. We've got I've got my

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Speaker 1: preview on Sunday, i have a tribute to Bob McNair

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Speaker 1: on Friday with my memories of Bob, who's being inducted

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Speaker 1: into the Ring of Honor. And we've got stories, columns

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Speaker 1: and probably have a little ASTROS coverage, a little astros coverage.

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Speaker 1: Good luck to them tomorrow one o'clock they will play

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Speaker 1: Tampa Babe. All right, thank you, General, Thank you Mark.

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Speaker 1: If the Texans scored two or more touchdowns and they

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Speaker 1: didn't do that last week, let's so if they do

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Speaker 1: it this week, head to your closest Jack in the

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Speaker 1: Box the next day for your free Texans jumbo jack

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Speaker 1: with a large drink purchase. That's Jack in the Box. Okay,

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Speaker 1: come bing out. Kevin Coogler, voice of Westwood One Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night Football. We'll talk about a whole bunch of stuff

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Speaker 1: with him. And the Masters does work its way into

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Speaker 1: the conversation. Trust me on this, and we'll discuss injuries

499
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Speaker 1: with our Houston Methodist segment. It's quick and it's informative,

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Speaker 1: and I think you should be a part of it.

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Speaker 1: It's next on Texans Radio, Ladies and gentlemen, The General

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Speaker 1: has left the building, John McClain, thanks to him for

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Speaker 1: being on. And that's an old play on the saying

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Speaker 1: Elvis has left the building. They used to say that

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Speaker 1: after Elvis concerts kids, Elvis Presley was a singer. Geez

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Speaker 1: dated reference much. Oh my gosh. Tyler Mark Cutter TV

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Speaker 1: video expert is in here laughing because he's wondering who

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Speaker 1: Elvis Presley was dated Reference City. I'm gonna get fined anyway.

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Speaker 1: Texans and Falcons on Sunday Now. Calling the game on

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night with the Colts and the Chiefs is Kevin

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Speaker 1: Kugler on National Radio. It'll be on Sports Radio six ten.

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00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 1: They carry the game after we're done with our game

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Speaker 1: day programming. And Kevin also does a great job doing

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Speaker 1: preseason TV for US, so that's fun to watch him

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Speaker 1: on ABC thirteen when you're not listening to me. I

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Speaker 1: really encourage you to listen to me more. But Kugler's

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Speaker 1: Grady's on the Big ten network as well. Let's welcome

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Speaker 1: him in. Kevin Kugler with US on Texans Radio. And Kevin,

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Speaker 1: when you're calling one of these national games, I gotta

520
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Speaker 1: think it's not about winning, it's about close, close, dramatic games.

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Speaker 1: Like last week he had a twelve ten game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: low scoring, but at least it was close going into

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Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Is it that kind of thing? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it is. It's one of those where if you go

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Speaker 1: into it and you know this, if you go into

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Speaker 1: a game and you have something exciting to talk about

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, that's usually a pretty successful night. Now.

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Speaker 1: And I don't, unlike you guys, I don't have a

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Speaker 1: rooting interest in who wins or loses on these games.

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Speaker 1: So for me, the rooting interest is can I be

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Speaker 1: compelled to enjoy the game even longer than normal? And

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Speaker 1: that was the case on Sunday night. It was It

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Speaker 1: was not one that I, you know, you're not going

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Speaker 1: to hang that game in the loube. It was kind

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Speaker 1: of ugly, kind of swappy. Some plays were made at

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Speaker 1: the end that it like taking a sack late in

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Speaker 1: the game from Teddy Bridgewater that knocks you out of

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Speaker 1: field goal range, that one would question. But it was

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Speaker 1: an entertaining game. The atmosphere, as you guys know from

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Speaker 1: New Orleans time, is just great. It's always exciting in

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Speaker 1: New Orleans. And the Saints got a big win. And

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Speaker 1: now the Cowboys have to figure out, Okay, where's our offense.

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Speaker 1: It had shown up big in the first three weeks,

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Speaker 1: but the questioned a little bit about who they had

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Speaker 1: played in the first three weeks. Now they've played a

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Speaker 1: legit playoff contender and things didn't go very well for

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys. I have to ask you about Atlanta because

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Speaker 1: you did Atlanta and Philly and Atlanta won that game,

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Speaker 1: and they're not doing so well against the AFC South

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Speaker 1: that I really hope that continues on Sunday when they

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Speaker 1: visit here. So what do you think of them? Though

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Speaker 1: they won the game that you did in the Sunday Nighter,

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Speaker 1: but they lose to Tennessee at home this past week,

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Speaker 1: and they had a loss to India as well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they're a head scratcher because I look at that team

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Speaker 1: and their talent outstrips their results for me so far,

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Speaker 1: I still think Matt Ryan's an excellent quarterback. He's really

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Speaker 1: good in home openers, which is probably why they won

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Speaker 1: that game, because he just dominates. I think he's eleven

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Speaker 1: and one now in home openers, so clearly that will

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Speaker 1: out impacts the game in this weekend in Houston in

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Speaker 1: any way, shape or form. But you've got one of

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Speaker 1: the best wide receivers in the game, and Julio Jones.

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Speaker 1: I say one of the best because I think the

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Speaker 1: best lives in Houston. You've got Devantay Freeman, who is

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Speaker 1: I think very talented running back. You've got several guys

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Speaker 1: who can move the football if you need to. Mohammadsan

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Speaker 1: news and nice complimentary guy. I just this is an

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Speaker 1: interesting time for Atlanta Falcons football because they looked terrible

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Speaker 1: in the opener against Minnesota. They were pretty good against Philly,

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Speaker 1: and then losing a Indie and then losing last week

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Speaker 1: to Tennessee is a real head scratcher. This is a

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Speaker 1: This is a big game for dan Quinn and Atlanta

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Speaker 1: this weekend. They were grumbling down there after Week one

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Speaker 1: when they lost twenty eight twelve Minnesota. Dick grumbles are

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Speaker 1: growing louder around dan quinn in his fifth year. This

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Speaker 1: is a really big opportunity for the Falcons this weekend.

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Speaker 1: If they come on the road to Houston and they

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Speaker 1: fall short, They've got Arizona, they got the Rams in

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Speaker 1: Seattle to close out the month of October. That's not

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Speaker 1: an easy stretch. This could be a real problem for

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Speaker 1: dan quinniac It's a pivotal game for the Falcons in

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Speaker 1: his tenure right now. Kevin Coogler Westwood One joining us

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Speaker 1: on Texans Radio. Okay, this Sunday, you have the Cults

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Speaker 1: and Kansas City. What do you make of this one?

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Speaker 1: This Chiefs team is fantastic and you saw last week

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Speaker 1: they played the Lions. They didn't play their best game

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Speaker 1: at any level. I mean, there were problems on offense,

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Speaker 1: there were problems on defense, even with the score that

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Speaker 1: they put up on the board. But I think you

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Speaker 1: saw what Patrick Mahomes is going to be, which is one,

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Speaker 1: he's a franchise quarterback for the next decade. The Chiefs

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Speaker 1: are you hear this a lot in baseball old their

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Speaker 1: window is open. They've got, you know, this core of

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Speaker 1: young players in baseball, so their window to compete is open.

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Speaker 1: In the NFL, when you've got a good talent at

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Speaker 1: young quarterback, your window is open. The Chiefs have that

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Speaker 1: window open right now because Patrick Mahomes is fantastic and

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Speaker 1: the Colts to me have been maybe a little better

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Speaker 1: than anticipated in the preseason after Andrew Luck decided to

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Speaker 1: step aside. This Indie team is intriguing. This is a

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Speaker 1: tough test though. I mean, you've played, you've been in

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Speaker 1: Kansas City, you know how that atmosphere is. It's one

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Speaker 1: of the loudest places in the NFL, especially at night.

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Speaker 1: And they're coming off a game in which they would

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Speaker 1: all say was not their best game. Tough test for

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Speaker 1: Indie this weekend to try to go into Kansas City

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Speaker 1: and knock off a Chiefs team that feels like they

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Speaker 1: got a win even when they didn't play their best.

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Speaker 1: But now they're ready to play their best. Yeah, And

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Speaker 1: they pulled one out of the fire, like you said.

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Speaker 1: And the Patriots were at Buffalo and they got the win.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't easy at times, and in fact, they're taking

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Speaker 1: some heat New England because I guess they didn't win

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Speaker 1: by enough. And boy, that's a luxury problem I'd like

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Speaker 1: to have sometimes. But the Patriots, you had them on

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Speaker 1: Opening night when they took out the Steelers and completely

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Speaker 1: steamrolled them with Roethlisberger. How surprised were you at that result?

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Speaker 1: And how good do you think this Patriots team is

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Speaker 1: going to be this year? Well, here's the funny thing.

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Speaker 1: Anybody who's been around me and it's funny. That's that's

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Speaker 1: the reaction in New England right now. It just shows

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Speaker 1: how successful that franchise has been over the last decade.

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Speaker 1: Because the conventional wisdom in and around NFL circles is, yeah,

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Speaker 1: September is always the month for Belichick just sort of experiments.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm gonna put this guy here and see

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Speaker 1: what he can do. I'm gonna go over here and

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Speaker 1: run this play and see what happens. Or I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: use this personnel grouping who knows what's going to happen.

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Speaker 1: It's sort of like an extended preseason with his veterans

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Speaker 1: for him. And then in October and November things usually

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Speaker 1: ramp up. And I was looking at them the other

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Speaker 1: day and I know they had the close call against Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: who I think is a better team than they have

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Speaker 1: been in recent years, and my thought was, Wow, the

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Speaker 1: Patriots have gotten through September without a blemish. This Patriots

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Speaker 1: team survived the tinkering month, the month where you know,

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Speaker 1: maybe they lose a game or two and everybody panics,

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Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden they're thirteen and three

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Speaker 1: and on their way to the Super Bowl again. This

641
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Speaker 1: Patriots team survived that month, and now they start to

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Speaker 1: gear it up. To me, as long as Bill Belichick's

643
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Speaker 1: the head coach and Tom Brady appears to still be

644
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Speaker 1: Tom Brady, I don't care what personnel they have coming

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Speaker 1: in and going out, I don't care what it's. Antonio

646
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Speaker 1: Brown was on the team for twelve minutes, or twelve

647
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Speaker 1: hours or twelve days. This team is still the team

648
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Speaker 1: to beat for every single franchise in the National Football League,

649
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Speaker 1: and they survived this month without a problem. I think

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Speaker 1: that's a that's a scary thought for everybody else the

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Speaker 1: rest of the way. Kevin Coogler, Westwood one joining us

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Speaker 1: on Texans Radio. Okay, a couple of other questions here

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Speaker 1: you do the masters for Westwood One? Is golf a

654
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: good radio sport? What do you think of golf on

655
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: the radio? Broadcasting it as the one who's doing it.

656
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Speaker 1: I love it now it is. Here's the thing with

657
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Speaker 1: golf on the radio, it is the It's a challenging

658
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Speaker 1: sport because you have to paint every single picture that

659
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Speaker 1: you can in a limited window, because you've got to

660
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Speaker 1: get to five other holes where action is occurring. So

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Speaker 1: to me, it's just as it's the biggest challenge I

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Speaker 1: have in a calendar year is trying to describe Amen

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Speaker 1: Corner in the thirty to forty five seconds I have

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Speaker 1: each time they come to me to describe something, Well,

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Speaker 1: do you have to call the whole thing off a monitor? Basically,

666
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Speaker 1: because there's just no way you can be looking at

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Speaker 1: one hole and know what's going on with the rest

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Speaker 1: of the tournament. So is that how you do it? Well,

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Speaker 1: you watch the rest of the tournament off the monitor,

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Speaker 1: and you listen to the coverage that's going on, of course,

671
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Speaker 1: and listen to what everybody's saying on every other hole.

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Speaker 1: But you know where I'm sitting at Amen Corner. I've

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Speaker 1: got the eleventh green in front of me, and then

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Speaker 1: to my right is the twelve t and then of

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Speaker 1: course twelve green, so I can see all of that

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Speaker 1: without having to do a monitor. So I'm sitting out

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00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 1: without there at Amen Corner, and now you're making me

678
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Speaker 1: long for the spring and summer months that have just

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Speaker 1: gone by. But now you sit out there at Amen

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Speaker 1: Corner and you get to watch all this uff that

681
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Speaker 1: happens in front of you with the context that, yeah,

682
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Speaker 1: you've heard or seen what's happened on the whole previous

683
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Speaker 1: when you get there. Yeah, well, we're still in the

684
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Speaker 1: nineties in Houston, by the way, So there's that. Okay,

685
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Speaker 1: So I think I'm not getting a coat to bundle

686
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Speaker 1: up on Sunday night in Kansas City. It's supposed building

687
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Speaker 1: in the sixties. Oh yeah, we'll be there next week

688
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Speaker 1: with the burnt ends. I'm definitely going to have some

689
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Speaker 1: of those. All right. So let's go to college football here,

690
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Speaker 1: the Big Ten Network. You're operating on that, and you know,

691
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: it's an interesting league right now. I saw Ohio State Nebraska,

692
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Speaker 1: and then I looked away. What do you think is

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Speaker 1: it all about? Ohio State? Penn stayed off to a

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Speaker 1: good start. What do you think of the league? I

695
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: think it's top heavy, and I don't think that's necessarily

696
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Speaker 1: a bad thing, because I also think the SEC is

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Speaker 1: top heavy. They're top maybe a little larger than the

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Speaker 1: Big Ten this year. But I look at Ohio State. Clearly,

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Speaker 1: to me, Ohio State is on the same caliber to

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Speaker 1: this point as Clemson and Alabama. People will scoff at that.

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Speaker 1: Scoff if you will, You're going to be calling Chase

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Speaker 1: Young's name next year somewhere in the national football That

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00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 1: kids a studd He'll be a top two or three

704
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: pick in the draft next year. He's their rush ended

705
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Speaker 1: Ohio State. He's as good as anybody in the country.

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Speaker 1: They've got a lot of talent like that on that

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Speaker 1: Ohio State rosters. So it all comes down to talent

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Speaker 1: that college football for the most part, and Ohio State

709
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,439
Speaker 1: has as much talent as anybody else. So it's Ohio State.

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Speaker 1: Then Penn State's right there. They're young, they're talented, they're

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Speaker 1: somewhat untested. They'll get a couple of good tests coming

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Speaker 1: up over the next couple of weeks, including a next

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Speaker 1: game at Iowa next week that I think is a

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00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,839
Speaker 1: really intriguing one. Iowa's a solid but not spectacular team.

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Speaker 1: Iowa goes to play Michigan this weekend, and to me,

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Speaker 1: this is the big test for the Big Ten this week.

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Speaker 1: Can Michigan who pounded Rutgers last week fifty two to

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Speaker 1: nothing that prompted Rutgers to fire their head coach. Can

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Speaker 1: they show that they've bounced back from their loss to

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Speaker 1: Wisconsin enough because they're the only other team that has

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Speaker 1: the talent on paper in this conference this year to

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Speaker 1: be a major player at the national level. But if

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Speaker 1: they play like they did against Wisconsin, they'll be a

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Speaker 1: four lost team by the end of the year. Kevin,

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Speaker 1: what do you think of And I know that college

726
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: football officials, for lack of a better way of putting it,

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00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: the brass and college football has talked about the attendance situation.

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Speaker 1: And I know you go a lot of places where

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Speaker 1: that's not even an issue. It's just an amazing atmosphere.

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Speaker 1: But I know you probably also go to some places where, oh,

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Speaker 1: these gen zers are not coming out in full force

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Speaker 1: the way they might have half a generation ago. What

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Speaker 1: are your thoughts on that? It's a concern for colleges,

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Speaker 1: And you know, you're kind of us to double that

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Speaker 1: sort in a lot of ways because you want the

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Speaker 1: broadcast business to be strong, because those television revenues are

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Speaker 1: paying for so many of the upgrades that campuses are

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Speaker 1: putting in, whether it's new facilities or new locker rooms

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Speaker 1: or new whatever. Those are being paid for in part

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Speaker 1: because the television revenue. So you want television revenue to

741
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: be strong, but because television revenue is strong and the

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Speaker 1: television broadcasts are so good, people are saying, well, I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to spend all this money on beer and

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00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: on parking and everything else at the college level, I'm

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00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 1: just going to stay home on a college football Saturday

746
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Speaker 1: and watch nine games from across the country on that

747
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: big screen TV. It's a big time challenge right now,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know that there's anybody in place currently

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Speaker 1: to overwhelmingly address this from a college football standpoint. There

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Speaker 1: is a lot there's a lot of discussion in college

751
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Speaker 1: football circles about whether or not college football couldn't use

752
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:24,319
Speaker 1: some sort of commissioner or something along those lines to

753
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: kind of oversee some of the big issues based in

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Speaker 1: college football. And the more and more you go down

755
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Speaker 1: the road of looking at some of the things at

756
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Speaker 1: college football has in store, you wonder if a commissioner's

757
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: position wouldn't be a bad thing for college football. It's

758
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 1: such an overwhelming sport more so than anything else. At

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Speaker 1: the college level. Maybe it's time for somebody to be

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Speaker 1: the guy who sits on top of that sport and

761
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 1: just sort of is the guy overseeing and running everything

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00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 1: that you have in college football. That would be quite

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Speaker 1: a job. I mean, it's an endless list, and you're right,

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Speaker 1: it's a good idea. Hey, Kevin, all right, so what's

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Speaker 1: your next college game? As we're on the subject, illinoisment

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Speaker 1: soda this weekend, and then then we don't know. We're

767
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Speaker 1: on the We're on the sixth day pick wagon right now,

768
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Speaker 1: so we have no idea. I'm working with with former

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Speaker 1: NFL linebacker Matt Millan on all my games this year,

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Speaker 1: and we don't know where we're going. So it's basically

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Speaker 1: we go to Minnesota, who's unbeaten, and they'll get a

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Speaker 1: test from Lovey Smith's Illinois team this weekend, and then

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Speaker 1: who knows after that. It's anybody's guess. It's mystery date.

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Speaker 1: I love it sounds good. It is. It's a mystery date.

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Speaker 1: We'll draw the name out of a hat and we'll

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Speaker 1: go there, all right, And Sunday night Cults and Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: That's on Westwood One, heard locally here on sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: Six ten. Kevin, thanks so much for joining us. Thanks Mark,

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Speaker 1: thanks for me on Kevin Coogler, Westwood One Sunday Night

780
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Speaker 1: Football Big ten Network, Texans preseason games on ABC thirteen

781
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Speaker 1: in the Texans TV Network. Yes there is one. Now,

782
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Speaker 1: let's get to Houston Methodist minutes. Like I promised, doctor

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Speaker 1: Travis Hanson, we're gonna talk high ankle sprains, which is

784
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Speaker 1: worse than it sounds. High ankle sprains. Doctor, what's the difference?

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Speaker 1: It's why is this one one you want to avoid?

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Speaker 1: Not did you ever want an ankle sprain? Buth, My gosh,

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Speaker 1: this is the one that you really don't want because

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Speaker 1: it takes longer to recover. Well. A high ankle sprain

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Speaker 1: involves in the ligaments between the two long bones in

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Speaker 1: your leg, the tibia and the fibula, and they're nasty

791
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Speaker 1: for athletes because they take a lot longer to heal

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Speaker 1: than your garden variety lateral ankle sprain. We usually tell

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Speaker 1: our athletes ladder ankle sprains you might be back on

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Speaker 1: the field in a week or two, and we tell

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Speaker 1: our athletes with high ankle sprains you may be looking

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Speaker 1: at six to eight weeks or even longer. If these

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Speaker 1: require surgery, I'd say about ten percent of the high

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Speaker 1: ankle sprains require surgery, whereas a lateral ankle sprain is

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Speaker 1: very very rarely meat surface. When you have a lower

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Speaker 1: ankle sprain, what happens, what physically occurs, So your lateral

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Speaker 1: ankle sprain kind of the garden variety one is sort

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Speaker 1: of when you step awkwardly off a curb and you

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Speaker 1: roll your ankle, you kind of roll on the outside

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Speaker 1: of your foot. That's your guarden variety ladder ankle sprain,

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Speaker 1: which is different than the high ankle sprain. So the

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Speaker 1: high anthle sprain is an injury between the two lower

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Speaker 1: leg bones to tib it in the fibula. How does

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Speaker 1: that get hurt? Is it hit hard? A contact injury?

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Speaker 1: What's going on there? It can be from contact. Basically

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Speaker 1: what usually happens is the athlete has to foot planted

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Speaker 1: and then the leg externally rotates and so either they

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Speaker 1: you know, they catch their foot on the turf and

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Speaker 1: they twist, or actually they are rotated when somebody hits them.

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Speaker 1: So it's an external rotation type of mechanism. Great information, doctor,

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Speaker 1: We appreciate the time as always, Thank you Mark, Doctor

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Speaker 1: Travis Hanson of Houston Methodist. For the fall sports season,

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Speaker 1: Houston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is hosting sports injury

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Speaker 1: to Houston Methodist dot org slash athlete, the official healthcare

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do it. For the show. We want to

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Speaker 1: remind all Houston area teachers if you want Texans football

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Speaker 1: to third and fourth graders. All right, Tomorrow night at six,

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Speaker 1: we'll be back on. Bill O'Brien will have him, We'll

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Speaker 1: have special visit with a Texans player, will have the

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Speaker 1: Deep Slant interview with Carlos Hide, and a whole bunch

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Speaker 1: of other stuff. Thanks to everyone for tuning in and

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Speaker 1: for participating in the program, have a great night, and

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Speaker 1: go Texans.