1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: This is a young team. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 2: We're on the cuss. 3 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Why we gotta add some pieces to what we're doing here. 4 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: Pierce running Rice, spend no barrels. Who's way down on 5 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: a forty one yard line? What are run by? Pierce? 6 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 3: The type of players that we're looking for are players 7 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 3: who are looking to sworm. 8 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 4: Send us up there, Christian Harris. 9 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 1: Game day is every day picked up by state Ley Portray. 10 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 3: Texans have the ball on the pit, the takeaway train 11 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 3: is rolling and if you want it, you gotta go 12 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 3: work now. 13 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: It's Texans all excess. 14 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 4: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program. Mark VanderMeer with 15 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 4: you with John Harris, and it's Thursday night, and that 16 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 4: means the General John McClay joins us as well as 17 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 4: we are in the remote Hunday Texans Radio studio. Such 18 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 4: a pleasure to have you with us tonight because OTAs 19 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 4: are getting started. It's a great time of years, offseason 20 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 4: practices underway and general see if you agree with me 21 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 4: on this. This is the real training camp these weeks, 22 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 4: this nine week program these teams have, this is actually 23 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 4: training camp. When we get to training camp, it's two 24 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 4: weeks to go before the first preseason game. They have 25 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 4: virtually everything in by that. I know they put in 26 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 4: some more stuff, but this is where they're doing the 27 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 4: real training work, the stuff they used to take place 28 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 4: in the six weeks plus that you had in the 29 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 4: various locales back in the day with the oilers and 30 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 4: things like that. Now they do it all this time 31 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 4: of year on campus of the various NFL franchises. Good 32 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 4: evening your thoughts on that. 33 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 5: Well, I'm writing a column for sports Radio six ten 34 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 5: dot com right now about this going over all the 35 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 5: rookies and what can be expected of them. Their heads 36 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 5: are spinning, of course now that they get on the 37 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 5: field with the veterans. This is all about the mental part. 38 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 5: They can't put on bads, you can't hit. They played 39 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 5: Patty Cake. But it's where people find out guys they drafted, 40 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 5: who can learn the fastest, who can learn the bad 41 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 5: and who has the best chance of developing the quakes 42 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 5: of all the new players they brought in and all 43 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 5: the players were turning from last year. 44 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 3: General CBS Sports Mark and I talked about this the 45 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 3: other night put out their predictions record wise for the 46 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 3: Texans in twenty twenty three, and they came up with 47 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 3: the Texans finishing second into Division seven and ten with 48 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 3: the Titans I think a game behind, and the Cults 49 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 3: at four and thirteen. A. 50 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: Your thoughts on seven and ten for the Texans. 51 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 3: B Your thoughts about the Texans finishing ahead of the 52 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 3: Titans and Colts. 53 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 5: Well, everybody's playing for second bind the Jaguars. But the 54 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 5: last time that happened, when the Jaguars almost went to 55 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 5: the Super Bowl in twenty seventeen, everybody picked them the 56 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 5: next year and the Texans went eleven and five and 57 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 5: won the division. And now I don't think Texans are 58 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 5: going another They're not going eleven at five. It'd be impossible. 59 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 5: But the other day on our Utopia Football I do 60 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,399 Speaker 5: with Sean Pendergast, we went over to schedule and I've 61 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 5: been saying, if they could win six games, double the 62 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 5: win total from last year, people should be happy. I 63 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 5: got down to three games left and I had already 64 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 5: picked them to win seven games, and I'm like, WHOA. 65 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 5: I got to pump the brakes here. And there's nothing 66 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 5: wrong with getting excited. There's nothing wrong for getting your 67 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 5: expectations up, but people have to be realistic. But the 68 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 5: schedule is much easier, thirty easiest in the league based 69 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 5: on last year's one lost records. Last year they played 70 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 5: the NFC East, AFC West. The six games they lost 71 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 5: by one score, those six by an average five point 72 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 5: eight points a game, shows you how close they were 73 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 5: to winning a couple of three more games, and then 74 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 5: there were four more they were within a touchdown in 75 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 5: the fourth quarter and lost against better teams because they 76 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 5: just didn't have the talent. So if they could do 77 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 5: that last year despite being in a state of disarray, 78 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 5: imagine what they be capable of this year. But you 79 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 5: know they'll be starting a rookie quarterback. Rookie quarterbacks are 80 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 5: going to take their lumps, but it's still it's interesting 81 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 5: and exciting to look at that schedule and see, if 82 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 5: they just make a little improvement, how many more wins 83 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 5: they can have than last season's three on the hills 84 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 5: of four and four. 85 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 4: General we'll get into quarterbacks in just a moment here, 86 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 4: but let's talk about the running game for a moment 87 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 4: in this system led by Bobby Slowick, and when you 88 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 4: look at the stable of running backs they have, and 89 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 4: I'll include Validae, the rookie from Arizona State, in the mix, 90 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 4: the undrafted free agent. How do you think it all 91 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 4: goes down? Demiko Riens was quoted on that Chris Long 92 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 4: podcast saying it's by committee. Of course, of course Davian 93 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 4: Pierce is going to be the bell cow here. But 94 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 4: how do you see this running game shaken out? 95 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 5: And what is Validay's first name? Since you didn't pronounce it, 96 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 5: Xavian all it is Xavier and okay, Xavier Validay. That 97 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 5: kid was pretty good, you know he had he what 98 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 5: three do you have? Three thousand yard seasons at Arizona State? 99 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 5: And that third job is open buying Damian Pearson Devin Singletary. 100 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 5: You know, Singletary started the last three and a half 101 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 5: years for Buffalo. He's a really good receiver. I was 102 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 5: watching a highlight film of him and he is e 103 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 5: loose and signing him was a tremendous deal by Nick 104 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 5: Cassio to go behind David Piers because we saw last 105 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 5: year when Pierce went down, they were destitute and having 106 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 5: those two guys and I'm guessing it'll be like seventy 107 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 5: thirty sixty five thirty five between those two guys. Singletary 108 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 5: is a really good receiver. There's no need to put 109 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 5: Piers in that role as a receiver, especially with the 110 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 5: way he attacks and punishes as a runner. And that's 111 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 5: his style and he's not going to change. I think 112 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 5: he's incapable of doing it, and that's one thing they 113 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 5: love about the guy. So I think with Bobby Slowick, 114 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 5: you know, this is the offense Garry Kubiak ran, it's 115 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 5: the offense Kyle Shanney and they all got it from 116 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 5: Mike Shanahan. And Bobby Slowick was nine years Kyle shanean 117 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 5: So we're going to see him do the zone blocking, 118 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 5: the zone running. You know. They liked to throw the 119 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 5: ball down the field and use the play action game, 120 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 5: and they had playmakers in San Francisco, and they had 121 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 5: George Kittle, Debo, Samuel Christian, McCaffrey, Brandon. They had acquired 122 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 5: talent to make plays. And there's one reason Rock Perdy 123 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 5: did so well is they didn't make him do things 124 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 5: he wasn't capable of doing. And he had a lot 125 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:54,159 Speaker 5: of great talent around him. And something that got my 126 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 5: attention this week, and I don't know if y'all saw it, 127 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 5: it was Greg go self NFL Films, who is to 128 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 5: me the foremost authority on quarterbacks and Doug Ferrar from 129 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 5: Touchdown Whire. They do a podcast and Greg Ussell is 130 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 5: going on and on about our CJ. Stroud should be 131 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 5: perfect for this offense that Bobby Slowick is putting in, 132 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 5: and they listed the statistics of what Stroud did when 133 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 5: they used motion at allowed state and he rolled to 134 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 5: his right, took three steps through. It was fantastic. So 135 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 5: expect him to use motion like they did because that's 136 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 5: what the forty nine ers do. And I'm really really 137 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 5: excited because if Juice Scrubs can win a center job, 138 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 5: then that means they got two ones. They got Shack Mason, 139 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 5: I'm sorry, three ones a two in Shag Mason in 140 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 5: their offensive life. And even though they don't have a 141 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 5: great receiver, they've got guys that can be competent. And 142 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,239 Speaker 5: I'm really fired up, said Dalton Schultz. And they're gonna 143 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 5: run the heck out of the ball and I think 144 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 5: that's great for a rookie quarterback. So he can't wait 145 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 5: to see what they do. And it just the forty 146 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 5: nine ers make so many big players. And the other thing, 147 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 5: you guys know, if you can't block downfield, you're not 148 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,679 Speaker 5: gonna be on this team. That means wide receivers, tight ends. 149 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 5: Everybody's got to block until the whistle blows. They demand it, 150 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 5: and it doesn't matter how well you catch. If you 151 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,439 Speaker 5: don't get with the program, you won't be part of 152 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 5: the program. 153 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 3: All right, General, let's take the quarterback quarterbacks out of 154 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 3: this question. 155 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 2: There is you have to this guy has. 156 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 3: To play seventeen games for the Texans to be successful. Like, 157 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 3: this guy cannot be hurt, you can't miss him. He's 158 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,839 Speaker 3: got to play all six let's get sixteen games, sixteen 159 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 3: or seventeen games a full season. You cannot afford to 160 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 3: lose this player on the Texans this year for any 161 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 3: more than a game. Who is that player for the 162 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 3: Texans this year? 163 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 5: Well, on offense has got to be Damian Pierce because 164 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 5: he's the best offensive player they have right now, and 165 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:15,719 Speaker 5: plus he's so crucial to what they want to do. Now, 166 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 5: do I think he's going to play sixteen games? That's 167 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 5: hard for running backs to play that anymore. But if 168 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 5: it's one, it would be him. On defense. If I 169 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 5: a pick of defense, I'd say Will Anderson junior. Will 170 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 5: Anderson Junior has the ability to I think he has 171 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 5: the bild to become the first double digit sack guy 172 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 5: for the Texans since JJ Watt in twenty eighteen. Now, 173 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 5: I'd like to say CJ. Stroud overall, but he is 174 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 5: a rookie, and it's hard to say a rookie is 175 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 5: the most important. The Texans certainly wouldn't say it because 176 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 5: they don't like to acknowledge rookies, But I would say 177 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 5: Pearce and Anderson. Anderson's a rookie, but man, he's the 178 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 5: highest rated defensive player in the draft. I went back 179 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,439 Speaker 5: can looked at all the people's ratings that I respect 180 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 5: and trust. So many of them at Anderson as the 181 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 5: highest rated player over Bridshawn and then he is. So 182 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 5: many of them are picking him as defensive Rookie the 183 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 5: year like they're peaking b Jon Robinson as the offensive 184 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 5: rookie of the year. 185 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 4: John McClain with US General, this is going to be 186 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 4: like a gallop pole every week. So latest thoughts Week one. 187 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,959 Speaker 4: Does CJ. Stroud start or not? We haven't seen one 188 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 4: stitch of anything he's done, but it's fun to talk about, 189 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 4: what do you. 190 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 2: Think he better? 191 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 5: I think that's why they drafted him second overall second 192 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 5: eyes in team history. There'd be no reason not to 193 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 5: start him. If they didn't start him in Baltimore, everybody's going, 194 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 5: oh boy, they're worried he's going to get rough dub 195 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 5: and is going to hurt his confidence. No, put him 196 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 5: in there. He started two years. He played in a 197 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 5: big time program. He played in crowds much bigger than 198 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 5: he'll face in the NFL. People always act like NFL 199 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 5: stadiums are not as big as these college stadiums. So 200 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 5: he's been you know, he's been to Michigan and Penn State, 201 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 5: and so I think there's not anything that he's not 202 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 5: going to be able to analy He's going to make mistakes, 203 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 5: but when it comes to the pressure of the NFL, 204 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 5: it's not like he's coming from h you know, Texas 205 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 5: State and so I or Morehead State like Phil Simms, 206 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 5: and so I think he will be starting the first game. 207 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 5: I think though they'll start him at third, he'll work 208 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 5: his way up, but Keenom then eventually Mills, and they 209 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 5: may not make that official till they play the Ravens. 210 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 3: General assume everybody is going to be healthy, and that's 211 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 3: a big assumption. How much better do you think, just 212 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 3: right now, on paper, the Texans are in the trenches 213 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 3: than they were last year. And I mean you can 214 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 3: finish it as if last year was a five, then 215 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 3: this year it's a what number? 216 00:11:57,760 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 2: What? 217 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 3: How different do you think the trenches are this year 218 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 3: versus last year? 219 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 5: Well, first of all, they've had a new offensive line 220 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 5: coach four years in a row, which is just pathetic. 221 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 5: You know, the instability in the offensive line with the 222 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 5: coaches is ridiculous. Tidas Howard's had a different coach every year, 223 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,839 Speaker 5: and you ask anybody in the NFL, as you guys know, 224 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 5: stability and chemistry are so important in the offensive line. 225 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 5: So they have a coach and Chris Drasser two years 226 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 5: ago everybody said he had the best offensive line in 227 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 5: the NFL with the Colston. All of a sudden, Jonathan 228 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 5: Taylor gets hurt and people are like, oh, that guy 229 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 5: can't coach. Well, you know what if Jonathan Taylor had 230 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 5: played every game last year, what he have been looked 231 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 5: at as a better coach? Would they have won some 232 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 5: more games? I'm guessing they would have. So the Texans 233 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 5: Demiko Ryans got him and so he's proved he can 234 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 5: coach good players. And so I think they're going to 235 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 5: be dramatically improved. Now I'm not saying they're gonna be 236 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 5: a ten or nine among the best, but I'd say 237 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 5: they could jump up to the seven or eight. And 238 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 5: on the defense, now you're talking about both lines. You 239 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 5: sat in the trench. Yes, in the defensive line. Jackson's 240 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 5: aras back is a defensive line coach. But as you 241 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 5: guys know, they I don't want to use pathetic again. 242 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 5: Putred against the run for the last three years and 243 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 5: it's inexcusable. Players come and go, coaches come and go, 244 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 5: schemes change, and they are awful at stopping to run. 245 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 5: And I don't know how they'll do it, but I'm 246 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,439 Speaker 5: guessing Dimiko Rans is a great defensive player, great coordinator. 247 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 5: He and Matt Burke, the new coordinator, they're going to 248 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 5: find a way not to jump into the top ten, 249 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 5: but just not be the worst that they've been in 250 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 5: franchise history. I think that'll start. I think some of 251 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 5: these guys they added a free agency like Sheldon Rankins 252 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 5: and the San Ridgeway will help them. And you know, 253 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 5: Will Anderson's underrated against run because anybody thinks about his 254 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 5: pass rush and I'll bet you that Nick Cassio is 255 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 5: going to add. You know, there's a lot of free 256 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 5: agents out there, and I'll bet you Casio is going 257 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 5: to sign a couple more. And you can't have too 258 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,559 Speaker 5: many defensive linemen, and of course the linebackers have something 259 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 5: to do with that. You know, Christian Harris should be 260 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 5: even better in his second season. Henry Toto was really 261 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 5: good at Alabama. But the DB's made too many tackles here, 262 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 5: and I think they have to get better up front. 263 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 5: So I would think the offense, if both of them 264 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 5: were five, would jump up to like a seven or eight. 265 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 5: The defensive line, boy Will Anderson against the run, against 266 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 5: for the pass rush, would make them like at least 267 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 5: a six. But I'm not as confident in the defensive 268 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 5: line as the offensive line. 269 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 2: John. 270 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 4: It's May eighteenth, so let's talk about game day because 271 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 4: last week, not only did the schedule come out, the 272 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 4: preseason schedule came out. The Texans have two games on 273 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 4: the road in the preseason. I think this is good 274 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 4: to open on the road in the preseason as they 275 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 4: will open on the road in the regular season. And 276 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 4: tell me what kind of challenge is they're gonna have 277 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 4: and wrinkles They'll have to iron out with Demiko Ryan's 278 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 4: first time head coach, Bobby Slowe coordinating the offense for 279 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 4: the first time, and the communication and those kinds of 280 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 4: things involved in getting the operation right in those preseason games. 281 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 4: So they're ready for the regular season opener. 282 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 5: Well, I don't know, but I'm guessing they're going to 283 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 5: ask some joint practices against somebody. You know, the Patriots 284 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 5: do it every year, but usually they go on the 285 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 5: road to do it. They're playing them at home. New 286 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 5: Orleans would be a natural. Remember the last time we 287 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 5: were there and the Texans and Saints got into it 288 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 5: and they had to stop it because of all the fights. 289 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 5: But I'm guessing Demico's gonna want some joint practices the 290 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 5: more act coaches love them more than preseason games. And 291 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 5: so with a new coach, with two new coordinators, including 292 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 5: Bobby Slowan who's never been a play caller, I thought 293 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 5: it was very interesting. Talked to Kyle shene In and 294 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 5: we were talking about he thinks Bobby Sloan's going to 295 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 5: be head coach without a shadow of doubt. Now he's 296 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 5: been with him for nine years. Those two finished each 297 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 5: other's sentences. He said last year the forty nine ers 298 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 5: had the best offense he'd ever been part of, and 299 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 5: his Atlanta offense went to the Super Bowl averaged over 300 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 5: thirty points a game, and he said it was not 301 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 5: a coincidence that Bobby had more authority than he ever 302 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 5: had since he got here. And he also pointed out 303 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 5: had he stayed there with an established team, he could 304 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 5: have become a head coach quicker, but he wanted to 305 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 5: come here and call plays because he said he thought 306 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 5: it was vital that he called plays and take your 307 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 5: lumps and be experienced success and failure, and that says 308 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 5: a lot about slowing, and so he needs to He's 309 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 5: going to be calling plays. He's not going to give 310 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 5: away anything, of course, but one of the things the 311 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 5: players have to learn and the coaches have to learn. 312 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 5: You know, you can be coaching a position and some 313 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 5: guys learn quait and some don't. He can't coach them 314 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 5: all the same. Some are incapable of doing mentally what 315 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 5: others do, and so they have to figure all that out, 316 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 5: and the best way to do it is in preseason 317 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 5: and joint practice and even camp when they can't hit. 318 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 5: But I think because Demiko play eleven years, makes ten 319 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 5: years make such a big difference for him knowing how 320 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 5: to be ready because he was there under Gary Kubiak, 321 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 5: got here at the same time. And you know, it's 322 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 5: weird to Miko doesn't have a lot of experiences assistant coach. 323 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 5: You know, he's got six years two years as a coordinator. 324 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 5: But because he played all those years, that helps to 325 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 5: make him even more prepared for what players go through. 326 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 3: John Today, the Texans mide official Byron Coward, one of 327 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:56,640 Speaker 3: the best athletes I've seen. 328 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 2: Our defensive lot hasn't played up to that level. 329 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 3: But they also announced the the acquisition of Shaquille Griffin 330 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 3: at corner. What do you make of the Griffin acquisition? No, 331 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 3: Steven Nelson and Derek Stingley are fairly entrenched at those 332 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 3: two corner spots. What you make of Griffin being signed 333 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 3: to the ninety man roster. 334 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 5: And Desmond King played pretty well as a slot corner. 335 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 5: I just he's you know, he's there because a veteran 336 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 5: who I can't even remember who else they have, but 337 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 5: they've got Tavia or Thomas. They got four guys that 338 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 5: have played pretty well for them and Stanley, I'm guessing's 339 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 5: gonna be used differently. They're gonna put him out there, 340 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 5: let him cover people, man, and which is what he 341 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 5: does best. And uh so, Squille Griffin's a veteran who'll 342 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 5: go in there and compete for a backup role. And 343 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,679 Speaker 5: I'm still interested to see if they bring in another 344 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 5: veteran safety. They we figure Jimmy Ward will be the starter, 345 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 5: but Jimmy Ward was Nickel last year and he's gonna 346 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 5: be thirty four years old, so it's not guaranteed that 347 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 5: he's gonna come in here because he spent nine years 348 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 5: with the forty nine ers and six with Dimiko right 349 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 5: and automatically be a starter and play well. So I 350 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 5: can't wait to see if Nicko Sario tweaks the safety position. 351 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 2: John. 352 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 4: What's going on in Jacksonville with the stadium renovation and 353 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 4: Allo talk about Europe. I know they have two games 354 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 4: in a row there this year, but what about the 355 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 4: future there? Will they eventually move to England? Will there 356 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,199 Speaker 4: be a division of some sort? And I guess the 357 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 4: stadium has to be redone anyway because of the world's 358 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,959 Speaker 4: largest outdoor cocktail party, I will still call it that, 359 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 4: but tell me your vision of the landscape in Jacksonville 360 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 4: and what seod CON's going to do well. 361 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 5: First of all, they could make so much more money 362 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 5: playing in England than they can in Jacksonville. You go 363 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 5: to such a small you go from such a small 364 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 5: market to a market where you sell eighty thousand without 365 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 5: people even know you're playing. I mean, it's so weird. 366 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 5: Last year was the first time NFL had ever had 367 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 5: a game with two teams with a winning record over there. 368 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 5: One reason was they stuck them with Jacksonville every year. 369 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,880 Speaker 5: If they're going to renovate that stadium, they need them 370 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 5: to sign a long term lease. And if they don't 371 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 5: sign that long term lease, that's gonna tell us the 372 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 5: plans because that lease is up in a two or 373 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 5: three years. I think they if they taxpayers spend money 374 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 5: to and I'm not exactly sure what they'll do, but 375 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,640 Speaker 5: if they're going to spend that money, Sead Cohn's gonna 376 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 5: have to pony up on a long term lease and 377 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 5: we'll find out then. You know, they say, if they're 378 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 5: going to put one team over there, they got to 379 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 5: put two. They're not gonna let me put one in London. 380 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 5: They've got to go to Germany because Germany is an 381 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 5: incredible market. It wasn't NFL Europe, it was because there's 382 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 5: so many American bases over there. I remember Oliver Love 383 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 5: who was a GM of the Frankfurt Galaxy and did 384 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 5: such a great job selling tickets and promoting they made 385 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 5: it president of NFL Europe. Oliver did German TV on 386 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 5: the Super East Food German so he was the analyst 387 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 5: for the Super Bowl for years after his career did 388 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 5: with the Oilers, and he used to tell me about 389 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 5: how fanatical the German fans were about the NFL, and 390 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 5: that's back when they were playing preseason games in Europe. 391 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 5: So I think when they do it, they're going to 392 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 5: do too. But one reason, you know, the thing is 393 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:21,959 Speaker 5: there's not enough good quarterbacks to go around as it is. 394 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 5: But the fact is, you know, the poor old NFL 395 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 5: needs all the money it can get. The owners are 396 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 5: about to go broke, so if they find another way, 397 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 5: they'll get another one hundred millionaire and another one hundred 398 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 5: million there. Of course they're going to do it. And 399 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 5: something to keep in mind, it used to be to 400 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 5: spread the brand. You want people wearing NFL gear all 401 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 5: over Europe, and that's still important. But now it's gambling 402 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 5: because they've been gambling over there a lot, officially a 403 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 5: lot sooner than we have, and they are die hard gamblers. 404 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,120 Speaker 5: And so the NFL is on its way to making 405 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 5: one hundred dollars off the gambling. So the expansion is 406 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 5: coming at some point, don't know when, but it's inevitable. 407 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 5: As soon as they did that redid that Tittenham Hotspurs 408 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 5: Stadium into NFL specifications, you knew the plan is eventually 409 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 5: to put a team there. 410 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 3: General, who does Ryan Tannehill play his games for in 411 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 3: twenty twenty three? 412 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 5: In twenty twenty three, he'll be playing for the Titans 413 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 5: and he'll he'll play till they're out of it or 414 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 5: he gets hurt, and then they'll play Will Levis. I'm 415 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 5: guessing by the time, you know, they were five hundred 416 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 5: with Tannehill last year until he got hurt, and that 417 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 5: was without aj Brown, and so I'm guessing when the 418 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 5: Texans played the Titans, and by the time they get 419 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 5: around to that, they'll be playing against Will Levis. 420 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,199 Speaker 4: General Sports Radio six ten dot com. You have that column. 421 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 4: He also Tobia podcast, anything else to promote tonight, sir. 422 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 5: Those columns I've got on their one about Juice Scrugs 423 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 5: and CJ. Stroud using the boy Mini caamp to start 424 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 5: to build their relationship on and off the field. They 425 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 5: didn't trade into the second round to get Scrugs to 426 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 5: play guard, they got into play center. And those two 427 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 5: at some point will be starting together and at Texans 428 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 5: hope they'll be starting together for a long time. And 429 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 5: I'm doing one now about the start of OTAs and 430 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 5: what's expected of each of the draft choices. Guys, thank 431 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,679 Speaker 5: you very much. As always, it's always a lot of fun, always. 432 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 4: Every Thursday night with the General John McClay, All right, 433 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 4: coming up Who's Better? 434 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:29,479 Speaker 1: With John Harris. 435 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 4: We've got a lot of things going on tonight, including 436 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 4: Texans acquisitions, draft choices and free agents. How are they 437 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 4: going to work out? Plus quarterbacks? They always come up 438 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 4: with a conversation Who's better? Next? 439 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: Texans Radio Texans All Access continues in a moment, back 440 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 1: to the show they teach you plugged in with the 441 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: Houston Texans. 442 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 4: All right, let's keep it going here, Mark Vandermer, John Harris, 443 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 4: time to play Who's Better? Earlier this week, Johnny, we 444 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 4: are talking about prospects heading into a given draft. So 445 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 4: because of Webby being the greatest prospect in the history 446 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 4: of team sports according to WOJ or whatever that he said, 447 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 4: let's talk about this here. We talked about the best 448 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 4: NFL prospect going into a draft in the last twenty years, 449 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,479 Speaker 4: and somebody brought a Peyton Manning that was more than 450 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 4: twenty years ago. 451 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 1: Okay, so we brought up Andrew Luck. 452 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 4: And somebody else on Twitter later responded with, what about 453 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,199 Speaker 4: Joe Burrow? Now, I know that Joe Burrow was not 454 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 4: considered as good a prospect as Luck, But I'm going 455 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 4: to go this way, Who's better? Who was better as 456 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 4: a prospect heading into the draft? Burrow or Trevor Lawrence, 457 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 4: who was a better prospect going into his draft? They're 458 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 4: both number one overall picks. 459 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 2: Go Trevor. 460 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 3: Even though Joe Burrow was fantastic, I think a lot, 461 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 3: you know, there was still a part of some people going, hey, 462 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 3: wait a second, he just did. 463 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 2: This for a year. Now. I felt like in twenty 464 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 2: eighteen he was good and he was. 465 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 3: Bordering on good. Twenty nineteen is Gating went to a 466 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 3: whole different level. And you know we've seen that before. 467 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 3: When a guy is superb for one year, what do 468 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 3: we do? Oh is he a one year wonder? Because 469 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 3: twenty eighteen was okay? But man, and alsoy oh, he 470 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 3: got Joe Brady, We got this offense. Look at his receivers. 471 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 3: All those receivers are going to go in the first 472 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 3: and second round. I don't know that people perceived Joe 473 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 3: as that guy. I think they thought in this draft, 474 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 3: Joe's the guy. He has proven that he can handle 475 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 3: running an NFL offense. He's really proven, but he's only 476 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 3: done it for a year. So yeah, I like Joe, 477 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 3: but you know, I think there's some wait and see 478 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 3: what Trevor. It was from day one, seeing him as 479 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 3: a freshman, that's the guy. There's no question he is 480 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 3: him as they would say. So I didn't have any 481 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 3: doubt about Trevor. After watching Joe Burrow in twenty nineteen, 482 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,360 Speaker 3: I felt like, Joe's really good man and I think 483 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 3: he's gonna be a really good NFL quarterback. But it 484 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 3: was not like that from jump. I mean, the guy 485 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 3: started Ohio State, he doesn't win the job over Dwayne Haskins, 486 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 3: so he goes to LSU. It's okay. In eighteen nineteen. 487 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 3: He sets the world on fire and he just hasn't 488 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 3: stopped since. So I think Trevor was the better prospect. 489 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 3: I had him rated a little bit higher than I 490 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 3: did Joe Burrow, but still pretty close because I felt 491 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 3: like what you saw from Joe was translatable to the NFL, 492 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 3: and the same with Trevor. Trevor was just a six six, 493 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 3: two hundred and twenty pound super freak. Joe sixty three 494 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,160 Speaker 3: to two ten. I mean, there's nothing to scoff at. 495 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 3: But Trevor was that guy from the time he was 496 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 3: at Cartersville High School back in Georgia. 497 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 4: They're both skyscrapers compared to one. 498 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 1: Bryce Young. 499 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,919 Speaker 4: All Right, that was too easy, And maybe Derek Stingley 500 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 4: Junior can pick up his pick off his former teammate 501 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 4: when the Texans visits Cincinnati this year. That'll be fun 502 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 4: to watch. All right, let's do this one. Now, we'll 503 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,199 Speaker 4: go to the Texans and we'll go back to the 504 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 4: quarterback conversation at large. Who's better better chance to make 505 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 4: a bigger impact right away for the Houston Texans, And 506 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 4: by right away I mean this season. These are acquisitions 507 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 4: in the free agent market. Jimmy Ward or Dalton Schultz 508 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 4: different sides of the ball, obviously different positions. Jimmy Ward 509 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 4: the safety, Dalton Schultz the tight end. By the way, 510 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 4: the team dismissed Eric Tomlinson today, who had spent some 511 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 4: time with them previously and other NFL teams. But Schultz 512 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 4: a nice acquisition for them in that position group. So 513 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 4: Jimmy Ward or Dalton Schultz bigger impact? 514 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: What do you think? 515 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 3: I think the the impact of Dalton Schultz will be 516 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 3: seen by more people. I think the impact of Jimmy 517 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:48,359 Speaker 3: Ward on a young defense will maybe be more intrinsically 518 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 3: seen and maybe more by the coaches and the players 519 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 3: than it will maybe because Dalton Schultz are gonna see 520 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 3: him catch five six balls a game. You know he's 521 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 3: gonna catch hopefully if he's fully healthy, he'snna catch seventy 522 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 3: to seventy five passes. Because I'm CJ. Stroud and I'm 523 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 3: getting heat, I'm going hot, and I'm going to Schultz. 524 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 3: So I think we're gonna see the Schultz impact. I 525 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 3: think Jimmy's impact from a leadership standpoint, getting everybody in 526 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 3: the secondary lined up, his versatility when he's asked to 527 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,959 Speaker 3: do something, he might have to play Nickel again. If 528 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 3: he does, I think he'll be fine doing that. But 529 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 3: I think Ward's impact will be different than Schultz. I 530 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,320 Speaker 3: think the fans will see it Shultz because well, it's 531 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,679 Speaker 3: easy to see him catch passes. I think what Jimmy 532 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 3: a lot of is gonna be making sure guys are 533 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 3: lined up, they got the right call, communication, all those 534 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 3: things that I don't want to say we take for granted. 535 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 3: I don't think we take for granted as fans, but 536 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 3: I don't know that we can see that happening. I 537 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 3: think that's where Ward's impact is gonna be felt. So 538 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 3: in the end, I think it's gonna be Ward, but 539 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be more visible the fact that 540 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 3: it's Dalton Schultz, because he's gonna be catching I hope 541 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 3: seventy to seventy five passes this year. 542 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 4: Okay, we'll see. Let's go so draft choices in this category. 543 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 4: Who's better, better chance to make a bigger impact this season. 544 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 4: Dylan Horton outside playing on that edge making things happen 545 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 4: in the past rush department or Henry toatoa linebacker who 546 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 4: might play more than a lot of people think. We'll 547 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 4: see how it goes your thoughts. 548 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 3: Man linebackers really become interesting because you added Denzel Perrim 549 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 3: and you added Corey Littleton. You still have Christian Kirksey, 550 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 3: and you obviously have Christian Harris, so you got four guys. 551 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 2: Now Toatoa's got to break into that. 552 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 3: I think if Garrett Walla is healthy, I'm not saying 553 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 3: he's gonna end up being a starter, but if Garret 554 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 3: Walla is back to being healthy before he got hurt 555 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,640 Speaker 3: in training camp last year, Wala was the best linebacker 556 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 3: of that group before he got hurt and he never 557 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 3: really found it again. So if Garret Walla is healthy, okay, 558 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 3: it's a well, that's a tough nut to crack for 559 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 3: Henry Toatoa Dylan Horton. I don't think that nutt is 560 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 3: as difficult to if you think of what's there on 561 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 3: the edge and the fact that you can take Horton 562 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 3: and you can move him inside on pass rush downs 563 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 3: to create some mismatches against guards and maybe centers. I 564 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 3: think there's an opportunity for Horton in specialized situations early 565 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 3: on to show what he can do in the pass rush. 566 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be tougher for Henry to get 567 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 3: on the field at linebacker. Now, if you told me 568 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 3: week one, Henry Tootoa starts next to Christian Harris would 569 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 3: have bad an eye. 570 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 5: Know. 571 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 3: I think he could handle it. He's been at every 572 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 3: high level situation and being. He played at Dale Salin 573 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 3: High School in California, he played at Tennessee and Alabama 574 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 3: and college there in anything that's gonna scare that guy. 575 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 3: So if you told me Totoa starts was starting again 576 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,440 Speaker 3: with Christian Harris, or Tootoa starts next to Denzel Perriman 577 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 3: because Harris is banged up or whatever week one, I'm 578 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 3: not bad, and I I think that ends up being okay. 579 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 2: I don't think it happens. 580 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 3: I do think that Dylan Horton is gonna make his 581 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 3: presence felt in the pass rush, kind of like Rasheene Green, 582 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 3: but not the physical, you know, presence of Rasheene Green. 583 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 3: That said, I think Dylan Horton gives him more violence, 584 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 3: football violence, and more pass rush ability overall than they 585 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 3: would have gotten from bringing Green back. 586 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 4: All right, let's continue here back to the quarterbacks. Who's 587 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 4: better better chance to salvage his situation. Sam Darnold, Now 588 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 4: with the San Francisco forty nine ers or Baker Mayfield 589 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 4: with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now, Donald probably doesn't play 590 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 4: if brock Purty's available early, but he might get to 591 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 4: play if brock Purty needs more recovery time. Baker, however, 592 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 4: has a legit chance to win a starting job and 593 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 4: resurrect his career. 594 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 2: Thoughts, I think you you outline it perfectly to me. 595 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 3: This is a vote for Kyle Shanahan before it is 596 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 3: anybody on the Bucks offensive staff, if we're being honest here, 597 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 3: Because I think Sam Donald has got I think we 598 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 3: saw some of that with Caroline last year. You saw 599 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 3: some of that skill coming forth when he had some 600 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 3: weapons and he felt comfortable in the offense. After Baker left, 601 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,719 Speaker 3: I thought, I thought Sam played pretty well. I mean 602 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 3: I watched Sam for a number of games because I thought, Okay, 603 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 3: you know, what if we I mean, I feel like 604 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,239 Speaker 3: we're going to drop the quarterback? But what if what 605 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 3: if we're not going to what if we go to 606 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:23,240 Speaker 3: the free agent route? 607 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 2: What about Sam? Would Sam makes some sense for us? 608 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 3: So I watched Sam a few games last year down 609 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 3: to stretch, and I'm watching thinking that's a different guy. 610 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,719 Speaker 2: Uh than was there, you know with the Jets. 611 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 3: I'm thinking that's a different guy than we've seen in 612 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 3: other spots. So I didn't feel so bad about Sam. 613 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 3: And now you put him in the forty nine ers offense, 614 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 3: where he's got every weapon he could imagine, and he's 615 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 3: got Kyle Shanahan who's pulling the trigger and calling plays, 616 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,520 Speaker 3: et cetera. So I think that Sam Donald, here's my 617 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 3: bold prediction, brock Perty isn't quite ready to go in September, 618 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 3: and Sam Donald gets the Niners off the three and one, 619 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 3: and then Perdy will take over and then take him 620 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 3: the rest of the way. But because Perdy, or because 621 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 3: Donald has that start, he's gonna get an opportunity to 622 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,480 Speaker 3: go somewhere and do something big after this year because 623 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 3: people start seeing him as you know what. All right, 624 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,120 Speaker 3: I think Kyle rehabbed him. I think we can do 625 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 3: something with Sam. All that seeing ghosts and stuff he 626 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 3: was talking about in New York, that's all behind him. 627 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 3: I think Donald ends up being a guy that wins 628 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 3: by playing three or four games to start this year 629 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 3: and twenty twenty four teams that don't have a high 630 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 3: draft pick but nay quarterback will look him and say, hey, 631 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 3: we think we can do something with him. 632 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,280 Speaker 2: You want to have Kyle Shanahan call those plays. 633 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 3: But I do think that Sam Donald's career is gonna 634 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 3: get resurrected in San Francisco. 635 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 4: Okay, Who's Better? One more for you? And with Peacock 636 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 4: airing a playoff game, Amazon has the Thursday night slate 637 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 4: Who's Better? Who's the Best? Which is the best streaming service? 638 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 4: NFL availability aside, let's just go in general here you 639 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 4: have Amazon, Peacock, Apple, HBO, Max, Hulu, et cetera. Netflix 640 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 4: of course, thoughts woo. 641 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 2: That's tough. 642 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 3: I think I have all those. Man, that's a really 643 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,440 Speaker 3: good one. I feel like I have less issues with Amazon. 644 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 3: You know, I would say YouTube TV, But YouTube TV 645 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 3: had a big issue last night with the Celtics in 646 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 3: the Heat game, which got NFL Sunday ticket subscribe potential 647 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 3: subscribers a little iffy like, oh my gosh, if they 648 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 3: can't handle a playoff game, what are they gonna do 649 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 3: to my NFL game? So there's a little bit of 650 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 3: that now, I will I will say for YouTube TV, 651 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 3: and I'm I just used the product that I'm not 652 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,479 Speaker 3: a spokesman I've never had an issue with YouTube TV. 653 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,359 Speaker 3: It's the best streaming service that I've had, I mean, 654 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,840 Speaker 3: any of them. It's fantastic that last night was a blip. 655 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,239 Speaker 3: I've never seen that happen before on YouTube TV. 656 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:53,240 Speaker 4: So it happened. 657 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,560 Speaker 2: Apparently there were parts of the game that were just gone. 658 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 3: They couldn't connect to TNT and so there were portions 659 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 3: of the game that were just gone just they made 660 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 3: a graphic up there essentially saying technical difficulties. 661 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,320 Speaker 2: I feel like I was back at fifteen sixty. 662 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,480 Speaker 3: But yeah, they had an issue with that, and so 663 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 3: there were parts of the game that people were of 664 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 3: course going to you know, Twitter to complain. I've never mark, 665 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,439 Speaker 3: I've never I have a YouTube TV for three years now. 666 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 2: I have never had an issue. Never. 667 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, but what's the original programming? What's the original programming 668 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 4: on YouTube? Other than everybody? YouTube depends on the content creators, 669 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 4: meaning us, to provide it with stuff. And I know 670 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 4: the NFL is going to be on there, so great 671 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 4: for them. But the others, you know, they try to 672 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,840 Speaker 4: create some programming, not creat but by programming to make themselves, 673 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 4: you neque like Apple with the Morning Show and Ted 674 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,399 Speaker 4: Lasso and Hulu with The Handmaid's Tail. That's the first 675 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 4: one that came to my mind anyway. 676 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 3: With with content creation, manh Hulu's really good with some 677 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 3: of the documentaries they have. I mean, they're they're all 678 00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,320 Speaker 3: pretty similar. 679 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 2: But oh boy, I can't believe I must say this. 680 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,720 Speaker 2: HBO Max has friends and this is a friend's family. 681 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, that is such. 682 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 2: That's my decider. 683 00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 4: That's a lunchtime confession if I ever heard it. 684 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 2: Friends. 685 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,280 Speaker 4: All right, next up, let's go around the league and 686 00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,480 Speaker 4: get into some things, including but not limited to, Hey, 687 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 4: does a report out at where Super Bowl sixty, Wow, 688 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:30,280 Speaker 4: sixty might be. Let's get into that next year, among 689 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,240 Speaker 4: other things. On Texans Radio. 690 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 1: More Texans Radio is on the way. We returned to 691 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,360 Speaker 1: Texans All Access. 692 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,359 Speaker 4: Boy, that spot really makes me want to get some tickets. Man, 693 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,799 Speaker 4: let's go. Oh, we're gonna be there anyway, and I'm 694 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:51,320 Speaker 4: excited very Texans football coming up coming to a stadium 695 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 4: near you in twenty twenty three. All right, super bowls Johnny, 696 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 4: does our report out that San Francisco is in good 697 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 4: shape to get Super bowls sixty? They had fifty remember 698 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,800 Speaker 4: we had fifty one here I'd love to get sixty 699 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:08,959 Speaker 4: one back here. That'd be nice. But thoughts on this 700 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,359 Speaker 4: as the next one will be in Vegas, the one 701 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 4: after that New Orleans, and then we're talking about super 702 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,800 Speaker 4: Bowl sixty in San Francisco reportedly allegedly maybe. 703 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,280 Speaker 2: Ooh, that'd be the one. What are we on right now? 704 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 4: We're we're going into fifty eight? 705 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, fifty eight, Okay, so fifty fifty and I sixty. Yeah, 706 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 3: so that's the one that Texans will be in super 707 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 3: Bowl sixty out in San Francisco. How apropos would that be? 708 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 3: If out in Santa Clara Demico Ryans leads to Texans 709 00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:40,200 Speaker 3: into the Super Bowl. 710 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 4: I think you got a shot. I think you got 711 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 4: a shot at New Orleans next year. Come on, let's 712 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:45,680 Speaker 4: be optimistic here. 713 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:46,439 Speaker 2: Come on. 714 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:48,839 Speaker 3: I know I just was fast forty to sixty. I mean, 715 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:50,360 Speaker 3: if you want to go on a little run, I'm 716 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:54,080 Speaker 3: fine with that. I'm just thinking of places where I'm 717 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,200 Speaker 3: thinking of places where Super Bowl would be kind of cool. 718 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,000 Speaker 3: I mean San Francisco would be cool, you know, I 719 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 3: mean out w Yeah, Clara, I should say that that'd 720 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:01,880 Speaker 3: be a great spot for a super Bowl, as long 721 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 3: as the weather holds up, which in February. I mean, 722 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 3: who's to say what the weather can be. You know, 723 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 3: in New Orleans they put on a Super Bowl or 724 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 3: three before, so you know what that's gonna be. 725 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,160 Speaker 2: But I would like it in San Francisco. I'd be 726 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 2: pretty cool, all right. 727 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:19,600 Speaker 4: Thoughts on the Patriots draft class of twenty nineteen. Nobody left, 728 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 4: all right, but it's not that funny because we have 729 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,839 Speaker 4: two of the players here and we're hoping they resurrect things, 730 00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:29,520 Speaker 4: all right, that Chase Wooovich and Byron Coward, who reportedly 731 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 4: signed here this week, work out wonderfully for the Houston Texans. 732 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,839 Speaker 4: But it is interesting that the Patriots draft last twenty 733 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 4: nineteen now, to be fair, so that's four years of 734 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:46,359 Speaker 4: that class. So nobody gets that fifth year in that organization, right, 735 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 4: obviously not the first round pick, and then you have 736 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,319 Speaker 4: everybody else not getting that renewal. 737 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I want to in some sense defender our 738 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:59,399 Speaker 3: guy Nick Cassi. The rumor was that that Nick and 739 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,120 Speaker 3: Manias four and a few others did not want to 740 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,879 Speaker 3: kill Harry, that it was it was Bill Belichick who 741 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:05,879 Speaker 3: really wanted to kill Harry. 742 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:07,279 Speaker 2: But again, I. 743 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,080 Speaker 3: Mean, who's to say, I mean Bill makes the decisions 744 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:12,200 Speaker 3: up there, and that was a Look, it's a bad 745 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 3: It was a bad draft. 746 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:13,400 Speaker 2: You know. 747 00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 3: It was also a bad draft for the for the 748 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 3: New Eyam Patriots the year two thousand. Go look at 749 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,799 Speaker 3: the year two thousand draft and just omit, pick one 750 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,279 Speaker 3: ninety nine and look at that draft. 751 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 2: Because it's brutal. 752 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,480 Speaker 3: Oh except for that guy, and he just ends up 753 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:30,000 Speaker 3: being arguably the greatest NFL player we've ever seen as 754 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 3: Tom Brady. So they've had some bad drafts before, but 755 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 3: then they've also drafted Rob Gronkowski in the second they 756 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,279 Speaker 3: drafted Julian Edelman in the seventh round. 757 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 2: They have made shrewd moves all the way along. 758 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,520 Speaker 3: But that is I think kind of the nasty little 759 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,799 Speaker 3: secret when you look at the Patriots drafts lately, they 760 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,440 Speaker 3: have not been good. They have not been good the 761 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,200 Speaker 3: last last couple of years. It wasn't a good one 762 00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 3: in twenty twenty nineteen. I mean they kind of knew 763 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,560 Speaker 3: to kill Harry was not the guy about not even 764 00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,040 Speaker 3: halfway through that year. There was already about, oh man, 765 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,920 Speaker 3: it they really mess this up on to kill Harry 766 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,200 Speaker 3: so and he was and of course he was drafted 767 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,080 Speaker 3: down at the bottom of the round because that's where 768 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,880 Speaker 3: the Patriots are drafted. But they also drafted Logan Makings 769 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:11,000 Speaker 3: near the bottom of the first round. 770 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:11,879 Speaker 2: So it's an. 771 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:15,040 Speaker 3: Organization that has had a lot of success over the years. 772 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,560 Speaker 3: It is hard to poke a lot of holes, but 773 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,839 Speaker 3: you can in some of the draft things that they've done, 774 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:20,160 Speaker 3: especially recently. 775 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 4: All Right, XFL championship game, the Rocks League gets one 776 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 4: point four to three million viewers on ABC. That's a 777 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:32,640 Speaker 4: pretty decent number for a spring league. USFL in progress. 778 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,080 Speaker 4: How much spring football are you watching, Johnny, Not as 779 00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 4: much as I was. 780 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 3: Still locked in on the draft, you know, I was 781 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,640 Speaker 3: kind of you know, it's locked in on on the 782 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,200 Speaker 3: college guys getting ready for the draft. But you know, 783 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:44,719 Speaker 3: if a game, if I was in a kitchen cooking 784 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:47,880 Speaker 3: and we got a little small TV in there, I 785 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,520 Speaker 3: turn it on and watch it while I was cooking 786 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,320 Speaker 3: and see some of the guys playing, and you know, 787 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 3: I feel like the XFL and USFL are putting out 788 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,160 Speaker 3: good product football. I don't feel like it's oh my god, 789 00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:00,719 Speaker 3: this has turned your head away, it's ten bumbles the game. 790 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,680 Speaker 3: I feel like it's really good spring football with guys 791 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,840 Speaker 3: that have desires on going to the next you know, 792 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:10,759 Speaker 3: some guys going back up to the NFL, some guys 793 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:11,720 Speaker 3: getting a first shot. 794 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,600 Speaker 2: At the NFL. I think it's good football and I 795 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:15,440 Speaker 2: don't mind it at all. 796 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,319 Speaker 3: And what'd you say, one point four to three million, 797 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:18,920 Speaker 3: that's a pretty good number yet XFL. 798 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,080 Speaker 2: Good for the Rock, good for Danny Garcia, good for 799 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:21,719 Speaker 2: what they're doing. 800 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,320 Speaker 4: I'm going to out myself here because I complained about 801 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,680 Speaker 4: arena football, and I always complained about the CFL with 802 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:31,480 Speaker 4: their running start for the receivers whatever that is, that 803 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,840 Speaker 4: weird looking head start. They it's not a head start. 804 00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,080 Speaker 4: They're not supposed to cross the line of scrimmage before 805 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:38,799 Speaker 4: the snap, but it looks like they do on every 806 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,880 Speaker 4: freaking snap. And I always complained about that and the 807 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,520 Speaker 4: high scoring nature of those games. But now that I'm 808 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,440 Speaker 4: watching more standard football in the spring, I'm thinking, why 809 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,480 Speaker 4: aren't you guys getting wild? Get wild, get more ratings, 810 00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,759 Speaker 4: get interesting? But I know what you mean. It looks 811 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,719 Speaker 4: pretty solid, although it looks kind of standard. And if 812 00:41:57,719 --> 00:41:59,960 Speaker 4: you're not into the teams, I always think you got 813 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,480 Speaker 4: you gotta be into the drama, the meaning of it all, 814 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,160 Speaker 4: and the NFL being a great reality show contributes to that. 815 00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,759 Speaker 4: All Right, that's it for the show tonight. We've got 816 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,600 Speaker 4: a good one for you tomorrow, a lot of guests, 817 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,040 Speaker 4: so we'll set that up for you tomorrow at six 818 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,760 Speaker 4: with Texans All Access. Thank you Johnny, thank you John McClain, 819 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:18,480 Speaker 4: and thank you Chris for producing this program, which will 820 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:21,080 Speaker 4: be up on podcasts soon enough. Have a great night, 821 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:22,160 Speaker 4: Go Texans.